Hi.
I have a telecom new zealand i9505. I attempted to install a custom recovery but I'm not sure if it worked. I do have a recovery mode I can boot into but it doesn't have many options and I assume it's the stock Samsung recovery. My phone is currently running Android 4.3 but doesn't autoupdate bc I now have a modified the recovery.
Can someone suggest either
1. What stock rom should I flash to. Do I have to flash to another stock 4.3 rom using odin or can I flash a 4.4.3 rom? If I flash using odin can I use the autoupdate feature under settings?
2. Is there a fast stable rom that has built in auto updates without having to worry about flashing and backing up etc.
The reason I want to update is.
1. The phone is sometimes sluggish.
2. There was a Google update that caused a bug whereas every time I pah home button it askes which home screen and it will not remember the defaults and the ONLY solution was to uninstall the updates which means I don't have Google now anymore.
Thanks
Kiwi
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Hi, i am in the uk and had my i9505 for around 2 weeks, just wondering the best way to now root and is there anyway which is the safest / recommended?
also, can rom's still be updated afterwards via ota or kies if i root, i know i would have to root again but would my phone still be supported by kies and look for new fw's after rooting?
thanks
james
Personally, I use the pre-rooted stock roms in the Android Development section:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2250824
Very easy to use, just download and flash via Odin3. There may be easier ways, but for me this is the easiest.
All you need to do then is flash custom recovery and you're done.
Edit: Not sure about Kies, but it's easy enough to flash back to a stock rom and then reset your phone to Official again.
Some custom roms offer OTA updates, but personally, I prefer just staying on a stock rooted and update via Odin as and when needed
Thanks for the reply, if I flash the pre rooted Rom will it wipe my phone or will settings and apps still be the same afterwards?
james_lpool said:
Thanks for the reply, if I flash the pre rooted Rom will it wipe my phone or will settings and apps still be the same afterwards?
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If you install pre rooted rom, all your apps, settings etc will remain. Odin3 doesn't touch the data partition, so you'll still have everything.
I usually clear cache/data after installing a new rom, so I start from fresh, but it's really upto you really
One thing to be aware of though is that flashing a pre-rooted rom will clear your custom recovery, so you'll have to reflash recovery after installing an updated pre-rooted rom
Hello all, i need some help returning to stock as i'm out of ideas.
I was using prerooted 4.3 firmware without KNOX files, then i flashed Carbon Rom based on CM. It is not working (as you are not able to remove apps) so i decided to go back to stock (standard stock with KNOX) So i downloaded latest firmware from sammobile and flashed it using Odin.
Just after flash phone reboots than tries to run recovery (and says SECURE FAIL: Recovery). Then it reboots and system is up and running but there is no WiFi,
How can i go to clean and not modified stock firmaware?
What firmware you exactly flash on your device? Same version that comes out the box?
I was able to install CWM and tried PACMAN RC3 and Paranoid Rom and they were great but the problem was with battery charging
I plugged in the phone for 30 mins and battery level was 45 and charging LED was ON
after 30 mins I checked and found battery 40? I tried both these roms, I have done data wipe/factory reset, cache wipe option from CWM recovery and also format system in mounts option
I couldnt find wipe battery stats in advanced. MIUI rom and Touchwiz didnt have this issue. Should I try another recovery? like Philz?
Can I return to stock rom I have downloaded it from sammobile and can I flash it through Odin so everything is back to stock? How to do it and should I install same rom that came with my phone? 4.4.2 or can I also use 4.2 Jellybean rom but I have Knox Bootloader because battery drains faster on kitkat
Is this with the stock cable?
If you downloaded the latest ROM from sammobile.com as you claim, then you would have seen the instructions on the download page on how to use Odin to flash it. If you use a Jellybean ROM on your phone you may get lucky and only get a "Kernel is not SEAndroid Enforcing" warning on every boot. However, it's best to stick with the KitKat ROMs, especially as you have a Knox-enabled bootloader.
Once the ROM is installed, if you choose to remain on stock, root and debloat the ROM to get rid of most of the battery hogs. Otherwise go ahead and install the custom ROM of your choosing.
Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
Is this with the stock cable?
If you downloaded the latest ROM from sammobile.com as you claim, then you would have seen the instructions on the download page on how to use Odin to flash it. If you use a Jellybean ROM on your phone you may get lucky and only get a "Kernel is not SEAndroid Enforcing" warning on every boot. However, it's best to stick with the KitKat ROMs, especially as you have a Knox-enabled bootloader.
Once the ROM is installed, if you choose to remain on stock, root and debloat the ROM to get rid of most of the battery hogs. Otherwise go ahead and install the custom ROM of your choosing.
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I can't find a custom rom that is most stock and flashable through clockworkmod. they are very modded touchwiz roms
I will install stock rom, root and debloat the rom? Is there some app to do that or should I use root explorer?
how to get root on 4.4.2 since it has Knox? should I use CF-autoroot thru odin?
Use Root Explorer, go through and debloat using the list on the forum. One thing I DON'T recommend is to remove any files from /system/lib. You don't save a great deal of space by deleting the files from there, and if you do delete them you'll lose screen rotation capability as the file which allows screen rotation to function is related to Samsung Hub.
For root, if you care about Knox, and the Knox flag isn't tripped, you'll need to downgrade your modem temporarily via Odin, run Towelroot, then upgrade your modem, again via Odin. If you don't give a damn about Knox or the Knox flag is tripped, then run CF-Autoroot.
I want to root my N910F but there is one thing i need to know before i do this, i dont want to flash a custom rom, just stock rom with root acces.
I know something about rooting and flashing from my other phones.
What happens if i root my Note4, and samsung rolls out an update.
I know i wont get OTA's, but what happens if i download the update from sammobile, and i flash it via Odin, will i loose my files and settings everytime i get an update ?
Or is there an option to just "Update" the stock rom ?
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I want to root my N910F but there is one thing i need to know before i do this, i dont want to flash a custom rom, just stock rom with root acces.
I know something about rooting and flashing from my other phones.
What happens if i root my Note4, and samsung rolls out an update.
I know i wont get OTA's, but what happens if i download the update from sammobile, and i flash it via Odin, will i loose my files and settings everytime i get an update ?
Or is there an option to just "Update" the stock rom ?
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If you flash a rom from sam mobile via Odin it will do a factory reset on your phone(data not internal).Depending from your options that you enable in Odin it could and could not delete your internal storage...and no in Odin there is not such thing as...update unfortunately something like that is only achievable with a custom recovery and flashing but not all the the time if a rom is very much different from another or their base is different a data wipe is a must.
In my experience flashing a basic update over your current rom will work if it was stock to begin with. Root will be removed when you do this. I would not recommend doing this as you could cause problems down the road. I would really not do it for major OS changes like KK to LP. Whenever I flash, I backup what I need to keep, full wipe with custom recovery, then flash and restore data. As mentioned you can't really update from Odin.
Just root the phone that's the reason u came to XDA if Samsung pushes out update it will be available for download on here
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As the title says.... I'm trying to get everything back to close to stock
I have tried to install the file "I337MVLUGOC4_I337MOYAGOC4_I337MVLUGOC4_HOME.tar.md5" from sammobile, which is suppose to be the stock 5.0.1 Telus rom.
It installed and sorta worked, but at the welcome screen I am greeted with basically all the g-app services and such crashing repeatedly....
I have also tried installing "AOSP-5.1.1-20160410-jflte" with TWRP and it gives me a bootloop....
Does anyone know what I may be doing wrong??
EDIT: So, a second attempt at installing the stock rom worked. But now I'm running in to the no wifi issue.... Can't enable wifi
Flash any stock qb1 Canadian stock rom and perform a factory reset from stock recovery before letting the newly-flashed ROM boot for the first time.