Hi,
I have samsung galaxy AT&T S4 I337, MDL baseband version.
I rooted the phone long back with Motochopper.
Last week, I installed TWRP 2.7.1.0 with "Rom Installer" app and I came to know that it is loki-fied TWRP.
I tried to flash couple of ROMs, but none of them worked except CM11. I tried foxhound ROM, Wanamlite ROM and Wicked ROM. On flashing any of these, I am getting a message "System software not authorized by AT&T is found on your phone", irrespective of whether I flash loki-doki.zip or not.
CM11 flashed fine (with out even flashing loki) and I am currently using it. My S4's firmware doesn't support call recording and I need it.
I searched the forums about the error message and I came to know that I need to flash an AT&T compatible kernel after flashing the ROM. Where can I find the AT&T compatible kernel? Can I flash the same kernel when I try different ROMs?
I installed xposed installer in CM11 and I have activated the module "EnableCMCallRecording". Does this really work?
FYI, I am able to get into TWRP recovery with out any issues when I am stuck in bootloop.
I have some knowledge about ODIN as I have used it in the past.
Thanks,
Balaji.
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I'm trying to learn more about the S5 root world. I am currently running the OTA NHA build, and am rooted using towelroot, and have the latest safestrap installed (also have supersu and busybox). What i am trying to understand is how the custom rom's work now. I just got the S4, and never had my bootloader locked since i rooted/rom'd earlier on and never ran stock, and i was using TWRP so there were no rom slots or the like; you downloaded a rom, wiped your phone, flashed it, done.
This bootloader/kernel/baseband talk is what's confusing me. A question that i've been trying to find the answer for is as such: let's say i have my NHA rooted phone, but there is an NE9 rom on the forum i want to try (extreme syndicate/alliance). Can i just flash that to a rom slot and go, or do i flash the kernel as well? if i flash the kernel, won't that mess with my stock rom, or does that just patch the kernel inside of the rom slot?
I already understand that chronologically, the baseband/build versions are NCG>NE9>NHA>NI2, so understand that rom's baseband is a version behind NHA. Someone please help clarify some of this for me
I searched through a lot of posts with the similar issue but none of them were quite similar to what I had in mind.
So the thing is, my Galaxy S4 came stock with 4.4.2. I installed SlimKat 4.4.4 Rom on my S4. It's great but I get the occasional "Camera Freeze" and "Camera can't connect" issue.
I wanted to go back to my stock T-Mobile stock rom. The latest version they have I believe are 4.4.2. I came across this Rom which is stock AND rooted. Google "stock rooted galaxy s4 rom", it's the first result. They said I can just flash this Rom using TWRP or ClockWork.
Can I install this tom? What I had in mind was to completely wipe KitKat from TWRP, Factory Reset, and then Install the Stock Rooted 4.4.2 rom from TWRP. Can it be simple as that or do I need to do more complicated stuff with ODIN? If so, what is the best way for me to go back to T-Mobile stock?
My device is S4-M919
Thanks
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-tmobile
This section is for the International S4, its variants, and the Google Play Edition S4. ROMs tailor-made for your S4 can be found at the above link. In general though, if installing a ROM through TWRP, make sure to wipe data and cache before installing. You shouldn't need to use Odin at all unless you plan on rooting again and customizing the stock ROM T-Mobile provides.
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I just want to reply and let everyone know that I've flashed it and it went smoothly. ClockWorkMod gave the status 7 error. So I flashed TWRP and it went perfect. Best of all, CAMERA IS FIXED !!!!!!!!!!!
Hi guys,
I have the WIND version of the S4 (m919v), and while using the CM Installer it flashed the canadian version, instead of flashing the T-Mobile version. I tried to flash stock rom using odin, but it fails. I also tried to flash the T-Mobile version of cyanogenmod using recovery, but it fails to flash due to the phone recognizing that I have jfltecan installed instead of jfltetmo. Is there any way I can change the device codename so I can revert back to stock ROM? Thanks in advance for any assistance.
I bought a new Samsung Galaxy S5 today at a local T-Mobile store. But it turns out that the model number is SM-G900T3, for which I cannot find any information on how to root and install custom recovery. Has anyone had any luck with this model? It's build LMY47X.G900T3UVU1FOF6 Android version 5.1.1
Thanks!
What to do for G900T3 S5
Same here. I went from S4 running cyangenmod 12.1 to s5 g900t3. All because i cracked the screen on my s4. I don't like the stock firmware too much on the s5 so I've been researching rooting it. But run into the same issue. No info on rooting this model. The only thing I can think of to do is downgrade to 4.2 using Odin then root and install CWM. Yet I found a forum where someone posted they were unsuccessful in downgrading the g900t3. So HELP PLEASE.
Turns out it's actually simpler than that. If your goal is to replace the stock firmware with a custom one, such as cyanogenmod then you don't even need to root your stock firmware. All you need to do is flash TWRP custom recovery with Odin, then reboot into TWRP recovery and create a backup of your stock firmware just in case. After that you should be good to go ahead and install cyanogenmod or any other supported custom firmware. This is exactly what I've done with my SM-G900T3.
But if you really want to root your stock firmware then here is a guide for that:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmo...t/root-kernel-root-method-fof6-5-1-1-t3158005
Hope this helps.
OK thanks for the link. It does state not to flash if I'm on FOG6 Build, which I am. Even though my baseband version is FOF6. Guessing the Build is more important. Last night I tried to downgrade to 4.4 using Odin, that immediately didn't work. So I Flashed Philztouch CWM on it then tried to install superuser from the galaxys5 root page, but it was stuck in bootloop on the T-mobile screen. I realized the superuser was for 5.0 version. So then I used Odin again to flash my firmware back on to it the g900t3 5.1.1 FOG6 from the Sammobile website. After that, because I saw I had a reply on here, I used Philztouch to install Cyanogenmod 12.1 nightly recovery (don't know which on it was, either klte or klteusc) without rooting and I was stuck in the Cyan's big eyed alien face thing bootloop screen again. So then I had to reinstall my stock firmware once more. Basically after 4+ hours of rooting I'm back where I started. LOL. I don't know what else to do. I'm still researching FOG6 to see if I find anything.
zizidiesel said:
ok thanks for the link. It does state not to flash if i'm on fog6 build, which i am. Even though my baseband version is fof6. Guessing the build is more important. Last night i tried to downgrade to 4.4 using odin, that immediately didn't work. So i flashed philztouch cwm on it then tried to install superuser from the galaxys5 root page, but it was stuck in bootloop on the t-mobile screen. I realized the superuser was for 5.0 version. So then i used odin again to flash my firmware back on to it the g900t3 5.1.1 fog6 from the sammobile website. After that, because i saw i had a reply on here, i used philztouch to install cyanogenmod 12.1 nightly recovery (don't know which on it was, either klte or klteusc) without rooting and i was stuck in the cyan's big eyed alien face thing bootloop screen again. So then i had to reinstall my stock firmware once more. Basically after 4+ hours of rooting i'm back where i started. Lol. I don't know what else to do. I'm still researching fog6 to see if i find anything.
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i got it actually fina****ingly. Got it rooted and cyanogenmod 12.1 nightly installed. I am retrieving my old apps and data as i'm typing. Success feels good. Many thanks to you for taking an interest and responding and to this entire community. Woot woot
liquidsnake54 said:
Turns out it's actually simpler than that. If your goal is to replace the stock firmware with a custom one, such as cyanogenmod then you don't even need to root your stock firmware. All you need to do is flash TWRP custom recovery with Odin, then reboot into TWRP recovery and create a backup of your stock firmware just in case. After that you should be good to go ahead and install cyanogenmod or any other supported custom firmware. This is exactly what I've done with my SM-G900T3.
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Would this be the same procedure to follow if I wanted to put a stock T-Mobile version of 4.4.2 on my SM-G900T3? Or would that not work?
My work upgraded their phones recently and gave the employees the old S4s (l337M), convenient timing because my S3 happened to die that day, but that's a different story.
Anyway, coming from my AOSP ROM'd S3 to a touchwiz 5.0.1 ROM is driving me nuts, so I came here to get a ROM/learn...and every tutorial I read seems to be from 2013 (out of date?), and most mention locked bootloaders and having to use Safestrap.
Is safestrap only needed for ATT versions?
Can I not just use ODIN to flash TWRP recovery and then flash SUPERSU, and then a custom ROM (after a nandroid backup).
If it matters the phone was SIM locked to Rogers, now sim unlocked (using my Koodo SIM currently). And the baseband/build # is showing OH1 as the last 3 digits
Thanks
Safestrap is for the AT&T sgh-i337 only.
The sgh-i337m does not have a locked bootloader.
To flash a custom ROM, just use Odin to flash a tar version of TWRP and then flash the ROM of your choice.
Running an i337m myself, I forget the original process, but I just recently switched to Resurrection remix ROM.. (6.0.1 marshmallow based ROM.) I finally get to play with xposed, and I believe no more touchwiz woes...
Anyways, I'd recommend it as the first ROM to look into, its my fav so far..
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