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[Q] Galaxy S4 i9500 Downgrade

is there a way to downgrade Android 4.4.2 to Android 4.3 on the i9500 i need this urgently. (Stock Official Samsung Touchwiz)

Have you tried downloading the 4.3 ROM for your phone's region from www.sammobile.com/firmware and flashing it with Odin? If you are not sure how to do that, you should be able to find lots of info in the forum explaining how.
BTW, questions should be posted in the Q&A forum.
Best wishes

StatikSA said:
is there a way to downgrade Android 4.4.2 to Android 4.3 on the i9500 i need this urgently. (Stock Official Samsung Touchwiz)
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If you flash the 4.4.2 stock rom then there's no way you can downgrade your phone .

Repulsa said:
If you flash the 4.4.2 stock rom then there's no way you can downgrade your phone .
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I wondered to know for my personal knowledge!...
But seems to be faisable according to this tester.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2675394

lolo9393 said:
I wondered to know for my personal knowledge!...
But seems to be faisable according to this tester.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2675394
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You can still downgrade your phone , by using a Custom rom. But if you flash a stock 4.4.2 STOCK then you can no longer downgrade yoUR phone into 4.3 STOCK rom via odin.
" Sent from Hell "

[Q] i unrooted but when i update it says latest update has been insalled

my phone was rooted but i unrooted it using sammobiles and now when i try to update it it says updates has already been installed .. its at version 4.4.2 rigght now and 5.0 is out
should i flash?

imkojak said:
my phone was rooted but i unrooted it using sammobiles and now when i try to update it it says updates has already been installed .. its at version 4.4.2 rigght now and 5.0 is out
should i flash?
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I dunno what is your device but stock Android 5.0 (lollipop) isn't out for TW devices, only leaks or custom Roms and only for the i9505G (Google Play Edition).

imkojak said:
my phone was rooted but i unrooted it using sammobiles and now when i try to update it it says updates has already been installed .. its at version 4.4.2 rigght now and 5.0 is out
should i flash?
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are you sure? which firmware did you flashed from sammobile so i can confirm it myself.
are you sure you are not trolling or something?
maybe you are on a GpE version lol. :highfive:
i dont see any news about the S4 rolling out the Official update 5.0

As of now, which is the best ROM for the G900H?

Been looking around, mostly interested in speed and battery life, I love lollipop as well.

There is no custom ROM on Lollipop for G900H model not available yet.

Can I install stock via odin and then root?

leomar91 said:
Can I install stock via odin and then root?
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Yes. You can.
BTW, May be you already know that Lollipop for G900H model has already been released in Kazakhstan.

Turning back to 4.4

Hey!
Have a m900 exynos. İ want to go back to 4.4 roms, i have 5.0 bootloader. Can i install any 4.4 rom with cwm?

Özgürce said:
Hey!
Have a m900 exynos. İ want to go back to 4.4 roms, i have 5.0 bootloader. Can i install any 4.4 rom with cwm?
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No

Yes you can flash 4.4.2 kitkat directly.I did that before.

&bingbang& said:
Yes you can flash 4.4.2 kitkat directly.I did that before.
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me too.. i flash official kitkat and then flash again to official kitkat.. its working..

[Q] Upgrade from 4.3 to 5.0

Sooo I have a Note 3 9005 and am running rooted 4.3 jellybean. I wanted to upgrade to the official 5.0 rom for some time now but couldn't find the time (or couldn't be bothered tbh ) but latetly I've been thinking about it again and have decided to do it. I remember when i first looked into it, i read somewhere that i can't directly flash the 5.0 rom from 4.3 and i have to upgrade to 4.4 first and then 5.0?
Is that true? Has anybody done that? (upgrade from 4.3 directly to 5.0)
Anything I should know before doing it?
Thnx in andvance!
Btw, I have the MJ7 build

Are you rooted?
Just updated to the latest rom for your region, i would do a full wipe before changing android versions though.
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Yes, I am rooted (Knox 0x1) and also plan to do a full wipe. I remember reading something about the kernel versions from 4.3 to 5.0 not being compatible and that I have to update to 4.4 first, that's why I am aksing.
Thnx for your answer!

Vagouras said:
Yes, I am rooted (Knox 0x1) and also plan to do a full wipe. I remember reading something about the kernel versions from 4.3 to 5.0 not being compatible and that I have to update to 4.4 first, that's why I am aksing.
Thnx for your answer!
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Really? Why waste time on this. Go ahead and flash 4.4 then 5. What's the big deal.