Hi folks, I have recently updated my Note 3 SM-N9005 from Kitkat 4.4.2 to Lollipop using the BL, CSC, CP AND PIT Files. But I didnt like Lollipop, lots of bug like no NFC, alarm doesnt work with flip cover, gps issue, etc.. So flasked original firmware (O2 Germany) with odin 9 but no luck. After successful installation my Note 3 just stuck at Galaxy Note 3 screen. Even tried factory reset, wipe data not still stuck at the welcome screen. Is there a way to install kitkat original firmware?
You updated the bootloader so no. Just reflash the beta and wait for official update. Or you can try CM11
revert from android 5.0 to 4.4.2
Download this rom with 5 files with pit file and flash with odin, and do a wipe/factory reset before and after, then u can flash latest rom for your phone from sammobile.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2550823&page=7
post 63
the pit file is for N9005 32GB
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/help/qa-n9005xxugbnl8-5-0-lollipop-rom-t2982320/page14
sokar_goauld said:
Download this rom with 5 files with pit file and flash with odin, and do a wipe/factory reset before and after, then u can flash latest rom for your phone from sammobile.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2550823&page=7
post 63
the pit file is for N9005 32GB
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/help/qa-n9005xxugbnl8-5-0-lollipop-rom-t2982320/page14
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I have tried these options but result is the same, Note 3 doesnt boot and stuck at the welcome screen. As Jack said, looks like I am stuck with lollipop beta for Note 3
sorry to hear that, when u flash the 4.4.2 back, u ticked re-partition and phone bootloader update?
sokar_goauld said:
sorry to hear that, when u flash the 4.4.2 back, u ticked re-partition and phone bootloader update?
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Yes, I did that. Your UK firmware (UFNF4) and O2 Germany could install successfully but Note 3 wont boot. However,DBT firware couldnt install, odin gave error is initially installation process. Eventually I had to install leaked lollipop
ssn1978 said:
Yes, I did that. Your UK firmware (UFNF4) and O2 Germany could install successfully but Note 3 wont boot. However,DBT firware couldnt install, odin gave error is initially installation process. Eventually I had to install leaked lollipop
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I think the .pit file for Lollipop makes the system partition smaller, so it's only normal that no KitKat can boot, as to why after flashing a KitKat .pit you can't boot up, I don't know. You could have booted up Lollipop without the .pit for it, you know, I didn't, and I can revert to a KitKat backup anytime without any issues.
But yeah, you might have to stay on Lollipop for a couple more weeks until we get an official update.
sirobelec said:
I think the .pit file for Lollipop makes the system partition smaller, so it's only normal that no KitKat can boot, as to why after flashing a KitKat .pit you can't boot up, I don't know. You could have booted up Lollipop without the .pit for it, you know, I didn't, and I can revert to a KitKat backup anytime without any issues.
But yeah, you might have to stay on Lollipop for a couple more weeks until we get an official update.
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The pit file provided to revert is for 4.4.2 android .....
successfully rolled back to 4.4.2
sokar_goauld said:
The pit file provided to revert is for 4.4.2 android .....
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Hi, is your issue resolved?
I'd like to tell that I have successfully rolled back to 4.4.2 GNG1 BTU ROM from the Leaked 5.0 ROM.
I had luckily backed up my original PIT file from 4.4.2 ROM before upgrade to Lollipop leak. As there were many bugs with the leak, i decided to restore a Nandroid backup of kitkat. But it failed miserably as all the apps started crashing. So I did a fresh flashing of 4.4.2 GNG1 BTU rom with my Backup PIT file. And now everything is working fine for me.
I have 32GB N9005 model. Let me know if you need the PIT file for the same.
It would be great if you can share the pit file with me. I desperately need to go back to 4.4.2. I too have 32 GB SM-N9005 model from O2 Germany
worked successfully for me
I had same issue when I was downgrading to 4.4.2 , but it worked for me :
1- install leaked Lollipop via pc odin ( no need pit file)
2- boot your phone up and if you see welcome screen it means you still are cool
3- download nad install 4.4.2 GNG1 via pc odin, and dont let it to boot up
4- go to stock recovery mode and wipe your phone
5- reboot your phone and hopefully you will be fine
ssn1978 said:
It would be great if you can share the pit file with me. I desperately need to go back to 4.4.2. I too have 32 GB SM-N9005 model from O2 Germany
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On my first link i give you, u have the pit file for 4.4.2 and all the files u need to revert to 4.4.2, all u have to do is to download that rar and ur problem is solved.
So guys, I now able to downgrade to 4.4.2. As you have guys suggested, I used pit file sokar_goauld (32GB N9005) and used GNG1 BTU ROM, the way RedApple has suggested. Now everything is back to 4.4.2 though not the German O2 firmware.
Thank you guys!
I have one more question, can I now flash O2 Germany firmware on this GNG1 BTU ROM without any pit file? Seems like O2 Germany bootloader/firmware is an older version, so not sure if further downgrading to original O2 Germany firmware is possible without any issues?
Have a nice weekend.
ssn1978 said:
So guys, I now able to downgrade to 4.4.2. As you have guys suggested, I used pit file sokar_goauld (32GB N9005) and used GNG1 BTU ROM, the way RedApple has suggested. Now everything is back to 4.4.2 though not the German O2 firmware.
Thank you guys!
I have one more question, can I now flash O2 Germany firmware on this GNG1 BTU ROM without any pit file? Seems like O2 Germany bootloader/firmware is an older version, so not sure if further downgrading to original O2 Germany firmware is possible without any issues?
Have a nice weekend.
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I am happy for u , and yes, u can flash now ur firmware without pit......u need to use pit only if u change android version, like KK to LL
LE - remember, always wipe clean/factory reset before changing firmware to avoid problems.
nagenderjeet said:
Hi, is your issue resolved?
I'd like to tell that I have successfully rolled back to 4.4.2 GNG1 BTU ROM from the Leaked 5.0 ROM.
I had luckily backed up my original PIT file from 4.4.2 ROM before upgrade to Lollipop leak. As there were many bugs with the leak, i decided to restore a Nandroid backup of kitkat. But it failed miserably as all the apps started crashing. So I did a fresh flashing of 4.4.2 GNG1 BTU rom with my Backup PIT file. And now everything is working fine for me.
I have 32GB N9005 model. Let me know if you need the PIT file for the same.
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Worked exactly the way you suggested! Thank you.
ssn1978 said:
I have tried these options but result is the same, Note 3 doesnt boot and stuck at the welcome screen. As Jack said, looks like I am stuck with lollipop beta for Note 3
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i think there is something wrong with flashing lollipop on your device. i already tried flashing lollipop and i downgrade it to kitkat successfully without error... many people say that its ok to downgrade from lollipop to kit kat... like me im on kitkat now because i dint like lollipop so many bugs. i will wait the official update..
That's good!
Now I'm eagerly waiting for the Official Lollipop
Thanks you Guys
I did as ssn1978 did with the suggested files from RedApple and sokar_goauld and i just wanted to say.....
Thank you guys, God bless you
I started losing hope going back to kitkat or even reviving my Note 3 back...
And now it's alive thanks to you
But i'm facing a problem now, i can't go back to my NF4 BTU, the same old problem happened again :S do i have to stuck with NG1 ? :S
Amir Adel said:
I did as ssn1978 did with the suggested files from RedApple and sokar_goauld and i just wanted to say.....
Thank you guys, God bless you
I started losing hope going back to kitkat or even reviving my Note 3 back...
And now it's alive thanks to you
But i'm facing a problem now, i can't go back to my NF4 BTU, the same old problem happened again :S do i have to stuck with NG1 ? :S
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Downgrade from NG to NF is impossible or will cause many issues. ..so stay on NG...
rayman95 said:
Downgrade from NG to NF is impossible or will cause many issues. ..so stay on NG...
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Oh. so It's downgrading! i thought NF4 is newer than NG1, in that case i'm satisified with NG1, device it working perfect now
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I am posting this to help people who ran across the same problem I did the past 24 hours, which drove me crazy and it was quite difficult to find any info on it.
I bought my N9005 on eBay from a Hong Kong seller. I just updated it with Kies and noticed that sammobile.com has a newer MJ8 firmware, so I figured I'd just download it and flash it via Odin.
Kies shows my mobile as XME (Malaysia region), but I guessed it should work just fine, and boy was I wrong.
Moments after trying to flash it, it failed, but it did manage to flash the beginning of the firmware, which was the new MJ bootloader. That newer bootloader does not allow any other firmware with older bootloader be flashed on the phone. Not even Kies's emergency recovery was able to revive my phone which was stuck in emergency download mode.
When trying to flash I got all sorts of errors, such as:
invalid ext4 image
and
CHECK FAIL : fused : 2 , Binary : 1. (when trying to install the older XME Malaysian Firmware on top of the new bootloader)
To make a very long story short, after almost giving up and start waiting for a Malaysian firmware with the new bootloader to be released, I ran across the UK MJ6 BTU rom which does have the new bootloader too and decided to try flashing it. To my amazement - this worked and my phone is back to life! phewwwww!
This is a download link to the BTU MJ6 firmware:
http://www.hotfile.com/dl/252753467/b379b8f/N9005XXUDMJ6_N9005OXADMJ4_BTU.zip.html
Hope this helps others!
P.S. If this information helped you, please click the "THANKS" button below. It's free of charge.
doclucas said:
I am posting this to help people who ran across the same problem I did the past 24 hours, which drove me crazy and it was quite difficult to find any info on it.
I bought my N9005 on eBay from a Hong Kong seller. I just updated it with Kies and noticed that sammobile.com has a newer MJ8 firmware, so I figured I'd just download it and flash it via Odin.
Kies shows my mobile as XME (Malaysia region), but I guessed it should work just fine, and boy was I wrong.
Moments after trying to flash it, it failed, but it did manage to flash the beginning of the firmware, which was the new MJ bootloader. That newer bootloader does not allow any other firmware with older bootloader be flashed on the phone. Not even Kies's emergency recovery was able to revive my phone which was stuck in emergency download mode.
When trying to flash I got all sorts of errors, such as:
invalid ext4 image
and
CHECK FAIL : fused : 2 , Binary : 1. (when trying to install the older XME Malaysian Firmware on top of the new bootloader)
To make a very long story short, after almost giving up and start waiting for a Malaysian firmware with the new bootloader to be released, I ran across the UK MJ6 BTU rom which does have the new bootloader too and decided to try flashing it. To my amazement - this worked and my phone is back to life! phewwwww!
This is a download link to the BTU MJ6 firmware:
http://www.hotfile.com/dl/252753467/b379b8f/N9005XXUDMJ6_N9005OXADMJ4_BTU.zip.html
Hope this helps others!
P.S. If this information helped you, please click the "THANKS" button below. It's free of charge.
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Thanks buddy for helping me, got me up and running again :good:
You're welcome, mate!
Softbrick
Thank you thank you thank you thank you .
I always liked Hong Kong roms on note one and two and I thought I can continue the tradition .
Softbricked it , and no solution anywhere . I installed this and voila . Back in business . I also installed MJ7 on top now all is good .
Have I said thank you ?
Well thank you !
budalica said:
Thank you thank you thank you thank you .
Have I said thank you ?
Well thank you !
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You're welcome. Did you press the "Thank you" button?
Thanks a lot. Without your post, my phone will still be bricked.
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That day! ! Me too
Useful info, I'm sure this will be of use in many situations.
Thankyou.
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uscool said:
Thanks buddy for helping me, got me up and running again :good:
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could someone please upload that firmware again on some other hoster? because hostfile isnt working anymore. couldnt find the file on any other server by myself.
lalahamid said:
could someone please upload that firmware again on some other hoster? because hostfile isnt working anymore. couldnt find the file on any other server by myself.
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Here is the newer version from UK BTU: N9005XXUDMJ7_N9005OXADMJ4_BTU.zip
http://terafile.co/29f621508415
doclucas said:
I am posting this to help people who ran across the same problem I did the past 24 hours, which drove me crazy and it was quite difficult to find any info on it.
I bought my N9005 on eBay from a Hong Kong seller. I just updated it with Kies and noticed that sammobile.com has a newer MJ8 firmware, so I figured I'd just download it and flash it via Odin.
Kies shows my mobile as XME (Malaysia region), but I guessed it should work just fine, and boy was I wrong.
Moments after trying to flash it, it failed, but it did manage to flash the beginning of the firmware, which was the new MJ bootloader. That newer bootloader does not allow any other firmware with older bootloader be flashed on the phone. Not even Kies's emergency recovery was able to revive my phone which was stuck in emergency download mode.
When trying to flash I got all sorts of errors, such as:
invalid ext4 image
and
CHECK FAIL : fused : 2 , Binary : 1. (when trying to install the older XME Malaysian Firmware on top of the new bootloader)
To make a very long story short, after almost giving up and start waiting for a Malaysian firmware with the new bootloader to be released, I ran across the UK MJ6 BTU rom which does have the new bootloader too and decided to try flashing it. To my amazement - this worked and my phone is back to life! phewwwww!
This is a download link to the BTU MJ6 firmware:
http://www.hotfile.com/dl/252753467/b379b8f/N9005XXUDMJ6_N9005OXADMJ4_BTU.zip.html
Hope this helps others!
P.S. If this information helped you, please click the "THANKS" button below. It's free of charge.
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my brick story in short is------ brought note 3 sm-n9005 from ebay from a Hong Kong based seller. pics of ap, cp and csc are attached. rooted with chainfire's and installed cwm6 by chenglu. A few days back, flashed bobcat rom version 2(mj7) and later 3( mk2 ) without problems. Was looking for different themes .yesterday flashed balckchrome from s4 forum that also went smooth. Unfortunatly flashed another theme for s4 which was not meant for andriod version 4.3. Pretty stupid .went into bootloop. Had nandroid backup tried to restore but couldn't.
Flashed another rom mk2 from cwm. again bootloop .took the odin route and flashed stock deodesk mj7 by Djembey from this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2461929
Failed again. Then downloaded latest mk2 from sammobile website. The same error (invalid ext4 img) in short failed on all ccounts. Have run out of options. The last thing in mind is to wait for some new bootloader after mk2 which might rescue me as mentioned in this thread that new bootloaders might help... Any guidance will be appreciated. Thanks
@pyarajaani
Try this:
1) Get X-Note v6 custom rom.
2) Use Odin to install CWM recovery.
3) boot the phone into CWM recovery and copy the X-NOTE rom (MK2 based) to your phone or card.
4) Do a complete wipe/factory-reset from CWM
5) Install the X-NOTE rom from CWM
And let me know how it went
doclucas said:
@pyarajaani
Try this:
1) Get X-Note v6 custom rom.
2) Use Odin to install CWM recovery.
3) boot the phone into CWM recovery and copy the X-NOTE rom (MK2 based) to your phone or card.
4) Do a complete wipe/factory-reset from CWM
5) Install the X-NOTE rom from CWM
And let me know how it went
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Why did you suggest X-Note but not another ROM?
3 reasons:
- It's MK2 based
- I am using it
- It's excellent
And besides, if the method I suggested works, he can always replace a ROM later on if he wishes.
doclucas said:
3 reasons:
- It's MK2 based
- I am using it
- It's excellent
And besides, if the method I suggested works, he can always
replace a ROM later on if he wishes.
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Thanks for the suggestion. ..tried twice with both stock n Civato kernels.. didn't go beyond Samsung logo screen....With Civato there appears some error above the logo...pics i m attaching. .Thanks again.
doclucas said:
3 reasons:
- It's MK2 based
- I am using it
- It's excellent
And besides, if the method I suggested works, he can always replace a ROM later on if he wishes.
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Nope, I didnt mean what is the best rom to use.
The problem is that how to bypass the bootloop issue.
pyarajaani said:
Thanks for the suggestion. ..tried twice with both stock n Civato kernels.. didn't go beyond Samsung logo screen....With Civato there appears some error above the logo...pics i m attaching. .Thanks again.
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No need to mess with kernels.
Were u able to install cwm via odin and then boot into cwm?
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No need to mess with kernels.
Were u able to install cwm via odin and then boot into cwm?
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yes...I did that n installed X note rom from cwm. BUT I suspect that cwm is not fully functional. Why I m saying this is that I have a nandroid backup of bobcat mj7 rom...which cwm isn't able to detect even. ..nevertheless. .cwm is installed.
1) Which CWM version do you have installed?
2) Did you do a full wipe/factory-reset?
3) Did you try also advanced formatting (of system partition together with the full wipe) and then install the ROM?
4) Did you try all the above with the latest TWRP recovery instead of CWM?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2467255
Try to flash this file by cwm first and then flash any rom after you want
https://www.dropbox.com/s/bibytggk2m8npw8/Brick_Loop_FIX_Fix.zip
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hey guys,
i tried the new rom by civato, for this i flashed the NE6 bootloader. the rom didn't work as expected (no data) so i tried to restore the stock rom NB7 via odin.
odin said succes, but the phone did not boot. i flashed cwm and flashed som roms from there, but i always got a freeze/bootloop, even after factory reset.
so i tried a full new flash with nand erase all. flash succeded, but i could not boot.
then i downloaded the N9005ZHUENE6 firmware from hongkong and tried to flash it, but odin always fails. now i get the "firmware upgrade encountered an issue." message and can't do anything with the phone anymore.
Can you please help me?
thank you in advance!
edit: problem solved, the NE4 pit file from sajjjjjjad did the job!
uluf said:
hey guys,
i tried the new rom by civato, for this i flashed the NE6 bootloader. the rom didn't work as expected (no data) so i tried to restore the stock rom NB7 via odin.
odin said succes, but the phone did not boot. i flashed cwm and flashed som roms from there, but i always got a freeze/bootloop, even after factory reset.
so i tried a full new flash with nand erase all. flash succeded, but i could not boot.
then i downloaded the N9005ZHUENE6 firmware from hongkong and tried to flash it, but odin always fails. now i get the "firmware upgrade encountered an issue." message and can't do anything with the phone anymore.
Can you please help me?
thank you in advance!
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Head over to the HK thread(s) and see how to restore back to normal with Hong Kong variants it's a little different (you do have a HK version I assume? and not just risked an HK FW flash?)--- You can flash via ODIN again even with that error on the device.
radicalisto said:
Head over to the HK thread(s) and see how to restore back to normal with Hong Kong variants it's a little different (you do have a HK version I assume? and not just risked an HK FW flash?)--- You can flash via ODIN again even with that error on the device.
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Is there a difference between the international N9005 and the HK variant? my N9005 is from germany. i flashed the german firmware again and the error is gone, but the device is still in the bootloop..
uluf said:
Is there a difference between the international N9005 and the HK variant? my N9005 is from germany. i flashed the german firmware again and the error is gone, but the device is still in the bootloop..
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Very slightly yes. More to do with some HK Software issues, that's the only N9005 firmware which shouldn't/can't be flashed on every device model N9005 - regarding your bootlooping.
Grab a PIT file, sort out what firmware you use and match them, then flash via Odin, there are a few guides and it's pretty straightforward, however you need to read properly or you risk a hard-brick.
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radicalisto said:
Very slightly yes. More to do with some HK Software issues, that's the only N9005 firmware which shouldn't/can't be flashed on every device model N9005 - regarding your bootlooping.
Grab a PIT file, sort out what firmware you use and match them, then flash via Odin, there are a few guides and it's pretty straightforward, however you need to read properly or you risk a hard-brick.
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I flashed the latest DBT firmware a couple of times, with a PIT file and without, with full nand erase and without. Odin always says passed but i get no boot sound and the device gets stuck at the boot animation.
I think the problem could be the NE6 bootloader i flashed, but if i flash the NE6 again after i flashed the NB7 firmware it doesn't boot either. Is it possible to downgrade the bootloader to another KitKat firmware?
uluf said:
I flashed the latest DBT firmware a couple of times, with a PIT file and without, with full nand erase and without. Odin always says passed but i get no boot sound and the device gets stuck at the boot animation.
I think the problem could be the NE6 bootloader i flashed, but if i flash the NE6 again after i flashed the NB7 firmware it doesn't boot either. Is it possible to downgrade the bootloader to another KitKat firmware?
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try flashing the latest NE5 for the phillipines, that is for your model with correct pit file and i think your phone will be alive again
alom5 said:
try flashing the latest NE5 for the phillipines, that is for your model with correct pit file and i think your phone will be alive again
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thanks for the tip, do you have a source for the NE5? i can't find a download for this.
You can use www.sammobile.com/firmwares.
Make sure you have the correct pit file as you changed it to the hk version before
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on this site i can't find a NE5 version. i flashed the ND6, device didn't boot.
so i tried to flash cwm, worked fine. then i was able to install and boot the latest cm11, but the baseband, min, prl-version, meid, imei and iccid are shown as unknown. so i tried to restore the efs backup i made via terminal emulator, it looks like it worked but when i reboot nothing changed.
any other ideas?
alom5 said:
try flashing the latest NE5 for the phillipines, that is for your model with correct pit file and i think your phone will be alive again
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Sorry for bursting here >>> and Just to make sure
If I'm on the N9005XXUEND6 ( btw the best Firmware so far).....the new Hong Kong PDA: N9005ZHUENE6
is not 100% safe/compatible ?
My phone is the international version
:good:
hi
i have this problem too!(Downgrade baseband)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=53111058
when i downgrade to nd4 imei set to null null and ....
Hong Kong ROM is Only for 16gb N9005 !!!!!!!
you'r bootloader upgpraded to NE6 and You most downgrade to ne4
i export pit file from ne4:
https://mega.co.nz/#!T4YgnaYL!-FBDWMpBpTUWCmYDpGfBqaM26ZH9HK_u7SuRB3xoF0Q
try to flash 4 file rom ne4 with my pit file.
Hong Kong firmware is not for the international version. Hk phone is 16gb only and had different partition. So don't bother with it.
There is the NE5 firmware on sammobile site. I downloaded it from there. ..
Is pda NE4 csc NE5
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sajjjjjjad said:
hi
i have this problem too!(Downgrade baseband)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=53111058
when i downgrade to nd4 imei set to null null and ....
Hong Kong ROM is Only for 16gb N9005 !!!!!!!
you'r bootloader upgpraded to NE6 and You most downgrade to ne4
i export pit file from ne4:
https://mega.co.nz/#!T4YgnaYL!-FBDWMpBpTUWCmYDpGfBqaM26ZH9HK_u7SuRB3xoF0Q
try to flash 4 file rom ne4 with my pit file.
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thanks for the pit file, i'm downloading the NE4 right now, but as a one file version. do you know where i can get the 4 file rom? i only find the 1 file versions.
THANK YOU! with your pit file, it worked again!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2774970
hey guys i think that i had the same problem with you . i updated my bootloader and my modem as civato said and now imei null and baseband unknown . can you help me how to fix this . thanx in advance
Ι fixed it too
Misterjunky said:
If your baseband is NB4/ND4/NE6 then you cannot downgrade however you can
upgrade if when any updates are available.
Good luck!
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upgrade if when any updates are available.
Has anyone successfully downgrade official lollipop 5.0 to official kitkat 4.4? How? Is it safe to do it? Please help [emoji38]
I am quite sure a lot of people have gone back to KitKat from Lollipop, including me. In the course of last one week I have flashed Lollipop at least six times and came back to KK each time. So yes, downgrading is absolutely problem free.
Thank you devil
need help.
i have problem downgrading from lollipop to kitkat. after i downgrade. my phone baseband change to unknown and i cannot receive any signal. i try flashing kitkat baseband still no luck. any help? please i want to go back to KK.
IzArsha said:
i have problem downgrading from lollipop to kitkat. after i downgrade. my phone baseband change to unknown and i cannot receive any signal. i try flashing kitkat baseband still no luck. any help? please i want to go back to KK.
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I would save all your personal data to the PC desktop. Wipe everything ( twice ), and then do a factory reset. Now odin flash back to whatever version of KK OS you want to run. Make sure you use a complete stock .tar firmware ( system/modem/bootloader ) from xda or sammoblie has them. Once you flash back to stock, odin flash it again to make sure everything installs. Then root and reinstall your data. If you do a lot of flashing from lollipop to KK, your going to have to take out the trash every once in while for lack of better words. I do a lot of flashing and end going back to bone stock about once a week, this helps from corrupting vital programs like efs. So in other words there is no magic pill. For more info click my signature the versions of KK might be different but the procedure is the same.
jimzweb1 said:
I would save all your personal data to the PC desktop. Wipe everything ( twice ), and then do a factory reset. Now odin flash back to whatever version of KK OS you want to run. Make sure you use a complete stock .tar firmware ( system/modem/bootloader ) from xda or sammoblie has them. Once you flash back to stock, odin flash it again to make sure everything installs. Then root and reinstall your data. If you do a lot of flashing from lollipop to KK, your going to have to take out the trash every once in while for lack of better words. I do a lot of flashing and end going back to bone stock about once a week, this helps from corrupting vital programs like efs. So in other words there is no magic pill. For more info click my signature the versions of KK might be different but the procedure is the same.
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Sorry i already fix this. After flashing KK i flashed Lolipop modem manually then it connect to my network. Then i flashed back to KK modem which is GNG1 and its working like a charm.
Hi, I am using Samsung Galaxy Note 3 and recently updated to Lollipop(Not any ROM). Now I want to do factory reset and want to know that after factory reset process Will my phone land on Kitkat or Lollipop?
It would be greatly appreciated If someone can help me on this.
Thanks
problem whit recovery
devilsdouble said:
I am quite sure a lot of people have gone back to KitKat from Lollipop, including me. In the course of last one week I have flashed Lollipop at least six times and came back to KK each time. So yes, downgrading is absolutely problem free.
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i have n7100, installed lollipop beta, then i tried hawkish rom runing 4.1.x rom, finally i installed dr ketans ron v14 runing 4.4.4, but on the recovey i still see the hawkish rom folder i pasted to the internal sd, i cant delete it using root explorer or any other program, i can only see this folder on recovery, any idea?
Check my last few threads for solutions
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Downgrading official lollipop (XEO) to Kitkat (BTU)
Hello Note 3 users. I would like to ask (maybe someone already tried) to downgrade official (not leaked one with bugs as was mentioned) lollipop to kitkat? My phone originally had BTU kitkat, but I wanted to test lollipop and downloaded one from sammobile (XEO). Flashed as it was described in Sammobile website, everything went well. Rom is working well, but gps takes ages to fix, and only a few satellites. They are always lost while driving. Because of this reason I would like to come back to BTU kitkat again (get gps working normally again and receive future OTA updates). Can I flash Kitkat like it's described in sammobile? Wouldn't I mess the bootloader or something? (XEO Lollipop to BTU Kitkat)
I successfully downgraded from Samsung's official 5.0 to 4.4.2. I wiped the phone first in recovery. Then flashed using Odin version 3.09.
My Note 3 is an SM-N9005.
After receiving the 5.0 update yesterday for my Note 3 (product code XSI) and not liking it very much I will be downgrading again. At least the newer build in the XSI ROM seems more stable than the BTU ROM I tried before but I will still downgrade. One of my favourite apps, Delayed Lock, isn't working on 5.0.
Hey Guys,
a few minutes ago, I tried to flash the newest Lollipop Rom from a german carrier via. odin. Before that, my Note 3 was running the leaked HongKong version of Lollipop. I missed, to backup my pit file and thats why I can't flash the new system. The problem is, that now my phone doesn't even boot. It even won't accept the HK version of Lollipop.
Can someone uploade his/her Pit-File for me?
Sorry, can be closed.
Got it from here.
Hi, I had this phone, G901F on which someone flashed a Vodafone Germany FW, but the phone is from Orange Romania so at first I simply wanted to flash its according FW, but turns out Orange Romania only has 4.4.4 so I found the Nordic FW with 5.0.2
I flashed it, phone booted normally afterwords and it was doing the Android is Upgrading process at which I turned it off to reset it from Recovery. So after that it wouldn't boot anymore, after the Samsung logo the notification LED stays on with a blue color and it doesn't do anything, I left it on like that for more than 10 minutes.
I did reflash the FW through Odin again and it still does that. At the moment I'm downloading Germany Vodafone 5.0.2 just to hopefully get it working again but I don't wish to have bloat on it. Would getting the 4.4.4 FW be alright? Would it work afterwords? I imagine that I'll get 5.0.2 through OTA.
Thanks for reading.
Orange ro does have a 5.0.2 Rom. Search on sammobile for it. There's a dedicated thread for s5 plus http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...s5-gs-g901f-user-thread-t2906438?goto=newpost
There is no ORANGE 5.0.2 rom only 4.4.4 correct. but you can install whatever rom you want or custom rom if you dont want bloatwares.
Stock Rom
http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SM-G901F
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-G901F/
https://samsung-firmware.org/model/SM-G901F/
Custom Rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s5/development/rom-novarom-v1-0-t3175286
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s5/development/rom-simplegx-rom-v1-0-0-t3072269
Topic disscusion
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s5/general/samsung-galaxy-s5-gs-g901f-user-thread-t2906438
I want to make it stock, the device has warranty papers and everything, so I don't want to mess with it. I have had Samsung phones in the past and I was always able to flash them with stock firmware from sammobile without issues. This however, seems to have problems. The Nordic rom doesn't want to boot at all and I downloaded the RO Vodafone 5.0.2 ROM and it does boot, but doesn't get past the "Android is upgrading" message at startup, it shuts off in the process and then can't turn on without me removing the battery. I did reset it from recovery so I guess I'll just try 4.4.4 Orange and see where that takes me, I was asking if I can do that because I'm not really sure I can downgrade.
Thanks for your answers.
LE. I tried the Orange 4.4.4 FW and it still doesn't boot.
I looked the phone after IMEI and ended up with this result on the website imei.info:
G906S Galaxy S5 LTE-A (SM-G901F)
So I'm kinda confused, since none of the 3 roms that I downloaded for the G901F model didn't work, should I try and download the FW for G906S? It doesn't make sense, everywhere on the phone it says it's G901F: On the sticker beneath the battery, in download mode.. it used to say it in device information too.
There IS a Orange rom for s5 plus, as I previously told you!!
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/50465/G901FXXU1BOC4_G901FORL1BOC1_ORL/
bleros said:
There is no ORANGE 5.0.2 rom only 4.4.4 correct. but you can install whatever you want or custom rom if you dont want bloatwares.
Stock Rom
http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SM-G901F
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-G901F/
https://samsung-firmware.org/model/SM-G901F/
Custom Rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s5/development/rom-novarom-v1-0-t3175286
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s5/development/rom-simplegx-rom-v1-0-0-t3072269
Topic disscusion
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s5/general/samsung-galaxy-s5-gs-g901f-user-thread-t2906438
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The phone is stuck at boot because you really placed the 4.4 bootloader with a 5 one. You will have to write a 502 Rom or ro download a 4.4.2 rom but with repartition and pit.
engwee said:
I want to make it stock, the device has warranty papers and everything, so I don't want to mess with it. I have had Samsung phones in the past and I was always able to flash them with stock firmware from sammobile without issues. This however, seems to have problems. The Nordic rom doesn't want to boot at all and I downloaded the RO Vodafone 5.0.2 ROM and it does boot, but doesn't get past the "Android is upgrading" message at startup, it shuts off in the process and then can't turn on without me removing the battery. I did reset it from recovery so I guess I'll just try 4.4.4 Orange and see where that takes me, I was asking if I can do that because I'm not really sure I can downgrade.
Thanks for your answers.
LE. I tried the Orange 4.4.4 FW and it still doesn't boot.
I looked the phone after IMEI and ended up with this result on the website imei.info:
G906S Galaxy S5 LTE-A (SM-G901F)
So I'm kinda confused, since none of the 3 roms that I downloaded for the G901F model didn't work, should I try and download the FW for G906S? It doesn't make sense, everywhere on the phone it says it's G901F: On the sticker beneath the battery, in download mode.. it used to say it in device information too.
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The device will work install any 5.0.2 rom after firmware flash you must wipe data factory reset from recovery
@vcosmin ORO is Orange Not ORL
Well the thing is that I tried the 4.4 Rom only after the 5.0 ones failed. So not even that is working.
So flashing the 4.4.4 Rom and ticking repartition and pit is a good ideea? I always saw that you're advised to make sure their unchecked
engwee said:
Well the thing is that I tried the 4.4 Rom only after the 5.0 ones failed. So not even that is working.
So flashing the 4.4.4 Rom and ticking repartition and pit is a good ideea? I always saw that you're advised to make sure their unchecked
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You always stuck in bootloop if u install from 5.0.2 to 4.4.4 if u flash from 5.0.2 to 4.4.4 your phone will stuck im bootloop after u flashed with pit 4.4.4 if phone stuck on boot just add pit file and click start in odin. Phone will boot
I was initially on a 5.0.2 ROM and I tried flashing a 5.0.2 ROM which put me in a boot loop. The 4.4.4 ROM was the last one I tried after 3 different 5.0.2 ROMs, so there was no rewriting of the bootloader to begin with. But where do I get the pit file? Do I extract it from the ROM file? Or it does it on it's own?
engwee said:
I was initially on a 5.0.2 ROM and I tried flashing a 5.0.2 ROM which put me in a boot loop. The 4.4.4 ROM was the last one I tried after 3 different 5.0.2 ROMs, so there was no rewriting of the bootloader to begin with. But where do I get the pit file? Do I extract it from the ROM file? Or it does it on it's own?
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Here is pit file download it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s5/general/samsung-galaxy-s5-gs-g901f-user-thread-t2906438
bleros said:
Here is pit file download it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s5/general/samsung-galaxy-s5-gs-g901f-user-thread-t2906438
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link removed for pit, can you upload pit for 901f again? thank you !
Alin624 said:
link removed for pit, can you upload pit for 901f again? thank you !
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SOrry been long time not in forum. if u still need https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95916177934541474
vcosmin said:
There IS a Orange rom for s5 plus, as I previously told you!!
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/50465/G901FXXU1BOC4_G901FORL1BOC1_ORL/
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The phone is stuck at boot because you really placed the 4.4 bootloader with a 5 one. You will have to write a 502 Rom or ro download a 4.4.2 rom but with repartition and pit.
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Install the right pitfile search internet/xda for pit file.
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