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Settings file is deleted?

Hello! I rooted my S4 today and installed the CWM recovery and flashed my new rom which is the Foxhound 2.0 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2303239. I have had my older device rooted and i have flashed couple roms with it (huawei ideos x5) and i didn't want to lose all my files and apps from my S4 while flashing this rom, so i didn't do the factory reset thing. I wiped my cache and dalvik cache and then i flashed my rom. As soon as i got it working i was hyped and so on but i noticed that the Settings app was missing. I looked via root explorer and it wasn't in the folder /system/app/. I looked from the magical internet and didn't find anything. Nothing at all. I tried installing some setting.apk's but none of them worked. I downloaded the stock android 4.2.2 rom and copied the settings.apk from there but no, it didn't do anything. I tried also installing those setting apk's but it says 'app not installed'. I had my backup of the android 4.2.2 in my phone but when i tried to restore it to my phone, it said something about m5 sum thing or what it was i don't remember. If you have any clue, please help. I'm lost and i need guidance.
Sorry if there is some bad English, i'm from Finland.

In cwm restore settings, uncheck the check md5 sum. It should then let you restore the nandroid

I messed it up
jd1639 said:
In cwm restore settings, uncheck the check md5 sum. It should then let you restore the nandroid
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As stupid as i was, i deleted the backup because it took all space from my phone. I couldn't do anything so i had to delete it. (it took 4.5 gb of space)

ippeman said:
As stupid as i was, i deleted the backup because it took all space from my phone. I couldn't do anything so i had to delete it. (it took 4.5 gb of space)
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Well you could always Odin back to stock.

jd1639 said:
Well you could always Odin back to stock.
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Can you tell me how? I don't have too much experience with Odin

ippeman said:
Can you tell me how? I don't have too much experience with Odin
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Download Odin ver 3.07. Download firmware for your device from sammobile.com. It'll be a zip file. Use 7-zip to extract the .tar.md5 file from it. Use that file in Odin, PDA slot. Only have auto-reboot checked in odin.

jd1639 said:
Download Odin ver 3.07. Download firmware for your device from sammobile.com. It'll be a zip file. Use 7-zip to extract the .tar.md5 file from it. Use that file in Odin, PDA slot. Only have auto-reboot checked in odin.
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Which firmware i take? I live in finland and i see no finland firmware there

ippeman said:
Which firmware i take? I live in finland and i see no finland firmware there
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Do you know what firmware you are currently on? And what specific device do you have, i9500, i9505, etc?

jd1639 said:
Do you know what firmware you are currently on?
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Naa, and i tried the *#1234# thing that they said in the sammobile site but that didn't work for me

ippeman said:
Naa, and i tried the *#1234# thing that they said in the sammobile site but that didn't work for me
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Well what device do you have and what's your carrier

jd1639 said:
Well what device do you have and what's your carrier
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Carrier is Saunalahti and device Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-I9505 and that's it, what else should i know

ippeman said:
Carrier is Saunalahti and device Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-I9505 and that's it, what else should i know
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It looks like firmware ending in mga is what you need. Sammobile doesn't have firmware for Finland so I'd look for another counties which has the last three characters as mga.

jd1639 said:
Well what device do you have and what's your carrier
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Should i use the KIES thing? http://www.samsung.com/fi/info/update.html i don't know if you could translate it to english or something?

ippeman said:
Should i use the KIES thing? http://www.samsung.com/fi/info/update.html i don't know if you could translate it to english or something?
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I can't link you but Google "4.2.2 Finland firmware xda" There's a thread that has firmware for many counties with Finland being one of them

jd1639 said:
I can't link you but Google "4.2.2 Finland firmware xda" There's a thread that has firmware for many counties with Finland being one of them
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I googled and found only sony xperia stuff what do you think about the kies thing?
Sent from my GT-I9505 using xda app-developers app

Give keys a try but I don't have much luck with it. I'll see if I can find a way you link you to the xda site
Edit, it was easier than I thought http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=40895753

jd1639 said:
Give keys a try but I don't have much luck with it. I'll see if I can find a way you link you to the xda site
Edit, it was easier than I thought http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=40895753
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I see Finland there!! Wohoo! Thank you, when i get back to my computer tomorrow, i'll try the odin. Can i backup my apps and stuff somewere before i start doing this?
Sent from my GT-I9505 using xda app-developers app

ippeman said:
I see Finland there!! Wohoo! Thank you, when i get back to my computer tomorrow, i'll try the odin. Can i backup my apps and stuff somewere before i start doing this?
Sent from my GT-I9505 using xda app-developers app
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You're not going to be able to back up your apps if you can't boot into your phone. They will be gone when you flash the stock firmware.

jd1639 said:
You're not going to be able to back up your apps if you can't boot into your phone. They will be gone when you flash the stock firmware.
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Hi again! The odin thing and that firmware stuff did something bad to my phone so i tried the kies and got everything working but now i don't have my rom. Do you think it's wise to go back to the foxhound? it ****ed up my settings and stuff Can you recommend some rom for me? And THANK YOU!! for your help

ippeman said:
Hi again! The odin thing and that firmware stuff did something bad to my phone so i got everything working but now i don't have my rom. Do you think it's wise to go back to the foxhound? it ****ed up my settings and stuff Can you recommend some rom for me? And THANK YOU!! for your help
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You're going to have to 're-root and put a custom recovery back on. Have you done that yet?

[Q] Cannot upgrate GN3 N9005 via ODIN 3.07

Hi All,
I have a Galaxy note 3 - N9005 LTE 32 GB.
It had JB installed however i wanted to instal KK on it so i downloaded the Germany KItkat fimrware NB4 and after flashing Odin says Fail!
I cheked Autoreboot & Reset Time.
Appreciate all the help you can give to solve this issue.
Also - if the answer will contain refrences to other firmwares include links coz i have been searching for POLAND firmware however icannot find where to download it.
Thanks

newapostlenew said:
Hi All,
I have a Galaxy note 3 - N9005 LTE 32 GB.
It had JB installed however i wanted to instal KK on it so i downloaded the Germany KItkat fimrware NB4 and after flashing Odin says Fail!
I cheked Autoreboot & Reset Time.
Appreciate all the help you can give to solve this issue.
Also - if the answer will contain refrences to other firmwares include links coz i have been searching for POLAND firmware however icannot find where to download it.
Thanks
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What country code are you on now? This German (DBT) suppose to be for unbranded phones, but people have problems flashing this. Keeps getting fail in Odin. I'm having this too and I'm standing back for the moment awaiting solution.
You can flash the Polish (XEO) NB3 and the file can be downloaded from sammobile.com/firmwares
Sent from my SM-N9005 using Tapatalk

mikkelrev69 said:
What country code are you on now? This German (DBT) suppose to be for unbranded phones, but people have problems flashing this. Keeps getting fail in Odin. I'm having this too and I'm standing back for the moment awaiting solution.
You can flash the Polish (XEO) NB3 and the file can be downloaded from sammobile.com/firmwares
Sent from my SM-N9005 using Tapatalk
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Thank you for your reply.
I am in the middle east (Saudi) - but my phone is carrier unlocked.
Polish firmware works? i mean you didnt get the error with that.
Thanks
MQ

mikkelrev69 said:
What country code are you on now? This German (DBT) suppose to be for unbranded phones, but people have problems flashing this. Keeps getting fail in Odin. I'm having this too and I'm standing back for the moment awaiting solution.
You can flash the Polish (XEO) NB3 and the file can be downloaded from sammobile.com/firmwares
Sent from my SM-N9005 using Tapatalk
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Can you furnish a more specific link? This link is linking to S4 and i am having a hard time finding the correct frimware.
Appreciate your help.

newapostlenew said:
Can you furnish a more specific link? This link is linking to S4 and i am having a hard time finding the correct frimware.
Much Appreciate your help.
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Thank you

Couple of questions
1- The poland firmware works for sure? or does that render odin to fail as well?
2 - Can i install 4.3 firmware stock? if yes can you pls share a link.
Appreciate your help.

newapostlenew said:
Can you furnish a more specific link? This link is linking to S4 and i am having a hard time finding the correct frimware.
Appreciate your help.
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The sammobile.com/firmwares are for all Samsung phones. Fill in N9005 in the fw search box to search firmwares.
Sent from my SM-N9005 using Tapatalk

mikkelrev69 said:
The sammobile.com/firmwares are for all Samsung phones. Fill in N9005 in the fw search box to search firmwares.
Sent from my SM-N9005 using Tapatalk
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Thanks i was able to locate the firmware in question right here on XDA as SAMMOBILE i encounter download issues/dead pages. Here is the link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2647861&page=2 (for anybody else visiting this page.
Also - can i revert back to 4.3 and flash that?
Thanks

newapostlenew said:
Thanks i was able to locate the firmware in question right here on XDA as SAMMOBILE i encounter download issues/dead pages. Here is the link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2647861&page=2 (for anybody else visiting this page.
Also - can i revert back to 4.3 and flash that?
Thanks
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There is no returning to 4.3 once you have upgraded your bootloader to 4.4.2

radicalisto said:
There is no returning to 4.3 once you have upgraded your bootloader to 4.4.2
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Thanks. I am currently dldlng. Hopefully this works.

You'll be OK with the Polish firmware it works fine

radicalisto said:
You'll be OK with the Polish firmware it works fine
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You mentioned nogo to 4.3 due to bootloader however i dindt check the bootloader option in odin (see screenshot). Should i tick that as well next time?

Well there is some debate as to if you should check the bootloader or not.
With the leaked Polish firmware it came in seperate files. You needed to check to upgrade the Bootloader.
With the XEO single .zip firmware you don't need to check it as it upgrades automatically - plenty agree with this. -- There is a few people who say that by not checking it, it hasn't upgraded for them and some just recommend you check it for good luck sake.

radicalisto said:
Well there is some debate as to if you should check the bootloader or not.
With the leaked Polish firmware it came in seperate files. You needed to check to upgrade the Bootloader.
With the XEO single .zip firmware you don't need to check it as it upgrades automatically - plenty agree with this. -- There is a few people who say that by not checking it, it hasn't upgraded for them and some just recommend you check it for good luck sake.
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Thanks Radicalisto.
Lets see how it goes. Fingers crossed.

Normally after the odin flash, all apps/data etc are there? If not what is the best/tried method of backup without root?
Thanks

radicalisto said:
You'll be OK with the Polish firmware it works fine
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Does this rom suffer from any battery drain issues? or in general any issues? this isnt beta so i suppose none should exist.

No drain issues no, pretty decent build tbh.

belerephont said:
Normally after the odin flash, all apps/data etc are there? If not what is the best/tried method of backup without root?
Thanks
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You mean the NEO one which radicalisto mentioned? if the former than ill update once i try this as i am re downloading it again. People should seriously use drop box instead of Mega.

newapostlenew said:
. People should seriously use drop box instead of Mega.
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MEGA is country based per account. So if I upload to my MEGA it comes from a UK Server which is slow to Asia/America etc, trick is to set up your own MEGA account, and then import it from the download MEGA link and it'll switch to a server in your country and you'll get faster download speeds

radicalisto said:
MEGA is country based per account. So if I upload to my MEGA it comes from a UK Server which is slow to Asia/America etc, trick is to set up your own MEGA account, and then import it from the download MEGA link and it'll switch to a server in your country and you'll get faster download speeds
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shucks! i am downloading - i have a 50Mbps fiber line however for the reason you mentioned i am downloading from a non account. Next time ill use my account. Thanks for that again.

[Galaxy A8] Private service not working A800F

I managed to try root method using SpaceX kernel yesterday, and grant a root access, but I think I messed up on something. :crying:
I tried to freeze and delete some stock apps like Google Music and anything else I think I don't need. And of course before I delete them, I made a backup using Titanium. But then I realize my Private mode is not working whenever I tried to activate it. It said "Failed to enable Private Mode, try again", it is not working no matter how many times I tried. And then I realize maybe because of those apps I uninstalled earlier, to be precise I think it is "com.sec.knox(something)". When I try to restore it, Titanium said I don't have a backup of it, but it is on my backup history just without the backup file (see attachment). If I'm not mistaken it can be found in Play Store, called Samsung Security Policy Update, but since it is originally come with Samsung device it is not downloadable.
I'm still trying to figure out what the actual cause for this problem, and if anyone could help, I'd be so grateful if you can share Titanium file for those apps come with "com.sec.knox" (see attachment). Or if I have to restore Stock Firmware and go back, where can I find it and how to restore it?
Thanks in advance,
Best regards

You need to flash stock firmware in order to fix! Bcoz of the custom kernel, maybe you lost the private mode functionality.

shubham540 said:
You need to flash stock firmware in order to fix! Bcoz of the custom kernel, maybe you lost the private mode functionality.
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hmm... is it really because of the kernel? not because I messed up with the stock samsung apps?
where can I find the stock firmware?

Rei Zazie said:
hmm... is it really because of the kernel? not because I messed up with the stock samsung apps?
where can I find the stock firmware?
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http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-A800F/

shubham540 said:
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-A800F/
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Thanks!
But I can't find the one from Indonesia. Can you help me which one I should pick?
My Baseband version : A800FXXU1AOL1
Build number : LMY47X.A800FXXU1A0K2
And is there any difference beetween Duos and the single sim one? because I'm using the Dual Sim version

Rei Zazie said:
Thanks!
But I can't find the one from Indonesia. Can you help me which one I should pick?
My Baseband version : A800FXXU1AOL1
Build number : LMY47X.A800FXXU1A0K2
And is there any difference beetween Duos and the single sim one? because I'm using the Dual Sim version
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Download this one = http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/63354/A800FXXU1AOL2_A800FODD1AOL1_INS/
I am also using Duos, dual sim version, the above one is the latest one. It has new features.
& plz reply to my PM also.

Do you have xposed installed

shubham540 said:
Download this one = http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/63354/A800FXXU1AOL2_A800FODD1AOL1_INS/
I am also using Duos, dual sim version, the above one is the latest one. It has new features.
& plz reply to my PM also.
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it's from India, is it ok even tho I'm using Indonesia?
I can't open my message and even pressing thanks button on my phone, dunno why. Will check it once I'm on my laptop

firmware
im not sure it from indo but i think this firmware for you.try this
https://samsung-firmware.org/download/Galaxy A8/vO54/XID/A800FXXU1AOK2/A800FOLB1AOJ1/

shubham540 said:
Download this one = http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/63354/A800FXXU1AOL2_A800FODD1AOL1_INS/
I am also using Duos, dual sim version, the above one is the latest one. It has new features.
& plz reply to my PM also.
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angel_boulevard said:
im not sure it from indo but i think this firmware for you.try this
https://samsung-firmware.org/download/Galaxy A8/vO54/XID/A800FXXU1AOK2/A800FOLB1AOJ1/
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Thanks, I got back to STOCK with the Indian latest Firmware and it works fine, the Private Mode is here again. I lost root access, but I still have all of my data (picture, apps, everything) even tho I flash back the Stock ROM. And no more Red Notification on Bootloader from SpaceX kernel. I only need to find a way to reset Knox Warranty Void value if I need (hopefully not) to bring my A8 for warranty claim. :fingers-crossed:

Rei Zazie said:
Thanks, I got back to STOCK with the Indian latest Firmware and it works fine, the Private Mode is here again. I lost root access, but I still have all of my data (picture, apps, everything) even tho I flash back the Stock ROM. And no more Red Notification on Bootloader from SpaceX kernel. I only need to find a way to reset Knox Warranty Void value if I need (hopefully not) to bring my A8 for warranty claim. :fingers-crossed:
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no way reset KNOX

angel_boulevard said:
no way reset KNOX
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Oh.. No way to reset the counter? But I read somewhere it could be done with triangle away or something, could not it?

Rei Zazie said:
Oh.. No way to reset the counter? But I read somewhere it could be done with triangle away or something, could not it?
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Triangle away may or maybe not work, actually its risky, if anything goes wrong, it will brick the device, it mostly works on Qualcomm Powered Samsung Device.

Want to make sure I'm alright before flashing up a version.

Hello,
I'm running KitKat 4.4.4 AOKP with a different kernel with CWM recovery and I want to return to stock touchwiz. I'm using a SM-N9005 (hlte)
Only problem is I cannot find a 4.4.4 stock touchwiz rom for my phone. So I headed to Sam Mobile and found some stock ROMS however they are Android Lollipop I think. So I downloaded this ROM:
http ://bit .ly/1Pkq933 and my question is can I just wipe and flash it, or will that screw my phone seeing as i'm going straight to Lollipop from KitKat??
Thanks in advance.
I don't know how to attach pictures so heres an imgur link to my "About Phone" screenshot, because I probably made a mistake somewhere: i.imgur .com/DzQCDpE. png
Sorry if working around the link filter is against a rule but I'm pretty bad at explaining things so a picture would hopefully eliminate the possibility of screwing up because of my own stupidity.

patrick3483 said:
Hello,
I'm running KitKat 4.4.4 AOKP with a different kernel with CWM recovery and I want to return to stock touchwiz. I'm using a SM-N9005 (hlte)
Only problem is I cannot find a 4.4.4 stock touchwiz rom for my phone. So I headed to Sam Mobile and found some stock ROMS however they are Android Lollipop I think. So I downloaded this ROM:
http ://bit .ly/1Pkq933 and my question is can I just wipe and flash it, or will that screw my phone seeing as i'm going straight to Lollipop from KitKat??
Thanks in advance.
I don't know how to attach pictures so heres an imgur link to my "About Phone" screenshot, because I probably made a mistake somewhere: i.imgur .com/DzQCDpE. png
Sorry if working around the link filter is against a rule but I'm pretty bad at explaining things so a picture would hopefully eliminate the possibility of screwing up because of my own stupidity.
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1. Stock Touchwiz Rom doesn't have android 4.4.4.
2. Try to install first this APP and take a look you CSC. Coment it here.

Joku1981 said:
1. Stock Touchwiz Rom doesn't have android 4.4.4.
2. Try to install first this and take a look you CSC. Coment it here.
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Thanks for helping Joku1981, it really means a lot. My CSC is OPS, if this has something to do with optus I dont know, as I use an Amaysim SIM card and it works
Thanks so much.

patrick3483 said:
Thanks for helping Joku1981, it really means a lot. My CSC is OPS, if this has something to do with optus I dont know, as I use an Amaysim SIM card and it works
Thanks so much.
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I will help ya better if you add some screenshots coz OPS only have till android 4.4.2. Did you unlocked it by IMEI?

Joku1981 said:
I will help ya better if you add some screenshots coz OPS only have till android 4.4.2. Did you unlocked it by IMEI?
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Thanks again. My phone is unlocked presumably as I can use another SIM.
About Phone screenshots in OP.
CSC page screenshots here: http ://i.imgur .com/nK7GNKq .png
Thanks so much for the help.

patrick3483 said:
Thanks again. My phone is unlocked presumably as I can use another SIM.
About Phone screenshots in OP.
CSC page screenshots here: http ://i.imgur .com/nK7GNKq .png
Thanks so much for the help.
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1. Backup all your internal data to your pc (pics, folders, etc).
2. I recommend you use TWRP than CWM.
3. Wipe all (system, data, cache and dalvik).
4. Download, unzip and flash this firmware via ODIN in DOWNLOAD MODE then.

i need stock rom

I flashed a week ago fougat rom on my note 3 (n900L ) which is draining my battery so i want to go back to the official lollipop rom but i can't find it anywhere so plz can anyone post a link for the official rom i really need it ......i have note 3 korean version N900L
Ps:i did a backup to the rom but when i try to restore it it cuz my phone to go into bootloop

adelbicoss said:
I flashed a week ago fougat rom on my note 3 (n900L ) which is draining my battery so i want to go back to the official lollipop rom but i can't find it anywhere so plz can anyone post a link for the official rom i really need it ......i have note 3 korean version N900L
Ps:i did a backup to the rom but when i try to restore it it cuz my phone to go into bootloop
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Go to sammobile.com and find your device's official ROM and download it.

adelbicoss said:
I flashed a week ago fougat rom on my note 3 (n900L ) which is draining my battery so i want to go back to the official lollipop rom but i can't find it anywhere so plz can anyone post a link for the official rom i really need it ......i have note 3 korean version N900L
Ps:i did a backup to the rom but when i try to restore it it cuz my phone to go into bootloop
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Updato.com is the best and faster to download.
Here is the link:
updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model?exact=1&q=SM-N900L

adelbicoss said:
Ps:i did a backup to the rom but when i try to restore it it cuz my phone to go into bootloop
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Are you 100% sure you did a full wipe before restoring your backup?

Anon_Help_You said:
Updato.com is the best and faster to download.
Here is the link:
updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model?exact=1&q=SM-N900L
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Thnk u soo much for the link and the site is indeed amazing .. the rom is downloading now

ShaDisNX255 said:
Are you 100% sure you did a full wipe before restoring your backup?[/QUOT]
I tried every thing but it always take me to bootloop maybe some files get corrupted
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chosenroyal said:
Go to sammobile.com and find your device's official ROM and download it.
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There is no rom in sommobile for my device the site was my first option ..thnk u anyway

adelbicoss said:
There is no rom in sommobile for my device the site was my first option ..thnk u anyway
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Try Updato
Link
Edit: Sorry I just realized that somebody else had posted it. Ignore this messae