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What system version can be rooted & flashed?

I recently bought a Razr M with the goal of having it flashed to work on Page Plus. It has the latest Android build 98.18.94 which I understand cannot be rooted. Do I need 98.15.66 or something even earlier?

[Q] Quick question regarding OTA update

Hello all
Like most AT&T users I recently received the notification for an update to Android 4.3. I'm currently on 4.2.2 MF3. I rooted using the guide here.
My question is this: is it safe to do the OTA update without any preparation? Will all of my settings/apps remain intact? Will I run into any issues as a result of being rooted? I assume the root will not remain after the update, so it is possible to root on the 4.3 OTA update?
Thanks in advance guys

[Q] ATT GS4 4.2.2 to 4.4.2 Kitkat Need Help !

I'm currently running on 4.2.2 Jelly Bean on my ATT Galaxy S4(SGH-i337). I want to upgrade to the latest Kitkat 4.4.2 Stock Update. My ATT S4 is rooted and unlocked to work in India.
Can someone tell me:-
- If I need custom recovery for this ?
-If Yes/ No how do I go about it ?
-Will I lose root & and Carrier unlock after update ?
- Link to the Stock 4.4.2 Kitkat OTA

ashishk2 said:
I'm currently running on 4.2.2 Jelly Bean on my ATT Galaxy S4(SGH-i337). I want to upgrade to the latest Kitkat 4.4.2 Stock Update. My ATT S4 is rooted and unlocked to work in India.
Can someone tell me:-
- If I need custom recovery for this ?
-If Yes/ No how do I go about it ?
-Will I lose root & and Carrier unlock after update ?
- Link to the Stock 4.4.2 Kitkat OTA
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If you update, depending on which firmware you are on now, you will lose your ability to boot custom roms. If you have the MDL firmware, I suggest keeping it as you can use LOKI to bypass the locked bootloader and boot custom roms and recoveries. Now to answer your questions.
You can use a custom recovery to update to 4.4.2 if a .zip file for the update is available. You can also use ODIN to flash the update. You will lose root unless you use a pre-rooted update file. The stock 4.4.2 update is in the General forums I believe.

[Q] Basic Steps to my new Razr M

Hello xda.
I've read a lot in here already, but I just want to confirm the steps to have a fully BL Unlocked device to have CM12 or any other ROM:
1. I have 99% sure that it will come with JB, therefore, I need to root using the towelroot.
2. Use Motopocalypse to unlock my Bootloader.
3. Update my Razr M to KitKat (without touching the recovery partition), this I may achieve by receiving an OTA, but I'm not sure i'll get here in Brazil, I didn't find any zip of this (Shoud I install KK via RSDLite?). That way, my Razr M will have KK Bootloader, witch will allow me to install CyanogenMod.
Please tell me if it is correct, and I'll also update this post :highfive:
Thank you!

djlucask said:
Hello xda.
I've read a lot in here already, but I just want to confirm the steps to have a fully BL Unlocked device to have CM12 or any other ROM:
1. I have 99% sure that it will come with JB, therefore, I need to root using the towelroot.
2. Use Motopocalypse to unlock my Bootloader.
3. Update my Razr M to KitKat (without touching the recovery partition), this I may achieve by receiving an OTA, but I'm not sure i'll get here in Brazil, I didn't find any zip of this (Shoud I install KK via RSDLite?). That way, my Razr M will have KK Bootloader, witch will allow me to install CyanogenMod.
Please tell me if it is correct, and I'll also update this post :highfive:
Thank you!
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I don't have all the answers, but in US, the phone came with JB. If you install the OTA, it will lock the bootloader with no current remedy. Maybe it's OK if the bootloader is unlocked before you install the OTA, but I'm not sure.

If you do receive an OTA, chances are that it's of the 18x.46.15 version which will patch the bootloader unlock exploit, requiring you to unlock before that. However, since not all Jelly Bean builds are unlockable, I'd advise updating to 18x.46.10 (mind the last two digits!) via RSD Lite and unlocking from there. Guides are there in the General section.
Sent from Google Nexus 4 @ CM12
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Thank you for the replies, I received a OTA, getting the 283.46.10 firmware, and I did almost exactly what I mentioned at the first post (after receiving the OTA, not before).
And now I have unlocked BL and will get CM12, thank you!

[Q] 4.4.2 -> 4.4.5 -> Lollipop? (No OTA) [G900A]

Hello,
I just got a Galaxy S5 ATNT (SM-G900A) version with firmware 4.4.2 and build number KOT49H.G900AUCU2AND3
I want to upgrade it to Lollipop, but from what I had seen, I need to upgrade it to 4.4.4 first, How can I achieve that?
I'm not on the ATNT Network(in result, OTA is not working), As i'm living abroad. My phone is factory unlocked.
I had also found an OTA .zip but it's a NG3 one, so I'm not sure if it's compatible with my device.
Thanks guys! (I'm hoping I could do this via the stock recovery way)
*I mean 4.4.4 at the title

I believe theres some ota zips but im not certain theres a way available thats been posted to do this, most of them use odin to get to stock and then using ota to update, or updating to get root, i havent seen one about just manually updating to 5.0, go give the att s5 general section a peek. Otherwise i'd ask the mods to move this over to the att q&a section, im sure one of the devs in the att s5 section would be happy to help.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Tapatalk

Oh, i was incorrect, yes there is a lollipop OTA dump, check the att s5 general section, should be able to sideload.
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Hey! Thank you for the reply,
I tried one of the lollipop ota .zips
Named
ATTS5Lollipop.zip
It doesn't install though, when I restart the device it's still on KitKat
Plus the manual ota .zips are for NG3s only,
Are those compatible with my device? (ND3)

NVM,
Downgraded to NCE,
Then upgraded to NG3
Then upgraded to OA1
Then to Lollipop.