Hi,
I recently updated my phone (gt-i9505) to the latest firmware (touchwiz lollipop 5.0.1) an it works fine but the battery life is terrible and also the usual touchwiz ugliness.
I want to flash stock android lollipop either the google edition or cyanogen mod 12 but I can't. it just stops at the "samsung galaxy sIV" screen.
I don't know how to remove this update so if anyone got any idea please help!
thanks
1. Full wipe
2. Flash the rom
That's all there is to it.
Make sure you use the latest TWRP/Philz recovery.
Related
Hi guys, i'm from Brasil, and my english is not so good...
But... I have a Galaxy s4 gt-i9505, and I flash on it a Google Play edition rom. Recently, come to me a notification that says the Android 5.0.0 came to my device. But, as I flashed this rom and rooted my device, the actualization just downloaded and doesn't complete the instalation.
There's a method that I can instal the 5.0 in my device? I removed the root, but it still flashed the rom and CWM custom recovery...
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.
Results
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 !!!!!!!!!!!
Bit of a newbie but I was running a an older version of XtreStoLite on my S5 for about 6 months. Was looking to update everything to 2.1 Lollipop, used Odin 3.09 to flash new bootloader with the latest files (G900T-LP-UVU1DOB1-BOOTLOADER.tar.md5 and G900T-LP-UVU1DOB1-MODEM.tar) according to the instructions. Using PhilZ I installed the new XtreStoLite_G900T_ROM_v1.3.6a_UVU1BNH5 zip followed by aroma add on XtreStoLite_G900T_Aroma_Add-on_Package_UVU1BNH5_v1.3.6. Now when I boot, my phone freezes during the boot animation, the blue LED stays on, then the screen shortly goes black after. Any ideas or help is appreciated.
You're installing KitKat ROM on Lollipop Bootloaders and modem.
If you want lollipop try XtreStoLite from the galaxy s5 section, it will say SM-G900F (the international ROM) but it works flawlessly on 900T.
Go here to install 2.1 after a full cleanup in recovery:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2732110
I have updated my GT-I9500 (S4 Exynos version) to the official TouchWiz 5.0.1 ROM (I9500XXUHOC1), but ever since this update the phone gets heated up during usage and especially during charging (which is high than what it use to be earlier). Am getting frequent force close messages (some which were fixed with a recent OTA update) but still the experience has been horrible with the official Samsung Lollipop uddate. I have now rooted and got Philz Touch Recovery in place. All I wanted to find out is can I wipe and flash CM11 (GT-I9500 Version) on my device, will it work or will that brick the device as am directly downgrading from 5.0.1 to 4.4.2 ? Is there a specific way to do this ? Any help is very much appreciated, I need to get out of this 5.0.2 for good.
Of course it will work. downgrading only applies to official roms.
Hi,
As the topic suggests, I am going to buy a used S4. I checked two S4's both with stock recovery, one was on lollipop 5.0.1 and the other was on kitkat 4.4.2. The stock recovery of 5.0.1 was showing more options than the one on 4.4.2. Is it some thing implemented in the new lollipop 5.0.1 upgrade ?
kashifmehmood said:
Hi,
As the topic suggests, I am going to buy a used S4. I checked two S4's both with stock recovery, one was on lollipop 5.0.1 and the other was on kitkat 4.4.2. The stock recovery of 5.0.1 was showing more options than the one on 4.4.2. Is it some thing implemented in the new lollipop 5.0.1 upgrade ?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It could be that samsung added more features in the new recovery. With every update, there comes a new recovery, bootloader etc. so this case is very likely.
If you are going to install a custom recovery anyway, then that doesn't really matter to you