Hi,
I have a Note 4 910C that I upgraded to Lollipop (official version but from another country) and I'm thinking about downgrading to Kitkat because the official lollipop version in my country is not available yet and I also have problems with Waze. Will downgrading from Lollipop to Kitkat (official version of my country) activate the knox flag or is it safe to do without losing warranty?
TIA.
It is safe AFAIK. Download the official KitKat rom for your region and flash it using Odin.
Edit: do remember to perform a factory reset before and after flashing the official ROM.
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Hi everyone,
I recently installed the CHN 5.0.1 lollipop on my S4(I9500).
I want to downgrade it to 4.4.2 kitkat official and upgrade it official 5.0.1.
i am not able to downgrade from lollipop to kitkat.
i downloaded my country stock firmware I9500DDUEMJ5 from sammobile and tried downgrading it using odin but every time it fails and i have to reinstall the same Chinese version lollipop all over again.
please some one help me with this problem.
Please tell me the proper steps to downgrade.
current bulid no :LRX22C.I9500ZCUJOA3
Device status : custom
thank you in advance
On stock rom you cant downgrade ,with flashing Lollipop the bootloader has upgradet en no way back on stock rom.
Hello. Today I installed on my notes 3 SM-N9005 lollipop 5.0 version Poland but I found them a few problems: the first is that the vibration of the keyboard does not work. I found two of the slowdowns in the task manager. Now if I want to return to kitkat I can do fleshando firmware via Odin? ??
I reverted back to KK normally via Odin no problems at all but I have The SM-N900 variant.
Did you update ur bootloader while flashing to Lolipop?
And did you tick update bootloader button while downgrading?
Sorry for the newbie question i am using samsung s4 from o2 uk and have their 4.4.2 version, i am unlocked now so can downgrade or upgrade to BTU unbranded 4.4.2 versions of which there appears to be 4 available in sammobile.
I understand that there is a new bootloader in 4.4.2 so am i able to upgrade /downgrade to any of the stock 4.4.2 firmwares without tripping knox or losing my imei?
I know to my annoyance that the new bootloader efs v2 in 4.1.2 xxemg4 for the samsung s3 prevented me to downgrade to any of the previous 4.1.2 stock roms due to this much to my annoyance as the battery life was superb on xxemc2 4.1.2 so i don't want to make the same mistake with 4.4.2, does anyonr know if there is another bootloader version in the latest 4.4.2 stock rom that may cause a similar issue?
Bear in mind i only want to be able to up down grade to any of the 4.4.2 that is available not go to 4.3 or up to 5.0 as far as you're aware are all versions of 4.4.2 BTU ok to flash in odin without issues?
no downgrade from kitkat
pete101 said:
Sorry for the newbie question i am using samsung s4 from o2 uk and have their 4.4.2 version, i am unlocked now so can downgrade or upgrade to BTU unbranded 4.4.2 versions of which there appears to be 4 available in sammobile.
I understand that there is a new bootloader in 4.4.2 so am i able to upgrade /downgrade to any of the stock 4.4.2 firmwares without tripping knox or losing my imei?
I know to my annoyance that the new bootloader efs v2 in 4.1.2 xxemg4 for the samsung s3 prevented me to downgrade to any of the previous 4.1.2 stock roms due to this much to my annoyance as the battery life was superb on xxemc2 4.1.2 so i don't want to make the same mistake with 4.4.2, does anyonr know if there is another bootloader version in the latest 4.4.2 stock rom that may cause a similar issue?
Bear in mind i only want to be able to up down grade to any of the 4.4.2 that is available not go to 4.3 or up to 5.0 as far as you're aware are all versions of 4.4.2 BTU ok to flash in odin without issues?
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Sorry bud no way to downgrade from kitkat at this time, especially without tripping knox.
AndroidInitiate said:
Sorry bud no way to downgrade from kitkat at this time, especially without tripping knox.
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I dont think you follow what I mean I dont want to downgrade from 4.4.2 per se I just want to use the other stock versions of 4.4.2 kitkat that have been released. Am I unable to downgrade from a higher version of kitkat to a lower previous version of kitkat that was avaialble a month before?
Same BTU stock version ie ugn9 down to ufn8 or something
pete101 said:
I dont think you follow what I mean I dont want to downgrade from 4.4.2 per se I just want to use the other stock versions of 4.4.2 kitkat that have been released. Am I unable to downgrade from a higher version of kitkat to a lower previous version of kitkat that was avaialble a month before?
Same BTU stock version ie ugn9 down to ufn8 or something
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Yes as long as you are downloading the correct firmware for your phone based on model number you will be able to downgrade. Just use Odin and you should be set.
You can flash any 4.4.2. The different versions don't matter.
Are you 100% sure i can up or downgrade to any of the 4.4.2 versions?
I dont want to make a mistake like i did with my s3 whereby i updated to 4.1.2 xxemg4 the latest version of 4.1.2 available but had an efs v2 so was unable to downgrade to any of the 4.1.2 versions below it.
4.4.2 kikat has a new bootloader but they all have the same efs version right? Thanks for the help
Hi,
So I have an Australian SM-N910G running 5.1.1, and I want to get MM as it has been released for the Indian version of the SM-N910G. Reports have said there is no issues. If I were to do this, would I flash the 5.1.1 Indian firmware and update or am I able to just flash the 6.1.1 firmware over my stock 5.1.1 Australian firmware?
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Hi,
So I have an Australian SM-N910G running 5.1.1, and I want to get MM as it has been released for the Indian version of the SM-N910G. Reports have said there is no issues. If I were to do this, would I flash the 5.1.1 Indian firmware and update or am I able to just flash the 6.1.1 firmware over my stock 5.1.1 Australian firmware?
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You just need to flash the Marshmallow firmware. I'm in a similar situation, have a N910C on 5.1.1, UAE version, about to flash 6.0.1 using the Poland N910C firmware.
can it be done without bootloader upgrade ??? and is a downgrade possible after that ?
The indian 6.0.1 MM firmware can be odin flashed over your existing 5.1.1 firmware without upgrading your bootloader.
You can still downgrade back to 5.1.1 after you flashed the MM firmware.
Hello folks, I'd like to downgrade my sm-910f note 4 from the latest 6.0.1 all the way back to kitkat 4.4.4, since I don't have any branding on it and the phone it's from Germany I downloaded the German DBT version: N910FXXU1ANK4_N910FOXA1ANK4_DBT.zip.
My reason for the downgrade is the crappy battery life, since the updates I am getting 3h30min sot in 24h range.
So, my questions are the following:
1. Is this simple as flashing the rom with odin?
2. Will downgrading or flashing original roms trigger the knox flag?
3. In case it's not possible to go back to kitkat, which version lasted more battery wise?