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[Q] Options for upgrading to KitKat from 4.2.2 with TWRP

I stayed on 4.2.2 rooted with TWRP and never took the MJA/MK2 OTAs, to avoid knox. I've been waiting for KitKat, and I'm ready to take the plunge. I've read through a bunch of threads, and have thoroughly confused myself. I have a few basic questions, so I can determine what my options are:
1) Is it possible to go from MF9 (rooted) to NAE, and retain my data? What happens to the modifications I made to MF9 (hotspot, xposed, etc.)?
2) If the answer to 1 is no, is it reasonable to assume that there will be a flashable NAE rom in the near future, so that I wouldn't have to odin to MK2 before going through the OTA update to NAE?
3) Should I give up on trying to keep my existing bootloader, and just suck it up and take knox? It seems like there's probably enough differences in the rom and modem that the bootloader is probably a necessary evil at this point.
Thanks in advance for your help.

There have been several reports of people whose WiFi and data have worked just fine with the NAE ROM plus older bootloader like MF9. I'd wait until a stock rooted NAE ROM appears so we can try it with the knox-free MF9 bootloader.
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I am in the same situation and currently on a stock rooted MF9 with a custom recovery as well. I would like to know the best upgrade path to 4.4.2 and hopefully stay on a knox free boot loader.
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Once Warboy releases the updated stock, rooted NAE, I'm gonna flash it with Philz recovery to see whether everything's compatible with the Knox-free MF9 bootloader. In the meanwhile, I'm gonna flash just the NAE modem. Cant wait for Kitkat~! (Even though I've had the 4.4.2 update for a long time through my Nexus 5, I'm still very excited, LOL~)
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Im still on mdl lol.....maybe I should atleast update to mf9? Haha
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cfendrick said:
I am in the same situation and currently on a stock rooted MF9 with a custom recovery as well. I would like to know the best upgrade path to 4.4.2 and hopefully stay on a knox free boot loader.
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I'm in same boat
on MF9 , didnt even go to 4.3, still sitting at 4.2.2 (with the update icon in my status bar, but i assume its for 4.3 not kit kat)
Im rooted and have exposed installed
would rather have a knox free loader too!
if anybody can advise on the best route to take would be lovely
would like to have kit kat on my phone today!!

I was on this boat but last night flashed the gummy Rom. It is okay but I would love to have the stock Rom. I don't like few things on the Gummy.

icuc said:
I was on this boat but last night flashed the gummy Rom. It is okay but I would love to have the stock Rom. I don't like few things on the Gummy.
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so you had MF9 bootloader? (and do you keep that one or switch to the knox one?)
just flashed rom with TRWP? (that'll update radio too?)
and what things dont you like on Gummy?

sandman121383 said:
Im still on mdl lol.....maybe I should atleast update to mf9? Haha
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Lol I've been wondering if anyone else stayed on 4.2.2. Lol Im rooted with custom recovery. I hit the update button the other night and it wouldn't install and that icon went away, so I got that going for me. But I can't wait for kit kat, just waiting on the whole knox deal.
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SayWhat10 said:
so you had MF9 bootloader? (and do you keep that one or switch to the knox one?)
just flashed rom with TRWP? (that'll update radio too?)
and what things dont you like on Gummy?
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Yeah I have MF9 and I could keep the same.
I had issues with BT connection with my BMW but works fine with BT headset.
Home screen kind of wacky and you can't select the one that you like.
I just went back to 4.2.2 again until I find a good one.

Yikes

I'm in the same situation, living on my phone with MF9, have TWRP/Custom Recovery installed, and am interested to upgrade to Kitkat. I'm very interested to know what will be the upgrade method for me to 4.4.2, similar to many others in this thread.

I'm on slimkat now and all is working great. Only drawback is no theme chooser
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I just simply flashed the KitKat rom with twrp

SayWhat10 said:
I'm on slimkat now and all is working great. Only drawback is no theme chooser
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I just simply flashed the KitKat rom with twrp
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Which KitKat rom did you use? Did it just upgrade your OS or did you have to start from a clean install? Any issues with Knox?

asuh said:
Which KitKat rom did you use? Did it just upgrade your OS or did you have to start from a clean install? Any issues with Knox?
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i used Slimkat, but it froze occasionally. now im on CM 11 and its FLAWLESS
did clean install (but had some apps backed up with Titanium)
to my knowledge the whole Knox thing is with Touchwiz based roms
both slimkat and CM 11 are not,so no worries about Knox
I am still on MF9 modem and bootloader
gonna get around to flashing the NAE modem later though

SayWhat10 said:
i used Slimkat, but it froze occasionally. now im on CM 11 and its FLAWLESS
did clean install (but had some apps backed up with Titanium)
to my knowledge the whole Knox thing is with Touchwiz based roms
both slimkat and CM 11 are not,so no worries about Knox
I am still on MF9 modem and bootloader
gonna get around to flashing the NAE modem later though
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Alright. I'm personally looking to update only to official rom and NAE modem, not custom rom. Hoping I can do upgrade instead of clean install but hoping to get root access back or keep it at least.

Ok so i dont think i care about the knox thing anymore.. So with that said i would like to upgrade to 4.4.2 with the stock sprint rom. What is the best way to go about that? Sorry im just confused with the bootloader and modem flashes.. Its been awhile since ive had a samsung phone.. Im assuming i cant do the OTA due to TWRP....
I am running completely stock and rooted with saferoot,
4.2.2
baseband mf9
bootloader mf9
TWRP installed
please help

Can you just unroot and install the NAE ota then reroot with cf auto root? This is coming from stock rooted mk2.

Bootloader differences

Just a quick one guys, is the bootloader any different in the firmware builds of 4.4.2? As in, NB3 or NA7 etc etc? Is it really worth flashing a later firmware to get the 'latest' bootloader? In my knowledge, I doubt there much different as it has not much of a bearing in the firmware itself, I've been told anyway.
Thanks in advance!
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Lambetts said:
Just a quick one guys, is the bootloader any different in the firmware builds of 4.4.2? As in, NB3 or NA7 etc etc? Is it really worth flashing a later firmware to get the 'latest' bootloader? In my knowledge, I doubt there much different as it has not much of a bearing in the firmware itself, I've been told anyway.
Thanks in advance!
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As far as I know, there is no difference in the bootloader between the KK builds -- or if there is, they seem to be fully compatible.

Thanks mate. Yeah, I didn't think so. What are you running at the moment? Did you flash KK firmware and flash custom?
Thanks again.
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I think you can download these versions, extract it and binary compare the files inside to know if they are the same or different.

Flashing bootloaders is a risky business... These little puppies will almost always give you an expensive paperweight if something goes wrong during the flash...
Custom rom with NB3 bootloader... Like the old Androidnow rom, NC2 but developement has stopped and also Assassin rom, waiting fop the V3 with the latest base....
Both those roms have good battery life (depending on use of course) but my screen on time is generally around 4 - 5 hours with around 70% battery left....

That's insane. Haha. I'm just sick of waiting for Samsung to do there business in Australia. This is ridiculous. I've never had a device this long without rooting... It feels, unnatural haha. I'm thinking xnote, crash, bobcat it assassins.
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ultramag69 said:
Flashing bootloaders is a risky business... These little puppies will almost always give you an expensive paperweight if something goes wrong during the flash...
Custom rom with NB3 bootloader... Like the old Androidnow rom, NC2 but developement has stopped and also Assassin rom, waiting fop the V3 with the latest base....
Both those roms have good battery life (depending on use of course) but my screen on time is generally around 4 - 5 hours with around 70% battery left....
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wow that is awesome screen time... but are you connected to internet at all times? If so, is it with wifi or mobile network?
thanks

xdm9mm said:
wow that is awesome screen time... but are you connected to internet at all times? If so, is it with wifi or mobile network?
thanks
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Both... However in the last few days this has increased somewhat due to me turning off my mobile data cause I went over my limit... Bloody google+ and it's update of pictures and videos. There's a reason I use a 64gb sd card....

Well, I flashed the Netherlands latest firmware and working like a charm. Even kept my Data partition haha.
So bootloader is 4.4.2 now. Trying to find a way to flash twrp without tripping Knox. Don't think it's possible. I've read that the kernel and the recovery are the parts that trigger Knox.
I noticed that there is an option to flash update zips through stock recovery. Could this be a way to flash a rooted custom rom with stock kernel and not trigger Knox?
Thanks again.
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jisoo said:
As far as I know, there is no difference in the bootloader between the KK builds -- or if there is, they seem to be fully compatible.
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ND3 has a locked bootloader apparently, that makes it impossible to downgrade to earlier KK builds.
@antique_sonic
upgraded and tried to flash NC2 FW/roms but they don't work..
Lambetts said:
Well, I flashed the Netherlands latest firmware and working like a charm. Even kept my Data partition haha.
So bootloader is 4.4.2 now. Trying to find a way to flash twrp without tripping Knox. Don't think it's possible. I've read that the kernel and the recovery are the parts that trigger Knox.
I noticed that there is an option to flash update zips through stock recovery. Could this be a way to flash a rooted custom rom with stock kernel and not trigger Knox?
Thanks again.
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No way to flash a custom kernel or recovery and keep Knox. Also no way to root on 4.4.2 without tripping knox, if you had rooted on 4.3 and kept root while upgrading to 4.4.2 you could have used MO (Mobile Odin) to flash roms.
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Dam, I just flashed. Haha. Oh well, thanks anyway man. I'll just have to trip it then! Haha. Hopefully in time CF works out how to reset the efuse... If it's even physically possible...
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Cconfirmed 4.2 backups will restore on 4.4 Bootloader

Confirmed: you can restore 4.2.2 base rom backups after you've Odin flashed the 4.4 kk update with the new bootloader...just an FYI as I've been able to successfully restore back and forth between 4.2 and 4.4 base roms
Mega

megalomanic14 said:
Confirmed: you can restore 4.2.2 base rom backups after you've Odin flashed the 4.4 kk update with the new bootloader...just an FYI as I've been able to successfully restore back and forth between 4.2 and 4.4 base roms
Mega
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Easier said than done... You fail to mention: Unless your app has bug fixes 4.4.2 will cause issues and not to do a full restore. Also you led us to believe you can restore to 4.2.2 or 4.2.1 from 4.4.2. Only the apps you can do so, unless they are OEM specific and are only made for 4.4.2.

gooberdude said:
Easier said than done... You fail to mention: Unless your app has bug fixes 4.4.2 will cause issues and not to do a full restore. Also you led us to believe you can restore to 4.2.2 or 4.2.1 from 4.4.2. Only the apps you can do so, unless they are OEM specific and are only made for 4.4.2.
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actually I didn't fail to mention anything...i did a full normal full wipe of 4.4.2 after I Odin flashed it, rooted and Odin flashed recovery then a normal full restore of 4.2.2 system apps kernel the whole deal.....even my custom kernel restored back fine dude just as I said with zero issues...and to be clear I never once mentioned 4.1 did I? You said 4.1 stop putting words in my mouth....if there had been issues I would've mentioned it...all my apps and root were in tact and those I greenified were still hibernating, even my Wanam them came back dude.....my 4.2.2 rom and apps restored flawlessly so I'd appreciate you not put words in my mouth again thanks
Mega
Dude your apps have nothing to do with anything...all apps that you had on 4.4 get wiped if you do a proper wipe then your 4.2 apps restore with the rest of the system and data apps partition if you backed them up so maybe if you knew what you were talking about you wouldn't be trying to call me out mistakenly

Whoa whoa whoa children please stop where you are right now. Let me clarify some things...
Yes, you can restore 4.2.2 using Odin to flash the stock tar file.
No, the bootloader WILL NOT be rolled back, once you have a Knox bootloader there is no going back unless you have the equipment and resources to basically JTAG your device to perform a NAND flash of the original bootloader to the device's eMMC controller. This will wipe your entire eMMC which is your internal storage so you will lose everything.
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You should really look up Adam Outler if you have not heard of him here on XDA and you are not familiar with his work, he can teach you a lot about many devices and how to "hack" them.
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Mattix724 said:
Whoa whoa whoa children please stop where you are right now. Let me clarify some things...
Yes, you can restore 4.2.2 using Odin to flash the stock tar file.
No, the bootloader WILL NOT be rolled back, once you have a Knox bootloader there is no going back unless you have the equipment and resources to basically JTAG your device to perform a NAND flash of the original bootloader to the device's eMMC controller. This will wipe your entire eMMC which is your internal storage so you will lose everything.
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You should really look up Adam Outler if you have not heard of him here on XDA and you are not familiar with his work, he can teach you a lot about many devices and how to "hack" them.
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Sorry grandpa lol
Thanks I appreciate it but I'm moderately familiar... I have builds out for the note 3, note 12.2 pro, galaxy mega, tab 8.4 and (galaxy gear but only for myself and some friend) all currently...and have my personal other note 1, note 2, note 8, and note 10.1 2012 roms across their respective base builds that I still occasionally get out and build for....anyway i actually only did a simple restore of my stock 4.2.2 cwm backup just like every other time as noted above in my previous posts...a simple clean wipe, clear dalvik and cache, restore 4.2 with civz kernel just like normal after I Odin flashed the 4.4 stock rom, flashed recovery and rooted it and made a backup of kk then restored 4.2 backup and it restored perfectly ...i only tried it knowing I could Odin flash 4.4 again worst case scenario... and my note 8 collects dust anyway... so so after the successful restore I made the post for anyone who may be interestd cheers
Mega

megalomanic14 said:
Sorry grandpa lol
Thanks I appreciate it but I'm moderately familiar... I have builds out for the note 3, note 12.2 pro, galaxy mega, tab 8.4 and (galaxy gear but only for myself and some friend) all currently...and have my personal other note 1, note 2, note 8, and note 10.1 2012 roms across their respective base builds that I still occasionally get out and build for....anyway i actually only did a simple restore of my stock 4.2.2 cwm backup just like every other time as noted above in my previous posts...a simple clean wipe, clear dalvik and cache, restore 4.2 with civz kernel just like normal after I Odin flashed the 4.4 stock rom, flashed recovery and rooted it and made a backup of kk then restored 4.2 backup and it restored perfectly ...i only tried it knowing I could Odin flash 4.4 again worst case scenario... and my note 8 collects dust anyway... so so after the successful restore I made the post for anyone who may be interestd cheers
Mega
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Haha, I'm not old. I'm only turning 24 next month. I am however pretty old for my rank in the army. I only joined last October and I finally just got promoted from Pvt to Pv2 today.
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Mattix724 said:
Haha, I'm not old. I'm only turning 24 next month. I am however pretty old for my rank in the army. I only joined last October and I finally just got promoted from Pvt to Pv2 today.
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Oh thats really cool man...a couple really cool dudes on my note 3 rom are in the army...ones is an mp...congratulations dude
Mega
My buddy kalz (army sargent) also says congratulations on the promo dude

Mattix724 said:
Whoa whoa whoa children please stop where you are right now. Let me clarify some things...
Yes, you can restore 4.2.2 using Odin to flash the stock tar file.
No, the bootloader WILL NOT be rolled back, once you have a Knox bootloader there is no going back unless you have the equipment and resources to basically JTAG your device to perform a NAND flash of the original bootloader to the device's eMMC controller. This will wipe your entire eMMC which is your internal storage so you will lose everything.
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Just to confirm, downgrading to 4.2.2 via pc odin is still possible without any ill effects other than the knox flag being tripped permanently?
and this would be with the stock 4.2.2 rom package from sammobile, no editing, decompiling or any of the sorts???:laugh::silly:

Imacatlover said:
Just to confirm, downgrading to 4.2.2 via pc odin is still possible without any ill effects other than the knox flag being tripped permanently?
and this would be with the stock 4.2.2 rom package from sammobile, no editing, decompiling or any of the sorts???:laugh::silly:
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You can definitely flash the stock 4.2.2 tar file using Odin 3.07 without any problems. I suggest wiping data and cache first.
You should also be able to flash any custom ROM using a custom recovery such as PhilZ CWM and perform a restoration of any backup without any problems other than Knox counter being tripped.
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Mattix724 said:
You can definitely flash the stock 4.2.2 tar file using Odin 3.07 without any problems. I suggest wiping data and cache first.
You should also be able to flash any custom ROM using a custom recovery such as PhilZ CWM and perform a restoration of any backup without any problems other than Knox counter being tripped.
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My my, thanks for the info kind sir

please help!!
megalomanic14 said:
Confirmed: you can restore 4.2.2 base rom backups after you've Odin flashed the 4.4 kk update with the new bootloader...just an FYI as I've been able to successfully restore back and forth between 4.2 and 4.4 base roms
Mega
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Is it for galaxy s4 I9505 also?
And what if I flashed using cwm instead of odin flash?
And can I restore my 4.2.2 stock(rooted) backup also?

Amin Hussain said:
Is it for galaxy s4 I9505 also?
And what if I flashed using cwm instead of odin flash?
And can I restore my 4.2.2 stock(rooted) backup also?
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Dude you're in the note 8 threads. ..how am I supposed to know about the s4? Lmao. ..maybe you should look in the s4 threads it'd make more sense
Mega

I've only used stock and the FlexNote 4.4.2 ROM from @civato since upgrading to KitKat but I think some users have experienced issues with charging when the 4.4.2 bootloader is installed in combination with a 4.2.x ROM.
The 4.2.x ROM still works but there may be a few glitches elsewhere.
ramjet73

ramjet73 said:
I've only used stock and the FlexNote 4.4.2 ROM from @civato since upgrading to KitKat but I think some users have experienced issues with charging when the 4.4.2 bootloader is installed in combination with a 4.2.x ROM.
The 4.2.x ROM still works but there may be a few glitches elsewhere.
ramjet73
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Sure there's always gonna be oddities when mixing any systems...but I upgraded via odin to 4.4 and restored 4.2 the day I posted this comfirming downgrade is possible months ago and have stayed on my 4.2 firenote rom with 4.4 bootloader since without issue so sure with anything your mileage may vary depending in your device but that's always the case on any of the 12 devices I build roms for
Mega

[Q] I9505 android 5 battery issue

Hello All,
i just updated to official android 5.0 (got the update this weekend) using the OTA.
After update the my s4 is very slow, and on top of that the battery is very poor. 5h with nearly no use i have lost 80% of battery.
What could i do?
I searched to disable fast dormancy (like on 4.4.2) but can't find anything.
I have an official build no root or nothing.
Any suggestion?
Thanks

Many people had issues after OTA update. Some could solve them by flashing the same firmware with Odin. Others had to factory-reset their phone.
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nunein said:
Many people had issues after OTA update. Some could solve them by flashing the same firmware with Odin. Others had to factory-reset their phone.
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Thanks for the reply
If i flash with odin i loose warranty?
Factory reset it not my favorite solution for now, i need the installed application and not possible before end of the week to reinstall all of them (i'm travelling)
Other tips?

No, if you flash an official stock firmware with Odin you don't lose warranty. So I would try it first.
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Mod 5.0?

Anyway to downgrade stock 5.0 to 4.4. Seams there isnt anymore support for verizon note 3 as compared to tmobile version which i use to own. I went to note 4 then 5. This is for my brother and after trying numerous methods to root/install custom recovery, either the links no longer work or the method itself do work on 5.0
Verizon phones are much more complicated to mod than others

Root success........
We now have root.
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Anyway to downgrade stock 5.0 to 4.4. Seams there isnt anymore support for verizon note 3 as compared to tmobile version which i use to own. I went to note 4 then 5. This is for my brother and after trying numerous methods to root/install custom recovery, either the links no longer work or the method itself do work on 5.0
Verizon phones are much more complicated to mod than others
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GoNavyMike said:
We now have root.
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Could you please point me in the right direction. Which method really works

http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...b6-of1-n900v-note-3-verizon-oneclick-t3333569

I had to go back to 4.4.4 again.. For some reason, even with the stock version, my battery drains 2X faster... On 4.4.4, I usually get nearly 5 hours of screen time and the battery lasts all day. On 5.0, I max out at about 2 hours screen time and at most 10 hours. If I check the battery drain, it is always the Android OS.
Anyway, You can easily root the 5.0 and then downgrade to 4.4.4 using FlashFire.

bishop0114 said:
I had to go back to 4.4.4 again.. For some reason, even with the stock version, my battery drains 2X faster... On 4.4.4, I usually get nearly 5 hours of screen time and the battery lasts all day. On 5.0, I max out at about 2 hours screen time and at most 10 hours. If I check the battery drain, it is always the Android OS.
Anyway, You can easily root the 5.0 and then downgrade to 4.4.4 using FlashFire.
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Did you actually go from lp rooted to 4.4.x?
Far as I know that is impossible. . .
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Yes.... I installed Jasmine ROM last year and had the same battery drain and additional unstable OS, with all the Lollipop versions. So went back to 4.4.4. After trying the stock Lollipop, several of the unstable issues were gone but not all and the battety drain was the same. So went back to 4.4.4. I even mounted the 4.4.4 system.img in Ubuntu, debloated it and now have a working, debloated 4.4.4 flashable rom through Flashfire.

Can you try safestrap 3.75b see if that might work.. 4.4.2 was the last one working
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4.4.2 is not possible
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Did you actually go from lp rooted to 4.4.x?
Far as I know that is impossible. . .
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4.4.2 is not possible
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Trying to clarify this... it is possible to odin downgrade from 5.0 (rooted or not) to 4.4.4 stock. Root is not preserved this way, of course...
But are you saying that you have flashed a system.img from rooted 5.0 with flashfire and kept root in 4.4.4 ?

bishop0114 said:
Yes.... I installed Jasmine ROM last year and had the same battery drain and additional unstable OS, with all the Lollipop versions. So went back to 4.4.4. After trying the stock Lollipop, several of the unstable issues were gone but not all and the battety drain was the same. So went back to 4.4.4. I even mounted the 4.4.4 system.img in Ubuntu, debloated it and now have a working, debloated 4.4.4 flashable rom through Flashfire.
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Hey, trying to figure this out... do you have root in 4.4.4 after flashing just system.img (and probably boot.img) with FlashFire ???

Jusy FYI, as @bishop0114 has indicated, you CAN flash stock based 4.4.4 roms with FlashFire from rooted 5.0 and keep root.
I was able to install stock 4.4.4 and then SuperSU and it seems to be stable.

Yeah 4.4.4 works well. You can also install Xposed and Viper4Android. V4A only works if you disable Knox, which is pretty easy if you are rooted.
The only way we can get xposed to work on 5.0 is to deodex it. I extracted the system image for 5.0 and deodexed it. After rebuilding and flashing, I didnt get any errors but it would'nt boot. I havent had time to get back to it.
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