How do i flash a custom rom? - Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Is it any different on the latest official lollipop update?
Do i just flash TWRP through download mode and install the rom in the normal way?
Thanks. Im a noob with the S4. My previous phone was the HTC One X
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Anyone?
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Flash a recovery then flash a ROM. I recommend reading the tutorials in the General section, but there's nothing special involved in installing a custom ROM.

Whats the knox bootloader?
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Knox.

xOutcasTx said:
Is it any different on the latest official lollipop update?
Do i just flash TWRP through download mode and install the rom in the normal way?
Thanks. Im a noob with the S4. My previous phone was the HTC One X
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At first root your phone then Flash TWRP RECOVERY, download a custom rom for your model ,put the rom on external SD CARD and flash it in Twrp .
DO SOME SEARCHING AT FIRST
Flashing TWRP maybe won't work without root (just replied to post with issue) i had this issue also

ludoke said:
At first root your phone then Flash TWRP RECOVERY, download a custom rom for your model ,put the rom on external SD CARD and flash it in Twrp .
DO SOME SEARCHING AT FIRST
Flashing TWRP maybe won't work without root (just replied to post with issue) i had this issue also
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I flashed philz touch. Then indstalled supersu zip. Then flashed twrp after.
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xOutcasTx said:
I flashed philz touch. Then indstalled supersu zip. Then flashed twrp after.
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Just root with Chainfire then install TWRP 2.6.0.0 or higher and forget Philz Touch

ludoke said:
Just root with Chainfire then install TWRP 2.6.0.0 or higher and forget Philz Touch
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Yeah i rooted and installed latest TWRP recovery. Just waiting on my 64GB sd card to arrive and then its time to install custom roms[emoji41]
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xOutcasTx said:
Yeah i rooted and installed latest TWRP recovery. Just waiting on my 64GB sd card to arrive and then its time to install custom roms[emoji41]
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You could have mensioned that...did not get your initial question in OP ??

ludoke said:
You could have mensioned that...did not get your initial question in OP ??
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I was asking if the process was any different on lollipop.
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Root I9100 XXLSJ JB Firmware on International Galaxy S II

Helo guys,
Most of you might have eagerly downloaded the leaked firmware and anxiously flashed the rom last night. But might have been stuck at getting root.
CAUTION: Flashing CF root or Some other version of Siyah Kerne will soft brick the device ending up at Boot screen.
Ok now.!! Root is now avaiable through PhilZ CWM v3.1 kernel.
This is a just a guide to those searching for root and ending up in bricks flashing old cf roots and siyah kernels.
1) Download the zip fie from the link given at the end of post.
2) Put it on to the SD Card
3) Switch off ur Phone.
4) Enter Stock Recovery by pressing Power+Home+Vol.up buttons at once and hold.
5)Now flash the zip by selecting Install zip from SDCard.
6) Reboot and Enjoy the Rooted Awesome Jellybean firmware on galaxy s2
Zip file download Link
www.mediafire.com/?p5r503u1run77w2
CREDITS to Phil3759
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Mods delete or lock this?
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nagateja said:
Helo guys,
Most of you might have eagerly downloaded the leaked firmware and anxiously flashed the rom last night. But might have been stuck at getting root.
CAUTION: Flashing CF root or Some other version of Siyah Kerne will soft brick the device ending up at Boot screen.
Ok now.!! Root is now avaiable through PhilZ CWM v3.1 kernel.
This is a just a guide to those searching for root and ending up in bricks flashing old cf roots and siyah kernels.
1) Download the zip fie from the link given at the end of post.
2) Put it on to the SD Card
3) Switch off ur Phone.
4) Enter Stock Recovery by pressing Power+Home+Vol.up buttons at once and hold.
5)Now flash the zip by selecting Install zip from SDCard.
6) Reboot and Enjoy the Rooted Awesome Jellybean firmware on galaxy s2
Zip file download Link
www.mediafire.com/?p5r503u1run77w2
CREDITS to Phil3759
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Can i flash it thru ADB?
Rooting xxlsj
I root my phone by flashing Philz CWM 3.1 using ODIN in my PC and then, booted my phone into RECOVERY and flash the CWM-SuperSU-v0.97.zip and WALLAHHH!!!! My Galaxy S2 Jelly Bean is now rooted. Works perfectly.
i have download the 4.1.2 and falsh the frimware directly from my mobile phone with mobile odin and its awesome great and its very easy to flash the firmware form the mobile odin and rooting love mobile odin
XXLSJ + Last Siyah Kernel.
Is there any way to keep the last version of SIYAH v5 (?) while avoiding the brick without using mobile odin?
Thanks in advance.
It work's
Thanks, you saved my life.
root xxlsj with odin?
theleftykid said:
I root my phone by flashing Philz CWM 3.1 using ODIN in my PC and then, booted my phone into RECOVERY and flash the CWM-SuperSU-v0.97.zip and WALLAHHH!!!! My Galaxy S2 Jelly Bean is now rooted. Works perfectly.
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Good to know. Could you please provide step-by-step detail. I have JB 4.1.2 XXLSJ installed on the GT-I9100. I tried ODIN v1.85 and 3.04 but it does not take the Philz CWM 3.1 zip file. It looks for tar, smd, md5, gz, tgz. What steps do I need to take to make this file work with ODIN?
izzy75 said:
Good to know. Could you please provide step-by-step detail. I have JB 4.1.2 XXLSJ installed on the GT-I9100. I tried ODIN v1.85 and 3.04 but it does not take the Philz CWM 3.1 zip file. It looks for tar, smd, md5, gz, tgz. What steps do I need to take to make this file work with ODIN?
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You can flash phils kernal from stock recovery. You will be rooted and have cwm touch recovery
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Thanks.
Is it possible to unroot this firmware? I have Philz Kernel installed. Reason for wanting unroot is I want to use the Pingit app which requires an unrooted phone. I plan to re root after using it.
d3ck4rd said:
Is it possible to unroot this firmware? I have Philz Kernel installed. Reason for wanting unroot is I want to use the Pingit app which requires an unrooted phone. I plan to re root after using it.
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Why u need to use tht app ??
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izzy75 said:
Good to know. Could you please provide step-by-step detail. I have JB 4.1.2 XXLSJ installed on the GT-I9100. I tried ODIN v1.85 and 3.04 but it does not take the Philz CWM 3.1 zip file. It looks for tar, smd, md5, gz, tgz. What steps do I need to take to make this file work with ODIN?
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U can flash .zip directly from stock recovery .. it should be in ur sd card though
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Old news. Why do people keep on posting dupes.?
This post was pulled out of my arse.
Mr.KiLLeR said:
Why u need to use tht app ??
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U can flash .zip directly from stock recovery .. it should be in ur sd card though
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Because I want to buy some bitcoins and in my country using that app seems to be the easiest and cheapest method for purchasing a small amount of bitcoins.
d3ck4rd said:
Because I want to buy some bitcoins and in my country using that app seems to be the easiest and cheapest method for purchasing a small amount of bitcoins.
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I have no idea abt it ... lolx . So u want to unroot ? U need to install stock rom via odin
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Mr.KiLLeR said:
I have no idea abt it ... lolx . So u want to unroot ? U need to install stock rom via odin
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stock kernel.
I can't root XXLSJ thru stock recovery!!
cnjax said:
You can flash phils kernal from stock recovery. You will be rooted and have cwm touch recovery
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I'm trying to root the XXLSJ with Philz kernel, but it seems that I won't succeed...I copied the file on my SD card, entered the stock recovery mode but there's no such line as 'Install zip from sd card'. So, I'm not able to install the kernel thru stock recovery. What should I do? Thx!!!
Spinderella said:
I'm trying to root the XXLSJ with Philz kernel, but it seems that I won't succeed...I copied the file on my SD card, entered the stock recovery mode but there's no such line as 'Install zip from sd card'. So, I'm not able to install the kernel thru stock recovery. What should I do? Thx!!!
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Flash Temporary CWM recovery first.
Instructions can be found here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1840223
Status 7 error
Just rooted my i9100 using the method in the first post. But now I am unable to flash anything over CWM. It gives me a Status 7 error on trying to flash anything from my internal storage. Request someone to help.
Plz help me Disable This
How to disable PhilZ CWM and get back stock Recovery

[Q] confusion regarding Recovery

Hi
So i am new to S4. I rooted it using Chainfire CF root..
So now the next step is to flash recovery
I did read a lot of things on XDa
So what i made up of everything is that I need to Flash a Kernel First and then I can flash the Recovery
is it right ?
manu44 said:
Hi
So i am new to S4. I rooted it using Chainfire CF root..
So now the next step is to flash recovery
I did read a lot of things on XDa
So what i made up of everything is that I need to Flash a Kernel First and then I can flash the Recovery
is it right ?
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U can directly flash a philz kernal that's good note it's I m suggesting thinking u have i9500/5 variant
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manu44 said:
Hi
So i am new to S4. I rooted it using Chainfire CF root..
So now the next step is to flash recovery
I did read a lot of things on XDa
So what i made up of everything is that I need to Flash a Kernel First and then I can flash the Recovery
is it right ?
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You can keep stock kernel and have philz touch recovery, that's what I have done previously. I have noticed a lot of custom recovers are a little buggy still tho still early days for gs4 so I'm still using stock recovery as I use an app called mobile odin and keep my stock firmware on the phone so I can flash anytime

[Q] Where to find CWM 6.0.3.2 Touch for Odin?

Hi all,
I'll be getting the S4 very soon (don't have it quite yet), but want to be ready.
Can someone point me to CWM 6.0.3.2 in an ODIN flashable file? I see the IMG here, but don't think IMGs are ODIN flashable, correct?
muzicman82 said:
Hi all,
I'll be getting the S4 very soon (don't have it quite yet), but want to be ready.
Can someone point me to CWM 6.0.3.2 in an ODIN flashable file? I see the IMG here, but don't think IMGs are ODIN flashable, correct?
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I'm not sure about Odin, but I always install CWM through RomManager in the play store. It's much more hassle free, and all you need is a rooted phone.
muzicman82 said:
Hi all,
I'll be getting the S4 very soon (don't have it quite yet), but want to be ready.
Can someone point me to CWM 6.0.3.2 in an ODIN flashable file? I see the IMG here, but don't think IMGs are ODIN flashable, correct?
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Here you go I also use this latest CWM touch version without any problems.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2361378
Kingmdm said:
Here you go I also use this latest CWM touch version without any problems.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2361378
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But these are ZIPs. Can I flash this with Odin for Windows?
Why don't you just use the zip ?
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daniel4653 said:
Why don't you just use the zip ?
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Well, I can't use the ZIP because I am not yet rooted. I'm sure the answers are around here somewhere... but the easiest way I find to root (and unroot) is to flash a rooted kernel or ROM from Odin...
Got it. CF Root and ROM Manager... Now, to pick out a ROM.... I don't suppose Cyanogenmod is ready for daily use is it?
Easiest thing to.not get confused. Is to root your phone. Download goo manager from the play store and install twrp then flash the cwm touch zip.
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How do I flash TWRP 2.6 when I have 2.5 installed already?

Hello,
I have TWRP 2.5 and I use GooManager to install new version, it downloads it, tells me new version is installed. I reboot manually into recovery and it still shows as 2.5. How do I flash 2.6 properly or what am I doing wrong? I can see GooManager downloads some *.IMG file on file system. I can not locate it though and also am I supposed to install that one manually from recovery itself?
Goo manager sucks balls. You can look around on your internal sd for the zip it downloaded or you can go to the s4 twrp thread and someone posted zips to flash in recovery in the last few threads.
Google is your friend
File which was downloaded is IMG file, TWRP can not flash it. I don't see any threads with flashable recovery. All recovery threads advise to user goo manager including official site of TWRP
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TWRP site has the img file to download. They also give instructions on how to flash using console emulator or through adb on a pc. Make sure to type it correctly as if done improperly can result in a brick.
Why do you want 2.6
2.5.0.2 has been flawless on ALL roms for me
Google i337 twrp 2.6.3.2 xda. Flash that in your current recovery
PS, ditch goo manager
rugmankc said:
Why do you want 2.6
2.5.0.2 has been flawless on ALL roms for me
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I believe it's requirement for 4.4
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artisticcheese said:
I believe it's requirement for 4.4
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No I am on the latest CM11 Snapshot M2 4.4.2. No issues. I will keep this post and not delete so I can post a flashable i337 zip for it.
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rugmankc said:
No I am on the latest CM11 Snapshot M2 4.4.2. No issues. I will keep this post and not delete so I can post a flashable i337 zip for it.
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What modem do you have?
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artisticcheese said:
What modem do you have?
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I have the MK2 Radio, don't use modem term on my i337
here is zip for i337 flash in recovery--always have a nandroid on phone and pc
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/yhrq0tia8512rj9/FCjN8C9RMT/TWRP_Flashable-2.5.0.2.zip
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jd1639 said:
Google i337 twrp 2.6.3.2 xda. Flash that in your current recovery
PS, ditch goo manager
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2.6.3.2? I can't find that version for our phone. I found 2.6.3.1 but no CWM flashable version. Best I found was http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2447423 which is 2.6.3.0 which would probably allow replacing the recovery image with a newer image.

How to flash this rom?

Hi guys, i want to try the google play edition on my s4 gti9505.
Now, i've the original firmware, no root.
How can i flash the firmware that i've downloaded from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2557353
I've to root my phone? now, i've stock i9505xxugn2 firware.
thanks a lot!
mariodarkblue said:
Hi guys, i want to try the google play edition on my s4 gti9505.
Now, i've the original firmware, no root.
How can i flash the firmware that i've downloaded from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2557353
I've to root my phone? now, i've stock i9505xxugn2 firware.
thanks a lot!
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hi
root is not necessary only if you need it , for flashing you need custom recovery (twrp) and rom
from the thread
Installation instructions
I only support the latest TWRP recovery, AT&T users must loki after flashing
-Full wipe
-Flash ROM
-Reboot
MAX 404 said:
hi
root is not necessary only if you need it , for flashing you need custom recovery (twrp) and rom
from the thread
Installation instructions
I only support the latest TWRP recovery, AT&T users must loki after flashing
-Full wipe
-Flash ROM
-Reboot
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Hi man..thanks for answer...no..i don t need root. But how can i find twrp recovery? Instruction to flash it?
mariodarkblue said:
Hi man..thanks for answer...no..i don t need root. But how can i find twrp recovery? Instruction to flash it?
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hi
here you go
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2468187
http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/182
mariodarkblue said:
Hi man..thanks for answer...no..i don t need root. But how can i find twrp recovery? Instruction to flash it?
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You should root because only then you would be able to back up EFS, and EFS backup is very recommended before you Flash anything custom.
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myawan said:
You should root because only then you would be able to back up EFS, and EFS backup is very recommended before you Flash anything custom.
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