do you guys think it may be possible to go to verizon and claim that ever since upgrading to lollipop I've had nothing but trouble. I could then say I've done everything i can like factory reset etc. maybe they could give me a new phone or refurbished one that has kit kat? just a thought to maybe get myself able to root now that I'm stuck on the bog 5 update.
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Hey there, I've got an AT&T GS4 running MK2 4.3. I hate it, it's basically the worst update ever as it's managed to make using my phone a chore in pretty much every way.
I was trying to upgrade to 4.4 GPE or really even 4.3 GPE, but after managing to root my device, I found that the only way to flash a ROM is via Safestrap, and I haven't been able to find anything at all in terms of information on (a) how to flash a ROM via Safestrap 3.71 on MK2, and (b) which ROMs are even compatible with doing so.
So, barring that, my other option was to downgrade back to 4.2.2. I understand Knox screwed everything in this regard, but I'm wondering if anyone's managed to do it without a Custom Recovery? Or how I'd even go about it?
If it's impossible, someone just please rip the bandage off and tell me so I can resign myself to my fate of having turned my amazing phone into a piece of crap. Thanks!
ok so I purchased a note 3 recently from a friend and I am at the dreaded 27% install issue people are having for kitkat.
The phone does say custom upon starting with the open pad lock, upon checking a root checker app it seems the phone is not rooted.
I is a att phone, does this means it is unlocked? it also says under version 4.3 so i dont think its a custom rom?
My main question is, if I take this phone to bestbuy to a samsung hub will they update it for me to kitkat even with the padlock open on my startup screen?
Please keep in mind im totally new to android so any help will be appreciated! thank you!
really would just like to get the update hassle free!
Okay folks I'm a newbbie here so take it easy. By trade I'm a hardware guy not a software guy by any means. And yes I've tried to google this and can't find a straight answer. Okay so after reflashing and bring a buddy's phone out of a soft brick and rooting it , i would like to do it to my my note 3 sm-n900a att phone. I know there is no real root option for KM NC2 due to the bootloader and i know i can't roll back to jelly bean which i like a hell of alot more. Kk with att has **** of a lot of bugs as far as i can tell. Anyways over the past week i managed to get MLG on the phone but still can't roll back. Bootloader is A3. After last night I got CSC to MI9 everything else is MLG. What I was thinking about was reflashing to SM-N900T firmware NB4 and rooting from there. Would this be possible to do or would the NB4 software jack up the phone as far as service or anything? Or would there be something else I would need to do along with this. I was planning on going back to a NC2 based romantic after wards. Extream Kat might be my choice. I just need to get to root to do safestrap.
I got my S4 about a year ago, and it came loaded with MF9 / 4.2.2. I rooted it and added the hotspot hack and have generally been pretty happy with it. I know there have been a handful of updates in the past year that have likely introduced new features but I know there are also new restrictions. I keep wondering if I'm missing anything significant by not upgrading. If I did, I'd probably err on the side of caution and go straight stock NAE.
So, any good reason to upgrade? I've been away for quite a while so appreciate your input.
Do you have knox? Cause if not never upgrade.. If you do.. No reason not to upgrade
Nope, no Knox, which has been my major hesitation because I know there's no going back. But I'm also falling further behind while stuck at MF9, which perhaps isn't such a bad thing, but I get antsy knowing there's been several releases since then.
My bootloader is mf9...But all my software and modem are up to date.
So i have android 4.4.2 and NAE modem.
So i am away from knox. All things are working well.
But i want to flash the full stock via odin and trip my knox counter since I will root my phone and also can flash custom recovery but the only thing i will miss if i decided to return to previous version of Android i can't do that.
So i won't see behind. I will flash anything new.
U have the holy grail of sgs4s dont go and ruin it. Keep bootloader flash twrp and rock a custom rom. Updates are only put out to destroy you and rape your gf.. Your not missing anything. To my knowledge bootloader being old only limits the STOCK roms you may use. (please c9rrect me if jeeded)... In my experience in 33 years i have never gained anything by upgrading a firmware on anything phone psp xbox router u name it.. Nothing but loss of hackability
Last spring, I successfully rooted my Nex 7 (2013) so I could override the speaker volume and actually hear music! At the time, I had Kit Kat 4.4. Since then, Upgrade 5.02 (boo) has beed downloading everyday trying to get me to allow it to replace Kit Kat.
So, now comes 6.0 which seems a whole lot better than lollipop. To upgrade, must I UNROOT, INSTALL and Root again? Must I accept all the 5.0 versions to get to 6.0?
I am not a newbie but this rooting thing was new territory for me.
Thanks.
Just download the nexus factory image and flash it via nexus root toolkit.
Just my view, but 6 does not run well on N7 2012. But try it and see. The best for this tablet, I think is 4.4.3.
Others will have other ideas.