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Hello guys,
i have read this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2214847
And i have some questions,
how to check my S4 version? like XXU etc etc etc
and there's 2 ROOT methods, which one should i take? mine's the octa-core version..
please be gentle -.,-
thanks in advance..
[i will also post more questions in this same thread to avoid spamming]
i have previously posted this on S4 General but i guess that's the wrong place so i'll ask it here..
*edit* my S4 is octa core version
Briztama said:
Hello guys,
i have read this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2214847
And i have some questions,
how to check my S4 version? like XXU etc etc etc
and there's 2 ROOT methods, which one should i take? mine's the octa-core version..
please be gentle -.,-
thanks in advance..
[i will also post more questions in this same thread to avoid spamming]
i have previously posted this on S4 General but i guess that's the wrong place so i'll ask it here..
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Hi,
Look HERE
malybru said:
Hi,
Look HERE
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Of course duh -.- did you even look at my first post? i mention that link! -.-
now what i ask is what should i choose? the first or second method...
and how to check my S4 version?
Hello?
Briztama said:
Hello?
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For future reference when someone tries to help, its best not to disrespect them....
I have the i9500 and all i did was flash CWM.zip using ODIN on my PC.
Then you can flash superuser.zip in CWM. Piece of cake!
Do you need a how to guide for that or do you know what I mean?
Does this method work on new kernels with the root-block thing?
hamdogg said:
For future reference when someone tries to help, its best not to disrespect them....
I have the i9500 and all i did was flash CWM.zip using ODIN on my PC.
Then you can flash superuser.zip in CWM. Piece of cake!
Do you need a how to guide for that or do you know what I mean?
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With all means i did respect everyone that's trying to help.
It just that he mentions the exact thread that i was posting, its like saying carrot is vegetable because carrot is vegetable :silly:
so back to topic, there are 2 methods, so which one should i take?
and how to check my S4's version? as for how to guide i can try to follow the steps in that thread, and if a problem came up i'll ask it here..
i have rooting experience and i have idea for what am i going to do
Briztama said:
With all means i did respect everyone that's trying to help.
It just that he mentions the exact thread that i was posting, its like saying carrot is vegetable because carrot is vegetable :silly:
so back to topic, there are 2 methods, so which one should i take?
and how to check my S4's version? as for how to guide i can try to follow the steps in that thread, and if a problem came up i'll ask it here..
i have rooting experience and i have idea for what am i going to do
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To check version, go to Settings>More>About Device
I'm not sure about rooting part, since mine is quadcore version and the process might be different
WitchMX said:
Does this method work on new kernels with the root-block thing?
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I wouldn't use either of those methods. They require too much transferring between PC and device. Which is where incomplete flashing and hard bricking occurs.
I would just flash CWM using odin... Then you can do what ever you want i.e. flash super user, or a kernel or custom ROM that has root.
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WitchMX said:
Does this method work on new kernels with the root-block thing?
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If your boot loader is locked (Like the AT&T version) then you will need to unlock that first, then root.
hamdogg said:
I wouldn't use either of those methods. They require too much transferring between PC and device. Which is where incomplete flashing and hard bricking occurs.
I would just flash CWM using odin... Then you can do what ever you want i.e. flash super user, or a kernel or custom ROM that has root.
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If your boot loader is locked (Like the AT&T version) then you will need to unlock that first, then root.
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Excuse the noob question. How do I know if my bootloader is unlocked. I bought my phone in an airport in the duty free and is sim unlocked, but I dont know if the bootloader is unlocked.
In case it is unlocked, then the new cofface CWM should be able to root my phone?
Thanks in advance
WitchMX said:
Excuse the noob question. How do I know if my bootloader is unlocked. I bought my phone in an airport in the duty free and is sim unlocked, but I dont know if the bootloader is unlocked.
In case it is unlocked, then the new cofface CWM should be able to root my phone?
Thanks in advance
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Is it the i9500? Then thats unlocked.
The i9505 is mostly unlocked unless its from AT&T...
Yes you should be able to just flash CWM using ODIN, and you are good to go. If the bootloader is locked then the flash using ODIN wont work. Thats all. Nothing will happen. (it wont stuff up your phone)
hamdogg said:
Is it the i9500? Then thats unlocked.
The i9505 is mostly unlocked unless its from AT&T...
Yes you should be able to just flash CWM using ODIN, and you are good to go. If the bootloader is locked then the flash using ODIN wont work. Thats all. Nothing will happen. (it wont stuff up your phone)
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Yes it is the Exynos model. Im gonna give it a try then... I need my Titanium Back Up to clean some bloatware
WitchMX said:
Excuse the noob question. How do I know if my bootloader is unlocked. I bought my phone in an airport in the duty free and is sim unlocked, but I dont know if the bootloader is unlocked.
In case it is unlocked, then the new cofface CWM should be able to root my phone?
Thanks in advance
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All good. You are set to go!
Take a look at my youtube channel (link in the signature)
I've done a look at a few things to fix the S4 octa. Like a kernel that fixes zRam issues and a ROM review on both the OMEGA ROM and wanam ROM...
What are you saying is we really don't need any PC to root this? and what's ODIN?
When i root my HTC there's specific 'HTC only' files called HBOOT, Unlock_code.bin through HTCDev.com website
is ODIN specific 'Samsung only' files as well?
I know I've root my Samsung Galaxy Young S5360 but that thing's already come pre-rooted, just like my Galaxy Note 2
(forgot to add both to my sig, maybe after rooting s4 -.,-)
Also, how to unlock Samsung's bootloader in general? It doesn't need SamsungDev.com website or such right? :silly:
Briztama said:
What are you saying is we really don't need any PC to root this? and what's ODIN?
When i root my HTC there's specific 'HTC only' files called HBOOT, Unlock_code.bin through HTCDev.com website
is ODIN specific 'Samsung only' files as well?
I know I've root my Samsung Galaxy Young S5360 but that thing's already come pre-rooted, just like my Galaxy Note 2
(forgot to add both to my sig, maybe after rooting s4 -.,-)
Also, how to unlock Samsung's bootloader in general? It doesn't need SamsungDev.com website or such right? :silly:
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ODIN is a tool that you use on your PC.
You plug your S4 into your PC via USB and then ODIN adds the clockwork mod recovery files to the system.
- This is a video i created on how to root the galaxy Note. So for your S4 its exactly the same, except the file you are flashing is different.
Link: Kernel to flash...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1985575&d=1369329536
Once you have flashed this kernel, then when you reboot it will say you are not rooted, do you want to root. So you just say yes, and then it will reboot and you are done...
There's no ODIN for S4 octa core version?
1.85 is for GT-I9505... :silly:
I don't know why making a great deal out of it it's very simple you can use cofface method HERE and then goto odin 3.07 which does support i9500.... set his file in the pda section and flash it (of course when you are in download mode) thats about it, goto recovery and use the root option there is a menu for rooting in there.
these are the files use them http://d-h.st/WM2
don't forget to stop by his thread and hit the thanks button.
Briztama said:
There's no ODIN for S4 octa core version?
1.85 is for GT-I9505... :silly:
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ODIN is a tool thats generic. You can use the latest version and it will work
hamdogg said:
ODIN is a tool thats generic. You can use the latest version and it will work
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I've been following this thread and have used your method hamdogg and don't think I'm rooted. It seemed too easy. How can I check?? I tried an app that says I need root access, and it didnt work. So am I right to assume that I am not rooted?
Thanks..
greggCc said:
I've been following this thread and have used your method hamdogg and don't think I'm rooted. It seemed too easy. How can I check?? I tried an app that says I need root access, and it didnt work. So am I right to assume that I am not rooted?
Thanks..
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Hi Gregg. If you flashed the kernel then you will need to boot into CWM, then select 'reboot'. Once you have done that it will prompt you to 'root'.
Thats it... easy. Then your apps that require root will work.
Korean Firmware for SM-P900
P900KXUBOG6 Firmware (Korea Based Version//Wi-Fi Only//Country Code KXU//Lollipop)---Thanks Darktitor for sharing the mirror!---
Full Odin Firmware: https://mega.nz/#F!0NIwgRJB!e8N7XyUndYxUuLr8AQ4JlA
United States Firmware for SM-P900
P900XAR1COI1 Firmware (U.S. Based Version//Wi-Fi Only//Country Code XAR//Lollipop)
Full Odin Firmware: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24385658843825767
P900XAR1COF4 Firmware (U.S. Based Version//Wi-Fi Only//Country Code XAR//Lollipop)
Full Odin Firmware: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347790827
P900XAR1BNK1 Firmware (U.S. Based Version//Wi-Fi Only//Country Code XAR//Kit-Kat)
Full Odin Firmware: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=26701
Thanks!
Darktitor for the Korean mirror!
Note:
Korea is a good start, but I need more mirrors to make this truly multi-region. If you have your country's firmware uploaded to a mirror for the SM-P900 then post the link and I will add it to the OP. I would like this thread to be an alternative to having to use Sam Mobile or other slower sites and people on XDA could come here to get their firmware updates! I need your help though because I can't host every country on my AFH account so any mirrors provided will be added to the OP and you will be thanked for your help!
Is this the new Lollipop Version?
I believe it's just the fullnstock version in case anyone wants to go back to stock or receive an update or softbricks his/hers note pro Extremely handy to have around, of course I could be mistaken.
You can download all full versions on sammobile.com or on samdownloads.de or on samsung-updates.com.
It is full stock NK1 for people who softbrick or need to Odin back like I did last night. If Lollipop is released I will add it to this thread as well. Even though Sammobile and Samsung updates has these files the free downloads are incredibly slow and I have an uploader account at Android File host so I figured why not use it for a faster mirror? But if you want to download from the other sites I will not deter you.
The Problem is, that this ROM is only for one Country. If you would like to give the People faster download an so on you must upload ALL ROMs.
tomatende2001 said:
The Problem is, that this ROM is only for one Country. If you would like to give the People faster download an so on you must upload ALL ROMs.
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I posted the one for my country because I got it directly from Kies when it was updating my device. I don't have the hosting space to upload every country and it would take me weeks to download them from Sam Mobile due to their bandwidth limits and my upload speed. However, there are options:
1.) Upload your country's firmware to a file hosting site and share the link with me and I'll post it here with the country code giving you, or anyone else who provides a link, full credit in the OP.
or
2.) Create your own thread and host every country's firmware then I'll happily lend you my link and close this thread.
With more help I can make this post better, but to complain and offer no feasible solution is useless to everyone in the community.
AlkaliV2 said:
This is the ODIN software for the SM-P900 (Wi-Fi Only) U.S. release
P900XAR1BNK1 Firmware (U.S. Based Version//Wi-Fi Only//Country Code XAR)
Full Odin Firmware: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=26701
Note:
I am unable to host every country's firmware on my AFH account, however if you country's firmware is mirrored somewhere faster than Sam Mobile then send me the link and I will post it here giving you full credit in the OP. We can make this page a definitive spot for recovering the P900 from soft brick and we can help a lot of people by giving them a place to download their recovery software without jumping through hoops.
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Thank you sooo sooo very much!!! I even got the one of SamMobile and it would NOT work!!!
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Can I flash this with TWRP??? I've never unrooted or went back to STOCK but I NEED to with this tablet. PLease help!! Or do I use ODIN???
DionWhite33 said:
Thank you sooo sooo very much!!! I even got the one of SamMobile and it would NOT work!!!
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Can I flash this with TWRP??? I've never unrooted or went back to STOCK but I NEED to with this tablet. PLease help!! Or do I use ODIN???
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You need to unzip it and flash the tar.md5 file with Odin in download mode.
I can up the French one on Mega this weekend if anyone is interested
Darktitor said:
I can up the French one on Mega this weekend if anyone is interested
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would be interested in... soft bricked mine... and have nothing to use with odin... (
Awesome
I have been trying to root for the past several days and kies takes way too long to get back to stock rom.
not sure if I got a bad download, but i got a bootloop with this firmware. The sammobile website has XAP at the end...not HOME.
Not sure, but there was no recovery img installed, and I could not boot into recovery...only download mode. So, since I was planning to root, I flashed twrp in ODIN...I can boot into twrp recovery...but not the rom.
Now when I boot into download my knox warranty void counter is 1.
redownloading and flashing in ODIN again. Hope I can get it to boot. If not, I have a brick....all because of samsungs crappy lollipop OTA that borked everything. This was my work tablet too. If I have to replace, I will be going to surface pro and will never buy another sammy product again.
Venting.
EDIT: I got it too boot! I redownloaded the files, flashed in odin...but it still wouldnt boot. What worked was, I manually booted into recovery (stock recovery by holding power and volume up). Then I went to wipe data/factory reset....delete all user data. then reboot...and it booted right up! Whew.
Now time to root, do the triangle away knox trip counter reset...and flash cm12.1
Str8gahbidge said:
not sure if I got a bad download, but i got a bootloop with this firmware. The sammobile website has XAP at the end...not HOME.
Not sure, but there was no recovery img installed, and I could not boot into recovery...only download mode. So, since I was planning to root, I flashed twrp in ODIN...I can boot into twrp recovery...but not the rom.
Now when I boot into download my knox warranty void counter is 1.
redownloading and flashing in ODIN again. Hope I can get it to boot. If not, I have a brick....all because of samsungs crappy lollipop OTA that borked everything. This was my work tablet too. If I have to replace, I will be going to surface pro and will never buy another sammy product again.
Venting.
EDIT: I got it too boot! I redownloaded the files, flashed in odin...but it still wouldnt boot. What worked was, I manually booted into recovery (stock recovery by holding power and volume up). Then I went to wipe data/factory reset....delete all user data. then reboot...and it booted right up! Whew.
Now time to root, do the triangle away knox trip counter reset...and flash cm12.1
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Wait you can put the knox to zero on GN12.2 Wifi ? I thought it was impossible...
leomon32 said:
Wait you can put the knox to zero on GN12.2 Wifi ? I thought it was impossible...
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I may have spoken too soon. Lol
There is an app on the play store called triangle away...but note pro is not on list of compatible devices. To my understanding it works like this.
Knox security trip : 1
You can reset to 0.
Knox security trip : 0x1
You cannot reset at all.
Either way I could care less because I plan on staying rooted and running aosp/cm roms or another custom rom if I ever go back to touchwiz. And my warranty is already expired anyway so...oh well. A voided warranty isn't really a big deal to me. If I brick this device oh well... I'll buy a nexus tablet.
UPDATE: Lollipop Added
-Lollipop firmware added for the Note 12.2 (Sorry about the delay, haven't been on my PC in days)
-I saw mention of an upload for other firmware regions; if you decide to do this just message me the link and I'll add it to the OP, give you credit, and change the title!
AlkaliV2 said:
UPDATE: Lollipop Added
-Lollipop firmware added for the Note 12.2 (Sorry about the delay, haven't been on my PC in days)
-I saw mention of an upload for other firmware regions; if you decide to do this just message me the link and I'll add it to the OP, give you credit, and change the title!
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Korean one is available here
https://mega.nz/#F!0NIwgRJB!e8N7XyUndYxUuLr8AQ4JlA
Enjoy guys !
I just flashed the Korean firmware. It said something about an installed Antiviral tracking app installed on the phone during first boot. How do I remove that?
ReyStunner said:
I just flashed the Korean firmware. It said something about an installed Antiviral tracking app installed on the phone during first boot. How do I remove that?
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It just a security app added in Korean version. If you don't want, you can remove it in application manager.
However, US has released OH2 version, why using OG6 of Korean.
Beut said:
It just a security app added in Korean version. If you don't want, you can remove it in application manager.
However, US has released OH2 version, why using OG6 of Korean.
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Theres something wrong with my tablet. Whenever I try to flash the stock ROMs in Odin it fails and soft bricks every time. This past week I've been trying all the different stock ROMs that work from the factory 4.4.2 to the various 5.02 ones to see which one works and they've all failed except the Korean one.
I always had to flash the cm rom in between soft bricks and another rom just to be able to boot up my nandroid backuo. The whole situation is weird lol. All I want is lollipop and my keyboard working with xposed.
Hey just got my edge today, looks like there is very little going on as it was just released a few days ago despite it being out in the states for quite some time, the only difference I believe is the LTE in the Canadian version.
Anyways, coming from the note 2, 3 and 4 and the trtlecan version always being close to the trtletmo I decided to risk it and flash the tmo cf auto root and recovery despite there being no stock firmware laying around on sammmobile the others..
annnd I'm happy to report that I now have a TWRP recovery, rooted, SM-N915W8.
go ahead and follow the very detail steps in this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-edge/general/easy-steps-stock-odin-n915tuvu1anjl-sm-t2943993
MAKE SURE TO READ THE PART ABOUT IT FAILING (to flash cwm) AND THAT BEING OK being flashing TWRP
and then the BRIGHTNESS SETTINGS inside recovery which will look like you have sleep lock if you don't fix them before letting the screen timeout
and have all 4 files on hand before you start!
Awesome, thanks for the info, I was debating it but just was being a chicken. I'm glad everything worked out. Did you make a nand? If so did you flash the nand just to make sure everything was OK? Are your root apps working without issues.? I don't mind taking the risk...just wanna be sure
LNKNPRKFN said:
I don't mind taking the risk...just wanna be sure
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I believe that was an oxymoron
tospace2006 said:
I believe that was an oxymoron
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fantastic CONTRIBUTION!!! thank you for your input
ok so i took the plunge and follow the steps from the link in OP that @gundal shared about his success
I Too have a rooted SM-N915W8 (BELL VERSION but im on TELUS)
Thank you for your insight @gundal
Awesome glad it worked out for you too, now we can experiment with which kernel and os will boot without fear of bricking
Yes, I tried reflashing the backup and all is good.
Hyperdrive didn't work even with restoring our boot sector (kernel)
LNKNPRKFN said:
fantastic CONTRIBUTION!!! thank you for your input
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Haha, i was reading through and just found it funny.
Glad you guys are having luck with the Canadian model. I jumped the gun and imported one from Korea as soon as it was released and it's an awesome device!
Enjoy!
Were you guys able to flash a custom ROM? Which ROMS will work with the Canadian version? And which US Model number is 'equivalent' to the Canadian one?
gundal said:
Awesome glad it worked out for you too, now we can experiment with which kernel and os will boot without fear of bricking
Yes, I tried reflashing the backup and all is good.
Hyperdrive didn't work even with restoring our boot sector (kernel)
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manmeet604 said:
Were you guys able to flash a custom ROM? Which ROMS will work with the Canadian version? And which US Model number is 'equivalent' to the Canadian one?
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Anyone try any T-Moble stuff? I didnt look myself but I ask because we all used the tmoble stuff for our old Canadian Note3s ... could be the same senerio. I think that Tmoble kernels should work..
There might be a version of Hyperdrive for tmoble..
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Yes, I tried reflashing the backup and all is good.
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What recovery are you using cause Im on twrp and I cant make a backup, cache partition cant be mounted either, are you having this prob too?....
Dont worry about it, someone else who had this problem fixed it by formatting cache - did that and everything went fine.
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Anyone try any T-Moble stuff? I didnt look myself but I ask because we all used the tmoble stuff for our old Canadian Note3s ... could be the same senerio. I think that Tmoble kernels should work..
There might be a version of Hyperdrive for tmoble..
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Tried flashing Hyperdrive Edge for T-Mo with both twrp (2.8.1.1) and cwm (6.0.5.1 Xiaolu) referenced in the root guide by OP. They flashed without error but I got bootlooped both times. Luckily backup/restore works for both recoveries.
Does anyone know of a way to get back to stock recovery after flashing cwm or twrp? Any known location of a stock image?
terrapin4 said:
Does anyone know of a way to get back to stock recovery after flashing cwm or twrp? Any known location of a stock image?
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Go to sammobile web site...download the original firmware for your model and flash it. When u flash original firmware everything will be back to stock including recovery..and you will be able to receive ota update. To flash stock firmware...just use odin. Search this forum for instruction on how to flash using odin.
Sent from my SM-N915G using XDA Free mobile app
kuailan said:
Go to sammobile web site...download the original firmware for your model and flash it. When u flash original firmware everything will be back to stock including recovery..and you will be able to receive ota update. To flash stock firmware...just use odin. Search this forum for instruction on how to flash using odin.
Sent from my SM-N915G using XDA Free mobile app
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Yeah I know about sammobile, flashing via Odin etc. There's no stock firmware uploaded for the Canadian variants yet so I was wondering of an alternate method to flash the stock recovery. I tried extracting the recovery from the stock image via ADB shell, converting to tar.md5, then flashing with Odin but it failed....likely because I'm rooted. Guess I'll have to wait until the firmware gets uploaded. Thanks anyway.
Try contacting the sammobile team...and their forum..they maybe able to help..
Sent from my SM-N915G using XDA Free mobile app
Anyone have any luck yet flashing anything? No love out there for the W8 it seems.
terrapin4 said:
Anyone have any luck yet flashing anything? No love out there for the W8 it seems.
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did you ever get hold of the stock firmware? i'm in the exact same boat as you, bootloop and all. got too excited to mod i guess lol
speakerfone said:
did you ever get hold of the stock firmware? i'm in the exact same boat as you, bootloop and all. got too excited to mod i guess lol
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Not yet. I check daily. I'm hoping someone will be able to capture it via Kies when Lollipop rolls out. It's only matter of time before sammobile gets it.
terrapin4 said:
Not yet. I check daily. I'm hoping someone will be able to capture it via Kies when Lollipop rolls out. It's only matter of time before sammobile gets it.
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Arg, that really bites. Now I have a new phone I cant use at all. You'd think the firmware would be released when the phone was. Have you tried the other roms? I can't even gwt onto my internal sd to put them on the phone so I can try installing them. So frustrated.
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There's no way we're the only 2 in canada having problems with this lol
SM-N915x ... ?? Canadian note edge
Hello, Same thing here i got my hands a Canadian Demo sm-915x and got told to flash it with stock firmware in order to get the phone working properly. But i cant seem to find any version of the firmware that actually works on it ...
it installed numerous times then when it reboots it shows upgrading packages , it reaches package 6 then reboots and loops over and over...
any guidance or firmware out there to recommend to try ?
Thanks
hi there i got a second hand s4 i9500CHN(chinease version but is original) and came with aurora s6 rom and i wandt to install another rom. The problem is that i get always a error "Error Executing Updater" in twrp. ive tried install cwm and phils but i get error status 7. idk why but the aurora rom is the only one that installs in recovery
I cant even flash any rom in odin cuz i get and error "fail" in odin. ive instaled the drivers and odin detects phone so i dont know whats the problem here. i get status "secure download : enabled" in donwload mode. plz help
i added a pic from download mode, maybe something might be wrong
Hi,
Good to see you create a separate thread.
With Chinese model, you can only install Chinese stock firmware. You can't install any firmware other than Chinese one unless you use a PIT file.
As the addition, the latest Chinese firmware is I9500ZCUJOH2.
Sent from my ASUS_Z00AD
frederic5000 said:
hi there i got a second hand s4 i9500CHN(chinease version but is original) and came with aurora s6 rom and i wandt to install another rom. The problem is that i get always a error "Error Executing Updater" in twrp. ive tried install cwm and phils but i get error status 7. idk why but the aurora rom is the only one that installs in recovery
I cant even flash any rom in odin cuz i get and error "fail" in odin. ive instaled the drivers and odin detects phone so i dont know whats the problem here. i get status "secure download : enabled" in donwload mode. plz help
i added a pic from download mode, maybe something might be wrong
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Only use TWRP. The rest is outdated. I don't know which other rom you tried to install but make sure your download is correct. Sounds to me like a bad download.
I downloaded the files twice and keeps the same
krasCGQ said:
Hi,
Good to see you create a separate thread.
With Chinese model, you can only install Chinese stock firmware. You can't install any firmware other than Chinese one unless you use a PIT file.
As the addition, the latest Chinese firmware is I9500ZCUJOH2.
Sent from my ASUS_Z00AD
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I have tried that too. I dont know how but i did make to change the device nme from i9500chn to a normal i9500 but still nothin
Lennyz1988 said:
Only use TWRP. The rest is outdated. I don't know which other rom you tried to install but make sure your download is correct. Sounds to me like a bad download.
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Some ROMs like MIUI and Flyme still use (need) CWM and PhilZ Touch (always fail when being installed via TWRP).
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@frederic5000
Thing I forgot, untick Zip signature verification may help in several cases. But if still fails, I would contact the seller instead of flashing anywhere or stay with rooted stock Chinese firmware.
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krasCGQ said:
Some ROMs like MIUI and Flyme still use (need) CWM and PhilZ Touch (always fail when being installed via TWRP).
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@frederic5000
Thing I forgot, untick Zip signature verification may help in several cases. But if still fails, I would contact the seller instead of flashing anywhere or stay with rooted stock Chinese firmware.
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whats the lasest version of philz?
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after hours and hours of trying i did install the rom on odin. But i still cant install rom o twrp/philz....at least some of them. The strange thing is that im only able to install tw based roms but if i try to install miui or cm or fly me os it just wont work.
frederic5000 said:
after hours and hours of trying i did install the rom on odin. But i still cant install rom o twrp/philz....at least some of them. The strange thing is that im only able to install tw based roms but if i try to install miui or cm or fly me os it just wont work.
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Then, I would stay on stock-based ROMs and root it. That's enough on situation like this.
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krasCGQ said:
Then, I would stay on stock-based ROMs and root it. That's enough on situation like this.
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yes thats what i did. i flashed stock lollipop, rooted a removed some useless apps and i´m happy with it.
thx for all ur help
I seriously f***** up for the first time while trying to flash a custom rom on my cousin's Note 3 SM-N900. I was able to install TWRP and i proceeded to flash a custom rom directly from within TWRP. I kind of got ahead of myself and proceeded to delete/wipe/erase just about everything on the phone before flashing (dalvik, wipe data, cache etc..) and then i proceeded to Install the custom rom directly within TWRP.
Yes i agree i was careless and ****ed up quite a bit but i was so sure it would not go wrong. But it did. Now the phone only loads the initial 'Samsung SM-N900' boot screen and then goes to black. I can still access TWRP and Download modes at will but i am unable to flash a rom or a stock firmware that will work on the phone. I dont know if i ****ed up the bootloader, modem, kernel, etc, but i reckon i did some pretty good damage.
But the fact i can still access TWRP and Download modes gives me hope that i get right my wrongs with your guidance! Please guys help a poor soul out!
So what did you flash or is it a secret rom ?
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I first flashed a ROM called Dilshad ROM v8, then when it did not work, i flashed AURORA rom, then Cyanogenmode 13 for note 3 N900 and finally i tried flashing a random stock firmware i downloaded from sammobile page for N900.
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So what did you flash or is it a secret rom ?
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Did you use the correct TWRP version ?
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Yup i have. TWRP 3.0.2-0 installed correctly on the SM-N900. I can access it even when the screen goes black after the first boot screen by pressing the combination buttons (power + volume up + home)
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Did you use the correct TWRP version ?
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Heya i know that i'm late but have you tried flashing official samsung firmware via ODIN?
Zeiad98 said:
Heya i know that i'm late but have you tried flashing official samsung firmware via ODIN?
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And next time bother to read what is being discussed, so you don't post useless posts. He said he did.
Dejan Sathanas said:
And next time bother to read what is being discussed, so you don't post useless posts. He said he did.
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I HAVE READ THE POST + REPLIES!! Though , he said he flashed a random samsung software.. But how should i know if he did it with the tar.md5 or flashed it as a regular zip... I'm just a guy tryin to help, so any extra addition may help so don't just regard that as useless
Since term flashing is mostly used with recovery mode, so did he put it on download mode and BL the offical bootloader and PA/PDA the software that supports the same bootloader?
am unable to flash a rom or a stock firmware
stock firmware i downloaded from sammobile page for N900.
JJEgan said:
am unable to flash a rom or a stock firmware
stock firmware i downloaded from sammobile page for N900.
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An idea that is maybe a bit risky is to put back the normal (stock) recovery and try to restore update from sd card or something like that... I'm not sure how safe it is so use it as a least resort... I didn't even hear anything like that its just an idea, it may not work... But hope it helps
Hi
I have a similar problem. I have a note 3 with original UK ROM and wanted to flash my operator ROM to get wifi calling. Both are android 5.0
The problem is after trying to flash the first time I had a problem that the new ROM would not fully flash. reading posts I understood I had to flash PIT file which I downloaded and flashed. After flashing PIT the new ROM did not go in so I flashed my original UK.
After reboot I kept getting security warnings that something has changed and I should reboot. After several boots the problem did not go away.
So I tried to flash ROM again, different tries between UK ROM and my operator ROM, but the phone now only loops at booting. Sometimes it gets stuck at first Samsung screen.
Can anyone please help?
Thank you
I understood I had to flash PIT file NO NO NO .
You don't flash a PIT file without good reason .
SM900 is EXYNOS not Qualcomm model .
So what phone model do you actually have as this threads question is N900 .
Ok sorry I have 9005.