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Hi all,
I have a Galaxy S4 GT-I9500 with a carrier rom and I want to have the samsung official rom.
I downloaded the stock from from this link: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=29362
I tried flashing it with odin V3.09, but when the phone loads it is still with the carrier's rom...
How can I completely remove the carrier's rom and have only the Samsung offical stock rom ?
Should I use Philz recovery to install the rom from zip after a factory reset ?
I'm not 100% sure, but I think you can't because the bootloader is locked down.
There's still no way to unlock the bootloader right now.
frliran said:
Hi all,
I have a Galaxy S4 GT-I9500 with a carrier rom and I want to have the samsung official rom.
I downloaded the stock from from this link: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=29362
I tried flashing it with odin V3.09, but when the phone loads it is still with the carrier's rom...
How can I completely remove the carrier's rom and have only the Samsung offical stock rom ?
Should I use Philz recovery to install the rom from zip after a factory reset ?
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I'm not sure what you want, exactly. The 'carrier' version of TouchWiz isn't super different from the 'standard' TouchWiz. Maybe a few apps are added and the correct APNs and stuff are included. But the base ROM is still TouchWiz.
You can get custom TouchWiz roms that have more features than the stock one, but that look and perform just like the stock one. Those are carrier debloated (usually)
Or you can just root the phone and manually remove all the carrier bloat that you don't like and give yourself a 'pure Touchwiz' rom.
If none of that appeals to you there is also AOSP roms, which have none of the TouchWiz UI and look like like a Nexus device.
frliran said:
Hi all,
I have a Galaxy S4 GT-I9500 with a carrier rom and I want to have the samsung official rom.
I downloaded the stock from from this link: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=29362
I tried flashing it with odin V3.09, but when the phone loads it is still with the carrier's rom...
How can I completely remove the carrier's rom and have only the Samsung offical stock rom ?
Should I use Philz recovery to install the rom from zip after a factory reset ?
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Hi mate ,
ILO is the unbranded version , should not have any of the carriers bloatware on it ..but it will have Samsungs....
Did the flashing went ok? if you still have philz recovery installed after flashing something went wrong
BTW bootloader is not locked.
Flashing went fine but with no change at all
MAX 404 said:
Hi mate ,
ILO is the unbranded version , should not have any of the carriers bloatware on it ..but it will have Samsungs....
Did the flashing went ok? if you still have philz recovery installed after flashing something went wrong
BTW bootloader is not locked.
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Hi,
Thanks for your help.
The flashing went fine, but the loaded up like I haven't flashed it.
It was the same like before I flashed it...
frliran said:
Hi,
Thanks for your help.
The flashing went fine, but the loaded up like I haven't flashed it.
It was the same like before I flashed it...
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Hi mate ,
After flashing what recovery you have installed?
Any Odin errors during flashing?
Check this guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2265477
Flash the rom with PIT file ( any of the ones you see there) then after you confirm that the flashing went ok flash the ILO firmware
Hi guys,
I really hope someone can point me in the right direction here, I'd really appreciate it!
I've never had to ask for help before with flashing one of my devices, and have flashed hundreds of times with my previous phones, S3, S5 and Note3 .. However this one has me a bit stumped. I have the Note4 N910F and I see many awesome LP ROMS seem to require that you flash stock 5.0.1 via Odin before flashing the custom ROM.
I managed to do this successfully with the ROM listed at Sammobile called "Unknown 5.0.1 N910FXXU1BOC3 N910FTPD1BOC1" - Everything is OK, boots perfectly and I have cell signal and LTE. Rooting was also a non-issue. The problem I have though is that no matter which custom recovery I try, and regardless of ROM that I try, all seem to get stuck in a boot loop at the Samsung screen.
Am I doing or have done something horribly wrong?
Please help!
I think I may have answered my own question. The stock ROM I flashed was BOB3, it seems I need to be on BOB4, which is the German based ROM. Busy downloading that now!
korval said:
I think I may have answered my own question. The stock ROM I flashed was BOB3, it seems I need to be on BOB4, which is the German based ROM. Busy downloading that now!
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Why can't you flash custom rom's with BOB3 installed?
Thanks
I just bought a Samsung Note 4 SM-N910S. I thought is with Snapdragon, but CPU-Z says it's with Exynos5433. Which custom ROM should I use and what recovery mode?
I've searched for Samsung drivers, but couldn't find any that work.
Android version is 6.01.
Help?
Well, I found my own answer regarding Samsung Android drivers. The only version that works is 1.5.30.
Now I'll install TWRP 3.0.2.0 and then I'll try MIUI 7.
SOCRATE_MMXII said:
Well, I found my own answer regarding Samsung Android drivers. The only version that works is 1.5.30.
Now I'll install TWRP 3.0.2.0 and then I'll try MIUI 7.
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TWRP 3.0.2.0 failed to install, even though Odin said „PASS!”, so I installed PhilZ. Then I installed MIUI 7 and eRobot, but on start both gave the same error: Kernel not being SEenforced.
Now I'm searching for a kernel that is SEenforced.
I'm downloading Sweet ROM 17.1 with kernel SE enforced....
Well, my hopes that 910C ROMs will work with 910S Exynos variant were shattered. So, I'm back to stock ROM 6.0.1. I will root it and remove KNOX (I don't care about warranty anyway) and try to remove as much bloatware as possible. I wish I knew how to build a custom ROM...
I've installed 6.0.1 using Odin 3.x. Next comes root!
I wish there was a custom ROM for SM-N910S...
The ROM from SK Telekom sux!!! I've rooted the phone and tried to remove all the bloatware, but I was unsuccessful, resulting into unusable ROM.
I've found a tutorial to install a debloated stock ROM from SM-N910C based on android 5.1.1 which is a much better option than the original ROM. Not to mention the permission levels for 6.0.1 are messed up really bad, imho.
The ROM from SK Telekom sux!!! I've rooted the phone and tried to remove all the bloatware, but I was unsuccessful, resulting into unusable ROM.
I've found a tutorial to install a debloated stock ROM from SM-N910C based on android 5.1.1 which is a much better option than the original ROM. Not to mention the permission levels for 6.0.1 are messed up really bad, imho.
Just a friendly reminder : make a full backup before installing any ROM.
I think.....if you have modem file of 910S, you can try to flash custom ROM for 910C/H and the flashed your modem, and maybe it will work.
I'm on 910H, and that is the trick that we use to flash 910C ROM.
but please explore xda some more, maybe someone already tried it and succeed/failed.
@cacingbesar: I don't care about backups on phones, because I don't have any important data on them. The only thing I backup is the contact list.
Moving on with my saga...
I was thinking that maybe there's a way of converting my SM-N910S to SM-N910C, because at HW they are basically the same so I've started searching the net and found an interesting video on youtube on an indian guy who did just that on 5.1.1.
So, I followed his tutorial and installed his ROM which is debloated, de-knoxed and rooted which I very much prefer over the crappy SK ROM.
I've learned the trick of this is to use SM-N910C ROM, but flash the modem from SM-N910S. I wish I knew how to extract the modem from the stock SM-N910S and to inject it into custom ROMs.
Even though SM-N910S and SM-N910C are HW identical, a custom ROM made for SM-N910C doesn't work on SM-N910S. Why is that? I have no idea...
@cacingbesar: I don't care about backups on phones, because I don't have any important data on them. The only thing I backup is the contact list.
Moving on with my saga...
I was thinking that maybe there's a way of converting my SM-N910S to SM-N910C, because at HW they are basically the same so I've started searching the net and found an interesting video on youtube on an indian guy who did just that on 5.1.1.
So, I followed his tutorial and installed his ROM which is debloated, de-knoxed and rooted which I very much prefer over the crappy SK ROM.
I've learned the trick of this is to use SM-N910C ROM, but flash the modem from SM-N910S. I wish I knew how to extract the modem from the stock SM-N910S and to inject it into custom ROMs.
Even though SM-N910S and SM-N910C are HW identical, a custom ROM made for SM-N910C doesn't work on SM-N910S. Why is that? I have no idea...
SOCRATE_MMXII said:
@cacingbesar: I don't care about backups on phones, because I don't have any important data on them. The only thing I backup is the contact list.
Moving on with my saga...
I was thinking that maybe there's a way of converting my SM-N910S to SM-N910C, because at HW they are basically the same so I've started searching the net and found an interesting video on youtube on an indian guy who did just that on 5.1.1.
So, I followed his tutorial and installed his ROM which is debloated, de-knoxed and rooted which I very much prefer over the crappy SK ROM.
I've learned the trick of this is to use SM-N910C ROM, but flash the modem from SM-N910S. I wish I knew how to extract the modem from the stock SM-N910S and to inject it into custom ROMs.
Even though SM-N910S and SM-N910C are HW identical, a custom ROM made for SM-N910C doesn't work on SM-N910S. Why is that? I have no idea...
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You can find some thread about how to extract modem from a stock rom. Or google it.
No....I'm not worrying your data, I worry that you lost your efs/imei, that would cost you dearly.
I'm using CWM as recovery and I don't think it's messing up with EFS/IMEI, nor does Odin3 as long as I don't tick the boxes I don't need.
Later Edit: this ROM is AMAZING!!!
SOCRATE_MMXII said:
I'm using CWM as recovery and I don't think it's messing up with EFS/IMEI, nor does Odin3 as long as I don't tick the boxes I don't need.
Later Edit: this ROM is AMAZING!!!
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In „ODIN mode” says KNOX 1, but who cares...I like this ROM a lot.
I wish I'd be able to use eRobot ROM the same way...
SOCRATE_MMXII said:
I'm using CWM as recovery and I don't think it's messing up with EFS/IMEI, nor does Odin3 as long as I don't tick the boxes I don't need.
Later Edit: this ROM is AMAZING!!!
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In „ODIN mode” says KNOX 1, but who cares...I like this ROM a lot.
I wish I'd be able to use eRobot ROM the same way...
Hello, what Custom ROM/Recovery did you later find for your N910s?
I have the same device!
I am also bought by mistake the korean version of Note 4 N910S ... the is no rom for it only the fermware in samsung web ..... its a dream for me to convert it to N910C .. and get rid of this headache
Fix
SOCRATE_MMXII said:
TWRP 3.0.2.0 failed to install, even though Odin said „PASS!”, so I installed PhilZ. Then I installed MIUI 7 and eRobot, but on start both gave the same error: Kernel not being SEenforced.
Now I'm searching for a kernel that is SEenforced.
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I had same problem,so i reflashed CF-Auto root via Odin 10 ....FIXED
https://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/general/tutorialhow-to-flash-n910c-rom-korean-t3663053
Hope this help
Not sure if this is posted in the right forum.
I want to flash a costum rom on my Samsung J5 2017 (J530F), But I am scared that I might somehow brick it.
Can I brick my phone by flashing a costum rom, or can I just flash my stock firmware if something goes wrong?
FluenThor said:
Not sure if this is posted in the right forum.
I want to flash a costum rom on my Samsung J5 2017 (J530F), But I am scared that I might somehow brick it.
Can I brick my phone by flashing a costum rom, or can I just flash my stock firmware if something goes wrong?
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Yes you can brick your phone by flashing a custom ROM, if you make any mistake during the procedure or use incorrect files your phone might enter in a boot loop. If it's your first time doing this thing it's always good to do a very extensive research here on xda about installing custom roms and root.
If something goes wrong in most cases flashing the stock rom will fix, but remember that before anything "custom" you must unlock your bootloader and the second you flash anything custom (TWRP,Magisk,Custom ROM, etc..) Knox will be tripped and your warranty will be void. Be careful, don't do anything that you don't have enough confidence and remember that the only responsible for your modifications is you. Good luck
Hello,
I have recently replaced the motherboard on my N910C with N910F (because it was the only one that I could find at that moment). I had to replace the camera as well because they are not compatible. I got my motherboard from Aliexpress, and it seems to be working fine. It came with some preinstalled software that was running Android 5.0.1. on PHE CSC which seems to be Spanish software. I flashed the latest Marshmallow 6.0.1. from Sammobile and its working great. But I wanted to flash Astra Dream UX ROM v.40F so I rooted the device, flashed TWRP and put the ROM on SD card, wiped everyhting (I have flashed roms before on my S4) and after successful installation, what happens is that phone constantly reboots after Samsung splash screen. It managed to get to boot animation first time after flashing, but after that, any Custom ROM that I flash installs without issues, but doesn't go further than Splash screen logo. I have tried 3 or 4 TWRP versions, but none of them seems to fix the issue. So I reflashed stock ROM using Odin and now its working fine. Any suggestion what might be the issue?
Mirsaneli said:
Hello,
I have recently replaced the motherboard on my N910C with N910F (because it was the only one that I could find at that moment). I had to replace the camera as well because they are not compatible. I got my motherboard from Aliexpress, and it seems to be working fine. It came with some preinstalled software that was running Android 5.0.1. on PHE CSC which seems to be Spanish software. I flashed the latest Marshmallow 6.0.1. from Sammobile and its working great. But I wanted to flash Astra Dream UX ROM v.40F so I rooted the device, flashed TWRP and put the ROM on SD card, wiped everyhting (I have flashed roms before on my S4) and after successful installation, what happens is that phone constantly reboots after Samsung splash screen. It managed to get to boot animation first time after flashing, but after that, any Custom ROM that I flash installs without issues, but doesn't go further than Splash screen logo. I have tried 3 or 4 TWRP versions, but none of them seems to fix the issue. So I reflashed stock ROM using Odin and now its working fine. Any suggestion what might be the issue?
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For some reason v4 of that rom won't boot for anyone without having to flash another kernel. Also, I've heard that dirty flashing over v3 works too, but I did the kernel change when I used it.
But I also flashed Nemesis N7 port v3.0 and Aurora Note 5 port v7.0, none of them booted. I used kernels provided with the ROMs.
As said previous, try to flash another kernel after flashing the ROM. You have ramkernel or flashpoint that I know of for custom ported roms.
Isaac_T said:
As said previous, try to flash another kernel after flashing the ROM. You have ramkernel or flashpoint that I know of for custom ported roms.
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Thanks, I will try.