wanted to double check
is there a problem downgrading from 5.0 OL4 rom to 4.4.2 NL1
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Hi everyone,
I recently installed the CHN 5.0.1 lollipop on my S4(I9500).
I want to downgrade it to 4.4.2 kitkat official and upgrade it official 5.0.1.
i am not able to downgrade from lollipop to kitkat.
i downloaded my country stock firmware I9500DDUEMJ5 from sammobile and tried downgrading it using odin but every time it fails and i have to reinstall the same Chinese version lollipop all over again.
please some one help me with this problem.
Please tell me the proper steps to downgrade.
current bulid no :LRX22C.I9500ZCUJOA3
Device status : custom
thank you in advance
On stock rom you cant downgrade ,with flashing Lollipop the bootloader has upgradet en no way back on stock rom.
Sorry for the newbie question i am using samsung s4 from o2 uk and have their 4.4.2 version, i am unlocked now so can downgrade or upgrade to BTU unbranded 4.4.2 versions of which there appears to be 4 available in sammobile.
I understand that there is a new bootloader in 4.4.2 so am i able to upgrade /downgrade to any of the stock 4.4.2 firmwares without tripping knox or losing my imei?
I know to my annoyance that the new bootloader efs v2 in 4.1.2 xxemg4 for the samsung s3 prevented me to downgrade to any of the previous 4.1.2 stock roms due to this much to my annoyance as the battery life was superb on xxemc2 4.1.2 so i don't want to make the same mistake with 4.4.2, does anyonr know if there is another bootloader version in the latest 4.4.2 stock rom that may cause a similar issue?
Bear in mind i only want to be able to up down grade to any of the 4.4.2 that is available not go to 4.3 or up to 5.0 as far as you're aware are all versions of 4.4.2 BTU ok to flash in odin without issues?
no downgrade from kitkat
pete101 said:
Sorry for the newbie question i am using samsung s4 from o2 uk and have their 4.4.2 version, i am unlocked now so can downgrade or upgrade to BTU unbranded 4.4.2 versions of which there appears to be 4 available in sammobile.
I understand that there is a new bootloader in 4.4.2 so am i able to upgrade /downgrade to any of the stock 4.4.2 firmwares without tripping knox or losing my imei?
I know to my annoyance that the new bootloader efs v2 in 4.1.2 xxemg4 for the samsung s3 prevented me to downgrade to any of the previous 4.1.2 stock roms due to this much to my annoyance as the battery life was superb on xxemc2 4.1.2 so i don't want to make the same mistake with 4.4.2, does anyonr know if there is another bootloader version in the latest 4.4.2 stock rom that may cause a similar issue?
Bear in mind i only want to be able to up down grade to any of the 4.4.2 that is available not go to 4.3 or up to 5.0 as far as you're aware are all versions of 4.4.2 BTU ok to flash in odin without issues?
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Sorry bud no way to downgrade from kitkat at this time, especially without tripping knox.
AndroidInitiate said:
Sorry bud no way to downgrade from kitkat at this time, especially without tripping knox.
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I dont think you follow what I mean I dont want to downgrade from 4.4.2 per se I just want to use the other stock versions of 4.4.2 kitkat that have been released. Am I unable to downgrade from a higher version of kitkat to a lower previous version of kitkat that was avaialble a month before?
Same BTU stock version ie ugn9 down to ufn8 or something
pete101 said:
I dont think you follow what I mean I dont want to downgrade from 4.4.2 per se I just want to use the other stock versions of 4.4.2 kitkat that have been released. Am I unable to downgrade from a higher version of kitkat to a lower previous version of kitkat that was avaialble a month before?
Same BTU stock version ie ugn9 down to ufn8 or something
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Yes as long as you are downloading the correct firmware for your phone based on model number you will be able to downgrade. Just use Odin and you should be set.
You can flash any 4.4.2. The different versions don't matter.
Are you 100% sure i can up or downgrade to any of the 4.4.2 versions?
I dont want to make a mistake like i did with my s3 whereby i updated to 4.1.2 xxemg4 the latest version of 4.1.2 available but had an efs v2 so was unable to downgrade to any of the 4.1.2 versions below it.
4.4.2 kikat has a new bootloader but they all have the same efs version right? Thanks for the help
upgraded to LP 5.0 OTA before first root and install Aurora Rom based on Lollipop...
i want to Downgrade to KitKat 4.4.2 official on my Note3 N900 model.
can i just download official firmware and flash with Odin or any other method should i take care of that??? any guide?
I think you can, not 100% sure, but when those early Lollipop firmwares were released by Samsung I went back to KitKat quite a lot of times.
aftab1003 said:
upgraded to LP 5.0 OTA before first root and install Aurora Rom based on Lollipop...
i want to Downgrade to KitKat 4.4.2 official on my Note3 N900 model.
can i just download official firmware and flash with Odin or any other method should i take care of that??? any guide?
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Be sure to enter DL mode from Phone OFF not just a reboot into Download... The difference is, from reboot the modem fails.
Guys first of all sorry for my bad english.
I flashed 6.0.1 official poland rom with odin, and since that day, i can't return 4.4.4. I can't flash custom rom, neither official different country's rom. I tried with odin and twrp but both of them failed. Please help me, i need to return 4.4 kitkat.
N910C.
cannurkars said:
Guys first of all sorry for my bad english.
I flashed 6.0.1 official poland rom with odin, and since that day, i can't return 4.4.4. I can't flash custom rom, neither official different country's rom. I tried with odin and twrp but both of them failed. Please help me, i need to return 4.4 kitkat.
N910C.
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Once you upgraded to 5.1.1 lollipop or 6.0 marshmallow thats it your bootloader is locked you can't downgrade anymore to 4.4.4 or 5.0 only Tmobile note 4 n910t is possible to downgrade to kitket by flashing n910t2 firmware.
Trex888 said:
Once you upgraded to 5.1.1 lollipop or 6.0 marshmallow thats it your bootloader is locked you can't downgrade anymore to 4.4.4 or 5.0 only Tmobile note 4 n910t is possible to downgrade to kitket by flashing n910t2 firmware.
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Ok thank you for your attention.
Hi guys. I have a problem on my Note 4 (N910C). I upgraded Android 6.0.1 MM but i can't downgrade 4.4.4. When i try to downgrade, odin says fail. Why is that? How can i downgrade to 4.4.4?
you can downgrade to 5.1.1, but never on 4.4.4 because bootloader is locked on binary version 2 and 4.4.4 had only binary 1
I googled this problem and some people says "download and flash old bootloader" do you know how can i do this? How can i find old bootloader?