Hi everyone, I have a Galaxy Tab 4 10.1 SM-T530NU running KitKat, and would like to update it to Lollipop. The problem is it is rooted. I can't update it through OTA because my system is modified. Every guide I have found says that I must flash stock through Odin which will wipe all the data. Is there any way to update it without wiping? Maybe using Kies? I don't mind loosing root.
Thanks in advanced.
You could just do a backup couldn't you?
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Probably, but it would be a hassle to set up all the applications again
Also, what would be the best way to do a backup since I'll be going back to stock and will probably not root it again?
Kies I would say
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What data are you concerned with losing?
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All the application's data and system settings, game progress, etc.
passport619 said:
Kies I would say
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Is this suggestion for the backup or the update?
I connected the tablet to my computer and Kies recognized it, it then found an update for it. I did a backup with Kies, but I didn't try to download the update. Has anyone updated their Samsung device using Kies while rooted? Or should I go the "flash with Odin and wipe data" way?
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I have a Samsung Galaxy S4 SGH-I337M from Koodo (Telus). And I wanted to get the latest 4.3 android on my phone, so I installed Cyanogenmod 10.2, and flashed my phone using that. I then realised that I didn't like the new display and wanted my old phone's display and firmware.
So I then proceeded to flash my phone with my Stock firmware using Odin 3.07. My phone didn't start up normally and is stuck on the part where the phone shows the Samsung logo. I can turn off the phone and boot into download mode, and I can access the recovery using Volume Up + Home + Power button. I have also tried to us the Firmware upgrade and initialization using Samsung Kies, but that doesn't change anything. Odin recognises my device, and Kies lets me flash using firmware emergency recovery, but I cannot open the files using the directory on my computer
At Odin Mode it shows the following:
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: SGH-I337M
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: Official
CSB-CONFIG-LSB: 0x30
WRITE PROTECTION: Enable
I backed up all my data prior to flashing using Cyanogenmod, so I don't care if I lose my data. (Also my constant flashing will definitely stop once I fix my phone). Is this phone soft bricked or hard bricked? How do I fix this? Thank you in advance.
Edit: I was also using Clockworkmod Recovery. AND YAY! I can actually boot into Android system recovery. Sorry, I simply was not holding the buttons correctly. Should I do a factory reset?
Try jusy volume+ and ppower then do a factory reset
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deron37129 said:
Try jusy volume+ and ppower then do a factory reset
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I booted into recovery and pressed "wipe data/factory reset" and then pressed "reboot system now" but nothing changed when the phone rebooted.
U may have to re flash the stock kernel did double check if you have the correct firmware
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deron37129 said:
Try jusy volume+ and ppower then do a factory reset
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Please disregard my above post. It works perfectly! Yay! Thank you:cyclops:
soft bricked s4
MegaTerminatorz said:
Please disregard my above post. It works perfectly! Yay! Thank you:cyclops:
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Hi i have a Samsung galaxy s4 that is stuck in the samsung with a lil unlocked lock screen it will go into download mode but thats all it will not go into recovery... im having a difficult time trying to fix it. im a noob as well
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Hi i have a Samsung galaxy s4 that is stuck in the samsung with a lil unlocked lock screen it will go into download mode but thats all it will not go into recovery... im having a difficult time trying to fix it. im a noob as well
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What firmware are you on? What were you trying to do?
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Do a factory reset in the stock recovery. It'll work
Im trying fix the soft brick. Firmware mf3 I had safestrap on it as well I went to flash a ROM and it reset on me and is stuck on the Samsung logo with the unlock symbol the will go into download mode but not recovery. Thanks for any help you can give
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I can't get into stock recovery
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camarodemon said:
Im trying fix the soft brick. Firmware mf3 I had safestrap on it as well I went to flash a ROM and it reset on me and is stuck on the Samsung logo with the unlock symbol the will go into download mode but not recovery. Thanks for any help you can give
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I can't get into stock recovery
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I'd recommend taking it to a best buy where they can reflash mf3 at this point.
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HiTideBlastoise said:
I'd recommend taking it to a best buy where they can reflash mf3 at this point.
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HiTide's right, this may be your best bet... I just hope your best buy is more helpful than mine.
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Thanks for this thread you really help me out a lot. I was trying everything kies emergency recovery and everything thanks again for this thread.
hi i need help as well i soft bricked my phone and cant get into recovery mode. i have a locked one. could i odin back to an earlier os?
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hi i need help as well i soft bricked my phone and cant get into recovery mode. i have a locked one. could i odin back to an earlier os?
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What firmware are you on? You can only Odin that version or a newer one.
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jd1639 said:
What firmware are you on? You can only Odin that version or a newer one.
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i was on 4.4.2, i have a I337 NC1 baseband
tshaulis said:
i was on 4.4.2, i have a I337 NC1 baseband
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You need to Odin the nb1 tar file. Then do the nb1 to nc1 update to get back to where you were. Did you try to install a custom recovery, twrp or cwm? You can't do that safestrap is the only recovery you can use.
Look in the general forum for index, all things at&t.....
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You need to Odin the nb1 tar file. Then do the nb1 to nc1 update to get back to where you were. Did you try to install a custom recovery, twrp or cwm?
Look in the general forum for index, all things at&t.....
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Ok and odin will let me go back to NB1? if i wanted to stay at nb1 could i, or would you recommend going back to nc1? and i don't know if i did a custom recovery. i did a nandroid on safestrap which i believe will be gone when i revert back to stock. but could you elaborate on your last question. and sorry im extremely new to this, as you can see i soft bricked it. well i did get hyperdrive flashed and working but the thing is that i didn't have service or wifi and i forgot to download and flash the modules that go along with it so now we are here.
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jd1639 said:
You need to Odin the nb1 tar file. Then do the nb1 to nc1 update to get back to where you were. Did you try to install a custom recovery, twrp or cwm? You can't do that safestrap is the only recovery you can use.
Look in the general forum for index, all things at&t.....
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ok so i downloaded the NB1 .tar file and doing the odin restore right now. everything seems to be going according to plan. wow im so excited. ok so after this does its thing, obviously ill have a fresh new stock gs4 nb1. so is there any way i could get it back to what it was ie. apps via titanium backup or safestraps nandroid backup that i had on it?
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Ok and odin will let me go back to NB1? if i wanted to stay at nb1 could i, or would you recommend going back to nc1? and i don't know if i did a custom recovery. i did a nandroid on safestrap which i believe will be gone when i revert back to stock. but could you elaborate on your last question. and sorry im extremely new to this, as you can see i soft bricked it. well i did get hyperdrive flashed and working but the thing is that i didn't have service or wifi and i forgot to download and flash the modules that go along with it so now we are here.
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ok so i downloaded the NB1 .tar file and doing the odin restore right now. everything seems to be going according to plan. wow im so excited. ok so after this does its thing, obviously ill have a fresh new stock gs4 nb1. so is there any way i could get it back to what it was ie. apps via titanium backup or safestraps nandroid backup that i had on it?
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Do the nb1 to nc1 update then root will towel root. Then install safestrap and tibu. Should be able to use your nandroid and and your tibu backups.
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Do the nb1 to nc1 update then root will towel root. Then install safestrap and tibu. Should be able to use your nandroid and and your tibu backups.
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ok i will do this, and you are sure that for one my recovery will still be on safestrap and that my backup will still be on titanium back up? how is this?
hey guys,
i got an issue i was trying to root my note 3 and in odin it failed, it was stuck so i restarted it and then it came up saying that firmware upgrade encountered an issue please select recovery mode in kies, i selected allow unknown sources and usb debugging, reactivation lock is off, this is a 9005 snap dragon model please help?
mafioso345 said:
hey guys,
i got an issue i was trying to root my note 3 and in odin it failed, it was stuck so i restarted it and then it came up saying that firmware upgrade encountered an issue please select recovery mode in kies, i selected allow unknown sources and usb debugging, reactivation lock is off, this is a 9005 snap dragon model please help?
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look here www.galaxynote3root.com
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look here www.galaxynote3root.com
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thanks bro didnt work, imma try to reflash to stock firmare hopefully that will work
Flash the original stock ROM through Odin that should sort it out.
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Www.samfirmware.com
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KevandLynds said:
Flash the original stock ROM through Odin that should sort it out.
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Www.samfirmware.com
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im getting scared here, i tried that and it failed, right now im trying to do a firmware recovery in kies 3 to see if it will work so lets pray....
got it to work via kies
i have the same problem. can not root, it stuck, can not install ofiicial rom it stuck too but installing cwm with odin allows phone to open and work
When I was trying to update I got the error code 402 anybody now about this?
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Tell us more. Last 3 digits of your baseband? Rooted? Fully stock or custom rom? Made any system changes, like removal of apps?
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Just saw your other thread. So you're fully stock unrooted and not on the new update? When you plug your phone into the computer a windows pops up with a program called Verizon updater. Run it. It will load a prog onto your computer and allow a software update. Try it and let us know if it worked for you.
♢NoteIII♢
I was rooted uprooted did a factory reset and I am on mj7 and no frozen apps
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Make sure wanam and all other modules are not active. I got that error as well. After I un froze all apps and deactivated modules I got kies to do the update through my pc. After that I lost root but got mje and re rooted with kingo.
MJC
I need help with updating my Galaxy S4. I tried the search but still confused.
I have rooted Galaxy S4 with MF3 and want to update to MK2 but since my phone is rooted with custom recovery (TWRP), I am not able to update OTA. What is the best way to update my phone to MK2 and root it again?
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I used the Odin mf3 tar files to go completely back to stock then flashed the mk2 update.img found in the att general section. Make sure you use it in the stock recovery...volume up when booting to get there. Then you can use safe root to get root back. Pretty easy actually. All posts are in the general thread. First page.
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Here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2573080
Merry xmas.
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I have a similar question: I just bought S4 I337 on Ebay, and it has 4.2.2 (MF3) firmware, and SuperSU installed. I have root access. OTA software update from AT&T fails at 25%.
Does root access prevent the update? I tried "disabling and hiding" Superuser option in SuperSU settings, but it didn't help.
I'm getting ready to try permanent unroot, please let me know if there are any other options.
DevilDog512 said:
I used the Odin mf3 tar files to go completely back to stock then flashed the mk2 update.img found in the att general section. Make sure you use it in the stock recovery...volume up when booting to get there. Then you can use safe root to get root back. Pretty easy actually. All posts are in the general thread. First page.
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Here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2573080
Merry xmas.
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I was thinking of doing that but thought there might have been another way.
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Thanks for the info.
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michaelsb123 said:
I have a similar question: I just bought S4 I337 on Ebay, and it has 4.2.2 (MF3) firmware, and SuperSU installed. I have root access. OTA software update from AT&T fails at 25%.
Does root access prevent the update? I tried "disabling and hiding" Superuser option in SuperSU settings, but it didn't help.
I'm getting ready to try permanent unroot, please let me know if there are any other options.
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There is a way to keep root but I'm not sure how to do it. I think it's enable survival mode and uninstall root. But yes, root access will prevent ota. The mk2 safe root is incredibly easy and safe. Just need a computer. A lot better than the damn sd card 4.2 root.
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[Q] OTA update after root on Stock? (SM-G900T) "Device was modified in an unauthorize
Just ran the root guide posted by Chainfire and it worked like a dream. I now have a rooted phone on TouchWiz like I wanted. Unfortunately, there is also an update for the phone available which refuses to install giving me the "Device was modified in an unauthorized way" error. Is there a way to get around this problem while remaining on stock? Or am I now left with relying on custom ROMs to get updated versions of Android?
No, you can download firmwares from wherever (eg Sammobile) and flash via ODIN. You may have to re-root.
keep in mind if you update it will lock your bootloader since these phones came with unlocked bootloaders. no way in hell am i stupid enough to let them lock my bootloader.
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No, you can download firmwares from wherever (eg Sammobile) and flash via ODIN. You may have to re-root.
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Thanks for the link. I actually used KIES to get the job done.
koinek said:
Thanks for the link. I actually used KIES to get the job done.
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LOL I just came back to edit my post to add Kies as an option.
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fatalfury said:
keep in mind if you update it will lock your bootloader since these phones came with unlocked bootloaders. no way in hell am i stupid enough to let them lock my bootloader.
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What are you talking about? That's rubbish.
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LOL I just came back to edit my post to add Kies as an option.
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What are you talking about? That's rubbish.
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No lies here I have custom recovery and root. G900t came with unlocked bootloaders
Feel free to see your self
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=51833106
fatalfury said:
No lies here I have custom recovery and root. G900t came with unlocked bootloaders
Feel free to see your self
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=51833106
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But that has got nothing to do with this thread's subject.
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Root fail! Help.
I tried rooting my SM-G900T and I get a fail on Odin every time i try. And i have to use Kies emergency update to install firmware again. I tried tried everything from using different cables to formatting the device to using a different version of Odin! My Knox counter is now 0x1. But no root. And i get a message on my phone phone when it fails on Odin "Set Warranty Bit: Cache"
Please help if you can! Thanks in in advance.
Try different computer the same thing happened to me. I got it to work
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