Hi all,
If I restore my mobile using Odin and Samsung firmware for this device, I would like to know if :
1) all device information like IMEI, MAC address and so on (in fact all the information specific to my device) will be also restored,
2) root counter will stay at zero,
3) I can restore Lollipop firmware instead of Marshmallow.
Thanks in advance for your replies.
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1) If your imei or Mac is lost, then it won't be restored by flashing firmware.
They are device specific and kept in a partition that is not included since it would clone all phones flashing that firmware.
2) Yes, it should not trigger knox to flash official firmware.
3) It depends on your bootloader version.
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Dear All,
As it says in the topic, could someone please guide me on how to update my S4 already rooted to the latest firmware I9505XXUBMGA downloaded from Samsung-updates. I am in UK and this is unbranded phone.
* All I wanted to know is how to use oDin on rooted phone?
* Would it be better to factory reset and restore the data through Titanium Backup?
* Or just carry on flashing through ODin?
* Will my data after flashing the firmware will remain there or it will be erased?
* will this firmware is Rootable?
Thanks for your help and suggestions which is much appreciated :good::good::good:
Hi, the process is fairly easy , open Odin, click the PDA box, locate the firmware, put your phone into download mode, plug your phone in your pc (it should say added) and hit start, after a while your phone will reboot and it should say pass on the top left of Odin. Your phone should now be updated.
All your data should remain on your phone, it's just an update.
I can't tell you if it's rootable since I have the i9500 but I'm sure it is. Just search around.
Sent from my GT-I9500
As you have an I9505 (assumed from the firmware you are trying to flash) then use Mobile ODIN, the paid version is best for this.
You can download the rom, put the tar.md5 file onto your sd card and flash through Mobile ODIN. It will keep root and flash the rom. All data should be left intact unless you tick "wipe cache/data" then you will be stock factory reset but still rooted.
If you run triangle away before you flash the flash count will be reset too....
Hello,
I'm using a SGS4 rooted since more than one year and a half (odin, flash a small root bin file if I remember well, flash counter set to 1, no custom recovery and no nandroid backup)
Since I want to implement NFC card emulation now avaliable in android 4.4 in one of my apps, I'd like to update.
I've seen few threads on the subject, and most of them date from a long time (am I late ? ). I'd like to know how I could update normally my actual rom (provided by Orange, precisely I9505XXUAME2), or move to another slightly modified rom like the base rom provided by samsung without all these apps that you can only remove with root.
I don't want to have any data issue I've read about, I don't want to lose my actual apps and their data. (Nandroid backup then restoring apps and their data through nandroid manager?)
Also, if possible i'd like to update without losing my start screen, my parameters, etc... (in the worst case I'd re-set them manually). And finally of course I want to have it rooted at the end of the process.
In fact I want it to be just like if I had done an OTA update, then rooted it.
Also, How to update without setting the Knox counter to 1 ? (My flash counter is set to 1, should I use Triangle Away?)
Is there any simpler way than flashing the new firmware and then importing everything from my old data to the new and reinstalling the changes I made to the system (like avast & such) ?
Also, maybe there exists newest versions of the firmware, but without the new bootloader that has the knox counter ?
Thanks in advance!
tboss1995 said:
Thanks in advance!
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1. You can't receive OTA updates if you have rooted your device. You have to flash the firmwares via ODIN.
2. You don't need wipe nothing if you flash new stock firmware. Instructions: Flash new firmware (if you don't have wifi flash it one time more), root it again then and you're done. Your data don't have to be affected (maybe you only have to reinstall some app if the data/cache was moved to the SDCARD).
3. Flashing one new stock firmware don't modify KNOX. You actived KNOX rooting your device or flashing one custom recovery. Knox: 0x1 can't be reset. Triangle away only reset the flash counter.
Thanks for your fast answer !
So, flashing a firmware doesn't impact the data.
Updating via Kies sets the Knox counter. Updating via odin doesn't ? Don't I have to do any sort of un-root before updating ?
Is there anything specific I should know about root ? Because I don't want to flash a firmware that I won't be able to root without setting the knox counter.
Also I think that since we can't revert the bootloader update, maybe i'd better not update that bootloader so that I can update future versions and root them without setting knox counter, by installing a knox-free rom even before a knox-free root is released...
Where can I find these roms?
tboss1995 said:
Thanks for your fast answer !
So, flashing a firmware doesn't impact the data.
Updating via Kies sets the Knox counter. Updating via odin doesn't ? Don't I have to do any sort of un-root before updating ?
Is there anything specific I should know about root ? Because I don't want to flash a firmware that I won't be able to root without setting the knox counter.
Also I think that since we can't revert the bootloader update, maybe i'd better not update that bootloader so that I can update future versions and root them without setting knox counter, by installing a knox-free rom even before a knox-free root is released...
Where can I find these roms?
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1. Updating via ODIN or Kies don't set the KNOX counter. Downgrading YES.
2. Root dissapear if you flash new update via ODIN.
3. You can flash latest firmware and root them without KNOX. Take a look for the method: HERE.
Thanks for the answer again!
Howerver I still have 3 questions because I like to understand what I'm doing :
1. I understand the two terms ROM (OS of the phone) and bootloader (after a certain update, it adds the knox counter, and you can't downgrade it, and it also prevents towelroot from working). What is the called "kernel" ?
2. Up to exactly what version of the bootloader/rom does towelroot work ?
3. What is the difference between "knox-free" and "knox counter 0"? At the end of the method, will I have the new bootloader with a knox counter set to 0, or the old bootloader ?
tboss1995 said:
Thanks for the answer again!
Howerver I still have 3 questions because I like to understand what I'm doing :
1. I understand the two terms ROM (OS of the phone) and bootloader (after a certain update, it adds the knox counter, and you can't downgrade it, and it also prevents towelroot from working). What is the called "kernel" ?
2. Up to exactly what version of the bootloader/rom does towelroot work ?
3. What is the difference between "knox-free" and "knox counter 0"? At the end of the method, will I have the new bootloader with a knox counter set to 0, or the old bootloader ?
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1. Take a look: HERE.
2. Nobody know it.
3. - KNOX free: This therm is used for the custom ROMS normally. This mean that flashing this ROM dont touch the KNOX counter.
- KNOX counter: You still having your device in warranty if you have KNOX:0x0. You void your warranty if you have KNOX:0x1 in DOWNLOAD MODE.
So it means I'll still have the new bootloader ?
For those who may come to read this article and don't want to watch a video, I've found an article explaining what kernels are. http://m.androidcentral.com/android-z-what-kernel
Here is some of my phone info
Galaxy Note 4 SM-N910P
Current version: 5.1.1
Software Version: N910PVPU4COJ6
So as I said in my title I used to have my phone to 6.0.1 that is where I first rooted it and backed up my files. I had been messing around with different versions, even though I know it doesn't really downgrade your phone, I had flashed to 5.1.1 everything was fine the first day i had my phone flashed but then my wifi went to not remembering the password then the next day it isn't connecting at all (stuck in an obtaining ip address loop)
So i was wondering if its possible to use my backup files from 6.0.1 on this version I have now and will it flash my phone back to how it was?
i think restoring complete nandroid backup should work,
but still i'll suggest you to flash stock 6.0.1 rom via odin, then flash custom recovery and then restore your backup.
I would like to install a custom rom on a samsung galaxy s4 gt i9505 with android 5.0.1, is there some help to unlock the bootloader? Do the root and then install a miui rom?
First root your device with the proper root file by using Odin (you need a computer to install and use Odin program) then install TWRP that will help you install any room you want (.zip) directly from your phone.
Most S4 have an unlocked bootloader. Unless you're American, then it's locked most probably and can't be unlocked.
Ok but in odin mode says "Write Protection: Enabled".... It's normal?
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The only s4 with a locked bootloader is the AT&T and Verizon versions.
The i9505 doesn't have a locked bootloader and was never carried by any north American carriers.
Yes, it's normal.
No need to root before flashing twrp and a custom ROM.
Hi guys,
It is October 2017 now and I can still read all over the net that only very few models of the international version of the Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-I9505 (Jfltexx) – and those only in the States - have a locked bootloader.
I was advised to update to the newest available firmware before flashing and find myself now at stock Android 5.0.1 (Bootloader: I9505XXUHPK2, Firmware: LRX22C.I9505XXUHPK2, Knox Warranty Void 0x1). I tried to install TWRP according to https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/jfltexx/install and it doesn’t matter whether I use Odin or Heimdall, switch off antivirus and the firewall, nothing works. It *looks* as if it does, but it is impossible to boot into the recovery.
The phone, being second hand, is out of warranty anyway. I don’t care if I wipe all my data, but I don’t like the idea of an unrecoverable brick.
I did download “cfar_samsung_gt-i9505_jfltexx_lrx22c.i9505xxuhpk2_t0.zip” from https://desktop.firmware.mobi/device:63/firmware:5743 but I am wary of Chainfire’s admonition on https://desktop.firmware.mobi/device...are:5743/cfar?
”BOOTLOADER UNLOCK: If your bootloader is not unlocked, depending on the device, it may be automatically unlocked (wiping all data), flashing may fail, or the device may brick altogether.”
I would very much like to run Lineage OS on my phone. Does any one have an idea on how to proceed from here without incurring *too much* risk?
Greetings from Flensburg, Germany.
KrautHolg
Here's what I recommend:
download Odin 3.07: https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=...tid=1168421&usg=AOvVaw0aq_x8M8nbsqDFAFe9tFoy;
download the tar version of TWRP for gt-i9505: https://dl.twrp.me/jfltexx/;
open Odin 3.07 and put TWRP tar file in PDA slot;
uncheck everything in Odin except f reset time;
flash TWRP. When you see the word reset in the status window, remove the USB cable from the phone, remove the battery, replace the battery, use the phone buttons to boot into recovery.
Do NOT run any program that tries to unlock the bootloader as these programs can hard-brick the phone.
Hey guys, I was wondering if there is a way to flash stock firmware for the s6 tab lite without a computer? I don't have access to mine at the moment, and my tablet currently has lineageOS with root and twrp on it. The firmware that I downloaded seems to only be compatible with Odin, any insight would be greatly appreciated!
With TWRP you can only flash a Customrom.
Have you create a Backup oft the Stockrom before you flashed the Customrom ?
If yes , so you can restore this.
bierma32 said:
With TWRP you can only flash a Customrom.
Have you create a Backup oft the Stockrom before you flashed the Customrom ?
If yes , so you can restore this.
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According to Magendaz, one can flash kernel, firmware, and custom ROM with TWRP.
I realize I didn't read the thread correctly, I apologize. My post is for using odin
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I wanted to root the device, but changed my mind after learning you can't be in stock firmware and have twrp/root at the same time (please correct me on this since I was having trouble trying to root my device via TWRP since I was stuck on recovery when trying to boot into system with bootloader and OEM Unlocking enabled; I assume I bricked the tablet somehow).
If you haven't created a backup like I did, you have to use ODIN to flash to the stock firmware. Here's how I got it done:
Download the firmware via: https://samfw.com/firmware/SM-P610/XAR/P610XXU2BTK2 or whichever website has the stock firmware
Look into the region code (CSC) your device has. XAR is the firmware region for the United States. I wasn't able to tell which region code I had since I correctly guessed
Insert the first 3 files to ODIN (AP, BL, CSC) and Start
https://imgur.com/pvOcPmy
I was a bit worried that there is no CL file at first but I assume that's only for LTE (
https://www.reddit.com/r/samsung/comments/99f1w2/_/e4n63ue
)
Hope this helps
Pancake Dressing said:
I realize I didn't read the thread correctly, I apologize. My post is for using odin
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I wanted to root the device, but changed my mind after learning you can't be in stock firmware and have twrp/root at the same time (please correct me on this since I was having trouble trying to root my device via TWRP since I was stuck on recovery when trying to boot into system with bootloader and OEM Unlocking enabled; I assume I bricked the tablet somehow).
If you haven't created a backup like I did, you have to use ODIN to flash to the stock firmware. Here's how I got it done:
Download the firmware via: https://samfw.com/firmware/SM-P610/XAR/P610XXU2BTK2 or whichever website has the stock firmware
Look into the region code (CSC) your device has. XAR is the firmware region for the United States. I wasn't able to tell which region code I had since I correctly guessed
Insert the first 3 files to ODIN (AP, BL, CSC) and Start
https://imgur.com/pvOcPmy
I was a bit worried that there is no CL file at first but I assume that's only for LTE (
https://www.reddit.com/r/samsung/comments/99f1w2/_/e4n63ue
)
Hope this helps
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I am unable to connect the device to odin, and ideas of what I could be missing?
EDIT: I wasn't in the correct mode.
Pancake Dressing said:
I realize I didn't read the thread correctly, I apologize. My post is for using odin
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I wanted to root the device, but changed my mind after learning you can't be in stock firmware and have twrp/root at the same time (please correct me on this since I was having trouble trying to root my device via TWRP since I was stuck on recovery when trying to boot into system with bootloader and OEM Unlocking enabled; I assume I bricked the tablet somehow).
If you haven't created a backup like I did, you have to use ODIN to flash to the stock firmware. Here's how I got it done:
Download the firmware via: https://samfw.com/firmware/SM-P610/XAR/P610XXU2BTK2 or whichever website has the stock firmware
Look into the region code (CSC) your device has. XAR is the firmware region for the United States. I wasn't able to tell which region code I had since I correctly guessed
Insert the first 3 files to ODIN (AP, BL, CSC) and Start
https://imgur.com/pvOcPmy
I was a bit worried that there is no CL file at first but I assume that's only for LTE (
https://www.reddit.com/r/samsung/comments/99f1w2/_/e4n63ue
)
Hope this helps
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Do i still insert the CP file even if i have it?