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how to flash CM7?

would anyone be willing to write a guide detailing with steps how to go about flashing CM7 to your droid2?
I have the latest GB update running and rooted on my droid2 so that shouldnt be an issue.

This can be a lengthy (and easy to screw up) process the first time, so I don't recommend doing it on your lunch break, before you have to go to work, while driving, anytime you may need your phone for calls or whatever. So basically when you have an hour free and don't need your phone.
If you want to try to save all your apps and app data, I suggest getting Titanium Backup Pro, so you can restore your stuff after you flash, but it's optional.
Get this:
Droid 2 Recovery Bootstrap
Yes, it costs money, yes it's required.
And this:
ROM Manager
Install and open up ROM Manager, select Download Rom, Select Google Apps, choose one (I just picked the most current one), hit Download, you can select GTalk if it pops up (I did but you can skip it), once finished DLing, exit the app.
Go here and get the latest build (2011-09-08 at the time of this post, might be a newer one):
Droid 2 CM7 with Gingerbread Leak Kernel
DL the .zip, connect D2 to computer via USB, select mass storage from USB options, move the DL'd .zip to your sdcard. While not necessary, it's more convenient to place this .zip on the root of your sdcard (meaning not in a file folder, just drag and drop it on /sdcard/)
Unhook phone from USB, open Droid 2 Bootstrapper App, touch Bootsrap Recovery, grant Superuser permissions, touch ok when it says success, touch Reboot Recovery.
When phone is rebooted you will be at the Clockwork Recovery Screen.
**Optional, but highly recommended** Use volume down button to select Backup and Restore (also called Nandroid on some versions), hit the camera button to choose, then hit the camera button to choose Backup, then wait for it to do it's backup. Should you screw something up or decide not to want to keep CM7, you can wipe data and cache and then restore this backup and everything should be as it was now, before you flashed CM7. Once it's done backing up, go back to the main clockwork recovery screen by hitting the power button until it's back.
Volume button down to Wipe data/factory reset, camera button to select, volume button down to yes, camera button to select. Wait for it to finish, go back to main clockwork recovery screen. I always select wipe cache partition too and do that, but someone will probably tell you that's unnecessary.
From the main clockwork recovery screen (which you can get back to at anytime if you're in the wrong menu by pressing the power button) go to install .zip from sdcard (not apply sdcard update.zip), then volume arrow down until you find CM4D2-GB-20110908.zip (or whatever the name of the build you DL'd), hit the camera button to select, volume button down to yes, then camera button again. Wait for it to flash.
Now you need to flash the Google Apps you DL'd from the ROM Manager. Go back to the main clockwork recovery screen, select install .zip from sdcard, go into clockworkmod/ (it may be hard to see, my file list isn't alphabetized, yours might not be either), then download/, then goo-inside.me/, then gapps/, then whatever version of Google Apps you DL'd should be there. Hit yes to flash, wait for it to finish.
Power button back to the main clockwork recovery screen, then select Reboot Now. Wait for your phone to reboot. It may appear to bootloop (get stuck on the Cyanogen 7 skate boarding android graphic), but let it go. Mine took upwards of 5 to 10 minutes on that screen before it finally got into the android setup, so hastily pulling the battery because you're tired of waiting may cause problems.
Optionally you can flash JakebitesMods[Mods] if you want, I did. He's got some settings that make CM7 run better in there. Flash them the same way you did CM7 or Google Apps. DL the .zip, put on sdcard, boot into recovery, install .zip from sdcard, so on. Same process, just use this DL instead of CM7.
This should get you going, about as detailed as anyone is going to throw out there. If you have problems, post here.
I'm not the dev, don't take any credit for any of the projects listed above, am extremely not responsible for anything you might screw up, and just I'm just trying to help.
Good luck!

Awesome
thankyou for the write up, least now i can try this and see how it works

after trying multiple times, mine always gets stuck in the bootloop after the flash no matter what i try, so if anyone can get this to work let me know

How long do you let it sit before giving up?
Did you wipe data and cache as stated above? Not doing so will result in a bootloop because it can't make the data previously on there work with the data you're putting on there.
If you still can't get it to work after rewiping the data and cache, try accessing the stock (different than clockwork) recovery and wiping the data from there. With the phone off, hold the X button on the physical keyboard and turn the phone on. Once it gets to the screen with the ! mark, hit the magnifying glass on the keyboard, then volume down and wipe cache and data, both of the options. This might take a little bit. Reboot phone and wait.
If that still doesn't work, you may have a corrupted DL of the rom, the gapps, or the JakeMods if you got them. Try reDLing those files and try the steps listed above.
I am able to get into clockwork recovery if I have the phone plugged into an ac outlet when booting up, I don't know if you're able to, but you can try it if you can't get into the clockwork recovery.

I finally got it to work, i just cleared data/cache every single time i installed something and it finally worked

My fix works for your messed up phone!!!

Try this I did and it worked to get mine booting after a bad
update.
I messed around with it using several methods of getting it to
boot into download mode until I finally got it to do it. I think
I left it plugged into the USB, powered it down until I saw the
charging screen, then I proceeded to play with the different ways
to hold the buttons to get it to download mode. If you are
persistent enough and read a little on booting methods to get
bricked phone into download mode you will succed if not then your
not for the world of trial and error... the main thing is do the
first steps I said before until it works
1. Get into Download Mode (WITH THE PHONE PLUGGED IN) by
following the steps below
*Turn off the phone until you get to the charging battery screen
(keep in mind, your phone is currently PLUGGED IN)
*Press volume up and down, and power all at once.
*As soon as the screen turns black, release your power button.
2. Unplug phone from USB
or try
2. Remove everything from your phone (SD card, sim, battery).
3. Plug your phone into your computer WITHOUT the battery, as you
have already taken it out in the last step.
4. Press and HOLD vol. up and vol. down.
5. As you are HOLDING these buttons, reattach your battery.
6. You should be in Download Mode.
7. Unplug phone from USB
any how try try try until it works
Once in download mode
Get your files together for your phone, and use Odin 1.85.
Plug into Odin and make sure it shows yellow and its added!
1. Now if your files have like 3 files and the exact .pit file
for your phone
I found mine here
http://www.droidevelopers.com/showthread.php?
11722-Download-OPS-amp-PIT-files
2. Click the PIT button and browse to your exact .pit file for
your phone *It should now have added a check in the re-partition
box under the options area of the Odin window. If not CHECK IT!
***If you don't have your .pit don't worry about this unless you
suspect, or have a bad partition
3. If you have just 1 file just click the PDA button and load the
file. If you have 3 then you will load the PDA file in PDA, the
Modem file into PHONE, and the CSC file into CSC, there are way
too many phones to link all the files so get you stuff together!
4. Now hit start.
5. When done and the phone shows the first sign of starting up IE
Logo or whatever... immediately unplug the battery from the phone
to shut it down.
6. Now put it back in and start it in Upload mode by pressing Vol
Up, Home at the same time then the Power button.
7. As soon as the phone shows the first sign of starting up IE
Logo or whatever let go of all buttons and using the Vol Up down
Choose the Clear Cache option and go through and make sure you
factory reset it if you can just for good measure.
8. Reboot
9. Now when the phone shows the first sign of starting up IE Logo
or whatever take out battery again to power off
10. Now put it back in and start it in Download mode by pressing
Vol Down, Home at the same time then the Power button.
11. Once in download mode Hook up to Odin again and flash it with
a root kernel for your phone. Do not ask me just find it. I did
it took time but I got all the files together over several days
of reading and collecting the correct ones.
12. When done and the phone shows the first sign of starting up
IE Logo or whatever... immediately unplug the battery from the
phone to shut it down.
13. Now put it back in and start it in Upload mode by pressing
Vol Up, Home at the same time then the Power button.
14. In most roots you will now have a advanced or mounting
options and more options to use.
15. I cleared the Cache again, Cleared the Davilik Cache, Went
into a option and actually mounted the cache formatted the Cache.
16. Use the option now to restart the phone...
And mine started up installed the apps and I am up and running,
nice and smooth and no issues so far
I hope this helps out someone whos just about to go off the deep
end, as I was there and patience and trial and error came up with
this step by step way to recover mine. Thank me by hitting the
little thumbs up THANKS button below this post.
And if your so happy your phone is up show your appreciation by
buying me a Pepsi
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Lots of good advices. I Got to Save them some where and hope that i don't Need them.
... slaycio

Button issue or startup bugs in ICS 4.0.4 ROOTED CWM
Try this
I am running ICS 4.0.4 and Rooted w/CWM just so you know...
Make sure and add this to the end of my guide above as I was having a small issue and this cleared it up
1. Go into recovery mode, wipe cache partition
2. Under mounts and storage, unmount all and format cache
3. Under the advanced, wipe dalvik cache, and battery and fix permissions
4. Reboot
hope this works it fixed mine...
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[TUT][i9001] HOW TO UNBRICK YOUR SOFTBRICKED I9001

Soft bricking often happens in when you try to install a ROM which is not optimized for your phone e.g:Installing i9100 SII ROM on your i9001.
Here is a basic tutorial on how to unbrick a i9001.
Requirements:
For unbricking your phone you are going to need these:
1.An official Samsung firmware
2.ODIN downloader
3.AriesVE.ops for ODIN usage.
4.USB cable
5.Samsung KIES drivers installed
6.Patience!!!
OK.first of all you need to check things above and make sure you have them all.
Fortunately when your phone is soft bricked(when soft bricked your phone doesn't boot into the OS And instead of that you'll see picture of a phone connected to a computer and on the connection line there's a warning sign) can get yo the download mode. So first get your phone in download mode by pressing this button combination: volume down+ home key+ power button
So then get set to use ODIN.
Connect your phone to the PC and make sure you have installed drivers and also killed every KIES process.(If you have done well till now you can see one black gets yellow and in Terminal you'll see 2 lines "detected","added") So start ODIN and place AriesVE.ops as the ops file then use your official firmware (extension should be like this |..... .tar.md5|).To get your firmware working tick "one package" and place you "MD5" file in "one package" location. Then after MD5 checking start the process and go grab a beer.
Wait about 7 to 10 minutes to see PASS on the block.
Then your phone would automatically reboot into your android OS. Then you can start rooting, Tweaking and other stuff again.
At least one you have your phone and your warranty back.
FAQs:
1.my phone gets stuck at setup connection. what should I do?
Chill out! Don't panic! Simply remove your battery for 10 seconds then do these things all again and proceed!
2.my phone boot loops what do I do?
Simply reboot your phone in the Recovery mode "volume down+ power" and wipe cache/dalvik cache if you can.
(Once I installed FOTA from stock recovery and that worked for me)(I suggest you install the official TWRP recovery from SDcard to have more options)
3.you tell me your questions!I'll edit the topic later!
At last feel free to ask any dumb question. Dumb questions are muck more valuable than dumb mistakes!
Please hit thanks button if I helped you out!
Sent from my GT-I9001 using xda premium

[Q] [HELP!] S4 stuck on boot screen.

My samsung galaxy s4 (GT-I9500) does not go past the samsong logo with the i9500 and the samsong name.
I put a new simcard in my phone, and after my phone started it asked me to update the phone to a new release. I obviusly clicked OK.
my phone started updating, just like it normally updates, but this time the screen goes black in the middle of the update. I turn on my phone, and it starts installing, then suddenly it turns off again.
when i turn it on it loads the first boot logo, then i get a black screen like the phone was never on.
i tried everything:
battery of and on
wipe data/factory reset (from - volume up, home button, and power button)
wipe cache partition
and apply update from cache has an empty recovery folder.
i tried to boot in safe mode.
and nothing worked
I want to reinstall jellybean(or any os that works) on the phone, but since i can go to settings and allow usb debbuging, my computer does not recognize it even when it is on doenloading mode (volume down, home, and power button) from my ubuntu turmenal.
I am willing to root my phone or anything to get it working without paying money.
How do i fix this? please help!

yoseph1998 said:
My samsung galaxy s4 (GT-I9500) does not go past the samsong logo with the i9500 and the samsong name.
I put a new simcard in my phone, and after my phone started it asked me to update the phone to a new release. I obviusly clicked OK.
my phone started updating, just like it normally updates, but this time the screen goes black in the middle of the update. I turn on my phone, and it starts installing, then suddenly it turns off again.
when i turn it on it loads the first boot logo, then i get a black screen like the phone was never on.
i tried everything:
battery of and on
wipe data/factory reset (from - volume up, home button, and power button)
wipe cache partition
and apply update from cache has an empty recovery folder.
i tried to boot in safe mode.
and nothing worked
I want to reinstall jellybean(or any os that works) on the phone, but since i can go to settings and allow usb debbuging, my computer does not recognize it even when it is on doenloading mode (volume down, home, and power button) from my ubuntu turmenal.
I am willing to root my phone or anything to get it working without paying money.
How do i fix this? please help!
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Hi mate ,
Plan A
Go here
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/
Download an official stock rom flash with Odin , should be fine , no warranty problem
Plan B
Follow this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=52256997&postcount=4657
I made that post for Omega rom I9500 but it should be fine for any rom of your choice
Get root method of your choice
Get the recovery of your choice
Follow procedures for above
Pull the externalSD card if you have it , if not buy one , copy into it ( pc or another phone) the custom rom of choice and flash......

yoseph1998 said:
My samsung galaxy s4 (GT-I9500) does not go past the samsong logo with the i9500 and the samsong name.
I put a new simcard in my phone, and after my phone started it asked me to update the phone to a new release. I obviusly clicked OK.
my phone started updating, just like it normally updates, but this time the screen goes black in the middle of the update. I turn on my phone, and it starts installing, then suddenly it turns off again.
when i turn it on it loads the first boot logo, then i get a black screen like the phone was never on.
i tried everything:
battery of and on
wipe data/factory reset (from - volume up, home button, and power button)
wipe cache partition
and apply update from cache has an empty recovery folder.
i tried to boot in safe mode.
and nothing worked
I want to reinstall jellybean(or any os that works) on the phone, but since i can go to settings and allow usb debbuging, my computer does not recognize it even when it is on doenloading mode (volume down, home, and power button) from my ubuntu turmenal.
I am willing to root my phone or anything to get it working without paying money.
How do i fix this? please help!
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You can't just use downloade mode in Ubuntu. You need to download Heimdall to use download mode. You can use this guide for flashin the stock rom.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317311

MAX 404 said:
Hi mate ,
Plan A
Go here
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/
Download an official stock rom flash with Odin , should be fine , no warranty problem
Plan B
Follow this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=52256997&postcount=4657
I made that post for Omega rom I9500 but it should be fine for any rom of your choice
Get root method of your choice
Get the recovery of your choice
Follow procedures for above
Pull the externalSD card if you have it , if not buy one , copy into it ( pc or another phone) the custom rom of choice and flash......
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for plan A, i am confused, should i put that in my sdcard, and open the recovery menu?
and for plan B, inorder for me to root my device i need to enable usb debugging, i cant do that, but will putting the phone in download mode and not enabelling usb debugging work?

yoseph1998 said:
for plan A, i am confused, should i put that in my sdcard, and open the recovery menu?
and for plan B, inorder for me to root my device i need to enable usb debugging, i cant do that, but will putting the phone in download mode and not enabelling usb debugging work?
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Hi ,
Plan A
If for flashing stock rom , stock rom can only be flash by Odin
You need to be in download mode ( Turn off the Galaxy S4 and boot it into Download Mode by pressing and holding Volume Down, Home and Power buttons together. Once you see the Galaxy S4 Logo, release the Power button and continue holding the other two buttons. Click Volume Up to continue into Download Mode), have USB drivers installed in your PC , have the stock rom of choice in your PC ( what version you had before the problem?) and Odin program
See Odin Procedure
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkonj2dICq8
Example of settings when flashing a stock rom
Country: Unknown
Version: Android 4.4.2
Changelist: 875187
Build date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 12:23:39 +0000
Product Code: PNT
PDA: I9500UBUFNC1
CSC: I9500PNTFNC1
MODEM: I9500UBUFNA2
Instructions
Extract (unzip) the firmware file
Download Odin v3.09
Extract Odin zip-file
Open Odin v3.09
Reboot phone in Download Mode (press and hold Home + Power + Volume Down buttons)
Connect phone and wait until you get a blue sign in Odin
Add the firmware file to AP / PDA
Make sure re-partition is NOT ticked
Click the start button, sit back and wait a few minutes
Also read this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2265477
Plan B
No need for debbuging , you have to root ( using Odin) and you have to install a custom recovery ( using Odin) ...then after that you copy in your SDcard ( take SD card out , use your pc or other phone) the custom rom of choice , insert SD card again in your phone , enter recovery , go to the menu , choose install zip from SD card select custom rom and flash.
Either plan A or Plan B you do not have to enter in OS of the phone ( you cant anyway)
Read well all the threads before you do anything , you must be 100% clear , ask all the questions you need BUT read first until you have an idea of what you want to do

MAX 404 said:
Plan B
No need for debbuging , you have to root ( using Odin) and you have to install a custom recovery ( using Odin) ...then after that you copy in your SDcard ( take SD card out , use your pc or other phone) the custom rom of choice , insert SD card again in your phone , enter recovery , go to the menu , choose install zip from SD card select custom rom and flash.
Either plan A or Plan B you do not have to enter in OS of the phone ( you cant anyway)
Read well all the threads before you do anything , you must be 100% clear , ask all the questions you need BUT read first until you have an idea of what you want to do
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Just a sidenote:
You don't need to root if you want to use a custom recovery. You can just flash the recovery and flash the rom you want.

[GUIDE] Install Official Lollipop on P900 & TWRP & Root

Update Galaxy NotePRO 12.2 P900 to Android 5.0.2 Lollipop
(Not Tripping Knox)
Make sure you downloaded and installed the Samsung usb drivers beforehand (http://www.android.gs/download-samsung-usb-drivers-for-android/)
Download the firmware and extract it. ( http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SM-P900 or https://www.samdownloads.de/downloads/sm-p900/) (For USA users with tripped knox (no OTA update) just odin the "cellular south" SM-p900 5.0.2 sammobile rom.)
Download ODIN v3.09 (http://androidhost.org/PVAIv)
Reboot your phone into download mode. Do this by first switching off the phone, then pressing and holding the volume down + home button together and then pressing the power button. Press power again to enter download mode. (If you have problems go to the Troubleshoot section)
Open ODIN on your computer. You’ll see the ID:COM box turning yellow with a COM port number upon successful connection with the phone.
In ODIN click the AP button, select the extracted firmare file from step 2. It's a tar.md5 file
Make sure Auto Reboot & F. Reset Time options are selected in ODIN
Click on the start button. When the process is completed your phone will reboot. To confirm update Galaxy NotePRO 12.2 P900 to Android 5.0.2 official firmware simply check the settings > about.
How To Install TWRP + ROOT On Lollipop
(Tripping Knox)
Due To different bootloaders On Lollipop, installing TWRP is slightly different:
Download the twrp.tar (https://dl.twrp.me/v1awifi/twrp-2.8.7.0-v1awifi.img.tar.html) on your pc and supersu.zip (http://download.chainfire.eu/supersu) on your device. Also, download odin on your pc
Open odin on your pc.
Put device into download mode by turning off the tablet first. Then hold power,home, volume down button all at the same time till download mode comes up.
Hit volume up to continue
Connect tablet to pc.
Hit the ap or AP button in odin.
Select the twrp recovery tar.
Untick auto reboot in odin
Hit start and let it flash all the way
Now force reboot by holding power,home, volume up buttons at the same time till it reboots.
Hit install button in twrp.
Select the supersu zip you downloaded
Swipe to install and reboot.
Troubleshooting:
Q: Can't boot into TWRP
A: In ODIN, uncheck automatic reboot then flash TWRP. So you have enough time to get ready to reboot into TWRP directly after ODIN finishes.
After TWRP is flashed, press power+vol.up buttons and hold them until the Samsung Logo appears then release them.
You should then automatically go into TWRP. Once into TWRP, you can install the root.zip file.
Q: Lollipop is unstable, I get force closes or the whole ROM is just bull****!
A: Go to Recovery Mode by pressing and holding the Volume Up+Power buttons together.
Now, perform Wipe Data/Factory Reset and Wipe Cache Partition task before selecting the reboot system now option. In Recovery Mode use the Volume keys to navigate between options and Power key to select any option.
Q: Can't go into Download Mode
A: Actually on most devices, if you really press the three buttons constantly, it will reboot forever and not go into the download mode. It's better if you turn off your device completely, then press home, volume down. Keep them pressed. Now press the power button too. You're holding down all tree buttons now. The device boots about a second after you see the boot-logo, stop pressing the power button, but keep holding home and volume down. If it's not working try releasing the powerbutton earlier, or later than advised. But keep Home and Volume Down pressed constantly.
Q: Can't flash TWRP, it keeps booting into stock recovery!
A: Disable the Autoreboot option in ODIN

any impact on Knox?
Does it affect Knox?
Thanks
M

Maltings said:
Does it affect Knox?
Thanks
M
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Yes it does!
Nice guide btw and hope we can see deodex guide soon [emoji106]

Thank you for this.
I used to really get into this stuff when I had my OG Droid but these days I can't devote the time to it like that. This guide was clear and worked exactly like it said it would.

Great thread - very helpful - I did have issues when flashing twrp - learned a lesson - make sure you read the whole thread. I didn't at first - I figured I had flashed TWRP so many times I knew what to do - but it didn't work - each time ODIN auto rebooted and I tried to go to recovery - it was back on stock recovery.
THEN I read the whole thread - and did what you said - uncheck Auto Reboot - and do the three finger reboot to recovery - home, power volume up - and viola' it worked just as advertised. Thanks for the guide - very useful!
EDIT - I am having issues and not sure what to do - when I attempt to make a nandroid in TWRP - before flashing a new rom - the backup ran for over 10 minutes and would not finish. its like it is hung up on the last step of the backup or somehting - looks like it is still backing up - but it never changes, Any suggestions?
EDIT 2- I was able to create a backup on internal SD Card - but all attempts to back up to EXT SD Card failed - has this happend to anyone else?

piece o cake. easier than juggling cfautoroot. Thanks dude.
P.S. For USA users with tripped knox (no OTA update) just odin the "cellular south" SM-p900 5.0.2 sammobile rom.

Im not sure where I keep going wrong. Im trying to get into download mode. If I hold the power, volume down, and home button the tablet constantly reboots.
If I release the home button after a few seconds I wind up in download mode.
What am I doing wrong?

Billinaz, try powering down completely first. Then while it's off press all 3 buttons.

Updated the guide according to the feedback of:
papashex said:
papashex
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mocsab
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ADM!RAL
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Thanks guys

billinaz said:
Im not sure where I keep going wrong. Im trying to get into download mode. If I hold the power, volume down, and home button the tablet constantly reboots.
If I release the home button after a few seconds I wind up in download mode.
What am I doing wrong?
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I'm having the exact same issue. I've been trying for a few days now.

Anyone tried using Flashfire?
Envoyé de mon SM-G920F en utilisant Tapatalk

Darktitor said:
Anyone tried using Flashfire?
Envoyé de mon SM-G920F en utilisant Tapatalk
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Sounds like you can Flash and root without tripping the Knox Counter ... Why I never heard before about "Mobile ODIN" that do the same?

tomatende2001 said:
Sounds like you can Flash and root without tripping the Knox Counter ... Why I never heard before about "Mobile ODIN" that do the same?
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I'll try this out using EverRoot option

what kind of Region i need to download if my is not in the list?
im from israel, my current Version is P900ZSUANH2, what region i need to download for upgrade to lolipop? is there a difference?

Is it possible to just update to Android 5.0.2 Lollipop and not do the other part? (Rooting and such)
Also, is it possible to change the language when updated or will I be stuck with the language of the version I use to update with?

GuyFromDenmark said:
Is it possible to just update to Android 5.0.2 Lollipop and not do the other part? (Rooting and such)
Also, is it possible to change the language when updated or will I be stuck with the language of the version I use to update with?
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Yes it is! I just updated my stock 4.4.2 (Netherlands) to 5.0.2 using the Korean (BOG) version. Installed it with Odin and about 30 minutes later all apps were updated and my P900 is now a much improved one!
I was reluctant to do this as I feared Iwould lose my data and had to start from scratch, but as a very pleasant surprise all is preserved and all apps are working fine!
And it is really worth doing the upgrade, it is much smoother and access to SD is finally usable.
About language you can choose this again when 5.0.2 boots, the list was extensive, I saw Dutch was there too, but I stuck to English...
So I'm happy with 5.0.2, not rooted and fully stock, and typing this on my Logitech bluetooth keyboard!

needs root before update to lollipop?

IsmaaSG said:
needs root before update to lollipop?
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Nope!

I don't usually comment here but I had to say thank you so much for this! Whole thing went smoothly and the tablet feels a lot snappier and less laggy now, which is a nice change (although it might just be a placebo).

I installed the Korean BOG version as well on my Australian tablet. It was the only one that would flash out of the 5.0.2's on Sammobile, the rest failed every time. I use a bluetooth keyboard and it still works - its a chinese cheap thing, works great. I had to do a factory reset to get everything running smooth again. There is English in the language options, but only UK English, which is ok for Australia. I do want to root though but one of the ways that wont trip knox. Previously I used kingroot, but it hasn't got a solution this time.