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I rooted my phone a couple days back and tried to install a custom rom today. That was my first time rooting and today was my first time trying to install a custom rom. I just want to get it back to stock at this point. When i turn the phone on it sticks at the samsung galaxy note II logo. I can boot into odin mode but i cannot boot into recovery mode or the os. Ive tried flashing just the bootloader... ive tried just flashing the pda... ive tried flashing the pit, bootloader and pdaat the same time and Ive tried flashing just the bootloader and just the pda... im stuck any help would be much appreciatied. Its a verizon note 2 i used the toolkit method to root. If this has happend and been solved a point to the right thread would be great..... Ive seen people say to flash then wipe it and what not, really need a tutorial that abc's it since its my first time. I thought i had it when i used the toolkit to do the odin download + bootrecovery option but it says my phone is not in usb debugging mode and i cant boot into the os to turn it on.... Help please. Its a galaxy note 2 on verizon network the sch-1605 version.
You're just trying to return to stock, correct?
Read How to return to stock 4.1.1 Jelly Bean coming from any rom with Odin: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2024207
Watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9lA4qx2TAw
(make sure to add the Pit file in Odin along with the stock image)
Hopefully this should help you out. Feel free to ask questions if you need more info.
Thank you
roy5000x2 said:
You're just trying to return to stock, correct?
Read How to return to stock 4.1.1 Jelly Bean coming from any rom with Odin: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2024207
Watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9lA4qx2TAw
(make sure to add the Pit file in Odin along with the stock image)
Hopefully this should help you out. Feel free to ask questions if you need more info.
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Wow your a life saver thank you for the information, used the return to stock from any rom worked great thx again
returning to older baseband
can the odin method be used to go back from 4.3 mj9 to an older version?
bohabaz said:
can the odin method be used to go back from 4.3 mj9 to an older version?
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No.
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Why are people wanting to go back to 4.1 from 4.3? I saw a vast improvement in my note's performance and can't see a reason as to what you would be loosing/gaining by traveling back.
azrael888 said:
Why are people wanting to go back to 4.1 from 4.3? I saw a vast improvement in my note's performance and can't see a reason as to what you would be loosing/gaining by traveling back.
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You can't unlock and get custom recovery on 4.3. You can get safestrap on 4.3 but no twrp
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wtoj34 said:
You can't unlock and get custom recovery on 4.3. You can get safestrap on 4.3 but no twrp
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I have teamwin and was running custom roms of 4.4... basically i'm saying WHHHAAAAAT?! to your post...lol I guess I'll need to do some more research on the subject to actually sound competent...
azrael888 said:
I have teamwin and was running custom roms of 4.4... basically i'm saying WHHHAAAAAT?! to your post...lol I guess I'll need to do some more research on the subject to actually sound competent...
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If you accept the 4.3 OTA then you are unable yo use a tool like casual to unlock limiting you to safestrap
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wtoj34 said:
If you accept the 4.3 OTA then you are unable yo use a tool like casual to unlock limiting you to safestrap
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OOOO
I see. So accepting a verizon OTA unroots your phone and makes it so you can't put a custom bootloader on it anymore. That sucks. But if you never took the actual OTA then you are good to go with a bootloader is what you are basically sating?
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I see. So accepting a verizon OTA unroots your phone and makes it so you can't put a custom bootloader on it anymore. That sucks. But if you never took the actual OTA then you are good to go with a bootloader is what you are basically sating?
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If you were unlocked on 4.1.1 or 4.1.2 and did not accept the OTA you're fine
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Is this downgrading from ME7 to MDK possible? If so please guide me in the right direction.
Its not possible... Once you take the update theres no going back...
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So I am new to the s4 and rooting. I really want to install the Hyperdrive ROM. I have been researching and researching what to do and I think i have found my answer for now and im not happy about it.
From what i gathered, since i installed the update and I am now on ME7, there is no root method bc they locked the phone down. Is this correct?
hondabomdc5 said:
So I am new to the s4 and rooting. I really want to install the Hyperdrive ROM. I have been researching and researching what to do and I think i have found my answer for now and im not happy about it.
From what i gathered, since i installed the update and I am now on ME7, there is no root method bc they locked the phone down. Is this correct?
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Use the search button...this has been posted about a 1000 times...but yes you can root it but no custom recovery.
hondabomdc5 said:
So I am new to the s4 and rooting. I really want to install the Hyperdrive ROM. I have been researching and researching what to do and I think i have found my answer for now and im not happy about it.
From what i gathered, since i installed the update and I am now on ME7, there is no root method bc they locked the phone down. Is this correct?
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You can root, but cant install custom recoveries or roms.
bfmetcalf said:
You can root, but cant install custom recoveries or roms.
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Thanks for being kind and thanks for the info. I did state that I was new and have been looking. I could have started a whole new thread but instead asked the question in here. I do want to install the Hyperdrive rom but since with ME7 you cant install roms...looks like i wont be rooting until somebody gets this figured out. Again, thanks for being cool and answering my question.
y can't we just odin back to mdk?
Stauf99 said:
y can't we just odin back to mdk?
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because of the bootloader will only allow signed packages to be installed on the phone and checks against older firmware and will not allow it. Unless you have the signed key you ain't flashing anything unless we find a workaround.
magneticzero said:
Use the search button...this has been posted about a 1000 times...but yes you can root it but no custom recovery.
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So why is there ROMs for the ME7 build if they can't be flashed?
This [email protected] sucks!
So, I'm stuck on ME7 as well (32GB S4, otherwise I'd just go down to the store and swap it, complaining about something -- seems they don't stock them at any local corporate stores).
I'm coming from a Samsung Galaxy Nexus, and we have OMAP-Flash, which is like a low-level PROM flashing tool from the Samsung R&D team, and I could fix even a DEAD, or bricked phone with that. Is there something like that here to get back the original bootloader? I cant believe we're stuck on this crap... How 'bout a 2nd-init like my Droid-x days, or something slick like SafeStrap on the RAZR family?
...Just thinkin' "out loud".
IMGetwired said:
So, I'm stuck on ME7 as well (32GB S4, otherwise I'd just go down to the store and swap it, complaining about something -- seems they don't stock them at any local corporate stores).
I'm coming from a Samsung Galaxy Nexus, and we have OMAP-Flash, which is like a low-level PROM flashing tool from the Samsung R&D team, and I could fix even a DEAD, or bricked phone with that. Is there something like that here to get back the original bootloader? I cant believe we're stuck on this crap... How 'bout a 2nd-init like my Droid-x days, or something slick like SafeStrap on the RAZR family?
...Just thinkin' "out loud".
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Short answer is 'no' - you're currently stuck with root as your best option. Hopefully this will change in the not-too-distant future.
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Yeah, this does suck.
Seems like we need someone to pick up the Dragonboard 8074 development kit to help us figure this out...even then, I'm sure Samsung has so many mods in there it'd be nuts to reverse engineer... Ugh, I'm so impatient! :silly:
Slimfast35 said:
So why is there ROMs for the ME7 build if they can't be flashed?
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Because there for people that didn't get robbed by Samsung and update through the evil over the air update lol
Slimfast35 said:
So why is there ROMs for the ME7 build if they can't be flashed?
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You're not quite understanding what a rom is and is not. There is no such thing as a rom for ME7. There are roms that use the ME7 base. They are flashable only by those who have the MDK bootloader. When a build number is listed for a rom, it is the build that the rom is based from.
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So why is there ROMs for the ME7 build if they can't be flashed?
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The ROM's that the devs based on MDK have been updated with the ME7 code just like any good developer does. But the bootloader those users have is still from their MDK (original) install. Once you go ME7 you can never go back, downgrade, crossgrade or get beyond the bootloader, for now anyways. Someone will find a way.
Nm
I had updated my unlocked / root 4.1.2 to stock 4.3 the other day and of course lost root.. Now i see there is a OTA stock Root 4.3 MJ9 posted by Beans in the Developer section but needs an unlocked bootloader.
Is there a way to unlock the bootloader on stock 4.3 yet? Odin won’t let me put CWM recovery on - will fail, which I’m thinking is due to bootloader being locked.
I had used casual on 4.1.2 to unlock root and get custom recovery, but casual has not been updated yet for 4.3 from what i could find.
Any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Amigahd said:
I had updated my unlocked / root 4.1.2 to stock 4.3 the other day and of course lost root.. Now i see there is a OTA stock Root 4.3 MJ9 posted by Beans in the Developer section but needs an unlocked bootloader.
Is there a way to unlock the bootloader on stock 4.3 yet? Odin won’t let me put CWM recovery on - will fail, which I’m thinking is due to bootloader being locked.
I had used casual on 4.1.2 to unlock root and get custom recovery, but casual has not been updated yet for 4.3 from what i could find.
Any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated.
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I think you are stuck on a lock bootloader for a long time sorry.
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Thats Kinda what I thought. Grrr.... Guess its possible to go back to 4.1.2 and unlock phone then do the Root Stock update, maybe ill give that a shot.
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Thats Kinda what I thought. Grrr.... Guess its possible to go back to 4.1.2 and unlock phone then do the Root Stock update, maybe ill give that a shot.
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I do not think that is possible.
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Thats Kinda what I thought. Grrr.... Guess its possible to go back to 4.1.2 and unlock phone then do the Root Stock update, maybe ill give that a shot.
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That's a no go. The boot loader is locked tight, and you can't downgrade.
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Thats Kinda what I thought. Grrr.... Guess its possible to go back to 4.1.2 and unlock phone then do the Root Stock update, maybe ill give that a shot.
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it'll end up giving u a soft brick.youll end up having to re-odin 4.3.
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Amigahd said:
Thats Kinda what I thought. Grrr.... Guess its possible to go back to 4.1.2 and unlock phone then do the Root Stock update, maybe ill give that a shot.
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Never take OTA updates until you know what's in them, that is if Keeping root and being unlocked are important to you. Learn from others mistakes and or wait for Development to clear it.
that stinks I cant go back. I somehow did get my phone rooted, dont remember all that I did. so I am good now except...
Now the hotspot app I had wont work, gives the verizon subscription message. Ive looked for a way around this and I tried the app Wifi tether as a post had mentioned but that wont work, gives error when starting but error log is empty.
Do I need to flash a custom kernal possibly? or anyone know of a working fix?
Thanks
I remember how I got root. I used Kingo. Had never used it before but it worked. Just cant get wifi tethering to work
because u need to be on a non stock rom.
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Amigahd said:
I remember how I got root. I used Kingo. Had never used it before but it worked. Just cant get wifi tethering to work
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I might be late to the party but I have att note 2 4.3. I used app quarantine. Made it show system files. Froze tethering provisions. Then download fatten wife toggle and press 3 times. 1st time will say settings stopped. The 2nd press does nothing. Then 3rd press it works flawless.
Yeah, I've just screwed myself over messing with a custom rom Now I've flashed to stock 4.3 through odin & I'm looking to root my phone again.
Root is still possible through kingo
Thanks,
Nikhil Dhand
Email : [email protected]
rangers ea\
trying it right now, wish me luck
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Got it, easy as pie! Now to wait until our wonderful devs unlock this bootloader
Pl press for thanks in case my advise helped you....
Thanks,
Nikhil Dhand
Email : [email protected]
nikhil.kdhand said:
Root is still possible through kingo
Thanks,
Nikhil Dhand
Email : [email protected]
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I installed Kingo and it does not connect (keeps requesting to enable USB debugging mode).
I could not find Developer mode or USB debugging mode in settings.
I have i605 Galaxy Note 2.
So, how can I get Root?
word to the wise, please don't install the Google IM app in your effort install a custom recovery on 4.3.
I now have the yellow triangle saying that Verizon has found unauthorized software on the phone. Trying to revert back to stock 4.3 and I've tripped my knox warranty counter! I think i'll stop tinkering for now.
Hal88 , you have to go to about under settings and keep tapping the build version bar to get the developer options unlocked
Custom recovery or so called unlocked bootloader is not possible in stock 4.3 rom....wait f for the great developers to crack it or find ways around it....
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Nikhil Dhand
Email : [email protected]
Wow good to know about bootloader locking up from OTA 4.3 gonna stick to my CM 4.4.2 rom
No way to unlock 4.3 bootloader?
So is 4.3 stock out of luck now with the bootloader? I was hoping to unlock my wife's phone and didn't realize 4.3 had updated onto her phone. Is there no way to unlock the bootloader now? Verzion wins?
So I see so many threads about the difficulties about the S4 and whatnot, such as compatibility with Roms... However, I see no mention of Cyanogenmod anywhere. How would I go from stock 4.4.2 to CM?
I understand that Cyanogenmod has this page (can't post links... but I Googled "cyanogenmod galaxy s4 verizon" and chose link to Building CM for S4) but will that work with the 4.4.2?
If that is not what I am looking for, I understand they have nightly and stable builds here (Googled same as above, but chose the CM downloads page [1st one listed for me]).
Just want to make sure I don't brick/screw up my phone
You can't get CM on your phone. Read the stickies they explain what you can and can't do with this phone because of the locked bootloader
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dcat52 said:
Just want to make sure I don't brick/screw up my phone
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You will do exactly that.
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Ok
joshm.1219 said:
You can't get CM on your phone. Read the stickies they explain what you can and can't do with this phone because of the locked bootloader
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Thanks anyways.
I messed with root a while ago but was stupid and started taking the updates... I still have the Unlocked Padlock with Custom written. Does that mean anything?
dcat52 said:
Thanks anyways.
I messed with root a while ago but was stupid and started taking the updates... I still have the Unlocked Padlock with Custom written. Does that mean anything?
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please do some reading...if your phone has firmware later than MDK....you CAN'T go to CM or ASOP based ROMS....
we have stickies here for good darn reasons so users don't turn their phones into a paperweight...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2606501
dcat52 said:
Thanks anyways.
I messed with root a while ago but was stupid and started taking the updates... I still have the Unlocked Padlock with Custom written. Does that mean anything?
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If you can manage getting your phone rooted again you can use the app Tri Angle Away to get rid of that silly Custom screen that hangs at boot. I hate that screen!
That screen just means that your phone has found files that have been altered and no longer stock... So it pops up with that.
It's very annoying for us on MDK as it can sometimes make getting into recovery a pain.
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Mistertac said:
If you can manage getting your phone rooted again you can use the app Tri Angle Away to get rid of that silly Custom screen that hangs at boot. I hate that screen!
That screen just means that your phone has found files that have been altered and no longer stock... So it pops up with that.
It's very annoying for us on MDK as it can sometimes make getting into recovery a pain.
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Triangle Away doesn't work on locked bootloaders on the S4 does it?
Adam_NCNN said:
Triangle Away doesn't work on locked bootloaders on the S4 does it?
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It works. I'm on a Verizon S4 myself. I have the MDK bootloader however... Someone on a later bootloader will have to confirm if the Flash Counter can be reset.... I know it can definitely run the Periodic System Check for all our Verizon S4's.
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Adam_NCNN said:
Triangle Away doesn't work on locked bootloaders on the S4 does it?
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I use WanamXposed to remove it, it's an option under "Security Hacks". You have to be rooted and install the Xposed Framework. I can say for a fact this does NOT trip the Knox counter, and works on JB(MJ7 & MK2) and KK(NC5) bootloaders.
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I use WanamXposed to remove it, it's an option under "Security Hacks". You have to be rooted and install the Xposed Framework. I can say for a fact this does NOT trip the Knox counter, and works on JB(MJ7 & MK2) and KK(NC5) bootloaders.
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Yeah he's stock 4.4.2 though... only way he could use Wanam to get rid of the custom splash screen is to run a rooted custom rom haha.
I have Verizon Samsung Galaxy S4 which was recently upgraded to Lollipop (5.0.1). The phone was not rooted. I am looking for a way to root it now. Any suggestion, instructions?
IRamzayI said:
I have Verizon Samsung Galaxy S4 which was recently upgraded to Lollipop (5.0.1). The phone was not rooted. I am looking for a way to root it now. Any suggestion, instructions?
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There's no root yet.
can we downgrade it? if yes than how?
zohaibsial said:
can we downgrade it? if yes than how?
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No u cant
Forgive me if this is the wrong place to ask, but I just updated my Verizon GS4 to 5.0.1 using the OTA updates and I can boot into both the recovery and download modes. If i can boot into these what's stopping me from just flashing a new ROM in the download mode (it explicitly says this mode is used to install a custom OS) or applying an update from my external storage in the recovery mode?
Thanks!
Hello I am working on a root method for SCH-I545 and I was wondering if anyone can help me get the stock kernel for oc1....
Any help is appreciated
I had a stock kernel somewhere on my pc. I will see if i can find it.
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joey#erenko said:
Hello I am working on a root method for SCH-I545 and I was wondering if anyone can help me get the stock kernel for oc1....
Any help is appreciated
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peterfran2112 said:
Forgive me if this is the wrong place to ask, but I just updated my Verizon GS4 to 5.0.1 using the OTA updates and I can boot into both the recovery and download modes. If i can boot into these what's stopping me from just flashing a new ROM in the download mode (it explicitly says this mode is used to install a custom OS) or applying an update from my external storage in the recovery mode?
Thanks!
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You can go ahead and do that but you will probably brick your phone. Steps to flashing a custom OS is usually, root your phone and then unlocking the bootloader. After unlocking then you can install a custom recovery image. From the recovery you can flash custom OS and kernels. I believe the custom OS you are talking about is for an OS that is straight from Verizon. I wouldn't dare flash any ROM from Cyanogen, or Liquid or ASOP etc through the built in recovery of the phone. That's why you install a custom recovery from TWRP or Clockwork. It's your phone so you go ahead and do what you like, if it does work, well hell, let me know. Good luck.
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I tried to root after I installed lollipop OTA. Root checker said I wasn't rooted. It's then I found out I made a big mistake. After
a charge up the other night I turned my phone back on & noticed the lock symbol in the screen showed the unlocked lock.
Now my question is ....... is my phone unlocked , or is it just there is no bootloader that can gain access to the system?
All help with this is welcome!
Now that I think about it I realize what's happening. The phone unlocked the boot loader won't give me access to the system.
Boy it feels like I'm at the gate but can't get in.
traco1 said:
Now that I think about it I realize what's happening. The phone unlocked the boot loader won't give me access to the system.
Boy it feels like I'm at the gate but can't get in.
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Your bootloader isn't unlocked. There's not even a root method for this OC1 OTA. Samsung and Verizon have locked the bootloader permanently since 4.3 Jelly Bean. No bootloader has been unlocked since. None! There's a whole lot more technicalities to unlocking the bootloader than simply rooting. Chances are u may have tripped your KNOX counter, meaning your warranty is void. And it's irreversible.
So...VRUGOC1 OTA Update = NO CUSTOM ROM, RECOVERY, UNLOCKED BOOTLOADER, ROOT, OR DOWNGRADE.
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Your bootloader isn't unlocked. There's not even a root method for this OC1 OTA. Samsung and Verizon have locked the bootloader permanently since 4.3 Jelly Bean. No bootloader has been unlocked since. None! There's a whole lot more technicalities to unlocking the bootloader than simply rooting. Chances are u may have tripped your KNOX counter, meaning your warranty is void. And it's irreversible.
So...VRUGOC1 OTA Update = NO CUSTOM ROM, RECOVERY, UNLOCKED BOOTLOADER, ROOT, OR DOWNGRADE.
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OK Let me backup. I guess I typed this improperly without thinking.
I realize that this is a very technical process to unlock phones . I also realize that there is not a method @ THIS TIME to gain root access to th S4.
Let me start over.
Before I received the OTA update I had tried Towel Root with no success. Then after I got th OTA I tried Odin without success. Now I did not know at the time time there wasn't an available method to root. Shortly after research I found out.
I have read root is not the problem but the is no way to unlock the bootloader. I just noticed the unlock symbol & had to question it.
I could give a damn if my warranty is void .I have 1 rooted phone. My be the other some time down the road ?
Good news!!!
Try rooting with kingroot app 4.1 and you will be surprised.
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XeroXid said:
Good news!!!
Try rooting with kingroot app 4.1 and you will be surprised.
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On their xda page (edit - thread) , doesn't mention the s4 as a phone this works on, have you tried it?
It works
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I have also tried and Root access have been made with kingroot 4.1 on S4 5.0.1
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And Knox does not trip
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So... Bootloader still locked?
I tried to install cwm but no changes.
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SEARCH BEFORE POSTING EVERYTHING ASKED IN THIS THREAD HAS BEEN COVERED
THERE IS NO CUSTOM RECOVERY FOR VERSION'S GALAXY S4 PERIOD
the only thing you can do is root and install safe-strap
then your options for roms are as follows
1: kitpop 1.3 <Which is the only ASOP Rom
2: or Hyperdrive Rls20
Those two are your ONLY Options
if you took the OTA you will be unable to downgrade to NC5 which is the only possible candidate for getting custom kernels to boot which hasn't happened yet
ATGkompressor said:
Your bootloader isn't unlocked. There's not even a root method for this OC1 OTA. Samsung and Verizon have locked the bootloader permanently since 4.3 Jelly Bean. No bootloader has been unlocked since. None! There's a whole lot more technicalities to unlocking the bootloader than simply rooting. Chances are u may have tripped your KNOX counter, meaning your warranty is void. And it's irreversible.
So...VRUGOC1 OTA Update = NO CUSTOM ROM, RECOVERY, UNLOCKED BOOTLOADER, ROOT, OR DOWNGRADE.
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Soo................................ Yea My s4 is rooted & the bootloader is unlocked ......................Yea.