When ICS is released will I have to root it again? I was looking at the guides and there is a 1 click root tool and then there is a long tutorial of how to do it. Do they both give the same root? Is one safer than the other? Is there a way to brick your phone at all? When following one tutorial in this section it said to install a custom recovery. Wouldn't I first need to get root for that? I already unlocked the bootloader and just want to get a few answers before I continue. Coming from an iPhone so this stuff is all new to me. I find jailbreaking a lot easier, could mess up and restart over again no problem.
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When ICS is released will I have to root it again? I was looking at the guides and there is a 1 click root tool and then there is a long tutorial of how to do it. Do they both give the same root? Is one safer than the other? Is there a way to brick your phone at all? When following one tutorial in this section it said to install a custom recovery. Wouldn't I first need to get root for that? I already unlocked the bootloader and just want to get a few answers before I continue. Coming from an iPhone so this stuff is all new to me. I find jailbreaking a lot easier, could mess up and restart over again no problem.
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Yes this stuff is more complicated than jailbreaking, familiarize yourself by reading bible faq and all the stuff in the [Read Me First]
NO, follow the directions, first bootloader, then custom recovery, then root. very unlikely to brick your phone since we do not have s-off yet. Follow the long guides, they give better results. and you will learn more.
Don't worry about ICS yet. We will give directions once we know more about it later on...There will probably be roms that are rooted and someone will probably find a way to rooted if they've made it harder...We cannot answer things about future software that we don't even have on this phone yet.
I disagree with the above post.
Rooting is EASY. Specially on this phone.
You more than likely will NOT brick your device.. only way is if you just..... idk.. do something super strange.. these phones don't brick that easy.
Unlock bootloader, then use the script.
You will now have clockwork recovery mod. On that, click "backup."
- With that backup if anything happens to your phone, just restore it, and that's it.
After doing that, flash the ROM you like.. it'll all be fine.
seansk said:
Yes this stuff is more complicated than jailbreaking, familiarize yourself by reading bible faq and all the stuff in the [Read Me First]
NO, follow the directions, first bootloader, then custom recovery, then root. very unlikely to brick your phone since we do not have s-off yet. Follow the long guides, they give better results. and you will learn more.
Don't worry about ICS yet. We will give directions once we know more about it later on...There will probably be roms that are rooted and someone will probably find a way to rooted if they've made it harder...We cannot answer things about future software that we don't even have on this phone yet.
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Thanks for the reply. And the guide in this section said that Step 3 was install a custom recovery and then root. So that is why I was confused. And that's a relief I was afraid of bricking. Thanks for all the information and help. I've read most of the guides, but some things I was unclear about.
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xologist said:
I disagree with the above post.
Rooting is EASY. Specially on this phone.
You more than likely will NOT brick your device.. only way is if you just..... idk.. do something super strange.. these phones don't brick that easy.
Unlock bootloader, then use the script.
You will now have clockwork recovery mod. On that, click "backup."
- With that backup if anything happens to your phone, just restore it, and that's it.
After doing that, flash the ROM you like.. it'll all be fine.
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By script do you mean that easy one click root tool? And yeah I was planning on installing the clockwork recovery mod. Thanks for the help.
xologist said:
I disagree with the above post.
Rooting is EASY. Specially on this phone.
You more than likely will NOT brick your device.. only way is if you just..... idk.. do something super strange.. these phones don't brick that easy.
Unlock bootloader, then use the script.
You will now have clockwork recovery mod. On that, click "backup."
- With that backup if anything happens to your phone, just restore it, and that's it.
After doing that, flash the ROM you like.. it'll all be fine.
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agree to disagree
I had an iphone and there was one program that was universal everyone would download click one button and jailbreak...When I switched over to the N1 it was not so easy and I had a hard time at first...I had to learn what all the terms meant, I wasn't even familiar with what a rom was!!! It's easy to root anything if you know what your doing. This phone is more complicated than rooting for example a samsung. and flashing kernels etc. samsungs do not need to unlock bootloaders to root kernels etc.
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Dr.Strangelove. said:
By script do you mean that easy one click root tool? And yeah I was planning on installing the clockwork recovery mod. Thanks for the help.
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one click root tool does not do anything but root. you have to unlock bootloader and install custom recovery, please read the read me section. I have bolded this in red... this is nothing like iphone jailbreaking.
installing custom recovery and rooting has never been easier. all you have to do is run some script by connecting a cable to your phone and hitting the mouse button twice
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installing custom recovery and rooting has never been easier. all you have to do is run some script by connecting a cable to your phone and hitting the mouse button twice
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Yet we still get the cries for help.
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The title says it all. Nothing good can come of flashing with Odin except returning to stock. Stick with CWM or TWRP flashable zip files. If you disregard this message you will end up with a locked device, or even worse, a hard bricked device. Please use Odin as a factory restore tool only. I'm concerned that after unlock using our methods that people will flash the wrong thing and cause problems in the future.
The unlock method we have provided is not a standard Bootloader Unlock. It is an IROM unlock. This means you can quite literally flash anything to your device without any sort of signature checks. It is important that you stay safe and try to stay away from Odin unless absolutely necessary.
Thanks for all the hard work
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Excellent words of advice from an ERD who KNOWS what's he's talking about... Please take his advice everyone... It will save you A LOT of pain...
Stickied
Thanks for your hours of work. People WILL screw this up, unfortunately.
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thejron said:
Thanks for your hours of work. People WILL screw this up, unfortunately.
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Yup! I can already see the threads starting.... It is good to know that we can still use Odin though cause I was under the impression that Odin was a no-go at this point... So flashing the factory image from imnuts would be the best resort to get back to stock if we needed to return a device?
shojus said:
Yup! I can already see the threads starting.... It is good to know that we can still use Odin though cause I was under the impression that Odin was a no-go at this point... So flashing the factory image from imnuts would be the best resort to get back to stock if we needed to return a device?
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yes...check my guide out! I have step by step instructions that clearly state what and what not to do!!
droidstyle said:
yes...check my guide out! I have step by step instructions that clearly state what and what not to do!!
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Thanks buddy! I just checked it out and I am very thankful for your guides as it has helped me and MANY others! I have thanked so many people that my limit is up (for the day) but I appreciate your time that you have put forth to helping people! :good:
I know I'm off topic. I'm not an owner of the note 2 but wanted to say awesome signature to the OP. From one vet to another thank you
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yes...check my guide out! I have step by step instructions that clearly state what and what not to do!!
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I still have plenty of "Thanks" so Thanks, and I am gonna study this weekend, hopefully by then the other issues folks have been having will at least be identified if not corrected.. then it's freedom for me!!
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The title says it all. Nothing good can come of flashing with Odin except returning to stock. Stick with CWM or TWRP flashable zip files. If you disregard this message you will end up with a locked device, or even worse, a hard bricked device. Please use Odin as a factory restore tool only. I'm concerned that after unlock using our methods that people will flash the wrong thing and cause problems in the future.
The unlock method we have provided is not a standard Bootloader Unlock. It is an IROM unlock. This means you can quite literally flash anything to your device without any sort of signature checks. It is important that you stay safe and try to stay away from Odin unless absolutely necessary.
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Adam- but we ARE ok flashing with Odin so we can retrun to complete stock correct? your not saying that doing that may completely brick are phones are you? just want to be clear. i only use ODIN to go complete stock..
thank you for your work
dvigue said:
Adam- but we ARE ok flashing with Odin so we can retrun to complete stock correct? your not saying that doing that may completely brick are phones are you? just want to be clear. i only use ODIN to go complete stock..
thank you for your work
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"Please use Odin as a factory restore tool only"
In Androidstyle's guide thread, Adam asked him to point the unlock guide to his unlock thread, but I don't see an unlock thread from Adam, only the Revision3 thread which has no steps to unlock. I see the video Adam made, but my understanding is that the process has changed and the links to download Adam's ROM are dead on the Youtube page. Anyone have the link to Adam's unlock step by step guide?
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In Androidstyle's guide thread, Adam asked him to point the unlock guide to his unlock thread, but I don't see an unlock thread from Adam, only the Revision3 thread which has no steps to unlock. I see the video Adam made, but my understanding is that the process has changed and the links to download Adam's ROM are dead on the Youtube page. Anyone have the link to Adam's unlock step by step guide?
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It's in "Verizon Galaxy Note II Android Original Development". Go up one level and you'll see it. There are only two threads there so it shouldn't be too hard to find.
I don't mean to sound mean but if you really can't figure out how to get to his unlock thread do you really think it's a good idea to be unlocking your bootloader? Maybe you should just stick to a rooted image and read up and learn for awhile before jumping in over your head
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LordRalh3 said:
I don't mean to sound mean but if you really can't figure out how to get to his unlock thread do you really think it's a good idea to be unlocking your bootloader? Maybe you should just stick to a rooted image and read up and learn for awhile before jumping in over your head
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To be fair, the distinction between "Android development" and "Original Android development" is new for many of us. I, too, was wondering how to get back to this thread since I tend to browse XDA through bookmarks instead of the site hierarchies. I didn't realize there was an "original Android development" section until after I double checked the name on the thread jumper. It's not that one is technologically illiterate (I got through all this in one fell swoop with no issues and have rooted and unlocked every phone I've owned since the G1), it's just that it's different. Last device I had didn't have a section for original development, so it wasn't immediately obvious to me (though I quickly understood what it was for). so cut him some slack and just kindly point him to the right direction. I know you said you weren't trying to sound mean, but if you really weren't trying to sound mean you could have just helped him out without all of the extra, unnecessary commentary. You know what they say about assumptions, after all.
Just got the Note 2 on verizon and loving it so much I'm going to hold off for a bit before unlocking & rooting. Normally on all my android phones that is done day 1... but this time w/ the dev community just now unlocking it, I think I'm going to wait a few weeks.
In context, imnuts has put out a Recovery flash-able version of CWM. If one tries his CWM but wants to go back to TWRP then currently it seems that one need to ODIN it. To Adam Outler's point it would be safer to have a Recovery flash-able version of TWRP. [?]
AdamOutler said:
The title says it all. Nothing good can come of flashing with Odin except returning to stock. Stick with CWM or TWRP flashable zip files. If you disregard this message you will end up with a locked device, or even worse, a hard bricked device. Please use Odin as a factory restore tool only. I'm concerned that after unlock using our methods that people will flash the wrong thing and cause problems in the future.
The unlock method we have provided is not a standard Bootloader Unlock. It is an IROM unlock. This means you can quite literally flash anything to your device without any sort of signature checks. It is important that you stay safe and try to stay away from Odin unless absolutely necessary.
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Does the same go for Heimdall aswell then?
trevd said:
Does the same go for Heimdall aswell then?
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Yes because it does the same job as ODIN but on a different operating system.
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Clarkkent434 said:
Yes because it does the same job as ODIN but on a different operating system.
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That's what I figured , I thought I'd ask the dumb question to explicitly clarify it.
I was wondering if there has been a way for the Verizon Note 2 users to replace their custom recovery with the Android Stock Recovery to receive OTA's? Similar to this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VVyQRdsnaA
Thanks
andrewjt19 said:
I was wondering if there has been a way for the Verizon Note 2 users to replace their custom recovery with the Android Stock Recovery to receive OTA's? Similar to this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VVyQRdsnaA
Thanks
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Visit this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2107738. Under the section boldly labeled Here's the bottom line up-front.....flash the stock pit file and the updated bootloader baseline file. Place the pit file in the PIT section of ODIN and the bootloader baseline file in the PDA section and flash them at the same time. This should restore the stock recovery.
Thanks. I'll give it a shot when I need it again. I ended up just restoring the phone entirely.
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andrewjt19 said:
Thanks. I'll give it a shot when I need it again. I ended up just restoring the phone entirely.
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How did you do the restore? Thanks.
universexda said:
How did you do the restore? Thanks.
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It's simple. check out the guide by imnuts here
http://rootzwiki.com/index.php?/topic/37372-[ODIN][VRALJB]-Restore-to-Stock
[ODIN][VRALJB] Restore to Stock
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universexda said:
How did you do the restore? Thanks.
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i told you how to do the restore...damn i swear some folks around here are hard headed.
droidstyle said:
i told you how to do the restore...damn i swear some folks around here are hard headed.
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If you think I'm not going to seek out other people's experience and rely only on your word or your guide as gospel you don't what real computer/phone engineering is about and you don't know me.
Elsewhere I asked you if you have an unlocked bootloader and you flashed the alternate restore file which leaves you bootloader unlocked if running the VRALL4 OTA would successfully relock the bootloader or cause a problem. Would you answer that question, give it your best shot, or simply say you don't know, which are all part of a scientific process.
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If you think I'm not going to seek out other people's experience and rely only on your word or your guide as gospel you don't what real computer/phone engineering is about and you don't know me.
Elsewhere I asked you a pertinent question that is not covered in your guide. If you're really about understanding and spreading the knowledge and not simply trying to avoid the question and make people think you know it all, then you'll answer the question, give it the best shot you can, or simply say you don't know, which are all part a scientific process.
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Let me help you out. You can keep asking and you're going to get the same answer or you're gonna get the wrong answer. His guide is not gospel as you put it, but it is the best, most accurate and easiest guide (that's why the mods decided to stickie it).
Also, I've directed countless people to his guide here and the s3 section to unbrick their phones and guess what it works every time. So you can keep your phone in the state it is and keep flooding the forum with the same question and get the answers I mentioned earlier.
Finally what is part of the scientific process? And what's this question you asked? I just read through your posts and I see questions that were answered in his guide which he then answered again for you. By the way you do realize his work is a guide to help new people with their phone. Not a comprehensive faqs thread.
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I edited my response to him and laid out a detailed question I have based upon reading his guide, and many posts here. It pertains to relocking the bootloader. If you, he or someone else can answer it I'd appreciate it.
universexda said:
I edited my response to him and laid out a detailed question I have based upon reading his guide, and many posts here. It pertains to relocking the bootloader. If you, he or someone else can answer it I'd appreciate it.
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He answered that for you already, but I'll go into more details. The problem is not OTA with unlocked. It's a custom recovery and OTA. The OTA contains a boot loader theat overwrites your unlocked boot loader without a problem. It does not have a recovery so you keep your custom recovery and get a locked boot loader which equals unauthorized message.
The alternate restore gives you a stock recovery back. The only thing it doesn't restore to stock is the boot loader. So restore+OTA=full locked stock
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kintwofan said:
He answered that for you already, but I'll go into more details. The problem is not OTA with unlocked. It's a custom recovery and OTA. The OTA contains a boot loader theat overwrites your unlocked boot loader without a problem. It does not have a recovery so you keep your custom recovery and get a locked boot loader which equals unauthorized message.
The alternate restore gives you a stock recovery back. The only thing it doesn't restore to stock is the boot loader. So restore+OTA=full locked stock
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Thanks for the answer.
kintwofan said:
He answered that for you already, but I'll go into more details. The problem is not OTA with unlocked. It's a custom recovery and OTA. The OTA contains a boot loader theat overwrites your unlocked boot loader without a problem. It does not have a recovery so you keep your custom recovery and get a locked boot loader which equals unauthorized message.
The alternate restore gives you a stock recovery back. The only thing it doesn't restore to stock is the boot loader. So restore+OTA=full locked stock
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THIS!!!!!!!
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universexda said:
If you think I'm not going to seek out other people's experience and rely only on your word or your guide as gospel you don't what real computer/phone engineering is about and you don't know me.
Elsewhere I asked you if you have an unlocked bootloader and you flashed the alternate restore file which leaves you bootloader unlocked if running the VRALL4 OTA would successfully relock the bootloader or cause a problem. If you're really about understanding and spreading the knowledge and not simply trying to avoid the question and make people think you know it all, then you'll answer the question, give it your best shot, or simply say you don't know, which are all part a scientific process. But avoiding a response and crude blustering are bs.
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i didnt avoid any question...i answered it plain and simple. yea i dont know anything, boy you got me there lmfao.
on a side note i didnt provide a full detailed explanation because kwintofan and myself have answered that question countless times. a bit of resesrch on your end should of easily answered your question. dont get butt hurt its just the internet
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THIS!!!!!!!
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i didnt avoid any question...i answered it plain and simple. yea i dont know anything, boy you got me there lmfao.
on a side note i didnt provide a full detailed explanation because kwintofan and myself have answered that question countless times. a bit of resesrch on your end should of easily answered your question. dont get butt hurt its just the internet
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It's silly to get wound up because people don't just accept your guide and advice right off the bat. If you were really about knowledge and not your ego you wouldn't have a problem with people attempting to verify what you have to say.
Notably, your response to me in your guide thread that "no people had problems with ota when using a custom recovery" conflicts with kintwofan's response that "The problem is not OTA with unlocked. It's a custom recovery and OTA." But above you just endorsed what kintwofan had to say. So despite your vein popping crudeness my question remains unresolved between what the 2 of you say.
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Don't get your panties in a bunch because people don't accept your guide and advice at face value. If you were really about knowledge and not your ego you wouldn't have a problem with people attempting to verify what you have to say.
Notably, your response to me in your guide thread that "no people had problems with ota when using a custom recovery" conflicts with kintwofan's response that "The problem is not OTA with unlocked. It's a custom recovery and OTA." But above you just endorsed what kintwofan had to say. So despite your vein popping crudeness my question remains unresolved between what the 2 of you say.
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Our answers are the same. He said no to having a problem taking the ota and being unlocked then continued to say the problem was a custom recovery. I guess he just forgot the period in there.
And this is getting old. If you were really all about knowledge you would take his answer and research why instead of wanting to be soon fed the information. You would have also just searched for the multiple people that have went to his guides and fixed their phone to verify if they were legit.
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Our answers are the same. He said no to having a problem taking the ota and being unlocked then continued to say the problem was a custom recovery. I guess he just forgot the period in there.
And this is getting old. If you were really all about knowledge you would take his answer and research why instead of wanting to be soon fed the information. You would have also just searched for the multiple people that have went to his guides and fixed their phone to verify if they were legit.
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I don't see where droidstyle says it's recovery that would cause a problem with the OTA and not the bootloader.
Verifying with others is precisely what I've been doing. The thing is that droidstyle has jumped in peevishly to assert that I should just accept what his guide says and not ask anyone else about it at all. Problem is that his guide doesn't explicitly address my question. And secondly it makes sense to verify procedures with others before relying on what could be a hundreds of dollars mistake.
Appreciate both you and him when you address the issue. It's not old to me when there are discrepancies in what's being said. I've researched the issue by reading all relevant threads here since the vrall4 jailbreak and still my question has not been consistently answered. I advise you both to ignore my questions/research on this matter in the future as it appears you've already contributed what you can.
no. People had problems with ota when using a custom recovery.
There I'll add the punctuation from his quote now you can see that we agree. My point was not to keep asking, but to actually research. You know look at what's in the ota and what causes the unauthorized message. Then take that info and formulate a hypothesis and test it. You know the scientific method you like.
Also don't worry I won't answer you're further questions.
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I don't see where droidstyle says it's recovery that would cause a problem with the OTA and not the bootloader.
Verifying with others is precisely what I've been doing. The thing is that droidstyle has jumped in peevishly to assert that I should just accept what his guide says and not ask anyone else about it at all. Problem is that his guide doesn't explicitly address my question. And secondly it makes sense to verify procedures with others before relying on what could be a hundreds of dollars mistake.
Appreciate both you and him when you address the issue. It's not old to me when there are discrepancies in what's being said. I've researched the issue by reading all relevant threads here since the vrall4 jailbreak and still my question has not been consistently answered. I advise you both to ignore my questions/research on this matter in the future as it appears you've already contributed what you can.
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i did say it was a recovery issue in my thread wher u initially asked...go back and read. then u might want to go back and read thru the guide again and you will see where i answered that question more than once. my guide is stickied for a reason...if you want other opinions thats fine, i could care less. i provided you with all the info necessary, your not going to get some magical answer....ill say it again.
odin stock vraljb(no bootloader version / alternate restore method). this will give you stock recovery back which will allow you to take the L4 OTA. then you will be on stock, locked, and bloated L4.... the bootlader being locked or unlocked will not effect anything OTA related. Having a custom recovery will cause the OTA to fail.
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It's silly to get wound up because people don't just accept your guide and advice right off the bat. If you were really about knowledge and not your ego you wouldn't have a problem with people attempting to verify what you have to say.
Notably, your response to me in your guide thread that "no people had problems with ota when using a custom recovery" conflicts with kintwofan's response that "The problem is not OTA with unlocked. It's a custom recovery and OTA." But above you just endorsed what kintwofan had to say. So despite your vein popping crudeness my question remains unresolved between what the 2 of you say.
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you obviously have a problem with comprehension...my panties are not in a bunch or wound up. i could give 2 ****s REALLY! you came into my thread asking my advice, then ignored me. then you proceed to take advice from new users that were not sure themselves. wow your scientific method is really panning out now.
note 2 bootloop
Ok next...i bought a note 2 verizon off someone and i know it was on 4.3.1 nd7 thats all i can remember i rooted kingroot then supersu me ok everything fine until i downloaded twrp app from playstore flashed twrp and what ever i did i went to boot into recovery thats it done deal no stock recovery only have download mode.Keeps saying firmare disrupted and verizon firmware wrong go to store and fix. Ive flashed some stock roms and tried flashing twrp through odin..whenever i do it does pass the flash and reboots right back to original stuck screen its says note 2 real fast then pops up to the bootloop screen any advice would be appretiated..lets help another android user out i need my phone back
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Ok next...i bought a note 2 verizon off someone and i know it was on 4.3.1 nd7 thats all i can remember i rooted kingroot then supersu me ok everything fine until i downloaded twrp app from playstore flashed twrp and what ever i did i went to boot into recovery thats it done deal no stock recovery only have download mode.Keeps saying firmare disrupted and verizon firmware wrong go to store and fix. Ive flashed some stock roms and tried flashing twrp through odin..whenever i do it does pass the flash and reboots right back to original stuck screen its says note 2 real fast then pops up to the bootloop screen any advice would be appretiated..lets help another android user out i need my phone back
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I did the same thing on my Note 2. I currently use the Note 4, but wanted to do some updates to my Note 2 and give it to my son. I just forgot about the locked bootloader, and I downloaded the TWRP app from the Play Store and flashed the 3.0 TWRP. Next boot gave me the "Unauthorized software" message. I've tried flashing stock firmware, and it succeeds, but since the bootloader is locked, I still get the "Unauthorized" message. I would also appreciate any help that can be offered to get the bootloader back to stock. I knew better, it had been a couple years since I messed with my Note 2. Thanks for any help.
Did you all try flashing the 4.4 stock firmware? Should work if you can find the file. I just can't seem to find it
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I want to root it, unlock it, install custom recovery, and start installing custom ROMs. So where do I begin in that aspect? I would like to start tonight so I don't start installing things and then start the process.
I've read that the bootloader can't be unlocked, but it can be bypassed. Is that correct? If so, what is the exact process to go about that?
I would assume if I'm unlocking the bootloader, it's a one shot including root. Yes?
Anyway, just help me out where to go. The only thing I've seen in the VZW sections is a sticky that tells you how to root the device. I wanted to get all three down, Root, Recovery and Bootloader.
this does all 3.....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2301720
before using it... read read read... make sure you read the instructions thoroughly first. Also, read the thread as question have been asked and answered.
Did i mention you should read?
Good luck with it. We have amazing devs and a very helpful fam, you shouldnt have much issue if u take my suggestion.
Here you go
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41989076
[TOOL](ROOT)(RECOVERY) i545 all-in-one root + recovery installer Updated 6-3-13
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Thank you to both of you! I have it rooted and a recovery installed. I believe that means I've bypassed the bootloader, correct?
Is there anyway to tell this worked properly other than having a recovery on my phone?
Shamrock13 said:
Thank you to both of you! I have it rooted and a recovery installed. I believe that means I've bypassed the bootloader, correct?
Is there anyway to tell this worked properly other than having a recovery on my phone?
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You can download any app on google play that requires root. If it asks for root permissions and it works, then you have successfully rooted your phone. Or you can download this app to check for root: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.joeykrim.rootcheck&hl=en
Hello, i'm from the Netherlands,
I've tried this several times and it didn't work...
What am i supose to do to prepair mine S2 to flash to Kittkat. If i try to flash a custom rom to install (Muiu) the phone starts up but immidiatly turns black and i have to eject the battery to be able to start the S2 again.
I've done the wipe things.
Can someone give me instruction how to install the new Kittkat with (if it's possible) download links
thank you :cyclops:
Loek3000 said:
Hello, i'm from the Netherlands,
I've tried this several times and it didn't work...
What am i supose to do to prepair mine S2 to flash to Kittkat. If i try to flash a custom rom to install (Muiu) the phone starts up but immidiatly turns black and i have to eject the battery to be able to start the S2 again.
I've done the wipe things.
Can someone give me instruction how to install the new Kittkat with (if it's possible) download links
thank you :cyclops:
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U need to download kk comptiable recovery.. (Search for it)
Flash it
Don't reboot
Reboot to recovery
Full wipe
Flash kk ROM
Flash gapps
Reboot
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Vivek_Neel said:
U need to download kk comptiable recovery.. (Search for it)
Flash it --> (with what, odin?)
Don't reboot
Reboot to recovery
Full wipe --> only wipe the usual or also format and stuff?
Flash kk ROM --> still under Odin? and whitch version for the S2
Flash gapps
Reboot
can u give me a download link to every rom and gapps stuff?
thank you
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Um, can you search for this stuff that's easily found ? You've been told pretty much exactly what to do, I think you can manage this small part of it yourself.
Vivek_Neel said:
U need to download kk comptiable recovery.. (Search for it)
Flash it
Don't reboot
Reboot to recovery
Full wipe
Flash kk ROM
Flash gapps
Reboot
Sent from my Nexus 5 using XDA Free mobile app
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MistahBungle said:
Um, can you search for this stuff that's easily found ? You've been told pretty much exactly what to do, I think you can manage this small part of it yourself.
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if i could, i wouldn't ask...
just want to know if the flasing happens with Odin or within recovery, it isn't very easy found, because several manuals lead to different results...
Loek3000 said:
if i could, i wouldn't ask...
just want to know if the flasing happens with Odin or within recovery, it isn't very easy found, because several manuals lead to different results...
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let me ask it diffently:
I've got : CWM-KitKatCompatible-i9100.tar
and to flash: miui_i9100_4.6.6_66a745e760_4.1.zip
everything ok?
Loek3000 said:
let me ask it diffently:
I've got : CWM-KitKatCompatible-i9100.tar
and to flash: miui_i9100_4.6.6_66a745e760_4.1.zip
everything ok?
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If you try to flash the CWM alone via odin, you will not be able to boot. Get a kernel which is in tar format and you will have to flash that via odin. You can search for philz or hirox.
Once you have flashed the kernel, reboot to recovery, flash a KK compatible kernel (search for gustavo's, dorimanx or apolo), reboot to recovery, create a backup, flash your KK Rom (which you must have downloaded from the OP of that Rom), flash gapps and reboot.
In the list of your files, gapps is missing, get that too.
And in reality, if you spend some time searching and reading the manuals/guides then you wont have to ask these questions.
banjara said:
If you try to flash the CWM alone via odin, you will not be able to boot. Get a kernel which is in tar format and you will have to flash that via odin. You can search for philz or hirox.
Once you have flashed the kernel, reboot to recovery, create a backup, flash your KK Rom (which you must have downloaded from the OP of that Rom), flash gapps and reboot.
In the list of your files, gapps is missing, get that too.
And in reality, if you spend some time searching and reading the manuals/guides then you wont have to ask these questions.
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thank you, but i don't get it.. OP? i guess my questions are too stupid and i get a dozen of "search this and search that" so i won't bother anyone again :silly:
Your questions were not stupid. They are the basic questions which come to the newbie's mind. But you could either search for the stuff, go through the guides/manuals and spend your time reading and learning(which will be for your own good) or you could ask for spoonfeeding.
Anyways, if you do not want to invest time and energy in understanding all this then its your wish. But a lot of people here would not like to answer basic questions.
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banjara said:
Your questions were not stupid. They are the basic questions which come to the newbie's mind. But you could either search for the stuff, go through the guides/manuals and spend your time reading and learning(which will be for your own good) or you could ask for spoonfeeding.
Anyways, if you do not want to invest time and energy in understanding all this then its your wish. But a lot of people here would not like to answer basic questions.
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Look i just want a simple an plain answer, thats why i asked in the 1st place.
Some only rever to the search option or manuals... Like i said, it's confusing to me, i don't need to read stuff i don't need.
I got trouble, so this is why this section is called Help and Troubleshooting ....
I think also if you think that way, you can always reply to say people need to search and read manuals, that's just too easy to say
OP - Banjara is trying to help you. There's no point people giving you a bunch of steps you don't understand. If you don't take as much time as you need to in order to actually learn this stuff, you run the risk of ending up like this.
You may not necessarily do something completely daft like pull a cable in the middle of a flash, but modding your phone is not risk free. On the contrary, there are plenty of ways you can break your phone (to the point of you having to pay someone a not insignificant amount of money to fix it) doing this stuff.
Your questions aren't stupid, but you need to understand if you're not already experienced with this stuff, you're not going to somehow magically learn it all in 5 minutes. You have to take the time & put the effort in to learn it. And everything you need to learn is here, and it's easily found, again, with a bit of effort.
But like most people who come here, you're expecting it to be easy & obviously can't be bothered taking your time/are in too much of a rush.
That's fine, but don't whinge in Q&A if you bust your phone at some point.
MistahBungle said:
OP - Banjara is trying to help you. There's no point people giving you a bunch of steps you don't understand. If you don't take as much time as you need to in order to actually learn this stuff, you run the risk of ending up like this.
You may not necessarily do something completely daft like pull a cable in the middle of a flash, but modding your phone is not risk free. On the contrary, there are plenty of ways you can break your phone (to the point of you having to pay someone a not insignificant amount of money to fix it) doing this stuff.
Your questions aren't stupid, but you need to understand if you're not already experienced with this stuff, you're not going to somehow magically learn it all in 5 minutes. You have to take the time & put the effort in to learn it. And everything you need to learn is here, and it's easily found, again, with a bit of effort.
But like most people who come here, you're expecting it to be easy & obviously can't be bothered taking your time/are in too much of a rush.
That's fine, but don't whinge in Q&A if you bust your phone at some point.
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The only one who have helped me is : Vivek_Neel
Other reactions are pointless, i was aware of the search thing, so i don't need reminders... Also: i rooted my phone several times, and the question were about if i will do it correctly if i take these steps... And i've done my search and i know a little bit more. Show me what you come up with and i give all the credits, because i can't find 1 basic step....... And please don't bother to react if it's on topic
Loek3000 said:
Look i just want a simple an plain answer, thats why i asked in the 1st place.
Some only rever to the search option or manuals... Like i said, it's confusing to me, i don't need to read stuff i don't need.
I got trouble, so this is why this section is called Help and Troubleshooting ....
I think also if you think that way, you can always reply to say people need to search and read manuals, that's just too easy to say
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@banjara, .. i've read your 1st post just now, and you indeed tried to help me, it's just i didn't understand what you were saying...
i am sorry for the misunderstanding :good:
Loek3000 said:
@banjara, .. i've read your 1st post just now, and you indeed tried to help me, it's just i didn't understand what you were saying...
i am sorry for the misunderstanding :good:
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I just stopped working on it. I followed the guidelines which i read in several topics, and still it aint working
So everyone, thanks alot
I have a HTC 10 and i need to remove twrp recovery cause since i installed it i wasnt able to turn on my phone, and could you guys show me a way to recover it, thank you!
Flash the stock recovery.
Can you tell me the full command to do it please?
skywalker312 said:
Can you tell me the full command to do it please?
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Do a search. You know like the rules say. It is deferent for each oem. The commands I use will not work for you.
will it work with s-on, because i cant turn it off
skywalker312 said:
will it work with s-on, because i cant turn it off
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Ok first. This is all stuff you should have known and understood before you even messed with your device. There are very real risks that could brick your device for good and as it voids your warranty then. You are sol.
Stop what you are doing and spend about 5 hours researching things in your device forum.
If I were you, once you get things back to stock, stop messing with your device. Until you understand every aspect of it. Other wise you will end up with a brick and no warranty.