Does anybody know how to return a note 2 VRALL4 to stock? i flashed Jelly Bean's v1 and now i want to unlock it.
It seems like if you flashed Beans then you should still be unlocked. Do you have a custom recovery?
If you want to return to stock just look at Droidstyles sticky in Development and it will tell you how to use Odin to revert back to full stock.
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shangrila500 said:
It seems like if you flashed Beans then you should still be unlocked. Do you have a custom recovery?
If you want to return to stock just look at Droidstyles sticky in Development and it will tell you how to use Odin to revert back to full stock.
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No because the v1 of beans didn't need unlock. I just flashed it with Odin. No i dont have a custo recovery and i checked that but thats for VRALJB and mine is VRALL4
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Hello i have an note 2 VRALL4 with Jelly Bean's v1 and i want to return to stock so i can unlock my phone.
AND NO, I DIDN'T HAVE TO UNLOCK MY PHONE TO FLASH THIS ROM, I JUST FLASHED A tar.md5 FILE
Help please
On pretty sure beans 1 was jb not ll4. Here is a guide to return to stock
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34891181
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kintwofan said:
On pretty sure beans 1 was jb not ll4. Here is a guide to return to stock
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34891181
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I'm in vrall4.
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That's odd because he didn't update the base to ll4 until build 7. Did you take the ota? Either way you sound be able to just follow the unlock procedures because you still have a stock boot loader. Worst case is you would just need to Odin root66 if you get a soft brick.
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kintwofan said:
That's odd because he didn't update the base to ll4 until build 7. Did you take the ota? Either way you sound be able to just follow the unlock procedures because you still have a stock boot loader. Worst case is you would just need to Odin root66 if you get a soft brick.
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yes I got my phone 9 days ago so the guy from Verizon took the OTA. then I came home and I wanted to enable all app in my multitasking so I saw a video on YouTube about Beans and installed that ROM. And okay I guess I'll do that tomorrow because if something happens I think nobody will answer my questions later lol. Thanks do ill post the result after I try tmw.
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Okay it should work because you're really just stock with a theme and some tweaks
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kintwofan said:
Okay it should work because you're really just stock with a theme and some tweaks
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ok thanks I'll definitely make a post if it works.
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I have a Verizon S4 and I am on 4.2.2 on an I545 VRUAME7. Is this how to get back to the original before the OTA to be able to unlock the bootloader? I found thisd but not sure if that is what that does http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2289325 I am not rooted right now if that matters and I really don't wanna screw anything up but I really want to be able to flash custom roms
Thanks, Dan
No....the OTA ME7 you CAN NOT go back to before the OTA ME7. You are stuck till someone finds a way.... Sorry for the bad news
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You can root me7 tho.
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For what you want, you are out of luck. You cannot revert back. You cannot install a recovery. You cannot install a custom rom.
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I flashed Imnuts 4.3 this morning. Before I did I was running JellyWiz 2.0. After doing the Odin back to stock 4.3 did this just lock my bootloader and stop me from flashing another ROM?
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I flashed Imnuts 4.3 this morning. Before I did I was running JellyWiz 2.0. After doing the Odin back to stock 4.3 did this just lock my bootloader and stop me from flashing another ROM?
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yep,no way of unlocking or rooting now until the devs here find a way to get around knox
Smh. You should have read first...
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mike7728 said:
yep,no way of unlocking or rooting now until the devs here find a way to get around knox
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Thanks
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I updated my phone from MDK to ME7 when I first purchased it. I also put a custom Google edition ROM 4.2 on it. I'm having trouble finding a guide that tells me how to go back to stock. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Graphene [x] said:
I updated my phone from MDK to ME7 when I first purchased it. I also put a custom Google edition ROM 4.2 on it. I'm having trouble finding a guide that tells me how to go back to stock. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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So you loki'd the phone...loaded a custom recovery to install a custom rom. ..?
safestrap enabled, Hyperdrive driven
I'm not sure what Loki means but I rooted my phone, put safe strap on it and installed a custom ROM.
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I'm not sure what Loki means but I rooted my phone, put safe strap on it and installed a custom ROM.
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Ok. That is what I'm checking. You can odin back to a stock me7
safestrap enabled, Hyperdrive driven
Graphene [x] said:
I'm not sure what Loki means but I rooted my phone, put safe strap on it and installed a custom ROM.
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I was actually just searching for a fix for my custom recovery lokid mdk phone. I flashed a stock 4.3 mk2 rom and all was well until i tried to flash an aroma mod that caused my phone to go into unauthorized software detected by verizon message on reboot.(it was in the verizon i545 section) thought I'd odin back to mdk and reroot, flash custom recovery, restore back up, etc but now i'm stuck in a stock verizon bootloop. ideas?
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Ok. That is what I'm checking. You can odin back to a stock me7
safestrap enabled, Hyperdrive driven
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OK thanks I'll give it a try tomorrow. I plan on selling my phone to get a new one and I just want it all on stock. After I flash with Odin will safe strap be removed or do I need to do something else to remove it?
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Odin an emergency version that wipes the phone to remove all traces. Others just clear the system and don't touch data.
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thevance1 said:
I was actually just searching for a fix for my custom recovery lokid mdk phone. I flashed a stock 4.3 mk2 rom and all was well until i tried to flash an aroma mod that caused my phone to go into unauthorized software detected by verizon message on reboot.(it was in the verizon i545 section) thought I'd odin back to mdk and reroot, flash custom recovery, restore back up, etc but now i'm stuck in a stock verizon bootloop. ideas?
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My first impression if you odined a mk2 stock rom, you have lost your mdk loki exploit.....you have locked your bootloader up. Thats my first impression as I really don't know much about S4 phones before ME7.
Since I started on MDK and updated to ME7 are you sure I need to flash the ME7 stock with Odin instead of MDK? I just want to make sure so I don't soft brick my phone.
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If you went up to me7 as an update and not flashable zip, then you cannot go to mdk. No. You have to go to me7.
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Currently on Jelly Beans 7 with MDK and using TWRP recovery on my Verizon S4. I've been using this for so long without much desire to update..
Starting to get the urge to update again.
What am I missing staying on mdk 4.2.2?
And if I do decide to upgrade, is TWRP still the recovery of choice?
What's my upgrade path from here? Flash back to stock mdk and take OTA, or move directly to a rooted 4.3 ROM?
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Do not take an ota. You have the most desirable build #
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tsitalon1 said:
Currently on Jelly Beans 7 with MDK and using TWRP recovery on my Verizon S4. I've been using this for so long without much desire to update..
Starting to get the urge to update again.
What am I missing staying on mdk 4.2.2?
And if I do decide to upgrade, is TWRP still the recovery of choice?
What's my upgrade path from here? Flash back to stock mdk and take OTA, or move directly to a rooted 4.3 ROM?
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I agree. I wouldn't take the OTA. There are 4.3 and 4.4 based ROMs that you can flash. Once you upgrade, you'll be stuck on whatever build Samsung issues (right now, that's 4.3).
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And if I do decide to upgrade, is TWRP still the recovery of choice?
What's my upgrade path from here? Flash back to stock mdk and take OTA, or move directly to a rooted 4.3 ROM?
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You should just flash a 4.3 ROM. Search the android development thread. There's no need to loose your unlocked bootloader.
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tsitalon1 said:
Currently on Jelly Beans 7 with MDK and using TWRP recovery on my Verizon S4. I've been using this for so long without much desire to update..
Starting to get the urge to update again.
What am I missing staying on mdk 4.2.2?
And if I do decide to upgrade, is TWRP still the recovery of choice?
What's my upgrade path from here? Flash back to stock mdk and take OTA, or move directly to a rooted 4.3 ROM?
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Just flash a 4.3 ROM like Hyperdrive RLS13... You will be very happy.
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You should just flash a 4.3 ROM. Search the android development thread. There's no need to loose your unlocked bootloader.
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MDK doesn't have an unlocked bootloader... They just have an exploit that allows a workaround.
I agree with everyone above. Don't take the OTA. Since you have MDK you also have a custom recovery and can flash many ROMs. There are many flavors on 4.3 and 4.4 available currently. Read about them, the available features, and such. Then decide what you want.
OP: Should I upgrade from MDK??
XDA: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Fyar4wJ3-Y
We know the bootloader isn't actually unlicked on mdk.... I think that's just lamans terms so people know what they have lol. Seriously no offense to the op at all.... Its just amazing how some people are running custom recoveries and ROMs on MDK s4's and then think of taking ota's
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Just in case OP is confused I want to clarify that MDK is the bootloader. You want to preserve that because it allows the installation of custom recoveries. This is separate from the baseband which may also be labeled MDK. You can always update your Radio baseband without losing root, however you would not want to do this with an OTA. You would want to download this from xda as a flashable zip.