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.
Sent from my SCH-I605 using XDA Premium HD app
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.
Sent from my SCH-I605 using XDA Premium HD app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
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
I can't find someone and everyone is saying it's because of the kernel being different and it'll kill Loki? Why is this? Will there never be a ml1 or even mj7 (if it gets root) stock ROM for MDK users to flash via recovery?
Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk 2
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?
Sent from my SCH-I545 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
Do not take an ota. You have the most desirable build #
Sent from my One using Tapatalk
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?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
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).
tsitalon1 said:
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?
Sent from my SCH-I545 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You should just flash a 4.3 ROM. Search the android development thread. There's no need to loose your unlocked bootloader.
Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk
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?
Sent from my SCH-I545 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Just flash a 4.3 ROM like Hyperdrive RLS13... You will be very happy.
gordo2212 said:
You should just flash a 4.3 ROM. Search the android development thread. There's no need to loose your unlocked bootloader.
Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
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
Sent from my unknown using Tapatalk
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.
I have a Verizon Galaxy Note II. It was OTA updated to 4.3. I was able to root it using saferoot.
Am I correct in assuming that there is still no way to flash a custom rom yet?
Thanks!
youphone said:
I have a Verizon Galaxy Note II. It was OTA updated to 4.3. I was able to root it using saferoot.
Am I correct in assuming that there is still no way to flash a custom rom yet?
Thanks!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
There are alpha builds of safestrap in the development section.
Sent from my GT-P3110 using xda app-developers app
SafeStrap
You can get the latest build of HashCode's safestrap beta here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2704992
It's still in testing, so only the stock partition is able to be accessed now, meaning that only TouchWiz based ROM's are able to be flashed. But it's still pretty awesome, and there are some great TW ROM's out there like N3bula. I'm currently using Trent's ROM and it works great.
Safestrap latest BETA works Amazing.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk
Currently I am running on a mj7 bootloader and nc2 baseband. I want to use jeboo kernel for Touchwiz and its for i9505 will it work or there's any chance of hard/soft bricking .. Sorry if the question is Silly .
Because of the locked bootloader we can't have custom kernels.
So you can't even flash a kernel.
Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk