**You cannont downgrade from MJ4 to MI5, MI3 at the moment..There have been reports of people flipping knox trying to downgrade from MJ4**
THIS HAS A POSSIBILITY OF TRIPPING KNOX..I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TO YOUR DEVICE...DO AT YOUR OWN RISK!
Imma try to be as clear as I can with directions to get the MJ4 Baseband update so bare with me...
TO AVOID TRIPPING KNOX DO THE ROOT SAFE METHOD!!
UPDATED 11/30/2013
This method will return your phone back to stock mj4 settings & rom as when you bought the phone
MJ4 STOCK ROM & FIRMWARE:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/vpel3qh0xuzzfpu/SPR-N900PVPUBMJ4-20131028151254.zip
1. Download the mj4 stock rom & firmware
2. Run ODIN on your pc & boot your phone into download mode holding volume down+home bottom+power button & plug into your computer
2. Unzip the tar file on your computer, load it into odin and flash the stock rom
Should now be stock rom on MJ4 & baseband
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This method will just flash the mj4 ota firmware baseband update over your current phone settings, data, etc...
MJ4 FIRMWARE ONLY:
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23212708291676766
1. Download the mj4 tar
2. Run ODIN on your pc & boot your phone into download mode holding volume down+home bottom+power button & plug into your computer
3. Flash it using odin
3. Your baseband should now be on mj4 with your current data, rom etc..
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**OLDER METHOD**
DO THIS ONLY IF YOU WANNA BACKUP & RECOVER YOUR SETTINGS
Backup of Nandroid
1. Make sure you are Rooted & using Twarp recovery (or CWM) if you haven't yet here is the link to get you started: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2474222 or Knox safe method root:. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2498850
2. After your rooted and have twarp installed, boot into twarp, & make sure to do a nandroid backup in twarp System, Data, Boot (in SD Card will work too) just in case something goes wrong
3 .Next pull out your mem card, and wipe everything in twarp except internal memory and power off phone
4. Now download the stock MJ4 firmware: http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SM-N900P
5. Next run ODIN on your pc & boot your phone into download mode holding volume down+home bottom+power button & plug into your computer
6. Unzip the tar file on your computer, load it into odin and flash the firmware
Your baseband should now be MJ4.....
TO RECOVER YOUR DATA & ROM
Note: No need to do the root method only Twarp method if your previous nandroid backup was rooted
8. Do the root and twarp method again: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2474222 or Knox safe method root: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2498850
9. Reinsert your mem card, boot into twarp, go to restore and restore your nandroid backup from your internal or sd card whichever you had it on
10. You should now be on baseband MJ4 with your Rom and/or data you had
DONE:good:
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IF U ARE IN MI5 AND TOP METHODS DONT WORK...
1. do a nandroid on internal
2. power off
3. pull mem
4. boot into twarp & wipe everything except internal
5. power into download mode & odin the stock mi5 file
6. take the update
7. odin twarp
8. restore nandroid
9. reinsert mem card.
Direct link to Stock MI5 Rom tar:http://server03.xdafileserver.nl/in...S/&download=N900PVPUBMI5_N900PSPTBMI5_SPR.zip
Unzip it flash the boot image on odin
so flashing TWRP doesn't trip KNOX?
Should I be using Odin3 v3.09 or Odin3-v1.85.
twe90kid said:
so flashing TWRP doesn't trip KNOX?
Should I be using Odin3 v3.09 or Odin3-v1.85.
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Yes it does. If you don't want to trip knox you use kingoapp to root. It's real easy to get mj4 and root. If your not on mj4
1) odin the official mi5 package
2) take the ota upgrade
Now your on mj4.
Than root via kingoapp
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twe90kid said:
so flashing TWRP doesn't trip KNOX?
Should I be using Odin3 v3.09 or Odin3-v1.85.
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Yea it does.....do steps 4-7 only and use the knox safe method.....
i would use the newer odin
Sorry for the newb question, but will this stop the dropped calls? I was told a firmware update would solve this from Sprint.
botus99 said:
Sorry for the newb question, but will this stop the dropped calls? I was told a firmware update would solve this from Sprint.
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I have yet to experience a dropped call since this update.
Lethal_NFS said:
I have yet to experience a dropped call since this update.
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That's all I need to hear to give it a shot! Thanks! :victory:
tried dling x2 now.....MD5 sum bad?
insane209 said:
**You cannont downgrade from MJ4 to MI5, MI3 at the moment..There have been reports of people flipping knox trying to downgrade from MJ4**
THIS HAS A POSSIBILITY OF TRIPPING KNOX..I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TO YOUR DEVICE...DO AT YOUR OWN RISK!
Imma try to be as clear as I can with directions to get the MJ4 Baseband update so bare with me...
TO AVOID TRIPPING KNOX DO STEPS 4-7 ONLY! & IF YOU WANT ROOT USE THE SAFE METHOD!!
Backup of Nandroid
1. Make sure you are Rooted & using Twarp recovery (or CWM) if you haven't yet here is the link to get you started: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2474222 or Knox safe method root:. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2498850
2. After your rooted and have twarp installed, boot into twarp, & make sure to do a nandroid backup in twarp System, Data, Boot (in SD Card will work too) just in case something goes wrong
3 .Next pull out your mem card, and wipe everything in twarp except internal memory and power off phone
4. Now download he stock MI5 firmware (N900PVPUBMI5_N900PSPTBMI5_N900PVPUBMI5_HOME.zip) from jellybomb folder: http://server03.xdafileserver.nl/in...omination/SPRINT+GALAXY+NOTE+3/ODIN+TAR+FILES and unzip the folder to get the N900PVPUBMI5_N900PSPTBMI5_N900PVPUBMI5_HOME.tar on your pc.
5. Next run ODIN on your pc & boot your phone into download mode holding volume down+home bottom+power button & plug into your computer
6. Flash the stock N900PVPUBMI5_N900PSPTBMI5_N900PVPUBMI5_HOME.tar on your phone using the ODIN method
7. Now let phone boot up (may take a few secs on first boot) and go to about device and take the software update if it didn't start already
Your baseband should now be MJ4.....
TO RECOVER YOUR DATA & ROM
Note: No need to do the root method only Twarp method if your previous nandroid backup was rooted
8. Do the root and twarp method again: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2474222 or Knox safe method root: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2498850
9. Reinsert your mem card, boot into twarp, go to restore and restore your nandroid backup from your internal or sd card whichever you had it on
10. You should now be on baseband MJ4 with your Rom and/or data you had
DONE:good:
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My phone will not get the update to mj4 after following the steps. It is giving me the modified device message. What else can I try??
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flyers2114 said:
tried dling x2 now.....MD5 sum bad?
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Are you on Mi5? Uncheck the md5 checksum
nubian122 said:
My phone will not get the update to mj4 after following the steps. It is giving me the modified device message. What else can I try??
Sent from my Galaxy Note 3
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Are you rooted & have twarp? If so do steps 4-7....if not do 1-7 only then get the update first.
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insane209 said:
Are you on Mi5? Uncheck the md5 checksum
Are you rooted & have twarp? If so do steps 4-7....if not do 1-7 only then get the update first.
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I follow the steps and it did not work. It gave me the message about my device being modified . I even went so far as to do a factory wipe using the stock recovery and then it still would not take it still shows custom when you go to the about settings
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nubian122 said:
I follow the steps and it did not work. It gave me the message about my device being modified . I even went so far as to do a factory wipe using the stock recovery and then it still would not take it still shows custom when you go to the about settings
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Are you still rooted? Theres no way it says that unless yout still rooted or modifed with a custom recovery...do 1-7 only
Check your build # on you about device....should be all greyed out i believe
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insane209 said:
Are you still rooted? Theres no way it says that unless yout still rooted or modifed with a custom recovery...do 1-7 only
Check your build # on you about device....should be all greyed out i believe
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I will try again. Why would I not want to wipe internal data if I am putting a who new setup on?
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nubian122 said:
I will try again. Why would I not want to wipe internal data if I am putting a who new setup on?
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Because internal data has nothing to do with system, data or boot....you can do that but if you have a nandroid on internal you will loose it! Be warned....i wouldnt recommend it....
Pull out mem, boot into twarp, wipe everything except interal, power off into download mode, odin the MI5 stock, after reboot u should be on stock to take update after
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insane209 said:
Because internal data has nothing to do with system, data or boot....you can do that but if you have a nandroid on internal you will loose it! Be warned....i wouldnt recommend it....
Pull out mem, boot into twarp, wipe everything except interal, power off into download mode, odin the MI5 stock, after reboot u should be on stock to take update after
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Okay just wondered. I keep everything on sd only. Nothing internal wherever possible. Trying again now. Thank you
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nubian122 said:
Okay just wondered. I keep everything on sd only. Nothing internal wherever possible. Trying again now. Thank you
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Good luck
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insane209 said:
Are you on Mi5? Uncheck the md5 checksum
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Okay.... trying again through mobile odin..... Thx
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Noob Question
I'm really confused by the OP.
I'm already on MI5 and rooted. Can I just take the OTA update and update the firmware via the System Update menu of the phone, then root again??
shaun0207 said:
I'm really confused by the OP.
I'm already on MI5 and rooted. Can I just take the OTA update and update the firmware via the System Update menu of the phone, then root again??
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No you cant be rooted & take the ota
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insane209 said:
No you cant be rooted & take the ota
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That's what I was thinking. Confusing the hell out of myself. So i guess the best thing to do for those of use who are not as good at modding and such, is to wait for a Stock Rom which includes the update and the firmware
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Ok, I'm at work so don't have a lot of time to get into details. Here it is in a nutshell:
I used Josh's MI5 tar to return to stock so that I can get that MJ5 update (if that's what it's called)
That went through w/o incident. However, in my haste I went to Odin and attempted to use Chainfire's root method to regain root on MJ5.
Needless to say that was a huge mistake. It froze during Odin and I was forced to disconnectand pull the battery.
I'm still able to get into Odin but it will not accept the MI3 or MI5 firmware. It gets an error after a few seconds. If I try to get into stock recovery I get FIRMWARE UPGRADE ENCOUNTERD AN ISSIE. PLEASE SELECT RECOVRRY MODE IN KIES AND TRY AGAIN.
Anyone have any advice other than attempting to return the phone?
I'm so pised at myself for making such a dumb mistake.
SantinoInc said:
Ok, I'm at work so don't have a lot of time to get into details. Here it is in a nutshell:
I used Josh's MI5 tar to return to stock so that I can get that MJ5 update (if that's what it's called)
That went through w/o incident. However, in my haste I went to Odin and attempted to use Chainfire's root method to regain root on MJ5.
Needless to say that was a huge mistake. It froze during Odin and I was forced to disconnectand pull the battery.
I'm still able to get into Odin but it will not accept the MI3 or MI5 firmware. It gets an error after a few seconds. If I try to get into stock recovery I get FIRMWARE UPGRADE ENCOUNTERD AN ISSIE. PLEASE SELECT RECOVRRY MODE IN KIES AND TRY AGAIN.
Anyone have any advice other than attempting to return the phone?
I'm so pised at myself for making such a dumb mistake.
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Did you try Kies to see if it will let yup update the firmware?
mvansomeren said:
Did you try Kies to see if it will let yup update the firmware?
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Not familiar with KIES but I guess I will have to try that when I get home.
Man, I'm super pissed
SantinoInc said:
Not familiar with KIES but I guess I will have to try that when I get home.
Man, I'm super pissed
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Here's the website to download Kies from Samsung. Make sure you get Kies 3: www.samsung.com/kies
Good luck! I know how frustrating it can be. Please let us know how it turns out.
SantinoInc said:
Not familiar with KIES but I guess I will have to try that when I get home.
Man, I'm super pissed
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I had the same problem and this is how I resolved it.
1) Odin CFautoroot
2) Odin TWRP
3) Boot into recovery and either restore a backup or install ROM of choice.
Don't sweat it bro. Simple fix:
1. Odin Twrp recovery
2. Boot into Recovery right after Odin passes you.
3. Flash a Nand or Rom.
4. Good to Go!
*Also, if you don't have a nand or backup or don't have a Rom downloaded, just download one and put it on you sdcard and then flash it. No need to wipe or factory reset. Rom of choice at this point should be Freeza's Mj4 or any mi5 rom will do!
*Stay away from Kies, waste of time...
Starting to look like the mj4 bootloader changed. Probably to try and prevent the knox safe root method by not allowing downgrading.
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bigmase23 said:
Don't sweat it bro. Simple fix:
1. Odin Twrp recovery
2. Boot into Recovery right after Odin passes you.
3. Flash a Nand or Rom.
4. Good to Go!
*Also, if you don't have a nand or backup or don't have a Rom downloaded, just download one and put it on you sdcard and then flash it. No need to wipe or factory reset. Rom of choice at this point should be Freeza's Mj4 or any mi5 rom will do!
*Stay away from Kies, waste of time...
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OMG, thanks a million bro! I Odin TWRP and it immediately booted into my stock MJ4. I missed the opportunity to get into Recovery right after Odin TWRP. Now when I try to manually get into recovery it takes me to stock recovery.
I'm so afraid of doing anything at this point and am just happy to have a working phone. What would be the best way to go about restoring my nandroid? I'm assuming I should ODIN Twrp recovery again but this time don't allow it to reboot the rom? I'm so nervous I just need some more confirmation before I do anything!
I love you guys in this community...someone always comes through over here when I'm in utter despair!
Boot into twrp recovery and flash your back up. . Once you flash twrp recovery using Odin you won't have to do it again.
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bigmase23 said:
Boot into twrp recovery and flash your back up. . Once you flash twrp recovery using Odin you won't have to do it again.
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Are you saying that after TWRP is flashed via Odin you have to immediately go into recovery? Because after I flashed TWRP in recovery the phone automatically rebooted back into the rom. After this I turned off the phone and tried to manually boot into recovery but it took me to stock recovery despite having just Odin TWRP a few moments earlier. Hope that makes sense.
SantinoInc said:
Are you saying that after TWRP is flashed via Odin you have to immediately go into recovery? Because after I flashed TWRP in recovery the phone automatically rebooted back into the rom. After this I turned off the phone and tried to manually boot into recovery but it took me to stock recovery despite having just Odin TWRP a few moments earlier. Hope that makes sense.
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Once you flash twrp via odin you have to go into twrp recovery before your phone reboots. I usually hold power up, power, and home button right after I hear my pc beep (like when you disconnect the usb). Once in twrp, flash away!
bigmase23 said:
Once you flash twrp via odin you have to go into twrp recovery before your phone reboots. I usually hold power up, power, and home button right after I hear my pc beep (like when you disconnect the usb). Once in twrp, flash away!
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Thanks bro, that did it! I was w/o a phone the whole day at work and really thought my shiit was permi-bricked!
No problem!
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When flashing twrp in odin it may help to uncheck auto reboot. Then when it finishes boot it into recovery manually. That way you don't miss the window.
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Everyone here has - I'm sure since the release of 4.3, experienced a partial corruption of their data/cache partitions.
What happens is you will go to wipe data/cache and you will get an error for a certain folder or subset of files, or the partition cannot be mounted. This ends up causing unbootable system, a force close of an app you cant clear the data for...and just the pure inability to wipe these partitions.
So most of us have taken the long road of flashing back to pure stock via ODIN, using casual to reunlock the bootloader ect ect...very very annoying process. The reason this works however is because ODIN uses a different method to wipe partitions then the custom recoveries we have available to us. Custom Recoveries wipe headers of memory blocks, this is the actual process that creates corruption to begin with. While on the other hand ODIN zero's out not only the headers but the entire blocks - thus fixing the corrupt blocks.
Guess what?! Stock recovery uses this same Zeroing process. So the short simple way to fix this...
1. ODIN Stock MC3 Recovery tar - http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23501681358550082
2. Boot into recovery, wipe data/cache
3. ODIN your favorite custom recovery back onto the device.
How much easier was that then fooling around with unlocking again? Enjoy.
Thanks @krowley3 for the tarball.
I can confirm this does work. I flashed TWRP 2.7.0.2 the other day, on reboot of recovery got a message like this:
Code:
///////////////////////////////////error
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too many files open in data/media/com.blah.blah
///////error
I then proceeded to do an advanced wipe, wiping internal, data, system, cache.. data would freeze and not wipe.
This also will happen with cache partition..
Following these steps did in fact work:good:
Works
I can confirm this also works.
I had a corrupt data partition whereby after one rom flash or another I could no longer install one of my apps. What I found was that in the /data/data/ folder I had remnants of this app that I could not delete. In my case, I could not install facebook. There was a com.facebook.katana folder in that data directory. In addition, I could not backup my rom. Wiping the data partition in Philz recovery still would not get rid of the folder and files. However, using odin and flashing the stock recovery I was able to delete those files.
The recovery goes in the pda slot.
After flash, it automatically booted, so I pulled the battery and rebooted into stock recovery.
Wiped data and factory reset in the stock recovery.
Rebooted into download mode and flashed a custom recovery tar file.
It was super easy. Granted I had to setup my phone again, but no big deal.
And let me just say thanks to @krowley3, @lacoursiere18, and @Deckoz2302 for their support and for keeping this phone going. :highfive:
I flashed the I605 pit file while flashing the stock MC3 recovery. It can be found here.
SCH-I605_16gb.Pit- http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?05cj895zu3tls7z
I did not check repartition, so it may have been unecessary. See http://forum.xda-developers.com/sh... /URL]link to a good discussion of pit files.
it doesnt say, but im assuming at some point we need to odin MJ9 again after doing this? also im not sure this is my problem. my problem is when i flash the stock 4.4.2 rom i cant donwload ringtones and wallpapers from zedge. just says download failed. will this fix my problem? if not then my other option is to try folder mount which was linked in the rom thread which some people said worked
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it worked. ty
viper31573 said:
it doesnt say, but im assuming at some point we need to odin MJ9 again after doing this? also im not sure this is my problem. my problem is when i flash the stock 4.4.2 rom i cant donwload ringtones and wallpapers from zedge. just says download failed. will this fix my problem? if not then my other option is to try folder mount which was linked in the rom thread which some people said worked
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it worked. ty
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I was unsure at first also. You don't need to flash a new ROM at any point in this process. You will end up back on the same ROM you were working on before, but it will be same rom with data wiped. Just have to go through setup.
abay1289 said:
I was unsure at first also. You don't need to flash a new ROM at any point in this process. You will end up back on the same ROM you were working on before, but it will be factory reset.
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i didnt factory reset because i was worried i would end up without a rom. i just cleared cache with with the mc3 recovery. it may not be the right way and im not suggesting anyone follow my lead, but it fixed my problem
I wiped cache & factory reset. It did not get rid of my rom, which is stock 4.4.2. Factory reset just had me go through the setup when I rebooted.
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abay1289 said:
I wiped cache & factory reset. It did not get rid of my rom, which is stock 4.4.2. Factory reset just had me go through the setup when I rebooted.
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good to know
Yep spot on here. Same thing happened to me very recently and I was forced to Odin flash back to 4.1.2 and redo the entire process of unlocking my bootloader, upgrading firmware and modem to MJ9 etc all over again. Major hassle.
Question: why don't custom recoveries wipe the proper way? I mean if stock recovery can do it, surely the advanced recoveries we all use should be able to do it too no? I'm greatly looking forward to hearing about this topic in the future, it could be a great change for all custom recoveries.
lacoursiere18 said:
I can confirm this does work. I flashed TWRP 2.7.0.2 the other day, on reboot of recovery got a message like this:
Code:
///////////////////////////////////error
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too many files open in data/media/com.blah.blah
///////error
I then proceeded to do an advanced wipe, wiping internal, data, system, cache.. data would freeze and not wipe.
This also will happen with cache partition..
Following these steps did in fact work:good:
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Hey,
I'm getting this error as well after I went from 4.3 to 4.4 and I'l trying to backup to move over to the 4.4.2] DN3 (Ditto Note 3) ROM. I haven't flashed a bootloader only a stockrom...It there anything particular I need to do?
I'm currently on 4.4. SR KK with both TWRP and PHILZ imaged.
I'm going to fire up ODIN 3.7
download and flash the stock MC3 recovery. I assume I'm checking bootloader in ODIN
Then wipe and flash PHILZ...Is that it? I'll still be running 4.4 SR KK which I can then backup?
Thanks for the help!
bjhatch said:
Hey,
I'm getting this error as well after I went from 4.3 to 4.4 and I'l trying to backup to move over to the 4.4.2] DN3 (Ditto Note 3) ROM. I haven't flashed a bootloader only a stockrom...It there anything particular I need to do?
I'm currently on 4.4. SR KK with both TWRP and PHILZ imaged.
I'm going to fire up ODIN 3.7
download and flash the stock MC3 recovery. I assume I'm checking bootloader in ODIN
Then wipe and flash PHILZ...Is that it? I'll still be running 4.4 SR KK which I can then backup?
Thanks for the help!
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You dont need to check anything in ODIN. This has nothing to do with the bootloader..
download and flash the stock MC3 recovery
Then wipe and flash PHILZ
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Those are the correct steps.. Youll need to flash PHILZ in ODIN though.. but yea it should fix that
Thank you...
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abay1289 said:
Only thing I would add is that, as per the advice I was given, I flashed the I605 pit file while flashing the stock MC3 recovery.
The pit file goes in the pit slot in Odin, and the recovery goes in the pda slot.
Pulled battery after flash and before it booted.
Rebooted into stock recovery.
Wiped data and factory reset in the stock recovery.
Rebooted into download mode and flashed a custom recovery tar file.
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Can anyone else confirm the necessity and/or safety of performing these additional steps: adding the .pit file, battery pull, factory reset?
Thanks
Rootabaga said:
Can anyone confirm the necessity of these additional steps? Adding the .pit file, battery pull, factory reset?
Thanks
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I odin flashed the stock recovery. ..restarted but missed the recovery screen so I pulled the battery...restarted in download and flasked philz. That was all it took.
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Reboot to Download Mode?
After you wipe Data/Cache with the stock recovery how do you reboot back to Download mode?
Do you have to pull the battery?
If you don't boot back to Download Mode, the phone will completely reboot and force you into the Setup Wizard.
Rootabaga said:
After you wipe Data/Cache with the stock recovery how do you reboot back to Download mode?
Do you have to pull the battery?
If you don't boot back to Download Mode, the phone will completely reboot and force you into the Setup Wizard.
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Hold volume down, menu key, power and you will get the android download triangle.
I didn't have to pull the battery, I just did when I missed chance to set the phone into download mode. It's easier to put into download when the phone is off.
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bjhatch said:
Hold volume down, menu key, power and you will get the android download triangle.
I didn't have to pull the battery, I just did when I missed chance to set the phone into download mode. It's easier to put into download when the phone is off.
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Thanks. I hope I'm not misunderstanding you. I understand how to boot into Download Mode when the power is off. I wanted to know if there was a way to reboot into Download Mode directly from inside the MC3 Stock Recovery. The only option I see is a standard reboot.
After I perform the data/cache wipes in the Stock Recovery, I want to be able to go straight back to Download Mode so that I can flash Philz.
Thanks
Rootabaga said:
Thanks. I hope I'm not misunderstanding you. I understand how to boot into Download Mode when the power is off. I wanted to know if there was a way to reboot into Download Mode directly from inside the MC3 Stock Recovery. The only option I see is a standard reboot.
After I perform the data/cache wipes in the Stock Recovery, I want to be able to go straight back to Download Mode so that I can flash Philz.
Thanks
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That was my problem as well so when the phone restarted after the odin update to stock I wasn't able to get it into download in time.
I assume if you have the phone in hand you can hold the buttons as soon as odin completes the flash and catch it prior to rebooting all the way up.
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I pulled the battery, because of the automatic reboot & what I think you are describing above.
As far as the pit file is concerned, it might not be necessary. See the thread linked below. Even though it is for a different device, the general discussion is relevant. From what I have read the pit file tells Odin what files belong in what partitions and the size of each partition. When you don't use odin to repartition your device, odin reads the pit file from the device itself. When I flashed with odin, I did not check the repartition button, so it was probably not necessary. But it couldn't hurt either.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=12221385
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That was my problem as well so when the phone restarted after the odin update to stock I wasn't able to get it into download in time.
I assume if you have the phone in hand you can hold the buttons as soon as odin completes the flash and catch it prior to rebooting all the way up.
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I completely understand. That might be worth trying.
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I pulled the battery, because of the automatic reboot & what I think you are describing above.
As far as the pit file is concerned, it might not be necessary. See the thread linked below. Even though it is for a different device, the general discussion is relevant. From what I have read the pit file tells Odin what files belong in what partitions and the size of each partition. When you don't use odin to repartition your device, odin reads the pit file from the device itself. When I flashed with odin, I did not check the repartition button, so it was probably not necessary. But it couldn't hurt either.[/URL]
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I agree, it sounds like it probably isn't necessary to flash the .pit file unless maybe there is concern that the resident pit file has been corrupted.
Thinking further about pulling the battery, which I am reluctant to do...If in fact the only real risk of pulling the battery while in stock recovery is somehow corrupting or damaging the stock recovery, maybe it wouldn't be such a big deal since I am just going to replace it with Philz immediately afterward.
I have a rooted sprint note 3 that I really want to flash a custom rom on. I cannot seem to find any good places to give me step by step instructions. I have flashed custom roms way back on my droid razr, but I really need some help. Can anyone point me in the right direction with a link or anything that will walk me through this?
I'm also having the same problem, I'm rooted but don't know how to install a custom recovery. I used toweltoot. Any suggestions??!
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I have a rooted sprint note 3 that I really want to flash a custom rom on. I cannot seem to find any good places to give me step by step instructions. I have flashed custom roms way back on my droid razr, but I really need some help. Can anyone point me in the right direction with a link or anything that will walk me through this?
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OK, first what version of KIKAT are you on ? If you are on 4.4.4 NH7 the latest upgrade then you can root with Chainfires CF-autoroot or his SuperSu v 1.94 or v2.02 this will trip KNOX warranty. Towel Root will not work yet for NH7. If you are still on 4.4.2 NC5 then you can use Towel Root to root your device, this will NOT trip KNOX warranty. If you root with Chainfires CF-autoroot or his SuperSu v 1.94 or v2.02 this will trip KNOX warranty on NC5.
Recoveries, the two popular ones are TWRP and Philz CWM. INSTALLING A RECOVERY WILL TRIP KNOX WARRANTY!!! You need a recovery to flash roms so you need to make choice at this point ? Here is the link to Philz CWM latest version 6.48.4.tar https://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/hlte/ download to desktop or downloads.
I run a stock rooted 4.4.2 NC5 with Philz custom recovery version 6.12.9 hltespr https://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/hltespr/ . The device was rooted and warranty tripped the second day I owned it. I was in a Sprint corporate Store a couple of wks ago. Showed the tech my rooted note 3. He said I can't touch that, I said what if I unrooted the phone. He said no problem, now I can warranty the phone. He didn't care that the KNOX flag was tripped at all 0x1. Just can't be rooted when you bring it in for service. Sprint doesn't care about KNOX only Samsung cares about KNOX. When Samsung paid millions to the NSA to design a security system to track and spy on others than they care !!!
Ok lets install a recovery !!!
1. you need Odin on the desktop of your PC here is the link http://www.downloadodin.info/download-odin-1-85
2. you need to install Samsung drivers on your PC you can get them from the link in #1
3. completely power down your device, and boot into download mode (press and hold the power button, volume down button, and the home button at the same time) a new screen will popup then push the volume up button to get into download mode.
4. click on the Odin zip file and extract to desktop, right click and run as administrator
5. with your device in download mode connect it to your pc via usb cable, COM: will light up in the upper left hand corner of Odin doesn't matter what color or number just shows a connection has been made.
6. click PDA box in odin, a box will popup click where ever you have recovery file downloaded, once open it will show up in box next to PDA
7. click start wait till you see pass and success 1, then your custom recovery is installed.
After the recovery is installed, download a copy of SuperSu to your desktop here is the link http://download.chainfire.eu/396/SuperSU/ to version v1.94. Then copy and paste to sd card via USB cable. Now the next thing you are going to do is completely power down the device and boot into recovery. (press and hold the power button, volume up button, and home button at he same time) a menu will come up, click on Install Zip, then sd card to install zip and root device. Boot device and verify it is rooted, then power down, and boot into recovery. Click on backup, MAKE A BACKUP OF YOUR ROOTED ROM !!! Then make a backup of EFS file by its self it will show up in your backup file on the sd card or ext sd card depending on where you choose to put it. Copy and paste the efs file someplace safe.
With the Google Play Store download some type of root file manager like Root Explorer (what I use)
OK lets flash a rom !!!
First, you CANNOT flash a rom that is based on an older version of rom you are currently running. EX: If you are on KK 4.4.2 NC5 you can flash a rom based on NAB or NC5 but you CANNOT use a rom based on mj4 or older read the OP thread carefully . You can run AOSP roms as long as they are based on 4.4+.
1. install the new rom zip you want to flash on your sd card via usb cable from PC or download directly to device
2. power down phone completely and boot into recovery
3. from the menu find and wipe cache, delvik cache, and wipe system to install new rom, NOT FACTORY RESET !!!
4. go back to menu and click on install zip then click on where you have the zip ( i.e. sd card ) and install this will take a minute or two
5. back to main menu and reboot device this will take several minutes on the first boot of a new rom
6. enjoy your new rom !!!
Lets do a restore from backup recovery file !!!
1. completely power down device and boot into recovery
2. go to main menu and click on wipe system to install new rom ( no need to mess with the caches on a restore )
3. back to the menu click on back up and restore, then click on the backup file location ( i.e. sd card )
4. now click on restore
5. when its completed reboot device this will install your original rooted stock rom you made a backup for
Eventually you will figure out that you can make several backups and they have really weird numbered time stamps to identify them.
bman55 said:
I'm also having the same problem, I'm rooted but don't know how to install a custom recovery. I used toweltoot. Any suggestions??!
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Look UP !!!
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OK, first what version of KIKAT are you on ? If you are on 4.4.4 NH7 the latest upgrade then you can root with Chainfires CF-autoroot or his SuperSu v 1.94 or v2.02 this will trip KNOX warranty. Towel Root will not work yet for NH7. If you are still on 4.4.2 NC5 then you can use Towel Root to root your device, this will NOT trip KNOX warranty. If you use Chainfires CF-autoroot or his SuperSu v 1.94 or v2.02 this will trip KNOX warranty on NC5.
Recoveries, the two popular ones are TWRP and Philz CWM. INSTALLING A RECOVERY WILL TRIP KNOX WARRANTY!!! You need a recovery to flash roms so you need to make choice at this point ? Here is the link to Philz CWM latest version 6.48.4.tar https://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/hlte/ download to desktop or downloads.
I run a stock rooted 4.4.2 NC5 with Philz custom recovery version 6.12.9 hltespr. The device was rooted and warranty tripped the second day I owned it. I was in a Sprint corporate Store a couple of wks ago. Showed the tech my rooted note 3. He said I can't touch that, I said what if I unrooted the phone. He said no problem, now I can warranty the phone. He didn't care that the KNOX flag was tripped at all 0x1. Just can't be rooted when you bring it in for service. Sprint doesn't care about KNOX only Samsung cares about KNOX. When Samsung paid millions to the NSA to design a security system to track and spy on others than they care !!!
Ok lets install a recovery !!!
1. you need Odin on the desktop of your PC here is the link http://www.downloadodin.info/download-odin-1-85
2. you need to install Samsung drivers on your PC you can get them from the link in #1
3. completely power down your device, and boot into download mode (press and hold the power button, volume down button, and the home button at the same time) a new screen will popup then push the volume up button to get into download mode.
4. click on the Odin zip file and extract to desktop, right click and run as administrator
5. with your device in download mode connect it to your pc via usb cable, COM: will light up in the upper right hand corner of Odin doesn't matter what color or number just shows a connection has been made.
6. click on the PDA box, a new box will popup click on where ever you have the recovery file then click open
7. click start wait till you see pass and success 1, then your custom recovery is installed.
Now the next thing you are going to do is completely power down the device and boot into recovery. (press and hold the power button, volume up button, and home button at he same time) a menu will come up MAKE A BACKUP OF YOU ROM !!! Then make a backup of EFS by its self it will show up in your backup file on the sd card. Copy and paste the efs file someplace safe.
With the Google Play Store download some type of root file manager like Root Explorer (what I use)
OK lets flash a rom !!!
First, you CANNOT flash a rom that is based on an older version of rom you are currently running. EX: If you are on KK 4.4.2 NC5 you can flash a rom based on NAB or NC5 but you CANNOT use a rom based on mj4 or older read the OP thread carefully . You can run AOSP roms as long as they are based on 4.4+.
1. install the new rom zip you want to flash on your sd card via usb cable from PC or download directly to device
2. power down phone completely and boot into recovery
3. from the menu find and wipe cache, delvik cache, and wipe system to install new rom, NOT FACTORY RESET !!!
4. go back to menu and click on install zip then click on where you have the zip and install this will take a minute or two
5. back to main menu and reboot device this will take several minutes on the first boot of a new rom
6. enjoy you new rom !!!
Lets do a backup recovery !!!
1. completely power down device and boot into recovery
2. go to main menu and click on wipe system to install new rom ( no need to mess with the caches on a restore )
3. back to the menu click on back up and restore then click on the backup file you made
4. now click on restore
5. when its completed reboot device this will install your original rooted stock rom you made a backup for
Eventually you will figure out that you can make several backups and they have really weird numbered time stamps to identify them.
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Thanks so much for your help! Unfortunately I am not even able to install Odin on my windows 7 pc. Chrome says its malicious and blocks it, Firefox does the same. First my Norton firewall wouldn't allow it, so I disabled that long enough to try to download Odin.
I can't do anything unless I can get Odin to download to my pc.
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If I'm on CM11, can I flash a TouchWiz ROM that's on 4.4.2?
Because I've been trying to flash the Vision-X ROM but I get stuck in a bootloop after I flash the kernel and ROM.
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If I'm on CM11, can I flash a TouchWiz ROM that's on 4.4.2?
Because I've been trying to flash the Vision-X ROM but I get stuck in a bootloop after I flash the kernel and ROM.
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YES, first, make sure you are wiping everything in recovery, then I would just flash the rom. This will make sure you don't have a bad down load of the rom. If it boots up, then go back into recovery and flash the kernel. You should try the LeanKernel its OC to 2.7ghz here is the link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2488082 Vision-X is TW based rom so click leankernel other n900x devices choose the " hltespr kk v3.8 " kernel. Enjoy !!!
Make sure you install Trickster or SetCPU from the play store so you can set what type of governor you want to use on the kernel. ( like interactive ) Then you need to set the min and max cpu frequencies so the kernel will give you the maximum battery life.
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YES, first, make sure you are wiping everything in recovery, then I would just flash the rom. This will make sure you don't have a bad down load of the rom. If it boots up, then go back into recovery and flash the kernel. You should try the LeanKernel its OC to 2.7ghz here is the link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2488082 Vision-X is TW based rom so click leankernel other n900x devices choose the " hltespr kk v3.8 " kernel. Enjoy !!!
Make sure you install Trickster or SetCPU from the play store so you can set what type of governor you want to use on the kernel. ( like interactive ) Then you need to set the min and max cpu frequencies so the kernel will give you the maximum battery life.
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Thanks. When i flash just the ROM I still get stuck in a bootloop
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Thanks so much for your help! Unfortunately I am not even able to install Odin on my windows 7 pc. Chrome says its malicious and blocks it, Firefox does the same. First my Norton firewall wouldn't allow it, so I disabled that long enough to try to download Odin.
I can't do anything unless I can get Odin to download to my pc.
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I run windows 7 Ultimate, my browser is IE 11 with Microsoft Security Essentials never had a problem.
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Thanks. When i flash just the ROM I still get stuck in a bootloop
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When you say stuck in a bootloop, does that mean its stuck at say the sprint logo ? It takes a full 5 to 6 minutes on the first boot up !!! Make sure you use the stock kernel, then flash a custom one later.
If that doesn't work, you should have made a backup of your original stock rooted 4.4.2 NC5. Go to your recovery WIPE cache, delvike cache, and wipe system to install a new rom. Then restore the original stock rooted backup and boot the device. If it boots then go back into recovery wipe everything again and install the Vision-X zip again and boot it.
Sometimes after an AOSP rom like CM11, you have to go back to stock rooted and start again.
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I run windows 7 Ultimate, my browser is IE 11 with Microsoft Security Essentials never had a problem.
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When you say stuck in a bootloop, does that mean its stuck at say the sprint logo ? It takes a full 5 to 6 minutes on the first boot up !!! Make sure you use the stock kernel, then flash a custom one later.
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The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 logo comes up, then it reboots and shows the Note 3 logo, then reboots and repeats. It never makes it to the Sprint logo
itzkpanda said:
The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 logo comes up, then it reboots and shows the Note 3 logo, then reboots and repeats. It never makes it to the Sprint logo
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Cool, I run a CSC of XAS which eliminates the Sprint logo. All I ever get is the Samsung logo, I don't miss Sprint logo.
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Cool, I run a CSC of XAS which eliminates the Sprint logo. All I ever get is the Samsung logo, I don't miss Sprint logo.
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I dont have that.
Normally it would go to the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 logo to the Sprint logo and then turn on, but it just bootloops on the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 logo.
Do you know how I would be able to get the Vision-X rom to work?
itzkpanda said:
I dont have that.
Normally it would go to the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 logo to the Sprint logo and then turn on, but it just bootloops on the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 logo.
Do you know how I would be able to get the Vision-X rom to work?
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Did you try my suggestion in post #9 ?
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Did you try my suggestion in post #9 ?
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Ah, i didnt see the 2nd edit
Do you have a link for a stock rooted 4.4.2 rom?
itzkpanda said:
Ah, i didnt see the 2nd edit
Do you have a link for a stock rooted 4.4.2 rom?
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Yes here you go http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2472664 scroll down to old 4.4.2 NC5(D) click on show content. Download the Full Rom ODEX NC5 version. This is flashed through a recovery like twrp or cwm.
If you don't have a backup of the original rom that came with the phone I would go this way. First, here is a link for a complete stock 4.4.2 NC5 rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2712205 just click on NC5 and follow the instructions on the top of the thread. Then install the recovery look in post #3. Then root the device here is the link http://download.chainfire.eu/396/SuperSU/ this is Chainfires supersu v1.94.
Once you are back to stock rooted nc5, go to recovery make a backup to a ext sd card or use the internal sd card, then copy and paste the backup file somewhere on your PC. Now have base to work from, so if something goes south you can always get back to square one. With all the flashing I do, I end up recovering a backup at least a couple of times a wk or day if I'm trying something out. It's like system restore on a PC.
jimzweb1 said:
Yes here you go http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2472664 scroll down to old 4.4.2 NC5(D) click on show content. Download the Full Rom ODEX NC5 version. This is flashed through a recovery like twrp or cwm.
If you don't have a backup of the original rom that came with the phone I would go this way. First, here is a link for a complete stock 4.4.2 NC5 rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2712205 just click on NC5 and follow the instructions on the top of the thread. Then install the recovery look in post #3. Then root the device here is the link http://download.chainfire.eu/396/SuperSU/ this is Chainfires supersu v1.94.
Once you are back to stock rooted nc5, go to recovery make a backup to a ext sd card or use the internal sd card, then copy and paste the backup file somewhere on your PC. Now have base to work from, so if something goes south you can always get back to square one. With all the flashing I do, I end up recovering a backup at least a couple of times a wk or day if I'm trying something out. It's like system restore on a PC.
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Thanks for the info! I'll try it and let you know how it goes.
jimzweb1 said:
Yes here you go http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2472664 scroll down to old 4.4.2 NC5(D) click on show content. Download the Full Rom ODEX NC5 version. This is flashed through a recovery like twrp or cwm.
If you don't have a backup of the original rom that came with the phone I would go this way. First, here is a link for a complete stock 4.4.2 NC5 rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2712205 just click on NC5 and follow the instructions on the top of the thread. Then install the recovery look in post #3. Then root the device here is the link http://download.chainfire.eu/396/SuperSU/ this is Chainfires supersu v1.94.
Once you are back to stock rooted nc5, go to recovery make a backup to a ext sd card or use the internal sd card, then copy and paste the backup file somewhere on your PC. Now have base to work from, so if something goes south you can always get back to square one. With all the flashing I do, I end up recovering a backup at least a couple of times a wk or day if I'm trying something out. It's like system restore on a PC.
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After following your steps i Have Vision-X working now, thanks!
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After following your steps i Have Vision-X working now, thanks!
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Awesome !!! Believe it or not, even with a perfect backup to restore from. Every once in awhile I will start from scratch and get a fresh stock copy of NC5, use Odin to install and get back to original official status. Then root, get rid of the bloatware, and make a backup just to keep things fresh. I have not upgraded to 4.4.4 NH7 and don't recommend it at this time. There are a lot of complaints of stuff missing or not working.
Besides, I'm rooted and flashing other roms. 4.4.4 only adds Kid Mode and some security updates, which are useless if you have a custom rom in the device.
Same issue
I am having the same issue with the bootloop sticking on the galaxy screen. I used CF autoroot to root my 4.4.2 stock. Installed Josh's KKKiller 4.4.2. Liked it but had some issues so went back to stock 4.4.2. Re rooted with CF. Installed AOSP rom but my phone needs stock voicemail to dl vociemail to phone. Went back to stock NC5 Odin. Went to reinstall TWRP and cannot install any but the latest 4.4.4 TWRP and cannot install any rom but a 4.4.4. I have re-stocked and re-rooted. I cannot even flash the stock? 4.4.4 NH7. Get the same error message from TWRP on all but Pacman, Liquidsmooth. Havent tried all the aosp but assume results will be the same. I would like to flash some 4.4.2 roms. Am I stuck?
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I am having the same issue with the bootloop sticking on the galaxy screen. I used CF autoroot to root my 4.4.2 stock. Installed Josh's KKKiller 4.4.2. Liked it but had some issues so went back to stock 4.4.2. Re rooted with CF. Installed AOSP rom but my phone needs stock voicemail to dl vociemail to phone. Went back to stock NC5 Odin. Went to reinstall TWRP and cannot install any but the latest 4.4.4 TWRP and cannot install any rom but a 4.4.4. I have re-stocked and re-rooted. I cannot even flash the stock? 4.4.4 NH7. Get the same error message from TWRP on all but Pacman, Liquidsmooth. Havent tried all the aosp but assume results will be the same. I would like to flash some 4.4.2 roms. Am I stuck?
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No, just install the 4.4.4 twrp recovery that works. Boot into that recovery and wipe everything i.e. cache, delvik cache, and completely wipe system to install a new rom. Now from recovery boot into download mode. Then from your PC bring up odin and flash a fresh copy of NC5, I use micmars NC5 here is the link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2712205 now this should take you back to NC5 stock. Then try flashing Philz CWM 6.12.9 hltespr here is the link https://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/hltespr/ it just seems to work better when you are flashing back and forth from AOSP . Just me I have beat that recovery to death and it has never failed. Make sure the first thing you do is make a backup after you are rooted, so you can always get back to square one. You should also have a backup of your efs file on your PC for safe keeping. Let me know how it goes.
Downloading the update right now!
What's the software version under "About Device" in Settings?
here it is
Awesome
You can find the information on Sprint's website
http://support.sprint.com/support/a...ndUpdateTheSoftwareVersionOnYourSamsungGalaxy
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Downloading the update right now!
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What city/state are you in?
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Got my update when I was getting ready for work this morning ( 5:30 AM in Elizabethtown Kentucky).
does the FM radio work?
Anyone try cf auto root yet?
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Whats the easiest way to receive the ota if running a rooted custom rom? Debating whether or not to go back to stock. Thanks
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Download the NK4 tar here and use Odin to return to stock. Once on stock keep checking for software updates until you get it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2522638
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Whats the easiest way to receive the ota if running a rooted custom rom? Debating whether or not to go back to stock. Thanks
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Download the NK4 tar here and use Odin to return to stock. Once on stock keep checking for software updates until you get it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2522638
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I Odin back to stock yesterday and it tells me I can't get the update because I'm running a modified phone and to use kies
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I Odin back to stock yesterday and it tells me I can't get the update because I'm running a modified phone and to use kies
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For whatever reason, I had to Odin twice to go back to stock.
Here is what I did:
1. Boot into recovery, wipe everything
2. Odin file, don't check automatic reboot
3. Once its done, pull battery, boot into stock recover, do factory reset
4. Reboot into download mode
5. Odin file again
This is exactly what I did and I received the update.
Edit - I used the original NAB image which was 4.4.2. It then automatically let me update via Sprint to 4.4.4, and then to 5.0
When using Odin, always make sure to power down your phone completely and then press and hold volume down, home and power at the same time. Then press volume up to confirm download mode.
lazerus06 said:
For whatever reason, I had to Odin twice to go back to stock.
Here is what I did:
1. Boot into recovery, wipe everything
2. Odin file, don't check automatic reboot
3. Once its done, pull battery, boot into stock recover, do factory reset
4. Reboot into download mode
5. Odin file again
This is exactly what I did and I received the update.
Edit - I used the original NAB image which was 4.4.2. It then automatically let me update via Sprint to 4.4.4, and then to 5.0
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I actually had to Odin 5 times before it would boot the last time I went into recovery and wipe data and factory reset the Odin nk4 tar. It finally booted but still says system status custom so when I check for updates its a no go.
I was running rooted SPRINT KK 4.4.4 N900PVPUDNK4 and now I'm on Lollipop w/ root and TWRP 2.8.6.1 (4.4.4 version) recovery. My steps:
1. Odin'd stock NK4 tar using Odin3 v3.09 in the AP slot (kept Auto Reboot & F. Reset Time checked).
2. Let phone reboot. Skipped all the setups.
3. Powered down phone than booted into stock recovery to perform a factory reset.
4. Once phone rebooted I went to 'System Updates' and let the OTA do its thing. Phone rebooted.
5. Powered down phone and rebooted into bootloader (everything showed official)
6. Odin'd TWRP using Odin3 v3.09 in the AP slot (UNCHECKED Auto Reboot & F. Time checked).
7. Pulled battery and rebooted into recovery (TWRP).
8. Flashed Chainfire's UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46 and rebooted.
9. Successfully rooted.
Is there a way to download the update and just flash it in stock recovery?
pl share Lollipop 5.0 odin flashable file for Sprint Note 3 ...
javed91214 said:
pl share odin flashable file for Sprint Note 3 ...
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I used the NK4 one mirrored here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47355107&postcount=1
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I used the NK4 one mirrored here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47355107&postcount=1
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thnks , but i already have NK4 . looking for lollipop 5.0 tar file.
I just got myself a note 3 for sprint, and it had the OC5 Lollipop update on it. I flashed CF-Auto-Root on it, and it booted up fine. Used it for a bit, and then I tried putting TWRP on to flash Xposed Framework. TWRP flashed fine, and worked fine, but now the phone will not boot into the stock rooted rom. I have tried flashing the factory image again, that didn't fix it. Even tried flashing a kitkat factory image, and that didn't work either. The only way i can get the phone to boot into the OS is if i run a custom kitkat rom, and then everything seems to work fine. So where can i go from here to get the factory lollipop rooted with a custom recovery working?
tellem24 said:
I just got myself a note 3 for sprint, and it had the OC5 Lollipop update on it. I flashed CF-Auto-Root on it, and it booted up fine. Used it for a bit, and then I tried putting TWRP on to flash Xposed Framework. TWRP flashed fine, and worked fine, but now the phone will not boot into the stock rooted rom. I have tried flashing the factory image again, that didn't fix it. Even tried flashing a kitkat factory image, and that didn't work either. The only way i can get the phone to boot into the OS is if i run a custom kitkat rom, and then everything seems to work fine. So where can i go from here to get the factory lollipop rooted with a custom recovery working?
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I'd say go back to NK4 and then accept the update to OC5 and root.
You'll need these files, please thank the OPs of the threads.
NK4 tar from [Odin] Mirrors for Official Samsung Tars for MJ4, NAB, NC5, NH7 & NK4
twrp-2.8.6.1-hltespr-4.4.img.tar from TWRP hltespr page
UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip from [STABLE][2015.02.13] SuperSU v2.46
Copy SuperSU zip file to your sdcard.
boot to recovery and factory reset, wipe partition cache and dalvik cache.
Then power the phone off from recovery.
Boot to download mode Volume Down + Home + Power ... then Volume Up.
(from the OFF state, booting into download mode from a ROM or recovery never works correctly when using odin)
Using Odin 3.09 flash NK4 tar, let it reboot, it will take it a while to start the first time.
when the phone restarts, unplug the usb cable.
you can skip all the setup stuff and then get the ota to get back to OC5; Settings, System Update, Firmware Update
once ota is completely done, power the phone off
go into download mode
odin the twrp tar (uncheck everything in odin)
once odin says pass unplug the usb cable and press Volume Up + Home + Power until the phone vibrates and you see the blue writing - this will get you into recovery w/o having to pull the battery.
flash the SuperSU zip file.
reboot to system, you should be on OC5 stock rooted.
jdelano said:
I'd say go back to NK4 and then accept the update to OC5 and root.
You'll need these files, please thank the OPs of the threads.
NK4 tar from [Odin] Mirrors for Official Samsung Tars for MJ4, NAB, NC5, NH7 & NK4
twrp-2.8.6.1-hltespr-4.4.img.tar from TWRP hltespr page
UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip from [STABLE][2015.02.13] SuperSU v2.46
Copy SuperSU zip file to your sdcard.
boot to recovery and factory reset, wipe partition cache and dalvik cache.
Then power the phone off from recovery.
Boot to download mode Volume Down + Home + Power ... then Volume Up.
(from the OFF state, booting into download mode from a ROM or recovery never works correctly when using odin)
Using Odin 3.09 flash NK4 tar, let it reboot, it will take it a while to start the first time.
when the phone restarts, unplug the usb cable.
you can skip all the setup stuff and then get the ota to get back to OC5; Settings, System Update, Firmware Update
once ota is completely done, power the phone off
go into download mode
odin the twrp tar (uncheck everything in odin)
once odin says pass unplug the usb cable and press Volume Up + Home + Power until the phone vibrates and you see the blue writing - this will get you into recovery w/o having to pull the battery.
flash the SuperSU zip file.
reboot to system, you should be on OC5 stock rooted.
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Thanks! I actually got it working before i saw this by flashing the TWRP backup that someone posted on here, but i may try doing this to see if i can get xposed working with it, because it still isn't for me.
Not working
Everything working for me except when I flash twrp, it says pass, then comes to "android" recovery screen, so I can flash susuperuser
tellem24 said:
Thanks! I actually got it working before i saw this by flashing the TWRP backup that someone posted on here, but i may try doing this to see if i can get xposed working with it, because it still isn't for me.
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Won't happen. It's all over xposed doesn't work on lollipop tw. Just search.
Sent from my 0x1 Note 3...... I love tep
Cybed said:
Everything working for me except when I flash twrp, it says pass, then comes to "android" recovery screen, so I can flash susuperuser
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Try wiping data
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kaos420 said:
Won't happen. It's all over xposed doesn't work on lollipop tw. Just search.
Sent from my 0x1 Note 3...... I love tep
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Xposed will not work on 5.0 so don't try.... that is why you got a boot loop
jlechner said:
Try wiping data
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Working now Tks
Chaz187 said:
Xposed will not work on 5.0 so don't try.... that is why you got a boot loop
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did you mean to quote me? i know it wont work silly . i was telling him that.
kaos420 said:
did you mean to quote me? i know it wont work silly . i was telling him that.
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Sorry quoted by accident
Chaz187 said:
Sorry quoted by accident
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i forgive you but only when you drop a new rom lol
kaos420 said:
i forgive you but only when you drop a new rom lol
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As soon as we get the base rom built it will come!!!!