I'm on MK2 right now and it seems hope of bootloader unlock may be in the form of reverting back to mdk.
Of this is the case here is my question.
If on mdk can you flash any stock kernel like mk2 or are you stuck with mdk based kernel. I ask this as mj7 had charger issues but mk2 doesn't.
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tshelby73 said:
I'm on MK2 right now and it seems hope of bootloader unlock may be in the form of reverting back to mdk.
Of this is the case here is my question.
If on mdk can you flash any stock kernel like mk2 or are you stuck with mdk based kernel. I ask this as mj7 had charger issues but mk2 doesn't.
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Where did you see that we could revert, or are even close to being able to?
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Not able to revert but has been talked about. I'm just preparing in case it happens and finding out info. It may never happen.
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tshelby73 said:
I'm on MK2 right now and it seems hope of bootloader unlock may be in the form of reverting back to mdk.
Of this is the case here is my question.
If on mdk can you flash any stock kernel like mk2 or are you stuck with mdk based kernel. I ask this as mj7 had charger issues but mk2 doesn't.
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If you're on an MDK s4 you'd be able to flash any kernels that are made for the phone as well as any modems.
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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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Thanks for the helpful responses.
For anyone viewing this I was attempting to consolidate my 5 hours of reading into a nutshell.
Yes me7 is so far not vulnerable for romming but safestrap is a option soon to be for all me7 users. Big mistake if you wanted a bootloader workaround like loki to have custom recovery. I mean we can't say to claim the device defective as that can be seen as warranty fraud but your actions..
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Yes me7 is so far not vulnerable for romming but safestrap is a option soon to be for all me7 users. Big mistake if you wanted a bootloader workaround like loki to have custom recovery. I mean we can't say to claim the device defective as that can be seen as warranty fraud but your actions..
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Thanks for the response. So then nothing can be flashed via Odin aside from a pure stock ME7 ROM?
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AndroidSlave said:
Thanks for the response. So then nothing can be flashed via Odin aside from a pure stock ME7 ROM?
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Yep thats all that can be flashed in odin. On the s3 you could flash custom recovery via odin but that required an unlocked bootloader.
Hit thanks if I helped you out. Doing a little bit of reading goes a long way. Sent via tapatalk.
I'm hoping someone can clear up something for me. This is a screenshot of my baseband version. As you can see it's ME7, but I can flash any rom just fine without safestrap. This shouldn't work, right? Am I missing something or just being a dum dum?
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You're on mdk with loki but with me7 baseband or as you can maybe say radio version. Just like HTC having its own radios and you can flash a newer version through recovery.
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Awesome thank you!
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You're on mdk with loki but with me7 baseband or as you can maybe say radio version. Just like HTC having its own radios and you can flash a newer version through recovery.
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Not 100% accurate. The latest radio is MJ7. Currently the only correct way to apply it is to flash via Odin.
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Not 100% accurate. The latest radio is MJ7. Currently the only correct way to apply it is to flash via Odin.
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Yeah but he's only talking about me7 correct? I think so.
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Not 100% accurate. The latest radio is MJ7. Currently the only correct way to apply it is to flash via Odin.
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I'm on MDK and I flashed MJ7 radio through TWRP... no problems here.
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Yea I flashed the latest "radio" last night through twrp as well. Working great!
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Its hard to gather what order and what defines each build for the Verizon Galaxy S4 without a lot of reading. So here is my understanding! Please correct and or add onto this!!!
MDK - Original Build, can replace recovery, rootable
ME7 - 2nd build, cannot replace recovery, rootable, SafeStrap support
MI1 - 3rd build, cannot replace recovery, rootable, Safestrap support (you can install any ME7, or MI1 roms)
MJ7 - 4th build, cannot replace recovery, rootable, Safestrap is not supported
MK? -
ktamlyn said:
Its hard to gather what order and what defines each build for the Verizon Galaxy S4 without a lot of reading. So here is my understanding! Please correct and or add onto this!!!
MDK - Original Build, can replace recovery, rootable
ME7 - 2nd build, cannot replace recovery, rootable, extensive SafeStrap support
MI1 - 3rd build, cannot replace recovery, rootable, limited Safestrap support due to limited ROM selection* (HyperDrive only?)
MJ7 - 4th build, cannot replace recovery, rootable, Safestrap is not supported
Is it true that you cannot run ME7 Roms on a MI1 device using Safestrap?
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No, You can run any ROM on MI1 that suports Safestrap on ME7 & is based on TouchWiz. You would just flash the MI1 kernel modules after you finish installing the ROM.
The only difference between ME7 and MI1 really is that screen rotation is broken on MI1 if you run a custom rom. Also MK2 is the newest build now.
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Thanks this helped me greatly. Going to Odin back to MDK after reading this.
What are you on right now? You can't downgrade firmware.
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What are you on right now? You can't downgrade firmware.
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I just got a phone sent back from warranty and it's currently running on the MI1 firmware you can still used xposed framework and stuff if i were to root it right? Would you advise rooting now, or at what stage of firmware?
If you're in MI1 I wouldn't upgrade, it's the last build that you can still run safestrap on.
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If you're in MI1 I wouldn't upgrade, it's the last build that you can still run safestrap on.
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So i can follow the MI1 root instructions and install safestrap , but will this void my warranty? i heard something about how something like a code change triggers a signal on their servers or something,to void warranty but is that with Knox?
Rooting your phone is technically voiding warranty, although there are ways to get back to complete stock. No servers are triggered and the rooting instructions will have you getrid of knox.
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Rooting your phone is technically voiding warranty, although there are ways to get back to complete stock. No servers are triggered and the rooting instructions will have you getrid of knox.
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yeah, but there are "unroot" methods right? if i did that and had to use a warranty would they recognize it if i went back to stock recovery and unrooted? i've done a bit of research, only a little fuzzy now, jus cuz I started my saturday night a little early :victory: :good:
There is leaked copy of 4.4.2 for ATT with new a new bootloader
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2624782&page=10
This is NOT to be flashed on the Verizon variant, because you know somebody out there is going to want to try.
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Running it right now.
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this is not to be flashed on the verizon variant, because you know somebody out there is going to want to try.
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because people are stupid!!!!!!!!!!!
A new bootloader means there's a good chance we may soon be able to flash custom recovers right?
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It is very doubtful unless they find an exploit that wasn't in the MK2 bootloader.
You can flash back to 4.3 after you flash this leak. It doesn't trip the qfuse. But once the official release is out that might change but yeah people on VZW should not flash this.
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You can flash back to 4.3 after you flash this leak. It doesn't trip the qfuse. But once the official release is out that might change but yeah people on VZW should not flash this.
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This might be good news. If the kernel changed for 4.4 and you can flash back devs might find a work around.
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