Short story:
Had the OTA update to 4.3 and tried to unlock the bootloader and lost it all. Now running MJ9 4.1.1 with VRALJB. I used the files from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2564495 thought it was supposted to be 4.3
I cant seem to get anything to work to unlock the bootloader. Once i reload the FW with the MJ9 it loads the recovery e3 loader. Im confused as to why it loads it after i reload. But i cant pull it up at bootup, only pulls up Odin mode.
I want to install CM 11 and CWM but not sure what i need to now. Ive tried MANY files, all but 2 fail with sboot.bin. One bootloops the other runs fine.
Bout to pull my hair out, shamefully stating that ive been at it for about 8 hours if not more and cant figure it out.
You can't
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Nobody has figured out a workaround yet. This bootloader is fairly secure it seems, and no developers have put in the time to find a workaround.
I really hope a few are still around trying to unlock it, but if they are they aren't being vocal about it, as there has been absolutely zero news regarding a possible solution or if anyone is even trying.
It's a sad state for such a great phone. It seems as if everybody just bailed on it once the note 3 came out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2615587
you could be a willing guinea pig. Read the whole thread. No one has yet tried with this to see if it would be the solution.
Anything past 4.1.2 is locked out per Verizon
Like you've been advised...as of present...there's no work around the bootloader
However Adam Outler appears to be working on it when he can
If anyone can get past it...it'll be him
This man's a true genius but he's always modest about his work...
Anyway I suggest you bring it back down to VRAMC3 or what flavor you prefer below 4.3 and build upon that...
I tried myself to root and mod with 4.3 but won't work because of the bootloader issue
So I revised down toVRAMC3 and have everything I need for now
Because that version runs for me the smoothest and most reliable
In the mean time...Im just being patient with the main front running developers for this phones breed!!
Adam always brainstorms these things...and Im confident he'll reason it out and produce a work around
But rassleberrys..not a flattering term btw... to Verizon for locking us outa the bootloader on our N2, s
With the latest OS upgrade..
But Im confident in Adams abilities....Although I don't know how he finds the time??
We're all lucky to have a pioneering genius so diligently working on a multitude of projects for us
Without the deserved recognition he should be getting from a lot more of this community than is displayed!!
Last I heard Adam was done working on Samsung bootloaders but he may have changed his stance.
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Like you've been advised...as of present...there's no work around the bootloader
However Adam Outler appears to be working on it when he can
If anyone can get past it...it'll be him
This man's a true genius but he's always modest about his work...
Anyway I suggest you bring it back down to VRAMC3 or what flavor you prefer below 4.3 and build upon that...
I tried myself to root and mod with 4.3 but won't work because of the bootloader issue
So I revised down toVRAMC3 and have everything I need for now
Because that version runs for me the smoothest and most reliable
In the mean time...Im just being patient with the main front running developers for this phones breed!!
Adam always brainstorms these things...and Im confident he'll reason it out and produce a work around
But rassleberrys..not a flattering term btw... to Verizon for locking us outa the bootloader on our N2, s
With the latest OS upgrade..
But Im confident in Adams abilities....Although I don't know how he finds the time??
We're all lucky to have a pioneering genius so diligently working on a multitude of projects for us
Without the deserved recognition he should be getting from a lot more of this community than is displayed!!
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This is how the issue started lol I did the casual program and everything seemed all fine even restarted as he said it would, then BAM triangle. Everytime i run his program it does its thing then kills my FW and i have to reload it everytime. Multi cords, multi USB ports. Ill be fine if i can just get 4.3 to update and go back stock until someone cracks it. Im on 4.1.1 rooted and it seems to be dragging more than 4.3. i will say im pleased to have the old google maps back lol works amazingly compared to the new maps...Im going to keep digging. I realized after i posted that 4.3 loader was locked.
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Well I'm reading up on different phones and I was almost sold on the LG Nexus 4 until I read further into the no LTE issue and then it clicked that while it can come with 16 gigs of memory, it's internal and therefore if the phone dies violently...or just gets lost, I lost a lot of important pics should i not back up to my comp enough. Which I don't honestly.
So I'm reading up on this phone and it has everything I need except one hitch, it doesn't come stock with Jellybean. LGs site says it come with 4.0 ICS. So I'm wondering if it does get the OS update and if so to what version. That will honestly be the deal breaker on whether I commit to buying this device in the near future.
I know i could just read through this whole forum..but really I just want a simple answer with my making my head explode with all the extra info..cause my ADD hide will sit here and read everything out of boredom. And I'm just not in the mood tonight. Please and thank you!
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Well I'm reading up on different phones and I was almost sold on the LG Nexus 4 until I read further into the no LTE issue and then it clicked that while it can come with 16 gigs of memory, it's internal and therefore if the phone dies violently...or just gets lost, I lost a lot of important pics should i not back up to my comp enough. Which I don't honestly.
So I'm reading up on this phone and it has everything I need except one hitch, it doesn't come stock with Jellybean. LGs site says it come with 4.0 ICS. So I'm wondering if it does get the OS update and if so to what version. That will honestly be the deal breaker on whether I commit to buying this device in the near future.
I know i could just read through this whole forum..but really I just want a simple answer with my making my head explode with all the extra info..cause my ADD hide will sit here and read everything out of boredom. And I'm just not in the mood tonight. Please and thank you!
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Well, while there's not an "official" JB update yet, there are a few unofficial ones that are working quite well, as well as CM/AOSP in the making. You can also just convert it to a nexus (basically) if you'd like, so I'd say go for it personally. However I'll probably get flamed for even answering you because you should really search since there are probably about a million threads just like this. Just food for thought...
NEVER buy a phone for what it MIGHT do in the future...
The Optimus G will probably get JB in the future - but there is a slight chance it won't. And who knows when, could be months.
If you don't mind rooting and tinkering, there are a few ports that mostly (but not completely or perfectly) run JB now.
If that works for you, then there you go.
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If you need or really want JB, and don't feel like rooting, wait a few months for the next crop of super phones. By the time this gets official JB support, the next batch will already be here with faster processors, etc. However, if you do like to mod and root and tinker, as was mentioned, there are some developers working on AOSP and CM10.1. Hopefully that will be out by the end of this month, but we don't ask for or get ETA's around here...etiquette, and stuff.
Once that door opens, I would imagine the ROM's and custom development will take-off.
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I guess I should have worded my question differently. I should have said, has it gotten the update, rather than does it get it. But from the way it sounds, it has not. I like rooting and tinkering. But I really just want a stock JB phone to work with and tinker from there. I appreciate the answers though. Thanks.
Snow released a fully functional JB port based on stock for a different LGOG (not sure which one) which works phenomenally. Though I'm more for ICS instead of JB, I'm giving it a shot. The performance is outrageous.
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Neroga said:
Snow released a fully functional JB port based on stock for a different LGOG (not sure which one) which works phenomenally. Though I'm more for ICS instead of JB, I'm giving it a shot. The performance is outrageous.
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Where is that at?
Do all features that are at least in the OEM firmware work properly?
(I have to have a phone that works, out of beta, without bugs and crashes and spending days on workarounds. I tried AOSP on my Samsung Galacxy SII Skyrocket and it was nothing but problems. Camera crashing, editing configs.... it was a beta at best and unreliable. I don't think I want a custom ROM ever again if that is the experience with it, but I do love JB)
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Where is that at?
Do all features that are at least in the OEM firmware work properly?
(I have to have a phone that works, out of beta, without bugs and crashes and spending days on workarounds. I tried AOSP on my Samsung Galacxy SII Skyrocket and it was nothing but problems. Camera crashing, editing configs.... it was a beta at best and unreliable. I don't think I want a custom ROM ever again if that is the experience with it, but I do love JB)
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Everything's working fine on my end too. The only other problem i've heard is of some people not having their 32g or 64g external card show up while others have. I just flashed it last night, granted it's still early to know for sure without testing a few more days but I'm really enjoying it and things are flawless right now.
Hey guys,
So as the title suggests, this will be my first time rooting any phone. I attempted to root my HTC Inspire 4G, nearly bricked it, and kinda gave up on the whole thing.
Now, with my HTC One loaded with unecessary AT&T apps and other stupid bloatware, I find myself in the same position. I know there are many guides for rooting the One, but are there any that are particularly newbie-friendly? Also, I understand that after rooting, OTA updates are impossible. My question is...is 4.2.2 available currently? What about 4.3? And most importantly, how easy/difficult is it to install an update?
Thanks guys. This whole thing has me moderately excited, and equally freaked out (really really like this phone and DON'T want to brick it).
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Hey guys,
So as the title suggests, this will be my first time rooting any phone. I attempted to root my HTC Inspire 4G, nearly bricked it, and kinda gave up on the whole thing.
Now, with my HTC One loaded with unecessary AT&T apps and other stupid bloatware, I find myself in the same position. I know there are many guides for rooting the One, but are there any that are particularly newbie-friendly? Also, I understand that after rooting, OTA updates are impossible. My question is...is 4.2.2 available currently? What about 4.3? And most importantly, how easy/difficult is it to install an update?
Thanks guys. This whole thing has me moderately excited, and equally freaked out (really really like this phone and DON'T want to brick it).
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If you have never rooted, an HTC device is probably a little intimidating compared to other manufacturers.
Now, if you just get a guide and follow it to a t, you'll be fine.
You can always get thr phone back to a stock state if you want an ota update, buy if you are running a custom rom, that dev will typically update that particular rom with the ota update.
Hope that helps
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if i can help....
i am new to android (iphone convert)...HTC ONE is my first droid device.
i had an iphone 5, Jailbroke it, was lovin life but needed a bigger screen.
HTC One, AT&T, 4.1.2 android
anyhow, i myself was in the same boat as you last week.
my main gripe with the stock HTC one is the fact that you cannot "wake up" the phone any other way
except for the power button. so annoying- it was driving me crazy.
also i have unlimited ATT data plan, and so my wifi tether was dead, and wanted to mod for that as well.
anyhow, i was on the fence regarding rooting my phone, but then i
finally ran into the BULLETPROOF kernel thread here at XDA, and i had to have it.
as i began to research my quest to brick my phone, i ran into this guy on youtube: qbking77
he has some great videos on youtube that will give you the exact instructions and directions on
what you will need to do to root your HTC phone.
His English is easy to understand, he has a support webpage/blog with links to everything you need, very very good and easy tutorial, probably what convinced me to do it.
so here are the steps that he gives:
#1. UNLOCK BOOTLOADER HERE:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QU7vi388dMk&feature=youtu.be
#2. ROOT INSTRUCTIONS HERE:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRkAHw_GmIs
BAM!...you are done rooting.
He uses TWRP (custom recovery), and TWRP has been an easy interface for me, no gripes.
so, anyhow, after you have gone through those steps, if I can suggest a couple other things I ran into.
one of the main reasons I was wanting to root my phone, was to install the bulletproof kernel.
this kernel allows for you to “swipe to unlock” your HTC phone.
it’s super cool, and that was the first thing I wanted to install.
I went ahead and installed it, happy as can be…
everything seemed cool, but after a day or so, went to open my camera,
and what do you know, black camera death screen, NO CAMERA!
I was like WTH, ???
jumped back in the forums (guess I should have researched a little further)
and I am not sure why, or what the deal is, but there is a glitch with the kernel and 4.1.2 android version. some people were fine but there are a lot like me and had the camera error.
so long story longer,
I ended up trying to re-install every single bulletproof rom version that was available,
still no luck.
finally i PM'd another user on these forums, he said he installed the ANDROID REVOLUTION HD (4.2.2 ROM)
i went ahead and installed, then I installed the bulletproof kernel m7-3.4 (for 4.2.2)
and what do you know, 100% just fine, absolutely sweet.
only other thing I’ve done was install the ULTIMATE RIT_ARHD_12.1 (HD icon them package)
and man, my phone has a whole new life, and I am absolutely loving it.
anyhow, hope that helps,
those qbking77 vids are the best thing to use in my opinion,
(oh and qbking77 has a vid to install "free wifi hotspot for the HTC ONE"....took all but 5 minutes and that was the icing on the cake!)
good luck!
AJ
Welcome
I am not big into posting on XDA because I typically found my answers either here or on YouTube. As 9aj9 stated, look up qbking77 on youtube and follow his videos. They are very straight forward. On top of what 9aj9 stated, I also S-OFF and SuperCID. The following videos explain what S-OFF and SuperCID mean and how you get them.
S-OFF - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4BWxtjaamM
SuperCID - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvcYRNMq3YQ
I am personally running Stock Rooted Google Edition (link below), but I have flashed several things. It is all personal preference once you get rooted. Wish you the best of luck!
Stock Rooted GE- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2360608
id like to throw my post in here if I could. I bought a factory unlocked One from htc.com and thought I was going to get updates from htc. They recently told me I still had to wait for updates from my carrier (att). with this bit of news Ive decided I want to put a stock google 4.2 on my one. Are these instructions posted above good for me to use? sense is something I can do without, has someone made a rom with 4.2 with sense as well?
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id like to throw my post in here if I could. I bought a factory unlocked One from htc.com and thought I was going to get updates from htc. They recently told me I still had to wait for updates from my carrier (att). with this bit of news Ive decided I want to put a stock google 4.2 on my one. Are these instructions posted above good for me to use? sense is something I can do without, has someone made a rom with 4.2 with sense as well?
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I have the ViperOne rom, it's 4.2.2 and Sense 5....
Best advice is take a step back and give it a few days. You will absorb everything there is in time. And if you **** up it Can be fixed ^_^
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9aj9 posted the very videos I used to unlock my bootloader and root mine, thats exactly what I would have posted,,
And if you want a good rom to run that 4.2.2 use this one with Sense 5 as well
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2183023
its close to stock with little tweaks here and there and its ALL I have been using. The Dev Mike1986 updates it rather often!
Plus if you are alittle worried at the moment, I would recommend keeping it simple and not worrying about SuperCID and S-off...while I to am both of these things, it isnt really necessary
You don't need to be rooted to wake your device with something beside the power button.
I use 'Power On Volume' and my volume button wakes my device. I use a different app that allows me to lock my HTC One with a touchscreen button.
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Awesome!
I picked up the HTC One a few days ago from AT&T (coming from iOS). Like 9aj9, some things were finicky like not being able to wake the phone other than the power button, I can see the gripes with the volume button placement and are easily triggered. I got a slim case to give me space away from the volume rocker.
Anyway, I was going to flash to the Home2Wake kernel, but the bulletproof kernel sound even better! However, seems it's most stable if Android Revolution HD ROM in installed (is that the right word?).
So, I have one question before I proceed - can I revert the HTC One to stock 4.1.2 after flashing to Revolution ROM? I'm asking because I am still within the return window and would like the option of getting it back to stock if I wanted to return it.
Im pretty certain u can revert, when u go through qbking77's vids, i believe he has a vid in reverting back to stock.
But one main thing is u have to run a full backup once u have TWRP installed....
aj
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I was wondering about firmware. I just got my ATT One and I saw a lot of users are flashing the newest firmware.
Is this necessary and if so, what order do we do it in? Flash the firmware after Root?
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I was wondering about firmware. I just got my ATT One and I saw a lot of users are flashing the newest firmware.
Is this necessary and if so, what order do we do it in? Flash the firmware after Root?
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Not needed. The firmware that comes with the phone works on 4.2 roms also (the old If it isnt broken dont fix it comes to mind here ). Some of us just like to have the latest greatest everything so I did the firmware update as well, but like I said, its not necessary.
Also, when installing a 4.2 rom keep in mind that the file system will be different as 4.2 has support for multiple users.
Maybe I caught you before you went ahead and rooted, but it was honestly a piece of cake. I pretty much followed what 9aj9 wrote (thread 3). If you follow qbking77's videos, you can't go wrong. I used a W7 machine, even thought I usually use a Mac, but qbking77 used a W7, so I was able to do each step exactly. I did download the most recent SuperSU (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1538053) instead of the older version form the site.
Anyway take your time, make sure you have a few hours. Also, realize you will lose everything when you unlock the boot loader. I backed up most things with Helium, but you have to re-install all the apps, Helium just backs up the data.
I've been looking but I haven't found one of them yet. I guess I'm one of the rare ones with an unlocked bootloader and custom recovery but I don't need anything fancy just a stock rom. thanks!
The radios are out so you can flash them but no roms built from source yet. I haven't really seen anyone talk about putting out a standard srd yet just that sbreen and nitroglycerine will be updating their roms
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It's a painstaking wait since Sammy decided to fk around with Knox etc. Still rolling with my gimped Gear. Love the watch but would love like hell to get my sms/mms and be able to upgrade to the latest Gear Manager. Bastards picked a hell of a time to release a watch that relies on an OS that is a whore to custom rom out.
im feeling yo pain
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I've been looking but I haven't found one of them yet. I guess I'm one of the rare ones with an unlocked bootloader and custom recovery but I don't need anything fancy just a stock rom. thanks!
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been waiting myselfalmost holding my breath at times this really sucks but I'm no Dev so I have to wait just like a few of us this stuck with MDK and have full abilities and waiting for our fantastic day as to pick the crumbs E b******* out of Verizon update I've had a gear watch going on 2 weeks now with very few capabilities and I've almost taken the plunge several times now to go ahead and update but then I know I will be very very sad because I will lose my recovery so I guess it's on 2 waiting for more with hope hope hope
thank you, no pressure to the devs, just making sure I wasn't in the wrong place.
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been waiting myselfalmost holding my breath at times this really sucks but I'm no Dev so I have to wait just like a few of us this stuck with MDK and have full abilities and waiting for our fantastic day as to pick the crumbs E b******* out of Verizon update I've had a gear watch going on 2 weeks now with very few capabilities and I've almost taken the plunge several times now to go ahead and update but then I know I will be very very sad because I will lose my recovery so I guess it's on 2 waiting for more with hope hope hope
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I have MDK also loaded stock 4.3 from development works great runs silky smooth and still have bootloader it's lokied. Tether is possible with a few steps threw terminal emulator.
Hi all, im just wondering if anyone knows the current status on the development for rooting the 4.3 (MJ7) update, or unlocking the bootloader, if possible. I am going to inherit a gs4 a little over half a year from now and im wondering if i will even be able to even root and put a rom on it like i did for my gs3. Do you think they will ever root & rom the last version they ever release for the phone? The owner always updates it no matter what i say, so would it be okay for him to update to the latest update in the future, or should i push even harder for him not to update?
Thanks
joedajoester said:
Hi all, im just wondering if anyone knows the current status on the development for rooting the 4.3 (MJ7) update, or unlocking the bootloader, if possible. I am going to inherit a gs4 a little over half a year from now and im wondering if i will even be able to even root and put a rom on it like i did for my gs3. Do you think they will ever root & rom the last version they ever release for the phone? The owner always updates it no matter what i say, so would it be okay for him to update to the latest update in the future, or should i push even harder for him not to update?
Thanks
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Maybe it's me. But if I'm dealing with people who do this kind of thing purely for the challenge of it, I don't ask them when they'll be done.
I'm not trying to be a smartass, but this kind of work is dealing with a bunch of unknowns. Like all other phones, eventually it'll likely be figured out. Until then, best you can do is tune into the channels they use to communicate with each other and you can gain an appreciation for both what they're up against and how they're progressing.
Should you continue to update? Each update will usually close the hole exploited to gain root. The process begins all over again. My experience on the two HTC devices I've had is that it takes several months to find the first exploit and several weeks to find new ones after each update.
You're a year and a half out from owning your own S4. Be comforted in the fact that by the time you get it, it'll be a piece of crap compared to the new phones that'll be out then.
Then again, my original Incredible and the Rezound are still quite usable phones today.
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Hi all, im just wondering if anyone knows the current status on the development for rooting the 4.3 (MJ7) update, or unlocking the bootloader, if possible. I am going to inherit a gs4 a little over half a year from now and im wondering if i will even be able to even root and put a rom on it like i did for my gs3. Do you think they will ever root & rom the last version they ever release for the phone? The owner always updates it no matter what i say, so would it be okay for him to update to the latest update in the future, or should i push even harder for him not to update?
Thanks
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3.7739 hours from now
Hit thanks if I helped you out. Doing a little bit of reading goes a long way. Sent via tapatalk.
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The owner always updates it no matter what i say, so would it be okay for him to update to the latest update in the future, or should i push even harder for him not to update?
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I can't see where it makes any difference. At this point in time I believe it's safe to say the S4 bootloader will never be unlocked. As for finding an exploit such as LOKI, I doubt it.
We do have SafeStrap which is a great achievement but not as good as LOKI as it won't allow ASOP ROMs to run.
Conclusion, learn to love the stock ROM, I believe you're going to have to live with it. You may be able to root which will allow you to remove bloat, let's hope so anyway....
NOTE: I should point out that 2 years from now I believe the manufacturers and carriers will have made ALL phones locked with no way to unlock or flash anything.
Meanwhile, the developers are still working so hope for the best but expect the worst.
Well I has been awhile since I've had some time to really mess with my phone. I finally have some time and have no idea where to start. I'm currently running Hyperdrive rls10, 4.2.2 on ME7. Yes you've read that right. The build is from october of last year. I've done some searching on here and the web and was wondering what options I have for updating, as I obviously cannot find anything coming from ME7 of last year to anything current. I have been rooting and installing roms since the good 'ol days of the Original Droid so I have a pretty good understanding of procedure, adb and such. Even if someone could throw me a path to follow in terms of which firmwares to jump to in order to get up to date would be fine as I would appreciate any help whatsoever.
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Well I has been awhile since I've had some time to really mess with my phone. I finally have some time and have no idea where to start. I'm currently running Hyperdrive rls10, 4.2.2 on ME7. Yes you've read that right. The build is from october of last year. I've done some searching on here and the web and was wondering what options I have for updating, as I obviously cannot find anything coming from ME7 of last year to anything current. I have been rooting and installing roms since the good 'ol days of the Original Droid so I have a pretty good understanding of procedure, adb and such. Even if someone could throw me a path to follow in terms of which firmwares to jump to in order to get up to date would be fine as I would appreciate any help whatsoever.
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You probably want to keep ME7 as your bootloader. You could always find a rom that's NC5 and install it.
I will have to take a look around to see what I can find then. Is there any specific reason you recommend this? Like I said, it has been quite awhile so I know there is a lot I have missed in a years time.
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I will have to take a look around to see what I can find then. Is there any specific reason you recommend this? Like I said, it has been quite awhile so I know there is a lot I have missed in a years time.
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Surge is working on kexec and it's probably going to be for NC5. The only thing is that why would you want to keep steping up to another bootloader. You are the closest to MDK and if kexec works then you could upgrade to the bootloader it's on.