[Q] I have ME7 rooted, want to OTA to MK2 and reroot - Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4

Hello everyone, thanks for everyone's hard work. The s4 is my first smartphone and root. I used the exploit on http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2380325 without issue.
I'd like to update before 4.4 is pushed, since it doesn't seem rootable yet. I've read over the saferoot thread and it appears pretty straightforward.
My question is, what should I do to prepare my phone for the update and root to go smoothly? I know I have to unfreeze the update app and the bloat. I will do a full backup in titanium. Do I have to remove things like adaway and greenify? I made maps a system app in titanium to properly greenify it, do I need to revert that?
Thanks for any help!

When will the new OTA be pushed? I wanna root but I'm on MK2. Is there a way to flash any boot loader yet for mk2 or any version?
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Or is it all just safestrap..?
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My bad is there a way to flash a custom recovery not bootloader***
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RMACEVO427 said:
When will the new OTA be pushed? I wanna root but I'm on MK2. Is there a way to flash any boot loader yet for mk2 or any version?
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Or is it all just safestrap..?
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My bad is there a way to flash a custom recovery not bootloader***
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Have you ever visited these threads before? Heres some quick advice: edit less and read more.
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RMACEVO427 said:
When will the new OTA be pushed? I wanna root but I'm on MK2. Is there a way to flash any boot loader yet for mk2 or any version?
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I think you can find some answers here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2606501

Don't EVER take an OTA. I got me S4 before the Nazi's locked the boot loader. I wont take an OTA. You can flash modems, ROM's and kernels separately so there is no reason to take the OTA and reroot. Just flash a ROM. You may have to wait an extra week or so to get the latest version, but that's better than ending up with a locked boot loader.

gunnermike said:
Don't EVER take an OTA. I got me S4 before the Nazi's locked the boot loader. I wont take an OTA. You can flash modems, ROM's and kernels separately so there is no reason to take the OTA and reroot. Just flash a ROM. You may have to wait an extra week or so to get the latest version, but that's better than ending up with a locked boot loader.
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I knew the Nazis had something to do with it.. The locked bootloaders have creepy little black mustache written all over them.
And actually now that were on it.... Is Hashcode also a Nazi?
S.S. ???
Hmmmmmmm
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Thanks for the replies. In this case I appear to be more knowledgeable. My phone came with ME7, which means it already has a locked bootloader. I cannot flash custom roms, aside from using maybe safestrap. Given that I'm not interested in running that, my only option for android updates and Samsung app updates is to do an ota.
I'd really like to avoid bricking my phone, as I haven't had much luck searching this topic. Can anyone help me? Thanks.

arnemetis said:
Thanks for the replies. In this case I appear to be more knowledgeable. My phone came with ME7, which means it already has a locked bootloader. I cannot flash custom roms, aside from using maybe safestrap. Given that I'm not interested in running that, my only option for android updates and Samsung app updates is to do an ota.
I'd really like to avoid bricking my phone, as I haven't had much luck searching this topic. Can anyone help me? Thanks.
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You're easiest option will probably be backing up with titanium, using Odin to flash the newest update you're wanting, then root with saferoot and restore your backup. You won't have to worry about unfreezing anything or removing root. Everything you need is in the development section. There is also a guide in I believe the general section on the dos and don'ts of your phone and what to expect.
Hit thanks if I helped you out. Doing a little bit of reading goes a long way. Sent via tapatalk.

Thanks hexitnow. Silly me, I figured my answers would be in the q&a section, not the general one. I had also dismissed odin as useless as I couldn't flag anything custom, now that I researched it I see it can be used to flash a standard update as well. I have located a download for the mk2 update at androidromupdate which I will give a try later. I was going to ask in the development section, but I didn't have enough posts. Guess that's a good thing, keep suckers like me or until we know what we're doing. Thanks again.

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Let's figure out how to update the baseband on this phone

Well, I know you've all been waiting for the MJ4 update, and I have all the system files ready to go. However, the baseband refuses to update past MI3 for me. Nothing i've done gets this thing updated past MI3. I had it at MI5 at one point, but in an attempt to get the MJ4 update before someone passed it along to me, I Odined back to MI3 and now have the stupid message about roll-out updates exceeding.
Basically, anyone with any sort of knowledge in this please chime in with suggestions, ideas, whatever!
I know a few of you have had trouble getting past MI3 yourself with my firmware update. My phone updated fine with it in the beginning, but now it won't. I'm assuming samsung has some security checks in place that reverts any changes unless they're official?
I have tried the following:
-dd from a friend's phone who has MI5. No luck, mine is still at MI3.
-created a flashable zip from the update.zip MJ4 OTA. System files get updated fine, but baseband remains at MI3.
-created a flashable zip with just the modem/apnhlos updates. No luck, still remains at MI3.
-created a odin tar with MI5 modem/apnhlos from a friend's phone. No luck, ODIN refuses to flash it.
-tried flashing the official MI5 update from MI3 with stock recovery. No luck, signature verification error.
-tried flashing the official MJ4 update from MI3 with stock recovery. Obviously no luck, signature verification error, and i'm on an older MI3.
-tried creating an all in one flashable from MI3 all the way up to MI4. Works in custom recovery, however, baseband remains at MI3.
-tried dd aboot, rpm, tz, sbl1, sdi, manually from adb, then applying MI5 update, then MJ4. No luck, baseband remains at MI3
It looks as though if you haven't been officially updated, it refuses to update any of the core firmware.
I'm pretty stumped and annoyed at Samsung for their HTC-style crap they're pulling on us. This may be my last Samsung phone.
If anyone has any ideas or would like to test things please feel free to reply back with suggestions or whatever.
How can the signature verification be fixed
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Well I wonder if we can get it to work through kies.
It seems to me this was something we had to do at one point with the epic 4G the one with the slide case.
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How can the signature verification be fixed
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That's a good question, because i'm applying the untouched update.zip and it still says signature verification failed.
danweb66 said:
Well I wonder if we can get it to work through kies.
It seems to me this was something we had to do at one point with the epic 4G the one with the slide case.
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Probably, but kies keeps telling me that firmware initialization isn't available for my phone
The problem isn't how to update officially, it's how to apply baseband updates for rooted people, which is looking very hard or impossible to do.
It's like .....if you're rooted, you can't get anything. We can keep updating the android system just fine, but any firmware or baseband updates absolutely refuse to apply. I'm guessing a firmware update is what solved the audio popping problems too. Maybe a android system update did, but who knows.
When I tried to update through the stock recovery it said the signature verification failed but the update finished. But in the phone nothing changes at all. That's kinda strange I've never seen that before, it either does the update , or it fails.
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well what im thinking right off the bat is to modify the actual kies program itself so that we could get it to recognize the firmware we want to update to as the one it finds. if you could get me the extracted files I can see what I can come up with.
danweb66 said:
well what im thinking right off the bat is to modify the actual kies program itself so that we could get it to recognize the firmware we want to update to as the one it finds. if you could get me the extracted files I can see what I can come up with.
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the original update.zip or the updated MJ4 android system files?
The other option would be to make a modified odin.
I'm not knowledgeable but got a question. Can you Odin back to stock mi5 or mi3 via the official stock stuff?
Also you obviously are knox tripped maybe that USA the problem?
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freeza said:
the original update.zip or the updated MJ4 android system files?
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the actual system files.
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cherylbaker said:
I'm not knowledgeable but got a question. Can you Odin back to stock mi5 or mi3 via the official stock stuff?
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you can but it seems that once you have rooted it does not want to upgrade the baseband unless you are unmodified.
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what we need to see is exactly how odin and or kies is communicating with that part of the device and modify it to do it differently.
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The other option would be to make a modified odin.
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Yeah that would be an option, if someone can create one with all the necessary files (not just a system image, but recovery, modem, etc) Because the official updates won't apply if you have mixed firmwares. So if a modified odin image were created, it would have to contain all the MI5 firmware as well.
cherylbaker said:
I'm not knowledgeable but got a question. Can you Odin back to stock mi5 or mi3 via the official stock stuff?
Also you obviously are knox tripped maybe that USA the problem?
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You can definitely odin back to MI3. I don't think there is an Odin MI5 around. The problem is, since Samsung is rolling out these updates in stages, probably to avoid server load, people will be stuck on MI3 until they allow more updates. You'll get the error message about roll-out updates exceeding.
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the actual system files.
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you can but it seems that once you have rooted it does not want to upgrade the baseband unless you are unmodified.
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what we need to see is exactly how odin and or kies is communicating with that part of the device and modify it to do it differently.
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I'll upload them in a sec. It'll be like 1.3gb so it may take me around 30 minutes to upload. Also, I don't have the official MJ4 kernel either. I don't know how to properly extract the update.zip. It was created in a way that doesn't allow traditional extraction. If you repair it with winrar, it treats the boot.img as a corrupted file and excludes it from the rebuilt zip file.
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the actual system files.
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you can but it seems that once you have rooted it does not want to upgrade the baseband unless you are unmodified.
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what we need to see is exactly how odin and or kies is communicating with that part of the device and modify it to do it differently.
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The update.zip that freeza posted didn't work at all even though I'm not rooted either. Like stated before it gave me the signature verification failed and it went through with the update. But nothing in the system changed not the build number nor the baseband nor anything at all. I'm not trying to sound like an a.. but I just want to explain as clearly as I can.
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freeza said:
Yeah that would be an option, if someone can create one with all the necessary files (not just a system image, but recovery, modem, etc) Because the official updates won't apply if you have mixed firmwares. So if a modified odin image were created, it would have to contain all the MI5 firmware as well..
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Thinking back I believe that was what we did for the original epic. I believe there is a whole section on how we did it at sdx developers forumn.
danweb66 said:
the actual system files.
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you can but it seems that once you have rooted it does not want to upgrade the baseband unless you are unmodified.
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what we need to see is exactly how odin and or kies is communicating with that part of the device and modify it to do it differently.
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By unmodified do you mean custom status or knox tripped . Only reason I ask is cause I was on mi5 not rooted Samsung strsight. I flashed mi3 stock and rooted via the deja (whatever the no knox trip method is called) faked system status normal with wanam and than took the ota (again straight sammy) to Mi5 and re rooted via deja again.
Now on MI5 rooted BUT I can no longer fake normal status with wanam.
A guy (sorry not sure his name) whom I have been following around thus crazy maze. Claims he flashed back to Mi5 straight sammy and now has normal status again and is on mi5.. not positive if his baseband upgraded don't know if he checked. I believe at this point he is waiting for the ota to stop saying max upgrades .. but we are not knox tripped and so far we have made it to Mi5 rooted normal status no knox trip. . (Assuming he did Check his baseband...
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freeza said:
I'm pretty stumped and annoyed at Samsung for their HTC-style crap they're pulling on us. This may be my last Samsung phone.
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Isn't Sprint the ones responsible?
cherylbaker said:
By unmodified do you mean custom status or knox tripped . Only reason I ask is cause I was on mi5 not rooted Samsung strsight. I flashed mi3 stock and rooted via the deja (whatever the no knox trip method is called) faked system status normal with wanam and than took the ota (again straight sammy) to Mi5 and re rooted via deja again.
Now on MI5 rooted BUT I can no longer fake normal status with wanam.
A guy (sorry not sure his name) whom I have been following around thus crazy maze. Claims he flashed back to Mi5 straight sammy and now has normal status again and is on mi5.. not positive if his baseband upgraded don't know if he checked. I believe at this point he is waiting for the ota to stop saying max upgrades .. but we are not knox tripped and so far we have made it to Mi5 rooted normal status no knox trip. . (Assuming he did Check his baseband...
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Unmodified meaning custom status. Knox trip as far as i know won't have an affect on your ability to receive updates, BUT now that you mention it, maybe it has an affect on you being able to manually update your baseband. I was only able to do it one time with a flashable zip, and I am not sure if i were knox tripped or not, but i sure am now.
Whoever you can think of, we could definitely use their help!
freeza said:
Unmodified meaning custom status. Knox trip as far as i know won't have an affect on your ability to receive updates, BUT now that you mention it, maybe it has an affect on you being able to manually update your baseband. I was only able to do it one time with a flashable zip, and I am not sure if i were knox tripped or not, but i sure am now.
Whoever you can think of, we could definitely use their help!
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well i have not rooted this device yet at all only updated to m15 with kies. so if i was to root the way that does not trip the knox and then try a flashable update.zip for cwm I could maybe see if it works or not.
freeza said:
Unmodified meaning custom status. Knox trip as far as i know won't have an affect on your ability to receive updates, BUT now that you mention it, maybe it has an affect on you being able to manually update your baseband. I was only able to do it one time with a flashable zip, and I am not sure if i were knox tripped or not, but i sure am now.
Whoever you can think of, we could definitely use their help!
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If Knox isn't the reason we can't update then why do we get the error about being "modified" Knox causes that right?
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Before the update came out my phone was saying i was modified when i have not done ANYTHING to my phone yet. I told my brother n he told me to take the SD card out because Samsung has a weird bug with SD cards that if u have too many files or something it'll say ur modified. Idk but after i did that i got the exceeded error..... Also if u just clean up ur SD card it'll work too. He actually sent this
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freeza said:
Unmodified meaning custom status. Knox trip as far as i know won't have an affect on your ability to receive updates, BUT now that you mention it, maybe it has an affect on you being able to manually update your baseband. I was only able to do it one time with a flashable zip, and I am not sure if i were knox tripped or not, but i sure am now.
Whoever you can think of, we could definitely use their help!
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she (sorry )may be thinking of me. I'm out at cota today doing formula 1 stuff so will be a little bit before I can help. But I can say...
Was able to go from mi3 to mi5 (baseband included) using DeLaVega root and wanam. But then had to do some messing to get mi5 to show official.
Alternatively was also able to get official with wanam on mi5 by using the DeLaVega script and wanam on the official mi5 firmware also.
In both cases baseband was changed.when going back to MI3 and forward to mi5.both cases root still worked. Knox still 0x0
Of course no matter which method i try I still get update exceeded and am waiting for mj4.
I do have a few more ideas for you guys but need some time in front of a pc.to be sure. And a copy of the update to verify.
I'll set aside some time this evening.
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danweb66 said:
well i have not rooted this device yet at all only updated to m15 with kies. so if i was to root the way that does not trip the knox and then try a flashable update.zip for cwm I could maybe see if it works or not.
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You'd still flip knox installing com recovery
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MikeyLee said:
If Knox isn't the reason we can't update then why do we get the error about being "modified" Knox causes that right?
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You get modified even without knox flip
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Updating from VRUAME7

This may be an extremely stupid question but I've been browsing around and can't seem to find an answer...I currently have VRUAME7 build, and seems as most ROMs have stopped pushing updates for the safestrap / this build.
I'm having some issues on my ROM, screen locks and won't wake up. So I figured, will have to update my version to one of the supported.
Is the only way to do this to go back to stock ROM, unroot, download and then root again? Or is there any sort of tutorial for this out there? I've searched all over and haven't been able to find out anything about this.
blustosa said:
This may be an extremely stupid question but I've been browsing around and can't seem to find an answer...I currently have VRUAME7 build, and seems as most ROMs have stopped pushing updates for the safestrap / this build.
I'm having some issues on my ROM, screen locks and won't wake up. So I figured, will have to update my version to one of the supported.
Is the only way to do this to go back to stock ROM, unroot, download and then root again? Or is there any sort of tutorial for this out there? I've searched all over and haven't been able to find out anything about this.
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Well the easiest way to do that would be to use the no wipe Odin tar of me7 then take the otas up through mj7 or mk2. Once your on one of those builds you can use Safe Root to gain root again and then install SafeStrap 3.7x.
I'll see if I can find the links for you...
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No wipes
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2301259
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SafeRoot
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2565758
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Once you're on mj7 or mk2 use this SafeStrap
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2441441
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Again... I'd just use the me7 no wipe to get you to the point where your s4 will accept an OTA. Then allow your phone to take those updates ...there is 3 otas you'd take to get to the latest mk2. Then you can root.. install SafeStrap and your good.
Your phone MAY be able to take OTA right now if u uninstalled SafeStrap...unrooted ...put any bloat you may have removed back on.. and removed xposed. But its easier to just use the method I said earlier if u ask me
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Also look here for videos on how to do things if you needed. I assume you know that you cannot have a custom recovery that allows for aosp ROMs like CyanogenMod. Only SafeStrap.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2337590
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Very new to root on vzw s4 mdk w/ twrp

I recently bought my rooted s4 mdk, came with Hyperdrive v10.2 rom. I done some tweaking from within the rom: font,center clock,icon changer ect.. . I've done a little modification such as getting dark dialer & sms, dark horse inverted g: mail,store,music. I did try flashing modem (to nc2 only to have slight heart attack seeing baseband not on mdk) then flash back to mdk. Only after reading thru the whole thread(vzw s4 forums) and flashing the zips that other Mdk users verified working.
I've read how lucky I am to be on mdk with twrp. Also seen post where people mentioning bricking there mdk, but didn't say how they did it.
I want to learn about what I can and can't do.
Like:
is there other compatible roms from other device makers : htc, moto that work on the s4 ? Understanding kernels , how to remove the ringtones from in the system (I tried delete -says deleted but it doesn't . General system knowledge. I guess in other words an Experienced person to take me under there wing and help guide me .
So coming from a unrooted thunderbolt (I would like to root the TB cuz I use it for home phone using viop app) I'm really liking being rooted with the no ads, wifi hotspot ect... and having the unlimited data plan I had to buy out of contract to upgrade. I'm glad I did some reading here to make sure I got unlocked bootloader model so it took me a few times and weeks to get winning bid. Which is okay but yesterday I came across swappa in forum rules and think my next phone shall come from there .
Thank You to all the Great Developers and Knowledgeable People in the Xda Community
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All I can is to start digging and reading these forums and check out YouTube videos...
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Dig Me Up said:
I recently bought my rooted s4 mdk, came with Hyperdrive v10.2 rom. I done some tweaking from within the rom: font,center clock,icon changer ect.. . I've done a little modification such as getting dark dialer & sms, dark horse inverted g: mail,store,music. I did try flashing modem (to nc2 only to have slight heart attack seeing baseband not on mdk) then flash back to mdk. Only after reading thru the whole thread(vzw s4 forums) and flashing the zips that other Mdk users verified working.
I've read how lucky I am to be on mdk with twrp. Also seen post where people mentioning bricking there mdk, but didn't say how they did it.
I want to learn about what I can and can't do.
Like:
is there other compatible roms from other device makers : htc, moto that work on the s4 ? Understanding kernels , how to remove the ringtones from in the system (I tried delete -says deleted but it doesn't . General system knowledge. I guess in other words an Experienced person to take me under there wing and help guide me .
So coming from a unrooted thunderbolt (I would like to root the TB cuz I use it for home phone using viop app) I'm really liking being rooted with the no ads, wifi hotspot ect... and having the unlimited data plan I had to buy out of contract to upgrade. I'm glad I did some reading here to make sure I got unlocked bootloader model so it took me a few times and weeks to get winning bid. Which is okay but yesterday I came across swappa in forum rules and think my next phone shall come from there .
Thank You to all the Great Developers and Knowledgeable People in the Xda Community
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Well a couple tips... Grab Flashify from play store and update your TWRP. There's an easy option to update your recovery and it'll flash it for you.
As far as everything else...
Just look for Roms that are specifically for Jfltevzw or JFLTE.
Kernels will be the same.
You can look in our Verizon Android Development and Original development. Also you can look in other carriers forums like TMobile or Sprint for Roms.
Aosp Roms give you more freedom when looking in other carriers threads since they are all mostly unified now and under the name JFLTE.
Tw Roms you may need compatibility packs if your flashing ones from other carriers or the i9505 S4.
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I'll shoot you some useful links as well..
TWRP http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2292565
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MDK Odin File
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2289325
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MDK Root Method
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2290796
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Flashify
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cgollner.flashify
Under the Flash section simply choose recovery and then have it download either TWRP or CWM and it'll flash an updated one for you. Always good to update your recovery
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KToonsez Kernel
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2294083
In my opinion... The best kernel for our S4.
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Here's the new Unified S4 section JFLTE
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4/unified-development
All AOSP Roms. The list is still being added to.
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This is the ROM I'm currently on. It's crazy fast and stable. It'd be a great ROM to start out with as there's really no bugs at all.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2760650
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Factory Restore with Wipe??

I want exactly this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2301259
BUT, I want to wipe everything, as I want to start with a clean slate. Any suggestions??
CC268 said:
I want exactly this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2301259
BUT, I want to wipe everything, as I want to start with a clean slate. Any suggestions??
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I would like the exact same thing. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
CC268 said:
I want exactly this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2301259
BUT, I want to wipe everything, as I want to start with a clean slate. Any suggestions??
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So you have a MDK phone and want to bring it back to completely wiped stock via odin?
Yes...dont even care about rerooting just want it cleaned out and back to stock MDK
Okay. Stock restore.tar file for odin is uploading to my dropbox now. Seems most of the sites links are all down now, but i have it saved on my pc.
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14 mins remaining smh ....Size: 2.56 GB. I'll pm you when its up. not sure if we're allowed to post these tar. files on here.
heath2805 said:
Okay. Stock restore.tar file for odin is uploading to my dropbox now. Seems most of the sites links are all down now, but i have it saved on my pc.
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14 mins remaining smh ....Size: 2.56 GB. I'll pm you when its up. not sure if we're allowed to post these tar. files on here.
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I had MK2 but then upgraded to NC2/5 so what would I do?
Baurblades43 said:
I had MK2 but then upgraded to NC2/5 so what would I do?
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Looks like you can bring it back to stock unrooted here http://nasirtech.blogspot.com/2014/04/i545vrufnc5-android-442-kitkat-firmware.html?m=1
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CC268 said:
Yes...dont even care about rerooting just want it cleaned out and back to stock MDK
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Check your pm.
Okau thanks man
CC268 said:
I want exactly this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2301259
BUT, I want to wipe everything, as I want to start with a clean slate. Any suggestions??
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I am guessing you already tried a factory reset?
Just did a factory reset actually but before I was on hyperdrive so I wasnt sure what would happen if I did a factory reset
CC268 said:
Just did a factory reset actually but before I was on hyperdrive so I wasnt sure what would happen if I did a factory reset
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Did you soft brick or are you just looking for the factory/stock image?
Nope not bricked just tired of custom ROMs and bugs...I am back on MDK but I will probabaly upgrade to newest firmware and lose the ability to have an unlocked bootloader. I have been flashing ROMs, kernels, themes, you name it...for years and I am ready to just have a stock phone that works all the time.
You can upgrade to NC5 and root via towelroot.com with no issues and get busybox and safestrap. All done with APK's, no ODIN flashing required. You DID successfully wipe and restore to factory MDK?
Sent from my rooted Verizon Galaxy S4 with Hyperdrive ROM using XDA Free Mobile App
liljoe727 said:
You can upgrade to NC5 and root via towelroot.com with no issues and get busybox and safestrap. All done with APK's, no ODIN flashing required. You DID successfully wipe and restore to factory MDK?
Sent from my rooted Verizon Galaxy S4 with Hyperdrive ROM using XDA Free Mobile App
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YES I am now on factory MDK...not even rooted or custom recovery...just like you would pick it up at a Verizon store.
Wow, that must be something new I will check that out
I downloaded the APK what exactly do I do? Update to NC5 via Samsung update and run APK?
Remove unlock icon on startup
I can't remove the unlock icon on boot and set my device status back to stock from "custom"
I used towelroot.com and SuperSu to root my phone because I was having issues with it. Now I can't put it back to return it to the store with my warranty.
I used ODIN to do a full wipe and loaded the VRUFNC5 file along with the PIT 16G file to successfully unroot, but the unlock icon still shows on the screen and the device status still shows "custom." After running the odin full wipe, I rebooted and few times and reset it, but to no avail. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735172
Any assistance would be appreciated so Verizon will honor their warranty. THANKS!
Exactly.
Sent from my rooted Verizon Galaxy S4 with Hyperdrive ROM using XDA Free Mobile App
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liljoe727 said:
Did you soft brick or are you just looking for the factory/stock image?
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CC268 said:
YES I am now on factory MDK...not even rooted or custom recovery...just like you would pick it up at a Verizon store.
Wow, that must be something new I will check that out
I downloaded the APK what exactly do I do? Update to NC5 via Samsung update and run APK?
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The NC5 update is through Verizon but yes, update and then run the APK from towelroot.com and you should have root and be golden.
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hunter00gts said:
I can't remove the unlock icon on boot and set my device status back to stock from "custom"
I used towelroot.com and SuperSu to root my phone because I was having issues with it. Now I can't put it back to return it to the store with my warranty.
I used ODIN to do a full wipe and loaded the VRUFNC2 file along with the PIT 16G file to successfully unroot, but the unlock icon still shows on the screen and the device status still shows "custom." After running the odin full wipe, I rebooted and few times and reset it, but to no avail.
Any assistance would be appreciated so Verizon will honor their warranty. THANKS!
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Surge has a great thread here that should be able to help you with what you are looking for. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735172
Yea unforuntely the update fails for me so I will have to use the ODIN method that was linkee in another thread of mine
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Did you soft brick or are you just looking for the factory/stock image?
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Just looking to return to stock to swap my phone at the Verizon store.
hunter00gts said:
Just looking to return to stock to swap my phone at the Verizon store.
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Surge has a thread here that should help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735172
Sent from my rooted Verizon Galaxy S4 with Hyperdrive ROM using XDA Free Mobile App
liljoe727 said:
Exactly.
Sent from my rooted Verizon Galaxy S4 with Hyperdrive ROM using XDA Free Mobile App
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The NC5 update is through Verizon but yes, update and then run the APK from towelroot.com and you should have root and be golden.
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Surge has a great thread here that should be able to help you with what you are looking for. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735172
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Yes, that is the exact method I used to return to stock. Still didn't work for me though. Any ideas?

Is it possible to downgrade from OREO back to android N or M? (H860n)

My phone is android lg g5 version H860n. Is it possible to downgrade? How? Thank you very much.
It's not with any official way like LG up or whatever i guess. BUT of course you can do it in a custom way. Unlock bootloader, then flash TWRP, then flash the rom of your choice. There are tons of guides out there about how to do it, if you need any more help feel free to ask
Yes
MCL95 said:
It's not with any official way like LG up or whatever i guess. BUT of course you can do it in a custom way. Unlock bootloader, then flash TWRP, then flash the rom of your choice. There are tons of guides out there about how to do it, if you need any more help feel free to ask
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Yes you can. Ask Youtube, dude
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I have had a big research and tried millions of methods the last 2.5 years i got the phone. Without unlocking the bootloader, you cant downgrade nothing. With locked bootloader, you can only upgrade, not downgrade. That's what i have known so far. If something changed lately tho, i will be surprised. Anyways either way it's not hard to downgrade
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Yes you can. Ask Youtube, dude
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bla...bla...bla...just see the video ....
MCL95 said:
I have had a big research and tried millions of methods the last 2.5 years i got the phone. Without unlocking the bootloader, you cant downgrade nothing. With locked bootloader, you can only upgrade, not downgrade. That's what i have known so far. If something changed lately tho, i will be surprised. Anyways either way it's not hard to downgrade
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOwYONhW0xE

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