Hi guys, is it possible for me to flash a 4.3 custom rom if I'm coming from a 4.4.2 kitkat custom rom? I've been reading around, some say its possible, but some say you will stuck in kitkat forever once you flash a kitkat rom.
i tried many times from kitkat to 4.3.... i was successfully flashed...
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nikctsh said:
Hi guys, is it possible for me to flash a 4.3 custom rom if I'm coming from a 4.4.2 kitkat custom rom? I've been reading around, some say its possible, but some say you will stuck in kitkat forever once you flash a kitkat rom.
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Off course I do it all the time just make sure you do a full wipe and you will have no problems.
tallman43 said:
Off course I do it all the time just make sure you do a full wipe and you will have no problems.
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majidshahab091 said:
i tried many times from kitkat to 4.3.... i was successfully flashed...
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Thanks man I'm not sure why some say their phone freeze upon downgrading but I trust you guys
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How long is usually installing a rom takes? Coz after i install custom mod from cmw its restarted and at when its come to boot it loading for somewhat forever..im afraid is gonna brick if i force it to shut down
katshura007 said:
How long is usually installing a rom takes? Coz after i install custom mod from cmw its restarted and at when its come to boot it loading for somewhat forever..im afraid is gonna brick if i force it to shut down
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Wait a couple of minutes if the phone don't reboot try to reflash the rom again..
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alexischino said:
Wait a couple of minutes if the phone don't reboot try to reflash the rom again..
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Im already in booting screen actually, but i already waiting for half hour and still booting..
btw installing infamous custom rom btw have any idea? im instaling it from rooted stock rom, should i upgrade it to ics first? if yes, want version should i go?
katshura007 said:
Im already in booting screen actually, but i already waiting for half hour and still booting..
btw installing infamous custom rom btw have any idea? im instaling it from rooted stock rom, should i upgrade it to ics first? if yes, want version should i go?
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If you're still on HC, its best to upgrade to stock ics first.
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eushaun99 said:
If you're still on HC, its best to upgrade to stock ics first.
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That's correct. Stock ICS will give you the correct Bootloader required for the custom ROM you wish to to flash.
Cheers.
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stock 4.0.4
then custom rom + gapps....dont forget right gapps
recovery 6.0.3.3 from droidbasement is what i use
Should I upgrade to Android 4.3? I just received the update today. I am hesitating as I do not want to make a wrong mistake.
Is it wise to update if I want to install custom ROMs on it? It's now running Android 4.1.2 on I9305xxbmd5 rom.
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entertainer99 said:
Should I upgrade to Android 4.3? I just received the update today. I am hesitating as I do not want to make a wrong mistake.
Is it wise to update if I want to install custom ROMs on it? It's now running Android 4.1.2 on I9305xxbmd5 rom.
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Up to you, it should not make any difference but if you're going to install custom rom then why bother updating?
entertainer99 said:
Should I upgrade to Android 4.3? I just received the update today. I am hesitating as I do not want to make a wrong mistake.
Is it wise to update if I want to install custom ROMs on it? It's now running Android 4.1.2 on I9305xxbmd5 rom.
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Why will you update if you want to use a custom rom later.. anyways, everything upto you..
entertainer99 said:
Should I upgrade to Android 4.3? I just received the update today. I am hesitating as I do not want to make a wrong mistake.
Is it wise to update if I want to install custom ROMs on it? It's now running Android 4.1.2 on I9305xxbmd5 rom.
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If you do not need the 4.3 feature, you'd better do not upgrade it.
entertainer99 said:
Should I upgrade to Android 4.3? I just received the update today. I am hesitating as I do not want to make a wrong mistake.
Is it wise to update if I want to install custom ROMs on it? It's now running Android 4.1.2 on I9305xxbmd5 rom.
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You are in the wrong forum if you have I9305 .
Does anyone encounter failure while trying to flash 4.4 roms?
I tried to upgrade form 4.2.2 GPE..... That didn't work
I tried to first update to 4.3 and go to 4.4... that didn't work either.
Is there a fix for 4.4 failure while flashing?
Thanks
What recovery r u using.
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Gotta use and updated recovery that supports 4.4 ROMs. I had the same issue didn't realize I needed to be on an updated recovery. If using cwm recovery you need to be on at least a 6.0.4.x and above to flash 4.4 roms
I opened up the gates of hell. First installed international MJ9 ROMs. Then erased my internal after backing up EFS to the internal... derp.
Now I don't have IMEI info. it's NULL.
I am growing tired of reading non-Verizon-GNII topics not helping much to solve this issue.
And for some reason my phone is keep spamming "FACTORY MODE ON"
I wonder if I unroot my phone and upgrade it to OTA 4.4.2 it will fix everything.
Any ideas?
What should I do to go back to stock 4.3 or 4.4.2?
P.S: Got out of Factory Mode.
I would try to odin back to factory for what ever you had prior to this. Don't take the ota or you'll be stuck there. . And if you weren't already on 4.3 don't go it either. Totally different hell if you do, one with locked bootloader and no root access...
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vlx600d said:
I would try to odin back to factory for what ever you had prior to this. Don't take the ota or you'll be stuck there. . And if you weren't already on 4.3 don't go it either. Totally different hell if you do, one with locked bootloader and no root access...
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I had alliances Rom 4.3 before all this happened.. What do you mean by Odin back to factory?
In the android development section for the vzw note 2 there's a sticky on returning to stock. Follow the path for flashing 4.3 factory image in odin
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vlx600d said:
In the android development section for the vzw note 2 there's a sticky on returning to stock. Follow the path for flashing 4.3 factory image in odin
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Ah nice thank you!
Is this actually unrooting my phone? I mean will this lock my bootloader and prevent me from installing custom roms in the future?
Thanks so much for your advise.
Yes it will. That's why u wanna flash whatever u had before. If you had 4.3, flash 4.3. If you had an older image flash it. The thread has everything you need. If you can do 4.1 then you can unlock the bootloader again. If you flash 4.3 you can root but not unlock. If you flash 4.4 you are bone stock no root possibly forever
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Sweet... I just installed rooted stock 4.3 by beanstown106 and everything's back to normal.
All thanks to you vlx600d.
I know I asked you this once before but I just want to double check:
- I am able to flash 4.4.2 ROM from my 4.3 ROM without a problem?
- Can I flash 4.3 back from 4.4.2 ROMs?
Thanks so much!
For anyone with my kind of problem, try installing Official Rooted Stock 4.3 and flash the modem via Odin per the instruction in the link.
wjdzm said:
Sweet... I just installed rooted stock 4.3 by beanstown106 and everything's back to normal.
All thanks to you vlx600d.
I know I asked you this once before but I just want to double check:
- I am able to flash 4.4.2 ROM from my 4.3 ROM without a problem?
- Can I flash 4.3 back from 4.4.2 ROMs?
Thanks so much!
For anyone with my kind of problem, try installing Official Rooted Stock 4.3 and flash the modem via Odin per the instruction in the link.
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You should be fine to flash 4.4.2 and revert back as well
Glad to hear your back up and running.
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Hello i root and then install a custom rom but im having problems with signal and wifi. My question is is there a way to restore my stock firmware? I wanna go back to normal i used to have android 4.3 and my rom right now is the hyperdrive rt16 and it says its 4.1.2 thank you !
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zephirop said:
Hello i root and then install a custom rom but im having problems with signal and wifi. My question is is there a way to restore my stock firmware? I wanna go back to normal i used to have android 4.3 and my rom right now is the hyperdrive rt16 and it says its 4.1.2 thank you !
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If you want a custom jb ROM working fine in WiFi and signal, install shostock3 v4.0 or if you want come back to stock use Odin and install the last stock firmware I777UCMD8
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zephirop said:
Hello i root and then install a custom rom but im having problems with signal and wifi. My question is is there a way to restore my stock firmware? I wanna go back to normal i used to have android 4.3 and my rom right now is the hyperdrive rt16 and it says its 4.1.2 thank you !
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If you have SGH-I747 as your signature indicates, then you are in the wrong forum. If so, disregard the advice above, and go to the correct forum for your phone.