I have a gs4 with an unlocked bootloader (MDK baseband). The data port on mine went south, so I'm looking for another one on swappa. I found one but the baseband does not have mdk in it. It's rooted with 4.4.4, so I know it has an unlocked bootloader. The phone I have now has the mdk in the baseband. My question is how can this be? I know it's been updated, but I didn't think you could update it without loosing the unlocked bootloader. Thanks
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wily5150 said:
I have a gs4 with an unlocked bootloader (MDK baseband). The data port on mine went south, so I'm looking for another one on swappa. I found one but the baseband does not have mdk in it. It's rooted with 4.4.4, so I know it has an unlocked bootloader. The phone I have now has the mdk in the baseband. My question is how can this be? I know it's been updated, but I didn't think you could update it without loosing the unlocked bootloader. Thanks
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You could try to fix it yourself, or buy a replacement port and find a small electronics repair shop to do it for you...
https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Samsung+Galaxy+S4+USB+Board+Replacement/16542
http://www.amazon.com/ePartSolution...sim_cps_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=1NMWVPP4H227S5XYBGJ0
wily5150 said:
I have a gs4 with an unlocked bootloader (MDK baseband). The data port on mine went south, so I'm looking for another one on swappa. I found one but the baseband does not have mdk in it. It's rooted with 4.4.4, so I know it has an unlocked bootloader. The phone I have now has the mdk in the baseband. My question is how can this be? I know it's been updated, but I didn't think you could update it without loosing the unlocked bootloader. Thanks
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Being rooted doesn't mean you have an unlocked bootloader. They are two completely different things. That being said, you should try everything you can to hold on to your MDK phone. They are like gold around here now.
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I've rooted a mek device using towelroot. and it didnt have a unlocked bootloader.So like the above poster said, just cause its rooted doesn't mean its MDK
Also, keep in mind that you can't always go by what the build number in About Phone says...cuz even though I have MDK firmware, my build number in the ROM I'm running says that my build number is NE5.
A great tool for determining the ACTUAL firmware/build number is Samsung Phone Info from the Play Store
Keep it kid!
Thanks for your input. I will buy the charge port from the link you provided. I never even thought about fixing it myself. Good job. Thanks again
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I may have to return my ATRIX due to Let'sTalk horrible customer service, but I was wondering if there is anyway to re-lock the Bootloader, or to hide the fact that it says, Unlocked. Thank you in advanced
Also, I'm sorry if this is in the wrong section, as this is urgent to me and I have yet to see any otherpost relating this topic.
There is another topic like this.
No you can't re-lock and no you can't "hide" the unlock wording. Sorry.
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Assume you installed 2.3 using CWM, if that is the case, you can flash the stock 1.8.3. Because the bootloader is not compatible with the unlocked phones, it won't show the "unlocked" text when you turn on the phone. I have tried it when I was trying to get rid if the unlocked text.
The down side is, you won't be able to flash custom ROM until you flash a compatible bootloader.
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But downgrading will hard brick the phone.be very very carefully.
Reflash To Stock
Unfortunately, there is no way to relock a bootloader. Hence all of the warnings when you committed
but, if you use 4.5.91 the software at the address below should reinstall the newest stock software...
direct.motorola.com/hellomoto/motosupport/source/SoftwareUpdateSelect.asp?country=USA&language=ENS
be careful because Im not sure how motorola update will react to an unlocked bootloader. Ask around...do so at your own risk.
If you want to try a harder, albeit, safer method, and you are sure that you do not have a phone running 4.1.5.91, you can restore your phone to a factory SBF with this process:
briefmobile.com/motorola-atrix-4g-system-boot-file-sbf-leaked
DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES TRY TO RESTORE A 4.5.91 system to stock with RSD LITE.
To go to any of the blue webaddresses above, copy-paste them into your browser. Sorry, but I am not allowed to post links yet.
I wonder why nobody has created a CWM downgrade for US Atrixes. NFHimself made one for Bell or international users to go to 2.2.2 Bell and it works really well. Pretty much every partition is replaced. Great for masking that your boot loader is unlocked. Someone should probably do that for ATT to make downgrading less risky than flashing an sbf again...
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But downgrading will hard brick the phone.be very very carefully.
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The downgrading and hard brick problem stems from using the OTA update, so you won't hard brick if for example you upgraded with KP's 4.5.91.
You also should be able to flash the 4.5.91 SBF. You just can't downgrade. There are other threads about this.
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maledyris said:
I wonder why nobody has created a CWM downgrade for US Atrixes. NFHimself made one for Bell or international users to go to 2.2.2 Bell and it works really well. Pretty much every partition is replaced. Great for masking that your boot loader is unlocked. Someone should probably do that for ATT to make downgrading less risky than flashing an sbf again...
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The reason the fruitcakes were created and deemed safe by the devs were because it didn't touch the BL, which people believe to be the culprit behind the hard bricks. NFhimself was brave enough to testing flashing the BL via cwm in his gobstopper on international phones, but I don't think any other devs are willing to risk hard bricking their phones by testing that theory on US phones.
There also isn't enough "reward" for doing so because if people want to downgrade they can use a fruitcake. The only gain is to get rid of the "unlock" text. But if you were really that concerned about it despite reading all the warnings of this will void you warranty, you shouldn't have unlocked in the first place.
maledyris said:
I wonder why nobody has created a CWM downgrade for US Atrixes. NFHimself made one for Bell or international users to go to 2.2.2 Bell and it works really well. Pretty much every partition is replaced. Great for masking that your boot loader is unlocked. Someone should probably do that for ATT to make downgrading less risky than flashing an sbf again...
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Hi,
One of the reasons I did up a default CWM of 2.2.2 is to have a means of doing a reset after trying all ATT/ORANGE/TELSTRA/MOVIESTAR/etc firmwares out there which may have side effects or accumulated side effects. Hence the inclusion of the stock bootloader and radio and a write of the extra partitions to clean up whatever mix and match leftovers are in there from the various carriers. The other big one is just to be able to get a Bell OTA applied when it comes out, it will probably be similar to the leak, but best to be safe.
This is more of a Bell/Intl issue as ATT folks tend to run just ATT firmware or flash just boot and system via CWM/fastboot and don't have the same issues as flashing a sbf file.
Both the stock 2.2.2 and leaked ap20 OTA bootloaders from Bell are safe to flash after IHOP, this is not the case with ATT bootloaders and may be the case for any included in a sbf file. Finding out the hard way is not an option.
Cheers!
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Assume you installed 2.3 using CWM, if that is the case, you can flash the stock 1.8.3. Because the bootloader is not compatible with the unlocked phones, it won't show the "unlocked" text when you turn on the phone. I have tried it when I was trying to get rid if the unlocked text.
The down side is, you won't be able to flash custom ROM until you flash a compatible bootloader.
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Say I unlocked it at 1.8.3 should I go down to 1.5.7? Is that safe?
moto helper update relocked mine flashed it to 4.5.91 and i had to reunlock and root agin i thought i was getting a driver update not ota.I was on rom homebase + extras but my win 7 64 bit wasent seeing my phone so i reinstalled drivers and updated drivers and updated moto helper and in the process flashed my phone to stock that pissed me off had to start over..I rebooted the phone several times and never seen unlocked on boot tried to fastboot into android recovery and got the triangle im all good now back on homebase ext4 just thought id share that you realy can relock at least it dont say unlocked i beleve its locked
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and no you can't "hide" the unlock wording. Sorry.
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Err...............yes you can!
care to share how?
Scolis said:
care to share how?
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Read the thread from the start. It's already been said!
CaelanT said:
Read the thread from the start. It's already been said!
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Trying this today. Seems like my vibrator motor quit working. Phone is 6 months old I should be under the year warranty or so right?
leperkuan said:
Trying this today. Seems like my vibrator motor quit working. Phone is 6 months old I should be under the year warranty or so right?
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When I was at school 6 months < 1 year so yes!
This is where you need to look:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1163009
CaelanT said:
When I was at school 6 months < 1 year so yes!
This is where you need to look:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1163009
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Lol well I wasn't sure it had a one year warranty. Found out my vibrator does work. Just sometimes doesn't on cm7. Weird. Well I may try this anyways. Tired of custom Roms.
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leperkuan said:
Found out my vibrator does work.
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Think you should go to another site other than XDA with this. Something in the XXX domain should work for you. Too much information for me! LOL................
assuming it is still in warranty
hard brick the phone and return it
just tell them you was doing a software update and your kid unplugged the phone while doing so
Hi my phone broke and I just got it back from samsung and they updated me to 4.3 with the no bootloader so no hopes of unlocking it. I would really like to install this rom. Is there anyway to convert the zip into a tar package.
If you have the official VZW 4.3 upgrade, you're out of luck. No one has come up with a method to root it yet.
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If you have the official VZW 4.3 upgrade, you're out of luck. No one has come up with a method to root it yet.
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This isn't correct. Rooting is possible but not unlocking the bootloader.
And to the OP that isn't an option. However, mobiletechvideos have a service to downgrade the bootloader.
jcollier said:
This isn't correct. Rooting is possible but not unlocking the bootloader.
And to the OP that isn't an option. However, mobiletechvideos have a service to downgrade the bootloader.
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Good to know. Last I heard this wasn't possible, but then that was a while ago
I am currently running a Verizon Samsung Galaxy S4 SCH-i545 NC5. I've been wanting CyanogenMod for a while now, but from what it seems the bootloader is completely locked for the S4. I have read that it is possible to downgrade to an older version to get the unlocked bootloader, is this possible? If it is possible I don't know which version to downgrade to... ME7, MDK, MJ7?
Thanks
not possible. if you're running MDK you can do the loki exploit but anything other than MDK is not able to be patched, worked around, etc.
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not possible. if you're running MDK you can do the loki exploit but anything other than MDK is not able to be patched, worked around, etc.
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Ok thanks, but I have seen downgrade videos on YouTube, I haven't tried it but I'm guessing that if you do this you keep your baseband version?
KazanNinja said:
Ok thanks, but I have seen downgrade videos on YouTube, I haven't tried it but I'm guessing that if you do this you keep your baseband version?
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Follow the video if you want. If you manager to downgrade to MDK you can TOTALLY use the loki exploit to work around the locked bootloader and use a custom recover.
However, you can't downgrade a Verizon S4 to MDK. If you manage to get the software on your phone, it wont boot (or your really smart). There is a 148 page thread at the very top of this forum called "If we are serious about unlocking the bootloader". You think that would still be going if you could just downgrade?
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Follow the video if you want. If you manager to downgrade to MDK you can TOTALLY use the loki exploit to work around the locked bootloader and use a custom recover.
However, you can't downgrade a Verizon S4 to MDK. If you manage to get the software on your phone, it wont boot (or your really smart). There is a 148 page thread at the very top of this forum called "If we are serious about unlocking the bootloader". You think that would still be going if you could just downgrade?
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Haha Ok thanks for the help, I'll probably just wait until I get the Nexus 5 and stick with the Eclipse ROM
Don't try unless you want a brick.
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Don't try unless you want a brick.
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Dont think it would even work. It verifies something (Think it was the MD5 or something?) in the file and if its a lower version it will just block you from proceeding.
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Dont think it would even work. It verifies something (Think it was the MD5 or something?) in the file and if its a lower version it will just block you from proceeding.
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There's a bootloader value number and firmware won't flash if it has a lower number. Firmwares such as nc5 and nc2, as well as mk2 and mj7, can be downgraded because they have the same bootloader value.
Is there anything I can do to roll back to MDK BASEBAND so I can actually unlock the bootloader? I am currently on MK2 stock ROM.
Is it even possible to unlock the bootloader on MDK? I have spend over 6 hours researching and trying to figure this thing out. I really want to stay away from safestrap...
Can someone point me to a thread or explain this to me? I can't seem to find anything relevant to this question.
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Is there anything I can do to roll back to MDK BASEBAND so I can actually unlock the bootloader? I am currently on MK2 stock ROM.
Is it even possible to unlock the bootloader on MDK? I have spend over 6 hours researching and trying to figure this thing out. I really want to stay away from safestrap...
Can someone point me to a thread or explain this to me? I can't seem to find anything relevant to this question.
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No way to rollback to MDK my friend - the only ones on MDK are us lucky sods that got it that way and kept it. The bootloader is not unlocked on MDK - workaround is available using Loki exploit. Verizon quickly closed that hole with subsequent "upgrades". At this point safestrap is your only option.
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No way to rollback to MDK my friend - the only ones on MDK are us lucky sods that got it that way and kept it. The bootloader is not unlocked on MDK - workaround is available using Loki exploit. Verizon quickly closed that hole with subsequent "upgrades". At this point safestrap is your only option.
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So there is no way to NUKE the phone and push the original MDK Baseband to the phone like it was done at the factory? : (
Rmhoward24 said:
So there is no way to NUKE the phone and push the original MDK Baseband to the phone like it was done at the factory? : (
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nope. maybe if you were a top samsung executive you could do something.
Will unlocked version of sprint get an OTA
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Will unlocked version of sprint get an OTA
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Do you mean "bumped," with TWRP recovery?
If so, you'll still get notified about the OTA. The OTA should fail to run, but on my last device some people had the KitKat update run even though they had a custom recovery, and it screwed up all sorts of things. So don't accept the OTA if you get it.
To make sure you don't get the OTA, see this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/development/psa-stop-taking-ota-updates-update-t2909412
If by "unlocked" you mean something else, please explain.
As long as the phones system is totally original with no mods or deleted files you should get ota...depends on how it was unlocked.
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meyerweb said:
Do you mean "bumped," with TWRP recovery?
If so, you'll still get notified about the OTA. The OTA should fail to run, but on my last device some people had the KitKat update run even though they had a custom recovery, and it screwed up all sorts of things. So don't accept the OTA if you get it.
To make sure you don't get the OTA, see this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/development/psa-stop-taking-ota-updates-update-t2909412
If by "unlocked" you mean something else, please explain.
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As long as the phones system is totally original with no mods or deleted files you should get ota...depends on how it was unlocked.
Sent from rotary technology Phone
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I am basically getting a used device from a Friend of mine who got it from US and now in India its a Sprint variant and he is currently using it here, Where as he is not in to Rooting and Customizing, Where as I am so Ill be getting the device today evening, I need to know if its unlocked CAN it be locked again by Sprint (Not sure how it was unlocked) if its locked again can i use Bump and Unlock.
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I am basically getting a used device from a Friend of mine who got it from US and now in India its a Sprint variant and he is currently using it here, Where as he is not in to Rooting and Customizing, Where as I am so Ill be getting the device today evening, I need to know if its unlocked CAN it be locked again by Sprint (Not sure how it was unlocked) if its locked again can i use Bump and Unlock.
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Im sure if its unlocked it can still get ota by flashtool. If system is changed. But as far as root or bump. Certainly can. It can be bumped stumped etc. And flashtool back for ota. Depending how it was unlocked. Meaning if it was rooted to unlock then will have to flashtool back im almost sure. Again if your wanting to make sure it stays unlocked usually once unlocked it will stay. I guess it will depend how. And if oem unlocked then im sure re locking is not much of an option. However you should be fine from many of these worries. Hope not to confuse you. Im very tired. Lol. Trying to cover all bases. There are many ways to unlock many devices on many carriers so its really hard to say. But there are mostly generalized options one would believe.
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Im sure if its unlocked it can still get ota by flashtool. If system is changed. But as far as root or bump. Certainly can. It can be bumped stumped etc. And flashtool back for ota. Depending how it was unlocked. Meaning if it was rooted to unlock then will have to flashtool back im almost sure. Again if your wanting to make sure it stays unlocked usually once unlocked it will stay. I guess it will depend how. And if oem unlocked then im sure re locking is not much of an option. However you should be fine from many of these worries. Hope not to confuse you. Im very tired. Lol. Trying to cover all bases. There are many ways to unlock many devices on many carriers so its really hard to say. But there are mostly generalized options one would believe.
Sent from rotary technology Phone
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Thanks for such a detailed answer,
Now when I get the bhone should i be unlocking Bootloader ?
Please suggest me an easy way to ROOT this device?
Which is the most customizied Rom available on this Sprint Thread, I am sure I should not be flashing any other Carrier Roms or International Version of ROM which may Brick the device.
My Friend is claiming that is factory unlocked,Is there a way to find if device is Factory unlocked ??