Removing Knox from NG6 update - Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4

I rooted my device by flashing NC5 with Odin, Towelroot, then flashing NG6. I then used Super User and Root Explorer to enter R/W mode, then searched for "Knox", and deleted all results as the guide I was using told me (can post the link shortly). I then rebooted and now my device doesn't boot past the red Verizon screen. How do I get my device up and running again, and how do I remove Knox so that my phone doesn't keep rebooting itself with the new OTA update?
Thanks in advance!

pattysal said:
I rooted my device by flashing NC5 with Odin, Towelroot, then flashing NG6. I then used Super User and Root Explorer to enter R/W mode, then searched for "Knox", and deleted all results as the guide I was using told me (can post the link shortly). I then rebooted and now my device doesn't boot past the red Verizon screen. How do I get my device up and running again, and how do I remove Knox so that my phone doesn't keep rebooting itself with the new OTA update?
Thanks in advance!
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Restore with Odin and flash NC5.
Then,
In the How To Root NG6 Thread, there is a safestrap flushable ng6 stock with out KNOX.

npjohnson said:
Restore with Odin and flash NC5.
Then,
In the How To Root NG6 Thread, there is a safestrap flushable ng6 stock with out KNOX.
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Thanks! I will try it tonight.

Or use Odin and flash the NC6 .tar, then use Titanium Backup or similar and delete the 7 Knox apps. and the com.sec.knox..... file.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-verizon/general/i545vrufng6-4-4-2-wipe-odin-tar-t2924999

npjohnson said:
Restore with Odin and flash NC5.
Then,
In the How To Root NG6 Thread, there is a safestrap flushable ng6 stock with out KNOX.
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I tried flashing both versions again and no luck getting past the Verizon loading screen. What exactly do you mean by "restore with Odin". Forgive me, I'm a noob. Is there a file I have to download to reset my device via Odin? Or is there a process already in Odin?
Thanks

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update and unroot

I am on rooted mk2 with safestrap, can i unroot and upgrade all in one shot with this?: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735172
as well is it safe to use the one that retains my data while updating to a new release?
thanks in advance
npesa92 said:
I am on rooted mk2 with safestrap, can i unroot and upgrade all in one shot with this?: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735172
as well is it safe to use the one that retains my data while updating to a new release?
thanks in advance
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Do you really mean that you have safestrap or are you on a "LOKI" rom? Do you have a custom recovery installed? Although I haven't used this, if you are actually using safestrap, then yes, you can use this.
npesa92 said:
I am on rooted mk2 with safestrap, can i unroot and upgrade all in one shot with this?: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735172
as well is it safe to use the one that retains my data while updating to a new release?
thanks in advance
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Yes, it's "safe" if you follow the instructions. I have done it.
It will wipe your phone....... Not the SD stuff but everything else it wiped.
You should backup and before doing this with Titanium Backup or ADB.
This will leave you rooted with MK2 still as your bootloader with the ability to ODIN back to MK2 at some point, if need be.
This puts you off the ranch, but ODIN can get you back on the ranch later.
There is currently no other way to have root on KitKat. So if root is important and you want KitKat, this is it.
Now if you don't care about root, go flash the MK2 No-Wipe found on this forum, then take the OTA.
You need to remove SS to do that though.
tech_head said:
Yes, it's "safe" if you follow the instructions. I have done it.
It will wipe your phone....... Not the SD stuff but everything else it wiped.
You should backup and before doing this with Titanium Backup or ADB.
This will leave you rooted with MK2 still as your bootloader with the ability to ODIN back to MK2 at some point, if need be.
This puts you off the ranch, but ODIN can get you back on the ranch later.
There is currently no other way to have root on KitKat. So if root is important and you want KitKat, this is it.
Now if you don't care about root, go flash the MK2 No-Wipe found on this forum, then take the OTA.
You need to remove SS to do that though.
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The No Wipe Odin MK2 method will remove SS.
help! was rooted 4.3 tried flashing stock 4.4.2 failed
I had 4.3 rooted and i tried flashing stock 4.4.2 not im pretty much bricked! please if someone can help me i would really appreciate it
mancolla said:
I had 4.3 rooted and i tried flashing stock 4.4.2 not im pretty much bricked! please if someone can help me i would really appreciate it
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How'd you try flashing it that led you to here? If you can get into download mode just use the Odin file... Since I don't know exactly what you did you could try mk2but may not work and you may have to Odin NC5.. Little more info will help
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I tried to ota update but I get an error. Phone is Custom unlock,was rooted. I unrooted.

Root for NG3?

Hi, I got my S5 today and out of the box it had NG3 installed, is there a root method for this yet? If so could someone point me in the right direction of where I can find it please?
Have you tried towelroot?
Let us know if you tried it and whether or not it worked please.
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TheArtiszan said:
Have you tried towelroot?
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I did but idk if I did something wrong, I soft bricked and had to odin back stock with the firmware off of samfirmware site
Kernel build date on NG3 is July 19 so the exploit has been patched. Can't root with towelroot since it needs a kernel build before Jun 3.
What I did was odin flash philz recovery, then went into the custom recovery and went to reboot, it asked me to root and so I did then was able to download su from play store and was rooted
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bigfdaddy2 said:
What I did was odin flash philz recovery, then went into the custom recovery and went to reboot, it asked me to root and so I did then was able to download su from play store and was rooted
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Thanks man, and you were on NG3 before u rooted?
JG96EVO said:
Thanks man, and you were on NG3 before u rooted?
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I was on nf6 rooted but then hooked phone to PC and used odin to flash the new bn3 and lost root..and towel root doesn't work so the only way I new of to get root back was flash custom recovery then root it through the custom recovery ...
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This phone will never not be rootable. It has an unlocked bootloader, so you can just flash the recovery of your choice, root it from there, then reboot and you're done.
aooga said:
This phone will never not be rootable.
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And why is that? Unless Samsung has restricted the bootloader permissions or set a new qfuse to block a downgrade of this firmware version, then the OP could use Odin to install a pre June 3rd build of 4.4.2 firmware, which Towel root can work with.
The previous update was revertible by installing an earlier firmware (confirmed). And NG3 is probably revertible as well (unconfirmed) i.e. it will be revertible unless Samsung took explicit steps to block a downgrade.
Provided that the OP doesn't care about the Knox flag, then the suggestion to install a custom recovery and root from there is valid too.
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bigfdaddy2 said:
What I did was odin flash philz recovery, then went into the custom recovery and went to reboot, it asked me to root and so I did then was able to download su from play store and was rooted
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You know, I tried this... I keep getting stock recovery though. Driving me nuts.
I have NG3 as well.
wifiguru said:
You know, I tried this... I keep getting stock recovery though. Driving me nuts.
I have NG3 as well.
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Did u Odin phillz recovery ? That's the only way to get custom recovery on the phone that I know of is Odin
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bigfdaddy2 said:
Did u Odin phillz recovery ? That's the only way to get custom recovery on the phone that I know of is Odin
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Thanks.
Yeah, I did it via download mode.
So, what I did, I flash it via Odin in Download mode, and when it auto-reboots, I instantly hold Power + Pwr Up + Home in order to get to Recovery.
If I let it boot up first, it seems that recovery is overwritten by the stock recovery.
All good now =)
wifiguru said:
Thanks.
Yeah, I did it via download mode.
So, what I did, I flash it via Odin in Download mode, and when it auto-reboots, I instantly hold Power + Pwr Up + Home in order to get to Recovery.
If I let it boot up first, it seems that recovery is overwritten by the stock recovery.
All good now =)
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Try unchecking auto-reboot.
bigfdaddy2 said:
Did u Odin phillz recovery ? That's the only way to get custom recovery on the phone that I know of is Odin
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Hi guys, no luck here, have the G900T, with the NG3, tried all with Odin, phillz recovery, bootloader+modem, downgrade to NF6 (failed too) or even the one before, nada, zero, just fail and fail resulting soft brick and only through Kies recovery I'm able to have the phone working again!
daniacorp said:
Hi guys, no luck here, have the G900T, with the NG3, tried all with Odin, phillz recovery, bootloader+modem, downgrade to NF6 (failed too) or even the one before, nada, zero, just fail and fail resulting soft brick and only through Kies recovery I'm able to have the phone working again!
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you need to revert to ne6 firmware for towel root to work. once rooted you can upgrade with mobile odin pro this will allow you to retain root and not trip knox
ashraf sharif said:
you need to revert to ne6 firmware for towel root to work. once rooted you can upgrade with mobile odin pro this will allow you to retain root and not trip knox
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Hi! Thank you for your answer! I already trip Knox long ago, it's not an issue for me, I'm been trying to downgrade to ne6 and it's the same, fail on Odin!
daniacorp said:
Hi! Thank you for your answer! I already trip Knox long ago, it's not an issue for me, I'm been trying to downgrade to ne6 and it's the same, fail on Odin!
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if you just want root you can try cf autoroot http://download.chainfire.eu/407/CF-Root/CF-Auto-Root/CF-Auto-Root-kltetmo-kltetmo-smg900t.zip
ashraf sharif said:
if you just want root you can try cf autoroot
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Thank you
But as I commented on my first post here, nada, nothing, I have tried the Phillz, the CF-auto-root, downgrade, with the original cable and others, with and without the sim card and/or sd card inserted (all of this with usb debug on in the developers settings) i dont really understand why, everything I try goes to fail and soft brick, only recuperable with Kies and full wipe...
Mine is the MS-G900T with the latest firmware :S is very weird, isn't the first time I root a phone (Galaxy Vibrant and Blaze, Nexus and Nexus 7) and I have flsh a lot of times and I know the for this procedure you have to follow each letter step by step!
I'm start thinking that probably is a locked bootloader... dunno...
this was easy and thank you. i downgraded with the full stock file, no data loss. grabbed mobile pro and im now at ng3 rooted. tho my e-mail will not work. might have to factory reset the device.

[Q] If Upgrade To 4.4.4 Can You Revert To 4.4.2

If upgrading to 4.4.4 (NH7) are you then able to revert back to 4.4.2 (NC5)? Complete stock including boot and recovery. Knox 0x0
Thank for your help!
elephant007 said:
If upgrading to 4.4.4 (NH7) are you then able to revert back to 4.4.2 (NC5)? Complete stock including boot and recovery. Knox 0x0
Thank for your help!
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Yes you can. first, after you upgrade to 4.4.4, you can try to do a factory reset back to 4.4.2. If you are still at 4.4.4 after the reset, than you will have try one of the options below.
Its tricky, your device may or my not boot loop when you go back to 4.4.2. However, if you check out my post http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-3-sprint/help/4-4-4-download-mode-t2877528 we found two ways around the boot loop. In post #7 he did it by going into factory recovery and doing a factory reset, this will work without tripping KNOX. My way works, but it is for a device with KNOX already tripped.
Does this really work about downgrading without knox tripped. I am pure stock I have NC5 tar. and odin already
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If I have offical tar and odin NC5 firmware. Can you downgrade without tripping knox count
tommyjoesanders said:
Does this really work about downgrading without knox tripped. I am pure stock I have NC5 tar. and odin already
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If I have offical tar and odin NC5 firmware. Can you downgrade without tripping knox count
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Check your PM
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tommyjoesanders said:
Does this really work about downgrading without knox tripped. I am pure stock I have NC5 tar. and odin already
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If I have offical tar and odin NC5 firmware. Can you downgrade without tripping knox count
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You should post your battery draining issues with 4.4.4 can always use the info !!!
Reverted back to 4.4.2
I did the OTA today to 4.4.4. After a successful upgrade, I flashed back to 4.4.2 using Odin and the stock NC5 ROM. My phone ended up in a boot loop and I did what was suggested if your phone gets into a boot loop. I booted into stock recovery and did a factory reset. I was then able to boot successfully into 4.4.2! Everything still stock. Knox still 0x0 and device status Official
Downloaded NC5 from here N900PVPUCNC5_N900PSPTCNC5_N900PVPUCNC5_HOME
Odin provided in attachment (from CF-Auto)
Thank you for everyone's suggestions
Default disclaimer: Use at your doing, only you are responsible for your own actions.
jimzweb1 said:
Yes you can. first, after you upgrade to 4.4.4, you can try to do a factory reset back to 4.4.2. If you are still at 4.4.4 after the reset, than you will have try one of the options below.
Its tricky, your device may or my not boot loop when you go back to 4.4.2. However, if you check out my post http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-3-sprint/help/4-4-4-download-mode-t2877528 we found two ways around the boot loop. In post #7 he did it by going into factory recovery and doing a factory reset, this will work without tripping KNOX. My way works, but it is for a device with KNOX already tripped.
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elephant007 said:
I did the OTA today to 4.4.4. After a successful upgrade, I flashed back to 4.4.2 using Odin and the stock NC5 ROM. My phone ended up in a boot loop and I did what was suggested if your phone gets into a boot loop. I booted into stock recovery and did a factory reset. I was then able to boot successfully into 4.4.2! Everything still stock. Knox still 0x0 and device status Official
Downloaded NC5 from here N900PVPUCNC5_N900PSPTCNC5_N900PVPUCNC5_HOME
Odin provided in attachment (from CF-Auto)
Thank you for everyone's suggestions
Default disclaimer: Use at your doing, only you are responsible for your own actions.
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Worked like a charm. Thanks for info.
installing update firmware 4.4.4
tommyjoesanders said:
Worked like a charm. Thanks for info.
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Please forgive me if I am in the wrong forum. Just a couple of questions. I am currently on the rooted nc5 touch wiz rom on my sprint galaxy note 3. Here goes: Do I have to unroot to install the 4.4.4 stock firmware. Or just flash it with odin. Secondly, what about my nandroid backups on nc5. Can they be used again after rooting the 4.4.4 firmware. I have cm11 nightly ( awesome rom btw ) or do I have to go thru the whole process from scratch. Thanks in advance.
wally18324 said:
Please forgive me if I am in the wrong forum. Just a couple of questions. I am currently on the rooted nc5 touch wiz rom on my sprint galaxy note 3. Here goes: Do I have to unroot to install the 4.4.4 stock firmware. Or just flash it with odin. Secondly, what about my nandroid backups on nc5. Can they be used again after rooting the 4.4.4 firmware. I have cm11 nightly ( awesome rom btw ) or do I have to go thru the whole process from scratch. Thanks in advance.
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NO, you do not have to unroot your device. BACK UP YOUR DATA FIRST !!! Just boot into download mode and flash through Odin here is a link to a complete copy of 4.4.4 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2712205 . Now you might lose your nandroid backups. So here is what I would do. First make a copy of your backups file to the desktop of your PC. Now after you get 4.4.4 installed and rooted, install the same recovery you used before. After you make a backup of rooted stock 4.4.4 to your sd card, copy the old backups file on your PC to your new backup file. Now try and restore an old backup. Chances are its going to come back md5 mismatch error, no problem !!! YES, just use a root file manger like Root Explorer go to the old backup file that failed, and click on it. You will see all the files that make up the OS, delete the nandriod.md5 file. Now click on add a new file, and add nandroid.md5 where the old one was, check permissions rwxrwx---. Restore the backup again since the new nandroid.md5 is empty it forces the system to ignore it and it will restore your old backup. Once it boots up, and everything is good make a new backup of the old one, this will have a new md5 and you will be able to restore with no problem the next time.
jimzweb1 said:
NO, you do not have to unroot your device. BACK UP YOUR DATA FIRST !!! Just boot into download mode and flash through Odin here is a link to a complete copy of 4.4.4 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2712205 . Now you might lose your nandroid backups. So here is what I would do. First make a copy of your backups file to the desktop of your PC. Now after you get 4.4.4 installed and rooted, install the same recovery you used before. After you make a backup of rooted stock 4.4.4 to your sd card, copy the old backups file on your PC to your new backup file. Now try and restore an old backup. Chances are its going to come back md5 mismatch error, no problem !!! YES, just use a root file manger like Root Explorer go to the old backup file that failed, and click on it. You will see all the files that make up the OS, delete the nandriod.md5 file. Now click on add a new file, and add nandroid.md5 where the old one was, check permissions rwxrwx---. Restore the backup again since the new nandroid.md5 is empty it forces the system to ignore it and it will restore your old backup. Once it boots up, and everything is good make a new backup of the old one, this will have a new md5 and you will be able to restore with no problem the next time.
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Thank You very much were on the same page, my recovery is philz_touch_6.12.9-hltespr, The best recovery I've ever used.
wally18324 said:
Thank You very much were on the same page, my recovery is philz_touch_6.12.9-hltespr, The best recovery I've ever used.
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I also use Philz 16.12.9 hltespr, beat that recovery to death. It has never failed !!!:fingers-crossed:
I've soft bricked 2 times this week on nh7 and just went back to nc5 cuz I had the tar right there so yes you can. Resets Knox to untripped and I actually get better data signal with nc5.
jbnorton0524 said:
I've soft bricked 2 times this week on nh7 and just went back to nc5 cuz I had the tar right there so yes you can. Resets Knox to untripped and I actually get better data signal with nc5.
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Are you saying your Knox was tripped 0x1 then you Odin flashed NC5 and now your Knox is 0x0?
Philtz 6.12.9
jimzweb1 said:
I also use Philz 16.12.9 hltespr, beat that recovery to death. It has never failed !!!:fingers-crossed:
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Incredible I had no issues . After I installed nh7 firmware, then rooted. Restored my cm11 backup. No md5 mismatch. That is why I love this recovery.
wally18324 said:
Incredible I had no issues . After I installed nh7 firmware, then rooted. Restored my cm11 backup. No md5 mismatch. That is why I love this recovery.
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Awesome !!!
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Are you saying you Knox was tripped 0x1 then you Odin flashed NC5 and now your Knox is 0x0?
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I'm sure we'd all like to know the answer to this!
resetting Knox
JimSmith94 said:
I'm sure we'd all like to know the answer to this![/QUOTE
I know I would.
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Accidentally updated rooted phone

how do I root it again? ive tried z4root to try to remove SU binary, but it keeps crashing and wont work, and im not sure what to do... any help would be appreciated..
Try towel root
Maduro78 said:
Try towel root
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i had it rooted using towelroot before the update, when i use it again after update, it says the phone isnt supported
Chainfire's CF Root?
If you are on NG6, you'll need to downgrade back to NC5 using Surge's Odin Tars. Once back on NC5, you can use Towelroot again. Do yourself a favor at that point and uninstall the SDM application so that your phone no longer trys to update itself automatically.
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If you are on NG6, you'll need to downgrade back to NC5 using Surge's Odin Tars. Once back on NC5, you can use Towelroot again. Do yourself a favor at that point and uninstall the SDM application so that your phone no longer trys to update itself automatically.
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i tried doing that, but now towelroot says the phone is already rooted when im back to nc5, but SU says it doesnt have the binaries and cant install it
Did you use the No-wipe or the Full-wipe? If you used the No-wipe then that may be the problem. You may need to use the full wipe to make it work.
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Did you use the No-wipe or the Full-wipe? If you used the No-wipe then that may be the problem. You may need to use the full wipe to make it work.
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it worked thank you very much

Stop Lollipop update in reboot?

My S4 was rooted on KitKat and working just fine. I used the Odin App to downgrade, root, and go back to NK1, so no custom recovery.
I should have frozen the update popup but I was going to do the update using Flashfire so I could keep root. in the process of downloading the Rooted Lollipop rom and apparently I accidentally clicked the update button when the popup caught me by surprise. I got the case off and the battery out just as it was booting up to install the update! AH! Is there any way to stop it now? Or am I screwed?
Thanks for the help!
Have you tried an ODIN image? If you've been snooping around recoveries, Safestrap would've been a good option to make a nandroid. Other than that, I'd be out of ideas. AFAIK download mode should be able to be accessed.
fdigl said:
Have you tried an ODIN image? If you've been snooping around recoveries, Safestrap would've been a good option to make a nandroid. Other than that, I'd be out of ideas. AFAIK download mode should be able to be accessed.
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Thankyou, I apparently forgot a lot after I researched to root the phone. Yes I got into download mode. I should be able to just take the lollipop rooted rom I was going to use in Flashfire and flash it through ODIN on my PC correct?
you may have to flash nc5 full wipe tar and the pit file in surges thread and then root via towelroot and then flashfire the rooted oc1 rom.
thats what id do.
reliant_turbo said:
you may have to flash nc5 full wipe tar and the pit file in surges thread and then root via towelroot and then flashfire the rooted oc1 rom.
thats what id do.
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Just used ODIN to flash the NK1 Kitkat that I was already on, and that got me back to my rooted Kitkat, phew. Now I will flashfire the Rooted OC1 Rom.
Thankyou for the quick replies! I almost messed that up pretty good.
Oh, and just to be safe the first thing I did was freeze the SDM updater. :good:
simpsonna said:
Just used ODIN to flash the NK1 Kitkat that I was already on, and that got me back to my rooted Kitkat, phew. Now I will flashfire the Rooted OC1 Rom.
Thankyou for the quick replies! I almost messed that up pretty good.
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that works too. glad you got it to work.

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