Update to Lollipop or flash another rom? - Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4

I've been having some terribly sluggish issues lately. Lagging when I text, browse the web, even listen to music.
I honestly do not remember which method I used to root, but I rooted & kept the stock rom. I just deleted the bloat.
Not sure if this will help
http://i.imgur.com/L9prnWv.png
I'm at a point where the lagging is really irking me, but I'm not sure which route I should go.
Since I'm rooted, can I just go ahead with the OTA update without any issues? If so, is there a method to root on lollipop?
If not...Should I just go ahead and flash another rom?

Don't take the ota! Follow he thread about upgrading to 5.01 keeping root! Totally worth going to LP. The speed is great! Give it a shot.
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This one? http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...-to-update-to-i545oc1-5-0-1-keeproot-t3096558

yes, that one

XxD34THxX said:
yes, that one
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Did that, and it says i'm still on 4.4.2. Very strange.
I'm still getting the pop up for the OTA

Make sure to back up any data and do a full wipe to nc5. That can make a difference. Or, Odin back to nc5, and use the Echoe ROM or the Super6 ROM, both of which are on Lollipop.

XxD34THxX said:
Make sure to back up any data and do a full wipe to nc5. That can make a difference. Or, Odin back to nc5, and use the Echoe ROM or the Super6 ROM, both of which are on Lollipop.
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This is all foreign language to me
Sorry.

OK, get a program called odin. It is leaked Samsung software that allows to flash stock firmware on your phone. You have to flash the stock nc5 firmware with this and THEN continue the upgrade to lollipop

Laziness and not knowing much has lead me to not doing anything about the issue until now.
The phone gets slower by the day, so it's time for a change.
I'd like to flash this rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2550770 but i'm not too sure if I can flash this via the stock recovery?
If not, how would I go about installing TWRP? I did try to search, but the page kept timing out.

DO NOT TRY TO INSTALL TWRP. YOU WILL BRICK. Thanks to Verizon, we have a locked bootloader, which means we only have Safestrap and Flashfire. SS is based off of TWRP, but is a really really really gimped version. Flashfire is an app that functions like a recovery.
You cannot install that ROM at all, because of this POS bootloader.
What you CAN DO, is install Roms such as Eclipse,Kitpop,Hyperdrive, and Stang's 5.0.1 ROM.
OR, you could do the OTA with root method.

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[Q] questions about updating to ME7 from MDK

I have always deferred the ME7 update and I'm running the MDK. I have ROOT with TWRP recovery. I'm done with the ROM seen. I do like TouchWiz and have been running and always go back to the stock ROM.
My question for all you pro's is, if I accept this deferred OTA on the stock ROM (im running now) (I know it will break root) will it have trouble overwriteing the TWRP recovery? Also, do I need to uninstall SU?
To make a simple question...what will happen if I install this update?
jdfrye said:
I have always deferred the ME7 update and I'm running the MDK. I have ROOT with TWRP recovery. I'm done with the ROM seen. I do like TouchWiz and have been running and always go back to the stock ROM.
My question for all you pro's is, if I accept this deferred OTA on the stock ROM (im running now) (I know it will break root) will it have trouble overwriteing the TWRP recovery? Also, do I need to uninstall SU?
To make a simple question...what will happen if I install this update?
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If I was in your situation and wanted to do that then I would odin back to stock and start fresh. I like the cleanness of doing it that way. And it would wipe root and replace your custom recovery with stock. You could always unroot manually and flash the update, it should overwrite the stock recovery. I could be wrong though, im speaking from experience on the s3. Thats how it worked. Or you could always flash a stock rooted me7 rom. Thats what im running because I too generally return to stock because of the stability and im one of the few that actually likes touchwiz.
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hexitnow said:
If I was in your situation and wanted to do that then I would odin back to stock and start fresh. I like the cleanness of doing it that way. And it would wipe root and replace your custom recovery with stock. You could always unroot manually and flash the update, it should overwrite the stock recovery. I could be wrong though, im speaking from experience on the s3. Thats how it worked. Or you could always flash a stock rooted me7 rom. Thats what im running because I too generally return to stock because of the stability and im one of the few that actually likes touchwiz.
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What's "unroot manually"?
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What's "unroot manually"?
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Using terminal emulator to remove the superuser files. There is an unroot option in supersu but I have never used it.
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ended up just purchasing Titanium Pro and freezing SDM.apk and that did the trick on the annoying OTA reminder. I also figure I will keep root and TWRP on, that way I can flash any new Google Edition Roms and or new TW roms

[Q] Trying to flash Alliance Rom

The first step for flashing Alliance was making sure i have the 4.3 firmware. Flashed via Odin.
I experfienced some trouble with a bootloop issue so i changed cables and then partitioned with the .pit file.
All's well now, it at least runs the stock firmware just fine. Now i'm strugglling with the most basic simple part IMO... how do i install the custom Rom without the recovery??
sduffy89 said:
The first step for flashing Alliance was making sure i have the 4.3 firmware. Flashed via Odin.
I experfienced some trouble with a bootloop issue so i changed cables and then partitioned with the .pit file.
All's well now, it at least runs the stock firmware just fine. Now i'm strugglling with the most basic simple part IMO... how do i install the custom Rom without the recovery??
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You are rooted still correct? Easiest way I guess is to just download Rom Manager or GooManager depending on using TWRP or CWM.
KuNiT said:
You are rooted still correct? Easiest way I guess is to just download Rom Manager or GooManager depending on using TWRP or CWM.
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I chose to bump up my android version cuz i friend another SIM card. I tether for my Hulu, Netflix, Amazon Prime, and whatever else, thankfully my laptop can get weak unsecured internet signals, but i'm walking my Note around the apartment trying to get good 1x reception Problems may be overlapping but next step is something basic from the Play Store to verify root.
I read of some luck with root for 4.3, just not bootloader. Am i correct?
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You are rooted still correct? Easiest way I guess is to just download Rom Manager or GooManager depending on using TWRP or CWM.
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Not rooted. it sounds like rooting is still an option, just not custom recovery?
Is using ODIN to flash stock rooted an option? No valuable files on phone currently.
(Fortunately I'm at work right now so I have time to make well informed decisions. Thanks for your help)
sduffy89 said:
Not rooted. it sounds like rooting is still an option, just not custom recovery?
Is using ODIN to flash stock rooted an option? No valuable files on phone currently.
(Fortunately I'm at work right now so I have time to make well informed decisions. Thanks for your help)
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I believe if you took/flashed the OTA update, your kinda out of luck and stuck now. I'm not 100% certain of this though but I think it probably relocked the bootloader and the only thing to do is wait for someone to root/unlock 4.3.
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I believe if you took/flashed the OTA update, your kinda out of luck and stuck now. I'm not 100% certain of this though but I think it probably relocked the bootloader and the only thing to do is wait for someone to root/unlock 4.3.
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Correct. If you took the OTA it relocked your bootloader and you are stuck. You can still root the official 4.3 but you are stuck waiting until someone unlocks the bootloader. This means no custom ROMs/Recovery.
Which 4.3 firmware did you flash? If its the OTA then yes you're outta luck.
If you did follow the Alliance's rom thread. There is a 4.3 MJ9 firmware you need to flash. It doesn't have the locked bootloader. You are then able to boot up in the basic recovery and then flash either TWRP or CWM recovery.

Unroot the S4

I just heard about the impending release of 5.0.1 for the verizon s4.
I rooted my friends s4 a few months ago, and unfortunately, he just has not found it to help him much. I am relatively sure he would rather have lollipop.
So my question is this
How do I unroot his phone (on the latest NK1 firmware) without losing any data. He really wants to keep all his stuff exactly the way it is.
Thank you!
SuperSu has a unroot function, but it MIGHT brick the phone. Best thing to do is get the NO WIPE TARS for NK1 and use Odin..
XxD34THxX said:
SuperSu has a unroot function, but it MIGHT brick the phone. Best thing to do is get the NO WIPE TARS for NK1 and use Odin..
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Could you give me link on a tutorial for that or something? (no wipe tars didn't give me anything relevant on google)
Thanks!
It's not just unrooting. He will need to have all the stock apps, and if he changed any stock files, they will need change back. Nest bet is to use Odin and reflash the stock ROM.
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It's not just unrooting. He will need to have all the stock apps, and if he changed any stock files, they will need change back. Nest bet is to use Odin and reflash the stock ROM.
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He hasn't done any of that. The most he has done is installed Xposed, and he didn't find it compelling. Can the rom be reflashed without erasing the data? He is going to be real mad at me is I have to reset his phone to get him 5.0.

[Q] Help for those that took the OC1 OTA

I am making this thread because I took the OC1 update while rooted and I am asking more experienced members what I should do next.
I mistakenly took the OTA because I had read somewhere that some users upgraded from 4.3 to 4.4 with root from the OTA. I was wrong.
The OC1 OTA removed my root and prevented me from upgrading to LP. I have flashed other kernels and tried everything. I have read every thread in this forum on the topic and I see it mentioned that if I did take the OTA that I no longer had root, but I have found nothing else.
It is my understanding that after taking the OTA that I'll never have root again. Is there at least some way to get my phone completely back to stock and on LP?
Yeah I know it was a rookie mistake and I shouldn't have been so rash but I am here now and I don't know what to do, even after sifting through all the threads about Verizon's LP OTA.
Thank you for all of your help in advance.
I'm pretty sure you can just odin flash back to nc5 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735172
Jawadbz said:
I'm pretty sure you can just odin flash back to nc5 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735172
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This causes a boot loop.
However, I was actually able to towelroot on NC5 before the phone restarted, so I am now rooted again! When I encountered this boot loop the first time, I just went back to NK1 instead of trying to towelroot in-between reboots.
I probably could have also cleared cache before reverting back to NC5. Thanks for the help!
If the LP update failed then you were not on OC1. There were two updates. The first was still KitKat NK4. The second was OC1. Those that were rooted were able to take NK4 but the OC1 tended to fail. So there is probably still hope.
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I had a similar issue , but I flashed the stock 5.0 ROM using Odin on my computer, but now when I try to flash back to NK1 it softbricks it.
I was able to to flash it back to the stock 5.0 ROM using Odin. I guess there's no downgrading after I did what I did....
Yep, Stuck on the new Lollipop. No root insofar as I know of.
sucks
My replacement s4 came with 5.0.1 on it. Very disappointed with it!!! It's driving me crazy. I can't even see a notification in the top bar smh. All it says is Verizon wireless. I miss root and roms so bad (
So just to be clear.
There is literally nothing i can do to downgrade if i have taken the OC1 OTA on the SCH-I545???
No going back to Kitkat on Verizon S4??
And no root?
dovedescent7 said:
So just to be clear.
There is literally nothing i can do to downgrade if i have taken the OC1 OTA on the SCH-I545???
No going back to Kitkat on Verizon S4??
And no root?
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Flashing question for my Sprint Note 3

I'm currently rooted on 4.3 MJ4. Yes I'm outdated and decided to finally update. I'm going to flash to stock 4.3 MJ4. My questions is, after I flash to stock 4.3 MJ4. Can I flash NC5 from MJ4? Or would I have to do it in these steps ( MJ4 then NAB then NC5? ).
Why not PH1? If you're wanting to stay with KK, NK4 is the last I believe. NH7 is the one most people used. Just trying to find out what you're trying to achieve
Also, if you're flashing a stock ROM, you don't need to first flash MJ4. Just flash what you want.
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Why not PH1? If you're wanting to stay with KK, NK4 is the last I believe. NH7 is the one most people used. Just trying to find out what you're trying to achieve
Also, if you're flashing a stock ROM, you don't need to first flash MJ4. Just flash what you want.
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Awesome! Thanks! I am trying to flash a stock rom, but thought I would need to go in steps instead of instantly flashing to the most current version.
As for my plan: I'm rooted and on a custom rom. I want to go back to stock rom and then root again and flash to either cm12.1 or cm13. From what I've read, I cant flash to either cyanogenmod roms until I was on either lollipop or higher. I was also thinking, would it work if I was to flash a rooted current version of a stock rom, that way I don't have to flash a stock rom and break root and have to root it again?
For better results, I would flash a full PH1 rom and root, then install whatever rom you want. Usually they want the bootloader to be upgraded to lollipop and that really only happens when either flashing a full Odin rom or a bootloader image. Doing only the bootloader doesn't upgrade anything else and may cause issues.
evilvoice said:
For better results, I would flash a full PH1 rom and root, then install whatever rom you want. Usually they want the bootloader to be upgraded to lollipop and that really only happens when either flashing a full Odin rom or a bootloader image. Doing only the bootloader doesn't upgrade anything else and may cause issues.
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What is the PH1 rom? I've already flashed to stock NC5 so far and lost root.
It's the latest rom. I don't think an Odin has been posted, but you can grab from the Samsung firmware site. Load that, then root by flashing TWRP and boot into recovery and flash SuperSU. Done.
evilvoice said:
It's the latest rom. I don't think an Odin has been posted, but you can grab from the Samsung firmware site. Load that, then root by flashing TWRP and boot into recovery and flash SuperSU. Done.
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EDIT: I went ahead and used the Full Restore. Fortunately, it did not WIPE any data. YEAH! And it looks like I am on my way to an updated NOTE3.
Hello. My Note3 is on 4.3. It was rooted a couple of years ago, but out of use since Oct 2015. I still want to use the Note3 for non-cell phone operations, browsing, camera, etc. I want to upgrade, but the OTA is locked out.
I am lost on all of the many, many posts on how to updated a rooted Note3, but most of them are outdated. I have it mostly backed up as far as handwritten notes, photos, etc. But I don't really want to have to start from scratch if I don't have to.
I am currently reviewing rwilco's one click options. There are two software packages listed in his directory. One of them is dated 02/27/15 and is called nodata restore. Will this keep from wiping the phone as opposed to the fullrestore exe posted 04/12/14 vs the tar posted 02/27/15.
I am not a complete dodo, but I am having a hard time getting this phone unrooted and updated.
Thanks for any detail instructions or links to the best way to update this as of 9/5/2016!!!
Everything you need to know is explained here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/general/guide-how-to-disable-air-command-pop-t2960839
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