Hello im going to start of by saying sorry if i did not post this in the appropriate forums i did not see anywhere else to post this
I have a T-Mobile Unlocked Samsung Galaxy s4 (SGH-M919) Currently running 4.4 Kit kat i am trying to see if theres any file out there that i can put the lolipop software on my s4 since tmobile lolipop is not available in the US yet there anything else i can put onto it to make it run lolipop with out messing up my phone ?
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Hey, a friend of mine wants me to flash a custom ROM onto her Virgin Mobile Galaxy S2 SPH-D710. I'd like to get CyanogenMod onto it, but I'm open to others as well. Unfortunately, I'm not very experienced with rooting/fighting. I successfully downgraded, rooted, and flashed my Verizon Stellar to jellybean, but I can't find a good custom rom for it, so I kind of know my way around.
If you guys could point me to the right rom and a simply put guide for this phone (I don't know if I should use i900 or sgh-i777), it'd be greatly appreciated.
And unrelated, is there any hope for a Verizon S III downgrade soon?
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Hi guys, I've read through other threads but I believe my case is very different and felt I should ask. I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Wifi and I really want to put Kit Kat (4.4.2) on the device but after days of searching, it seems like there has not been a roll out for it yet, even for just the Wifi version. So (please tell me if I'm wrong), I thought maybe I could take a Kit Kat ROM (even stock) from another device such as the Galaxy Note 10.1 and port it to this device. I'm a developer but not for Android. Is this possible?
Or maybe can you point me to some beta version of Kit Kat for this device? Is there any way to get it?
Does anyone have any info if and when this will become available? I am NEVER going to buy another MetroPCS phone again. This has to be the worst turnaround time for a phone update ever.
Can't someone simply make a backup of the stock MEga and make it available????
Thanks!
UPDATE 10/14/14
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/36722/M819NUVUBNI5_M819NTMBBNI5_TMB.zip/
Patience
I know what you mean everyone is anxious and they're slowly moving forward. Im saying this because as of today 9/12/14 I checked the official Samsung.com website for the galaxy mega 6.3 for metropcs and they have started selling the device running the kitKat OS samsung.c o m/us/mobile/cell-phones/SGH-M819ZKATMB so its got me hopeful and patiently continuing my wait. Hope this helps.
++im new so they wudnt let me post the URL++
P.S I wouldn't want to experiment with anything less than what Samsung has to offer (regarding the OS. )
MC FLMJ1G said:
Does anyone have any info if and when this will become available? I am NEVER going to buy another MetroPCS phone again. This has to be the worst turnaround time for a phone update ever.
Can't someone simply make a backup of the stock MEga and make it available????
Thanks!
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Likes2pushbuttons said:
I know what you mean everyone is anxious and they're slowly moving forward. Im saying this because as of today 9/12/14 I checked the official Samsung.com website for the galaxy mega 6.3 for metropcs and they have started selling the device running the kitKat OS samsung.c o m/us/mobile/cell-phones/SGH-M819ZKATMB so its got me hopeful and patiently continuing my wait. Hope this helps.
++im new so they wudnt let me post the URL++
P.S I wouldn't want to experiment with anything less than what Samsung has to offer (regarding the OS. )
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About time!
Thanks!
http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/cell-phones/SGH-M819ZKATMB
Anyone able to DL the firmware????
Update
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/36722/M819NUVUBNI5_M819NTMBBNI5_TMB.zip/
KitKat for MetroPCS Galaxy MEGa
KitKat for MetroPCS Galaxy MEGa
FINALLY HERE-----
BEEN TOO LONG----
I used kies to download the software--- enjoy
you can download kies from Samsung. com / us/ kies
you would want the KIES 2.6 if you are running anything lower than 4.3!!
Again, Enjoy!!!
Likes2pushbuttons said:
KitKat for MetroPCS Galaxy MEGa
FINALLY HERE-----
BEEN TOO LONG----
I used kies to download the software--- enjoy
you can download kies from Samsung. com / us/ kies
you would want the KIES 2.6 if you are running anything lower than 4.3!!
Again, Enjoy!!!
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anybody else having issues after rooting? I cannot access security under settings so I can not install unknown programs.
Knox when rooting?
I don't want to trip Knox but I want to root so I'm waiting on MetroKat/ MegaKat I don't know if it will trigger knox but if it does I guess I have no choice.
I have searched and searched and couldn't find any information on the differences between these galaxy mega devices. What I have seen is people saying "don't flash a i9205 or i9200 rom to a l600 device". And my question is what makes these devices so different that would cause them to be bricked? I've seen some AWESOME roms for the i9205 devices and would love to flash it to my l600 with the twrp recovery, but also want to know what differences if any would there be in these devices? The first thing that comes to mind is the fact that the l600 is factory locked to CDMA, but of course with other awesome people here at xda that can fixed. So other than that, are there componet differences, or perhaps drivers that are specific to the i9205 that aren't correct for the l600? I have my l600 running on GSM network with lte even at times, but i'm stuck on the 4.2.2 rom as well. That's why i'm asking this, because if the difference is just the bands used, then I would think that it would be ok to flash a rom for a i9205 galaxy mega to a l600 galaxy mega. Also, would the custom rom touch my modem messing up the changes I made to the band selection? Thanks!
twanhines said:
I have searched and searched and couldn't find any information on the differences between these galaxy mega devices. What I have seen is people saying "don't flash a i9205 or i9200 rom to a l600 device". And my question is what makes these devices so different that would cause them to be bricked? I've seen some AWESOME roms for the i9205 devices and would love to flash it to my l600 with the twrp recovery, but also want to know what differences if any would there be in these devices? The first thing that comes to mind is the fact that the l600 is factory locked to CDMA, but of course with other awesome people here at xda that can fixed. So other than that, are there componet differences, or perhaps drivers that are specific to the i9205 that aren't correct for the l600? I have my l600 running on GSM network with lte even at times, but i'm stuck on the 4.2.2 rom as well. That's why i'm asking this, because if the difference is just the bands used, then I would think that it would be ok to flash a rom for a i9205 galaxy mega to a l600 galaxy mega. Also, would the custom rom touch my modem messing up the changes I made to the band selection? Thanks!
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good thread..hope to see some experianced users answer these questions..id like to know as well..i also have the L600 sprint device..and im seeing much more love for the other model numbers...i just got this mega and after reading thrrew some threads..ive decided to just let the phone update itsself,got it on 4.2.2..im still with the stock recovery,updateing the phone as i speak...ive went threw 3 updates allready and phone still says 4.2.2..and its downloading another update package..is this phone gonna update to kitkat 4.4.2 or not??..ive never had a phone do so many little updates before..im starting to think something is wroung..does this phone have the kitkat update?..you say your stuck on the 4.2.2 rom?..why is that??..why dont you update to kitkat?..ive read in other threads the mega got the kitkat update?..or am i wroung and kitkat only went to the other models you spoke of????..am i stuck on jelly bean to for real??
lucky_515 said:
good thread..hope to see some experianced users answer these questions..id like to know as well..i also have the L600 sprint device..and im seeing much more love for the other model numbers...i just got this mega and after reading thrrew some threads..ive decided to just let the phone update itsself,got it on 4.2.2..im still with the stock recovery,updateing the phone as i speak...ive went threw 3 updates allready and phone still says 4.2.2..and its downloading another update package..is this phone gonna update to kitkat 4.4.2 or not??..ive never had a phone do so many little updates before..im starting to think something is wroung..does this phone have the kitkat update?..you say your stuck on the 4.2.2 rom?..why is that??..why dont you update to kitkat?..ive read in other threads the mega got the kitkat update?..or am i wroung and kitkat only went to the other models you spoke of????..am i stuck on jelly bean to for real??
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I'm stuck on 4.2.2 because i chose not to let it update, plus my phone is rooted so the ota updates don't work. But i unlocked my phone so that i can use my att service with it. updating the mega with the ota updates updates the modem and bootloader with knox which doesn't allow for flashing custom roms.
I want to bump this thread because I too want to know the answer. The L600 I have is only being used as a tablet, so as long as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth work I could care less about the cellular functionality.
Nobody?
If your phone has recovery installed. Why don't you add mumtirom, and try flashing the ROM as a secondary and see what happens. If it works, you're golden. If it doesn't, you didn't lose anything.
Multirom doesn't support SPH-L600
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Hi
Can anyone please let me know how to upgrade my Samsung i535 verizon to cyanogenmod 5.1 custom...phone is currently running official 4.4.2 kitkat.
Thanks
It's not possible. VZW S3 with 4.3 and above updates have locked bootloaders. This means you can not install a traditional custom recovery and it does not allow flashing custom kernels, which anything non Samsung based would need. Your only option would be the Safestrap recovery and custom rom based off of Touchwiz. You can not downgrade either to an earlier version of the software before the bootloader lock either, just in case you had that idea. VZW asks Samsung to muck it up like that.