I'm rooted on ZVA and I'm wondering if there's a way to have a custom recovery without getting the security boot error and not being able to get back to stock ROM? Not sure if I'm ready to go to a custom ROM with the only way of returning to stock being LGflashtool.
You can have the stock rooted ZVA ROM downloaded and flash that after you flash the recovery but i would recommend to have it saved to an external sd card so it doesnt get deleted when you wipe your phone first thats why i like having a 64gb sd card for my phone
Ok, I had thought about that but really wanted to be able so use the original. Wish LG didn't make it so difficult now, makes me miss my Optimus G sometimes.
drewss02 said:
Ok, I had thought about that but really wanted to be able so use the original. Wish LG didn't make it so difficult now, makes me miss my Optimus G sometimes.
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I'm not really sure if you can get custom recovery for ZVA.
If you look here, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=55225699 it'll give you links to what you need.
Most of us go the ZV4 way, as that's what most things are based from.
Just download flashify from play store. Open it, click yes to give it root access, click recovery image, click download twrp...follow on-screen instructions. Easy peasy. Twrp on rooted ZVA.
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I'm not really sure if you can get custom recovery for ZVA.
If you look here, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=55225699 it'll give you links to what you need.
Most of us go the ZV4 way, as that's what most things are based from.
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I know people have done it with AutoRec, it seems like it's not getting the recovery thats the problem but the booting back to stock ROM.
Decepticaons said:
Just download flashify from play store. Open it, click yes to give it root access, click recovery image, click download twrp...follow on-screen instructions. Easy peasy. Twrp on rooted ZVA.
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Have you done it this way?
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I know people have done it with AutoRec, it seems like it's not getting the recovery thats the problem but the booting back to stock ROM.
Have you done it this way?
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Yup just did it yesterday.
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Decepticaons said:
Yup just did it yesterday.
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TWRP 2.8.7.0?
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TWRP 2.8.7.0?
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Yessir
Ok I'll give it a shot
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Ok I'll give it a shot
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Success?
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Success?
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Actually about to do it now, did you boot back into the stock ROM afterwards or go right to a custom ROM?
drewss02 said:
Actually about to do it now, did you boot back into the stock ROM afterwards or go right to a custom ROM?
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I don't think it matters either way, but i personally just rebooted to the stock rom.
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Worked like a charm, thanks! Booted into TWRP, made a backup, booted back into system, everything good. Hopefully it goes as smooth when going to a custom ROM.
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i am new to verizon coming from s3 sprint. so i guess im a verizon root noob...
i have root access but i cant fix permissions or flash roms.. should i redo the root process? any help or tips would be much appreciated!
im on twerp recovery.
im going to try root process again
Yes, do it again, it did not take the root, then install a recovery..
good luck
Just wipe cache and data. It will reset all what you have done. Hope it will help you.
TheAxman said:
Yes, do it again, it did not take the root, then install a recovery..
good luck
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established root and finally flashed a rom..
i cant seem to get hyperdrive to work. it fails everytime in recovery while flashing then soft bricks my phone.
then 30 min of my life are waisted to have to oden to stock.. re root.. flash recovery.. flash rom... fail
REPEAT. lol fml
qs504792 said:
established root and finally flashed a rom..
i cant seem to get hyperdrive to work. it fails everytime in recovery while flashing then soft bricks my phone.
then 30 min of my life are waisted to have to oden to stock.. re root.. flash recovery.. flash rom... fail
REPEAT. lol fml
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Are you on MDK or ME7 build? You can't flash ROMs on ME7 yet, only root.
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Are you on MDK or ME7 build? You can't flash ROMs on ME7 yet, only root.
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mdk.
i am on Clean rom. but half of the others wont flash.
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mdk.
i am on Clean rom. but half of the others wont flash.
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Are you making sure to check and compare the md5 from what you've downloaded to what the dev has for each ROM to make sure they did indeed download without any error?
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Are you making sure to check and compare the md5 from what you've downloaded to what the dev has for each ROM to make sure they did indeed download without any error?
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of course. i dl it twice just to make sure. and yes i did check. im no virgin rooter lol
qs504792 said:
of course. i dl it twice just to make sure. and yes i did check. im no virgin rooter lol
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Haha, fair enough. I figure it's always best to start with the easy questions, don't want to replace a motor when all you needed was an oil change, you know?
What recovery are you using? TWRP, or CWM, and have you tried flashing with another recovery other than the one your currently using?
I know it seems dumb, but sometimes some ROMs don't like to play nice with certain recoveries.
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Haha, fair enough. I figure it's always best to start with the easy questions, don't want to replace a motor when all you needed was an oil change, you know?
What recovery are you using? TWRP, or CWM, and have you tried flashing with another recovery other than the one your currently using?
I know it seems dumb, but sometimes some ROMs don't like to play nice with certain recoveries.
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i finally got it!!! getting some good battery life!
Hey guys, I am trying to get recovery and root off of my phone so I can get the phone back into un-voided warrenty state. I know the safestrap apk. does not fully remove it itself, and that there is an alternative way by using adb. Which I have never used but have it downloaded. I am just asking for some guidance here so I can do this properly, thanks in advance!
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Hey guys, I am trying to get recovery and root off of my phone so I can get the phone back into un-voided warrenty state. I know the safestrap apk. does not fully remove it itself, and that there is an alternative way by using adb. Which I have never used but have it downloaded. I am just asking for some guidance here so I can do this properly, thanks in advance!
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I think you would need to search for "Odin back to stock" I have run across threads on it occasionally.
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wtherrell said:
I think you would need to search for "Odin back to stock" I have run across threads on it occasionally.
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I was thinking the same thing. I have the stock .tar file and odin. My question then is, by doing this it will remove all of the recovery and root on my phone?
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I was thinking the same thing. I have the stock .tar file and odin. My question then is, by doing this it will remove all of the recovery and root on my phone?
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As I understand it, yes.
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Jvodietz said:
I was thinking the same thing. I have the stock .tar file and odin. My question then is, by doing this it will remove all of the recovery and root on my phone?
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Yes, it will. It'll put the stock recovery on your phone.
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Yes, it will. It'll put the stock recovery on your phone.
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Root will be removed as well, correct?
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Root will be removed as well, correct?
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Yea your phone will have out of the box software
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I've had a new custom ROM for a few week and everything is working fine, but out of no where I seem to have lost my root access. Nothing else is wrong with the phone and the custom ROM is all I have changed on the phone. I've tried to reroot it with various methods to no success. Does anyone have any solutions?
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I've had a new custom ROM for a few week and everything is working fine, but out of no where I seem to have lost my root access. Nothing else is wrong with the phone and the custom ROM is all I have changed on the phone. I've tried to reroot it with various methods to no success. Does anyone have any solutions?
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More info... What rom? Are you mdk or Safestrap?
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Mightycaptain said:
More info... What rom? Are you mdk or Safestrap?
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I'm using the PAC rom. Neither. Using TWRP.
Try a 10 minute battery pull yet?
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Try a 10 minute battery pull yet?
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I just tried it and it didn't help.
DFTBA7 said:
I'm using the PAC rom. Neither. Using TWRP.
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flash the zip in recovery
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23427715
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flash the zip in recovery
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23427715
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It didn't work.
Should I try a full reset?
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Should I try a full reset?
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Thats not going to make a difference. The recovery flashable zip should have worked which leads me to believe something else is up.
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Thats not going to make a difference. The recovery flashable zip should have worked which leads me to believe something else is up.
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Hmm, okay. Any ideas?
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Hmm, okay. Any ideas?
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Its hard to say but you could always flash the mdk stock image reroot then re rom. The motochopper method didnt work for you?
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When asked if you were running MDK or Safestrap, you answered "Neither". But you're using TWRP.
Is this a Developer edition S4? What build number shows up in Settings/More/About phone?
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flash the zip in recovery
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23427715
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This worked for me, Thanks for the help. I had root until I flashed pac man rom.
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When asked if you were running MDK or Safestrap, you answered "Neither". But you're using TWRP.
Is this a Developer edition S4? What build number shows up in Settings/More/About phone?
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Sorry I misunderstood you, I'm running safestrap.
Build number is I545VRUAMDK
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Sorry I misunderstood you, I'm running safestrap.
Build number is I545VRUAMDK
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If you have MDK build, you're one of the very lucky people who can run arbitrary custom ROMs and don't need to use Safestrap. Please avoid upgrading beyond that as it will limit what you can do.
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Its hard to say but you could always flash the mdk stock image reroot then re rom. The motochopper method didnt work for you?
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No, motochopper didn't work. I was going to try that but is there any way I wouldn't have to lose all my information? I use Titanium Backup, but since my root isn't working, I can't use it.
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If you have MDK build, you're one of the very lucky people who can run arbitrary custom ROMs and don't need to use Safestrap. Please avoid upgrading beyond that as it will limit what you can do.
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Okay. Thanks for the help.
I have an SCH-i545 and It was recently on NK1, I downgraded to NC5 and used towelroot. Did a factory wipe from the recovery, but now I cant get either TWRP or CWM to load? It only uses the stock samsung/verizon recovery, and this is not letting me flash any custom rom. Did I miss a step somewhere? I've got SuperSU installed aswell.
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I have an SCH-i545 and It was recently on NK1, I downgraded to NC5 and used towelroot. Did a factory wipe from the recovery, but now I cant get either TWRP or CWM to load? It only uses the stock samsung/verizon recovery, and this is not letting me flash any custom rom. Did I miss a step somewhere? I've got SuperSU installed aswell.
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Any firmware THAT IS NOT MDK doesn't have a bootloader unlock. TWRP, CWM, Phillz will not work. Only Safestrap does.
XxD34THxX said:
Any firmware THAT IS NOT MDK doesn't have a bootloader unlock. TWRP, CWM, Phillz will not work. Only Safestrap does.
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Thank you! I guess its also possible to downgrade even further to say MDK?
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Thank you! I guess its also possible to downgrade even further to say MDK?
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No it is not. Verizon implemented a downgrade block. You can't go back to MDK, there is no way..
Right on, good to know! Appreciate your knowledge!!
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You can flash stock based Roms with safestrap still. You just can't flash a non stock kernel. Which means stock Roms only.
I ended up going with the cleaned stock nk1 and I'm digging it, once I get on my pc and can search better I'll go with eclipse perhaps. The Wi-Fi won't turn on though, gonna head over to that post and figure it out. =) thanks again
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I ended up going with the cleaned stock nk1 and I'm digging it, once I get on my pc and can search better I'll go with eclipse perhaps. The Wi-Fi won't turn on though, gonna head over to that post and figure it out. =) thanks again
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I believe there is a WiFi module to flash. Eclipse has it built in. WiFi working perfect here.
Travisdroidx2 said:
You can flash stock based Roms with safestrap still. You just can't flash a non stock kernel. Which means stock Roms only.
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That's not entirely true. See here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-verizon/development/rom-kitpop-v1-0-t3019132
AOSP Safestrap-compatible ROMS are starting to pop up. I'm not sure how they work/how well they work, but there it is.
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That's not entirely true. See here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-verizon/development/rom-kitpop-v1-0-t3019132
AOSP Safestrap-compatible ROMS are starting to pop up. I'm not sure how they work/how well they work, but there it is.
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Good to know. I have moved on a while ago and my wife has the s4. So I am a little outdated for this device it seems
I got an OTA notification this morning to install G900TUVS1FOL1. Went ahead an applied the OTA update and everything seems to be running much better than before. A lot of the lag that I was seeing before is now gone. No word on battery life as I only had the update installed for about 12 hours. Figured I would let people know that there is a new update available. Haven't seen much information posted about it.
I am unrooted BTW, so I can't really answer any questions about that.
Link to update: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/63941/G900TUVS1FOL1_G900TTMB1FOL1_TMB/
AFH download link from @thisisapoorusernamechoice https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24389512218018506
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I got an OTA notification this morning to install G900TUVS1FOL1. Went ahead an applied the OTA update and everything seems to be running much better than before. A lot of the lag that I was seeing before is now gone. No word on battery life as I only had the update installed for about 12 hours. Figured I would let people know that there is a new update available. Haven't seen much information posted about it.
I am unrooted BTW, so I can't really answer any questions about that.
Link to update: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/63941/G900TUVS1FOL1_G900TTMB1FOL1_TMB/
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Can you give a screenshot of your about phone.
Screenshots attached.
Checked for update and it's pulling it down, about 330mb in size.
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I'm receiving this OTA as well, downloading the odin flashable firmware then rooting, wish me luck
Any feedback guys?
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Any feedback guys?
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I've had no lag or any of the problems that I normally run into on stock roms.
I'm rooted on stock 4.4.2. What's the best way to take this one (do I need to get up to a 5.0.x first, etc.), and preserve root?
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I'm receiving this OTA as well, downloading the odin flashable firmware then rooting, wish me luck
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Were you able to re-root after using Odin?
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Were you able to re-root after using Odin?
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I was, seems to be better than before. Just need to debload my stock rom and I'm set
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I was, seems to be better than before. Just need to debload my stock rom and I'm set
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Could you verify bootloader version? I updated mine but bootloader stays at FOJ4 while everything else is FOL1.
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I was, seems to be better than before. Just need to debload my stock rom and I'm set
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How were you able to root?
of coarse. flash twrp in odin, then download supersu2.66 and flash that. Rooted. It's very simple
how I managed to make the root?
Playb3yond said:
of coarse. flash twrp in odin, then download supersu2.66 and flash that. Rooted. It's very simple
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hello have a galaxy s5 T-Mobile sm-g900t like that if it were possible postasse how he rootear your most detailed device if the model is the same as mine, have android 5.1.1 g900TUVS1FOL1 from already thank excuse my English'm from Brazil.
Hey gang!
I have the metropcs variant (G900t1) of the Galaxy s5. I downloaded the .tar file. I wiped my phone first (twice for good measure) and rebooted to download mode via TWRP. I *did* uncheck the auto reboot box because I hears odin acts funny around OTA's. After the reboot was done, my phone got stuck on he splash screen for a while. I popped out my battery.
for the record, not a noob but leery about regaining root using cf autoroot.
XDA, check me on this. I want to do this right. =)
I updated via Kies earlier this afternoon. So far it's very snappy.
modem
can someone post a flashable modem of this version?
yeshivabachur said:
can someone post a flashable modem of this version?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmo...t/how-to-update-to-g900tof6-5-1-1-pc-t3141404
zip flashable
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmo...t/how-to-update-to-g900tof6-5-1-1-pc-t3141404
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sorry i meant a zip flashable through TWRP.
which brings me to this question.... better to do it through odin or through TWRP?
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sorry i meant a zip flashable through TWRP.
which brings me to this question.... better to do it through odin or through TWRP?
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look at the 1st post, its there
i flashed it with odin, works fine.