Hi, I posted this in the main troubleshooting thread. It includes a video. I am not a very good phone tech, but I can BASH my way through some basic stuff.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-z-ultra/help/lollipop-update-crashes-released-help-t3212525
I DO have my TA partition backed up. I haven't tried restoring it. Thanks!
The main issue here is that there are only a few people around here with the GPe model, and the GPe doesn't work like the regular one, so it's hard for us to help you. If I were you, I would update manually to 5.1 by downloading the update.zip for the Togari GPe and flash it in a terminal. That's what people with Nexus' do when they don't wanna wait for the OTA. It's as official as the OTA.
OR you can flash a custom ROM, like CyanogenMod 12.1 (5.1.1). Or Candy 5. Or something else.
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Hi all, I'm enjoying reading lots in this forum in order to learn how to unleash my S3. One massive thank you to all who make this community such a great and rich resource. Thanks!
After reading a bunch, I took the XDA plunge. Here's what I've recently done (maybe this will help someone who's considering taking the plunge too. I was surprised at how easy everything was). I rooted my i9300 by flashing CF-AutoRoot via Odin. I then downloaded GooManager from the Market. It installed an open recovery script for me, TWRP. Next, I rebooted to TWRP recovery mode and did a backup and then a factory reset. I flashed temasek's build (v20) of Android 4.3/10.2 with the latest gapps zip (20130813). Then came the moment of truth. I was nervous when my phone took a bit longer to boot. The sweet Cyanogenmod logo just kept swirling. Finally, it booted and I was in love.
I have just a few questions about my phone now.
First, is the TWRP backup I did adequate to get me out of serious trouble if something goes wrong flashing updates? The backup ended up being over 2gb!
Secondly, have I done anything to the kernel? If not, should I?
Thirdly, have I done all that rooting and custom roms have to offer? Do I now just update my rom when new builds come out and continue enjoying my phone? If so, that's great. Just wondering what if anything I could do next, apart from trying other custom roms.
Lastly, what's the proper way to get help troubleshooting glitches/bug with the custom rom I'm using since I'm not yet able to post in its development forum thread? For example, my bluetooth won't turn off and in some apps the screen flickers or doesn't seem to render the window properly.
Thanks in advance.
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Hi all, I'm enjoying reading lots in this forum in order to learn how to unleash my S3. One massive thank you to all who make this community such a great and rich resource. Thanks!
After reading a bunch, I took the XDA plunge. Here's what I've recently done (maybe this well help someone who's considering taking the plunge too). I rooted my i9300 by flashing CF-AutoRoot via Odin. I then downloaded GooManager from the Market. It installed an open recovery script for me, TWRP. Next, I rebooted to TWRP recovery mode and did a backup and then a factory reset. I flashed temasek's build (v20) of Android 4.3/10.2 with the latest gapps zip (20130813). Then came the moment of truth. I was nervous when my phone took a bit longer to boot. The sweet Cyanogenmod logo just kept swirling. Finally, it booted and I was in love.
I have just a few questions about my phone now.
First, is the TWRP backup I did adequate to get me out of serious trouble if something goes wrong flashing updates? The backup ended up being over 2gb!
Secondly, have I done anything to the kernel? If not, should I?
Thirdly, have I done all that rooting and custom roms have to offer? Do I now just update my rom when new builds come out and continue enjoying my phone? If so, that's great. Just wondering what if anything I could do next, apart from trying other custom roms.
Lastly, what's the proper way to get help troubleshooting glitches/bug with the custom rom I'm using since I'm not yet able to post in its development forum thread? For example, my bluetooth won't turn off and in some apps the screen flickers or doesn't seem to render the window properly.
Thanks in advance.
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1. A backup is always adequate on almost all situations and that size is acceptable since most of my backups are around 1.41 gb but I recommend that you also backup your efs since it's one of the most important things to backup on our devices. More info here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1308546
2. As far as I know any cyanogenmod based firmware installs it's own custom kernel however this is highly reversible as soon as you flash a stock firmware again.
3. Well the possibility of having a rooted phone are endless. In xda you'll find vast amount of tweaks, roms, kernels etc that you can flash on your device. Even I still keep on flashing things (with precautions of course) whenever i find something interesting.
4. Until you can post that thread just keep posting your question here in the Q & A but search the topic you have in mind first since it's most likely been asked before, just to keep the forum clean as much as possible.
oceo said:
Hi all, I'm enjoying reading lots in this forum in order to learn how to unleash my S3. One massive thank you to all who make this community such a great and rich resource. Thanks!
After reading a bunch, I took the XDA plunge. Here's what I've recently done (maybe this will help someone who's considering taking the plunge too. I was surprised at how easy everything was). I
I have just a few questions about my phone now.
First, is the TWRP backup I did adequate to get me out of serious trouble if something goes wrong flashing updates? The backup ended up being over 2gb!
No its not It has note backed up EFS .
Secondly, have I done anything to the kernel? If not, should I?
Your choice .
Thirdly, have I done all that rooting and custom roms have to offer? Do I now just update my rom when new builds come out and continue enjoying my phone? If so, that's great. Just wondering what if anything I could do next, apart from trying other custom roms.
Your choice as to try other roms or mods .
Lastly, what's the proper way to get help troubleshooting glitches/bug with the custom rom I'm using since I'm not yet able to post in its development forum thread? For example, my bluetooth won't turn off and in some apps the screen flickers or doesn't seem to render the window properly.
Some roms have a Q&A thread or discussion thread . Usually problems are posted in the rom thread .
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Thanks for the replies. I booted into recovery and used TWRP to do an EFS backup. Super easy.
So I grabbed an S4 which did not have the Lollipop update right now I am on 4.4.2 NK1.
I've had an S3 for a while and hated that if i wanted to flash AOSP I had to use a ROM slot etc - is that the same for this phone? Can someone please advise what my best option is from here? Should I take the 5.0 update? Since I am on the older version can I root / ROM easier from here?
I've looked through the Q&A and android development. I don't see anything current about the base-band I am on. My phone keeps trying to push this update so I am posting in the main section to try to get comments before it "Auto pushes" and i'm SOL (This is what happened to me on my S3 and then I couldn't use any custom kernels or AOSP ROMS(Unless I used a ROM slot and I always felt this was laggy)
Any opinions are greatly appreciated - or even links that can get me to the right place, I don't mind reading or learning, I just need to know what thread I should go to so I don't waste my time reading threads that do not matter to my situation.
I'm not asking how to ROM/Root please don't get that confused - I know how to follow the below thread. I just want to know more info about my bootloader and steps taken to how I can flash the AOSP Dirty Unicorn ROM and if it can be done w/ a custom kernel or if I have to go through ROM slots / safestrap
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...-to-root-i545vrufnk1-4-4-2-12-1-2014-t2959613
Thank you,
Stefan.
You cannot unlock the bootloader, flash Dirty Unicorns, AOSP, Cynanogenmod, etc.
Best you can do is use safestrap and either Kitpop(AOSP UI) Or Eclipse(AOSP UI).
You have to downgrade to nc5, find that in Android Development.
XxD34THxX said:
You cannot unlock the bootloader, flash Dirty Unicorns, AOSP, Cynanogenmod, etc.
Best you can do is use safestrap and either Kitpop(AOSP UI) Or Eclipse(AOSP UI).
You have to downgrade to nc5, find that in Android Development.
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If I downgrade to nc5 can I then flash dirty unicorns? Or can I not at all? I would have to use safestrap / ROM slot in order to flash that?
So really if the upgrade pushes it makes no difference? (That is if I have root)
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It makes no difference. Only way to flash dirty unicorns is mdk, and you cannot go back do to a qfuse being blown. Those two ROMs are the only AOSP ish options for you.
We are in the "soon" state from january, first with 5.0 and now with 5.1 and this phone is pratically becoming "motorola moto indians" considering that only them are getting soak and/or updates, so, what do you guys think? wait or go for a custom? i'd flash a custom now but i read everywhere people that have problems going back to stock after flashing custom roms on the E and someone says that this is the easiest phone to brick (why? dunno)
ps. yeah i really want to change, stock 4.4.4 it's giving me problems and since i need to reset soon i want to upgrade.
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We are in the "soon" state from january, first with 5.0 and now with 5.1 and this phone is pratically becoming "motorola moto indians" considering that only them are getting soak and/or updates, so, what do you guys think? wait or go for a custom? i'd flash a custom now but i read everywhere people that have problems going back to stock after flashing custom roms on the E and someone says that this is the easiest phone to brick (why? dunno)
ps. yeah i really want to change, stock 4.4.4 it's giving me problems and since i need to reset soon i want to upgrade.
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That someone is probably me I guess? Well ya, some devices are unbrickable but some devices like this one are easily brickable [emoji20] One bad move and you would end up with a bricked device with no rescue. There's more that can happen, unfortunately Please be careful, do not depend on OTAs much because they are the most famous sources of bricks. Always prefer flashing ROMs via TWRP latest. Also, if you want stock, ask someone to upload their TWRP backup of system and boot partitions if you already have messed up with OTAs before because at this point of time, we really don't know which OTA can brick the device so please stay away from them and prefer custom ROMs or TWRP nandroid backups [emoji55]
if i flash a custom rom like cm or whatever, will be easy to go back to stock 5.1? (when the update will be officially available)
Modesis said:
if i flash a custom rom like cm or whatever, will be easy to go back to stock 5.1? (when the update will be officially available)
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Once the factory image is released, I guess it'll be easy to flash it via fastboot.
Hi,
Just got an i545. It is currently on NK1 with 4.4.2. I understand to root it I can follow this (thread closed so can't post there). My confusion is: once I root, can I install safestrap or TWRP and flash custom roms? I read somewhere else on the forum that NK1 is limited to certain AOSP roms. I really like Carbon but am open to trying others and I don't want to screw things up. Sorry if this is noob-ish but I think I gave myself information over-load trying to find the correct steps.
Also, I will be using this with AT&T so would I want to stick to the unified builds?
Thanks,
SS only, no twrp/cwm.
Only TW roms aside from this aosp:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3019132
I used it before LP, a few bugs but overall ran well
Thanks for the info. If safestrap must be used, would these roms work? From what I gather so far, it's also not possible to downgrade from NK1 to NC5 or other, is it? I don't see the point of flashing another TW rom...but that's just me. I guess I can just root and customize for now, and experiment with TW roms if I get bored.
EDIT - I am wrong, it appears that I can odin back to earlier images (MDK, NC5, etc...) Is this feasible? Would it allow me to root, install custom recovery, and any rom I wish?
That list should be good. You can go back to nc5, can't downgrade past KK.
Also, there are threads on how to upgrade to 5.0.1, however if you take the official ota you'll lose root and can't downgrade back
I appreciate your help. Just to confirm, if I downgrade to NC5, will I be able to use ANY custom recovery and flash ANY rom? Or will I still be limited to safestrap and TW roms?
EDIT - Found my answer here. Anything over MDK can only use safestrap and TW roms. Bummer. No point in down-grading then.
Edit 2 - It seems that if I want to run any kind of rom I do need to down grade to NC5 as most seem to be based on it. I assume I would use the full wipe from this guide.
This S4 is my 7th android and it's, by far, got the most hoops to jump through and/or limitations. All my other phones were easy-peasy! Or is it just because it's Verizon branded? All other phones were T-Mo or ATT.
It's this phone & Verizon, they both suck
I'm sorry if I'm asking questions that have been answered here, but I am new to rooting and am suffering from information overload. I get confused about references to stock Android and whether this means the stock Verizon version or the untouched Android that Nexus devices get.
I'm using this phone through Tracfone and thus do not receive OTA updates. This also makes all of the Verizon bloat all the more useless. I'm not looking for a special ROM, I just want vanilla Android that will receive new updates over wifi.
Is this possible?
Hi. Stock means what LG/Verizon put on our phone. I understand the confusion, though, and I used to be confused about it too. It's best to call "pure" or "purer" Android AOSP, or from what I've read there isn't any true full AOSP that's user compiled any more - they're all more or less based on CyanogenMod, so "AOSP" or "CM", but CM is more realistic. AOSP is what Nexus has, although of course, it can be called stock too since in that case they're one in the same unless you're running a user-compiled AOSP in which case if it were me I would call it something else to distinguish it from the stock AOSP on Nexus.
CyanogenMod-based ROMs will be the closest you'll get. CM13 for Marshmallow. I don't know if CM gets OTAs, I think sometimes in the past they have, at least once a version of CM has gone "final" (not sure if CM13 has gone final). Some ROMs that are based on CM have OTAs too.
I can't speak as to how well these work. I used to use CM-based ROMs more on other phones but for me, stock works so much more reliably/predictably and overall smoother than AOSP/CM. AOSP/CM and International-based stock ROMs always seem to have some unreliableness factor.
If you want a debloated but reliable ROM based on stock (which would receive OTAs if there ever are any more, but it's doubtful there will be), use @xdabbeb 's stock 47A (Marshmallow) firmware along with either my debloat zips or the debloat generator made by another user, which I link to in the third post of the 47A firmware thread in the Development section. The debloat zips/generator are also linked to in my signature below.
Overall, personally, I consider @xdabbeb 's VS985 v2.0 ROM, based on 35B (5.1.1) the best ROM, but I'm currently using the stock 47A firmware with complete debloating and am satisfied with it.
I use Xposed and G3TweaksBox to get some features on stock ROMs that I consider a must.
The easiest way to flash the ROM I mentioned is (if you're not rooted yet), first tell us what version of the stock ROM you're on. If it's anything but 23C or 24B, the absolute easiest way to root and put custom recovery on is by downgrading to 10B using the TOT method and the .DLL that's extracted from the 35B KDZ. Links to the TOT and DLL in @annoyingduck 's stickied return to stock thread in the General section, also the first link in my signature below.
Directions and the links to the program to flash TOTs, you'll have to Google for.
In the future, please ask all questions in the Q&A section. I'll ask a moderator to move this thread. Thanks!
Thanks for the response. I am definitely most interested in reliability. After reading your post, I think I might just stick with the stock Verizon image and wait for the upgrade tool to release Marshmallow.
Nate Wrigley said:
Thanks for the response. I am definitely most interested in reliability. After reading your post, I think I might just stick with the stock Verizon image and wait for the upgrade tool to release Marshmallow.
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You're welcome! Or if I didn't say it before, you can flash the 47A KDZ with LG Flash Tool 2014, preferably with the CSE option which will wipe all data including internal storage, so use the built in LG Backup and also move what you want to keep from your internal storage.