Ok guys. I have come up with a method to install 4.4.2 international and T-Mobile ROMs without ADB.
I am using some stuff from @drakeymcmb and @Hashcode
I however need some help.
I will not be doing a tutorial yet because this is not complete.
I used EchoeROM from the International section. It boots and runs fine for the most part.
Bugs I can't figure out how to fix but have ideas for based on fixes from the AT&T S4.
Wi-Fi will not turn on. (I will need @Hashcode to help with that.)
Using the ATT PTA apns works, but is shoddy with LTE.
I ran into one random reboot when opening messaging. Didn't happen after it booted up again.
If you guys could give me a hand. I and the community would love you.
THIS IS NOT AND MAY NEVER BE A FINAL METHOD. DO NOT ASK FOR ETA's. AS OF RIGHT NOW, THIS IS ONLY A PROOF OF CONCEPT.
Reserved for screen shots showing proof.
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Mine too
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Would like to see how this plays out. Good luck.
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Thanks.
It involves a combo of Odin and safe strap. Basically the exact process for XRom and Knoxraid. I have not seen any posts or topics about it.so I am fairly confident that we can work together to get more ROMs on our device.
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graydiggy said:
Thanks.
It involves a combo of Odin and safe strap. Basically the exact process for XRom and Knoxraid. I have not seen any posts or topics about it.so I am fairly confident that we can work together to get more ROMs on our device.
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i found this link and i thought it might help. go to this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2554411 and click on the link that says- Download The second file you need (if flashing international base rom) from this link. its supposed to help with wifi issues and other issues.
Thanks. I'll test tonight after I get off of work and post pictures.
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Right now I qm working on getting international ROMs to work 100%
after that I will do Tmo
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After doing some research. We may also be able to flash Aroma Kit kat Roms. I am getting very excited. Right now I am downloading ROM files on my phone so I will be doing some testing tonight and the rest of this weekend .
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Cool. Keep us posted. Also let us know if the Knox counter trips
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Oh yeah. With my testing so far it did not trip.
Thanks for reminding me.
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OK guys. Waking up first then gathering all the files/links together for this install method for my one and only tester. I need more testers though. If you are willing to put this install method to the test, please PM me.
This is a warning. I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR DEVICE. If you choose to be a tester, that is all on you. Make sure you have a full backup of both your internal and external SD cards somewhere on your computer. I again am not responsible if you lose important data. Make sure that you do this now while I prepare to put this out for testers and testers only.
Right now, you should also download an International 4.4.2 ROM that does not use Aroma for install. I used the EchoeRom for my test.
I would like anyone that wants to test for me to be ready so that we can speed up this process.
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Files are almost ready for distro. I ran into a problem while testing so I need to extract some stuff from KnoxRaid and build a flashable zip file to be used in SS and package it with the files I will have the testers download. I also realized that you will wipe the internal SD card so MAKE A BACKUP. Any files to be flashed via Safestrap need to be on the External SD.
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I just cannot get Wifi or NFC to turn on... I have tried building an update package to flash with SS, but it doesn't help... I am going to try a few more things and test some more. I know you guys want this, but I want it working on my end before I start sending it out.
Did you get it to work?
I can only get the ROM to boot...
NFC and wifi will not turn on. I have tried multiple different routes to get them functional, but to no avail. I'm gonna take a break for a bit. Clear my mind and try again. I need a package to fix those and to help save time with setup a package to flash the correct LTE APNs to the phone so users don't have to input them manually.
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graydiggy said:
I can only get the ROM to boot...
NFC and wifi will not turn on. I have tried multiple different routes to get them functional, but to no avail. I'm gonna take a break for a bit. Clear my mind and try again. I need a package to fix those and to help save time with setup a package to flash the correct LTE APNs to the phone so users don't have to input them manually.
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try to relfash modem from leaked 4.4.2... for wifi fix....
Tried that. I believe it is the system files. I tried pulling them from KnoxRaid and flashing them. I may just be making bad packages...
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Need some assistance. WHY CANT I ACCESS ABOUT DEVICE?
Can't open About Device on Hyper Drive Rom for ATT Note 3 .. Keeps crashing.
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This is useless. If you would have read the op in the hyperdrive thread you would have seen it in the listed/known bugs. Please read the op before flashing never assume you know exactly what is going on.
All it is is a mismatched id in the smali oncreate method. It will be fixed next release
Thanks. Makes sense now. Didn't catch that in the thread.
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hello fellow G flex Owners (sprint variant LS995). does anyone know on how i can get some sort of wireless infrastructure tethering to work. i have tried multiple apps wifi tethering, barnacle, open garden etc. and i cant get them to work on infrastructure. i have tried different settings and i just cant get them to work. all that i get is ad-hoc which to me is pretty worthless. i know that there is this one method to to enable native tethering on the sprint variant but i am scared that i might get soft bricked or some sort of boot loop and currently at the moment sprint variant does not have a method to unlock boot loader and access to cwm or twrp.
link to sprint native tethering (by justinswidebody)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2647656
i am scared to apply this method since justinswidebody states that "this could brick your device" what do you guys think are the odds of this bricking my device???
current status of my phone:
my phone is rooted successfully by ioroot method along with busy-box installed
No easy way yet, I'm waiting too
I used his method without any problems.
As long as the download is fine, your device will be fine
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thank you
thank you all for your responses im going to take a hit at it
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thank you all for your responses im going to take a hit at it
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If you have any problems just message me and I will help you get back to stock.
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If you have any problems just message me and I will help you get back to stock.
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Hey justinswidebody, once rooted on this beast, is it as simple as using the unroot option thru chainfires SU to successfully receive an ota?
Btw
Thanks for helping out in the forums!
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To be honest, I have never unrooted before. However yes, as long as you haven't deleted any system apps, that should work just fine.
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For some reason, even while on my home Wi-Fi, I get random mobile data drops. Unsure why. I've never had this issue before upgrading to the first KitKat ota then rooting/s-off then taking the ota updates to 3.05.651.6.
Any ideas on what would be causing it or how to fix it?
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Double post.
It could be your radio. If ur data dropped less frequently before try flashing an older radio. There is a thread in the general section that has all the radios from all the ota's which u can flash in recovery.
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I actually just updated my radio back to the most recent after downgrading to the previous one to see if it was that. I get the same results with both radios.
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A RUU may fix the problem, back up all data then download and use this - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2250904
Will this process return me back to complete, unrooted stock, also replacing the custom recovery with the stock one?
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Will this process return me back to complete, unrooted stock, also replacing the custom recovery with the stock one?
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Yes it will. It will also wipe everything on the phone as well, so make sure to backup anything important you need from the phone.
Ok Because I don't need to be rooted or any of that stuff as long as the phone works as it should after going back to 3.05.651.6.
I just hope it fixes the issues I'm having. This one in the OP and the wifi notification setting being broken.
Thanks for the help. ^^
Did the RUU. Unsure if it will solve the disconnect issue, but for some reason my wifi notifications issue is still there. I turn on notifications in settings, back out, go back to settings, and the setting is unchecked, though I still get wifi notifications.
Any other ideas that may help figure why this happens, because it is still happening.
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Any other ideas that may help figure why this happens, because it is still happening.
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have you tried the latest firmware.
I don't like the newest firmware, unfortunately. It just kinda ruined the phone experience for me. Do you think that instead of getting the latest fw that there would be network components or something I can flash to fix it? I think the radio I'm on is the latest, 1108. Don't know what else would be involved with it.
You think the fact that my phone thinks it's a dev phone has anything to do with it?
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I don't like the newest firmware, unfortunately. It just kinda ruined the phone experience for me. Do you think that instead of getting the latest fw that there would be network components or something I can flash to fix it? I think the radio I'm on is the latest, 1108. Don't know what else would be involved with it.
You think the fact that my phone thinks it's a dev phone has anything to do with it?
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well, don't know but there was a connectivity fix in the latest firmware, if i'm not mistaken, just flash omj's flashable for s-off users if you're s-off it won't change your phone experience.
Can you point me in the direction of that, please? That sounds like what I'm looking for I think.
How do you mean it won't change my phone experience though?
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johnequickiii said:
Can you point me in the direction of that, please? That sounds like what I'm looking for I think.
How do you mean it won't change my phone experience though?
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in the general section look for firmware by BD619, that's the latest
i don't really know what you meant by phone experience, so you can flash the firmware and stay on the rom you have
Just for the sake of clarity, the firmware is different from the android version?
I just wish I could figure out the cause of this happening. It's strange that there isn't more info out there about this particular issue.
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I cannot and will not be held responsible for anything that may happen due to you following this guide. You are directly
responsible for anything that you instruct your device to do. By following this guide, you accept full and complete
responsibility for whatever the outcome is.
After much trial and error, this guide should help those of you stuck on stock ML2 get to running ROMs through SafeStrap 3.71
Before anything, a thanks goes to spegelius and Devo7v for helping with the much needed files. Without them, I would not
have gotten this far.
Requirements:
* You need to be on 4.3 ML2 as your stock firmware
* You need to be rooted. If you are not, read this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2690133
* You will need to have SafeStrap 3.71 installed. Check here: http://goo.im/devs/Hashcode/jflteatt-active/safestrap
**Verify that you are using the SHG-i537 BEFORE installing anything**
Once you have that done, boot into recovery and create a new ROM slot.
It will take a few minutes for the slot to create and setup.
Once it has setup, grab your favorite TW ROM and flash 'er to the slot. (I used HyperDrive)
Now, flash the ML2 modules, followed by the MF5 camera prop archive.
Now flash the GPIO keys archive.
Clear the dalvik and cache, and reboot.
This should give you hardware keys, wifi, bluetooth, NFC, and Camera.
I know this is not the most comprehensive guide out there, but it should be enough to get you up and running.
is necessary to flash the compatibility pack on hyperdroid ? , is the stock camera working with any rom?
thanks for the guide im new here and i was a little bit lost with the rom flashing
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If you plan on using the device with AT&T, the compat pack is a must. And as far as I have tested, no the stock camera does not work.
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sad for the stock camera but did you make it work with another apk ? if so which one i could use?
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I installed the Google Cam, and the AOSP gallery.
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ok cool ty ill try that
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Not a prob. My i537 runs like a champ on HyperDrive with the AOSP addons.
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Does anyone know what's the latest and simplest method to unroot the device so OTA updates can be downloaded? If odining back to stock firmware can be avoided that'd be great. I'm trying to get rid of some annoying issues on my current build. Thanks.
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ODIN back to stock firmware
Doesn't wiping data unroot the device?
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incisivekeith said:
Doesn't wiping data unroot the device?
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It always wipe everything when you odin back to stock
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This Not Latest but This Is Safe Method..
# Flashing Official Rom(Data Loss)
# Unrooter
http://www.mediafire.com/?ph35zif7liy8bd5
Uses Zergling exploit to Delete Su files
Run Batch file and your UN - Rooted
Nothing special just a simple little batch file.
# Using Fast boot Mod For Unroot
thanx
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I gave in and flashed the original os. The device runs significantly better. It seems the themes from Samsung slowed down my phone and caused a lot of issues with the dialer app.
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Has the August 10 FIrmware posted here yet G925AUCU2AOF4?
lucky_strike33 said:
ODIN back to stock firmware
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Need really bad to unroot restore stock G925AUCU2AOF4, using Odin. My Galaxy Edge has Null for IMEI, servicemode is blank no commands, and no broadband version so no Sim will work. if not posted yet anyone know about when it will be available here as this is most trustworthy site? Also i hear it is not wise, possible to flash with a previous version than my current phone which is G925AUCU2AOF4 - i hope i and others don't have to wait too long.
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Need really bad to unroot restore stock G925AUCU2AOF4, using Odin. My Galaxy Edge has Null for IMEI, servicemode is blank no commands, and no broadband version so no Sim will work. if not posted yet anyone know about when it will be available here as this is most trustworthy site? Also i hear it is not wise, possible to flash with a previous version than my current phone which is G925AUCU2AOF4 - i hope i and others don't have to wait too long.
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incisivekeith said:
I gave in and flashed the original os. The device runs significantly better. It seems the themes from Samsung slowed down my phone and caused a lot of issues with the dialer app.
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I take that back. My device started lagging bad, especially when it was in use while connected to the charger.
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