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[Q] Recovery Issues

So right now I have no data on my phone because I am unable to install the data fix for my carrier. I have the latest recovery from ROM manager. I'm not able to flash any files because soon after entering recovery, it will freeze, and then reboot.
If I'm really fast with the buttons, I can begin to navigate the menu, but when I select install zip from sd card, it can't mount the card. I have tested this on 2 phones with the exact same results.
The alternate recovery doesn't freeze on me, but I am unable to mount the sd card.

Shameless self bump.
Occasionally I can get CWM to not freeze, allowing me to work with it.
I still have no data/mms on this phone though. The verizon APN doesn't want to be deleted.
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i think the best recovery on droid is rzrecovery and when i had cwm i didnt really work and it froze so i would go with trying to flash rzrecovery via cwm or sprecovery if its not workin out just use rsd lite if you anyother problems you can post here or pm me

shadowdrag96 said:
i think the best recovery on droid is rzrecovery and when i had cwm i didnt really work and it froze so i would go with trying to flash rzrecovery via cwm or sprecovery if its not workin out just use rsd lite if you anyother problems you can post here or pm me
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Unfortunately, I have no sbf that's compatible in RSD. I'll look into those recoveries, but I just need to fix my APNs.

[Q] Flashed custom ROM to original ROMs slot, phone stuck to Safestrap. HELP!

Hi there!
I'm a newbie what comes to Android phones (been using Windows Mobiles and Phones since 2005) and I just recently purchased my first Android phone, Motorola Droid 4 since I just cannot cope without physical QWERTY.
I tried to flash KitKat to my phone but accidentaly flashed it over stock ROM memory slot. Now the phone is stuck to Safestrap and I don't know what to do anymore. I don't have a backup of my phone's original ROM (Jelly Bean 4.1.2.) so could someone please tell me (simplified) how to fix the situation???
I presume I'd have to flash stock ROM back to its memory slot using Safestrap once again? But any help is highly appreciated!!!
Thanks a million in advance and sorry if this question has already been asked on this forum. I didn't find a similar question so that's why I posted mine here.

Sensonic said:
Hi there!
I'm a newbie what comes to Android phones (been using Windows Mobiles and Phones since 2005) and I just recently purchased my first Android phone, Motorola Droid 4 since I just cannot cope without physical QWERTY.
I tried to flash KitKat to my phone but accidentaly flashed it over stock ROM memory slot. Now the phone is stuck to Safestrap and I don't know what to do anymore. I don't have a backup of my phone's original ROM (Jelly Bean 4.1.2.) so could someone please tell me (simplified) how to fix the situation???
I presume I'd have to flash stock ROM back to its memory slot using Safestrap once again? But any help is highly appreciated!!!
Thanks a million in advance and sorry if this question has already been asked on this forum. I didn't find a similar question so that's why I posted mine here.
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what KitKat rom? file name
what Gapps? file name
installing over stock is fine if you used correct files and steps.
what safestrap version?
there is a nandroid backup copy of my stock here Stock Rom Nandroid
just download to a pc, connect droid 4 to pc, in safe strap, mount sd card, copy back up to sd card, unmount, restore.

sd_shadow said:
what KitKat rom? file name
what Gapps? file name
installing over stock is fine if you used correct files and steps.
what safestrap version?
there is a nandroid backup copy of my stock here Stock Rom Nandroid
just download to a pc, connect droid 4 to pc, in safe strap, mount sd card, copy back up to sd card, unmount, restore.
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Thanks! Already figured it out by recovering my phone by stock ROM which I found while doing Google search.
The KitKat custom ROM I tried to install is Vanir_maserati_4.4.3.061614.zip . Doesn't seem to work
I put the aforementioned zip file and Gapps_4.4.3. zip file to the root of my SD card and tried to flash it to the memory slot 1 with Safestrap (the newest version 3.73). After that I flashed Gapps file and booted my phone. Safestrap display was shown on the screen and I chose the bottom right hand side option to boot my phone with the ROM I just flashed to memory slot 1. It tried to boot but came back to safestrap screen couple of times so I wiped memory slot 1 and booted the phone back to stock ROM. Don't know what went wrong???

slot 1 is different than stock slot.
I tried Vanir_maserati_4.4.3.061614.zip in stock slot and didn't boot for me

sd_shadow said:
slot 1 is different than stock slot.
I tried Vanir_maserati_4.4.3.061614.zip in stock slot and didn't boot for me
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OK, so the problem wasn't in my Droid 4 then.
Since I'm a newbie could someone suggest a good KitKat ROM 4.4.3. for Droid 4?

Slim or cm11, links to both in dev section
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sd_shadow said:
Slim or cm11, links to both in dev section
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OK, thanks a lot!

I've make similar mistake
In my case I flash backup slimkat 4.4.2 from slot 1 to stock slot now I see motorola log and then blank screen no recovery, when i press volume button its only make sound and vibrate.
When i go to stock recover in on the green android with red triangle phase but when I pres both vol buttons and nothing happens
is there a second way to wipe data or something ?
Now im downloading sbf files, that part will work but i forget to backup my data ( actually i backup them but the backup stays on internal memory )
Is there a chance to boot from some recovery image thru USB cable and fastboot i have such a option on my LG EVE ?

jaqjacek said:
I've make similar mistake
In my case I flash backup slimkat 4.4.2 from slot 1 to stock slot now I see motorola log and then blank screen no recovery, when i press volume button its only make sound and vibrate.
When i go to stock recover in on the green android with red triangle phase but when I pres both vol buttons and nothing happens
is there a second way to wipe data or something ?
Now im downloading sbf files, that part will work but i forget to backup my data ( actually i backup them but the backup stays on internal memory )
Is there a chance to boot from some recovery image thru USB cable and fastboot i have such a option on my LG EVE ?
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Yes, I found someone's stock ROM backup which I put into recover folder of my phone and then chose "recovery" in Safestrap. That did that job
https://docs.google.com/document/d/...MJa6pXDJ_EshpLDUU/mobilebasic#id.dmmu79nry43b

jaqjacek said:
I've make similar mistake
In my case I flash backup slimkat 4.4.2 from slot 1 to stock slot now I see motorola log and then blank screen no recovery, when i press volume button its only make sound and vibrate.
When i go to stock recover in on the green android with red triangle phase but when I pres both vol buttons and nothing happens
is there a second way to wipe data or something ?
Now im downloading sbf files, that part will work but i forget to backup my data ( actually i backup them but the backup stays on internal memory )
Is there a chance to boot from some recovery image thru USB cable and fastboot i have such a option on my LG EVE ?
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Flashing XML firmware does not wipe internal or external SD cards
Wiping data in stock recovery does not wipe internal or external SD cards only wipes user data partition (user apps, settings...)
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If you can get to safetrap, SD card can be mounted, and a ROM or a backup can be restored.
Link to my backup in my list sd_shadow's [Collection] of Links for Droid 4
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Only thing I can't do was to flash sbf with original firmware,
Data on internal partition is gone.
But I have a advice for some.
Before you use RSDlite decompress that sbf edit XML file and delete lines that overwrite partition that you want to save. Select xml from uncompressed dir and go.
That sort of things is much easier with d4 then it was with milestone 1 or milestone 2.

Stuck in TWRP recovery with no working backups and cant MTP downloaded ROM from Mac

Hi guys im stuck in twrp and i cant transfer any downloaded rom to my sd card or internal storage in twrp. I thought i had a good backup but i dont i need help cause im out of town and need my phone to be working asap thanks in advance

This happened to me once, i called T-Mobile and got replacement.

Can you get to a pc?
Then use Odin to flash ank stock image.

yes im downloading a stock image on my moms pc she gets under 1mbps down so its taking forever to download the 1.5GB file. Already have ODIN downloaded is this gonna erase my sd card when i flash the stock image ?

If you can, use a Micro SD card adapter, download the latest TWRP into the SD card. Try flashing the latest TWRP. Wipe and restore your backup.
If that didn't work, see if you can access a windows. Odin to stock, factory reset and you should be good to go.
If you're going to Odin to stock, all files on your phones memory will be deleted.

think im gonna change my recovery to philz when i root again , not having the ability mtp in recovery is a huge problem

Android_Monsters said:
Can you get to a pc?
Then use Odin to flash ank stock image.
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cookiemage said:
If you can, use a Micro SD card adapter, download the latest TWRP into the SD card. Try flashing the latest TWRP. Wipe and restore your backup.
If that didn't work, see if you can access a windows. Odin to stock, factory reset and you should be good to go.
If you're going to Odin to stock, all files on your phones memory will be deleted.
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man thats awful. i guess i have to sacrifice my pics and music to get my phone back up and running.

Get the odin stock images from here not sammobile.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2957156
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Faster

G1toEVO4G said:
man thats awful. i guess i have to sacrifice my pics and music to get my phone back up and running.
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You might be able to use ADB to pull all your important files from your internal storage

guys you wouldnt believe this i just flashed back to stock using odin 3.10 and to my surprise all of my files remained intact ! all my pictures of my daughter and my music are still on my phone and im not running a clean unrooted stock build of 4.4 kitkat

That's awesome man. Congrats.
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If you don't factory reset on top of an odin flash you still seem to retain pics, ringtones, wallpapers, etc.

G1toEVO4G said:
guys you wouldnt believe this i just flashed back to stock using odin 3.10 and to my surprise all of my files remained intact ! all my pictures of my daughter and my music are still on my phone and im not running a clean unrooted stock build of 4.4 kitkat
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You should backup all of your files and do a full factory reset to avoid problems

cookiemage said:
You should backup all of your files and do a full factory reset to avoid problems
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that definitely makes sense will do

i really want to take my time out and thank everyone in this thread, all you guys helped me out in the wee hours of the morning and i truly appreciate it

[Q] boot looping like no other

hey everyone.
really just want to make sure im flashing this rom correct.
mainly because after i wipe everything. data system, exc.
when i go to reboot the device reboots, goes to Samsung galaxy note 4.
then turns off.. vibrates twice then goes back to the samsung galaxy note 4.
rom i am trying to flash is alliance v1.1
the rom i am coming from is the alliance tmobile beta
any info would help
thanks!!!

holt3113 said:
hey everyone.
really just want to make sure im flashing this rom correct.
mainly because after i wipe everything. data system, exc.
when i go to reboot the device reboots, goes to Samsung galaxy note 4.
then turns off.. vibrates twice then goes back to the samsung galaxy note 4.
rom i am trying to flash is alliance v1.1
the rom i am coming from is the alliance tmobile beta
any info would help
thanks!!!
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Dont wipe system after you flash the ROM. Only wipe cache. If you wipe system you are earasing the ROM.
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Help!
Did you end up figuring this out? I've just had the same thing happen to me!

This build is a COD6..
have you folks updated your bootloader and modem???
If your flashing the partial firmware using odin.. then you need to boot directly into recovery and flash the Rom.
Please post a screen shot of "about device" so i can see your baseband..
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Flashvetrin said:
This build is a COD6..
have you folks updated your bootloader and modem???
If your flashing the partial firmware using odin.. then you need to boot directly into recovery and flash the Rom.
Please post a screen shot of "about device" so i can see your baseband..
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I'm not really sure what you mean, I'm still relatively new at this.
It wouldn't boot at all, but I managed to install twrp through the recovery. Afterwards I put the rooted stock ROM on the SD card and did a wipe/install from recovery and now it's stuck doing the loop and vibrating twice each time.
I can't figure out how to find that information when I only have access to recovery, it's the Bell version in Canada, SM-N910W8. I had it up to date and just rooted it last night.
Thanks for your quick reply!
Edit: I did change a couple of things with build.prop.editor before it happened, that's what I'm thinking screwed this.

AaronBG said:
I'm not really sure what you mean, I'm still relatively new at this.
It wouldn't boot at all, but I managed to install twrp through the recovery. Afterwards I put the rooted stock ROM on the SD card and did a wipe/install from recovery and now it's stuck doing the loop and vibrating twice each time.
I can't figure out how to find that information when I only have access to recovery, it's the Bell version in Canada, SM-N910W8. I had it up to date and just rooted it last night.
Thanks for your quick reply!
Edit: I did change a couple of things with build.prop.editor before it happened, that's what I'm thinking screwed this.
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So you have twrp installed..
Ok. Do you have a nandroid back on your ext sd by chance?? If so reboot recovery under advanced wipe sys/data/dal/cache.. then navigate to your ext were your restore is and flash it..
If not follow these steps.[emoji16]
Step #1 download either a stock rom of your choice or something like This
And a copy of the bioshock kernal. If you decide to use the rom i provided the link for. Check the md5 sums from the download source after you download the files to make sure they match. Download them onto your ext sd card.
Step#2 reboot recovery go to wipe advanced and check/ system/data/dalvik/cache/and internal.. ×3
Then factory data reset x3
Then nav to ext sd and flash the rom.
Note: if you flash the link i provided you have to flash the kernel in the same session... READ THE OP..
Note: #2 when you wipe internal your internal sd card will be wiped so if you need to save pics or whatever do so prior..
You can try skipping the internal once but if it loops then you prob should wipe it like i said and flash kernal such as bioshock.
Ok thats it for now please follow and read what i wrote carefully..
And for now stay away from COD6 for now.. unless you understand the procedure... its all about the kernal flashing in the same session before you boot up..[emoji41]
One last thing.. its dangerous to be
"NEW AT THIS" and just start flashing stuff you need to be carefull and read read read.. in your case W8 you need to flash a kernel 90% of the time same setting..
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@Flashvetrin, +1 on the post, also, this guy may need and must start here.....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/not...sy-steps-stock-odin-n910tuvu1anih-cf-t2903733
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AaronBG said:
I'm not really sure what you mean, I'm still relatively new at this.
It wouldn't boot at all, but I managed to install twrp through the recovery. Afterwards I put the rooted stock ROM on the SD card and did a wipe/install from recovery and now it's stuck doing the loop and vibrating twice each time.
I can't figure out how to find that information when I only have access to recovery, it's the Bell version in Canada, SM-N910W8. I had it up to date and just rooted it last night.
Thanks for your quick reply!
Edit: I did change a couple of things with build.prop.editor before it happened, that's what I'm thinking screwed this.
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And did you happen to back up before making those changes? Anytime you do ANYTHING including sneezing, MAKE A BACKUP!

AxAtAx said:
@Flashvetrin, +1 on the post, also, this guy may need and must start here.....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/not...sy-steps-stock-odin-n910tuvu1anih-cf-t2903733
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And did you happen to back up before making those changes? Anytime you do ANYTHING including sneezing, MAKE A BACKUP!
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Hes on W8 so unless im mistakin COD6 bootloader and modem will not work.
He can flash the builds but needs a kern to complete the boot... like bio..
And doesnt need the COD6 firmware..
He prob can flash the rom he wanted he just needs to follow it with the kern before he booted...
Easypeasy..[emoji3]
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i just ended up, starting over, doing a stock odin 5.0.2 then re rooting and re installing twrp.
and now it works fine!!

Installing Magisk on Lollipop 5.0 - Paradox?

Ok, so here is an explanation of what I have going on here. My ultimate goal is to install Magisk on my phone (Running Kitkat 4.4) . I have learned that in order to do that, I need to install a custom recovery on my phone. I have learned that normal custom recoveries cannot be installed on AT&T phones because they have double locked bootloaders or something of that nature, but that Safestrap can work around it. So after finding all that out I successfully installed Safestrap then went on to install Magisk, but when I tried to install the zip, I was told that it is only compatible with Android 5.0 minimum. Fast-forward, I install Lollipop 5.0 on my phone successfully. I then go back and install safestrap, however it appears that it is now not compatible with my upgraded kernel and will not show me the custom recovery on startup... So it seems as if Safestrap will only work for me on Kitkat, but what I need it to do I can only do on Lollipop. Am I simply out of luck, or is there some cleaver way around this?
I appreciate any help I can get on the matter.

Did you root your phone while on KK? If not, you may be out of luck now. There are a few lollipop rooted rooms that will work and you can keep using SS but you must already be rooted. Mine is still rooted with SS, I am not upgrading for the foreseeable future.

johnkirchner said:
Did you root your phone while on KK? If not, you may be out of luck now. There are a few lollipop rooted rooms that will work and you can keep using SS but you must already be rooted. Mine is still rooted with SS, I am not upgrading for the foreseeable future.
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Yes, I rooted my phone while still on KK, then I used Flashfire to upgrade to LP which allowed me to still keep root.

Unfortunately I am not sure why SS isn't working for you, not sure if the lollipop Rom you installed is having issues with it or what? As for the locked boot loader, these phones are like fort Knox. SS is merely a bypass that does not replace an unlocked boot loader.

Justhere4GO said:
Yes, I rooted my phone while still on KK, then I used Flashfire to upgrade to LP which allowed me to still keep root.
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Ok so if you have three of these four things it should work for you depending if your running a g900a or 870a ,1. you will need the kernel flasher ,900a takes nce kernel flasher , 870a requires ng3 kernal flasher , these are model specific. 2. Busybox installed . 3. Safestrap. 4 safetrap flashable kernels.zips. install busybox, install whichever specific kernel flasher you have per your model, install safetrap. Make sure you have the flashable kernel zip for lollipop on external sd for safe keeping. Cuz if you wipe internal sd for any reason and the zip you will have to resort to the odin flashable versions and odin. Then flash kk kernel with flasher apk then you should enter ss ,flash install magisk then install again the recovery flashable kernel .zip for lollipop and then reboot back into lollipop. All good.
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captivated1971 said:
Ok so if you have three of these four things it should work for you depending if your running a g900a or 870a ,1. you will need the kernel flasher ,900a takes nce kernel flasher , 870a requires ng3 kernal flasher , these are model specific. 2. Busybox installed . 3. Safestrap. 4 safetrap flashable kernels.zips. install busybox, install whichever specific kernel flasher you have per your model, install safetrap. Make sure you have the flashable kernel zip for lollipop on external sd for safe keeping. Cuz if you wipe internal sd for any reason and the zip you will have to resort to the odin flashable versions and odin. Then flash kk kernel with flasher apk then you should enter ss ,flash install magisk then install again the recovery flashable kernel .zip for lollipop and then reboot back into lollipop. All good.
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Alright, now we're getting somewhere. So I downloaded NCE Kernel Flasher (I have 900a), along with the G900A_OC4_Stock_KERNEL_Recovery-Flashable.zip file. So is that file the stock kernel for Lollipop to bring me back after using the program? From what the instructions say, it looks like the NCE Kernel Flasher already comes with the Kitkat kernel in it, but I am still not certain I am reading this correctly.
My second question is about the Magisk program itself if you have any insight on that which you could offer. It is recommended that it be installed on a stock rom, and I believe I need to be unrooted when I put it on to make it work correctly. So while I'm in the safestrap recovery via NCE Flasher, should I do a factory reset first, then flash magisk, then flash the stock kernel zip?

Justhere4GO said:
Alright, now we're getting somewhere. So I downloaded NCE Kernel Flasher (I have 900a), along with the G900A_OC4_Stock_KERNEL_Recovery-Flashable.zip file. So is that file the stock kernel for Lollipop to bring me back after using the program? From what the instructions say, it looks like the NCE Kernel Flasher already comes with the Kitkat kernel in it, but I am still not certain I am reading this correctly.
My second question is about the Magisk program itself if you have any insight on that which you could offer. It is recommended that it be installed on a stock rom, and I believe I need to be unrooted when I put it on to make it work correctly. So while I'm in the safestrap recovery via NCE Flasher, should I do a factory reset first, then flash magisk, then flash the stock kernel zip?
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Really i havent messed with magisk at all so i cant say anything about that . But yes after you flash it or install it just go back to the install button and install the kernel zip to get you back to lollipop. Then reboot. And yes they are only stock kernels because the bootloader wont let us use custom kernels
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But on your second question i dont see how you can install it and not be rooted . Because you have to be rooted to have ss running.
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captivated1971 said:
Really i havent messed with magisk at all so i cant say anything about that . But yes after you flash it or install it just go back to the install button and install the kernel zip to get you back to lollipop. Then reboot. And yes they are only stock kernels because the bootloader wont let us use custom kernels
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But on your second question i dont see how you can install it and not be rooted . Because you have to be rooted to have ss running.
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Ok, thanks. I successfully booted up into SS mode. I made a backup just in case I need it, then did a factory reset. I chose my Magisk file through the install option, and confirmed it for installation. But now is shows that it is flashing the file, but I have been stuck on the same screen for roughly 20 minutes so far, with no progress on the status bar. From all of the videos I've seen, it looks like this flashing procedure shouldn't take longer than a minute or so, and I fear that something has gone wrong. I know I need to flash my Lollipop kernal back prior to leaving SS, but if my phone is indeed frozen, if I take out the battery and power it up, will I still get a SS Recovery prompt prior to my Samsung logo popping up so I can restore the backup and my correct kernel, or am I on the path to bricksville?

captivated1971 said:
Really i havent messed with magisk at all so i cant say anything about that . But yes after you flash it or install it just go back to the install button and install the kernel zip to get you back to lollipop. Then reboot. And yes they are only stock kernels because the bootloader wont let us use custom kernels
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But on your second question i dont see how you can install it and not be rooted . Because you have to be rooted to have ss running.
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So I did just take out the battery, and was able to get back into custom recovery and restore my backup. I tried to install magisk a few more times to no avail. (Kept saying installing but never progressed) My only thought is that maybe because Magisk is not compatible with Kitkat, I would need to update the kernel back to lollipop first before installing magisk. My concern though is, if that is not what the issue is, then restoring my kernel will keep me from being able to re-enter custom recovery to restore my data if I need to. Does that sound like it could be a plausible reason that the file will not install?
Also, if I do attempt to update the kernel in SS, should I still be able to use Odin to restore a stock rom if I have to pull the battery on my device again due to it freezing during installaion? (I've only used Odin twice, so I'm not 100% sure of it's capabilities).

Justhere4GO said:
So I did just take out the battery, and was able to get back into custom recovery and restore my backup. I tried to install magisk a few more times to no avail. (Kept saying installing but never progressed) My only thought is that maybe because Magisk is not compatible with Kitkat, I would need to update the kernel back to lollipop first before installing magisk. My concern though is, if that is not what the issue is, then restoring my kernel will keep me from being able to re-enter custom recovery to restore my data if I need to. Does that sound like it could be a plausible reason that the file will not install?
Also, if I do attempt to update the kernel in SS, should I still be able to use Odin to restore a stock rom if I have to pull the battery on my device again due to it freezing during installaion? (I've only used Odin twice, so I'm not 100% sure of it's capabilities).
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Hows it goin? Sorry i dont pop in all the time here . Yes odin will work fine everytime as long as its all stock .but it will wipe everything again except external sd card . So if you saved a backup to internal sd it will be wiped . If you saved to ext sd it will still be there if you have to odin . And everything else will be gone also like ss and kernal flasher and all itll be pure stock again also will erase root.
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Everything is returnable from on these phones unless you update the bootloader past oc1. Then no root . Even if you hardbrick where it will hardly do nothing but make a sound when plug it to your computer is fixable . But it is a lengthy process and hope you two of them to be able to fix the other or do the right method and be able to flash an image to an sdcard to get you into download mode .lol unless you brick it and just sell it to me for 5 bucks lol.
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captivated1971 said:
Hows it goin? Sorry i dont pop in all the time here . Yes odin will work fine everytime as long as its all stock .but it will wipe everything again except external sd card . So if you saved a backup to internal sd it will be wiped . If you saved to ext sd it will still be there if you have to odin . And everything else will be gone also like ss and kernal flasher and all itll be pure stock again also will erase root.
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Everything is returnable from on these phones unless you update the bootloader past oc1. Then no root . Even if you hardbrick where it will hardly do nothing but make a sound when plug it to your computer is fixable . But it is a lengthy process and hope you two of them to be able to fix the other or do the right method and be able to flash an image to an sdcard to get you into download mode .lol unless you brick it and just sell it to me for 5 bucks lol.
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Ok, good to know. I retried booting into SS, reinstalling lollipop kernel, then installing Magisk, but it still froze without any progress. I think the problem is that I the phone is rooted, and Magisk may only be able to be installed on an unrooted phone (It is meant to replace traditional root with a systemless version that can be toggled on and off). But like you said, I cannot get into my custom recovery unless I'm rooted, so that is the predicament I currently find myself in. I actually tried to uninstall root via SuperUser, but that also froze from me when it showed it was supposed to be uninstalling. I'm not sure if that is due to my phone being rooted on KitKat, and that carrying it over into Lollipop ingrained it to the point where I cannot easily take it out. Anyways, it's looking pretty grim for me being able to install this on my device, but I think I may have to go lurking around in a Magisk forum for my next lead.
Anyways, I really appreciate your help in the matter leading me to how to run SS on Lollipop; I'm sure it will come in hand in the future!