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need some assistance on mi i537 s4 active.

Hi to everyone and thanks for taking your time to read and help me out. Well I have the s4 active i537 and my firmware is ML3 4.2.2 and I keep seeing ppl go to 4.4.2 stock but none say there for my type of firmware or how to go about updating it. Some say it works just fine others say it dont let them do certaine things... I have mobile odin on my phone and im obviously rooted so any help on this topic will be well appreciated. Thanks in advance...

based on previous threads in the Q and A subforum, one can install *stock* 4.3 image *ML2* using Odin, update via wiFi to 4.4 and root using https://towelroot.com/

JaimeMC said:
Hi to everyone and thanks for taking your time to read and help me out. Well I have the s4 active i537 and my firmware is ML3 4.2.2 and I keep seeing ppl go to 4.4.2 stock but none say there for my type of firmware or how to go about updating it. Some say it works just fine others say it dont let them do certaine things... I have mobile odin on my phone and im obviously rooted so any help on this topic will be well appreciated. Thanks in advance...
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Do you have an AT&T i537, or was it purchased from a different carrier?

Devo7v said:
Do you have an AT&T i537, or was it purchased from a different carrier?
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just to add another possibility but it may also have been a non-carrier purchase from phone store, unlocked device from any number of online vendors ... as in my two i537 devices from such a source, not purchased from any carrier, in case it matters.

The phone is from att but is being used on another carrier.

JaimeMC said:
The phone is from att but is being used on another carrier.
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What version of firmware do you have, because ML3 is not an AT&T firmware?

Devo7v said:
What version of firmware do you have, because ML3 is not an AT&T firmware?
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Sorry its MF3 not ml3...

JaimeMC said:
Sorry its MF3 not ml3...
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All you need to do is flash the ML2 Odin package and then flash the NE3 OTA after that and you'll be on 4.4.2. It should only take about an hour.

Devo7v said:
All you need to do is flash the ML2 Odin package and then flash the NE3 OTA after that and you'll be on 4.4.2. It should only take about an hour.
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I kniw this asking too much but any chance to both links for the 4.3 and the 4.4.2 for this phone its just to make sure I dont do the wrong ones

JaimeMC said:
I kniw this asking too much but any chance to both links for the 4.3 and the 4.4.2 for this phone its just to make sure I dont do the wrong ones
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All the links you need are in the i537 Firmware Thread.

Thanks a bunch I finally got my i537 on 4.4.2 also got it rooted. Possible safestrap? And any way for me to run a costume rom? I read somewhere that there's a way to load a costume kernel after it has read the stock one 1st so I'm guessing it would alow to use any costume rim but I don't know if it works the way I think it does.

JaimeMC said:
Thanks a bunch I finally got my i537 on 4.4.2 also got it rooted. Possible safestrap? And any way for me to run a costume rom? I read somewhere that there's a way to load a costume kernel after it has read the stock one 1st so I'm guessing it would alow to use any costume rim but I don't know if it works the way I think it does.
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Please read the SafeStrap thread.

Devo7v said:
Please read the SafeStrap thread.
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I have but the only roms that can be used are tw and I want a is roms.

JaimeMC said:
I have but the only roms that can be used are tw and I want a is roms.
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Then you're going to need to buy a different phone.

Deodex NH3

Flash this file through safestrap. Make sure you're on the stock rom. Basically the instructions are the same as the I537 conversion thread. https://www.dropbox.com/s/rd6yk9cclkm36ho/deodex_nh3.zip?dl=0
Sent from my I537 NH3 Rooted Deodexed w/ NH3 mods & I537 S5 Conversion.

dkeepitabuck said:
Flash this file through safestrap. Make sure you're on the stock rom. Basically the instructions are the same as the I537 conversion thread. https://www.dropbox.com/s/rd6yk9cclkm36ho/deodex_nh3.zip?dl=0
Sent from my I537 NH3 Rooted Deodexed w/ NH3 mods & I537 S5 Conversion.
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Works perfectly. Thanks for your work ?

No problem. Couldn't do it without xda providing the topics about deodexing roms.
Sent from my I537 NH3 Rooted Deodexed w/ NH3 mods & I537 S5 Conversion.

Is this just stock Deodex?

joe3681 said:
Is this just stock Deodex?
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Yup. For at&t flash in safestrap and obviously you must be rooted.

Awesome thank you so much. Couldn't have been easier

Do you think you're able to make a deodex file for the nk4? It's the latest I think

martin_carpio17 said:
Do you think you're able to make a deodex file for the nk4? It's the latest I think
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What phone do you have? If, as I'm assuming, you have a Samsung phone, but it's not the i537, this thread might be what you're looking for. I used it to deodex NE3 on this phone and it seems to work well for deodexing stock Samsung phones in general.

thisisapoorusernamechoice said:
What phone do you have? If, as I'm assuming, you have a Samsung phone, but it's not the i537, this thread might be what you're looking for. I used it to deodex NE3 on this phone and it seems to work well for deodexing stock Samsung phones in general.
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Emmm, I'm posting in the i9295 thread because I have an i9295, of course.
Btw, the op should state clearly for what variant of active this thread is. Basically for the people new in this forum.

martin_carpio17 said:
Emmm, I'm posting in the i9295 thread because I have an i9295, of course.
Btw, the op should state clearly for what variant of active this thread is. Basically for the people new in this forum.
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This forum is for the Galaxy S4 Active. There are two variants, the one you have (i9295) which is the international version, and the i537, which is the U.S. (A.T.&T.) version. They are similar in hardware and yet many things are not compatible between phones.
You have a good point that maybe the op should specify which variant of the active this is for, but this is posted in the correct forum.
As far as I know this tool won't work for your phone but the one I linked to in my last post will.

thisisapoorusernamechoice said:
This forum is for the Galaxy S4 Active. There are two variants, the one you have (i9295) which is the international version, and the i537, which is the U.S. (A.T.&T.) version. They are similar in hardware and yet many things are not compatible between phones.
You have a good point that maybe the op should specify which variant of the active this is for, but this is posted in the correct forum.
As far as I know this tool won't work for your phone but the one I linked to in my last post will.
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Yeah I know that also this forum is for the other variant, but thanks for the understanding.
I forgot to thank you for that link, I will take a look at it. Thanks!

I forgot to thank you for that link, I will take a look at it. Thanks!
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Hope that helps.
Anyone have any trouble uninstalling apps (user or system) after flashing this? If I try to uninstall anything (either through the Play Store, with the system installer/uninstaller, or with Titanium Backup) most of the time it causes a reboot (I think a hotboot or something because it doesn't go through Safestrap or show the full boot animation on the restart) and more importantly the app I wanted to uninstall is still there. I just figured out I can uninstall user apps by deleting the appropriate apk file from /data/app/ using root-enabled ES File Explorer but I was just wondering if anyone else had this issue or any idea how to address it. I don't even know if this issue is related to deodexing, I just started having this issue after I deodexed using this tool.

dropbox link not working
dkeepitabuck said:
Flash this file through safestrap. Make sure you're on the stock rom. Basically the instructions are the same as the I537 conversion thread. https://www.dropbox.com/s/rd6yk9cclkm36ho/deodex_nh3.zip?dl=0
Sent from my I537 NH3 Rooted Deodexed w/ NH3 mods & I537 S5 Conversion.
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From Dropbox.com "We can't find what you're looking for."

If anyone needs this file they have to contact me. I had to remove the link from the page bc of the high amount of traffic.

Non-Rooted Note 3 on KitKat 4.4.4 trying to Root

Hello I am trying to root my stock At&t. Note 3. It has the new OTA. Update completed, its running KitKat 4.4.4
I have read numerous forums on this, but i cant quite figure out if it is possible to accomplish. Attached will be my phones build numbers screenshot. Can someone please point me the right direction so i can Rootmy Note 3
Thank you for you're time.

I'm trying to root on NJ5 4.4.4 and cannot find any how tos. Can anyone walk me through it? Kingo root and towel root arent working.
Thanks

If you weren't rooted before the update I don't think there is a way right now at this point.

Hoshneer said:
If you weren't rooted before the update I don't think there is a way right now at this point.
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Thanks for the info, I'm currently looking into buyin the note 3 since I can afford it an is still top of the line phone, do you recommend it still ? but here is my post Click Here an you can see the questions I'm askin, also than I do have to repost an make it look like spam, Thanks !

Hoshneer said:
If you weren't rooted before the update I don't think there is a way right now at this point.
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Thank you thats what I kinda figured. Thanks for clearing that up. Hopefully they figure a way to root it.

Figured that's what the deal was.

I believe that you can odin back to 4.4.2 NC2 without issues and then towelroot and safestrap. Follow the thread in general section.

serge_harle_z said:
I believe that you can odin back to 4.4.2 NC2 without issues and then towelroot and safestrap. Follow the thread in general section.
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I will go check that out now thank you.

serge_harle_z said:
I believe that you can odin back to 4.4.2 NC2 without issues and then towelroot and safestrap. Follow the thread in general section.
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Do you know if this method works for Verizon? Im total stock on 4.4.4

[N] Any News or anything else on Rooting Lollipop 5.0 (G900A) post it here.

Please post here news on the root of lollipop on (G900A).
Any Q/A related to this content of rooting stock 5.0 goes here, please don't make another thread for same Question.
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atrix_noob said:
Please post here news on the root of lollipop on (G900A).
Any Q/A related to this content of rooting stock 5.0 goes here, please don't make another thread for same Question.
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I tried the PingPong root method used on the S6 with no luck. I did add the FPtag that the OP asks for in requesting new devices, so who knows, maybe they will look into S 5 support

mcmb03 said:
I tried the PingPong root method used on the S6 with no luck. I did add the FPtag that the OP asks for in requesting new devices, so who knows, maybe they will look into S 5 support
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Thanks for the info, i didn't tried that method, thanks for letting us know.
Let's hope they work on the S5.

I am skeptical. This seems like it's "too good to be true" but I am wondering if anyone has tried this:
http://www.oneclickroot.com/device/att-samsung-galaxy-s5-lollipop/
I already had to take my phone to the AT&T Repair store after trying other things. I don't want them to think I am up to something.

Does not work just tried
SirGeraint said:
I am skeptical. This seems like it's "too good to be true" but I am wondering if anyone has tried this:
http://www.oneclickroot.com/device/att-samsung-galaxy-s5-lollipop/
I already had to take my phone to the AT&T Repair store after trying other things. I don't want them to think I am up to something.
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Billy06010 said:
Does not work just tried
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I figured. Thanks for trying.

There is Odin 3.10 now anyone try downgrading with that... Worked for downgrading att note 3...

Dakmagnum said:
There is Odin 3.10 now anyone try downgrading with that... Worked for downgrading att note 3...
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Unless we can roll back BL then it won't work, unfortunately.

My att note 3 was on 5.0 with locked boot loader and went all the way back to 4.4.2 to root

Dakmagnum said:
My att note 3 was on 5.0 with locked boot loader and went all the way back to 4.4.2 to root
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It also has to do with qfuse counts.
muniz_ri posted a very informative message in one of the other related threads, but I've lost track of it, but one of the counters that is hardware based once flipped will prevent earlier BL from functioning with the hardware.
Thus, for the G900A once you've run the OC4 bootloader you can't go back to the earlier editions.

How To Root & install custom roms for Samsung Galaxy S5 G900A AT&T Lolipop

I want to learn how to root my phone than install customs roms, but im just scared because my phone almost got bricked, so can someone give me a full tutorial and download links thank you

Search is your friend. Everything you need is out there. Are you running stock lollipop? If so, your search is over.
SM-G870A Peace

berniesteven said:
Search is your friend. Everything you need is out there. Are you running stock lollipop? If so, your search is over.
SM-G870A Peace
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what do u mean stock lollipop? (sorry newbie here) i downloaded it from the XDA forum

Mikekm69 said:
what do u mean stock lollipop? (sorry newbie here) i downloaded it from the XDA forum
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You have a lot of reading to do. Search for rooting s5. Make sure you understand everything before trying to modify your phone. I'd hate to see you bricked.
SM-G870A Peace

berniesteven said:
You have a lot of reading to do. Search for rooting s5. Make sure you understand everything before trying to modify your phone. I'd hate to see you bricked.
SM-G870A Peace
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Okayyy thank you, theres a forum on rooting s5 att on XDA rite?

Mikekm69 said:
what do u mean stock lollipop? (sorry newbie here) i downloaded it from the XDA forum
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He means, go to Settings>About Device and look what the Android Version is. If it is 5.0 then do not bother looking to root your device...it's not possible on an ATT device with Android 5.0 right now.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Tapatalk

mwrobe1 said:
He means, go to Settings>About Device and look what the Android Version is. If it is 5.0 then do not bother looking to root your device...it's not possible on an ATT device with Android 5.0 right now.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Tapatalk
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yea its 5.0, is it possible to downgrade it? if it is, what version do you think is good enough to root?

You can't downgrade if you're already on 5.0, and even if you could, you can't install anything beyond Touchwiz (Samsung) based ROMs because of a locked bootloader.

Let me know if you have any luck
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I537 using XDA Free mobile app

slicetwo said:
You can't downgrade if you're already on 5.0, and even if you could, you can't install anything beyond Touchwiz (Samsung) based ROMs because of a locked bootloader.
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Thank you for posting this question because I am in the exact same situation. I have an AT&T Galaxy S 5 Android 5.1.1. I was never interesting in rooting my phone until just recently and have been doing some light reading on Life Hacker to learn more and it brought me here. I just wanted to clarify your comment above. Are you saying that having the phone that I/we have we are completely out of luck if we wanted to root/modify our phones? Forever or just until something changes down the road?

Well I sold my at&t s5 and ordered a unlocked tmobile s5 to use on at&t with my sim card because you can root the tmobile version. I hope one day soon someone will figure out how to root it I believe it will be done soon just keep checking back on here.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I537 using XDA Free mobile app

Having no luck rooting my AT&T G900A

Well good news for y'all:
https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-G900A/
Install it with Odin(http://updato.com/how-to/how-to-install-an-official-samsung-stock-firmware-using-odin).
And for the custom recovery:
http://galaxys5root.com/galaxy-s5-r...om-using-safestrap-on-attverizon-galaxy-s5/4/

ultracoolguy said:
Well good news for y'all:
https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-G900A/
Install it with Odin(http://updato.com/how-to/how-to-install-an-official-samsung-stock-firmware-using-odin).
And for the custom recovery:
http://galaxys5root.com/galaxy-s5-r...om-using-safestrap-on-attverizon-galaxy-s5/4/
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Does this work on 6.0.1?

joesteve1914 said:
Does this work on 6.0.1?
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Well, yeah! But you need to downgrade first. Note that I don't test it, so use it at your own risk! Also I recommend that you use a good cable, or else...

ultracoolguy said:
Well, yeah! But you need to downgrade first. Note that I don't test it, so use it at your own risk! Also I recommend that you use a good cable, or else...
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I don't think that will work, the firmware listed there is 4.4.2 which is KitKat, you can not downgrade to KK if you are on lollipop or marshmallow, you could soft brick or worse. I would not attempt this unless you are actually on KK.

johnkirchner said:
I don't think that will work, the firmware listed there is 4.4.2 which is KitKat, you can not downgrade to KK if you are on lollipop or marshmallow, you could soft brick or worse. I would not attempt this unless you are actually on KK.
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Well it seems that is true...For us:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s5/general/att-galaxy-s5-downgrade-5-0-to-4-4-x-t3098639
#FudgeAtt
Maybe you can "update"(don't recommend it,though. Again, try it at your own risk):
http://www.droidviews.com/install-rooted-lollipop-on-att-galaxy-s5-sm-g900a/

ultracoolguy said:
Well it seems that is true...For us:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s5/general/att-galaxy-s5-downgrade-5-0-to-4-4-x-t3098639
#FudgeAtt
Maybe you can "update"(don't recommend it,though. Again, try it at your own risk):
http://www.droidviews.com/install-rooted-lollipop-on-att-galaxy-s5-sm-g900a/
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For future reference, don't give these unsure ideas to people and tell them to update their phones like this. At the moment, YOU CANNOT GET ROOTED LOLLIPOP 100% of the time unless you were/are on 4.4.2 KitKat with root (use Towelroot) and update through muniz_ri's update method. Trying to downgrade to KitKat will result in a bricked device as the thread previously mentioned.
The reason why root persists on 5.0 when you update it via this method is due to using the older bootloader which doesn't verify the system's integrity the same way the newer bootloaders do.

Vesnyx said:
For future reference, don't give these unsure ideas to people and tell them to update their phones like this. At the moment, YOU CANNOT GET ROOTED LOLLIPOP 100% of the time unless you were/are on 4.4.2 KitKat with root (use Towelroot) and update through muniz_ri's update method. Trying to downgrade to KitKat will result in a bricked device as the thread previously mentioned.
The reason why root persists on 5.0 when you update it via this method is due to using the older bootloader which doesn't verify the system's integrity the same way the newer bootloaders do.
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OK, thanks for explaining and sorry for making these unsure posts.
I actually doesn't have the s5 att(except for a family member). I really just wanna help a little.