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[ODIN][TAR] 4.4.2 I9505GUEUBML4 Full Rooted Restore

ML4 is released.
WARNING: Stop asking if you can flash this on other phones. You can NOT. It is meant for the I9505G ONLY. This is NOT a "rom". This is a system image for the I9505G. Flashing to any other phone will brick it.
Kernel Source:
http://opensource.samsung.com/reception/receptionSub.do?method=search&searchValue=GT-I9505G
OTA zip (must be sideloaded in stock recovery) [Thanks @EthanFirst for the link]:
http://android.clients.google.com/p...a023.SS-I9505GUEUCMKG-to-UCML4_Update_FWD.zip
Root method (does not overwrite stock recovery):
http://www.mediafire.com/download/tnzz95y5847z587/S4_GPE_ROOT.zip
ODIN FULL RECOVER IMAGE (root is built in):
Shamelessly stealing @MJHawaii instructions from this thread (THANK YOU):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2398217
(DISCLAIMER) Please read and follow the instructions carefully. I nor anyone else on this forum is responsible if you brick your phone, lose your job, or life as you know it ends. Make sure you fully Understand what you're doing before you do it. Modifying any phone comes with a risk.
INSTRUCTIONS:
WARNING: Please do not flash this if you're low on battery...go charge your phone!
o) Download the I9505GUEUBxxx_FULL_ROOTED.tar.md5.gz package from below
o) Make sure you have the USB Drivers installed and you have Odin 3.09 from below
o) Put your phone in download mode and connect it to USB:
-Disconnect the phone from USB
-Power OFF your phone
-Hold Volume Down, Home, and Power
-When the "WARNING!!!" screen comes up, release the buttons
-Volume up to enter download mode
-Connect the phone to USB
o) Open Odin
o) Click on AP, then select the I9505GUEUBxxx_FULL_ROOTED.tar.md5.gz package you downloaded
o) Odin will extract the tar md5 file from the gzip archive, and this will take a while...be patient
o) Once the tar md5 is loaded, make sure you have a COM PORT in Odin ( any )
o) Click Start and wait till it finishes flashing...your phone should reboot when it's done
NOTE: If your phone does not boot, then boot into stock recovery and Wipe Data Factory Reset.
DOWNLOADS:
ODIN 3.09
I9505GUEUBML4_FULL_ROOTED.tar.md5.gz
A GIANT thank you to @MJHawaii for helping me learn this process!!!

You sir, are awesome as always! Thanks!

What's the step for the root method zip? How to do I install that?
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You don't need to do any extra steps. Just ODIN the .tar file
I9505GUEUBML4_FULL_ROOTED.tar.md5.gz
and you are good to go. You will need to also ODIN the radio file and any custom recovery you want (I recommend CWM 6.0.4.4 as I am not sure the TWRP works for KK).

If I use Odin I'm guessing it will wrote everything right?
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i always forget. will Odin method wipe phone???
is there a way to flash without wipe???

Yes, what you should end up with is the rooted software on your phone. You should have the stock recovery, and whatever radio you started out with. The latest radio can be located in a different thread here and a custom recovery can also be added. If you are not really comfortable doing this, go to the sticky and read and then read some more. You don't want to create problems for yourself.
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Pretty sure that ODIN does not wipe your phone. Your success flashing without a wipe always depends what you are coming from. As long as you do a backup prior to flashing (to insure you have a working copy), you can always dirty flash and if it does not work, do a clean flash.

Isn't the new 4.4.2 update I9505GUEUCML4? Or is this the 4.4 Base and then I have to flash the OTA update which will keep the root?

@SamuriHL can answer this. I don't want to speculate as to where this came from. It does show as 4.4.2 after install, but not sure what the source was.

EDIT: NWM... I'm an idiot

Sorry, been away most of the day. It's 4.4.2 from the OTA. Basically how this gets made is that I create signed boot, recovery, and modem files from the OTA zip, then I dd extract system img (which is why it's rooted since you have to root it to dd extract). Everything gets added to the ODIN tar md5 and then gzipped for size. You don't have to flash anything else. And it will not erase data.

big thanks!!!

Thanks, i flashed it, my data don't erase. Why I try check update on OTA but nothing update, is 4.4 not 4.4.2

Then it didn't flash properly. Uninstall your drivers and reinstall them and try to flash again. You won't find any OTA updates after installing this since it's already the latest.

SamuriHL said:
Then it didn't flash properly. Uninstall your drivers and reinstall them and try to flash again. You won't find any OTA updates after installing this since it's already the latest.
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oh, my phone is 4.4, i check update OTA but not any OTA update 4.4.2, I use odin to flash this [ODIN][TAR] 4.4.2 I9505GUEUBML4 Full Rooted Restore. Thanks

People DO realize that OTA's are phased rollouts right? Just "checking for updates" is not going to suddenly put you in an earlier phase of the rollout.

I updated to Android 4.4 KitKat using the stock recovery and applying an update from the SDCARD. Just renamed the KitKat OTA update.zip and flashed in stock recovery. Worked like a charm.
However, I can't do the same for Android 4.4.2 as the recovery no longer has that option. Only ADB sideload. Weak. Why would they remove the option to apply an update from the sd card in the new recovery? That's just dumb.
Now I have to wait, or flash a custom recovery to sideload 4.4.2

Yea, we (me LOL) were complaining about that in the OTA thread. I wasn't amused. Typically the links to the OTA get posted while I'm asleep so I wake up the next morning and install it while still in bed. LMAO. Not this time! Had to get my lazy butt up and sideload the damn thing. LAME! ROFL.

SamuriHL said:
Yea, we (me LOL) were complaining about that in the OTA thread. I wasn't amused. Typically the links to the OTA get posted while I'm asleep so I wake up the next morning and install it while still in bed. LMAO. Not this time! Had to get my lazy butt up and sideload the damn thing. LAME! ROFL.
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Im too lazy to setup ADB on my new computer. lols.

xguntherc said:
Im too lazy to setup ADB on my new computer. lols.
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it takes like 5 minutes! LMAO!

Galaxy S4 Active 4.4.2 Kitkat ROOT

Hello everyone. It's me again now this time I bring you root access to the new OTA KITKAT for our S4
Disclaimer : I'm not responsible if your phone suddenly dies, explodes or your cat catches fire. Be warned.
SOME PEOPLE REPORT MOBILE DATA NOT WORKING AFTER THIS PROCESS SO ALL YOU GOTTA DO IS GO INTO YOUR APN SETTINGS MENU AND DO RESET TO DEFAULT SETTINGS AND WRITE YOUR CARRIERS APN SETTINGS AND IT WILL WORK.
This process has a lot of steps but if you follow them correctly you will end up with stock rooted 4.4.2 kitkat with super user and safestrap
Requirements:
If you already took the update and your system version is 4.4.2 keep reading.
1. Patience
2. Pwned Kitkat OTA Update link
3. Pwnedkernel for 4.3 Download
4. System image from stock 4.3 Tar file Download
5. Safestrap for the Galaxy S4 Active Download
6. Stock 4.4 Kitkat Kernel Download
7. Chainfire's SuperSu.zip Download
First after you finish downloading the stock 4.3 image extract it somewhere you remember and you'll see the following files:
BL_I537UCUBML2_2244695_REV06_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar
AP_I537UCUBML2_2244695_REV06_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar
CSC_I537UCUBML2_2244695_REV06_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar
CP_I537UCUBML2_2244695_REV06_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar
Put your phone in download mode and fire up odin. Under PDA select and flash
AP_I537UCUBML2_2244695_REV06_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar
This will downgrade your system back to 4.3 because yes the new kitkat bootloader allows you to flash 4.3 signed firmware. Note: YOU CANNOT DOWNGRADE BOOTLOADER SO DONT ATTEMPT IT
Wait until odin finishes flashing the firmware and when the phone reboots itself put it again in download mode. Now you must flash pwnedkernel.tar.md5 selecting PDA again in ODIN and wait for phone to boot up. If your phone gets stuck in the ATT logo then perform a factory reset .
Once your phone boots up enable USB debugging mode and root it using saferoot or vroot. GOOGLE it and you'll find it...Then you must install safestrap.apk
adb install safestrapactive.apk
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Now copy pwnedkitkat.zip and update-Supersu.zip to your SD Card and once that's finished open up safestrap in your device and tap install when that's done tap reboot to recovery.
Now you'll be at the safestrap recovery screen so go ahead and select install zip file.
IMPORTANT : DO NOT DELETE DATA/CACHE OR DO A FACTORY RESET BEFORE FLASHING THE KITKAT.ZIP OTHERWISE YOU'LL HAVE TO START ALL OVER AGAIN.
Install pwnedkitkat.zip and once it finishes go ahead and install update-supersu.zip to enable root access.
AND FINALLY VERY IMPORTANT YOU MUST FLASH THE 4.4.2 STOCK KERNEL IMAGE USING ODIN AND SELECTING PDA OTHERWISE YOUR PHONE WONT BOOT
Wait for your phone to reboot, open up superuser and disable knox security.
Enjoy your rooted 4.4.2 S4 Active.
Credits : hashcode for making safestrap possible and the other amazing developers at XDA that discovered these exploits in the past and special thanks to Samsung for "letting" open these loopholes
If you are in official 4.3 ML2 see my next post.

Sunderwear said:
Hello everyone. It's me again now this time I bring you root access to the new OTA KITKAT for our S4
Uploading files at the moment....keep in mind that this is not a one click solution and we gonna have to exploit the loooholes courtesy of samsung to get this working..
For now some screenshots..
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Thank you!
Can't wait. When is the ETA? estimate, 10 minutes?
I just can't wait transforming my S4 to S5!
Edit: 40 minutes passed
Now it is probably close to me. I can feel it!
THANK YOOOOOOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If you're currently running 4.3 ML2 official update and you want to upgrade to 4.4.2 but dont want to lose root then keep reading.
In the following steps I'm assuming that you're currently running stock 4.3 Rooted ...see my other guide...and that you didn't modify any system apps otherwise the update will fail and you'll have to restore using the Odin package for 4.3.
1. Download pwnedkitkat.zip from 1st post.
2. If you dont have safetrap installed then you must download it and install it.
3. Copy pwnedkitat.zip and update-superuser.zip to your sdcard
4. Restart your phone in safestrap recovery and install pwnedkitkat.zip and when it's done flashing install superuser.zip.
WARNING : DO NOT PERFORM A FACTORY RESET BEFORE FLASHING THE ZIP. THIS IS A MODIFIED OFFICIAL UPDATE SO ONLY SYSTEM FILES WILL BE UPDATED. YOUR DATA WILL BE UNTOUCHED.
5.Put your phone in download mode and flash the 4.4.2 stock boot.tar.md5 kernel and your phone will boot after a few minutes with root access enabled.
Enjoy.

Deleted. As I managed to do it.

TransformixS4 said:
Thank you!
Can't wait. When is the ETA? estimate, 10 minutes?
I just can't wait transforming my S4 to S5!
Edit: 40 minutes passed
Now it is probably close to me. I can feel it!
THANK YOOOOOOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Done writing a quick messy guide. If you have any questions let me know. Enjoy:laugh:

need to delete all again , But you save us again !
Thank you !!

I took the ATT 4.4 ota. Can I still perform this method? You discussed the 4.3 to 4.4 method but not from 4.4 to 4.4 rooted. Thank you!
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EDIT: I reread your post and it looks like the instructions are assuming you took 4.4 already. Correct me if I'm wrong. Thank you.

Followed procedure from root ML2, and now the screen is just at the boot animation with blue led for about 5 minutes now, i messed up, need the 4.4.2 odin files

help
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hey I tried doing your root method after updating to 4.4.2 and after I flash the pwned file with odin everything goes fine but my usb debugging will not com up at all so I cant even root and im stuck with android version 4.3 but my baseband version is i537ucucn9 and that's 4.4.2 and nothing works no wifi no data no calls no nothing could you help or point me to anything cause I cant even use my phone. Thanks

Xanthos58 said:
Followed procedure from root ML2, and now the screen is just at the boot animation with blue led for about 5 minutes now, i messed up, need the 4.4.2 odin files
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Same, need 4.4.2 odin files

primeboss said:
Same, need 4.4.2 odin files
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Ok i got out of this state, you need the ML2 cp and csc files and the original kernel for ML2 flash them and youll be good

You guys should try flashing the 4.3 Odin package and starting from there. I know I have a lot of modified system apps, so I'm likely going to re flash 4.3 just to make sure I'm stock. Thanks again sunderwear!! Good luck rooting everyone. I'll post back with an update in a bit!!
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Xanthos58 said:
Followed procedure from root ML2, and now the screen is just at the boot animation with blue led for about 5 minutes now, i messed up, need the 4.4.2 odin files
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primeboss said:
Same, need 4.4.2 odin files
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You guys dont need to , just go to recovery and Factory Rest thats all , its happens to me too

what about us 4.2.2 stock rooted users?
I'm sure most S4 Active owners are still on 4.2.2 rooted. What is the best procedure for us?
Should i unroot my phone via SuperSU then accept the stock 4.4.2 OTA update, then follow the method in the OP?
Or can i leave it rooted and flash stock 4.4.2 via Odin and then follow the OP?

akjimbo said:
I'm sure most S4 Active owners are still on 4.2.2 rooted. What is the best procedure for us?
Should i unroot my phone via SuperSU then accept the stock 4.4.2 OTA update, then follow the method in the OP?
Or can i leave it rooted and flash stock 4.4.2 via Odin and then follow the OP?
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I was in a similar position with being rooted on 4.3 ML2 (Sunderwear's method). I unrooted thru SuperSU, unfroze everything under TiBU, unchecked every module under xposed framework, reboot phone then proceeded to uninstall all my root apps. I then did a factory reset, then I flashed back to the stock 4.3 under ODIN and following that I took the 4.4.2 OTA successfully.
In the end it's up to you, but IMHO I consider it wise to begin anew with a fresh clean phone.

Yes if you get stuck after downgrading system you must do a factory reset otherwise you'll get stuck in the ATT LOGO.

sunderwear thank you I downloaded it kitkat zip file. I flashed it with safestrap and then I flashed suprSu then I reboot the phone won't boot ... I flushed with Odin the kernel 4.4.2 every things works greats
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tet1 said:
sunderwear thank you I downloaded it kikat zip file I flashed it with safestrap and the I flashed supruser I reboot my phone won't boot then I flushed with Odin the kernel 4.4.2 very things works greats
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Glad to hear it worked for you. REMEMBER EVERYONE YOU MUST FLASH THE KITKAT KERNEL AFTER FLASHING the kitkat.zip update.

I was on ML2 with root .. and I did the stapes above
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So I can't lock the screen no matter what it is set to. Any way to fix?
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[How-To] Root GS5 Active - G870A_OA1 - 4.4.4 (2/7/2015)

**Make certain that your reactivation lock in security settings is off before beginning this process**
1. Take the OA1 OTA update.
2. Download and install Towelroot-v3.apk(this version does not require internet access).
3. Place your phone into "Download Mode" (press and hold the Home, Volume Down, and Power keys until the phone powers on and displays warning screen, then press Volume Up key) and flash the G870A_NE4_Stock_Kernel using Odin's PDA slot(AP in Odin v3.09+).
4. Open the Towelroot app from your app drawer and press "Make it Rain" to root your device.
5. Power off then boot into "Download Mode" again and flash the G870A_OA1_Stock_Kernel also using Odin's PDA slot(AP in Odin v3.09+).
6. Install SuperSU to manage root access. Done!
Troubleshooting:
1. Should the OA1 OTA update fail consider flashing the G870AUCU1ANE4_Full_Odin.tar to return to factory stock then take the OTA updates to OA1. Or, place the G870A_NE4_to_NG3_OTA.zip and G870A_NG3_tA1_OTA.zip onto your ext-sdcard and sideload each file from stock recovery beginning with the G870A_NE4_to_NG3_OTA.zip. Once updated to OA1 continue from Step 2 above.
2. When flashing the kernel the most common cause of an Odin flash failure is a bad usb port or cable. Please check before reporting a failure!
Notes:
1. The above process will not affect your User Data or Knox Warranty Flag.
2. After flashing the NE4 kernel your phone will run a little wonky and towelroot may not root on the first try. If that happens reboot and try towelroot once again. Once rooted and after flashing the OA1 kernel your phone will once again run like a champ!
Alternative Method for Safestrap Users:
1. Place the G870A_OA1_100%_Stock_Rooted_ROM onto your ext-sdcard.
2. From Safestrap recovery press "Backup" and backup your User Data.
3. From the main menu press "Wipe" then perform an "Advanced Wipe" and wipe everything but your ext-sdcard.
4. Next, press "Install," then select and install the G870A_OA1_100%_Stock_Rooted_ROM.
5. Once complete, press "Restore" and restore your User Data.
6. Last, from the main menu press "Reboot," then "System." Done!
After following the above process your phone will pause on the AT&T splash screen for about 2 minutes before rebooting.
Notes:
1. The above process will not affect your User Data or Knox Warranty Flag.
2. The ROM will update your Modem, Non-hlos, System, Kernel, Stock Recovery, and Bootloader to OA1.
3. The "Backup" and "Restore" steps in the instructions are not mandatory but will greatly reduce your device's set-up time. All currently installed non-system apps and settings will be automatically restored.
4. The ROM does not contain BusyBox which is required by the Safestrap.apk. Download the BusyBox Installer to re-install BusyBox.

Let me be the first to comment...I rooted doing this but since I was already rooted I had to Odin back to ne4 then ng3 (sideload or ota, what ever works) and then update to oa1 (sideload or what ever works). After that, everything is exactly as the tutorial says.
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Did you have to revert just the kernel or the whole ROM before you could install the OTA update? I'm currently Towelrooted on NG3 and patiently awaiting the OTA download.

bigric_tx said:
Did you have to revert just the kernel or the whole ROM before you could install the OTA update? I'm currently Towelrooted on NG3 and patiently awaiting the OTA download.
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I had to Odin the whole ne4 Rom and then from there use the ota update files to get to oa1 and then use the kernel trick to root with towelroot. Other wise it kept giving me signature errors even if I Odin'd just the system partition
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Can anyone tell me whether the G870AUCU1ANE4 full odin tar file will reinstall previously deleted system files or not. I was thinking of using titanium backup to remove a lot of bloatware but want to know first if this will get me back to stock with all factory equipped apps. When I flashed this full odin tar so that I could update and then reroot, my home screen and all my apps went unchanged so I'm skeptical to believe it's similar to flashing the phone back to stock.
thank you for any help

nhautotech said:
Can anyone tell me whether the G870AUCU1ANE4 full odin tar file will reinstall previously deleted system files or not. I was thinking of using titanium backup to remove a lot of bloatware but want to know first if this will get me back to stock with all factory equipped apps. When I flashed this full odin tar so that I could update and then reroot, my home screen and all my apps went unchanged so I'm skeptical to believe it's similar to flashing the phone back to stock.
thank you for any help
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Yes it will
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bigwillyg said:
Yes it will
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So it will replace deleted system apps but leaves user installed apps alone?
Will performing a factory reset on this phone replace deleted system apps?
The phone i had prior was an s2 and when using odin to flash it with a stock rom, it would be similar to factory resetting it but when i flashed the full ne4 on this one, I still had all my apps and home pages, settings etc. I know the flash worked cause i was able to install the update that i couldn't before flashing due to towelroot.
I just realized the full ne4 file linked to in this thread (.rar zip file) isn't exactly the same as the stock firmware file available from sammobile (zip zip file). Is the ne4 .rar file linked to here modified to leave the users apps and settings alone?

Thanks. Worked great. :good:
I used safestrap. Very easy, after days of annoying update notifications.

nhautotech said:
So it will replace deleted system apps but leaves user installed apps alone?
Will performing a factory reset on this phone replace deleted system apps?
The phone i had prior was an s2 and when using odin to flash it with a stock rom, it would be similar to factory resetting it but when i flashed the full ne4 on this one, I still had all my apps and home pages, settings etc. I know the flash worked cause i was able to install the update that i couldn't before flashing due to towelroot.
I just realized the full ne4 file linked to in this thread (.rar zip file) isn't exactly the same as the stock firmware file available from sammobile (zip zip file). Is the ne4 .rar file linked to here modified to leave the users apps and settings alone?
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I hadn't looked at the one on here but if it's a .tar.md5 then flashing through Odin should reset it back to ne4 stock out of the box with everything. I used the firmware to fully go back to stock
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I rooted for the 1st time since getting my new s5 active. Well, it came w/3NG build; Got the OTA BEFORE my 1st attempt at root.
I installed ND via Odon, made it rain, rebooted, & am still on 4.4.4 (0A1A or something of the like.
Didn't even have to follow (or get to) the step to Flash newer kernal to get back to 4.4.4. Thanks all involved

gitardan17 said:
I rooted for the 1st time since getting my new s5 active. Well, it came w/3NG build; Got the OTA BEFORE my 1st attempt at root.
I installed ND via Odon, made it rain, rebooted, & am still on 4.4.4 (0A1A or something of the like.
Didn't even have to follow (or get to) the step to Flash newer kernal to get back to 4.4.4. Thanks all involved
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You need to flash the newer kernel because your phone could have issues
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@muniz_ri Your rooted stock rom worked like charm. Thanks bunch!

You were right bigwillg. Didn't really get a chance to test it 1st. After noticing choppy stuff & a bigger than usual battery drain, I "Odin'ed" the newer kernal. Now its like butter. Still on stock ROM with frozen bloat stuff. Considering uninstalling em all together at a future date. Gonna get to know my phone 1st I guess.
In case I didn't already hit thanks on OP, I soon will. And on a side note THANK you for this topic/forum.
Edit: Watch them push lollipop now. Literally right after I did this. Lol

Hi. Question? Does the Odin in the first post work on the phone, or would I need to use Odin on a PC? Sorry...been out of the scene for awhile lol
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sailzfast said:
Hi. Question? Does the Odin in the first post work on the phone, or would I need to use Odin on a PC? Sorry...been out of the scene for awhile lol
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Odin is for your computer

Unable to install latest OTA
My G870A was rooted before the previous OTA was sent.
This latest OTA gets to about 27%, then fails.
I have looked around to see how to fix this, yet I can't seem to find anything.
The steps here start with the OTA, so they're currently useless to me.
I have tried going back to 4, but towelroot has no way to remove root once set.
SuperSU mentions a removal of root, but it appears to be just to uninstall itself.
Anyone have any ideas?
Andy

llandyw said:
My G870A was rooted before the previous OTA was sent.
This latest OTA gets to about 27%, then fails.
I have looked around to see how to fix this, yet I can't seem to find anything.
The steps here start with the OTA, so they're currently useless to me.
I have tried going back to 4, but towelroot has no way to remove root once set.
SuperSU mentions a removal of root, but it appears to be just to uninstall itself.
Anyone have any ideas?
Andy
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You need to review the OP more thoroughly.

I repeated the steps, and this time it worked.
Don't know why it didn't work the first time. I don't think I missed any steps.
Andy

odin app?
Im currently stock not rooted was wondering if i absolutely need to use a pc to root my gs5active, or does the odin app work? No pc access, all i have is my phone and a asus memo pad, thanks ; )

Hello,
I am with tmobile with G870A with Ne4 modem rooted. Can I just flash the OA1 modem?

[ODIN][TAR] 5.1 I9505GUEUDOH2 Full Restore

OH2 is released.
NOTE: This image is *NOT* rooted! If you need root, see here.
WARNING: Stop asking if you can flash this on other phones. You can NOT. It is meant for the I9505G ONLY. This is NOT a "rom". This is a system image for the I9505G. Flashing to any other phone will brick it.
Kernel Source:
http://opensource.samsung.com/reception/receptionSub.do?method=search&searchValue=GT-I9505G
OTA zip (must be sideloaded in stock recovery):
https://android.googleapis.com/pack...I9505G_XAR_UDNL3_to_UDOH2_Update_FWD_USER.zip Thanks @dmapr
ODIN FULL RECOVER IMAGE (root is NOT built in):
Shamelessly stealing @MJHawaii instructions from this thread (THANK YOU):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2398217
(DISCLAIMER) Please read and follow the instructions carefully. I nor anyone else on this forum is responsible if you brick your phone, lose your job, or life as you know it ends. Make sure you fully Understand what you're doing before you do it. Modifying any phone comes with a risk.
INSTRUCTIONS:
WARNING: Please do not flash this if you're low on battery...go charge your phone!
o) Download the I9505GUEUDxxx_FULL.tar.md5.gz package from below
o) Make sure you have the USB Drivers installed and you have Odin 3.09 from below
o) Put your phone in download mode and connect it to USB:
-Disconnect the phone from USB
-Power OFF your phone
-Hold Volume Down, Home, and Power
-When the "WARNING!!!" screen comes up, release the buttons
-Volume up to enter download mode
-Connect the phone to USB
o) Open Odin
o) Click on AP, then select the I9505GUEUDxxx_FULL.tar.md5.gz package you downloaded
o) Odin will extract the tar md5 file from the gzip archive, and this will take a while...be patient
o) Once the tar md5 is loaded, make sure you have a COM PORT in Odin ( any )
o) Click Start and wait till it finishes flashing...your phone should reboot when it's done
NOTE: If your phone does not boot, then boot into stock recovery and Wipe Data Factory Reset.
DOWNLOADS:
ODIN 3.09
I9505GUEUDOH2_FULL
A GIANT thank you to @MJHawaii for helping me learn this process!!!

I used your Odin restore today on my GS4 GPE and it worked great. Thanks!

Great. Glad it worked for you!

Just a kind of off-topic question guys, is camera working fine on the real GPE S4 with this update?
It doesn't work at all on the international S4, some people are trying to figure it out but so far... nothing...
Is it working fine on your phones?

-Ric- said:
Just a kind of off-topic question guys, is camera working fine on the real GPE S4 with this update?
It doesn't work at all on the international S4, some people are trying to figure it out but so far... nothing...
Is it working fine on your phones?
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Posted on the GPE Stock ROMs thread too.

I replied in the rom thread a few days ago stating that, yes, it's working on the GPE just fine.

SamuriHL said:
I replied in the rom thread a few days ago stating that, yes, it's working on the GPE just fine.
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if its ok with you (and if i get camera working)
Edit: Camera Is Working on I9505
would you mind if i posted it in S4 (int) forum (because i use your share here restore OS tar file as base) though i only use system file
Regards

LastStandingDroid said:
if its ok with you (and if i get camera working)
Edit: Camera Is Working on I9505
would you mind if i posted it in S4 (int) forum (because i use your share here restore OS tar file as base) though i only use system file
Regards
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Many people use the ODIN images I create for the basis of roms for other S4 variants. I've no issue with that.

SamuriHL said:
Many people use the ODIN images I create for the basis of roms for other S4 variants. I've no issue with that.
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Well I always ask since I got a closed thread for "kang" someone's work [emoji14]
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LastStandingDroid said:
Well I always ask since I got a closed thread for "kang" someone's work [emoji14]
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It never hurts to ask and I fully appreciate it. So no issues there.

Hi, thanks for your continued effort with these files. I am stuck in a weird place and could use some advice.
When I updated from 4.4.4 to 5.0, I sideloaded the OTA in stock recovery, and it worked great. I just tried to do the same thing with 5.0 to 5.1, and am running into a weird issue. First, I tried to sideload the OTA from a CWM recovery that I booted into (but did not flash). I am not sure if this was a mistake, but the sideload failed because of a mismatch with device jgedlte. Which made no sense, because my device is indeed that device. I realized I probably should have done the sideload in stock recovery. So I tried to boot into stock recovery, and it's like it's not even there anymore. I got into a screen which I'd never seen before (which I now believe it the Odin screen) saying "downloading do not turn off target" and in the upper left "could not do normal boot." I have multiple ways of getting into recovery (keypress sequence at power on, adb reboot, bootloader selection, etc) and all of them take me into this weird Odin screen, and once I get there, any reboot cycle takes me back there, UNLESS I actually try to enter Odin (something I'd never done before), and then I can "cancel" out of "downloading a custom OS" and reboot device as normal.
Any ideas what's going on? Seems like my stock bootloader might be screwed up somehow? Which would be weird since I never did anything to it...

The111 said:
Hi, thanks for your continued effort with these files. I am stuck in a weird place and could use some advice.
When I updated from 4.4.4 to 5.0, I sideloaded the OTA in stock recovery, and it worked great. I just tried to do the same thing with 5.0 to 5.1, and am running into a weird issue. First, I tried to sideload the OTA from a CWM recovery that I booted into (but did not flash). I am not sure if this was a mistake, but the sideload failed because of a mismatch with device jgedlte. Which made no sense, because my device is indeed that device. I realized I probably should have done the sideload in stock recovery. So I tried to boot into stock recovery, and it's like it's not even there anymore. I got into a screen which I'd never seen before (which I now believe it the Odin screen) saying "downloading do not turn off target" and in the upper left "could not do normal boot." I have multiple ways of getting into recovery (keypress sequence at power on, adb reboot, bootloader selection, etc) and all of them take me into this weird Odin screen, and once I get there, any reboot cycle takes me back there, UNLESS I actually try to enter Odin (something I'd never done before), and then I can "cancel" out of "downloading a custom OS" and reboot device as normal.
Any ideas what's going on? Seems like my stock bootloader might be screwed up somehow? Which would be weird since I never did anything to it...
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You need stock recovery to flash the OTA. Consider to flash it in order to use The update.
Boot into 5.0 let it download the ota.
Then flash the update and h must have stock recovery installer
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LastStandingDroid said:
You need stock recovery to flash the OTA. Consider to flash it in order to use The update.
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As far as I know, I should already have stock recovery. I've never installed another one. But even weirder is that trying to enter recovery takes me into Odin. Is that expected under any circumstances? Just trying to make sense of where I am now before I do anything else. If I need to re-flash stock recovery then I will do that, but first I'm curious why I go into Odin when trying to enter recovery, that's never happened in the past on any device.

Never flash an ota with custom recovery. It clearly corrupted your device which is not good. At this point I'd seriously use the odin image and upgrade.

SamuriHL said:
Never flash an ota with custom recovery. It clearly corrupted your device which is not good. At this point I'd seriously use the odin image and upgrade.
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Yeah, my bad there for sure. Sorry for another newbie question, but will complete Odin restore flash wipe my data? I've rooted a dozen devices and done lots of flashing, but I've never touched Odin before so I don't know.
I want to keep my data so I'm tempted to just flash the stock recovery in Odin, and then sideload OTA again (in correct recovery this time), but I also don't want to risk borking my device further than it is...
Thanks for the info!

The111 said:
Yeah, my bad there for sure. Sorry for another newbie question, but will complete Odin restore flash wipe my data? I've rooted a dozen devices and done lots of flashing, but I've never touched Odin before so I don't know.
I want to keep my data so I'm tempted to just flash the stock recovery in Odin, and then sideload OTA again (in correct recovery this time), but I also don't want to risk borking my device further than it is...
Thanks for the info!
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This ODIN image keeps data. Not all do, but, this one was designed to not erase data.

SamuriHL said:
This ODIN image keeps data. Not all do, but, this one was designed to not erase data.
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Thanks for explaining that. I went ahead and just flashed the NL3 stock recovery in Odin (thanks again to you for posting that in the other thread) and after that was able to sideload the OTA properly. Need to remember: stock recovery for sideloading OTA's, and custom for sideloading root.

I don't even flash recovery for sideloading root. I have a program that boots cwm without flashing and then waits for you to put it in sideload mode so it can flash supersu zip.

SamuriHL said:
I don't even flash recovery for sideloading root. I have a program that boots cwm without flashing and then waits for you to put it in sideload mode so it can flash supersu zip.
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Same here. I never flash a custom recovery on any of my devices. A simple fastboot boot custom-recovery.img will load a custom recovery without flashing it. Which is why it was so weird that I managed to get my recovery borked up somehow when trying to sideload OTA from a custom (but not flashed) recovery. I'm not surprised the OTA failed, but I am surprised my recovery got hosed.

The111 said:
Same here. I never flash a custom recovery on any of my devices. A simple fastboot boot custom-recovery.img will load a custom recovery without flashing it. Which is why it was so weird that I managed to get my recovery borked up somehow when trying to sideload OTA from a custom (but not flashed) recovery. I'm not surprised the OTA failed, but I am surprised my recovery got hosed.
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I'm not surprised. While some people have had success flashing ota from custom recovery, it's almost always a very bad idea and usual something gets corrupt or goes wrong. But hey, that's why we have these odin images. Lol

Boot loop and can't enter recovery

Hi, I am having an issue where my phone is boot looping and I cannot enter recovery using power + volume down
My phone is the C6906 from Rogers and locked bootloader
I was on RockZ1LP using the DualRecovery rooted and working fine, I decided I wanted to go back to stock to hand the phone off to my gf since I have been using my note edge for a while now.
I downloaded the stock FTF and flashed it via flash tool. After that I haven't been able to boot successfully and have tried many different firmware versions with no luck.
I'm convinced if I can simply do a factory wipe it should work but I cannot get into the factory recovery. Anyone have experience with this?
Any help will be appreciated, thanks

tospace2006 said:
Hi, I am having an issue where my phone is boot looping and I cannot enter recovery using power + volume down
I downloaded the stock FTF and flashed it via flash tool. After that I haven't been able to boot successfully and have tried many different firmware versions with no luck.
Any help will be appreciated, thanks
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did you tick wipe APPS_LOG and USERDATA on flashtool ? you also can use pc companion to refresh your firmware

tospace2006 said:
Hi, I am having an issue where my phone is boot looping and I cannot enter recovery using power + volume down
My phone is the C6906 from Rogers and locked bootloader
I was on RockZ1LP using the DualRecovery rooted and working fine, I decided I wanted to go back to stock to hand the phone off to my gf since I have been using my note edge for a while now.
I downloaded the stock FTF and flashed it via flash tool. After that I haven't been able to boot successfully and have tried many different firmware versions with no luck.
I'm convinced if I can simply do a factory wipe it should work but I cannot get into the factory recovery. Anyone have experience with this?
Any help will be appreciated, thanks
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Your phone was rooted and custom recovery installed, why didn't you flash a pre rooted zip with custom recovery. That would have done the job.

iedafarha said:
did you tick wipe APPS_LOG and USERDATA on flashtool ? you also can use pc companion to refresh your firmware
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Thank you!! It's been so long since I touched my Z1 I forgot about all the proper procedures for using the flashtool. This totally worked
motorazrv3 said:
Your phone was rooted and custom recovery installed, why didn't you flash a pre rooted zip with custom recovery. That would have done the job.
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because I wanted the phone back to stock without root

tospace2006 said:
Thank you!! It's been so long since I touched my Z1 I forgot about all the proper procedures for using the flashtool. This totally worked
because I wanted the phone back to stock without root
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What's bad about root? As long as your girlfriend doesn't use a app that needs root privileges all should be fine.
Anyway good to hear you achieved what you wanted.

motorazrv3 said:
What's bad about root? As long as your girlfriend doesn't use a app that needs root privileges all should be fine.
Anyway good to hear you achieved what you wanted.
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Some phones root can mess with OTA updates and whatnot, even snapchat looking towards blocking root users so I just wanted pure stock since we are long distance and I can't be there to take her through step by step every time work needs to be done.