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[Q] revert to 2.2

I have Rooted 2.3.3 phone i wanna roll back to 2.2 so tell me ... must i unroot phone first or just revert back via odin??

Can I ask you why you want to downgrade? Everyone here want to have the latest...
You don't need to remove root before flash with Odin.
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Safestrap won't boot on 4.4.2

Okay so I'm on a 4.4.2 Rom and I try to install the recovery through the safestrap app and when I reboot to recovery it just goes to the little stock recovery ...This is a kit kat issue? I don't know how to change roms
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This has been explained a million times. SS does not work on KK. You will have to use Odin to flash the MJ5 AP and BL to use SS, Then back to Odin to flash back to Odin to flash back MGL AP and BL to boot again.
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VeryCoolAlan said:
Okay so I'm on a 4.4.2 Rom and I try to install the recovery through the safestrap app and when I reboot to recovery it just goes to the little stock recovery ...This is a kit kat issue? I don't know how to change roms
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All I read is "flash back to flash back to flash back and flash back" I think I need to just odin back to stock Rom
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VeryCoolAlan said:
All I read is "flash back to flash back to flash back and flash back" I think I need to just odin back to stock Rom
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Yeah - it's mentioned that safestrap doesn't work in kit kat. Once you flash the MJ5 files back in Odin, you can access safestrap again.

VeryCoolAlan said:
All I read is "flash back to flash back to flash back and flash back" I think I need to just odin back to stock Rom
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No I don't get a boot loop.
I am already on a 4.4.2 rom. Hyperdrive.
But the weird thing is there is no custom recovery. I don't know how the person that I bought this phone from flashed it.
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It is not weird that there is no custom recovery. The used SS and flashed the ROM to the stock slot. SS is still technically there it will just never show unless you Odin the AP and BL from MJ5.
Then once you are done flashing whatever with SS, you Odin the AP and BL from MGL so it will boot the ROM.
We have locked bootloaders a true custom recovery is impossible until there is a workaround or an unlock method is found. SS is all we have.
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graydiggy said:
It is not weird that there is no custom recovery. The used SS and flashed the ROM to the stock slot. SS is still technically there it will just never show unless you Odin the AP and BL from MJ5.
Then once you are done flashing whatever with SS, you Odin the AP and BL from MGL so it will boot the ROM.
We have locked bootloaders a true custom recovery is impossible until there is a workaround or an unlock method is found. SS is all we have.
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OK i have a N900AUCUCMLG KK so you are saying if I FLASH THE AP & BL FROM MJ5 I COULD USE SS? and possible root as well... So much reading and still not convince sorry..........

e_peres said:
OK i have a N900AUCUCMLG KK so you are saying if I FLASH THE AP & BL FROM MJ5 I COULD USE SS? and possible root as well... So much reading and still not convince sorry..........
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You won't be able to install it. You don't have root and can't have root on the MLG leak. You will need to revert to MJ5, thread is in general, then follow the OP of a ROM that you want.
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graydiggy said:
You won't be able to install it. You don't have root and can't have root on the MLG leak. You will need to revert to MJ5, thread is in general, then follow the OP of a ROM that you want.
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Thanks I thought so................................. I'll give it sometime to see if in the future it will be possible or perhaps say what the hell lets do it...........thanks again

there is a new beta for safestrap as of yesterday. look for the thread in the dev section

Stuck at Firmware update

Hey guys. Was playing around and I think I flashed wrong image to my FLEX (USA-SPRINT-KK).
Now, it shows LG, then flashes green light over and over. I have got it into FIRMWARE UPDATE SCREEN. Do I use ADB, or what to reflash back to stock JB or KK? Thanks

Now you just follow the guide to return to stock
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2644083
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kintwofan said:
Now you just follow the guide to return to stock
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2644083
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OK...Got all the stuff, but I must have flashed wrong firmware to phone at first. Model says D950 (ATT) when it should be D995 (Sprint). So when I attempt to flash, it tells me wrong model.

[Q][REQ]Working Tizen OS ENG Firmware

I tried one and get stuck on zImage flashing bootloader part in Odin, is there any other links?
Thanks
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So I see ya gotta go to NE9 then to NF1, but once in Tizen no going back, I think.

Flash NE9 then NF1, it is still possible to downgrade back to android.
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Can it unroot straight to MM?

I rooted when the phone first came out and have been on Clean Rom ever since. I want to unroot, and move on the the latest MM update since development has stopped. My question is, do it have to Odin back to an original lollipop firmware, or can it just Odin straight to the latest MM firmware. Will I lose all my data and settings?
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