Hi, I'm from Argentina. I just bought an AT&T S5 second hand. The fact that I'm from Argentina means I can't update the freakin' phone. My firmware version is G900AUCU2ANG3. So, can I downgrade to the version in sammobile (G900AUCU1ANCE) to root? I think so, but please, enlight this poor idiot who didn't now this version had so much tweaks (the damn locked bootloader). Then I will root (with Towelroot). After this, can I flash this version or another one and mantain root? Will I be able to update via OTA anytime or never in the lifetime? And will I be able to update to Marshmallow if it we get it? Thank you for reading and a possible reply. And damn AT&T.
PS: It's not the first time I flash a phone. I've done it a lot of times. But they were less complicated (S II, S III, Defy Plus)
I'm pretty sure you can root ng3. Just search how to root. As long as you on 4.4.2 you should be fine
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stew1411 said:
I'm pretty sure you can root ng3. Just search how to root. As long as you on 4.4.2 you should be fine
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Thanks, I've found the tutorial. And afterwards will I be able to get anymore updates, like Marshmallow? I think no one knows, right?
raikkox23 said:
Thanks, I've found the tutorial. And afterwards will I be able to get anymore updates, like Marshmallow? I think no one knows, right?
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No MM available for this phone yet. If you keep root the highest you can go is Custom 5.0. There is an UNrooted 5.1 thread, I believe it keeps bootloader OA1 to allow downgrade. If you try to step up updates beyond that it will make the phone unrootable. So decide wisely. I was on NG3 and just used the Odin tar to downgrade to NCE and used towelroot to go to the 5.0 keeproot. But am now on TMS5 3.0.
~TMS5-3.0-TMBUILD on G900A with Blue Ice Theme
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No MM available for this phone yet. If you keep root the highest you can go is Custom 5.0. There is an UNrooted 5.1 thread, I believe it keeps bootloader OA1 to allow downgrade. If you try to step up updates beyond that it will make the phone unrootable. So decide wisely. I was on NG3 and just used the Odin tar to downgrade to NCE and used towelroot to go to the 5.0 keeproot. But am now on TMS5 3.0.
~TMS5-3.0-TMBUILD on G900A with Blue Ice Theme
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Is there no 5.1.1 CM based ROM?
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stew1411 said:
Is there no 5.1.1 CM based ROM?
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There's even a 6.0 MM CM 13.0 Rom. So yes there is plenty of CM or other custom ROM but with a locked bootloader the s5, or active in your case, will not be able to accept any. There are only custom rom with OA1 Bootloader based on 5.0 or lower. A bootloader from OTA update to 5.0 or up prevents root.
~TMS5-3.0-TMBUILD on G900A with Blue Ice Theme
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There's even a 6.0 MM CM 13.0 Rom. So yes there is plenty of CM or other custom ROM but with a locked bootloader the s5, or active in your case, will not be able to accept any. There are only custom rom with OA1 Bootloader based on 5.0 or lower. A bootloader from OTA update to 5.0 or up prevents root.
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Oh I've given up hope lol. But you told OP there was no MM. I figured if he's rooted, he should be able to flash CM 13.
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Yeah, g900a is locked down to not allow any cm roms but also not cm 13.0. If there was a possibility I would have heard by now. Now if it was a g900v they unlocked their bootloader to change the device to a developer device. Which will allow TWRP recovery and CM, RR.
~TMS5-3.0-TMBUILD on G900A with Blue Ice Theme
Ended up flashing Lollipop 5.1.1, despite the fact that you can't root in it. Copied my WhatsApp messages by other way. The phone runs smoothly. Thank you all for your help.
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Hello everyone,
With the recent root method on 4.4.2 for the note 3 would it be possible for me to preform a factory reset on my device and take the OTA 4.4.2 update and then towelroot?
My device has xposed framework and was rooted with kingro.
Thanks for any input
If you're on 4.3 and were previously rooted, you will have to do this or else the update will fail at ~27%:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701062
It's not worth it. Even with root Jellybean blows KitKat out of the water. Stay on Jellybean.
Face_Plant said:
It's not worth it. Even with root Jellybean blows KitKat out of the water. Stay on Jellybean.
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What makes you say that?
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What makes you say that?
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1. There are more ROM options for Jellybean
2. I ran the official OTA NC2 rooted with a ton of stuff frozen/removed for a few days and battery life was nowhere near as good as stock rooted MJ5/NB4 with the same amount of stuff frozen/removed
3. The Jellybean version of Safestrap supports ROM slots and seems more stable in general than the KitKat version
4. With Jellybean you have the option of jumping back and forth between Jellybean and KitKat
Has anyone tried to go back to Android 4.4 after flashing lollipop 5.0?
I haven't been able to flash any Android 4.4 ROM after installing. Does anyone have any idea on how to do so?
Any help is truly appreciate.
Where did you get Lollipop from? Is there some sort of OTA that I'm unaware of? Do you have an SM-N910T or some other variant?
If you flashed a Lollipop ROM like CM or Liquid Smooth from the development section you should be able to Odin back to stock no problem. As far as I know there is no official Lollipop for the T-Mobile Note 4..
As far as I know there is no official Lollipop for the T-Mobile Note 4..
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Is that true? There isn't an official lollipop release for us yet?
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Yes. I installed Liquidsmooth from the development section. But Odin does not recognize my phone.
I have the T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4.
BTW thanks for the rapid help!
Do a wipe in team win recovery. Cache, Dalvick cache, and data.
Then flash a 4.4.4 rom.
I've done it many many times, without issue
Ok. It seems like there was a issue with the phone's drivers. Now Odin recognizes my phone.
Now the question is: I have some android 4.4 Roms in my sdcard such as Infamous v8, DinamicKat etc. How do I flash one of them through Odin since I have not been able to do it through TWRP in recovery mode?
Thanks again for the help.
Can't flash those through Odin. You need to Odin back to stock, root, flash TWRP, then load a custom ROM.
You see anything good in LolliPop?
Well, the UI is different (doesn't mean better), I'm running Liquidsmooth beta. There are a ton of features missing on this ROM. That's the reason for why Im going black to kitkat 4.4
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You see anything good in LolliPop?
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Flash in TWRP CM12 port you'll get the lolipop UI from it. Works great super smooth but audio randomly goes super loud. Other people running CM12 across other devices are having this issue too.
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Well, the UI is different (doesn't mean better), I'm running Liquidsmooth beta. There are a ton of features missing on this ROM. That's the reason for why Im going black to kitkat 4.4
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I guess it's true what they say. Once you go black... :cyclops:
What about those who odin flash to stock lollipop or from OTA then root can they still odin to stock KK? Has anybody done this and no brick phone. Anybody?
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What about those who odin flash to stock lollipop or from OTA then root can they still odin to stock KK? Has anybody done this and no brick phone. Anybody?
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Here u go.
I just flashed lollipop also.
I'm not sure how long I'll last without closed.
I will say that tw lollipop is pretty impressive.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3095585
Hey guys, I think I've made a huge mistake. I manually swapped some files in order to get AllianceRom v8.1 from the international forum working on my ATT S5, but it didn't contain root. I flashed the rom the same way that I would have flashed Twisted Lollipop as the discussion in the general section is going. Can I still get root back/ flash to rooted lollipop?
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Hey guys, I think I've made a huge mistake. I manually swapped some files in order to get AllianceRom v8.1 from the international forum working on my ATT S5, but it didn't contain root. I flashed the rom the same way that I would have flashed Twisted Lollipop as the discussion in the general section is going. Can I still get root back/ flash to rooted lollipop?
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Never mind guys, I fixed it. I Odined back using the NCE version that muniz_ri posted. So happy right now.
So alliance is working on att s5 now as well? I just flashed twisted today but I'm a flashoholic. What needs to be done to maintain root?
If I had to guess, just flash the SuperSU binaries from Chainfire's post through Flashfire and it should work.
I'm at work (for att lol) but I might try and flash it tonight. I'll post back on my results
Sounds like you still probably had root, if you had installed superSU from the playstore you wouldve been fine.
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I have verizon s6 edge stock 5.1.1
( G925VVRU4BOG7 )
I couldn't root it even by ping-pong root or even downgrade ,,, Now I wanna flash a custom rom which alredy rooted?
Which is (the best) custom rom should I flash,,, I realy need the root .
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dr0mar said:
I have verizon s6 edge stock 5.1.1
( G925VVRU4BOG7 )
I couldn't root it even by ping-pong root or even downgrade ,,, Now I wanna flash a custom rom which alredy rooted?
Which is (the best) custom rom should I flash,,, I realy need the root .
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Root is required in order to install a custom ROM.
OMG ..I cant root my stock or downgrade or even flash a custom rom ...
What can I do ... any idea guys!
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OMG ..I cant root my stock or downgrade or even flash a custom rom ...
What can I do ... any idea guys!
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There is more to life than custom ROM's.
That said, many of the apps that require root have alternatives for people without root.
For example, Adaway requires root, while AdBlockPlus works without root.
They perform the same functionality, just with different permissions.
The only reason I am not yet ready to give up root is Viper4Android is the best app for tweaking audio,
and without root it is impossible to remove crapware
Snowby123 said:
There is more to life than custom ROM's.
That said, many of the apps that require root have alternatives for people without root.
For example, Adaway requires root, while AdBlockPlus works without root.
They perform the same functionality, just with different permissions.
The only reason I am not yet ready to give up root is Viper4Android is the best app for tweaking audio,
and without root it is impossible to remove crapware
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There is another reason for actually. .. it is adding arabic language to the system and the only way is by using root permissions
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You can flash a ROM without root. You just need a PC and software that bypasses the locked bootloader so you can flash the custom ROM onto your device. I recommend the SP Flash Tool for Windows if you don't want to root your phone and still run a custom ROM.
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There is another reason for actually. .. it is adding arabic language to the system and the only way is by using root permissions
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SAD. like I said earlier, it is still impossible to install a custom ROM without root.
If you really need root, you could try looking on Swappa for one that either has root or has an early enough build date to obtain root.
I have the same Build: G925VVRU4BOG7 and have been looking for root options for months now. I just received access to Samsung Pay which I'm pretty excited to check out (and I heard can be lost if you trip KNOX), but I still would like root as this is the only phone I've owned which can't be rooted.
Additionally, I JUST received a software update notification... I'm user what to do. If I update, maybe someone will figure out a way to root the new version. However, if I do update and then someone finds a root method for G925VVRU4BOG7, I will probably shoot myself in the kneecap lol.
Does anyone have any suggestions for accepting the software update? Thank you!
the818studios said:
I have the same Build: G925VVRU4BOG7 and have been looking for root options for months now. I just received access to Samsung Pay which I'm pretty excited to check out (and I heard can be lost if you trip KNOX), but I still would like root as this is the only phone I've owned which can't be rooted.
Additionally, I JUST received a software update notification... I'm user what to do. If I update, maybe someone will figure out a way to root the new version. However, if I do update and then someone finds a root method for G925VVRU4BOG7, I will probably shoot myself in the kneecap lol.
Does anyone have any suggestions for accepting the software update? Thank you!
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if I were in your shoes I would take the update. there is no clue when or even if root will ever be achieved on 5.1 for the Verizon variants
I have turbo unlocked with twrp working..
I'm willing to downgrade it to kitkat 4.4.4 with twrp.
Need help in downgrading rom except for the flash method in which we don't have to flash gpt.bin.
You sure you don't want to try computerfreek's tweek of the stock rom? Version 1.08 runs as fine as any stock rom. Throw in the recently ripped camera, and I can't imagine why someone would want KitKat.
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Syed Farooq said:
I have turbo unlocked with twrp working..
I'm willing to downgrade it to kitkat 4.4.4 with twrp.
Need help in downgrading rom except for the flash method in which we don't have to flash gpt.bin.
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You would download Kitkat Verizon firmware, flash via ADB but omit gpt.bin from the flash commands. Also if you want to keep TWRP custom recovery, you would also omit flashing recovery.img.
EVERY QUARK FIRMWARE EVER RELEASED
FILE FACTORY - QUARK IMAGES
http://www.filefactory.com/folder/f9d1880e6c5b4800/?sort=created&order=DESC&show=50
Go down to the bottom of that page and look for VRZ files.
This one -- VRZ_XT1254_SU2-12_12_CFC.xml.zip 1.17 GB February 25, 2015 -- was probably the last Kitkat 4.4.4 Droid Turbo file before Lollipop.
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You sure you don't want to try computerfreek's tweek of the stock rom? Version 1.08 runs as fine as any stock rom. Throw in the recently ripped camera, and I can't imagine why someone would want KitKat.
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Agreed. I'm still on a custom RR Marshmallow ROM because it's rock solid, gives me CM themes, as well as Xposed modules. I am running @bhb27's advanced custom kernel again, but my wife's phone didn't like it so keeping her on regular ROM kernel. Still haven't seen the need yet to upgrade to Nougat. Plus I see a TON of complaints about phones shutting down at 20% or so, and they all seem to be on Nougat ROMs.
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You sure you don't want to try computerfreek's tweek of the stock rom? Version 1.08 runs as fine as any stock rom. Throw in the recently ripped camera, and I can't imagine why someone would want KitKat.
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Well actually I already tried all of that rom currently I am using lineage Os. I don't get enough battery on computer freak 1.08 (after changing DPI).
So decided to give it a shot (kitkat) dual booting (magisk)
Syed Farooq said:
Well actually I already tried all of that rom currently I am using lineage Os. I don't get enough battery on computer freak 1.08 (after changing DPI).
So decided to give it a shot (kitkat) dual booting (magisk)
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Maybe a new battery is in store?
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