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Flashed 4.4.2 sbf over 4.4.4

My bootloader is unlocked. My stock rom was messed up with system modifications and I tried to go back to pure stock. So i tried flashing 4.4.2 sbf file but i am already on 4.4.4. I didn't know that before that you cannot downgrade from 4.4.2 or higher.
The thing is I run the following commands
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fastboot flash partition gpt.bin
fastboot flash motoboot motoboot.img
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i didn't run the subsequent commands
and tried rebooting phone immediately
the phone is working fine as such(system modifications are still present and i want to get rid of them).
I read somewhere that if you try to downgrade you may/will brick your device. And also of a guy who did something like this (downgraded from 4.4.2 to 4.2.2 and it was working fine until he took an OTA, that OTA bricked his device)
Are there any chances of me bricking my device?

Your system shows 4.4.2 now? If so, yes....taking an OTA will very likely brick you. And those ones are much harder, or impossible to fix.

25scarface said:
i am already on 4.4.4.
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So why not flash the 4.4.4 sbf using RSDLite?

KJ said:
Your system shows 4.4.2 now? If so, yes....taking an OTA will very likely brick you. And those ones are much harder, or impossible to fix.
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I just run those two commands and my phone still shows that im on 4.4.4
Is there anything that i can do so as not to brick my phone and also be able to upgrade to android L (its coming soon)?
Wansanta said:
So why not flash the 4.4.4 sbf using RSDLite?
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its not available for retail asia.

25scarface said:
I just run those two commands and my phone still shows that im on 4.4.4
Is there anything that i can do so as not to brick my phone and also be able to upgrade to android L (its coming soon)?
its not available for retail asia.
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You'll be eventually able to flash L manually too.
But as long as you are confident you've never downgraded your bootloader version...you'll be fine. If you have, or are unsure....best not to OTA.

KJ said:
You'll be eventually able to flash L manually too.
But as long as you are confident you've never downgraded your bootloader version...you'll be fine. If you have, or are unsure....best not to OTA.
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Is there anyway to know if my bootloader is downgraded?
In my settings build number remains unchanged. Do this confirm that my bootloader is not downgraded?
And even if its downgraded can I manually flash Android L sbf?
Thank You very much.

Wansanta said:
So why not flash the 4.4.4 sbf using RSDLite?
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I'm in a similar situation as op. reason why i don't do what you say is: there is no official 4.4.4 image from Motorola. and i have no idea where rdslite came from nor its source code.
what i did is email Motorola support repeatedly for an official 4.4.3 and 4.4.4 images because they sold us developer devices and promised support. it's ridiculous that they only offer 4.4.2 to download for restore.
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gcbxda said:
I'm in a similar situation as op. reason why i don't do what you say is: there is no official 4.4.4 image from Motorola. and i have no idea where rdslite came from nor its source code.
what i did is email Motorola support repeatedly for an official 4.4.3 and 4.4.4 images because they sold us developer devices and promised support. it's ridiculous that they only offer 4.4.2 to download for restore.
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Do they (Motorola) get back to you?, providing information regarding release of firmawares.

25scarface said:
Do they (Motorola) get back to you?, providing information regarding release of firmawares.
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nothing yet.
and please. for all that is holy, everyone minimally interested in this, move your ass and also email them!
i went via the site, logged in with the same account i used to purchase directly from them. i got an automated response from the email
[email protected]
saying "Your question has been received. You should expect a response from us within 24 hours." because i also believe in Santa Claus.
here's the message in using. feel free to reuse to spam them.
I have the developer edition.
I need to flash the original system image to re lock the boot loader.
but since my phone was sold to me on android 4.4.3 (or I accepted a OTA update from Motorola as soon as I received it) I cannot use the old android 4.4.2 system image you provide.
since Motorola is already even providing updates to 4.4.4 I demand at least the 4.4.3 to be made available. if not the 4.4.4
thank you,
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updating to say that they haven't replied or tried to contact me yet.
pls, do your part as well.

[Q] Why hasn't the Android 5.0 update shown up for me?

If I check for updates, it says there are none. Has the update been officially released yet or is everyone "manually" installing it?

the update has been released official by sony, but it's rolling out slowly. For now the update showed up in nordic regions, but it should soon start rolling out in other regions. If you're impatient you can always flash the update manually. Search the forums to find out how to do it
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Sprkd1 said:
If I check for updates, it says there are none. Has the update been officially released yet or is everyone "manually" installing it?
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Same here. I have bought the phone without any carrier attached and no update yet even though at least some other folks in my country seem to have it already.
Should we wait or we should do the manual update? With the manual update, do we have to unlock the bootloader? I would actually like to avoid unlocking or rooting.

Thanks for the replies. Guess I'll just wait some more.

ulukai3 said:
Same here. I have bought the phone without any carrier attached and no update yet even though at least some other folks in my country seem to have it already.
Should we wait or we should do the manual update? With the manual update, do we have to unlock the bootloader? I would actually like to avoid unlocking or rooting.
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no you dont have to unlock your bootloader. You install flashtool,device drivers and ftf file you wish to flash. There are great guides in forums, search for them how to do it

By the way, once the update is available through the phone's update feature, will it be possible to do a fresh install or is updating the only way?

Sprkd1 said:
By the way, once the update is available through the phone's update feature, will it be possible to do a fresh install or is updating the only way?
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You can do a factory reset after the update. That's equivalent to a clean install.

degraaff said:
You can do a factory reset after the update. That's equivalent to a clean install.
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Thanks. How would go about doing a factory reset after the update? Sorry, I'm an Android noob as this is my first Android phone. Secondly, after the update to Android 5.0 will the recovery "partition" of the phone also get updated to Android 5.0 or will it stay at 4.4.4?

I guess they are doing a roll in insteaf of rollout. Im short to ditching sony

baste0701 said:
I guess they are doing a roll in insteaf of rollout. Im short to ditching sony
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Rollouts take time with Android phone OEMs, the update must be tested and approved seperately for each region and mobile operator. Some regions and mobile operators can be very slow at this, unfortunately. Just be patient and don't obsess too much over it.

With non oem phones (international version not tied to carrier) is it still expected that I may not have an update yet or should I start worrying something is wrong and should start look at the manual update?

ulukai3 said:
With non oem phones (international version not tied to carrier) is it still expected that I may not have an update yet or should I start worrying something is wrong and should start look at the manual update?
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Non-carrier =/= non-OEM. Sony is an OEM

Is there where you do a factory reset? If I use this feature, the phone will be formatted and return to its original "shipped" state?
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Sprkd1 said:
Is there where you do a factory reset? If I use this feature, the phone will be formatted and return to its original "shipped" state?
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Yes.

scottjb said:
Yes.
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But doesn't that just reset options and delete your data? Or does it perform an actual reformat?

SPH-L720T 5.0 Released 4-16-15

As of now, only the L720T tri-band http://support.sprint.com/support/a...ndUpdateTheSoftwareVersionOnYourSamsungGalaxy
As usual, the 720 is the "red headed stepchild"....no lollipop yet...

NOOOO!!!! Why can't they just release both... I've been waiting for this
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lol. the 720 will be lucky to get the update a month from now unless Sprint mysteriously forgets it all together... wouldn't surprise me

The RDF for the 720 is also at OD1 so sprint has is near completion. I just don't know why they won't push both at the same time
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Did anyone receive the update yet or is anyone able to pull it to possibly share and test?

Well, strangely enough, Sprint has now pulled the update and it has been removed from the update list page. WOW Sprint! Pretty pathetic....

troyboytn said:
Well, strangely enough, Sprint has now pulled the update and it has been removed from the update list page. WOW Sprint! Pretty pathetic....
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This is really getting ridiculous now.
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So perhaps something came up on one or more of the test devices not previously seen, it happens.
If that is the case, I personally prefer the that they pull it to fix the issue before it makes it out too thousands of users phones. And suspending rollout makes more business sense than causing customers problems, perhaps even severe problems. :good:

link for Samsung lollipop open source release.
this is the link.
click on the SPH-L720T_NA_LL_Opensource.zip.
h t t p://opensource.samsung.c o m/reception/receptionSub.do?method=search&searchValue=SPH-L720[/

RP-88 said:
So perhaps something came up on one or more of the test devices not previously seen, it happens.
If that is the case, I personally prefer the that they pull it to fix the issue before it makes it out too thousands of users phones. And suspending rollout makes more business sense than causing customers problems, perhaps even severe problems. :good:
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OD2
720: http://device.sprintpcs.com/Samsung/SPH-L720-SPRINT/OD2.rdf
720T: http://device.sprintpcs.com/Samsung/SPH-L720T-SPRINT/OD2.rdf

troyboytn said:
lol. the 720 will be lucky to get the update a month from now unless Sprint mysteriously forgets it all together... wouldn't surprise me
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i'm thinking more and more that this will be the case.
even more insulting would be for them to release 5.0.0 and then stop there.

Spades2006 said:
i'm thinking more and more that this will be the case.
even more insulting would be for them to release 5.0.0 and then stop there.
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I hope not... They should release both updates at the same time.. It's most likely going to be 5.0.1 and possibly the last update. I find myself checking the sprint support page almost 3 times a day for the past month.

imaxuout said:
this is the link.
click on the SPH-L720T_NA_LL_Opensource.zip.
h t t p://opensource.samsung.c o m/reception/receptionSub.do?method=search&searchValue=SPH-L720[/
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Can this Zip file be installed like a ROM or with ODIN?

ActorMike said:
Can this Zip file be installed like a ROM or with ODIN?
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Neither, it's source code. You can't install it.
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bilgerryan said:
Neither, it's source code. You can't install it.
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I have a stock rooted Sprint ROM whats the best way to get the official Lollipop on it?

ActorMike said:
I have a stock rooted Sprint ROM whats the best way to get the official Lollipop on it?
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Wait until it's released

Is there any change on the root impossibility without flashing rooted rom? I've been away from the game forever. Sorry

We won't know until it is released. This update hasn't been released yet. Most likely the typical root method work (cf atuo root and towel root) supersu is already up to date for lollipop OS so if you are rooted just wait till someone makes the stock rom a flashable zip or if you are stock just use any method to root. Remember to back up internal storage as unlocking the bootloader wipes everything.

robogoflow said:
We won't know until it is released. This update hasn't been released yet. Most likely the typical root method work (cf atuo root and towel root) supersu is already up to date for lollipop OS so if you are rooted just wait till someone makes the stock rom a flashable zip or if you are stock just use any method to root. Remember to back up internal storage as unlocking the bootloader wipes everything.
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Considering every other Samsung phone on Lollipop, including the S6, has been rooted the same way as KitKat (CF Auto Root or flash SuperSU.zip in recovery), I think we'll be fine. "Unlocking the bootloader wipes everything"? There are so many things wrong with that statement. Odining a stock tar is the only thing that wipes internal storage (and not all of them do). There is no unlocking of the bootloader on Samsung phones. You flash a custom recovery or if using CF Auto Root it flashes the su binary to system/bin... no wiping on either.

bilgerryan said:
Considering every other Samsung phone on Lollipop, including the S6, has been rooted the same way as KitKat (CF Auto Root or flash SuperSU.zip in recovery), I think we'll be fine. "Unlocking the bootloader wipes everything"? There are so many things wrong with that statement. Odining a stock tar is the only thing that wipes internal storage (and not all of them do). There is no unlocking of the bootloader on Samsung phones. You flash a custom recovery or if using CF Auto Root it flashes the su binary to system/bin... no wiping on either.
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Lol sorry. Haven't Odin back to stock in a while. All i remember was i did something in the "hook my phone up to pc " step then days of grief that i lost everything on my internal storage ...

Just bought Mi 9 Lite and I have some questions

Everytime I have had an android smartphone, I unlocked and rooted straight away. I know what benefits unlocking the bootloader and rooting the ROM bring to the whole experience of using the smartphone but I have never actually looked or thought about the negative effects of unlocking and rooting.
I just received my Mi 9 Lite last night and I am just about the unlock its bootloader and get Magisk flashed. But before I do that, I am interested in people's opinion about what they think of rooting their phone.
- Can I root the stock ROM without unlocking the bootloader? I have heard this is possible but no idea how! If yes, does it have any limitations or is it the same as rooting after unlocking the bootloader?
- Does anyone have any other valid reason for not unlocking their device except warranty and maybe system updates? They always warn you about security, system updates and finger print sensors not working etc... is this true?
About the system updates, usually Xiaomi publishes the flashable ROM on their website which I can download and flash it manually so I don't have to worry about missing out on ROM updates.
Warranty wise, I am not too concerned either.
Security wise, I don't think this is an issue too as I always know what I would be flashing and installing on my phone.
Thank you.

I used some rooted device before . Don't no what you need, but, with this phone WITH NO ROOT, it's possible to uninstall or freeze some app, using blokada, you can stop/ block many thing.... and keep a clean and fresh device, with no mod, like out of the box ; )

I'm also getting this phone, can anyone from Europe confirm if Mi 9 Lite supports Carrier Aggregation? (LTE+)

k3lcior said:
I'm also getting this phone, can anyone from Europe confirm if Mi 9 Lite supports Carrier Aggregation? (LTE+)
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Had the 4g+ logo out and about yesterday if that's what you mean?

technotika said:
Had the 4g+ logo out and about yesterday if that's what you mean?
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Yes, but are you from Europe?

k3lcior said:
Yes, but are you from Europe?
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For the time being - 'UK'

got the 4G+ in France too

4G+ in Sweden as well
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Welp. I tried unlocking yesterday and I got the message saying I need to wait 168 hours. Damn.

One reason to maybe not root/unlock is it can stop NFC payments being made?

Just got my phone and i'm super impressed so far (especially by screen), the performance is surprisingly good aswell. Now waiting 168h for bootloader unlock..
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And...what are the questions now?

@Jeanz Sensation, also expecting mine next year and ll be pleased if you or someone can tell me what's the actual available internal memory in 128gb version?.........thanks in advance.

Jeanz Sensation said:
I just received my Mi 9 Lite last night and I am just about the unlock its bootloader and get Magisk flashed. But before I do that, I am interested in people's opinion about what they think of rooting their phone.
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Please tell us, why you could unlock the bootloader without 168 hours of waiting?

Jeanz Sensation said:
Everytime I have had an android smartphone, I unlocked and rooted straight away. I know what benefits unlocking the bootloader and rooting the ROM bring to the whole experience of using the smartphone but I have never actually looked or thought about the negative effects of unlocking and rooting.
I just received my Mi 9 Lite last night and I am just about the unlock its bootloader and get Magisk flashed. But before I do that, I am interested in people's opinion about what they think of rooting their phone.
- Can I root the stock ROM without unlocking the bootloader? I have heard this is possible but no idea how! If yes, does it have any limitations or is it the same as rooting after unlocking the bootloader?
- Does anyone have any other valid reason for not unlocking their device except warranty and maybe system updates? They always warn you about security, system updates and finger print sensors not working etc... is this true?
About the system updates, usually Xiaomi publishes the flashable ROM on their website which I can download and flash it manually so I don't have to worry about missing out on ROM updates.
Warranty wise, I am not too concerned either.
Security wise, I don't think this is an issue too as I always know what I would be flashing and installing on my phone.
Thank you.
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Don't try to flash or modify anything on an Xiaomi with locked bootloader, you have many different ways to hardbrick device xD ?

[Fixed] [Android 12 beta] My P5 fails downgrading to Android 11

Hi everybody !
I've been testing Android 12 almost since it's release but now I'd like to sell my Pixel 5 so I have to downgrade it from Android 12 to Android 11.
I already rolled out from the beta program from the Google website. But when I'm searching for an update in the settings, it keeps saying "Preparing the system update". Now it's been 2 hours and still nothing happens.
I tried a factory reset but the problem is still here.
Do you guys have any idea of what I can do ?
Thanks !
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!J2B! said:
Hi everybody !
I've been testing Android 12 almost since it's release but now I'd like to sell my Pixel 5 so I have to downgrade it from Android 12 to Android 11.
I already rolled out from the beta program from the Google website. But when I'm searching for an update in the settings, it keeps saying "Preparing the system update". Now it's been 2 hours and still nothing happens.
I tried a factory reset but the problem is still here.
Do you guys have any idea of what I can do ?
Thanks !
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I wonder if you'll need to use/flash the A11 factory image.

andybones said:
I wonder if you'll need to use/flash the A11 factory image.
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That's what I think too but I am so lazy haha my bootloader is still locked...

!J2B! said:
That's what I think too but I am so lazy haha my bootloader is still locked...
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Haha, I understand.
But I mean, if you're going to be flashing the image it's only 1 command line, well 2. 1 to unlock bootloader and 1 to lock.
You can ddoooo eeeiittttt!
Lol
Honestly, though, best of luck to you. Keep us updated on if you decide to kill laziness or to continue to wait, and the results on either.

Haha I'll tell you once I've decided what to do but I don't think I'll wait. I have to sell it before the Pixel 6 is released haha

!J2B! said:
That's what I think too but I am so lazy haha my bootloader is still locked...
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Yeah, I agree it's not that difficult but it is time consuming. First you will need to unlock the bootloader and that will do a factory reset. Then the login procedure and flashing the latest factory image for 11 with a full wipe. Then relocking to bootloader with another factory reset and logging in again. Then deleting all your accounts so FRP isn't triggered when you sell it. Or wait until 12 is released, get the OTA and then sell it. I would make sure the OEM switch is set to unlocking until the very end. You never know.

bobby janow said:
Yeah, I agree it's not that difficult but it is time consuming. First you will need to unlock the bootloader and that will do a factory reset. Then the login procedure and flashing the latest factory image for 11 with a full wipe. Then relocking to bootloader with another factory reset and logging in again. Then deleting all your accounts so FRP isn't triggered when you sell it. Or wait until 12 is released, get the OTA and then sell it. I would make sure the OEM switch is set to unlocking until the very end. You never know.
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I've thought about waiting the official release of Android 12 too. I've heard that the official release comes before the release of the next Pixel si that would let me some days to sell it.

!J2B! said:
I've thought about waiting the official release of Android 12 too. I've heard that the official release comes before the release of the next Pixel si that would let me some days to sell it.
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Yes. Announcement, pre order, in the stores. Android 12 will be live weeks ahead of delivery of the P6

I'll think about it then. But my problem may not be fixed with the official release if it's still looking for the update

!J2B! said:
I'll think about it then. But my problem may not be fixed with the official release if it's still looking for the update
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You'll get an ota with the official release, then you're off the beta and it won't look for anything other than the monthly updates.

Relocking the bootloader should not be necessary. Try using the Android Flash Tool to flash the latest factory image. Try force flashing all partitions (I believe this requires a wipe) and if that doesn't work disable verity and verification. I did try to downgrade from the 12 Beta 5 before I got root working, but I was doing it manually via command line, and the phone wouldn't reboot into fastbootd.

Okay the problem is fixed ! I turned on the phone yesterday before going to bed and this morning it finally found the "update". I could downgrade it to Android 11 through the official way !
So if the problem appears to one of you : be very patient
Thank you for your help guys !