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I know xda guyz can do it..
I really want to root my s5 guyz..
Already messed up my stock recovery now i can't enter it...
Any help will be appreciated..root it for noobs plz...
kunal22 said:
I know xda guyz can do it..
I really want to root my s5 guyz..
Already messed up my stock recovery now i can't enter it...
Any help will be appreciated..root it for noobs plz...
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well i tried several methods.not working untill nw.
so no root for this phone...............
i dont know.tried every root method i know.but still unable to root.
can any developer give a solution?
michael.the.don said:
i dont know.tried every root method i know.but still unable to root.
can any developer give a solution?
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i m not a developer but somehow i managed to root my s5..messed with my recovery though...lol
kunal22 said:
i m not a developer but somehow i managed to root my s5..messed with my recovery though...lol
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how did you do it?
describe please!
michael.the.don said:
how did you do it?
describe please!
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frst i tried many scripts and roots and now i cnt even soft reset my phone...
bt i didn't give up
i installed cwm on s1 and flashed superuser 3.1.3.zip
thn installed the same cwm in s5..cwm was showing green lines due to the resolution difference i guess..so wt i did was opened cwm in both s1 and s5..saw the option to install zip from sd card in s1 and navigated to same option in s5 (if it was at no. 2 in s1, i pressed volume down in s5 so it navigated to no. 2 and pressed power button to confirm it)
thn i made sure tht the zip file was in the root folder of both sd cards and was on last number alphabetically so i flashed it on both phones respectively..jst tried my luck and i got my phone rooted...
IF I WAS UNABLE TO EXPLAIN IT..JUST REPLY HERE ABOUT WHAT U DIN'T GET AND I'LL TRY TO EXPLAIN AGAIN..
I DON'T KNOW IF IT CAN HARM YOUR PHONE IN ANY WAY AS IT IS NOT MEANT FOR TITANIUM S5
I CAN PROVIDE LINKS TO S1 ROOTING TUTORIAL IF U NEED..
AND I GUESS U JUST NEED ANOTHER PHONE WITH CWM IT'S NOT NECESSARY TO HAVE S1...
kunal22 said:
frst i tried many scripts and roots and now i cnt even soft reset my phone...
bt i didn't give up
i installed cwm on s1 and flashed superuser 3.1.3.zip
thn installed the same cwm in s5..cwm was showing green lines due to the resolution difference i guess..so wt i did was opened cwm in both s1 and s5..saw the option to install zip from sd card in s1 and navigated to same option in s5 (if it was at no. 2 in s1, i pressed volume down in s5 so it navigated to no. 2 and pressed power button to confirm it)
thn i made sure tht the zip file was in the root folder of both sd cards and was on last number alphabetically so i flashed it on both phones respectively..jst tried my luck and i got my phone rooted...
IF I WAS UNABLE TO EXPLAIN IT..JUST REPLY HERE ABOUT WHAT U DIN'T GET AND I'LL TRY TO EXPLAIN AGAIN..
I DON'T KNOW IF IT CAN HARM YOUR PHONE IN ANY WAY AS IT IS NOT MEANT FOR TITANIUM S5
I CAN PROVIDE LINKS TO S1 ROOTING TUTORIAL IF U NEED..
AND I GUESS U JUST NEED ANOTHER PHONE WITH CWM IT'S NOT NECESSARY TO HAVE S1...
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i got what u said n thanks.but the point is that cwm of s1 is different then s5.that is y the recovery is screwed up.i thought of this method but i dnt want to screw the stock recovery.coz if we need cwm for our phone then we have to have the stock recovery.but i cannot make a recovery.img without root.so i am in a fix. if you can provide me with the stock recovery i can build the cwm for this phone.and the main difference is that s1 has msm8225q processor but s5 has a msm8625q.
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and one more question. do you knw what is the original brand that produced titanium s5? i mean s1 is cherry mobile flame 2.0. so s5 should have a counterpart. if you knw please let me know
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i got what u said n thanks.but the point is that cwm of s1 is different then s5.that is y the recovery is screwed up.i thought of this method but i dnt want to screw the stock recovery.coz if we need cwm for our phone then we have to have the stock recovery.but i cannot make a recovery.img without root.so i am in a fix. if you can provide me with the stock recovery i can build the cwm for this phone.and the main difference is that s1 has msm8225q processor but s5 has a msm8625q.
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and one more question. do you knw what is the original brand that produced titanium s5? i mean s1 is cherry mobile flame 2.0. so s5 should have a counterpart. if you knw please let me know
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i cnt pull out stock recovery as its already screwed..tried searching for the s5 brand when i was looking for a root guide, no success either..
and is there any developer working on titanium s5 i doubt????
also i used shuame(chinese sw for rooting) on s5 and got last two options translated to chinese language in *#36# menu..and now when i try to soft reset my fone stucks on karbonn s5 logo l..i hv to pull out the battery thn restart, no restore..any solutions???
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also i used shuame(chinese sw for rooting) on s5 and got last two options translated to chinese language in *#36# menu..and now when i try to soft reset my fone stucks on karbonn s5 logo l..i hv to pull out the battery thn restart, no restore..any solutions???
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sorry! untill you have the stock rom.you are stuck. and even if you have a stock rom we need cwm to flash it. without cwm there is no hope. and moreover its not a mediatek device so on-board flashing tool is unknown!.
i dont think any dev is on this phone yet. coz s1 has created more hype then s5. moreover the processor s1 uses has been used before whereas our one is brand new. i cant get a single matching phone untill now. i m on vacation so cant get on my system.
if someone finds a rooting solution, i am ready to compile CM
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sorry! untill you have the stock rom.you are stuck. and even if you have a stock rom we need cwm to flash it. without cwm there is no hope. and moreover its not a mediatek device so on-board flashing tool is unknown!.
i dont think any dev is on this phone yet. coz s1 has created more hype then s5. moreover the processor s1 uses has been used before whereas our one is brand new. i cant get a single matching phone untill now. i m on vacation so cant get on my system.
if someone finds a rooting solution, i am ready to compile CM
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if i want to get stock rom i hv to visit service center..so i'll hv to unroot my phone..any tutotial for unrooting it??
Okay.....how do I pull the stock image..?? Any way without being root?
no way without root! or i do not know. we need root to run 'dd; or any kind of back up.
i am kind of confused why only this phone has this processor and no other. its performance is great and believe me much better then canvas hd (except for 1080p vids). a friend of mine bought it at the same time i did. so nw my phone still fast and kicking whereas his showing lag.
michael.the.don said:
no way without root! or i do not know. we need root to run 'dd; or any kind of back up.
i am kind of confused why only this phone has this processor and no other. its performance is great and believe me much better then canvas hd (except for 1080p vids). a friend of mine bought it at the same time i did. so nw my phone still fast and kicking whereas his showing lag.
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Exactly!! I bought it 3 days back as a temporary phone while I wait for the my nexus,,,but I am pleasantly surprised by the performance and the smoothness......a friend of mine owns the canvas hd, and it has a snappy and laggy ui....but the s5 is just awesome....feels good too!!
So where exactly do we go from here? What are the possibilities of finding a root for this device?
just came across this thread. i own s5 too.
as read in one of the above posts, one guy who used Chinese method of rooting, messed up his phone.
and one guy was able to r root by synchronising his actions from s1.
so if the former wants to restore his phone, he may follow latter's way of flashing cwm and ask the latter to provide a factory reset backup zip which the latter can flash via cwm by seeing the cwm in another phone.
lekhwani said:
just came across this thread. i own s5 too.
as read in one of the above posts, one guy who used Chinese method of rooting, messed up his phone.
and one guy was able to r root by synchronising his actions from s1.
so if the former wants to restore his phone, he may follow latter's way of flashing cwm and ask the latter to provide a factory reset backup zip which the latter can flash via cwm by seeing the cwm in another phone.
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lol..its d same guy who did both these things..and i hv to get it to stock frm service center bt i'll do it only after sm1 makes a working cwm for s5..as for rooting i'll hv to again mess up my recovery...
Still no way to root this one. Without root I cannot extract stock recovery.n without stock recovery I cannot build cwm
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hey I tried the flashable zip from Micromax canvas 2 jelly bean it's successfully flashed but root checker says phone is not rooted!!!
bull **** yaar
if you have already flashed then its most likely screwed your stock recovery. i want my stock recovery to be intact for cwm.
but how about flashing this device from a pc?
if someone befriends a karbonn klnic guy please ask him how they flash this thing. if we get the tool them we can flash rooted FW.
Hello All,
New to owning an android device and so far I like it, well that is Is like android, but not the slow and sometimes laggy touchwizz
I think I want to root and flash a 4.2.2 Rom onto my phone.
I have a few questions for you guys though.
Is rooting and installing a flashed ROM easy?
Once I have gone to a flashed ROM I assume I can only update be flashing a new ROM?
Is there ever a way to put my Galaxy S4 to a state in which you'd never know it had been modyfied?
I notice there are ROMS to go back to touchwizz, do they have the automatic updates as originally intended by Samsung?
Thanks in advance
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Hello All,
New to owning an android device and so far I like it, well that is Is like android, but not the slow and sometimes laggy touchwizz
I think I want to root and flash a 4.2.2 Rom onto my phone.
I have a few questions for you guys though.
Is rooting and installing a flashed ROM easy?
Once I have gone to a flashed ROM I assume I can only update be flashing a new ROM?
Is there ever a way to put my Galaxy S4 to a state in which you'd never know it had been modyfied?
I notice there are ROMS to go back to touchwizz, do they have the automatic updates as originally intended by Samsung?
Thanks in advance
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Here isn't the right place for questions. There is an exclusive section only for that. Over XDA is possible to find a lot of tutorials teaching how to root and install a custom ROM. Root is easy, it was released CF-Auto-Root, you just need install drivers, odin and flash on your phone. In order to install a rom you need to do a similar process to use custom recovery that will be able to install ROM's.
If you have i9505 you can use Triangle Away app that will erase any trace. But if you have i9500 (octa), that isn't possible (yet, as people say). But you always can return to stock rom, kernel, etc.
If i'm not saying a mistake, some rom's allow you to receive updates.
Yes it's fairly easy. There are tons of guides here and on YouTube. Takes like 2 minutes.
That's correct.
You can revert back to stock and get official updates yes. There's a tool/app called triangle away that you need to run, then boot recovery and do a wipe. After that go in to download mode and flash stock rom from Odin. Maybe this wasn't the most detailed response hehe. I always recommend to beginners to look up a guide on YouTube that shows this step by step. Then it's difficult to fail
If you run in to problems just come back here and ask. Also don't forget to do a backup of your stock rom from your recovery just in case.
Skickat från min GT-I9505 med Tapatalk 4 Beta
It is easy and difficult at the same time
First of all, it does not hurt to be computer-savy. Your phone is a little computer, nothing else.
If you know what a Bootloader is and a Kernel and a ROM and if you know what an administrator is and if you can install Windows on a PC, you shouldn't have much troubles. Even better is when you already have some Linux knowledge.
OTOH if you are the type of person who has difficulties using a computer at all, or if you think Windows 7 is too complicated to handle, you will face more difficulties (OTOH you will learn a lot!).
So the rule of thump is:
As long as you follow instructions, but do not know what the hell you are doing, follow all instructions very closely. As you progress, you will know what you do, and then it gets much easier.
Have fun!
Done it!
Was easier than I imagined.
I've installed custom ROM's reverted back to a backup and the likes, just taking it through the motions so I know how to do everything.
My next question is.... How to I remove CWM Recovery if I want the phone to go completely back to stock?
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My next question is....
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Moved to Q&A section.
Just flash stock rom via odin founded in sammobile. there is stock roms, just put the unique file in PDA and start. It contains recovery, kernel, region customization and modem. Do wipe data and cache before flash. If it stop in boot logo, enter stock recovery and do wipe cache, and a factory reset.
Enviado de meu GT-I9500 usando Tapatalk
I just want to add a small note here,as I just started rooting and flashing.PLEASE backup everything ,literally everything.Without backing up the state where your phone is not rooted and not flashed, there is no way you can go back to that state.
Also use nandroid backup and a backing up app which backs up your ESF files.
Just running this by, to see if i have everything correct.
if i have cwm installed, regardless of model,
to install a stock firmware from samsung, thus basicaly resetting my device back to stock,
i can go into cwm and install this,
http://samsung-updates.com/details/12916/Galaxy_Note_8.0_LTE_Canada/SGH-I467M/RWC/I467MVLAMG2.html
since thats my model,
and it will restore the device to factory settings, correct?
will this wipe out cwm or will cwm stay?
also, can i do this from odin?
if so,
as long as one can get there device into download mode, they can restore the device correct?
and if thats the case, what are the ways that one may wipe out that portion of the device?
is that part of the bootloader?
or is it part of the kernal,
sorry for such noob questions...
i am really new to rom flashing, but really want to get good at it.
thanks everyone in advance,
ths forum is amazing, and all you people are amazing.
Samsung devices are pretty easy to restore and hard to brick, as long as you have some firmware you can flash through Odin. Download mode should remain intact even if you mess up the bootloader/system.
I haven't looked at the link you provided, but assuming the downloads there are in Odin format, flashing back to stock should be easy as pie.
If however, you don't have Odin flashable firmware, and you ahve soemthign that needs to be flashed via fastboot/recovery, then I'm hoping your recovery is still intact and you can boot to it via Volume Up + Home + Power. If you can get into it, you should be able to load firmware onto a MicroSD card and flash from there.
GhostCyber said:
Just running this by, to see if i have everything correct.
if i have cwm installed, regardless of model,
to install a stock firmware from samsung, thus basicaly resetting my device back to stock,
i can go into cwm and install this,
http://samsung-updates.com/details/12916/Galaxy_Note_8.0_LTE_Canada/SGH-I467M/RWC/I467MVLAMG2.html
since thats my model,
and it will restore the device to factory settings, correct?
will this wipe out cwm or will cwm stay?
also, can i do this from odin?
if so,
as long as one can get there device into download mode, they can restore the device correct?
and if thats the case, what are the ways that one may wipe out that portion of the device?
is that part of the bootloader?
or is it part of the kernal,
sorry for such noob questions...
i am really new to rom flashing, but really want to get good at it.
thanks everyone in advance,
ths forum is amazing, and all you people are amazing.
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sorted!
Got it sorted, thanks very much..:good::laugh:
Hi there,
I am fairly new in android and ask for some guidance.
After over 1.5 years of getting irritated by bloatware on my galaxy S4 GT-I9500 I started to look for how to root phone and got rid off plenty of bloatware.
Huge relief. I mean, why the hell do I need tripadvisor, help, health, googlesettings, speech and tens of other completely useless apps (for me). If I need something I want to install it by myself and don't want it to be forced onto phone which I paid from my pocket.
Now, when I last time hard reset my phone, it "kindly" upgraded all the nonsense bloatware too. Grrrrr
I looked on the forums to flash raw android stock, but there is so much info out there, that I get lost.
Could you suggest, where/how should I start. So, I want completely raw android OS, without any bloatware (if possible), on my galaxy S4 GT-I9500.
Thanks
Phone2GO said:
Hi there,
I am fairly new in android and ask for some guidance.
After over 1.5 years of getting irritated by bloatware on my galaxy S4 GT-I9500 I started to look for how to root phone and got rid off plenty of bloatware.
Huge relief. I mean, why the hell do I need tripadvisor, help, health, googlesettings, speech and tens of other completely useless apps (for me). If I need something I want to install it by myself and don't want it to be forced onto phone which I paid from my pocket.
Now, when I last time hard reset my phone, it "kindly" upgraded all the nonsense bloatware too. Grrrrr
I looked on the forums to flash raw android stock, but there is so much info out there, that I get lost.
Could you suggest, where/how should I start. So, I want completely raw android OS, without any bloatware (if possible), on my galaxy S4 GT-I9500.
Thanks
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Hi mate
There are some custom roms very close to stock where you can choose what bloatware to install for example Omega rom ...not sure if is that what you meant....
Ok, this is probably what I am looking for, thanks.
I am downloading omega room for S4. I have a follow up Q though. When I read this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=40243586&postcount=4 guidance to flash this ROM, it just says:
Installation Instructions:
1. Backup your device (nadroid backup, titanium backup, efs backup ... etc)
2. Copy rom to your device
3. Boot to recovery and flash Omega
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What is boot to recovery, what program should I use for this? Need some details how to do this. :
I am trying to boot Omega and everything goes completely wrong
when I get this --Install /sdcard ...
I get following
footer is wrong
signature verification is wrong
Any suggestion
You dont know how to boot in recovery...and trying to boot in Omega???? How you did that ? Are you rooted,custom recovery, flasht Omega ???
I think you better read,read and read about it,unlless you want to hard brick your device.
Ok guys, here's the deal. i bought a secondhand s4 which was advertised as a google edition. it has a couple of annoying issues, first i noticed it switching itself off and on. the worst problem with it is that when my battery goes reeeally dead it just bootloops when i have recharged. the only way i can get it back on is to start it in recovery mode (which is clockworkmod v6.0.4.4) then do a factory wipe. so yeah thats a major pain. the s4 itself is a red model and behind the battery it says its a gt-19505, however in the settings on the phone it says its a gt-19505g.
my goal is to install an official firmware if possible that i may be able to update easily, the worry that i have is that i dont know if it would then accept my network as although it appears to run google edition custom firmware it may not once i install something official on it. this may be a nooby statement i know but a noob i am lol.
if its at all possible could i keep the cwm recovery?
and if its any help when i load the other boot loader thingy (with the green android on it) in the top left it says gt-19505, im just sayin cus im sure its vital which ever this phone actually is.
here are as many details as i can give but please ask if im missing anything
ANDROID VERSION 4.4.2
KERNEL VERSION 3.4.0-faux123-KK44-GE-Custom
[email protected]omain #20
Sun Dec 1 02:30:28 CST 2013
BASEBAND VERSION 19505XXUFNA1
BUILD NUMBER KOT49H.S001.131204
also upon booting in the top left it says "kernel is not seandroid enforcing
set warranty bit:kernel"
THANKS FOR YOUR TIME And please tell me where to start as i tried updating it via kies to fix it but it just wont connect, i assume due to custom firmware.
The Google Play Edition S4 devices didn't come in any color but white. Therefore, this is an I9505 with a custom ROM on it. The download mode screen reading GT-I9505 confirmed it.
Since this is an I9505 and not an I9505G, the main question is whether this device will work with your SIM card. For that, simply insert your SIM card and boot the device. If you get signal, you're good. Otherwise you'll have to unlock the device, either by purchasing an unlock code from one of the sites that sells them, or by trying the unlock methods available on the forums.
This will also help answer the question of which stock ROM you can install on the device. If the S4 doesn't prompt you to unlock the device, then you can install one of the unbranded S4 ROMs available on sammobile.com. After that, you can put the recovery of your choice on the S4, though I recommend TWRP over the other options.
Thanks for your help. I'm a little confused though, at the moment with this custom google edition ROM it does take my sim, in fact I bet it takes any sim, I heard that was a feature of google play devices. What I meant was after I install the stock ROM will it then not take my sim. So if it has already been unlocked How would I know which ROM to install? As I now know its not a google edition, is it possible to install an official google edition ROM? Do i use this download mode, Odin, or cwm to install a firmware. I'm just not sure what my starting point is. I don't wanna follow someone's guide yet to installing something just in case I'm jumping the gun and need to uninstall this custom ROM somehow.
Sorry for asking questions that I'm sure seem dumb I'm really just trying to learn at the moment I'm green as they come with android. BTW thanks for your suggestions so far, you def seem like you know what you're talking about, cheers
Google Play devices are carrier unlocked, but this is not a Google Play Edition S4. Therefore the device was carrier unlocked at some point in its past. The unknown here is how the original owner unlocked the device. If he or she used the unlocking methods found on XDA there is a chance the lock will be lost when installing a stock ROM.
If the S4 is unlocked, you aren't restricted to a particular region and can install any I9505 ROM using Odin, though I recommend the carrier unbranded ROMs. You cannot install a stock Google Play Edition ROM on the device as the model number of a GPE device is not the same as the device you have. However, you're already rooted and have a custom recovery installed. In I9505 Development here on XDA there is a Google Play Edition ROM that can be installed on your device. Download it to your S4, wipe everything in recovery, then flash the ROM's flashable zip in recovery. I've used said ROM and it works quite well.
OK I have found the 5.0.1 ge ROM , but in there it says I must use latest recovery or whatever plus it recommended one different to mine, is it safe to install using my version of cwm or do I need to learn how to change it??
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TWRP is recommended as there are people who are still maintaining it, unlike Clockworkmod and Philz. While you probably can get the ROM installed using the version of Clockworkmod you have, learning how to change recoveries is useful.
OK thank you for all your help my friend, I will now find out how to do this, I'm sure there is a section on this somewhere, BTW I think you are right about my device being rooted, but I wanted to check and I followed a guide and used super su but apparently its not rooted so I guess something must've gone wrong. Bit scary if I try to change my recovery or my firmware and this causes a brick hmmmmm
It's virtually impossible to brick the S4, especially as the recovery is flashed through Odin.
Phew that's a relief. Thanks man.... Well I'm gonna just risk using cwm for now as I'm new to this........ Thanks a whole lot for your time I really mean that.
KlLLFRENZY said:
Phew that's a relief. Thanks man.... Well I'm gonna just risk using cwm for now as I'm new to this........ Thanks a whole lot for your time I really mean that.
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Use TWRP. CMW is outdated.
Lennyz1988 said:
Use TWRP. CMW is outdated.
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I want to, I really do but I'm struggling here. Before I wrote that last comment I tried to find a guide on this forum for swapping to twrp, but couldn't and didn't wanna bug this guy as he had helped enough. Anyway I went to the place he told me and have hit another wall anyway because I don't know how to use the firmware the relevant kernel or the git. My life is so busy and I'm getting about an hour on this subject a day and its gonna take forever lol
If you can help me on my way even a little its much appreciated, I would like to use twrp and the 5.0.1 ge plus the right kernel of course
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I want to, I really do but I'm struggling here. Before I wrote that last comment I tried to find a guide on this forum for swapping to twrp, but couldn't and didn't wanna bug this guy as he had helped enough. Anyway I went to the place he told me and have hit another wall anyway because I don't know how to use the firmware the relevant kernel or the git. My life is so busy and I'm getting about an hour on this subject a day and its gonna take forever lol
If you can help me on my way even a little its much appreciated, I would like to use twrp and the 5.0.1 ge plus the right kernel of course
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https://twrp.me/devices/samsunggalaxys4internationalqualcomm.html
Follow the Odin guide. It's excactly the same when you flashed CWM.
@Lennyz1988: The S4 was bought secondhand and already had CWM on it from the original owner.
@killfrenzy: Follow the guide Lenny mentioned, but don't worry about the second paragraph. Our device isn't one of those that restores the original recovery on boot.
ok will do, i just tried the app install method but as i suspected, it said root is required for this app and promptly exited so i shall do the odin method, i heard that some people remove root or it could be that it was done wrong. also after reading a few posts here and there i found out that someone had similar issues with their phone random re-booting and they had custom ge with the wrong kernel so it seems once im done my issues should be history if i learn how to install fw + kernel, after this twrp thing i will be one step closer for sure. i also know ppl slate lollipop but once im all done with this im sure i will have picked up enough terminology to install cfw's to my hearts content. hooray for forums and people like you, sounds like im kissin ass but its just gratitude
so using the twrp install guide i gotta install using the odin method i have now got 3.07 odin but this is the next step.........
Odin Install Method (No Root Required):
You will need to download and install Odin on your PC. Once you have Odin installed, download the proper .tar file for your device from the download link above. Power off your device. Turn on your device using the proper key combo to get into download mode and attach the device to your computer via a USB cable. Use the PDA tab or button to browse to and select the tar file that you downloaded and flash the device.
lololol nothins ever simple i see the list of tar files in the link above but no mention at all as to which is the proper .tar for my device, i guess they assume the guide is for people who have done it before. more research tomorrow maybe i gotta be up early ugh
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https://twrp.me/devices/samsunggalaxys4internationalqualcomm.html
Follow the Odin guide. It's excactly the same when you flashed CWM.
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Think you misunderstood, I have flashed nothing yet I got it like this. I'm completely green
Don't suppose anybody knows which is the tar file for my device?? S4gt-19505
OK now I get it, the list of tars in that section are all the same just newer builds of the same version. Seems obvious if you have done this before, but I wasn't to know that and cannot assume things. I'm also gonna guess and say Lenny thinks my s4 needs this particular version for an international, am I right?? Anyway it would've made a lot of sense but how does he know. I have no idea what this phone was I have never owned it new.
Different devices have different codes. For example, jfltexx is the I9505. A T-Mobile S4 would be jfltetmo, and so on.The link Lenny provided is for the I9505. Download the 2.8.6.0 version as its the latest.
As to how you were supposed to know, having never owned one, you weren't. There are tutorials in the General forum though that can help.