Downgrade to kikat - Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey developers,
I am a Galaxy Note 3 (SM N900) user India. I upgraded to lollipop but the features were not promising.
Now I would like to return to my kitkat 4.4 rom. I read the threads on the web and I found that there were issues of hard brick. But some of them successfully downgraded their phones.
Can someone plz give me the safest and 100% working steps to downgrade to kitkat.
Thanks in advance to the lovely developers??.
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Downgrade from 5.0 to 4.4.4 with older bootloader?

Hi,
By older devices we CAN'T Downgrade to older Ver. like from 5.0 to 4.4.4. (or 4.4.2 on S5)
So my Q is can I flash new custom rom base 5.0 TW and keep older Bootloader (or I have to flash new bootloader to use 5.0),
so I can downgreade safely to 4.4.4 or Know will prevent it too?
What about Downgrade on cm/aosp/aokp? (5.0/4.4.4/4.2.2 etc with older devices like S5)
Thank you!
So I recommend don't rush to update ver. 5.0.
For now We have to be with patience wait for reviews from other Users...
5.0 isnt out yet...
I can't see where is the 5.0!
Did you say NOTE4?
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For S5 G900F 5.0 is out in Poland...
But, this Q are before the 5.0 it out for everone...and pepole will upgreat and get stuck with 5.0 Only
without the option to Downgrade from 5.0 to 4.4.4 .
Any reason to stay on 4.4.4 anyway? Can't see myself downgrading once I'm on Lollipop. Can't wait tbh.
How can anyone answer your question since there is no 5.0 firmware for the Note 4 available at the moment? We can only speculate that it will not possible to downgrade, but we can't know for sure. You're way ahead of yourself.
iR¡[email protected]!* from Galaxy Note 4 via Tapatalk
KarimSalloum said:
Any reason to stay on 4.4.4 anyway? Can't see myself downgrading once I'm on Lollipop. Can't wait tbh.
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Rumours say the poppin' Lolli will make rooting more difficult than ever before. That's quite a good reason if it turns out to be true.
KarimSalloum said:
Any reason to stay on 4.4.4 anyway? Can't see myself downgrading once I'm on Lollipop. Can't wait tbh.
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1.No XPOSED on 5.0 for now maybe later on.
2.Problems with DEODEX
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s5/devs-only/discussion-deodexing-android-5-0-gonna-t2961967
3.(Maybe) Can't downgrad If there is too many crtical bugs...(like I said in older devices can't downgrad to older bootload+knox can brick the device)
4.few liitle problems with CF-Root... (S5 for now)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=57245348
u1988 said:
1.No XPOSED on 5.0 for now maybe later on.
2.Problems with DEODEX
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s5/devs-only/discussion-deodexing-android-5-0-gonna-t2961967
3.(Maybe) Can't downgrad If there is too many crtical bugs...(like I said in older devices can't downgrad to older bootload+knox can brick the device)
4.few liitle problems with CF-Root... (S5 for now)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=57245348
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1. That's sadly true. The developer has said he is working on it but he was being very vague as to when or if it will be made available.
2. It's still early, the update has only been available for less than a day so I'd give it time.
3. The solution is to hold off updating until there are some detailed reviews and bug reports for the new firmware. Surely the forums will be flooded with posts in no time after the update.
4. There are problems with CF Root on the Note 4 even on 4.4.4, some people report random reboots. I can't really comment on the validity of the reports though, as I opted not to root.
All in all, just don't immediately update, wait and see.
iR¡[email protected]!* from Galaxy Note 4 via Tapatalk
Yes, What I recommend in the 1st post
Don't rush to update ver. 5.0.
For now We have to be with patience wait for reviews from other Users...
Thank you for your answers ! :good:
Update:[
O.K,
Some users can get Downgert for now on S5 G900F ONLY , but we can't know if samsung will block it in new Ver. of 5.0 and cause brick !!
For now in this 5.0 ON S5 900F ONLY from poland:
1.Backup everything
2.flashed it with stock ANG7 (one file).
3.After I flashed, I caught boot loop but then I entered to the stock recovery and did Wipe data/factory reset and reboot - that's all
Thank you @BaRTaSs88 for the info!
Sources:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=57276831
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=57280600#post57280600
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=57293815

I'm A newbie to GG2,Need Some Help and Advice

Well,i just migrated from my ace 2 to this sweet Grand 2 (SM-G7102) :victory: :victory:
I want to flash custom rom for this device,i've rooted and installed cwm.Anyone can give me some advice for it?
Such as what i need for flashing the gennxt s5 or N4.Do i need to upgrade my GG2 to kitkat or just stay in 4.3 to flash it?
Any help would be appreciated,Thank you
upgrade to kitkat,just an advice because most costum. roms work with kitkat ?
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10BIT said:
Well,i just migrated from my ace 2 to this sweet Grand 2 (SM-G7102) :victory: :victory:
I want to flash custom rom for this device,i've rooted and installed cwm.Anyone can give me some advice for it?
Such as what i need for flashing the gennxt s5 or N4.Do i need to upgrade my GG2 to kitkat or just stay in 4.3 to flash it?
Any help would be appreciated,Thank you
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U need to upgrade to KitKat NH6 Build to flash
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[Q] Downgrading Galaxy S5 (Sm-G900H) from Lollipop(5.0) to KitKat4.4.x

Hello guys!
Recently I downloaded the Lollipop firmware from SamMobile and ungraded my Galaxy S5(G900H) to Lollipop but to my utter disappointment the new Android is gross for me.
So I just want to go back to KitKAt and my serious question that would it be just fine if I download the StockROM(4.4.x) from SamMobile and flash it through odin?
Will I not lose my Service Signals?
Would I need any particular modem after the downgrade?
My phone is not rooted,
Thanks....
You should be all right as long as you're getting the right version for the right device based on the right carrier. I've found that Kies has made it possible to unbork my past devices, but right now I haven't attempted to downgrade my phone from lollipop to Kitkat using it.
Sent from my Galaxy S5

[Q] root Samsung note 3 version lollipop 5.0 ... help !!

hi
is any way to root note 3 lollipop Verizon! !
shybanee said:
hi
is any way to root note 3 lollipop Verizon! !
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No
Nothing past 4.4.2 can be rooted as of now, you cannot downgrade to an earlier version to root.
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Tips and advices.

Hello everyone! I always had rooted all my devices and now just upgraded my note3 to note 4 and I really can't find a safe way to root the note 4n910f with the latest official updates on him (5.1.1 COI3 ). Any advice for a safe root method? Thank you all!
What do you mean by safe ? Are you talking about rooting without triggering know? If so then not possible for 5.1.1 atm and most likely not gonna happen.
Other then that just check out the rooting guides.

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