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as the title says... is it working if i flash official lollipop via odin and downgrade it to official kitkat.
currently running on dead x-note development.. i want to try lolipop rom but i'm afraid what if i didnt like lolipop.. will i still able to downgrade it by just flashing via odin?
i know this question is already ask a million times but all the thread that i found here is old and talk about the leaked lollipop firmware but my question here is downgrading from official lollipop to official kitkat. thank you
bhovoi said:
as the title says... is it working if i flash official lollipop via odin and downgrade it to official kitkat.
currently running on dead x-note development.. i want to try lolipop rom but i'm afraid what if i didnt like lolipop.. will i still able to downgrade it by just flashing via odin?
i know this question is already ask a million times but all the thread that i found here is old and talk about the leaked lollipop firmware but my question here is downgrading from official lollipop to official kitkat. thank you
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Download and flash the firmware via ODIN without upload the bootloader.
Joku1981 said:
Download and flash the firmware via ODIN without upload the bootloader.
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what do you mean without the bootloader? if i flash official lollipop firmware from sammobile i think it includes the bootloader, right?
Joku1981 said:
Download and flash the firmware via ODIN without upload the bootloader.
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Hello,
Yes it is possible to downgrade from an official Molitor to an official kitkat (the latest).
I do it, when the flash is end and the mobile show the logo Samsung
You can put out the battery, reboot to the recovery and wipe all user data.
Before do that save all your data.
It's an official administrator from Samsung who say me do so.
Hope that can help you.
Fredox.57 said:
Hello,
Yes it is possible to downgrade from an official Molitor to an official kitkat (the latest).
I do it, when the flash is end and the mobile show the logo Samsung
You can put out the battery, reboot to the recovery and wipe all user data.
Before do that save all your data.
It's an official administrator from Samsung who say me do so.
Hope that can help you.
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what do you mean by the kitkat (latest) because not all country have the same latest version.. like in my case my mobile is originally from KSA. and i think its not the latest kitkat out there.
Joku1981 said:
Download and flash the firmware via ODIN without upload the bootloader.
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Isn't the bootloader required to flash the ROM?
I'm very afraid of trying stock lollipop. I was on Temasek's CM12 build but I had abysmal batterylife. This was probably not attributed to Temasek's build but rather to CM12 as a whole, so I went back to my nandroid containing Crash Rom V19 on kitkat 4.4.2 and I literally have less than 1% drain per hour with the phone idle. I love this batterylife, and I feel I'd like to try and see if stock lollipop TW will give me the same but I would like the option to go back to kitkat if it's worse. I like lollipop a lot but the promise of batterylife seems to hit and miss, makes me stay on kitkat.
I know Crash Rom has a lollipop version, but beside this, which ROM is the MOST stock with the least amount of modifications?
Hi,
i want to buy a new note 4 - the version 910f.
If i update the new phone with stock 4.4.4 rom to the latest 5.1.1 - will there be any problem if i want to install root or anything like this later on? Can i still install custom roms?
I want to now this, becqause if i update my new amazon fire 7 (2015) to latest stock 5.1.1 rom - there is no chance to start recovery anymore for installing custom rom. With only 5.0.1 all is good and i can install custom rom with recovery.
Is there a similar problem with note 4 or can i install latest stock rom and won´t get any problems later?
Only thing i found is that i can´t go back to 4.4.4 when installing 5.1.1? And i can´t go back to 5 when i´m installaing marshmallow because of changing partitions size?
So if i go to stock 5.1.1 it doesn´t matter, because i don´t want to use 4.4.4 and i can still use all stock roms and change to marshmallow later?
Bib_x said:
Hi,
i want to buy a new note 4 - the version 910f.
If i update the new phone with stock 4.4.4 rom to the latest 5.1.1 - will there be any problem if i want to install root or anything like this later on? Can i still install custom roms?
I want to now this, becqause if i update my new amazon fire 7 (2015) to latest stock 5.1.1 rom - there is no chance to start recovery anymore for installing custom rom. With only 5.0.1 all is good and i can install custom rom with recovery.
Is there a similar problem with note 4 or can i install latest stock rom and won´t get any problems later?
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No problem if you don't plan to use 4.4.4. Note that if you update to latest 5.1.1
>your bootloader will be locked you can't go back to previous roms or use custom roms which are based on earlier versions such as 4.4.4 custom roms or 5.0.1 custom roms.
>you can still root your phone install custom recovery and install custom roms which have newer bootloaders. However rooting 5.1.1 is bit different because with android 5.1.1 there is an extra security layer in the kernel which detects and stops device from being rooted you need a "permissive kernel" to root 5.1.1. And then you can do whatever you like.
Would it be a better decision to stay on 5.0.1 for the moment and later install 5.1.1 custom rom? To not loose unlocked bootloader?
And one more question: if I deactivate bloatware in application setting off stock rom, is bloatware complete deactivated or is it still running in the background somehow?
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Would it be a better decision to stay on 5.0.1 for the moment and later install 5.1.1 custom rom? To not loose unlocked bootloader?
And one more question: if I deactivate bloatware in application setting off stock rom, is bloatware complete deactivated or is it still running in the background somehow?
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You can install 5.1.1 with these bootloaders coj3, coi3, pok1 , coh4 these are safe and won't lock your bootloader. i'd recommend 5.1.1 over 5.0.1 because the difference is day and night in long term use (when u have many apps) 5.1.1 is much smoother and better battery life just don't install coj5 or newer bootloaders. I don't use custom roms because in my experience stock rom is the best custom roms have some bugs etc. If you deactivate bloatware in application settings then its no more running in background.
OK, thank you. But so I should deactivate ota updates and flash latest stock update with Odin, so that I don't get latest locked bootloader?
How can i update to latest 5.1.1 update and keeping the (old) unlocked bootloader?
Do i have to donwload version from smamobile and flash with odin? How can i disallow to update bootloader too?
And if i update with ota - i will get latest (locked) bootlader automatically - no chance anymore to remove it?
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I don´t want to root my phone the first time (because of knox) but later on i maybe want to root too.
Bib_x said:
How can i update to latest 5.1.1 update and keeping the (old) unlocked bootloader?
Do i have to donwload version from smamobile and flash with odin? How can i disallow to update bootloader too?
And if i update with ota - i will get latest (locked) bootlader automatically - no chance anymore to remove it?
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I don´t want to root my phone the first time (because of knox) but later on i maybe want to root too.
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There is no way to be sure if the older bootloader will work with latest 5.1.1 rom. So its better to stick with the bootloader which comes with the rom and yes if you update with OTA you will get latest 5.1.1 and bootloader automatically. Just go to sammobile and download 5.1.1 with COJ3, COi3, or POK1 (nordic countries). and Flash with odin.
Hey there I just got a new samsung galaxy s5, and I have been searching on the internet since yesterday, and haven't been able to find a thread that gives me information about installing custom recovery or installing a rom based in stock without any bloatware.
My phone is the samsung galaxy s5 sm-g900v (not rooted, i haven't been able to do it, maybe it's not posible yet )
android 6.0.1
kernel version 3.4.0
So my questions are:
Can I flash the twrp.tar file with odin?
Is there anyway to install a rom based in the stock of samsung but without bloatware?
And finally, can I root android 6.0.1 in my verizon s5?
Thanks in advance
you have alot to learn my friend.. if you are on 6.0.1 i dont think you can downgrade. you need to be on a 5.0 and then root then if you have a samsung board you can unlock the boot loader to install TWRP if its a toshiba you cant..
zachspod said:
you have alot to learn my friend.. if you are on 6.0.1 i dont think you can downgrade. you need to be on a 5.0 and then root then if you have a samsung board you can unlock the boot loader to install TWRP if its a toshiba you cant..
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I just got the s5, but i get rid of it,im back on my old lg g2, seems it was imposible to install a clean rom on that device.
6.0.1 is downgradable. If you had a 15 chip then you could get TWRP. Even if you had an 11 chip you could still flash a debloated rom on Lolipop.
leotakacs said:
6.0.1 is downgradable. If you had a 15 chip then you could get TWRP. Even if you had an 11 chip you could still flash a debloated rom on Lolipop.
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I've searched but I'm lost on where and how to downgrade 6.01? Is it just flashing over a 5.0 ? or is there more to it because it's new? And where can you find a guide for rooting 6.01 or downgrading it and then rooting?
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6.0.1 is downgradable. If you had a 15 chip then you could get TWRP. Even if you had an 11 chip you could still flash a debloated rom on Lolipop.
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I already gave the phone to my gf, but what would happen if I try to flash a stock based debloated rom with my pc? I mean flashing the debloated version of 6.0.1?
shibtastic said:
I've searched but I'm lost on where and how to downgrade 6.01? Is it just flashing over a 5.0 ? or is there more to it because it's new? And where can you find a guide for rooting 6.01 or downgrading it and then rooting?
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Flash a G900V 5.0 Lollipop Odin TAR. If you have a CID 11 chip then you can either:
- Downgrade to lollipop and stay rooted their.
- Stay / upgrade to marshmallow but not have root.
DanyMarroquin said:
I just got the s5, but i get rid of it,im back on my old lg g2, seems it was imposible to install a clean rom on that device.
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you can downgrade from marshmellow to lolipop however you cannot downgrade to kitkat due to the fact that the bootloader is different
I advise you DO NOT make move to unlock bootloader on locked device.Like install 900f roms 900f kernels. Because i tried this **** and my s5 is turned to trash. Do not try belive me.
Best Wishes...
SM-N930F
Y4HY4 said:
I advise you DO NOT make move to unlock bootloader on locked device.Like install 900f roms 900f kernels. Because i tried this **** and my s5 is turned to trash. Do not try belive me.
Best Wishes...
SM-N930F
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Why are you advising those with a locked bootloader not to unlock it? If you have the right emmc, there are like 4 different methods to do it. It's simple!
N910T TMOBILE NOTE 4 IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO DOWNGRADE TO OFFICIAL KITKAT BUT AFTER LOT OF RESEARCH I FOUND WITH N910T2 KITKAT FIRMWARE IT'S POSSIBLE AND I HAVE TESTED IT 100% WORKING.
YOU CAN DOWNGRADE DIRECTLY TO N910T2 KITKAT FIRMWARE NO MATTER YOU ARE ON 5.0 5.1.1 OR 6.0.1
JUST FLASH WITH ODIN N910T2 KITKAT FIRMWARE AND WIPE DATA FACTORY RESET AND WIPE CACHE IMMEDIATELY AFTER FLASH.
N910T2 FIRMWARE RUNS FLAWLESS ON N910T AND NO BUGS AT ALL EVERYTHING WORKING 100% EXACTLY LIKE N910F INTERNATIONAL VARIANT. NO TMOBILE APPS BLOATWARE NO TMOBILE BOOT ANIMATION OR SHUTDOWN ANIMATIONS NO WIFI CALLING.
DON'T TRY TO FLASH OFFICIAL N910T KITKAT FIRMWARE AFTER DOWNGRADE IT WILL NOT WORK I HAVE ALL READY TESTED IT.
NOW YOU CAN ENJOY KITKAT AGAIN WITH AMAZING BATTERY LIFE AND SPEED ALONG WITH CUSTOM ROMS LIKE DYNAMIC KAT, FIREKAT,INFAMOUS ETC.
YOU CAN FLASH AND ENJOY ANY CUSTOM KITKAT ROM WITH TWRP AND NADIA 4.4.4 KERNEL.
PLEASE NOTE-_- WIFI CALLING IS NOT SUPPORTED WITH N910T2 FIRMWARE .
IF YOU WANT WIFI CALLING FLASH ANY N910T BASED KITKAT ROM IN TWRP WITH NADIA KERNEL.
THIS METHOD ONLY FOR N910T T-MOBILE NOTE 4
IT WILL NOT WORK ON N910T3 OR ANY OTHER MODELS.
Download links N910t2 firmware from sammobiles.com http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/53342/N910T2UVU2AOG1_N910T2TMB2AOG1_TMB/
Download N910t2 firmware from mega faster.https://mega.nz/#!bZ8nFIaA!u67ewIWGe8HRtI8-OdxFUPoXFvpACIKhtQtbnv7KU18
DOWNLIAD NADIA KERNEL 4.4.4
https://mega.nz/#!accnkb6B!f_wdM79WXZ2UYy2El87DXYctihB40MBjV4imBKlhoDo
Disclaimer. I am not responsible for any damage of your phone flashing via odin tool can cause your device to brick so try it on your own risk.
GUYS I HAVE ALSO FIND A WAY TO DOWNGRADE SPRINT NOTE 4 N910P TO KITKAT CHECK THE POST LINK BELOW.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-sprint/general/sprint-users-easy-downgrade-to-kitkat-t3471131
Hit thanks if this post is useful for you.:good::good::good:
OFF TOPIC: I just want to enquire can I flash n910t2 marshmallow rom on n910t as I have grave problems in the stock marshmallow rom of random restart and lags.
Sent from my SM-N910T using Tapatalk
whitenote4 said:
OFF TOPIC: I just want to enquire can I flash n910t2 marshmallow rom on n910t as I have grave problems in the stock marshmallow rom of random restart and lags.
Sent from my SM-N910T using Tapatalk
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There is no n910t2 marshmallow or even lollipop available anywhere else.i search all over but only 4.4.4 kitkat available right now.
Trex888 said:
Yesterday i was messing around to downgrade from marshmallow to kitkat on my n910t but no luck since our locked bootloader but accidentally i downloaded n910t2 firmware from sammobiles.com and i thought i give it a try and guess what i fully downgrade to kithat without any errors in odin and firmware runs flawlessly on n910t everything works expect no wifi calling i think n910t2 is a modified firmware for those who dont want tmobile crap and bloatware the only issue i face when phone boot up is the playstore was lagging but after an hour phone settle down and works awesome 4glte and signal works great .remember no wifi calling supported in this firmware and your model number will change to n910t2 even tmobile boot animation logo not exist. It looks and run exatly like international n910f 4.4.4. After i downgraded i flash twrp and flashed drketen 4.4.4 rom and it works flawless so i did try to flash firekat and dynamic kat but they did not works with n910t2 bootloader.and also 1 thing i want to mention that i easily upgraded again to 5.1.1 dok2 and 6.0.1 epg2 firmware so no worries to switch back.
Download links http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/53342/N910T2UVU2AOG1_N910T2TMB2AOG1_TMB/
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after flashing the 910t2 firmware to kit kat, did you try flashing the regular 910t 4.4.4 firmware over it?
louforgiveno said:
after flashing the 910t2 firmware to kit kat, did you try flashing the regular 910t 4.4.4 firmware over it?
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Yes i did but sadly it doesn't works. I am preety sure that bootloader is not locked since i was able to downgrade by n910t2 kitkat firmware .Maybe tmobile put some kind of code thats why we cant downgrade to n910t kitkat .anyway atleast we can downgrade officially without rooting to kitkat at this point.but i am still trying to figure out if i can flash offcial n910t 4.4.4 firmware.
Hey bro..do you know how to extract the tar and make a baseband and BL only tar...it would be alot easier than downloading the whole firmware at 15kb a sec ha...if not I can do it if someone can upload the firmware to mega or drive
noob4598 said:
Hey bro..do you know how to extract the tar and make a baseband and BL only tar...it would be alot easier than downloading the whole firmware at 15kb a sec ha...if not I can do it if someone can upload the firmware to mega or drive
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Uploading right away to mega bro but tell me how exatly bootloader and baseband files can be useful of n910t2.. ?
noob4598 said:
Hey bro..do you know how to extract the tar and make a baseband and BL only tar...it would be alot easier than downloading the whole firmware at 15kb a sec ha...if not I can do it if someone can upload the firmware to mega or drive
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Download link to mega uploaded in thread.
It's not really I guess...it just makes it easier for anyone wanting to try it...because using a kk rom and twrp recovery you only need the baseband and BL...and it's less of a chance to mess up efs or something than when flashing the whole firmware
Updating from PG2 MM with lock the bootloader?
Trex888 said:
Yesterday i was messing around to downgrade from marshmallow to kitkat on my n910t but no luck since our locked bootloader but accidentally i downloaded n910t2 firmware from sammobiles.com and i thought i give it a try and guess what i fully downgrade to kithat without any errors in odin and firmware runs flawlessly on n910t everything works expect no wifi calling i think n910t2 is a modified firmware for those who dont want tmobile crap and bloatware the only issue i face when phone boot up is the playstore was lagging but after an hour phone settle down and works awesome 4glte and signal works great .remember no wifi calling supported in this firmware and your model number will change to n910t2 even tmobile boot animation logo not exist. It looks and run exatly like international n910f 4.4.4. After i downgraded i flash twrp and flashed drketen 4.4.4 rom and it works flawless so i did try to flash firekat and dynamic kat but they did not works with n910t2 bootloader.and also 1 thing i want to mention that i easily upgraded again to 5.1.1 dok2 and 6.0.1 epg2 firmware so no worries to switch back.
Download links http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/53342/N910T2UVU2AOG1_N910T2TMB2AOG1_TMB/
Download from mega faster.https://mega.nz/#!bZ8nFIaA!u67ewIWGe8HRtI8-OdxFUPoXFvpACIKhtQtbnv7KU18
Disclaimer. I am not responsible for any damage of your phone flashing via odin tool can cause your device to brick so try it on your own risk
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i m trying to do exaclty same, i m on 6.0.1 EPG2, and want to go to 4.4.4 ANK4, and thn flash custom rom FireKAT, i got what you are saying. except he last part, where you couldn't flash fireKAT due to t2 bootloader, but did you try to odin 910t ANK4 bootloader before flashing FireKAT ?
Manan79 said:
i m trying to do exaclty same, i m on 6.0.1 EPG2, and want to go to 4.4.4 ANK4, and thn flash custom rom FireKAT, i got what you are saying. except he last part, where you couldn't flash fireKAT due to t2 bootloader, but did you try to odin 910t ANK4 bootloader before flashing FireKAT ?
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Yea i did try to flash ank4 but odin fails . You can downgrade to n910t2 kitkat bootloader but not n910t kitkat or even 5.0 lollipop odin will simply fail every time i donno why but good thing is somehow you can still enjoy kitkat.i am running kitkat n910t2 firmware on n910t and everything works perfect wifi/data/xposed/all sensors nothing is broken only wifi calling missing and battery life ofcourse kitkat is best. You can still flash kitkat roms but only international n910f ported kitkat roms i guess but you can try with different kernels if you wanna still use ank4 base roms .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/general/paid-software/flashfire-t3075433
Try flashfire. You can download just the bootloader and modem from a dev and try that program
unibomber said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/general/paid-software/flashfire-t3075433
Try flashfire. You can download just the bootloader and modem from a dev and try that program
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Do you know it works ? I think not because the logic of not allowing older bootloader is in the phone and not in Odin
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Trex888 said:
Yea i did try to flash ank4 but odin fails . You can downgrade to n910t2 kitkat bootloader but not n910t kitkat or even 5.0 lollipop odin will simply fail every time i donno why but good thing is somehow you can still enjoy kitkat.i am running kitkat n910t2 firmware on n910t and everything works perfect wifi/data/xposed/all sensors nothing is broken only wifi calling missing and battery life ofcourse kitkat is best. You can still flash kitkat roms but only international n910f ported kitkat roms i guess but you can try with different kernels if you wanna still use ank4 base roms .
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Yeah but custom 4.4.4 would have been even better..I will try t2 rom. .from sammobile right ? Also what msg u get when u flash custom rom on t2 firmware. ...and whilet flashing 910t 4.4.4 using odin .did u try repartition using pit file ?
I heard lot of good things about FireKat 4.4.4 rom , that is why i wanted to do this whole process of downgrading.
I don't know if it would work. I'm on a W8. Wouldn't hurt to try.
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Do you know it works ? I think not because the logic of not allowing older bootloader is in the phone and not in Odin
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Yeah but custom 4.4.4 would have been even better..I will try t2 rom. .from sammobile right ? Also what msg u get when u flash custom rom on t2 firmware. ...and whilet flashing 910t 4.4.4 using odin .did u try repartition using pit file ?
I heard lot of good things about FireKat 4.4.4 rom , that is why i wanted to do this whole process of downgrading.
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I did not try n910t pit file while i am on n910t2 bootloader i afraid it will brick the device i dont think its an good idea.but when i try to flash firekat rom on n910t2 bootloader the phone keep reboot by it self.maybe it should work with nk4 based kernels but ownestly i did not try cuz i am happy with n910t2 firmware
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I did not try n910t pit file while i am on n910t2 bootloader i afraid it will brick the device i dont think its an good idea.but when i try to flash firekat rom on n910t2 bootloader the phone keep reboot by it self.maybe it should work with nk4 based kernels but ownestly i did not try cuz i am happy with n910t2 firmware
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Big Thanks to your Suggestion !!!
Update :: SUCCESS : I am now on FireKat v21 on 910T , I did following after my research
1. Flashed 910T2 4.4.4 stock rom using Odin
2. Flashed TWRP using odin
2. Flashed FireKat V21 using TWRP
3. Flashed nadia kernal for 4.4.4 910t using TWRP --- link : http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-tmobile/orig-development/tw-emotroid-team-t3022240
And it booted quickly , with FireKat v21 loaded , i achieved the goal
Manan79 said:
Big Thanks to your Suggestion !!!
Update :: SUCCESS : I am now on FireKat v21 on 910T , I did following after my research
1. Flashed 910T2 4.4.4 stock rom using Odin
2. Flashed TWRP using odin
2. Flashed FireKat V21 using TWRP
3. Flashed nadia kernal for 4.4.4 910t using TWRP --- link : http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-tmobile/orig-development/tw-emotroid-team-t3022240
And it booted quickly , with FireKat v21 loaded , i achieved the goal
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Wow thats really great I'll try it soon.
Manan79 said:
Big Thanks to your Suggestion !!!
Update :: SUCCESS : I am now on FireKat v21 on 910T , I did following after my research
1. Flashed 910T2 4.4.4 stock rom using Odin
2. Flashed TWRP using odin
2. Flashed FireKat V21 using TWRP
3. Flashed nadia kernal for 4.4.4 910t using TWRP --- link : http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-tmobile/orig-development/tw-emotroid-team-t3022240
And it booted quickly , with FireKat v21 loaded , i achieved the goal
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Was that international v21 or T-Mobile one?
demon28 said:
Was that international v21 or T-Mobile one?
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Tmobile one , here is the link
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8z8lreEHtf_UzZ1TUF0bXg3ODg/view?usp=sharing
warning
This method will not work anymore if you upgraded to QI5 new bootloader/baseband because it's locked to binery 5 it's impossible to downgrade and dev firmware will fail in odin.
This method will only works with older bootloaders only before QI5
I have successfully downgraded to kitkat after pull my hair for days and unlocked for any sim worldwide if you guys like kitkat like me and wanna unlock your sim network follow these institutions.
1,download developer kitkat firmware and flash via odin 3.10 this firmware is for developers without user apps and its empty but good thing is it will let us downgrade to kitkat bootloader no matter you are on 5.0,5.1 1,6.0.1 just flash.
2,after flash developer firmware dont let phone boot immediately go to download mode and flash twrp recovery.
3,after flash twrp recovery flash sprintxnoteRC2 kitkat rom this will boot flawlessly to kitkat.
4,if you like to try other n910p based kitkat roms go to twrp and backup (boot) thats your kernel of sprint xnote RC2 rom before flash any kitkat rom cuz i donno somehow kernel of sprint xnoteRC2 let boot every rom successfully without any errors.just after flash any rom immediately go to twrp restore and restore (boot) kernel that you made earlier from sprintxnoteRC2 rom.
4,FOR UNLOCKING download SSU APK this will work with kitkat if your phone says INVALID SIM CARD just install as normal APK and open it will ask for root permision PRESS GRANT and unlock then reboot if still your phone dosent get signal bars then go to dialer and dial ##72786# and press YES it will reboot automatically your phone and hopefully you will have signal on gsm sim. if SSU apk method does not work download gt galaxy tools apk and unlock.grant root permission to galaxy tools and open app go down and you'll see UICC unlock just hit and restart device . also you can unlock tethering hotspot permanently from galaxy tools . THATS ALL. I AM SHARING YOU GUYS MY EXPERIENCE I HAVE TESTED THIS METHOD ON MY DEVICE AND i HAVE SUCCESSFULLY UNLOCED MY N910P AND DOWNGRADED FROM 6.0.1 TO KITKAT
DISCLAIMER:- TRY AT YOUR OWN RISK PLEASE YOU MUST BACK UP YOUR EFS AND ANY IMPORTANT DATA BEFORE DO ANYTHING FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY AS I HAVE BEEN MENTIONED IN THREAD AND IF ANY QUESTIONS FEEL FREE TO ASK ME. HIT THANKS IF THIS THREAD IS USEFUL FOR YOU.
1. Download developer fimware link.
https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=457095661767098816
2. Download TWRP recovery link
https://mega.nz/#!HUN1nILZ!_7KP4H223nlNAbwx6EIjLLkPxqKXNg_yxjptDbYPwas
3. Download sprintxnoteRC2 rom link
https://mega.nz/#!jdsmEAKa!FH3RvThxgDj_gnxCDgrEAyZi-n3R19RcNmBGJi3Ly7M
4. Download SSU APK LINK
https://mega.nz/#!qVtgzTxK!409cHS7_VuerOqrKg4AnsrskO4nJDbhAtCyf8umaEE8
5. DOWNLOAD GALAXY TOOLS APK LINK
https://mega.nz/#!bElkjZzI!OTtzYjYxsUM8Sf-GP71rHilIXNpWCLIitEgkkx2uJZ8
DOWNLOAD NADIA 4.4 4 CUSTOM KERNEL WORKS ON ALL SNAPDRAGON MODELS N910F/P/T/V
https://mega.nz/#!accnkb6B!f_wdM79WXZ2UYy2El87DXYctihB40MBjV4imBKlhoDo
GUYS I HAVE ALSO FOUND A WAY TO DOWNGRADE N910T TMOBILE NOTE 4 TO KITKAT CHECK THR POST LINK BELOW.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/not...ws-want-to-downgrade-to-4-4-4-kitkat-t3447773
I MADE THIS THREAD SPECIALLY FOR NETWORK LOCKED N910P USERS TO TEMPORORY DOWNGRADE TO UNLOCK NETWORK. BUT IF YOU END UP USING KITKAT ROMS THE FINGERPRINT SENSOR WILL NOT WORK.
FIX FOR FINGERPRINT
Flash og5 5.1.1 bootloader only along with with Nadia 4.4.4 kernel flash in twrp and you get everything working with any kitkat rom.
Or flash 5.1.1 6.0.1 stock firmware the fingerprint will work fine and unlocking will stick permanently
HiT THANKS:good::good::good:
Can I go back to a non-rooted, stock KitKat ROM without tripping KNOX?
Trex888 said:
I have successfully downgraded to kitkat after pull my hair for days and unlocked for any sim worldwide if you guys like kitkat like me and wanna unlock your sim network follow these institutions.
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Can you Odin any firmware after this?
If so, this is a game changer for kitkat lovers.
You can upgrade again to 5.1.1 & 6.0.1 n910p firmware but you cannot flash n910p official kitkat it will simply fail in odin.you can flash any kitkat n910p roms in twrp recovery with diffrent kernels also i have tested deodexed 4.4.4 n910p based rom and it works flawlessly with custom kernel .i have tested everything every firmware but sadly 4.4.4 n910p fail in odin .
Which kernel is it in that SprintxnoteRC2 rom? Any other kernel working with KitKat?
Ael kernel.
shadowcliffs said:
Which kernel is it in that SprintxnoteRC2 rom? Any other kernel working with KitKat?
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Ael kernel
how long has this kitkat developer firmware been leaked?
and can't you downgrade to official kitkat from the oldest 5.0.1? most of the "first new OS upgrade" won't block downgrades
6.0.1 --> 4.4.4 dev --> oldest 5.0.1 --> 4.4.4 official
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also, does the dev firmware format internalsd like PB5?
Does the unlocking persist when upgrading to newer firmware?
Returned from PG1 to NK2 ( BoBCaTROM v2.0) following OP's tips. Since the purpose of flashing the dev tar is to update bootloader, I deleted the system file from the tar ball and ended up with a smaller file about 130 MB
download here.
From the attached screenshot we can see, the modem is AOF1, the kernel is AEL 5.5 (which is not shown in the screenshot).
Sterist said:
how long has this kitkat developer firmware been leaked?
and can't you downgrade to official kitkat from the oldest 5.0.1? most of the "first new OS upgrade" won't block downgrades
6.0.1 --> 4.4.4 dev --> oldest 5.0.1 --> 4.4.4 official
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also, does the dev firmware format internalsd like PB5?
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This dev firmware i found accidently from a Chinese website they use to refurbish and spoof usa models to international models and resale again . I tried to flash official 4.4.4 but it fails in odin.its something to do with this developer firmware that it can let us downgrade to 4.4.4 .anyway you can use this dev firmware to downgrade and flash kitkat custom roms and kernels.
Binary invalid
Trex888 said:
This dev firmware i found accidently from a Chinese website they use to refurbish and spoof usa models to international models and resale again . I tried to flash official 4.4.4 but it fails in odin.its something to do with this developer firmware that it can let us downgrade to 4.4.4 .anyway you can use this dev firmware to downgrade and flash kitkat custom roms and kernels.
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Dev firmware does not work. Tried downloading with chrome, firefox,opera and straight to the mega app. Odin shows this error message: md5 invalid! Binary is invalid. Have try to download the file 12 time, no luck. Any suggestions or help?.
MexiMax said:
Dev firmware does not work. Tried downloading with chrome, firefox,opera and straight to the mega app. Odin shows this error message: md5 invalid! Binary is invalid. Have try to download the file 12 time, no luck. Any suggestions or help?.
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Try this one
Thanks. Downloading now, will let you know if it works. Thanks again.
Sterist said:
how long has this kitkat developer firmware been leaked?
and can't you downgrade to official kitkat from the oldest 5.0.1? most of the "first new OS upgrade" won't block downgrades
6.0.1 --> 4.4.4 dev --> oldest 5.0.1 --> 4.4.4 official
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also, does the dev firmware format internalsd like PB5?
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4.4.4 dev --> oldest 5.0.1 failed : sw rev check fail
Originally Posted by DjeMBeY
SW REV. CHECK FAIL : fused:2, Binary: 1 is when you try to downgrade aboot.mbn (bootloader) or try to flash incorrect system/csc etc..
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Try this one
Thanks. It did work. Really appreciated your help.
shadowcliffs said:
Try this one
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The file size is just 120.2 MB??
robinhood1808 said:
The file size is just 120.2 MB??
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With system partition removed as mentioned in my earlier post. After all, bootloader is all you need.
shadowcliffs said:
With system partition removed as mentioned in my earlier post. After all, bootloader is all you need.
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Hmmm... After flashing this firmware, without rebooting and going into download mode, one has to flash TWRP & then any Kit-Kat based custom ROM. Got it! :good:
MexiMax said:
Dev firmware does not work. Tried downloading with chrome, firefox,opera and straight to the mega app. Odin shows this error message: md5 invalid! Binary is invalid. Have try to download the file 12 time, no luck. Any suggestions or help?.
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download file by mega app without pause or stop while downloading.
robinhood1808 said:
Hmmm... After flashing this firmware, without rebooting and going into download mode, one has to flash TWRP & then any Kit-Kat based custom ROM. Got it! :good:
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flash kitkat rom with ael or any custom kernel otherwise it won't boot.