Have rooted different phones many times, but keeping up with all the different builds is getting hard and what is possible. Recently on my Galaxy S4 went from the original MK2 build and rooted it and went to the sneaked NC2 build, Was going to go to the NC5 build and or put hyper drive on it, but the question that I have is, once a phone has rooted and NC2 installed, Does all future roms relate to the latest update . For instance if I install hyperdrive on my galaxy s4. Do I consider it a Nc2 build or the original mk2 build? I ask this because it seams everything reverts back to the original locked boot loader from when the phone came new from the factory, I get confused when you follow the instructions to install a different rom and its stated that this rom is for the mk2 when in fact my phone is now a nc2. I ultimately want to get the hyperdrive installed on my phone that is a nc2 that was upgraded from mk2
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So with trying to help and give back to the community I'm going to post my recent flashing experience.
So here's a little history.. I have a N900W8 from MTS. (Manitoba Telephone System).
Couple months back when the Tel Cel base came out I wanted root so I flashed using the following guide.
-- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2614772
This worked out well and the stock rom w/ root was very stable, CWM boot loader..
So now that this new build 'NB7' came out it got me itching to flash again.. LoL
I met all the requirements for 4.4.2 boot loader and such so I decided to flash xnote13 w/ civ snapkat kernel.
This setup worked well.. The rom had a few glitches but was very quick and the best of all I could change the DPI.
I didnt setup the rom 100% as I was feeling it out. After a day or so I decided to flash to stock NB7 and then flash xnote13 again so I can have the updated NB7 modem.
Oh Man.. This is where the fun begins.. So I hit up sammobile and grabbed the latest rogers rom as I noticed all the Canadian roms used the same PDA/CSC/MODEM.
-- http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=26660
PDA: N900W8VLUCNB7
CSC: N900W8OYACNB7
MODEM: N900W8VLUCNB7
I take this rom, flash it on my phone via Odin.. What I notice is the model# and build change to reflect NB7 but the baseband was still MJ4.
I flash 2-3x and still no change.. I'm like wtf..
At this point I'm confused as to why I cannot upgrade this baseband.
I then decided to flash the CSC from the guide I used earlier. As I had a multi-csc installed from when I had flashed Xnote13.
-- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2614772
After this I flashed the NB7 rom again via Odin and boom. The baseband reflected NB7.
I noticed my phone had a few Bell apps. When I looked into this I found out its due to the CSC. I tried the method mentioned in most posts *#272*YOURIMEI# but this wouldnt work. I would get instant error messages.
I then found this app on google play which people mentioned having success with.
-- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.manniakk.cscselector
I used this app w/ root I was able to bring up a list of the CDN CSC codes. Whats funny is there is no list anywhere on the internet that has what CSC code belongs to which provider.
By going through sammobile and using some good guessing I was able to figure out what most of them are with some exceptions.. I couldnt find MTS...
I ended up choosing MTA and rebooted my phone but sure enough Bell apps were still there.. Tried a few more things and couldnt get past that so I just said forget it.
I decided to keep the Stock NB7 4.4.2 rom w/ root... I frooze all that Bell **** and there's no branding whats so ever.
The rom is working flawless. During this process I rooted the phone multiple times and flashed the NB7 rom multiple times via Odin. At no point did my Knox trip..
As of right now I have CWM as the bootloader and Knox is still 0x0.
Sorry for the long read.. If you have any questions lemme know.
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Can you help me with rooting my phone? There's too much guides out there for specific models so it confuses me lol. My Note 3's model is the N900W8, running on KitKat 4.4.2, kernal 3.4.0-859721, and the baseband # is N900W8VLUCNB7. I just want to root it so I can remove all the bloatware. I don't plan on adding any ROMs to it unless it's close to looking like stock because I still want the SPEN features without all the fancy stuff
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Can you help me with rooting my phone? There's too much guides out there for specific models so it confuses me lol. My Note 3's model is the N900W8, running on KitKat 4.4.2, kernal 3.4.0-859721, and the baseband # is N900W8VLUCNB7. I just want to root it so I can remove all the bloatware. I don't plan on adding any ROMs to it unless it's close to looking like stock because I still want the SPEN features without all the fancy stuff
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I've replied to your other thread in Q & A, but if you just want to root, flash this file using odin. It might or it might not trip Knox on your phone. Make sure reactivation lock is off before flashing.
Doodless said:
Can you help me with rooting my phone? There's too much guides out there for specific models so it confuses me lol. My Note 3's model is the N900W8, running on KitKat 4.4.2, kernal 3.4.0-859721, and the baseband # is N900W8VLUCNB7. I just want to root it so I can remove all the bloatware. I don't plan on adding any ROMs to it unless it's close to looking like stock because I still want the SPEN features without all the fancy stuff
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Do you try with towelroot ?
zelenko said:
Do you try with towelroot ?
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I already have and it doesn't work
Have rooted different phones many times, but keeping up with all the different builds is getting hard and what is possible. Recently on my Galaxy S4 went from the original MK2 build and rooted it and went to the sneaked NC2 build, Was going to go to the NC5 build and or put hyper drive on it, but the question that I have is, once a phone has rooted and NC2 installed, Does all future roms relate to the latest update . For instance if I install hyperdrive on my galaxy s4. Do I consider it a Nc2 build or the original mk2 build? I ask this because it seams everything reverts back to the original locked boot loader from when the phone came new from the factory, I get confused when you follow the instructions to install a different rom and its stated that this rom is for the mk2 when in fact my phone is now a nc2. I ultimately want to get the hyperdrive installed on my phone that is a nc2 that was upgraded from mk2
The Verizon Prepaid GS3 is the newest S3 out in the market right now. It can really use some dev love. I was thinking, can we build the new Safestrap (v3.75) for this GS3? We can surely root it, just not on KitKat build NF5. We'll have to revert to 4.3 through ODIN. With root, we can install Safestrap (the old version, it won't matter then). We'll also have to edit the build.prop and make it like the regular SCH-I535. We can change the model (from SCH-I535PP to SCH-I535) and the board (d2ppvzw to just d2vzw). Then it'll be like the regular S3 I535 on JB 4.3. The bootloader will still be locked (that's when the new Safestrap kicks in). We can problably port Safestrap v3.75 to this S3 and install CM right? It supports AOSP.
I rooted my s5 a couple weeks ago, with odin v1.85 afterwards my stock rom stopped working I tried flashing several different roms only the aosp roms would run, so now i decided to unroot and retry everything now the phone boots up to the sprint boot animation then freezes any one have any clue whats going on? my s5 was on 4.4.4 before rooting if that helps i'm completely new to samsung so I dont know about specific firmware, but if firmware the case please tell me.
Download a stock tar and flash via Odin. You can flash 4.4.2 or 4.4.4 or even boa6 5.0 lollipop
April is Autism Awareness Month. Sent from my Sprint Galaxy S5
Model #: SCH-I535
Android Version: 4.4.2
Baseband version: I535OYUDNE1
Kernel version: 3.4.0 (May 20, 2014 KST)
Build number: KOT49H.I535VRUDNE1
SE for Android status: Enforcing SEPF_SCH-I535_4.4.2_0016
Hardware version: I535.10
So i just got this S3 for really darn cheap in great shape. I figured i wanted to root and use custom recovery and then maybe try some new roms. But it comes to my attention through like all the helpful tutorials that the bootloader is locked and there is almost zero guarentee that even the one that have done this will work without many issuses. so im just seeing if anyone thinks its worth it to try with this phone or look else where and deal with 4.4.2
Of course its always worth getting rid of all the bloatware ! I have a galaxy S3 rooted with the liquid smooth ROM and love it .
The bootloader is not locked I had to root it and remove the battery on reboot in order to pass it or it will try to reload back to default also took a few times .
I would say it is worth it to root. From there your choices are limited since you are on 4.4.2 with the NE1 bootloader.
I bought such a device in May, proceeded to root, install SafeStrap, and then flashed the SuperLiteROM.
NOTE, there are only three ROMs safe to use on an i535 with the NE1 bootloader.
DO NOT try to flash a custom recover such as CWM or TWRP.
to quote myself from another thread:
I picked up a used i535 a few months ago as a device to mod and learn. I had no intentions of using it as my daily phone - I'm on AT&T with an i747. I found it was already on the NE1 bootloader and modem, I hadn't read enough before purchasing.
I was able to root it with TowelRoot. Following that I installed BusyBox and then installed SafeStrap Recovery for devices with the NE1 bootloader, see here.
From what I have seen there are three ROMs available to this device on NE1; stock NE1, SuperLiteROM, and Paul Pizz. This thread is a good resource for all but Paul Pizz, which is here. I after installing SafeStrap I flashed SuperLiteROM to the stock slot, it seems to avoid some issues when flashed here instead of a secondary slot. Since then I have installed XPosed framework and have several mods working with no issues.
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The XPosed module I spent the most time tinkering with was XPrivacy.