Database Info

How to upgrade a Stock+Root+Custom_Recovery I9505G from 4.3 to 4.4 and keep all Data

If you have a Rooted+Custom recovery Galaxy S4 I9505G with 4.3 and you want to upgrade to 4.4 while keeping all your data untouched and restoring root +custom recovery, here is what you need to do.
You can't upgrade with OTA. root is ok but a custom recovery changes the partitions and will cause the upgrade to fail
To resolve this:
1. Download stock recovery and install it using ODIN
2. Download the OTA update to your device and use the stock recovery to upgrade (or use sideload from adb)
3. You have 4.4 and all your data.
4. You now don't have root so download SuperSU
5. You still don't have root so download Clockwork recovery for I9505
6. Fastboot boot the clockwork img
7. Flash the SuperSU
8. Reboot
9. Download SuperSU from the PlayStore
10 You have root!
11. Downlaod twrp openrecovery for I9505G
12. Enter download mode
13. Use odin to flash your new Recovery
14. Reboot
15. Enjoy your new 4.4 Stock+root+recoveryGalaxy S4 Google Edition + all your data !
i only picked this up fro this forum and used other users methods combined
so i can't post any links
you can pick up all the files needed at this Forum (use search)

Guys PLEASE HELP! We need some files from the GE 4.4 rom for our 9505!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47954764
Please help
Gesendet von meinem SGH-M919 mit Tapatalk

You can skip half those steps and flash supersu with twrp at the end instead.

[Q] getting old stock rom?

I recently flashed a custom rom(Jana Rom) on my samsung G-fit. But i'm facing some lagging problem in this rom. now i want to switch back to my
stock rom.
How can i get the old stock rom of samsung g-fit and how to flash that rom on my device.
Do i need to do it woth the odin or just copy the zip file and do recovery mode technique ?
and where will i get the zip of the old stock rom.
I recently upgraded my G-fit from foryo to GB and i have that 'GT-S5670_INU_S5670DDKT1_S5670ODDKT1_S5670DDKT1' do i need to do the odin procedure with this file or what?
Thanks.

vikrantnegi007 said:
I recently flashed a custom rom(Jana Rom) on my samsung G-fit. But i'm facing some lagging problem in this rom. now i want to switch back to my
stock rom.
How can i get the old stock rom of samsung g-fit and how to flash that rom on my device.
Do i need to do it woth the odin or just copy the zip file and do recovery mode technique ?
and where will i get the zip of the old stock rom.
I recently upgraded my G-fit from foryo to GB and i have that 'GT-S5670_INU_S5670DDKT1_S5670ODDKT1_S5670DDKT1' do i need to do the odin procedure with this file or what?
Thanks.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Depends.
If you want to completely revert to factory settings (that means removing CWM recovery too) then use ODIN method.
If you wish to flash other roms in future then I suggest you to flash pure stock roms by Raj Joshi from android developement section.
Simply flash those like normal roms through recovery.
Tip: Flash CM7,miniCm7 and their derivatives for better performance. Stock roms are always laggy. (atleast for me)

Procedure and Happy Flashing
vikrantnegi007 said:
I recently flashed a custom rom(Jana Rom) on my samsung G-fit. But i'm facing some lagging problem in this rom. now i want to switch back to my
stock rom.
How can i get the old stock rom of samsung g-fit and how to flash that rom on my device.
Do i need to do it woth the odin or just copy the zip file and do recovery mode technique ?
and where will i get the zip of the old stock rom.
I recently upgraded my G-fit from foryo to GB and i have that 'GT-S5670_INU_S5670DDKT1_S5670ODDKT1_S5670DDKT1' do i need to do the odin procedure with this file or what?
Thanks.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hi @vikrantnegi007,
You can find the required ODIN Firmware Package as you wish for the ODIN tool
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/ and put in the Device Model Number and download it
or complete Firmware Package of Gingerbread 2.3.6 DDKT3 you can find the link below
http://hotfile.com/dl/146050815/b3b9278/S5670DDKT3_S5670ODDKT2_INU.zip.html in case this link doesn't work please download the Packages from above link as I can't check it from my office so dntmnd
For ODIN Flashing Tool:
http://www.downloads.techdiscussion.in/software/download-odin-rooting-software/
and Procedure to Flash is:
- Shutdown Galaxy Fit and restart it in Recovery Mode. For that hold the volume down key + Home key and power key. Hold it for some seconds and leave it. The device will boot in recovery mode. When the yellow triangle, connect cell phone and a computer with a USB cable.
- Launch ODIN on your system. In that look under ID:COM section. The section will turn to yellow once the device is connected and detected.
- Now click on OPS. It will ask you to browse the downloaded firmware package. Browse to GIO_1.0.ops. Once it is selected click on One Package and choose S5670DDKT3_S5670ODDKT2_S5670DDKT2_HOME.tar.md5.
- Now click on Start. The update process has started and it will take few minutes to complete.
- Once it is done, the device will reboot itself. Later on you can go in Settings and checkout the firmware version.

[Q] Official (not manual) lollipop OTA on unlocked moto g xt1033

So, the situation is I have moto g xt1033 with :- unlocked bootloader, rooted, stock rom 4.4.4 kitkat (i mean no custom rom). and fastboot flash mode 41.13 2014-06-16 and philz touch 6 clockworkmod v6.0.4.7
I want to know how to update to lollipop with official OTA update (not manually or sideloaded)?
Why I am asking this?
I got the prompt of official OTA available on my phone and then i clicked yes and downloaded the update. But when i clicked on install, it went in bootloop. It boots on the philz recovery mode and then nothing happens just restart again whatever i select.
As of now, as I backed up, I recovered to the before state of the phone. Do I need to lock the bootloader again or what? The official OTA update is not for me? Then how to get lollipop? I read the soak test etc threads but why not official update ?

Locking the bootloader won't do anything,so don't lock it
Ota update requires:
1.Stock firmware(unmodified and unchanged or tampered)
2.unrooted
3.Stock recovery
That probably happend becuZ your KitKat firmware was modified and you have custom recovery,root..
So just reflash the stock firmware
Do that on your own risk as failing this might brick your phone
Thank me if I helped

Thanks mate for reply.
1. I have stock firmware KK 4.4.4 (though xposed framework & few modules are installed currently)
2. Rooted
3. What is stock recovery? (m noob here)
And i guess reflashing the stock firmware wipes out all user data & apps, right?
Any other alternative which does not wipes out my data?
instinctblade said:
Locking the bootloader won't do anything,so don't lock it
Ota update requires:
1.Stock firmware(unmodified and unchanged or tampered)
2.unrooted
3.Stock recovery
That probably happend becuZ your KitKat firmware was modified and you have custom recovery,root..
So just reflash the stock firmware
Do that on your own risk as failing this might brick your phone
Thank me if I helped
Click to expand...
Click to collapse

pr.itdude said:
Thanks mate for reply.
1. I have stock firmware KK 4.4.4 (though xposed framework & few modules are installed currently)
2. Rooted
3. What is stock recovery? (m noob here)
And i guess reflashing the stock firmware wipes out all user data & apps, right?
Any other alternative which does not wipes out my data?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Actually there is no other way you could do it
i tried everything i could to stop the wipe procedure but it obviously wiped everything
you just backup everything you have got on your internal and external sd card ..
1.Stock Recovery:: Android devices come with Google’s recovery environment, which is often referred to as the “stock recovery.” You can boot to the recovery system by pressing device-specific buttons as your phone or tablet boots or by issuing an adb command that boots your device to recovery mode. The recovery menu provides options to help recover your device — for example, you can reset your device to its factory default state from here. The recovery mode can also be used to flash OTA update files.
2.Custom Recovery::A custom recovery is a third-party recovery environment. Flashing this recovery environment onto your device replaces the default, stock recovery environment with a third-party, customized recovery environment. This is a bit like flashing a custom ROM like CyanogenMod — but, instead of replacing your device’s Android operating system, it replaces the recovery environment.
what you have to do is:
Find the Kitkat official update on the internet accrouding to your [Build number],[model number] [system version] you can get this information in about phone....
If you have asia retail then follow this method http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2700502

ok Here what i am planning:
1. Uninstall all modules & xposed framework
2. Unroot using supersu
3. Restore/reflash stock recovery (just recovery not whole firmware as I already have stock rom)
4. Install the update either manually via recovery or using auto install.
Am i on right path? Pls help me on step 3, any link or step-t-step guide? I couldn't find one, every post is abt restoring whole firmware.
TIA. Cheers !!

[Q] Q] [ROM][WIP][NAND] Omni 4.4 - 11.12.2014

Hello to the Forum
I am new on the Forum i do not know exactly how it works Please excuse me
I have a SAMSUNG 8500 with Bada
I would like to suppress Bada and replace it with ANDROID Kitkat 4.4;4
I Tried the procedure listed in the Topic ROM][WIP][NAND] Omni 4.4 - 11.12.2014
i could Flash Bootfiles Startkernel and FOTA with Multiloader
i do not understand the following and I do not want to have my Phone Bricked ! - -
Do I have to proceed the Android recovery immediately after that step Before loading the SDCard ?
ROM means the Android File ? Where can I get this ROM ?
What Does it mean > choose zip with ROM ?
Do you have to set the Phone in - DOWN LOAD MODE to make this procedure - vol low -+ camera + power ?
Thank you in advance for your Help - Georges

I'm not sure about the procedure you followed but did you -
1. Flash a custom recovery.?
2. Wipe data and cache.?
A ROM is the OS (operating system like KitKat lollipop and so on) you need a custom recovery like clockwork mod to flash a ROM. You even need to unlock the boot loader on some phones. It's best if you ask in your device forum. Or such for the stuff I mentioned. I'll list them for you again.
1. Unlocking the boot loader (your phone may not need it too, searching for it over us good)
2. Rooting
3. Custom recovery
4.a ROM (you need a custom ROM to install right.? xD search for cyanogenmod)
MAKE SURE TO PROPERLY BACKUP YOUR STOCK ROM BEFORE FLASHING OTHER ROMS.
Happy flashing and leave a thanks
Sent from my Lenovo A6000 using XDA Free mobile app

Restore backup via recovery from sd card?

Hi!
I would like to know if it is possible to restore the 4.4.4 kit kat backup on a 5.1. lollipop system. So basically i would like to update to 5.1 but then I may want to revert back to 4.4.4 with the back up of recovery's 4.4.4 (which is stored on a memory card) Is it possible? Is there a root out for 5.1 yet? please help me if you can.
EDIT:
Here is the solution how to root and install recovery on .368 firmware:
http://techbeasts.com/2015/09/18/ro...ria-z1-compact-android-511-146a0368-firmware/
This is how you create your own FTF firmware with XperiFirm and FlashTool:
http://www.xperiablog.net/2014/08/1...re-files-using-xperifirm-and-flashtool-guide/
This is how you make a pre rooted, flashable zip:
http://techbeasts.com/2015/07/26/how-create-sony-xperia-pre-rooted-firmware-prf-creator/
I hope everything is clear now. I followed the steps above and it is working fine.

akos28 said:
Hi!
I would like to know if it is possible to restore the 4.4.4 kit kat backup on a 5.1. lollipop system. So basically i would like to update to 5.1 but then I may want to revert back to 4.4.4 with the back up of recovery's 4.4.4 (which is stored on a memory card) Is it possible? Is there a root out for 5.1 yet? please help me if you can.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
you can update to 5.1 but use a prerooted firmware with recovery included,don t flash official cause you will not be able to root it and install recovery.
i reverted between kit kat and lollipop many times myself,no prob.
as long as you have a recovery installed i don t thing you will have a problem.
of course make a back up,in case you want back.
now i noticed you post in the wrong section,should be moved in questions and answers

broky said:
you can update to 5.1 but use a prerooted firmware with recovery included,don t flash official cause you will not be able to root it and install recovery...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
that´s wrong - you can root LP FW with that TOOL from our genius dev @munjeni.
You only had to unlock the bootloader.

Do I need a custom recovery for flashing the new 5.1.1 firmware? I mean do I need the specific XZ Dual Recovery or can I use the recovery which was installed automatically after rooting?

akos28 said:
Do I need a custom recovery for flashing the new 5.1.1 firmware? I mean do I need the specific XZ Dual Recovery or can I use the recovery which was installed automatically after rooting?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
can you reboot in TWRP?if yes you can flash the firmware,prerooted zip of course.

broky said:
can you reboot in TWRP?if yes you can flash the firmware,prerooted zip of course.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
What is TWRP please give me a clear answer. I AM noobie.

akos28 said:
What is TWRP please give me a clear answer. I AM noobie.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
you say that you made a backup of 4.4.4,right?
you entered recovery so you did it either with TWRP or CWM.TWRP and CWM are both recoveries.
you can flash pre rooted firmware and restore backups with both of them,i just prefer better and suggest TWRP.
remember that if you want to restore your back up you need to do it with the same recovery you made it,i think that TWRP cant restore backups made with CWM and vice-versa.
anyway,you can easily find what backup you have if you find the folders named TWRP and CLOCKWORK or CWM in your external or internal storage,back up files is about 4gb size.
how to install now:
1.reboot your phone and when your led light blink press volume down key to enter TWRP recovery.if it gets you in CWM reboot again and when led blink press volume up,so you enter TWRP recovery.
2.now you are in TWRP you press WIPE on the top right box.then drug the slider at the bottom SWIPE TO FACTORY RESET
3.press back button annd shoose install
4.find your prerooted zip,on the top centre under SELECT ZIP TO INSTALL,is STORAGE internal or external sd card
5.install zip:good:
PS:make a fresh backup before you start

Thank you so much. Finally someone explained it normally.

Can someone give me a link where I can find pre rooted 5.1 Rom as a zip file for my Z1 compact? It would also be important to be central europe, unbranded or telekom. Thank you in advance!

You can do one yourself.
I don't have URLs till hands but those are easy to find on forum.

Here is the solution: http://techbeasts.com/2015/07/26/how-create-sony-xperia-pre-rooted-firmware-prf-creator/