Hello,
I would like to downgrade a Galaxy Note Edge (N915FY) to Android Kitkat but I haven't done it in a few years. I wanted to make sure I understood everything before I made any mistakes. I saw on differents topics on XDA that Samsung was preventing to downgrade on their devices since android 5.0.1.
In this case :
Is reinstalling the bootloader of an Kitkat firmware with Odin is enough to reinstall an stock android 4.4 firmware after ?
Did you know where I can find an Android 4.4 bootloader for N915FY (can I extract it from the stock firmware) ?
Did I need to do and tick "Re-Partition" on Odin ?
If I do a re-partition, what PIT file should I use (see on sammobile.com) ? (TBLTE_EUR_OPENBTU_HIDDEN100M.pit or TBLTE_EUR_OPENBTU.pit)
What is the difference between SM-N915FY and SM-N915F, I understand that one was for the European market and the other for the international market (bootloader?, partition?, LTE frequency?) ?
Do any of you have a Kitkat full stock firmware (BL, AP, CP, CSC) region XEF ? I can't find any on Internet, all the links are dead.
Thanks a lot for your help
Feel free to answer me even if you only have part of the answer !
trucmuchebidule abc said:
Hello,
I would like to downgrade a Galaxy Note Edge (N915FY) to Android Kitkat but I haven't done it in a few years. I wanted to make sure I understood everything before I made any mistakes. I saw on differents topics on XDA that Samsung was preventing to downgrade on their devices since android 5.0.1.
In this case :
Is reinstalling the bootloader of an Kitkat firmware with Odin is enough to reinstall an stock android 4.4 firmware after ?
Did you know where I can find an Android 4.4 bootloader for N915FY (can I extract it from the stock firmware) ?
Did I need to do and tick "Re-Partition" on Odin ?
If I do a re-partition, what PIT file should I use (see on sammobile.com) ? (TBLTE_EUR_OPENBTU_HIDDEN100M.pit or TBLTE_EUR_OPENBTU.pit)
What is the difference between SM-N915FY and SM-N915F, I understand that one was for the European market and the other for the international market (bootloader?, partition?, LTE frequency?) ?
Do any of you have a Kitkat full stock firmware (BL, AP, CP, CSC) region XEF ? I can't find any on Internet, all the links are dead.
Thanks a lot for your help
Feel free to answer me even if you only have part of the answer !
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I don't think is good idea downgrading to KK, i have try it myself flashing with odin and rooting and oll that but then KK was crashing often as it look like the phone is dying, then i have to flash LP and MM to get reed of that crashes every few minutes.
Here are all the updates for note edge. http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SM-N915FY flash with odin in download mode.
Alboooz said:
I don't think is good idea downgrading to KK, i have try it myself flashing with odin and rooting and oll that but then KK was crashing often as it look like the phone is dying, then i have to flash LP and MM to get reed of that crashes every few minutes.
Here are all the updates for note edge. http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SM-N915FY flash with odin in download mode.
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Hello,
Thanks for your answer, I finally left the phone with the latest version of marshmallow available. What surprises me is that I only saw positive opinions on the kitkat version, since the phone works pretty well so I thought it wasn't worth the risk of downgrading.
Maybe the bugs you had come from a problem with the memory chip in your note 4, I have the impression that this often happens after a few years.
Edit: Oh! And did you have to dowgrade you bootloader before install kitkat ? I also tried to install kitkat on a defective note 4 motherboard and I had a lot of bug, but it was without repartion and with a one file firmware (I did'nt find any 4 files/repair firmware for the n915fy with android 4.4). Also an important part of link of firmware listed on samsung-update for kitkat are dead.
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Hi. I have a Galaxy Note 8 (N5100) and I recently upgraded it to 4.4.2 using Egypt's firmware thru Odin. 2 months ago. Now, the official update has been rolled out to my country (Philippines) and I was wondering how I can upgrade it to the official Philippine firmware. I've downloaded the firmware on sammobile and I just want to make sure if I can just safely flash it thru Odin without doing anything else aside from backing up my apps/data.
Thank you!
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Hi. I have a Galaxy Note 8 (N5100) and I recently upgraded it to 4.4.2 using Egypt's firmware thru Odin. 2 months ago. Now, the official update has been rolled out to my country (Philippines) and I was wondering how I can upgrade it to the official Philippine firmware. I've downloaded the firmware on sammobile and I just want to make sure if I can just safely flash it thru Odin without doing anything else aside from backing up my apps/data.
Thank you!
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Maybe you should flash by odin! Egypt's firmware maybe doesn't support your OTA or kies. If you flash CORRECTLY with your firmware(Firmware version, PIT, or boot loader) Odin should work fine!
Well gentlemen since there is much discussion in this and several forums of the S4 GT-i9500 on the possibility of returning from Lollipop 5.0.1 to Kit Kat 4.4.2 after to have installed the version of 4 archives + the PIT or the version of SamMobile + PIT and that all we thought reason why it seems that it can be but that nobody has verified is that I occurred to the task of verifying if it is possible to return from Lollipop to 5.0.1 Kit kat 4.4.2 and that the S4 is working without problems and the result cannot be betteIF IT CAN AND IT WORKS EVERYTHING.-.-
Tools:
Firmware: I9500XXUGNJ1_SER
PIT: PIT Adonis
J1 Modem: Modem J1
Process :
The first thing is being in Lollipop install a custom as Recovery like TWRP or Phiilz if not installed there, immediately afterwards to enter recovery and to do all the wipes and all the formats, already we remained in this point without UNDER.
Now we reinitiated in Download Mode while in the PC we run Odín with privileges of Administrator (we do as always it) and loaded the PIT in the corresponding button and firmware downloaded of Kit Kat 4.4.2 , we connected the S4 and when it detects it to Odín we give START and we hoped to that it finishes.
When it initiates we will not see that there is no network, we have in the bar of tasks the circle with the crossed line, we will have the IMEI either or NULL, NOT TO BE HOPELESS.-
Now we put again the S4 in Download Mode while in the PC we run Odín again (as Administrator not to forget) and load modem.bin file that we will have extracted of the downloaded one and removing from the folder J1 Modem, immediately afterwards the install it and to the minute the S4 will begin and now already it will have signal of network and everything working.
NOTE: So that it is clear and they are not mistaken, the install Modem not in the same process with firmware + the PIT, because it is not going it to take, in fact firmware has the modem including but in the installtion for some reason it does not install it, for that reason soon it is necessary to only make a installation with the modem and it is put in button CP (Phone).-
Here is an image that testifies grounds if they can enter the properties of the image:
This forum and I are not responsible for the misuse of this tutorial so I Beams Under your Own Risk .-
PD: Sorry if something is not in good English
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sorry sir but it is still not clear... i request u to upload video regarding this process
helpful topic but cannot understand
Hi there,
This is such a helpful topic but cannot understand the explanation (especially the second, modem part). Please put a video or screenshot.
I think it is simple..
1. Flash PIT and ROM together ( PIT for only people have 11GB )
2. After Installtion of ROM flash modem provided here
Is Knox Warranty Void untouched after this procedure?
I want to return Android 4.4.2 from Android 5.0.1 officialy updated over the air but i don't know what effect would this operation (like described herein) have on KNOX Counter. Can You check how Knox Warranty Void changes when system is downgraded by this method?
lexicon4 said:
I want to return Android 4.4.2 from Android 5.0.1 officialy updated over the air but i don't know what effect would this operation (like described herein) have on KNOX Counter. Can You check how Knox Warranty Void changes when system is downgraded by this method?
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Knox changes 0x0 to 0x1 .-
And if i will not use custom recovery, if i will use only stock recovery to wipe data and only Odin for downgrading? What if i will use any stock firmware with this Adonis.pit file and modem.bin rendered herein?
I OTA to 5.0.1 recently and totally hate it. Have been googleing if I can downgrade to 4.3 but no luck. Am hopeing that someone here can help. I've got the stock firmware and odin what else do I need? Thanks in advance.
@lobomarino
If this what you choose to call "tutorial" is the result of running a text through Google translate something must have failed in the process.
The purpose of a tutorial is usually to clear up and enlighten. Throwing out random grammar of English words is not helpful in that direction.
You don't have to perform Oxford English, but do give it second try and perhaps ask a friend speaking regular English to proof read.
Hay plz upload the video
i dnt really undrstand , pls correct this tutorial before someone mess up their phone.
lawong said:
i dnt really undrstand , pls correct this tutorial before someone mess up their phone.
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Lobomarino don't seem to care much about the feedback so far. Hard to say if regular English is the right tool.
Any user is free to inform the moderators of XDA to keep the forum tidy and safe.
Nice method... i will try it. Now i can stop cooking eggs with my s4
did someone try ?
i never flashed any pit file do i need to flash it now ?
open recovery wipe data/wipe cache
download this rom, open rom to winrar I9500XXUGNL1_I9500OXEGNL…KNOX_SER.md5 insert odin PDA/AP to flash ok.
https://mega.co.nz/#!kFknESDZ!Qo1CJFep1MXFkLreCEipulymknDCsAcVYddwnQv52g8
This rom:
knox free and root
Hello,
I've a SGS7 (G930F) currently running The Galaxy Project (rooted and TWRP too, duh). I want to downgrade to stock 7.0 G930FXXS2DRDI since I'm displeased with overall performance of every 8.0 (both stock and custom) I've encountered so far. Now as I've read some threads regarding this matter I developed some doubts and questions. To be exact - would flashing stock 7.0 over my current rom (custom with 8.0 bootloader and modem) cause my phone to brick or as I've read in other threads cause problems with vibration/camera? If so could I just flash 7.0 AP, CSC and Modem and leave the 8.0 bootloader (seems silly, but I'd rather ask)?
Thank you
If you do the full flash with AP, CSC, CP and BL you shouldn't have any issues. The vibration/camera issues are usually caused by having a BL version that doesn't match your AP.
However the last 7.0 release locked phones from downgrading via Odin, I would have expected this to carry into Oreo
All you need to do is download the latest version of nougat and flash.
Well I flashed an older one - FXXS2DRAA and unfortunately it failed at Odin, after rebooting told me to use emergency option in Smartswitch. Flashed back to 8.0 no problem though.
Hi, put the fone on download again and reflash 8.0, that is all. I maked.
Hey so.. Phone's root bugged out yesterday and I downloaded twrp and decided I should upgrade it to Android 8.0 then root it. After many hours of failures I managed to flash a 8.0 but I couldn't make the CSC to work, since my phone is region locked to another country so I decided to go back to 7.0 and try again.. but now here it gets complicated because I really don't know what to do. I'm not sure how exactly to go back from 8.0 to 7.0.. Can someone give me detailed steps on what should I do.. I'd be very grateful!
PS. I don't know if I'm posting this in the right forum thread.
Here https://updato.com/how-to/how-to-install-an-official-samsung-stock-firmware-using-odin
Same site, or sammobile can be used to get the firmware files to flash with Odin
Note: The last version of 7.0 locked the ability to downgrade, I haven't gone to Oreo so can't confirm, but it ability to downgrade may also be removed from Oreo.
Beanvee7 said:
Here https://updato.com/how-to/how-to-install-an-official-samsung-stock-firmware-using-odin
Same site, or sammobile can be used to get the firmware files to flash with Odin
Note: The last version of 7.0 locked the ability to downgrade, I haven't gone to Oreo so can't confirm, but it ability to downgrade may also be removed from Oreo.
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I can confirm, downgrading from Oreo 8.0 to Nougat 7.0 is possible, even without tripping knox.
It's just flashing the previous firmware with odin and factory reset the phone before first run and you're fine to go
Hello, I wanted to ask a few questions
After a firmware flash with XPG CSC code for example is it possible to change the CSC code to THL and vice versa?
Is there really any way to lower firmware to a lower version?
If so, what file / path do I need to do this?
what is the differences between OXA and OXM?
Is there a place where you can read about the new changes that Samsung has made in recent years in terms of security that can not flash firmware to an older version and can not change CSC codes?
I know how to root a phone and use ADB (ADB in a very basic way)
Thanks!
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But since about the s8-s9 days Samsung implimented anti rollback , wich are not so clear , some phones cand downgrade to a previous version and some dont due the firmware setting the minimun version bar higher so to speak .
Wich model are you trying to downgrade?