So, this might be a total noob question, but I want to install miui port for my sm-g360h,it says that the "ROM firmware required is stock 4.4 KK" , but I've a lineage 14.1 N installed, will that be a problem?
Also one more thing, is there a difference between "port" and "ROM" ?
20Holmes20 said:
So, this might be a total noob question, but I want to install miui port for my sm-g360h,it says that the "ROM firmware required is stock 4.4 KK" , but I've a lineage 14.1 N installed, will that be a problem?
Also one more thing, is there a difference between "port" and "ROM" ?
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They are referring to the stock firmware that is still on the device(i.e. modem, bootloader, etc..)
You have LOS 14.1 installed, but that is only the system partition. When you flash a custom ROM, it only flashes the system.img to replace the stock system.img, all of the other parts of your stock firmware are still there "under" the custom ROM.
In your case, the firmware that you have is everything that you had when it was stock, before you flashed a custom ROM. Do you know what stock firmware version you had before you modified the device? If your stock firmware was older than 4.4 then you need to update the firmware to 4.4 then flash TWRP again then your ROM again.
Or, if someone has converted the necessary parts of the 4.4 firmware into a recovery flushable .zip file, you can flash that zip via TWRP then flash your custom ROM.
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If I want to flash a custom ROM that works with android 5.0.2 will this custom ROM also install 5.0.2 or do I first have to flash 5.0.2 and then flash the custom rom?
thanks.
runittwiice said:
If I want to flash a custom ROM that works with android 5.0.2 will this custom ROM also install 5.0.2 or do I first have to flash 5.0.2 and then flash the custom rom?
thanks.
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If you flash a custom ROM, let's say 5.0.2, it will have been built from 5.0.2 source code. Therefore it is 5.0.2, although modified to some degree. Each custom ROM generally has instructions on what to do before flashing it, which is usually just wiping system, data, dalvik and cache partitions in recovery.
runittwiice said:
If I want to flash a custom ROM that works with android 5.0.2 will this custom ROM also install 5.0.2 or do I first have to flash 5.0.2 and then flash the custom rom?
thanks.
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the custom rom is the firmware youre flashing..
i recommend you to flash this rom (stock) optimized version , as it has better battery backup and so for the moto g
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g/development/rom-stock-motorola-lollipop-rom-t3017510
skinnyj said:
the custom rom is the firmware youre flashing..
i recommend you to flash this rom (stock) optimized version , as it has better battery backup and so for the moto g
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g/development/rom-stock-motorola-lollipop-rom-t3017510
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Ok, so it doesn't really matter if I'm running KK right now, If I flash a custom 5.0.2 it will also put my phone on 5.0.2?
Sorry I know quite a few things, but I know almost nothing at all about all this stuff.
runittwiice said:
Ok, so it doesn't really matter if I'm running KK right now, If I flash a custom 5.0.2 it will also put my phone on 5.0.2?
Sorry I know quite a few things, but I know almost nothing at all about all this stuff.
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No, only if youre in GPE there is an additional step to be done , or else youre good to go..
i quoted the answer for your question from the thread -
Do I need to downgrade to 4.4.4 before flashing these ROMs?
No. However an additional step is required if you are currently running a GPE ROM; see next question.
Can I flash this ROM if I'm GPE?
Stock Motorola ROMs require a F2FS 'userdata' partition. If you are GPE, or have ever been; you may need to convert to Stock. More info in FAQ here.
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Anyone can suggest what upgrade I should choose and which one is more stable? I want to root my phone as well so if anyone with the official Marshmallow update can give me a good reason to upgrade from 5.0.2 I'd really appreciate it.
Besides sense 7 is there anything else to look forward to in Marshmallow for HTC?
Also anyone with the Marshmallow GPE Rom or Viper M8 please share your experiences with the roms.
For the first time I'm having trouble deciding what to flash on my E8 thanks to all the devs!
I tried everything, and - offical 6.0.1 is better choise. There is best camera. They really updated drivers or libs, i don't know. Stock ROM + custom kernel it's always good. All custom ROM's here is based on older firmwares.
Jestercore said:
I tried everything, and - offical 6.0.1 is better choise. There is best camera. They really updated drivers or libs, i don't know. Stock ROM + custom kernel it's always good. All custom ROM's here is based on older firmwares.
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How did you Root and get the custom kernel (without the system write protection) on Marshmallow? Same as how you'd do it on 5.0.x?
Yes, my 6.0.1 rooted, but custom kernel not exist this time. We waiting.
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Yes, my 6.0.1 rooted, but custom kernel not exist this time. We waiting.
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Would you please explain how to root your E8 6.0.1? I prefer to get just root without installing custom recovery, so I can backup stock recovery using flashify just in case for future OTA.
i dont know about way like this. In future u can extract stock recovery from OTA package, that u gonna receive. This always works.
I've flashed supersu 2.67 via recovery.
Jestercore said:
i dont know about way like this. In future u can extract stock recovery from OTA package, that u gonna receive. This always works.
I've flashed supersu 2.67 via recovery.
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I received OTA and installed it directly. I forgot to backup the OTA file first so I don't have a chance anymore to extract the stock recovery. I tried to downgrade to 5.02 but always failed.
wildanw2 said:
I received OTA and installed it directly. I forgot to backup the OTA file first so I don't have a chance anymore to extract the stock recovery. I tried to downgrade to 5.02 but always failed.
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don't worry, u can use future OTA's recovery to install the same OTA
Downgrading is easy. You need to flash TWRP recovery via fastboot. Do not need full root. ERASE everying. The flash lollipop RUU via external SD.
parthasd said:
Downgrading is easy. You need to flash TWRP recovery via fastboot. Do not need full root. ERASE everying. The flash lollipop RUU via external SD.
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I have M8SW and it is S-ON, it currently running BinDroid ONE V1.3.0 Android 4.4.4. I'm thinking about trying marshmallow ROM but I've read that is hard to downgrade to Kitkat once the firmware has been upgraded to higher version. But you said above it is easy to downgrade, can you please provide me with the steps to downgrade from marshmallow to kitkat rom. Thanks
Also, how can I tell what were the previous versions of Android that my phone had (STOCK)?
For example: there were several 5.1.1 versions or 5.0. versions - how do I know which one do I need?
Thanks.
The easiest way to have a routed rom would be to flash a stock rom from Google, flash twrp, and flash supersu from twrp.
audit13 said:
The easiest way to have a routed rom would be to flash a stock rom from Google, flash twrp, and flash supersu from twrp.
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Sorry if I didn't explain myself - my phone is rooted and I have a custom ROM. What I want to do is to go back to stock ROM but keep it rooted.
Thanks.
Flash a stock rom, then just root the stock rom. There is no other way unless you flash a stock pre-rooted rom.
audit13 said:
Flash a stock rom, then just root the stock rom. There is no other way unless you flash a stock pre-rooted rom.
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So you can't keep it rooted while flashing stock?
And how do you know which versions are for your phone (if I don't want to go back to the latest Marshmallow for example)?
You can only keep root when flashing stock if you find a prerooted stock image.
Google search for nexus factory images.
audit13 said:
You can only keep root when flashing stock if you find a prerooted stock image.
Google search for nexus factory images.
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Yes, I know that I need to Google for factory image, but there are several images with the same release. For example, there are three 5.1.1. (LMY48B, LMY48I and LMY48M). Same with 6.0.0. and 4 X 6.0.1 version. How do you know which one is for my device?
Thanks.
Any stock image for hammerhead will work on a hammerhead device. The reason it will delete root is you will have to flash system, and unless the system image you flash is prerooted, no more root.
wangdaning said:
Any stock image for hammerhead will work on a hammerhead device. The reason it will delete root is you will have to flash system, and unless the system image you flash is prerooted, no more root.
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Thanks!
Just trying to understand that difference between the different versions, or are these simply system updates, from XXX29K to XXX29S for example?
Changes in the android version 5.0->5.1->6.0 are fairly large system updates. Within 5.1.1 they are security patches.
If you have a rooted phone and talk about flashing, you should know this. Else you are a menace to your phone...
Root is a system modification - if you delete or reinstall the System partition, you'll lose root. But re-root is easy.
I recommend to read tutorials and get some knowledge before trying to root, flash or before asking those questions, where Senior xda-members just shake their heads.
The simple way to do what you seem to want is to back up all your important stuff (photos, etc.), install MMB29V (the latest March 1st 6.0.1 security version), install TWRP 3.0.0.0, and from TWRP flash SuperSU v2.70. It will take slightly longer than it's taken me to type this, but not much...
After that, when a new monthly security version comes out, flash system.img, boot.img & radio.img, and repeat the TWRP & SuperSU steps. No data loss.
i have new recovery twrp(decryption support) installed and also patched boot.img with root, now i want to flash update_data_hw_full package and an ota update.zip package, which is stock firmware. can i flash it with patched boot? or do i need to flash stock boot.img first? and will flashing this firmware with twrp work? bcz it is an OTA package
No, TWRP can't flash stock Huawei packages, you'll need the stock recovery.
You may also need stock boot.img, not sure, I don't use it.
Once i flashed those nougat files with twrp and its all working good. But thats an old ver of MM twrp..
Haven't tried the new one.
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No, TWRP can't flash stock Huawei packages, you'll need the stock recovery.
You may also need stock boot.img, not sure, I don't use it.
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with stock recovery how can i flash an update.zip package?? bcz in dload it uses update.app
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Once i flashed those nougat files with twrp and its all working good. But thats an old ver of MM twrp..
Haven't tried the new one.
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i will try and post what ever i get, but really dnt wanna go back to MM and then come downloading to nougat its a hell long process.
If someone wants to try Full Official Nougat firmware on Lenovo P2 - Here is the link to download and also follow the guide on How to install android 7.0 nougat firmware.
Also for Marshmallow Click here
Feel free to contact me in case if this rom link is already specified in XDA somewhere.
anyone know if its safe to flash this straight over the stock Three UK rom (still no update) or should i flash the ROW MM build first?
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anyone know if its safe to flash this straight over the stock Three UK rom (still no update) or should i flash the ROW MM build first?
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I was initially on 3's S056_UK firmware. Then I flashed S062_ROW over it, no issues so far. I think flashing the S232 over the S062 won't lead to any problems as well. I suggest first to move to S062 as there is no OTA for S056 to S232. Then flash the OTA. Of course you can also do a clean Nougat install if you wish. This is if you go for the twrp version which I prefer.
The link in this thread is for the fastboot version, so you can full wipe your current rom and install this perfectly fine.
The zip on that site is taken from this thread: https://forum.xda-developers.com/lenovo-p2/development/7-0-lenovo-p2a42-stock-nougat-update-t3581517
Even the first method is wrong because this zip is for recovery.Method 2 is correct.
Can someone provide me with a twrp restore file? I tried to flash the stock rom but the bat file that came with it tampered with some files and I can't even boot into the stock rom