Anyone and everyone can redirect all repeated questions about ND8 to here, saving yours and everyone's sanity, if you've still retained it up until now.
Full Questions and Answers in post #2.
Summary of questions:
-32767Q. Is there a Knox-free bootloader for ND8 like there was for MK3 (for Sprint)/MK5 (for Virgin Mobile and Boost)?
-32766Q. Do I need to ODIN/flash back to completely stock unrooted MD4 (4.1.2) or MK3/MK5 (4.3) before ODINing ND8 (4.4.2)?
1Q. Will ODINing the original ND8 tar brick my SPH-L710 because of random reason x, y or z?
2Q. Is it safe to ODIN any other Stock or other ROM like MK3, MD4, etc besides ND8 after I have already ODINed the original ND8 tar?
3Q. If I ODINed the original ND8 tar can I ever flash or nandroid random ROM "Zombie Donuts" (any AOSP or stock based off any Android version), etc just like I could before?
4Q. Where's the ND8 standalone modem to download?
5Q. I heard there was another way of getting and flashing the modem, which included the ND8 bootloader so it was thought safe. Where is it?
6Q. When will _____________ (fill in blank) mod be made for ND8?
7Q. Can I flash this on (anything but an SPH-L710)?
8Q. Would someone port thIs to some other phone?
9Q. Why won't hardly any app write to the internal and external SD cards in KitKat?
10Q. (courtesy of @erikalin) I'm on any deodexed stock MK3 (Android 4.3) ROM and I don't even have this phone activated any more, but I get a persistent notification about being ready to install the OTA? (courtesy of @wxfreak) Can I delete the OTA 4.4 source file? Where would I find it?
11Q. I use my SPH-L710 on Virgin Mobile or Boost. Can I ODIN ND8?
12Q. (courtesy of @crazymonkey05) Can ND8 be rooted?
13Q. (courtesy of @crazymonkey05) Will rooting ND8 trip Knox?
14Q. (courtesy of @AarSyl) Does the new KNOX boot loader reset the counter if you tripped KNOX for the 4.3 update?
15Q. What recovery will work for BOTH backing up and restoring ND8?
16Q. (suggested by @marcran75) Once I put ND8 on my SPH-L710 can I "downgrade" just the modem to MK3/MK5 or earlier?
Full Questions and Answers in post #2.
Sent from my Sprint Samsung Galaxy SIII with M.O.A.R. v9.0, dkp kernel dated 3/20/2014 and TWRP v2.7.0.0.
Full Questions and Answers in post #2.
Summary of questions:
-32767Q. Is there a Knox-free bootloader for ND8 like there was for MK3 (for Sprint)/MK5 (for Virgin Mobile and Boost)?
-32766Q. Do I need to ODIN/flash back to completely stock unrooted MD4 (4.1.2) or MK3/MK5 (4.3) before ODINing ND8 (4.4.2)?
1Q. Will ODINing the original ND8 tar brick my SPH-L710 because of random reason x, y or z?
2Q. Is it safe to ODIN any other Stock or other ROM like MK3, MD4, etc besides ND8 after I have already ODINed the original ND8 tar?
3Q. If I ODINed the original ND8 tar can I ever flash or nandroid random ROM "Zombie Donuts" (any AOSP or stock based off any Android version), etc just like I could before?
4Q. Where's the ND8 standalone modem to download?
5Q. I heard there was another way of getting and flashing the modem, which included the ND8 bootloader so it was thought safe. Where is it?
6Q. When will _____________ (fill in blank) mod be made for ND8?
7Q. Can I flash this on (anything but an SPH-L710)?
8Q. Would someone port thIs to some other phone?
9Q. Why won't hardly any app write to the internal and external SD cards in KitKat?
10Q. (courtesy of @erikalin) I'm on any deodexed stock MK3 (Android 4.3) ROM and I don't even have this phone activated any more, but I get a persistent notification about being ready to install the OTA? (courtesy of @wxfreak) Can I delete the OTA 4.4 source file? Where would I find it?
11Q. I use my SPH-L710 on Virgin Mobile or Boost. Can I ODIN ND8?
12Q. (courtesy of @crazymonkey05) Can ND8 be rooted?
13Q. (courtesy of @crazymonkey05) Will rooting ND8 trip Knox?
14Q. (courtesy of @AarSyl) Does the new KNOX boot loader reset the counter if you tripped KNOX for the 4.3 update?
15Q. What recovery will work for BOTH backing up and restoring ND8?
16Q. (suggested by @marcran75) Once I put ND8 on my SPH-L710 can I "downgrade" just the modem to MK3/MK5 or earlier?
Full Questions and Answers in post #2.
Sent from my Sprint Samsung Galaxy SIII with M.O.A.R. v9.0, dkp kernel dated 3/20/2014 and TWRP v2.7.0.0.
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