urgent please help :) how to identify bootloader..

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anton69

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• Apr 22, 2014

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hi all,just received a note 2 7105 4g..the previous owner had rooted and installed cwm..the phone came with beanstalk 4.4.200...I want to revert to stock(for spen etc etc)...now its been awhile since I have had a rooted device and ive been reading about the knox thing with the 4.3 bootloader..well, the guy I bought phone off reckons he didn't update the phone to 4.3, but I cant take the risk, I want to flash a 4.1.2 stock firmware(either Telstra or optus..im in Australia)...but I want to find out if I have the old bootloader and not a 4.3, is this possible??? please help anyone

 

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• Apr 22, 2014

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anton69 said:

hi all,just received a note 2 7105 4g..the previous owner had rooted and installed cwm..the phone came with beanstalk 4.4.200...I want to revert to stock(for spen etc etc)...now its been awhile since I have had a rooted device and ive been reading about the knox thing with the 4.3 bootloader..well, the guy I bought phone off reckons he didn't update the phone to 4.3, but I cant take the risk, I want to flash a 4.1.2 stock firmware(either Telstra or optus..im in Australia)...but I want to find out if I have the old bootloader and not a 4.3, is this possible??? please help anyone

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Get a terminal emulator on your phone and in it type
su
getprop ro.bootloader
use exit to back out

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727

 

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• Apr 22, 2014

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if this helps here is the info on my phone...
model- gt n7105
android version- 4.4.2
baseband version- n7105tdvalk3
kernel version- 3.0.64-w03kernel-g2adb708 root@will-virtualbox #1 wed dec 18 18:36:39 est 2013

 

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jd1639 said:

Get a terminal emulator on your phone and in it type
su
getprop ro.bootloader
use exit to back out

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727

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ok,i,ll do that ... what exactly am I looking for it to say?

 

jd1639

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• Apr 22, 2014

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anton69 said:

ok,i,ll do that ... what exactly am I looking for it to say?

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It'll return your bootloader version

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jd1639 said:

It'll return your bootloader version

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ok, for some reason my phone wont load playstore on wifi,but when I get it I,ll post back result

 

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jd1639 said:

It'll return your bootloader version

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ok.. it returned n7105xxdll7 ..... am I good to go?

 

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• Apr 22, 2014

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Download the Phone Info App

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.vndnguyen.phoneinfo

 

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anton69

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anton69 said:

ok.. it returned n7105xxdll7 ..... am I good to go?

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ok, so its returned n7105XXDLL7 as bootloader..... can I flash a stock 4.1.2 stock rom with no problem??? will a stock flash restore my device to official status? cheers guys

 

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also,if this bootloader is knox free,will flashing another stock 4.1.2 rom update the bootloader or only if I flash a 4.3 stock rom???

 

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anton69 said:

also,if this bootloader is knox free,will flashing another stock 4.1.2 rom update the bootloader or only if I flash a 4.3 stock rom???

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please help guys..is this an unlocked bootloader??? can I go and flash stock 4.1.2 stock?

 

jd1639

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• Apr 22, 2014

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Sorry man,I don't know your device.

Sent from my Nexus 5

 

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sawdoctor

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• Apr 22, 2014

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Doesn't it tell you on Sam mobile ? If it's a 4.1.2 rom the bootloader is from then it's knox free

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