[Q] Jumping ship from 4.3 to 4.4 including bootloader

nofroyo

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Sep 20, 2011

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• Apr 17, 2014

• #1

Quick question im considering jumping ship from my old 4.3 bootloader to 4.4 via oden. Any reason to go to current version rather stay?

 

bryanthomas007

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Dec 22, 2008

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Lawrence

• Apr 17, 2014

• #2

I've gotten better battery life and a snappier processor on Kit Kat. I'm currently running Jedi Elite with Compulsion Kernel.

sent from my T~ Mobile Galaxy Note 3

 

Lorettaa

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iloilo

• Apr 17, 2014

• #3

Better features comes in KitKat, for me i would go for KitKat you wont regret it.

 

nofroyo

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Sep 20, 2011

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• Apr 17, 2014

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I guess the only reason why i haven't made the jump to 4.4 bootloader is due to not being able go back to 4.3 custom roms. That's why im trying to see if it worth it or not.

 

Persianhawkes

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OnePlus 11

• Apr 17, 2014

• #5

This looks like a thread to ask my question how do I know for sure my bootloader is 4.4 ?

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nofroyo

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• Apr 17, 2014

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Persianhawkes said:

This looks like a thread to ask my question how do I know for sure my bootloader is 4.4 ?

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Two ways,
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1) go to settings > about phone > baseband

2) go to settings > about phone > Android Version

 

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Persianhawkes

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OnePlus 9 Pro

OnePlus 11

• Apr 17, 2014

• #7

nofroyo said:

Two ways,
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1) go to settings > about phone > baseband

2) go to settings > about phone > Android Version

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Well I odined from 4.3 to 4.4.2 with the tar file was wondering if that updated my modem too.

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noobtoob

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Google Pixel 8

• Apr 18, 2014

• #8

Persianhawkes said:

Well I odined from 4.3 to 4.4.2 with the tar file was wondering if that updated my modem too.

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If you performed a full flash, then your modem will be updated as well. The baseband is your modem. If it says nb4, it has been updated.

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nofroyo

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Sep 20, 2011

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Sacramento

• Apr 18, 2014

• #9

Persianhawkes said:

Well I odined from 4.3 to 4.4.2 with the tar file was wondering if that updated my modem too.

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Yea since you updated via odin your baseband aka modem has been updated. Let me know if you have any other questions.

 

Gearshift

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Apr 2, 2014

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• Apr 18, 2014

• #10

nofroyo said:

Yea since you updated via odin your baseband aka modem has been updated. Let me know if you have any other questions.

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I'm actually an AT&T N3 user, but about to get a tmobile and just change my apn's because of the locked bootloader situation with kitkat, but is there documentation on why its currently impossible to downgrade the bootloader from 4.4.2 to 4.3? Ran a search but maybe didnt use the right terms. fuse 3 issue?

 

nofroyo

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• Apr 18, 2014

• #11

Gearshift said:

I'm actually an AT&T N3 user, but about to get a tmobile and just change my apn's because of the locked bootloader situation with kitkat, but is there documentation on why its currently impossible to downgrade the bootloader from 4.4.2 to 4.3? Ran a search but maybe didnt use the right terms. fuse 3 issue?

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Not sure if it was ever explained, all I know is once you move to official 4.4 in stock with no root or OTA it changes the bootloader. The only answer I gotten about going to 4.3 on a 4.4 BL is that any 4.3 roms are not compatible with 4.4 BL. I know it won't allow you to downgrade via odin, but not sure why it wont work with custom recovery and rom. Hopefully we will get that functionally soon. Thats why im so stubborn on keeping 4.3 BL.