[12-10-13]-Much Simpler-Flash Roms Without Recovery

[drakeymcmb]

DISCLAIMER:

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No one is responsible if you brick your phone or it doesn't boot!

BIG CREDITS TO ZROICE FOR THE SCRIPT, OR THIS WOULDNT BE POSSIBLE.:


Video for the noobs(Thanks DiabeticSwag:

CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO.

Before We Start:
- When I use the term "sdcard" that means the phones built in storage.
- If you are currently on MJ5 and want to restore,incase you made a mistake click here, CLICK HERE TO RESTORE PHONE TO MI9 IF YOU BRICKED MJ5
- VIDEO Tutorial is coming whenever codeman05 finishes it. He is my new partner in this.

Downloads-In Order:
- Download Kn0x0ut from this link,

- Download The second file you need (if flashing international base rom) from this link,

Extras:
-NOT required.Just extras, Att csc files

Requirements:

- Rooted Rom
- Busybox installed. Check by downloading the app in the playstore.
- Basic ADB knowledge
- Windows pc

THERE ARE 2 SETS OF INSTRUCTIONS, BE SURE TO FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS PER ROM BASE YOU WILL BE FLASHING!!

Installation:

Flashing T-Mobile Rom Instructions:

SAME AS DIRECTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL ROM INSTRUCTIONS, BUT DONT DO STEPS 6-8.

Flashing International Rom Instructions:

MUST use Kn0x0ut 1.03.Link in beginning of this post.

1) Odin to a fresh start and root,NOT REQUIRED (any rooting firmware should work of course).

2) Download rom of choice

3) Copy & Extract Kn0x0ut 1.03 to /sdcard

3) Extract Rom and Copy "system" and "data" to /sdcard/kn0x0ut/ extract_files_here

4) Execute this

adb shell
su
mount -o rw,remount /system
cd /sdcard/kn0x0ut
sh kn0x0ut.sh new_rom

5) Manually reboot

6) Copy "system" from "Fixforeverything" to /sdcard/kn0x0ut/extract_files_here

7) Execute this

adb shell
su
mount -o rw,remount /system
cd /sdcard/kn0x0ut
sh kn0x0ut.sh install

8) Manually reboot

After that, everything is working for me,except "Language & Input" in settings...which I will try fixing.
WIFI works
Contacts works
Camera works

Credits:

-Codeman05 for testing/code manager.
-KingRedHot for organizing this post.
-Original developer for script.
-Bri315317 for more testing
-Raiderman for wifi fix
-DiabeticSwag for video

IF YOUR WIFI WONT EVEN TURN ON, FOLLOW THIS :

Got it working......ficken A! These were my steps...

Started with Stock odin image
New_Rom SweetRom, from the international forum ( Had nothing working)
Installed fix (still nothing working)
New_Rom X-note (Wifi and NFC came alive, Camera FC)
Install fix again (Camera, wifi, nfc working. Contacts FC)

Opened playstore, and contacts started working again.

 

[redalertlb]

Hmm seems legit. Think I'll wait for someone else to try it though. Would be nice to see some Roms float to the att forums

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[drakeymcmb]

Im thinking of building my own rom with this but I wanna confirm if I can port a t-mobile rom to our phone. Much faster.

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[Solarenemy68]

Until they figure out how to unlock the bootloader, you will never be able to flash any ROM to this phone regardless of the method since flashing a ROM requires irt to be flashed to the boot rom which also holds the bootloader and is currently locked tighter then Obamas death grip on the US.

 

[drakeymcmb]

Well we can actually modify system files its just the boot.img that we cant mess with. I have faith

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[DustinKimble]

Hm. They are saying as long as you can mount the root directory writable this is an option....

 

[brentsalinas714]

We are waiting for the Safestrap to come out. Then we will flash

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[DustinKimble]

But the more options avaliable the better. You never know, one of these workarounds may lead to a way to unlock the bootloader.

 

[drakeymcmb]

This might work if we run tb fixer right before trying this. Since it fixes the selinux flags.

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[MrPlNK]

Someone within 14 day or who can recover a hard/soft brick be the hero and try it

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[redalertlb]

Someone within 14 day or who can recover a hard/soft brick be the hero and try it

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That would be nice...

 

[Bataga]

Until they figure out how to unlock the bootloader, you will never be able to flash any ROM to this phone regardless of the method since flashing a ROM requires irt to be flashed to the boot rom which also holds the bootloader and is currently locked tighter then Obamas death grip on the US.

Ha ha Obama sucks

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[Anthonok]

We'll never know at this rate. I dont have the balls to try it

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[bri315317]

I'm still running MI9 and have the one click to go back if i need too. I am going for it! i have downloaded X Note an in process of copying it over to my SD card. Will report back shortly. Wish me luck!

Edit: 1st attempt ended up in boot loop with the script complaining of a lot of stuff not found. Will one click back and try again.

Edit 2: 2nd attempt was for the gold! now running Xnote 5.1 using the Kn0x0ut script with a few minor changes...

Do not try this if you are running MJ5!!!
Only attempt if you are able to One-click back to MI9!!!

1st Extract the kn0x0ut folder to your sdcard.
2nd Download rom and extract the data and system folder to the "put_files_here" folder

Launch ADB and allow it to connect to phone. USB debugging must be on
Enter the following in the console and grant SU permission when prompted on the device.

adb shell
su
stop
mount -o rw,remount /system/ /system/
cd /sdcard/kn0x0ut
sh kn0x0ut.sh new_rom

Wait for finish, then manually reboot by holding the power button until it reboots.

Most likely you will need to enter your APN manually.
Please press thanks if this helped you!

 

[appdroid]

One damn brave soul! Thanks a lot man. Wish i still had MJ5 could of done something to get a custom rom running. Can't do warranty exchange as i got Spigen glas.tr on it. Now I will need to explore my option on getting MJ5!

I'm still running MI9 and have the one click to go back if i need too. I am going for it! i have downloaded X Note an in process of copying it over to my SD card. Will report back shortly. Wish me luck!

Edit: 1st attempt ended up in boot loop with the script complaining of a lot of stuff not found. Will one click back and try again.

Edit 2: 2nd attempt was for the gold! now running Xnote 5.1 using the Kn0x0ut script with a few minor changes...

Do not try this if you are running MJ5!!!
Only attempt if you are able to One-click back to MI9!!!

1st Extract the kn0x0ut folder to your sdcard.
2nd Download rom and extract the data and system folder to the "put_files_here" folder

Launch ADB and allow it to connect to phone. USB debugging must be on
Enter the following in the console and grant SU permission when prompted on the device.

adb shell
su
stop
mount -o rw,remount /system/ /system/
sh kn0x0ut.sh new_rom

Wait for finish, then manually reboot by holding the power button until it reboots.

Most likely you will need to enter your APN manually.
Please press thanks if this helped you!

 

[bri315317]

One damn brave soul! Thanks a lot man. Wish i still had MJ5 could of done something to get a custom rom running. Can't do warranty exchange as i got Spigen glas.tr on it. Now I will need to explore my option on getting MJ5!

You need to be on MI9
MJ5 would be very risky!!!

Anyone still running MI9 and has the one click files could try this with minimal danger i believe.

 

[zounduser]

I'm still running MI9 and have the one click to go back if i need too. I am going for it! i have downloaded X Note an in process of copying it over to my SD card. Will report back shortly. Wish me luck!

Edit: 1st attempt ended up in boot loop with the script complaining of a lot of stuff not found. Will one click back and try again.

Edit 2: 2nd attempt was for the gold! now running Xnote 5.1 using the Kn0x0ut script with a few minor changes...

Do not try this if you are running MJ5!!!
Only attempt if you are able to One-click back to MI9!!!

1st Extract the kn0x0ut folder to your sdcard.
2nd Download rom and extract the data and system folder to the "put_files_here" folder

Launch ADB and allow it to connect to phone. USB debugging must be on
Enter the following in the console and grant SU permission when prompted on the device.

adb shell
su
stop
mount -o rw,remount /system/ /system/
sh kn0x0ut.sh new_rom

Wait for finish, then manually reboot by holding the power button until it reboots.

Most likely you will need to enter your APN manually.
Please press thanks if this helped you!

So.......?

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---------- Post added at 07:17 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:14 AM ----------

Sorry quoted the wrong post.

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[drakeymcmb]

Told you guys, I have faith and it worked.

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[zounduser]

Holy ****!! Nice. What do u mean running m19? I'm sorry I just got the note 3 to test. Thanks.

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[bri315317]

Holy ****!! Nice. What do u mean running m19? I'm sorry I just got the note 3 to test. Thanks.

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MI9 is the build version for the att version. Recently MJ5 was released and would be very risky to try this while on MJ5.

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