VZW OTA 4.4.4 Just pushed.
- Thread starter fhblake04
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so root and safestrap still works on newest ota that pushed today? ironically the nha tar was pushe to kies today as well lmao, but im gonna skip making a base with it and just wait for ni4 tar to make base. no sense in making two, thoughts? i will still update tar thread with nha full tar, modem, firmware only tar though just so its there.
also has anyone snagged update.zip from newest ota ni4? checked to see if bootloader incremented?
also has anyone snagged update.zip from newest ota ni4? checked to see if bootloader incremented?
NI2*
Bootloader not incremented.
Zip posted courtesy of: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=55494137&postcount=202
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After I odined back to stock NE9, upon boot, my phone is stuck at the red verizon screen. Any ideas? Thanks!
This happened to me on my Note 2 when I Odin back to stock. I will pull the battery out and reboot to recovery (you should have the stock one) Power, Volume up and Home Button and do a factory reset then reboot. I'm not sure if will work with the S5 tho.
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THANK YOU! Your'e a life saver! Worked great!
Going forward only ODIN back to NHA now that we have the tar: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23622183712472389
So to root the newest update we:
1. Make sure we are on stock NHA
2. Take the new update.
3. Flash the NCG kernal in ODIN?
4. Root with towelroot.
5. Install SuperSU.
6. Flash NI2 kernal.
7. Reboot.
Awesome! Thank you! And than you for all you do for this phone!
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If either of you don't mind.. Where/how do you check the boot loader for the increment?
awesome ya i saw my stepdads phone and saw he had ota thats how i found out about it
can downgrade to whatever u want i reuploaded all the tars in recovery tar type with data wipe and pit. if snagged from vzw assistant u get recovery tars if snagged from kies u only get cache wipe tars. debeting if i should upload both or just the recovery ones.
awesome now we just need that ni2 tar lmao
its hard to explain but i will do it in a second and pm u where u can see the difference. its basically 000000001000000001 and if it increments it goes to 000000001000000002 000000001000000003 etc. the first # is a minor number and iirc doesnt affect downgrading but the second number affects downgrading. so far were still at 000000001000000001 make sense?
its towards the end of the aboot right before the signature. ill try and see if i can find actual address in a minute
@open1your1eyes0 I'm on NE9 custom Rom. Can I Odin to the new NHA tar without going back to stock NE9? Just to clarify thanks
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We seem to have the cache-wipe tars already. I didn't bother pulling recovery ones since most people prefer not to lose their data. Recovery can be useful for emergency cases however.
Certainly can
Extract aboot from the ota zip then open it with any hexeditor. Use the hexeditor's search function to locate sw_ID1. To the left of sw_ID1 you will see code similar to 0000000100000009. Compare this number 0000000100000009 to that of previous firmware. If the numbers are the same it will allow for a full odin downgrade to the previous firmware.
Phone is running NI2, Stock, Rooted and Safestrap. Awaiting the ROM's for the newest update. This is crazy how fast Verizon is putting out updates. I can just imagine what this is leading up to especially since we can still use Towel Root. Well this is good for us, but it would be better if they unlocked the Bootloader, HAHAHAHA !!!
Chief
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That NI2 was so fast I was trying to figure out why I did not have the VoLTE Call switch . So I had Odin'd back to NE9 stock .. reset factory data.. let the OTA go and update my system .. thought I was getting NHA again but I got the NI2. Odin'd NCG kernel. rooted.. Odin'd NHA kernel and all worked fine.. So after reading all this here I now just downloaded the NI2 kernel and Odin'd that. I now have the VoLTE Call switch and root, xposed, and Safestrap. All works great. I even set the Wanam hack to show my system as official and got rid of the Custom lock on startup. If I can't have a bootloader unlock.. I am content with what i have .. It all works great.
Thanks to all you guys responding to me regarding this it was nice to have things to check and read. Once again this forum is great for working and finding fixes as always.
Thanks to all you guys responding to me regarding this it was nice to have things to check and read. Once again this forum is great for working and finding fixes as always.
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