I also instaled Kies3 for emergency but it says device doesnot support…. I am completely loss …my mob is not working.. Can you please help me.. But that thread is for the Note 3. Hi Thank you for your reply … I also found about it …. Thank you for the help. Plus does doing I mean using PIT file will void my warrantly. But that original thread talks about how to flash it via Odin check repartition option and a full wipe of the NAND as said here.
Hi thank you for your reply my mobile is completely stop working so i cannot do anything …. I faced the same problem. Watch that. Take out the battery, boot into recovery, and repeat the downgrading process, it should work now. Worked like a charm…thank you very much…one quick question…will this stop the forced update through verizon or will it start to pop back up again?
Also food for thought.. I think it depends on which version of Odin you have. Thank you for the very very prompt response…time to root i guess…ur the best…thanks again…great info on this site. Try that out and let me know if it helps you or if you have any troubles with it. Some Note 4s might not be rootable though. At least not yet.
So it depends on which version you have. I try to cover as much as possible in the root tutorial to let you know if it can or cannot be done. Unfortunately, no release for verizon note After you asked yesterday and I read back to find out that you were using a Verizon Wireless version, I went and did a little research. It seems a root method is getting very close. The video shows it working on the Verizon Note 4 but it is being rooted with some closed source software from China.
So it seems like you have the choice. Root now and take your chances or root later once the XDA developer has done the test. I was following the steps as explained by you, but the flash failed with a ext4 error. Advices on the situation please. Am I risking to lose my device with the incomplete instalation of the OS?
Are you able to set up Android with your Google account, install your apps and all of that running smoothly? I followed the steps and it failed towards the end of the flash process I panicked a bit, since its my second flash.
I used the cwm recovery, it did its job and rebooted the phone to realize I have the 4. I did not do a reflash. Only the first one that failed.
I am currently setting up things on it, it runs alright at the moment, no errors, no unexpected crashes and the internal storage is unchanged, even though I didnt extract the PIT file. My question is if the phone is exposed to any crashes or mishaps due to an incomplete install, since I did not complete succesfully, or the errors was due to some invalid file verification probably due to the fact that it was not rooted now I have SuperSU running.
So all you did was flash CWM recovery onto it and 4. That is strange. It could go either way, I think, on the crashes. If there was something with the firmware, I think it would have prevented it from booting or at least given you force closes after you had booted up. I would say try to use the phone as much as possible for now and test as many features as you can.
If you do get crashes then the next step I would take is to download a 4. These should be very common on XDA. Alright, i might have not explained properly. I did the initial flash of the kitkat because the lollipop was driving the phone crazy, battery draining, lagging in 2d games and stuff.
I removed the battery, went into download mode again, got the cwm through odin, did a factory reset and cache wipe and then it booted in the 4. Now im confused. Is the 4. I must mention i used the 4. As I mentioned, try to use as much of the features as possible.
Make a phone call, use data, try out all of your apps. See if you can find any instabilities from tasks that you would do every day. I was hoping for the same outcome. It does have a bit strange behaviour, a bit misbehaving sometimes, lagging for half a second longer in a few tasks, and i found the processor to have a longer cooling time after reboot.
Please try to remember and keep me updated with how the Note 4 acts as the firmware has settled in. Update on the status is not very gloomy.
Do you recommend a certain carrier version? Or should i just go with the Vodafone one? I would go for a german carrier or austrian. I know for a fact that vodafone developers in uk are not on their best game. I want to get it right this time as it would be too much of a loss for me.
I did a great deal of effort to get my hands on this technological jewelry and i would feel heartbroken, literally. If anything, I would opt for an international version if it would work on your model.
Wiped the cache and ran a benchmark test again with score. So the first flash was faulty, as you can see the difference is too big, considering the fact that i just wiped the cache partition. Flashed with german vodafone carrier aaaaand score in antutu. Everything is running smoothly. Will keep you posted on any strange behaviours. This is great news Alan!
I have also had some bad flashes in the past. Did you redownload the firmware or just reflash the same one you had before? You might want to edit something on your tutorial. Odin should run with administrator rights and a dalvik wipe should be perfomed as well with a cache partition wipe. It seems that if you dont grant administrator rights to odin, its very likely to not finish the flash properly.
To see how important a cache wipe is, prior to the wipe that being on the previous version of the os i scored 26k in antutu benchmark, after 2 wipes within 10 minutes of each other, it peaked at 46k. Huge difference. Also is very important that you use the whole model number when searching for the firmware, eg: my NFXXU1ANK4 does not have a firmware for uk vodafone.
The first flash the faulty one was done using only the first 5 characters when searching for the firmware. Just a thought. I must thank you for your advices. I am quite new to the smartphone phenomena. Thank you so much for your help and i will keep you informed on whats going on, hopefully others will learn from my mistakes.
Im glad the German one worked for you but was that intentional? AE , when I finish to do everything Odin3 gives me this error word saying All threads completed. It does that again and again. Thanks guys. Read through that and see if it is of help. If not, come back and let me know. They talk about wiping cache and performing a factory reset before trying to downgrade. Let me know if that helps. I did this and it worked perfectly but it updated my phone back to lollipop overnight.
How do you prevent this from happening? Hi Jackson, some carriers do force those updates through sadly. I m working on the downgrade right now and just hope it will work for me.
I need the gps to work perferctly. Will I have some problems if I downgrade it throu odin from lollipop 5. It can be hard to keep up with all of the comments sometimes. If there are two firmwares listed with the same version of Android, I would advise getting the one with the later date on it. This later date would imply that it had additional changes that might have better performance. And vice versa too, you can go from KitKat to Lollipop if you choose.
And if it fixes can you tell me if system boots properly or there will be some errors like not recognizig sim,big lag,etc. Things like a factory reset and clearing the cache are reported by users who say it helps resolve issues if those issues do arise. Not everyone experiences those issues though.
I try to cover as many bases as possible so that these tutorials help as many people as possible. If something goes wrong, I would try to redownload the KitKat firmware you are trying to flash. There can sometimes be corruption or issues from a download so if something goes wrong then redownloading it and trying to flash the new one would be my next step.
If there are still issues after that, then yes, I would download the Lollipop firmware and then flash that. From what I can gather, you should never check the re-partition option when you are flashing these types of firmware files.
I think the re-partition option is for a different type of flash PIT file maybe. So, I just flash kitkat normally and take the battery out and through recovery menu wipe data and cache if phone gets stuck in a bootloop? And are there are high chances that I will have no problems? It really does work. As you can see from all of the comments here.
There are dozens of people able to downgrade just fine. But if my bootloader is updated, would downgrading even if it succeded screw my phone some time after downgrading? For example after 2 weeks. If your bootloader is updated how? This is great news, Demiann!
Lollipop is too buggy and I was actually downgrading my note 3. I had battery drain issues,heat issues,crash issues. Ah, that makes sense. Had you tried to do a factory reset of the Note 3 before downgrading? It was bought with 4. Or I will soft brick my phone. The thing about that is, you need to flash an official firmware that was made specifically for the Note 3. Of course but there is firmwere 4.
It was launched with 4. I will try to flash jelly bean which I found for my phone and carrier. If something goes wrong download mode should work. By doing this flash I would probably soft brick my phone. I tried to flash jelly bean, it failed 2 seconds after when it sayed APNHLOS something so I just flashed back lollipop and works fine even notifications come.
How are you liking the new look and the new features of Lollipop so far? This is maybe too risky. I have read this article and I will better stay with lollipop or kitkat. It really is my favorite version of Android so far. Sorry if not the right theme but If I want to root note 3 currently I am on kitkat and if I want to unroot it can I just flash lollipop or I must flash same firmwere which I was using. Just make sure you that you download the Lollipop firmware for your specific model of the Galaxy Note 3 downloaded from the SamMobile firmware page that is linked in this tutorial.
Now I upgraded to lollipop accidently on my galaxy tab 4 Can I downgrade it to kitkat without voiding warranty? I ask this because my tablet is international model Sm T but locked on Tmobile croatia. Downgrading with Odin and an official firmware should not trip the Knox warranty at all. You will. It is advised that you backup your data with the PC program called Samsung Kies before you downgrade.
I had a problem while flashing. It failed and the phone said the volume size was too big. There has been others here who have had the same issue. They flashed a custom recovery like you and that was all they needed. Everything should be okay but please give me some feedback if you end up finding errors like force closes or performance issues later on. Maybe it would be better to say to flash a custom recovery if a boot loop occurs. I did that to be able to flash something else.
Hey everyone, I am new to android and the Note 4 edge is the first android phone that I have owned. Just a few questions that I would like to ask. By doing this, would this void my warranty on the phone because I read somewhere on a different website that it would? Also, when I go to download the firmware for the note 4 edge, there is not a UK version available on the link provided in the article?
How have the people from the UK downgraded their software? I really want to go back to kitkat as that was the main reason I had moved from iPhones to android, and I am not a big fan of Lollipop tbh. Hi Gaz93, as long as you are flashing the official firmware files which are downloaded directly from SamMobile or another reliable source , then you will not void the warranty of your Galaxy Note Edge.
This update does not work on a mac and on the browser. Note 4 has given so much issues since ive updated it to lollipop. Im a macbook user and samsung will just never allow me to do this on a macbook.
I just dont want to have to spend money on parallel just for a downgrade. Samsung also has the worst backup and restore system. Do you know any other programs that can backup the whole phone and its data including apps and apps data? Anything that is not kies cos it just never works. Please let me know how i can get this done.
If you figure out a way to do it without using parallels then please come back to let me know so I can pass along the information to other readers.
Samsung Kies is just about the best you can get when it comes as an automated system. If you are looking to back up application data though, you can look at Helium in the Google Play Store.
If you have root access then you can use Titanium backup. This process was perfectly fine. It was a success -I had my old OS Kitkat 4. I decided to downgrade because of several issues I encountered with Lollipop: battery charging , bootloops, etc. One thing however, after restoring the 4.
Appreciate any help from you. Thank you! Let me know if you have suggestions. I use NC from Globe Philippines.
Also, at which step in this tutorial is the error popping up. I need to know the exact error so I can research it and help you come up with a solution. Could you take a screenshot of Odin with the error that is shown? I have a bad experience with usb 3. Warranty is still valid if you downgrade using the method mentioned here. I only have USB 2. Technically it should work. Please let me know if you end up having issues with it. Btw anyway looking to disable that stupid 5.
I tried multiple combinations and hard-resets of disabling the data connections and unchecking Auto Update. When the phone booted, I did not activate data or wireless connection until I disabled the above service. Now I can start with the process of downgrading. HOWEVER, as far as i know, everything is reset when hard resetting or downgrading, and this include the state of the packages.
Any help? Great article and help! Worked for me! The tip regarding disabling the OTA update also led me to find all kinds of other bloat to remove! Thanks again! But i already had the phone connected to my pc when i loaded the md5 file. And the ID:com box was not blue, so i disconnected the phone, restarted odin and loaded the file.
And when it loaded i reconnected the phone to the pc and it said it was installing the USB drivers and then the box was coloured blue and then in the message box was: Added!! What is the exact error you see? I need to see the error letter for letter so that I can help to research the solution.
Hey, thanks a lot. It failed the first time. I googled it, and found a solution though. But it worked in the second try! Also I saw your other articles, and I think they are very detailed and nice.
And its appreciable how you try to reply to comments. Keep up the good work! Thanks for that feedback Aditya. Hey Raleigh, do you happen to remember the error you were given? I would need the exact error so that I can help to research a solution to the error. If at the end Odin occur several restarts , you must now apply Wipe Data and Cache and ready!!!!. Thanks for the post. This is great news Shumaneger! I am at the download mode in Odin 3. I followed until the AP button section.
In the messages of Odin3 its statedLeave CS.. What is that? Hi Felipe, there might have been some issue with the download itself. Like maybe the file became corrupt or something while you were downloading it. I would delete that firmware file and then try again. I installed the Trinidad and Tobago 4. Thanks again for the downgrade guide!
Hi se7six. Thanks for providing feedback. No problem. Thanks for the tutorial. Im having a problem with the battery life after upgrading Lollipop. Downgrade to KitKat will it gets better. I was stuck in a boot loop after the downgrade and had to do the factory reset to fix it. Thanks for the feedback! Can anyone please tell me how to stop my Verizon Note 4 from updating to this crap Lollipop?
And thank you so much for giving a solution for the bootloop at the end of the tutorial!! I try to write my tutorials as clear and simple as possible so that there is no room for error. Would it work the same way as on Galaxy Note 4, Thanks!! Hi Yong. The only difference would be that you need to download a firmware for the Galaxy Tab A, instead of the Galaxy Note 4. Please Help! Hey there, When I download the Odin installer Norton goes nuts and removes it.
When I make an exception for this and then start the install Norton says that an attempt to install a Trojan Horse is being made. When I used the source in the link above my default search engine in IE was hijacked. Is there an alternative to Odin? Am I too cautious? You definitely should not use the one you just linked. I am going to remove that so no one else downloads from it and gets infected. It seems like Norton is catching it as a false positive or something. Again, if your Norton says that it is infected as well then it has to be a false positive.
Hi Mel. Yes, these instructions will work for the Galaxy Note Edge. I had to wipe the cache and then factory reset to get it to boot up. After that it worked perfect. Hi Aditya. Yes, this will work on the retail Verizon variant of the Galaxy Note 4. You just need to make sure you download the firmware that matches the model number of your device. I also ran into the bootloop after installing on the phone…cleared cache still had the loop then a factory reset did the trick.
This downgrade has solved ALL of those problems. Huge thumbs up. Hi thanks for sharing. After the downgrade, my Note 4 still encounters bootloops from time to time.
I did erase cache and put it back in factory setting but to no avail. Please help. It sounds like something may have went wrong with the firmware you downloaded.
I would delete the one you have on your computer, download a fresh copy from SamMobile and then try the whole process again. When researching a solution to this, I was unable to find someone experiencing this error right on the rpm.
It typically happens right after on the aboot. This leads me to believe that it might be from a bad download or extraction of the firmware. Please delete the firmware you have on file and download another from SamMobile and then tell me if that helps you.
Based on my own research,i think its because of my firmware version which is OE1. I have seen only one person with the same issue on xda developers forum,but no solution yet.
This worked like a charm. I did experience the same issue bootloop that Evan Fafard had but I was able to resolve it with a reset. I do have one question though with the following sequence.
The factory reset should be done before step 5 since any changes you make should be restored to default by the factory reset. Nop, no root needed. I was worried about needing to root. It sounds like the phone you bought is still SIM locked.
When you get a phone from a carrier it will be locked to only use a SIM from that carrier. I did a quick Google search and found conflicting info. Thanks for this article. Lollipop 5. Ruined my battery life and stability. Back to KitKat with no problems by following this article. Yea, I had some random resets, GPS issues, and worst of all was the battery life.
So much for Lollipop. KitKat simply works you know! I do miss having the phone shortcut on the lock screen, that was helpful, actually used speed dial a few times. Supposedly the 5. Hi Timothy. Thank you for the feedback. Worked Perfectly. Thank You!! If a person can upgrade to lollipop thru Odin flash, could we just downgrade using Odin to flash the kitkat version without factory reset? Sadly, flashing anything with Odin will wipe all of your personal data off your phone. It will be as if you had pulled the phone out of a box with no data and requiring that you activate Android.
You can use software like Samsung Kies to backup some of your important data though. Then you can restore from this backup after you downgrade or factory reset. It didnt work for me. I have the verizon version. After 1 second of clicking start it says fail. Any insight to what may be causing this? Have you tried with a different USB cable? Or possibly a different computer? Just tried with all of the above. From what I understand the firmware on the phone is preventing a new firmware install?
Could this be a new patch they have done OTA to keep us from downgrading? Please advise, very frustrating. I did this two ways: First, I tried flashing with just the 4. I get the same error, and they both look something like this:. Odin engine v ID Complete Write operation failed.
All threads completed. This is great news Jacky. Thanks for the response. Either way — thanks for the helpful link! OTA updates should never prevent a user from downgrading. After spending several hours to download the firmware from sammobile, I am a tad irritated. I followed the directions to a T- but I get a fail each and every time. I bought my note 4 in april , and it came with Lollipop already. Is there a lock on the phone? Hi Sherry.
Im a noob, I admit it and apologize in advance. Any help is appreciated. I have the Verizon Note 4 and am among a few whose Lollipop update has been horrendous. Battery issues, Multiple Force closes, etc. Anyhow, I updated by downloading firmware from sammobiles. After installing, my phone started behaving strangely.
I use Aviate launcher. Thx for the tutorial. I followed this guide to the letter and successfully completed downgrade and still same problem. No access to dialer service menu either. Now after about a million hours in the phone with Samsung, Vzw, Straight Talk plus a visit to Vzw store they all say that my phone is supposedly unlocked and have no idea why not working or even how to fix! Any ideas?
Thanks again. I installed the samsung driver and got the correct firmware for my phone. The problem is when I use odin and choose the correct ap, all I get is a message that says All threads completed. Please help! Thank you so much for this tutorial! Perfectly explained, works perfectly if people do the self-guided steps carefully, and much support in the comments.
Apparently Verizon changed something in a recent update that makes going back to KK impossible? Doing this will root the device? OOr change the device status from official to custom???? Or change the device status from official to custom???? Is it ok to downgrade to kitkat 4. Like downgrading 2 versions at once? Later on after another android version like M comes out will i be able to update to it without no issues? Do i have to upgrade it somewhat like the way i downgrade it?
I went into bootloop doing this, clearing partition did not help. Factory reset did work. Hello, I just want to say that I have followed this guide to downgrade Note Edge to 4. Thanks a lot! Every time i try to downgrade it keeps giving me fail auth in odin and sw rev check fail on note 4.
Note 4 has major issues with signal and calling after upgrade, replaced by verizon and Samsung flashed but no success. Thank you for making my phone significantly nicer, once again.
Set PIT file.. This worked perfectly. I did however reset my phone back to 5. I followed your instructions… Good job guys!!! I am well aware that this these are two different phones and two different roms or firmware on them. Thanks so much for answering my question. I just want to know if I can. Yes, you can follow this guide to flash firmware on the Note 5.
Just make sure you download firmware that is made for your version of the Note 5. Doing the factory reset is only needed if you run into a bootloop. ATT version Galaxy note 4. Guess this is my first and last Android device. Not dealing with this again. Everything goes as planned except it fails. The Kit Kat Restore md5 file contains the following: boot.
I am from nigeria. I have a note 4 from verizon running on lollipop 5. I bought my SM-NC just a month ago and it was on lolipop 5. Letter for letter and word for word, so that I can research a fix. Admin i recently updated my galaxy note 4 sm-nc to the latest 5. Letter for letter and word for word, so that I can research a solution.
I am having trouble with Odin.. I have done everything in the tutorial loaded up as Admin and as not Admin but when I press AP, and find the KitKat software, an error pops up in Korean… I looked up a fix where you delete the. Have the verizon version. Hello every one can u tell me i have smc i have 5. Some one explain me this essue. I am so worry of this essue. Plz some body help me. My signal was stronger and my battery latest 2 hours longer with kitkat. I really think that the update was designed to make our phones feel dated faster.
This has not worked for me. I have tried everything I can think of. I have the correct drivers.. As odin sees them. However kies does not. Next I do not have access to the phones settings. The only thing that has not failed using odin was cf-auto root.
It goes into a boot loop. I need help. May i know how is the battery life on this CyanogenMod Lollipop has messed up my phone. I have attached the screenshot of KitKat version on sammobile which i am thinking of installing for you reference, please do let me know if that is the correct version for my phone i purchased from Saudi. Please suggest which one should i select for my phone. My current criteria is I should get good battery life, so if you have any other suggestion on other ROMs please let me know.
If you want to flash CM Hello Android Explained, could u plz confirm if I have downloaded the correct firmware for my device? You see four different 4. Unless you have issues with the newer 4. First of all thanks for ur replies so far appreciate them….
Another question buddy I think my phone had jelly bean 4. Cuz i bought my phone in Feb and kitkat came after that for Saudi Arabia. Thanks to this tutorial I have solved a problem with the update to Lollipop. Here it is:. Both my phones have the same make and model sm-NF , but with different providers.
One is Vodafone dutch and the other is with Telfort dutch. The Vodafone was the one with the problems, half-sided freese-frame, bad connections on talking, etc….
After numereous resets and upgrades using Samsung software and hard resets which did nothing , I have discovered that there is a generic update for this model, without the bugs.
My suggestion: disguard the providers version, it also saves a lot on unwanted software!! I am going to flash the bad phone to the generic version and expect it to work fine again.
I have got the problem that on my galaxy note 4 sm-nf , half off my screen sort of freezes. It is not the screen itself it works perfectly , but it has something to do with the underlying software to the actual hardware video. I know this to be an issue specific to the European model, but do you have an answer on where to look inside the innerhalfs of the damn thing? You can only follow the guide using a Windows-based computer. Do not try installing this guide using an Apple Mac or Linux machine.
Install the USB drivers on your Windows computer. Restart the computer so the drivers will start working. Download the CF-Auto-root package from this link. Download Odin 1. Download both files to the desktop of your Windows computer and extract the files. Click to open the Odin executable file and have the program open and waiting on the desktop. Boot the smartphone in Download Mode.
Connect the Note 4 to the computer with the USB cable. Click the AP button and upload the tar. Leave the other settings as they are in Odin. Double check there is no check-mark in the re-partition box.
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