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[Samsung Galaxy Mega] starmaster10:
It sure is and welcome back..check [MENTION=4551757]Silesh.Nair[/MENTION] post here or his download server here and go into ROMS folder and then the CM11 folder. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] verticleman76:
But the thing is I'm worried something may get tripped again and then I have to come back to this post again lol. I got this ROM from here in this thread. But any dif with the 4.4.4 version?
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] starmaster10:
I haven't tried the 4.4.4 CM11 yet but it should work okay..just make a backup of what you got now just in case but the couple other roms i tried in the 4.4.4 worked good for me, but i am on the NA3 knox infested stock rom..hehe..at this moment..but i will give this CM11 4.4.4 a whirl myself and see how it turns out. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] verticleman76:
If you could and get back to me. But if I install this one is it just as a update over the old ROM or do I need to flash my whole phone again?
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] starmaster10:
I would flash the whole thing again as i am not sure if the 4.4.2 apps work with the 4.4.4 apps..just backup what you got now and try a flash over the rom you have now..if it does not work you can always just clear stuff again and reflash the newer 4.4.4 CM11 and see how it is or use your backup to get back to were you started from at least..i will download the CM11 4.4.4 now and try it, but in my case i will do a fresh install as i am on the NA3 stock at this time...will let you know how it goes forsure. ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] verticleman76:
Sounds good then. Ah but one more thing, will the kernal I'm using now be OK with this ROM too? That's what I'm not sure on.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] starmaster10:
If you flash over it then the kernel will be overwritten, but i will flash the CM11 4.4.4 and see what it shows for the kernel...but it should be no problem on that part..it is just the apps i am not sure on...from 4.4.2 to 4.4.4 but with a clean install it will be no problem..i will see if i still got the CM11 4.4.2 and i will flash that first and then just flash over it with the CM11 4.4.4 and see how it goes. :cowboy:
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] verticleman76:
Ok. I'll wait for what you say before doing it myself bro. Hope to hear from you soon.:laugh::D
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] starmaster10:
Either it will work or blow up..:laugh:
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] verticleman76:
We'll see I guess. Crossing my fingers here. I'm gonna try it out now.:rolleyes:
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] starmaster10:
Okay i found a CM11 4.4.2 rom and flashed it and then added the pagapps 4.4.2 full package of apps and all went well as i check it out for a bit on the phone, then i flash directly over it with CM11 4.4.4 rom and it flashed great and when the phone rebooted and got into the O.S. itself all went well and all the 4.4.2 apps were still there and worked okay..so it seems to work just flashing over the older rom, but i only had the full gapps package to test it with and went well, so i am thinking it should all go well with any other stuff that was on the phone at the time of the 4.4.2 rom and then updating to the 4.4.4 rom should all work..just make a backup first to be on the safe side in case something does go haywire. :victory:

Pic of kernel etc screen.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] verticleman76:
Thats great but I'm using Team Win and it's not letting me do nothing and I don't know why!!! How the hell can you remove that and get Rom Manager installed again????:(:mad:
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] starmaster10:
You are talking about TWRP custom recovery right..as that is what i use and it has to have kitkat support, just check [MENTION=4551757]Silesh.Nair[/MENTION] TWRP recovery he has on his server here and go into the Recoveries folder and then into the TWRP folder and try the newest one out as these have the kitkat support and those two zip files they have to be flashed with a custom recovery or just use that .tar file one and flash it with odin as it will flash right over your existing recovery even if it is TWRP, but once done flashing the TWRP recovery make sure when you reboot your phone right back into recovery to make sure the recovery will work as if a stock recovery was in there it would replace the custom recovery with the stock one again..this just has to be done once.

And these recoveries should flash the CM11 roms or any other custom rom as they work great for me..i am still using TWRP v2.6.3.0 myself as i like that version, but the newer ones work good also...let me know what happens after you try one of these newer TWRP recoveries.:)
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] verticleman76:
How do I load this one again? Using odin??
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] starmaster10:
Get the .tar file of TWRP and download it to your pc..then open up odin and in the PDA window or AP window of the newer version of odin..i use odin v3.07 as it has the PDA window and click on the PDA button..and find the TWRP .tar file you just downloaded and put it into the PDA window, then now power off your phone as you want to get into the download mode, by holding the vol-down button and the power button at the same time until you see the samsung splash screen and release the buttons and you will see a warning screen, then just push the vol-up button and you will be in the download mode, now if the above button combo does not work on your model of the mega just do the same combo above but also hold down the home button with those other two buttons.

Now that you are in the download mode connect you phone to your pc and in odin you should see the first ID:COM window light up in blue which means you mega is connected, now hit the start button and it should flash the TWRP .tar file to your phone, but as soon as it is done flashing and shutting off your phone dis-connect the data/usb cable from your phone and make sure your phone reboots into your recover again as described in my earlier post..use the same button combo but instead of holding the vol-down button hold the vol-up button as the other one or two buttons depending on the model is the same, if you have TWRP already on your phone you should not have to reboot into the recovery mode again right after flashing..then that just flash that CM11 4.4.4 and it should flash it to your phone. ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] verticleman76:
I got it already installed and running. But I had to do a clean install for it. But it's all good.:D
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] starmaster10:
Oh okay that sounds awesome. :good:
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] verticleman76:
Installing all the app's again but...! Thanks for this Bro. I'll try to pop in more often to give you a hand with other people's questions if I know the answers too.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] starmaster10:
No problem man..we are here to help one another..like one big happy family. :D
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] verticleman76:
I hear that. Cheers for now.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] starmaster10:
You to..take care. :good:
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] juju2011:
hmm i seem to have screwed up my recovery and want to flash back to the stock rogers rom but when i use odin and flash firmware it sas it doing it and process happens and reboots phone but nothing happens when it boots up and i just loose root acces can anyone help plz n ty?
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Patnad:
OTA?!

hi everyone, yesturday by a nice sunny afternoon, I gave a shot to OTA with my phone. It actually allowed me to download the near 600meg update. I was stupefied, it totally downloaded, then it rebooted to install from recovery mode.. but then crashed there.

Rebooted and nothing has changed.

I must say I am on a Knoxx tripped NA3, just like most Mega user. I tried to get the OTA once more and it didnt worked, now its back to the "your device is modified, no update avail."

In Kies, it tells me im at the current version.. if I try to do "Firmware Update & Initialization" then it tell me there is version NA5 available for my phone. But it doesnt want to update it.

I tried to find the OTA update on my phone but it seem gone. I would like to try flashing it with Odin if I can actually find it.

anyways just wanted to share my experience.. I'd really like to update to KitKat, I dont really care about root for now I can live without. Id like stock Kitkat on my phone so i can keep touchwiz and everything else that samsung has to offer :/
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] starmaster10:
Hi..if you are on the NA3 rom then just flash this ROOT_JDQ39.I527MVLUBNA3.tar rom by [MENTION=3499995]krazykipa[/MENTION] as it is a rooted stock rogers rom, just unpack it first and then flash it with odin..the file will take a bit to load in the PDA window of odin due to it's size, and then just flash it and you should be go to go then. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Dmoneyxxxx:
Starmaster,

As you can see, I am on the original mh1 build (I love it and have had no issues) running a stock ROM, I would like to know if there is a CM11 ROM for my device and build, if so, could you provide me the link and install instructions? Thanks for any input.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Dmoneyxxxx:
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[Samsung Galaxy Mega] starmaster10:
Hi..okay check my post out here and follow the steps to get a custom recovery install if you do not have one yet and don't worry about the knox stuff as once you have your phone rooted you cannot get the update for NA3 and if it tries just do not allow it, check all the links in that post and for the CM11 rom just check [MENTION=4551757]Silesh.Nair[/MENTION] signature out in his post out here and go to his Downloads: MEGA 6.3 link in his signature and click on it and once on the server here go into ROMS folder and then go into the CM11 folder and choose the newest build which is cm-11-20140708-UNOFFICIAL-meliusltexx.zip and download it your pc and then connect your phone to the pc with your usb data cable and the copy it to your internal sd card or if you have a external sd card it can be copied there also, once you have the recovery flashed and have flashed the SuperSu with the recovery you can then flash the CM11 rom, the newest rom will be a 4.4.4 kitkat rom and the installing of the custom recovery will not trigger know since you are on MH1 rom yet.

But make sure once you get a custom recovery install make a BACKUP of you existing rom you have on your phone before installing any custom roms as this way if something does go wrong you can always go back to were you started from..making a BACKUP IS VERY IMPORTANT it will save you a lot of grief if something goes wrong..let me know how all this goes, and hope this info will help you out. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] EyeBalos:
Yes, follow the instructions of SM10. I was in the exact same situation - had a brand new in box MH1 and wanted to root and install CM11. The instructions worked well and saved me a lot of time from figuring things out myself.

Installing the TWRP custom recovery program via Odin is the most important step as it will allow you to make a full backup i.e. nandroid backup of your phone. Then flashing the ROMS becomes a breeze. I have tried Resurrection Remix and CM11 and both work well and very stable.

There is one problem which I still cannot figure out - on RR or CM I cannot get LTE signal but on the stock ROM I can. I don't know if this problem only affects MH1. SM10 doesn't have this problem on his NA3.

Good luck and have fun.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] verticleman76:
Seems where ever you look the mega has problems all around with stock android lol. Miss me yet? Hahahaha. Custom ROM is the way to go for the mega!
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Dmoneyxxxx:
Oh yes I agree about installing twrp and rooting, but I should have mentioned I'm already rooted with twrp installed, just been running a stock mh1 ROM since the Mega came out. I figured that there is a stable CM11 ROM I can use now, I have loved my rooted stock Mega and had zero issues, just really like CM ROM and wanted to wait a few versions until they worked out majority of the bugs :)
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] SaHiLzZ:
Gents can any one make an Odin flashable KitKat package?
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Patnad:
KitKat OTA

Ladies & Gents!

I found out a way to get the OTA for my phone and it updated! I have now my i527M updated to KitKat 4.4.2 !

The way i done it, is as follow.

I did the code *#272*imei# in order to switch back to the original carrier my phone had.. (for some reason my customization was for Sasktel.. probably because of one of the roms i used in this thread)

So I went back to RWC which is the carrier the phone was locked with at the start..

Then it started pushing me the OTA like crazy, like right when I it rebooted after I switched the customization. Every reboot it was trying to push me the OTA, GREAT!

but then the install would fail at 25% every time.. after some searching on the interweb, i found out this happened because my phone was still rooted. So I went in SuperSU, removed the root.

Then BINGO!! the update worked..

Now I only have one issue left.. it didnt updated my modem, im with NE5 for the build number of android but my baseband still say im NA3.

I can send phone call still and my data work, but wifi is not working.

Is anyone by any chance have access to the NE5 baseband / modem ??

That would be really helpful.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] lehuutai130:
Please help me with my samsung mega I527M

Hi guys,

I really need help for my samsung mega I527M. I'm kind of new with these stuffs and mess up the phone right now and really need some help to recover the phone to working order.

My phone is using either Telus or Koodo (I ask samsung they said the phone is from Telus). I think I mess up somehow and when I tried to flash the rom, it couldn't with the error like image too large, kernal fail .... sth like that.

So I try this rom and successfully to install it. However, right now my phone is completely useless because I can't use anything because the rom is from telus but the rom is from rogers. I try to do sth like #272#* sth like that but it couldn't because it said "no mobile network". So any one helps me with this one. It may be my fault to not do it properly. One thing I notice is that I got to setting --> my phone details and it even didn't display my phone imei. So not sure what is the way to help to change it to telus/koodo

Second problem is like I can't go to wifi at all. I know because my baseband is NE5. I use kies and put in my serial number and it said like this "PDA:NE5 / PHONE: NE5 / CSC: NE5 (TLS) " I know because this rom is NA3 so that I coudn't use the wifi. So could you please any help with this one because at least I need wifi. I not sure that I did mess up sth with knox or not because when it's working, sb download knox and activate it.

Please help me with this one. I love this phone and don't really want to see it let go. Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Patnad:
When your phone doesnt show the IMEI, most of the time its due to a incompatibility between your baseband and the rom itself.

I think you should try this, it *should* get you back going....

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=50748523&postcount=232
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Xyphir:
seems like you went from 4.4.2 back to an order version like I did. If so your **** out of luck like me for the time being until 4.4.2 is made for Odin
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] lehuutai130:
Thanks for your help. However, the modem link somehow is not working. I try to download it but didn't work. Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] SaHiLzZ:
Someone needs to make a custom flashable NE5 package like it was done for NA3
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Patnad:
you have to use Heimdall to flash it buddy, I swear it works.

if your on windows you might have to download zadig for the winusb/libusb driver to make heimdall work properly..

more instructions on heimdall --> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1113195

you should be back running in no time
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] USMAN_ZEESHAN:
I need the kitkat download/new firmware so that I can flash to it in odin (i think thats what I need anyways) but I can't seem to find it anywhere. (build number KOT49H.I527UCUBNE7)
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] starmaster10:
If it is for the i527m mega i believe there is no full rom as it was just an OTA update just as the last update for NA3 was the same thing, i think they should make a whole rom for the update instead of doing it this way as if something does go wrong there is no rom to reflash and a person is stuck with whatever problem happened at the time. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] SaHiLzZ:
[MENTION=4482939]starmaster10[/MENTION] any hope of repeating the custom Odin package like 4.2.2?
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] starmaster10:
Not at this as far as I know..as I cannot even update and I am not sure I really want to update if I could as all the problems that people are having when they update to kk..but I will be snooping all the time for a way to do it. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] dsanke:
I use Triangle Away and my status both binary and system got back to Official,but I still can't receive the NE5 update.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] juju2011:
word thanks mang and this rom will flash back my stock recovery aswell?
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] starmaster10:
That part i am not sure on as it does not put back the stock recovery for me and for one other member also i remember..not sure what it will do on your device. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] dsanke:
it has a philz touch recovery
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] starmaster10:
That is good to know as I use TWRP and when I flash this rom it just leaves the TWRP recovery after flashing the rom. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] bortsamson:
I have a rogers i527 with 4.4.2 update, baseband kot49h-i527mvlucne5.

I'd like to root it and put custom firmware on it but there sounds to be a lot of hazards with Knox and flashing. not sure what knox even does to be honest. doesn't seem that it's been set up on the phone before and I really don't ever need to use it.

Is it straightforward to root the version I have?

Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] starmaster10:
Hi..rooting and custom roms is not possible yet on the newer kk NE5 rom as the newer bootloader has disabling rooting..knox is basically a pain in the butt and they are making it harder to work with each time a new update comes out..so you will have to be patience until a rooting solution is found and going back to NA3 rom is not possible either as once you update you cannot go back to the previous rom..the knox security is the culprit..well hopefully soon there will be a rooting solution for the NE5 rom. :fingers-crossed:
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] lehuutai130:
Hi starmaster10,

Could you please help us. I know you have this rom: ROOT_JDQ39.I527MVLUBNA3.tar. Is there anyway you can post this rom but as a telus/koodo rom not in rogers ? Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Patnad:
You can use the same rom basicly. Then dial *#272*imei# this will allow you to change provider customization. In other words change it to telus or koodo.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] lehuutai130:
But after flashing the rom, there is no IMEI in my phone. The phone just display "unknown" for the IMEI. I dialed but nothing happened.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Patnad:
That most likely mean your baseband is not compatible with the rom you flashed. Let us know what baseband you are on
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] lehuutai130:
I install the root rom butit said the baseband version is unknown.

The kernel version is: 3.4.0 - 2416192

se.infra@R0301-06#1

Build number: JDQ39.I527MVLUBNA3
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Audeath:
Hi guys!

first i'd like to explain my situation and how unhappy i am with all the knox thingy. One week ago a friend of mine broke her Samsung Mega 6.3 touchscreen and decided to just give it to me and buy a new phone. I've bought the digitizer online and succeeded in repairing it. I've configured it and installed my favorites games and app and started using it and i was damn happy since the piece cost me only 70$. Later the same day i received update notifications for Android so i just got through them since i like my software to be up-to-date. After a couple of updates and rebooting the touchscreen completely stopped and it was obvious it was not hardware problems but software. Like a noob i tried to rollback to stock 4.2.2 to get my touchscreen working and boom, now stuck with the knox stopping me from just having a working stock firmware on my phone. I did the fix from this thread and thanks to you guys at least it boot but i dont have wifi which is top priority for me cause i actually use this device as a mini tablet for games at work on the wifi and i wont use it as a cellphone.

My problem is i dont have any SD Card and i dont plan on having one, i really dont need to pay for extra storage.

Is there a way now that i can install CM11 and just have wifi back?

Thanks in advance!

Update : Sorry for this noob post haha Just realized i can copy directly to internal via USB, dont know why but it was locked before but now works :)
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] verticleman76:
You have to go through the threads here for CM11 and for the kernal loader to install it. Scroll through the posts here and you'll come across it.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Audeath:
Without SD? I probably missed something i'll check back thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] verticleman76:
Load the files in your internal drive. Should still be able to load up from there also
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Audeath:
I've succeeded in flashing and booting CM11 and GAPPS but wifi wont turn on at all. I've redone it 3-4 times with factory reset and still the same.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] verticleman76:
Was the proper kernel added? It maybe why CM11 is not working correctly. But yet someone else here had the same problem and there was a fix for it.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Audeath:
Im not sure how to temper the kernel, for now all i've done is install the root rom provided in this thread, and then TWRP 2.6.3.5 as recovery to flash CM 11 and then GAPPS. For what i see installing CM 11 gives me nothing more or less than what i have with only the Root file since with both i have no sound, no wifi or bluetooth so going on CM doesnt change anything for me so far except a different GUI. I usually dont mess with things im not familiar with but in my case i didnt have a choice haha

Can someone help me with that kernel thing? :)

Just want to add that my device is a i527m from Bell

Update : I did my homework and read articles about kernel because i had no idea of its purpose. So now i need to know which combo of rom + kernell would make everything work fine on my device. All i need working is the wifi and the play store cause this device is for apps and gaming only and doesnt even have a sim car installed. Keep in mind that my device has been "knoxed" since it had been updated to 4.4.2 before the touchscreen crashed and forced me to try to rollback.

I have tried the Heimdall flashing and done it right for the Pit - TZ _ MODEM and it changed nothing i still have Baseband Unknown with CM11 4.4.4 (cm-11-20140804-UNOFFICIAL-meliusltexx.zip)
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Audeath:
The Root file gets me a JDQ39.I527MVLUBNA3 build but baseband unknown even if i use the updated 3 files with Heimdall. So far whatever i do it doesnt affect the baseband that as always remained unknown since the knox triggered.

Anyone can help me?
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] starmaster10:
Did you update the official kitkat as this can really make it hard to get things working, i can get a modem file from the NA3 rom and convert it to a tar file and you can flash it with odin and see what it does. :good:
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] starmaster10:
Here is the I527m-NA3 Modem file to flash with odin..just put it in the PDA or AP window depending on which version of odin you have...and see if you baseband comes back to the NA3 one. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Audeath:
Yes I think so cause when i got my Mega to work one week ago it started a couple of firmware updates in a row and then the touchscreen stopped working and forced me to try things so i cant tell at which version exactly it was when the touchscreen crashed but probably the newest available 2 days ago. I have tried flashing the Heimdall solution and the .tar files with the .pit in Odin and both seems to go through correctly but no differences when the device boot.