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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DroidAddict101:
Sorry in advance as I'm sure the answer is here somewhere but I cant manage to find it.

I just got a used Note 2 with an unlocked bootloader.

It is currently on SR Remix 4.3 and I'm wondering what I have to do (if anything) to be able to flash 4.4 aosp roms?

I saw something about using the latest recovery and I also thought I saw something about updating the baseband too but now I cant find it again

I've always had moto phones but with that being said I understand what odin is and helped my cousin flash a couple roms on his s3 before.

Any help is greatly appreciated. The last thing i want to do is brick my new phone haha

EDIT: My baseband is MJ9. Probably should have mentioned that
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DreamFX:
You need the latest cwr or twrp. Then you wipe, flash rom, flash latest gapps and then reboot.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DroidAddict101:
Thanks a lot. Excited to get flashing. Appreciate it
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] raykartell:
I tried to apply one of the kernels from the forum and my phone lost phone service and I started to get dialer stop error ...I had viper one running so I tried to reinstall the viper one kernel and now phone turns on and off I get the viper one slash screen then the lock screen and when swipe to open it goes to the HTC splash screen ...and then turn off...can some one help me out
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] ravichandrabr:
Radio rom

Flash radio Rom! Your problem goes away!!
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] micxploed:
Has anyone received this ota update or even Kies? Kies doesn't have it and ota manual check is a no go. I guess I might unroot if it becomes available soon altho I will lose the "unlockedness" and I won't be able to use metro pcs on it. I think the mega is ready for a smoother and more efficient OS. Can't wait to see how it runs on it.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] sashusmom:
I got the DL OTA- takes about an hr. to download and must be over wifi. Over 500 mb. If you are rooted, it will not install. I unrooted with OTA rootkeeper Voodoo and it failed at 25%. Then I left it rooted. It failed at 28%. The 3rd time I unrooted with supersu. Crossed my fingers, let voodoo keep my root backup, and it did install.

Voodoo won't work on anything over 4.3, so it won't restore my root. Kingo won't work either. So you will lose root till someone figures out how to root without a flashable zip.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] micxploed:
I wonder if you have to be on AT&T's network to get the update even if you're useing a different carrier.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] sashusmom:
You have to have an att sim in or you will get an error message- something like update check interrupted. Found this out cause I would have a ptel sim in it and the software check for update would fail with that message. At least that's how OTA works.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] kmt5150:
Actually...

You don't have to have an AT&T sim in to get the update. Best bet, unroot with SuperSU and remove both the SIM and the SD card, power on and try the update.

My S4 Active upgraded to KitKat last week with a Net10 SIM in it, no problem.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] banks2878:
I think you do on this phone I kept getting update interrupted with my t mobile sim card and 64gb memory card in. I did as you said and removed and im still getting that.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] kmt5150:
Try this...

Try to backup your phone via Kies. Once that is done, remove root permanently from superSU-settings then do a factory reset with the SIM and SD out. Once complete, connect to your wifi, download and install the update. Worked on mine.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] sashusmom:
That may have worked with your s4. This is a Mega. When I had my ptel sim in it I would get update check interupted. When I put in my att sim, The check would go though all the way. Then say I was on the latest available.

Is Net 10 an att mvno?? I know ptel is a t-mo mvno.

To save myself time, I just put in my att sim to grab the 4.4.2 update. You have to have a wifi connection or it won't DL. You can't be rooted or it won't install. I'm talking strictly OTA.

When I plugged into my Kies, it wanted to update to a newer kies version. That installed, then said it is not compatible with my Mega!! Offered to install Kies3. So I did. That works with the Mega. I don't know if it will work with my Note 8 tab.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] kmt5150:
I wasn't referring to my S4a, rather my Mega. I'm already working on an ODIN image and I'm currently dumping the PIT file so we can unlock the bootloader. Much easier in KitKat, I think
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] sashusmom:
Oh. Sorry! You had better luck than me:p An unlocked bootloader will be a huge welcome! Good luck and fingers crossed:fingers-crossed:
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] micxploed:
well, at the risk of losing the unlocked feature I am going to unroot then factory reset to see if I can update to kitkat.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] banks2878:
I followed your steps and im still getting update interrupted
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] micxploed:
well, that did not work. Unrooted, factory reset then got on wifi checked for update, said update interrupted. I just erased all my **** for nothing :(
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] banks2878:
exact same here :(

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I hope u get the Odin image working!! I see you from Flint also that's wats upp
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] micxploed:
I wonder why Kies dosent have the update. What a bummer. What I did find out tho is even if you unroot and factory reset, the phone remains sim unlocked which is great news because I thought It would erase. Now to have to re-install all my apps and sign in to alllllllllllll my accounts all over again...I hate factory resetting. :eek:
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] banks2878:
I was wondering the same about Kies!! yea I knew the phone still stayed sim unlocked or else I wouldn't have even tried it lol. but I agree this sucks having to start all over without the system even being updated
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] dparrothead1:
Because the update was released by ATT, not by Samsung. The only way to d/l is by WiFi through ATT's updater.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] micxploed:
Ok, finally figured it out.

1) Unroot device

2) Factory reset ( take out sim and sd)

3) after factory reset and you are back into your phone insert an active at&t sim and wait for it to activate. (you might have to restart)

4) Check for an update and BAM!

P.S if you have a hard time because every time you check for an update it makes you wait 24 hours befor you can check again, just set you date one day ahead in the settings and try again.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] banks2878:
see that's another problem 4 me because I don't have a at&t sim Im using the phone on t mobile, only other sim I got is metropcs.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] micxploed:
I suppose you have to go through at&t network to receive it ota. I borrowed someones sim card and it worked that way. I use metro pcs so it obviously didn't work for me at first.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] banks2878:
so it does have to be a active at&t sim?
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] kmt5150:
Guaranteed update method

If you are having problems updating, do the following:

1. BACKUP YOUR PHONE as stated in earlier posts.

2. Launch Samsung Kies and go to Tools-Firmware Upgrade and Initialization and follow the prompts, checking the 3 boxes on the disclosure form.

3. After the Firmware Re-initialization your phone will reboot. Connect your WiFi and shut down the phone.

4. Remove any off-carrier SIM you may have installed and if possible use any AT&T SIM (doesn't matter if it's active).

If you have no SIM card available, just leave the SIM slot empty.

5. Power on the phone and go to Settings-About Device and go to Check for Software Updates

6. Download and install the update.

7. Enjoy a Kit Kat while updating to Android 4.4 KitKat

TESTED AND CONFIRMED
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] micxploed:
I ran into a problem. After 100 percent download my device restarted and proceeded to install software. like around 27 percent it said install failed.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] micxploed:
When you say it faild at 25 percent you mean when it was installing not downloading right?
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] banks2878:
now im getting sgh-i527 does not support intiallizing when trying to do the emergency recovery via kie's.. I don't know whats going on because I've done the emergency recovery once through kies. weird!!
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] micxploed:
Tested and confirmed eh? We shall see about that. Right now I am at Firmware Upgrade and Initialization and it is taking forever. about one percent every two min but I will post results
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] banks2878:
hope it works out 4 you, keep us posted!
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] kwed73:
Nope. Did all of this except the AT&T sim, don't have one. No go without it. Still getting Service interrupted.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] banks2878:
that's weird .not cool to hear that. I cant even get my kies to do the emergency recovery for me now I don't know whats going on
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] kwed73:
everything ran fine with Kies. Restoring phone now. Seems like that is going smoothly...knock on wood.

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I also wanted to add that I spoke to a Samsung live chat person, who said that the update wasn't scheduled to go on Kies anytime soon. He suggested going to Best Buy at the Samsung Experience Store to have them flash it on. I called Best Buy yesterday and the tech said they hadn't received the Mega update yet. Looks like us T-Mobile or non-AT&T people are s.o.l. for the time being.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] banks2878:
that sucks cuz I don't even kno anybody personially that has at&t, so I cant barrow a sim card
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] kwed73:
that makes 2 of us. I will keep trying Best Buy I guess
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] BGuILtY718:
Please Help!

I unrooted my phone to get the update. Installation was interrupted 3 times, after wiping data 3 times. My phone isn't rooted and I still can't get it to install. Any suggestions?
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] sashusmom:
How did you unroot? The only difference I can see that I did was install OTA rootkeeper by voodoo. Backed up my root, and then unrooted by supersu. Then downloaded, crossed myfingers, and it installed. Lost root since voodoo doesn't work on 4.3 or higher. Also your battery needs to be at 80% or better.

I also did NOT wipe data on my phone. It has all my apps- and info. I understand that it will probably run smoother if I factory reset, but I would like to wait for root to work first. I'll see how it runs.

Keep in mind that it is touchy electronics. They don't always cooperate. Kies 3 is compatible with our Mega. Maybe try that way?

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Yes Mic, it failed on the install.

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Mine always said initialization was not supported by kies.

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You can borrow one from an att store. But you will have to make time to be there about 1 1/2 hrs for the download and install, unless they will give you a go phone sim for free and you can walk out. Do you have any att mvno sims hanging around?? I don't think it has to be active, just has to connect to their towers. Maybe that will work to grab the update and install it..

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I did that Samsung Experience at BestBuy and that was a nightmare. They didn't know what the heck they were doing. Best Buy didn't have wifi (which I couldn't believe) and they were insisting to DL over data. A total waste of my time. I was sent there by samsung phone tech support to get 4.3 several months ago.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] jadariahenley:
Sashusmom is right I have Cricket service and I have been getting the same message all day I odin flashed tried kies and factory reset and still recieved the same message if you dont have a At&t sim card the update is a no go for you I'm gonna to get my hands on a at&t sim card that is active and see if I cant get this update
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] kwed73:
That's scary about Best Buy. When I talked to the guy he seemed to know what he was talking about, but I can easily see there being a total noon in there.

I might go the att route. The Sims are free. I wonder if they need to be activated or just an att Sim.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] sashusmom:
I think it just has to have att in your status bar and connected to att towers. Everything goes over wifi so even a cancelled sim might work. Good Luck :)

If you go to best buy, call and ask if they have kit kat update in their computer first. If they do, they can do it over usb. If they don't have the file for kitkat, then it's a problem. My problem was they didn't have a 4.3 file. I called 5 or 6 different people and finally was told there was no such thing. Got a different answer from everyone I talked to on the phone or chat online. Very frustrating. I stuck it away till now!
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] kwed73:
Yeah. I called yesterday and they knew right away that it wasn't in the system. The guy said they get the updates sent to them by Samsung and they hadn't received it yet.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Unicorn69:
Att sim

you could always go to an ATT store and buy a micro sim they are like 5 - 10 bucks
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] banks2878:
I would do that no problem but are u sure the sim doesn't have to be activated?? sldo I cannot do an emergency recovery through Kies

because kies is asking me for a recovery code from a previous pc which I don't kno that. never even knew I had a code I was suppose to keep
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Unicorn69:
if you get a Go phone sim then you could activate it if you had to :)
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] suhas2000:
Putting my 2 cents...

Guys,

I'm using StraightTalk (ATT) and did experience the same issue 2 days ago (failed installing like 3 time at 28% even after unrooting and everything). What worked for me, however, was that I reinstalled the same build (4.2.2) using kies on a desktop (laptop did not work for some reason). I,then, re downloaded and it worked! :laugh: So, what I'm saying is that I didn't have an ATT sim card, just needed to reinstall the older stock (4.2.2) and that seemed to do the trick. Hope it does for you, too...
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] kwed73:
That's what I did. I have never rooted, just unlocked to go to T-Mobile. I went through Kies and made sure I had the original firmware and still gave the error. My money says we need an AT&T Sim in there.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] cammy357:
Hey guys I used kingo to fully unroot my AT&T Galaxy Mega SGH-I527 then I did a backup with kies and used the firmware upgrade and initialization to restore stock. After that was done it reset my device then I went and tried the software update again and it worked flawlessly. I am now running 4.4.2 Baseband version I527UCUBNE7.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] BoiBundy:
Dont take the update!

Other than the obv reasons like; no deatails of what the update is, very few real changes, untrusted source and lack of experience.:confused:

There is potential of getting a custom recovery if you dont update. Plus lots more, patience is a virtue!!! ;)

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This should not be in the development section. This is general.:eek:
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] KDKobes:
No details of update: CHECK THE THREAD NAME - I527UCUBNE7 OTA UPDATE FILE IS WHAT IT IS :rolleyes:

Untrusted Source: FILE IS STRAIGHT FROM AT&T OTA UPDATE - DOWNLOADED THEN EXTRACTED THE FILE - MEANING NOTHING WAS CHANGED OR ADDED

Next time read the thread before trolling around.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] kwed73:
has anyone successfully updated with an AT&T sim? It seems like that is the question.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] KDKobes:
Thats isnt the problem. The problem is the update scans your current file system and if you changed or removed ANY of the apps it will fail. If you go here you can get the ota update file that I extracted after download. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. I would recommend running it in adb sideload via recovery. Once loaded it will run and if there is an error it will shoot it out. Most likely most of you edited, removed bloatware, and or froze some apps via titanium backup. For instance my install failed just because I removed chaton and wasnt recognized in my app drawer. I dont think root has anything to do with it as it will just remove your root.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] captemo:
Yes
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] kwed73:
yeah I didnt do any of that. I literally did the firmware initialization and put back on the 4.2.2 original. When it was done I made sure the sim was pulled and went to update. Tried 5 times and got the same message every time. The sim is the only thing I can think of.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] KDKobes:
When the install fails about what percentage does it stop at because that will determine where it failed?

*If its failing most likely running the update in adb sideload would show you where and would give you a good idea what the issue is. Also dont recommend using kies to do clean install instead grab the tar file and use odin which is located in either the development section or in my signature link to my repository.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] kwed73:
It doesn't fail because it never gets the update. It always says interrupted.

By the way, I miswrote early. Has anyone updated without an AT&T Sim?
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] micxploed:
So I finaly successfully updated to kitkat. Had to initialize firmware through kies. Then pop in an active at&t sim because it will not allow you to download the update without it. If you get an installation failed error after downloading that means you have to initialize firmware via kies first. This resets your phone to absolute stock.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] cammy357:
hey which file is this 2400258.cfg
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] delock:
Did everything you said except I am getting a bootloop...Shows SAmsung galaxy mega then turns off and repeats

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aint this some monkey crap...

I try to go into the recovery and get a "system spftware not authorized by AT&T has been found on your phone. Please turn off your phone and go to the nearest AT&T store for help"
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] banks2878:
could the phone be taken to a at&t store and updated?
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] delock:
will find out at 12 cst
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] kwed73:
are you with AT&T?
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] KDKobes:
You should have just read my post then and go to the ota download link and install it that way. LINK TO THAT POST HERE

And to be clear the download never actually downloads? OR you mean it downloads, but stops so far during install, restarts, then tells you it was interrupted? Need to know which it is. My apologies ahead if you have previously stated.

Its the actual at&t 4.4 kitkat OTA update extracted from my Mega after download. Just make sure you read the thread and understand it will lock you down harder because of knox kernel etc.

Could've saved going to the store and instead flashed official stock mr2 tar.md5 in odin and fixed it that way. File is in my signature under mega repository.. Thats why I dont like using kies for stuff like that. It works for some but not all and has a tendency to do just that.

If you want the new update best way since you already have a clean device I would do just that, flash the mr2.tar.md5 in odin with auto reboot unchecked. Once finished load the device into recovery and grab the ota update from my thread and install it via sideload.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] kwed73:
Thanks for the help. I am a little cautious to sideload the update with Odin. I have flashed Roms before but a little nervous messing with my mega, especially with the guy above stuck in a boot loop.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] delock:
ok how to do all of that lol
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] KDKobes:
Thats because he used kies and his bootloop is easily fixable as it just needs flashed via odin with the stock rom. I have personally done this method on 2 different galaxy megas with perfect results but if you are uncomfortable with it then I always suggest not doing it. It doesnt delete anything you currently have using the method I posted just refreshes stock then gives ability to update without loosing all data. OBVIOUSLY you loose root and are locked down harder than before but in a logic there is no "custom software" for att mega devices and most likely wont be due to the age of it and developers tend to move on to different devices after a while.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] banks2878:
it isn't possible to load the update with Odin, is it?
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] delock:
Kdkobes...I greatly appreciate your knowledge. But I never tried that way lol.

I'm at art support device center now. They tried to reflash but end up giving me a new phone. Even with a crack screen. So we are downloading the update in the store to what happens
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] :
super big thank you for explaining this in so much detail!!! I already had the 4.2.2 md5 file and i527 pit downloaded aswell as odin 3.09 as I have been rooting and putting roms on phones for years.. however I'm not firmiliar wit ADB I have used it when I got my Galaxy Gear Watch I did not care for it and moved on to using Wondershare MobileGo for loading stuff on the watch.. I might give ADB another try shortly
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] jadariahenley:
Is it possible to include a link to where I could download a ADB Tool to use and does this work on a laptop with windows 7
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] KDKobes:
LINK TO DOWNLOAD ADB
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] micxploed:
Wow, I just downloaded stright from update manager. That seems like alot of steps....
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] KDKobes:
Those steps were to fix a bootloop then install update. NOT just to install the update. Installing the update is in the thread where I linked the download originally which is much much easier.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] micxploed:
Did you try updating kies to latest version? Kies lite
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] micxploed:
Yup, thats how I did it.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] kwed73:
You think it worked because that Sim is using att? Even though it is straight talk?
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] KDKobes:
The only prerequisite to the update is that your running stock mr2 rom. The first process in the update is to run a "verification check" of your device system/app folder. It scans to make sure select apps are in your system or if they've been tampered with if so it will fail between 20-30%, restart then say the download was interrupted.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] kwed73:
So if I ran the initialization and update through kies to put on the latest firmware, why would it still not trigger it? I didn't uninstall or turn anything off when I was done.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] KDKobes:
Because Kies doesn't always work all the time on every device. It has issues to say the least which is why I still recommend running odin. Its doing the exact same thing but in a state in which files wont conflict with other files and gives a "cleaner" install. If you run the mr2.tar.md5 file right over your current rom..no need to wipe anything at all just boot to odin and flash it then do ota update.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Unicorn69:
going back to JB ???

after waiting so long for the KK update i finally got it, now i wish i would have just stuck with JB has anyone been able to revert back to JB successfully ???
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Hdude123:
Unicorn, there is a thread that says it is possible to flash a 4.2 ROM on the new boot loader. I don't you could fully revert because you would still have the new boot loader, but I'm sure it is possible to flash the stock 4.2 ROM.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Ntech02:
I installed it

I did mine through Odin 3 , but for some reason when i boot it up the screen doesnt work :/ i just came from C-Rom 4.4.2 v.7

did factory resets on stock recovery, its not rooted or anything :/ i guess ill down grade to 4.2 and try the OTA , other than that idk whats wrong :(