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Reunlock or flash an unlocked rom

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[General Topics] XDAorbital:
Good Afternoon all :)

I have had my XDA Orbit ( not sure about its real name i think its Athena ? ) for a few weeks now and have been trying to download and install some games to play on it while i travel to and from work and also because i am quite avid gamer and wanted to see what games my Orbit could play,

Well so far i have used www.cnet.com to download and tried to install the games only to have various errors when trying this for example 2 games had .prc extensions and i had no idea what do with those files ? and the other game which i really liked the look of ( Viking Saga i am RTS fan ) gave me the following CEappmanager is not found please reinstall active sync , which i have tried

My question is does anyone know of or have a site where games can be downloaded and played on my XDA and if so has anyone also had these types of problems bearing in mind i am a complete newbie when it comes to everything XDA :-)

Thanks in Advance
[General Topics] cfvilela:
If I remember well, the prc files are for the Palm OS, not WinCE.

I think there are emulators for the Palm to run inside the WinCE (I read it somewhere, not sure where).

Regards,
[General Topics] Rudegar:
http://filext.com/detaillist.php?extdetail=.prc&Search=Search

yeah this page is helpfull for knowing what extentions mean
[General Topics] XDAorbital:
Games

Hey there carlos thanks for the info m8 that helps clear it all up i guess need to try and get games specific for windows ce
[General Topics] XDAorbital:
File extensions

Thanks very much for the info rudegar :-)
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] jpcalhoun:
THIS IS FOR DEVELOPER EDITION NOTE 4 ONLY. RETAIL OWNERS DO NOT TRY THIS, IT WILL BRICK YOUR PHONE!!!!

**UPDATED 2/14/2015

MAKE SURE REACTIVATION LOCK IS NOT, I SAY AGAIN, IS NOT SELECTED IN YOUR SECURITY SETTINGS (MENU>SYSTEM SETTINGS>SECURITY If your REACTIVATION LOCK is selected you will lock yourself out of TWRP and root while doing the process below.

To get a custom recovery (TWRP) and obtain root follow these steps:

1. Download USB drivers from Samsung: http://www.samsung.com/us/support/downloads and install

2. Using ODIN V 3.10.6 : download here: http://odindownload.com/download/Odin3_v3.10.6.zip , power off phone and then boot into download mode (volumn down plus menu)

3. Connect phone to computer using stock USB cable

4. Make sure ODIN recognizes your phone, this could take a few second

5. In "Options" box make sure "Auto Reboot" and "F.Reset Time" are checked

6. In ODIN, Check "AP" box. Click on the long box to the right and locate where you have the TWRP.tar file saved, highlight the file and click open

7. Click "Start" to flash the latest Verizon version of openrecovery-twrp-located here:http://www.techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/trltevzw

8. Do not interrupt ODIN or disconnect your phone. Wait until you get a green "PASS" indicator on the status bar

9. Unplug phone and enjoy

This gives a fully functional custom TWRP recovery. Now do a backup in TWRP. This gives you a stock backup with no root. Now go to step 10 to obtain root.

10. Using TWRP, flash the the current SuperSU .zip file that has been saved to your internal or external sdcard found here http://download.chainfire.eu/supersu. Or, download the latest SuperUser app from the Play Store and install. Some users have had better results just downloading SuperSU from the Play Store and installing.

You should now have a fully rooted, custom TWRP recovery, SuperSU Developer Edition Note 4.

11. Optional , but recommended: Now, do another backup. You will have a stock backup with root (you can never have to many backups at this point in the Note 4 development).

12. One last step, it's optional, but highly recommended. If you ever lock your bootloader you'll need a copy of your aboot to recover and unlock the bootloader. This is phone specific so it won't work on your buddy's phone. Backup your aboot partition using radionerd's method posted here: http://xdaforums.com/note-4-verizon/help/note-4-developer-edition-verizon-t2881708/post57080306 (updated)
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] shug2oo6:
Has this been verified by anyone else
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] jpcalhoun:
Absolutely, by at least a half-dozen.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] Krustys_:
On Non Developer Edition Note 4's?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] jpcalhoun:
No, sorry not on Retail version of Note 4. Only for Developer Edition on Verizon.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] usmc2k:
Any takers on trying this ?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] manbat:
It only works on DEVELOPERS EDITION bought straight from Samsung......DO NOT use on regular retail version.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] TPR300C:
It's probably a good idea to state in the title that its for the Dev Edition, I'm sure some new folks might not read everything and try it on their retail edition :good:
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] The_FNG:
Confirmed on my brand new Note 4 DE
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] usmc2k:
????? Your retail or Dev?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] jpcalhoun:
Good point. Thanks, I changed the OP.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] optimusv45:
I don't recall seeing any developer edition device having their own section. It's always been devs specifying devices in the op
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] jayharper08:
I've updated the thread title to state *DEV ONLY* for you, OP. (Hope you don't mind. ;) ) Just don't want anything bad happen to these precious devices.

On the other subject (dev only section), we'll see what we can come up with. Thank you for the patience, peeps. :highfive:
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] EMSpilot:
One way to do it!!!

This is one way to do it. I have built a custom SecSettings.apk that won't trip SysScope so my device will remain Official with no unlocked padlock on boot. I will Odin CF Auto Root, then Odin TWRP , Backup, Then flash my Custom SecSettings.apk.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] jpcalhoun:
Nice!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] EMSpilot:
framework-res mods

I also finished my framework-res.apk mods that includes native hotspot, battery warning changed from 15% to 5% and will run the phone unitl 1%. Also included is the maximum sound limitation and all rotations!!

I don't get my phone until tomorrow and most likely won't test until Sunday.

I am happy to post a zip for those that want to test. But only do so if you have a working backup on TWRP that you have tested.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] urmcgwy:
Would that just be a cosmetic fix during boot or does it turn back any counters we might have tripped?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] jpcalhoun:
I've seen some other sites provide a separate "Developer Edition" sections under their Mods/Development etc. sections. The reason is pretty sound...it helps prevent retail owners from flashing/installing mods that would brick their phones and likewise, it isolates mods that are safe for Developer Edition phones to flash. Flashing a retail version of a ROM for instance on a Developer Edition phone will most often lock the bootloader...not a good thing to have happen. The other reason is it facilitates finding information about your particular phone. As you can tell, looking through thousands of threads lumped under general or question and answer sections can be very time consuming and not always easy to ferret out what applies and what doesn't apply.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] EMSpilot:
No it does not turn back any counters. It prevents them from being tripped in the first place. If you tripped it already, you must get back to stock via Odin and start all over.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] holycow1:
Can you upload that SecSettings.apk?

Thanks
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] wooddale:
Got a little problem I went to do the update and for some reason when I click ap box find file hi lite it doesnt go into ap box on odin. Just for heck I clicked on twrp amd it worked fine. What could it be?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] jpcalhoun:
Did you extract the file?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] wooddale:
Yes I did file says --------J5 stock restore .tar.md or something like that. could I have bad down load?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] jpcalhoun:
If I remember correctly the OP says it is a 7zip file. If that is correct, most of the time you need to use 7zip to get it to extract correctly. If you've done that then yes, you may have a bad download other wise I don't know why ODIN doesn't recognize the file.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] wooddale:
I did everything correctly. Ill try downloading again soon as this crappy Mediacom gets backnon line again
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] wooddale:
I still couldnt it yo work Im trying a different source now. Odin just will not recognize it.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] manbat:
By "it" do you mean the phone or the file? If phone...Are you in a usb 3 port?... try usb 2 port. Reboot computer, uninstall drivers, then plug in phone, should install new drivers. If that does not work try installing Kies to get correct drivers. You can uninstall Kies ...drivers will stay. Reboot computer and try again. If file...did you unzip it?

Sent from my SM-N910V / VZW Note 4 DE / Factory Bootloader Unlocked / Rooted / StarKissed / TWRP 2.8.1.1 trltevzw
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] wooddale:
I can't get Odin to recognize it for some reason I'm gonna try new drivers. It's not the phone I can't get the file to show up in Odin.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] manbat:
Did you unzip it? Download is a 7zip file.

Sent from my SM-N910V / VZW Note 4 DE / Factory Bootloader Unlocked / Rooted / StarKissed / TWRP 2.8.1.1 trltevzw
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] wooddale:
Thanks I finally for some reason it took forever to load once it came on like 5min. I walked away in frustration came back and there it was lol.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] lbp102:
Finally stock rooted

New job, no time.. finally stock rooted this puppy. Now I just have to get usb mass storage to show up. ADB is fine, but it's not seeing the mass storage (usb debugging doesn't pop up when i plug it in). I guess i'll factory reset eventually when a lollipop rom is out
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] manbat:
==========

Plug in usb, Pull down notification bar, look for USB option, select how you want it mounted..... or you can change your USB settings in hidden options...mentioned in a few threads here.

Sent from my SM-N910V / VZW Note 4 DE / Factory Bootloader Unlocked / Rooted / StarKissed / TWRP 2.8.3.0 trltevzw
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] lbp102:
Yeah i've tried it all. It's being an obstinate PITA. And it doesn't matter since i can just shell in and do whatever so i figure why go nuts. If i was a linux moron I guess i'd be a bit more perturbed.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] chumboy:
Method works perfectly!!!!!

Many, many thanks OP!

One change/addition to your instructions:

Once you finish using Odin to load the .tar, USE TWRP TO MAKE YOUR FIRST BACKUP.

Then use twrp to install superuser.

THEN USE TWRP TO MAKE YOUR SECOND BACKUP.

Your OP does not tell us to make the first backup in the proper place. The first time it tells us to make a backup is AFTER flashing twrp.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] wooddale:
You can't back up without twrp Odin leaves you in twrp back up brings you back the when you reboot it will ask if you want to root only way you bcan do it.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] jpcalhoun:
I'm glad it worked for you, it has for many others. I'm not sure what the confusion is about concerning when to do the first backup. As I read the OP, as soon as you get TWRP installed, and rebooted, that is when you do your first backup. You can't do a backup until TWRP is installed. Am I missing something here?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] chumboy:
Sorry guys...my bad....I read right over it.

---------- Post added at 06:20 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:18 PM ----------

Having problems with Titanium Backup.

When I point it to my extsdcard/backup/titanium, TiBu says this folder is not writeable. In fact, it tells me that ALL folders on my external card are not writeable.

is there a fix for this?

Big, Big sorry guys....I should google first, then post.

Found the fix by editing platform.xml:

1. Using a root-enabled file manager, navigate to /system/etc/permissions and make sure you have mounted the file system r/w.

2. Edit platform.xml and find the WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission.

3. Add an additional group definition for this permission...<group gid="media_rw" />

4. Save the changes to the file.

5. Restart your tablet.

Original:

<permission name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" >

<group gid="sdcard_rw" />

</permission>

New:

<permission name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" >

<group gid="sdcard_rw" />

<group gid="media_rw" />

</permission>
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] jpcalhoun:
No problem. Glad you found the SD card r/w fix.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] morgej:
My vzw note 4 developer edition should arrive in a day or two... Are there any roms available?

Back in my s4 days I remember running some roms for different carriers just by flashing the correct kernel for the physical device. Will that work for the vzw note 4 developer edition too?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] wooddale:
So far only two Definitive main one can't remember other both pretty much debloted stock with a few whistles and Bells works good for me. Don't know about your other question.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] jpcalhoun:
As Woodale mentioned, there is Definitive ROM available here in the Verizon Note 4 forum and there is the Firekat ROM that is available under the T-Moble Note 4 Forum. The Definitive ROM is a stock, debloated ROM with a few extra's. It is reported to run nicely on the Verizon Note 4. I don't know much about the Firekat ROM but I have seen only positive comments about it and one Verizon Note 4 user in particular. You have to go to the TMO forum to download it. As far as ROMs developed for other carrier devices, the Firekat ROM is the only one I know of.

I have found that the stock ROM on the Note 4, rooted and debloated myself runs great. Its fast, smooth, and delivers great battery life. Combined with Xposed framework and the Wanam module I haven't found a need to flash a custom ROM.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] jerkface80:
Developer edition radios

I'm getting terrible 4g perfomance from my DE Note 4. I traded sims between my old Note 3 and new Note 4, and the Note 4 struggles to get past 1 meg down while the Note 3 easily hits 5 or 6 megs down in my apartment. I did flash Firekat for a bit, then went back to stock, and I'm thinking maybe something I did messed up the radio.

Does anyone know if we can flash the retail edition radios? If not, does someone have a copy of the original radio for the DE that they could post?

thanks!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] wooddale:
Flashing a rom cant change your radios and I dont think you can screw them up. Try this shut phone off take out your sim turn phone back on let it load up and ask you for sim then turn off put sim in fire up. Radios are radios no retail ones
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] oneandroidnut:
i just used an xposed module lol
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] jpcalhoun:
If you want to flash your modem/radio go here for stock modems for either Note 4 build you might have (NJ5 or NI1): http://xdaforums.com/note-4-verizon/development/firmware-firmware-kernel-modem-recovery-t2942937
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] LightCCB:
Contacts

Does Rooting or twrp mess with the verizon cloud storage for my contacts and messages?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] jpcalhoun:
No.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] Snake-Plissken:
Ok recovery is installed but I assume i have to manually push the superSu file to sd card and flash it?

couldnt find it on my internal storage and no sd card was inserted...
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] MuGGzyx:
I was about to order a "Developer Ed" off Samsung and noticed that the model number is different on the website (SM-N910VMKEVZW) than the model numbers listed in this forum for the root methods. Did they come out with a different SKU or is the one I put above actually a true DE that I can root etc?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] jpcalhoun:
You can do that or you can download the file directly to you phone and flash it in recovery.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] jpcalhoun:
I have a Note 4 and that is the model number I have which matches the Samsung site and the model number listed on the box that the Note 4 came in.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] Snake-Plissken:
It was even easier as expected. I selceted power down in TWRP and the recovery told me I am not rooted and if i want to install supersu? I accepted and after the reboot i had a supersu installer in the app directory. From there i selected install supersu via directdownload and flash through twrp, since I couldnt use the other option, because no google account set up yet on the phone.

Done :)

Now i just have to get titanium to work and have to modify platform.xml

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were you able to restore apps? I got titanium finally to recognize my backup loation on the external sd but it cant restore apps. it always shows 0 of X. It doesnt matter how much i select to restore.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] jpcalhoun:
Oh, I forgot about the new root option in TWRP. Glad you got things working.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] Snake-Plissken:
Was anybody able to restore apps with titanium? i modified platform.xml and titanium can read now from external sd but it is stuck at 0%
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] jpcalhoun:
This is not going to help you much, but I read in this forum, somewhere, that the app restore function in TiBu does not work. I don't remember the reason, and to be honest I may be mistaken.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] chumboy:
Yes, I was able to restore most of my apps. Out of about 40 apps, I was able to restore all but 3-4 apps. Not sure why you're not able to restore. That's above my pay grade.

There's an easier way to modify the platform file rather than a text editor. Download SDCardFix from play store.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] airmaxx23:
I had no problems restoring with TiBu and I didn't even modify the platform.xml file.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] chumboy:
When you first went into TiBU, did it give you the option to "Restore previous Android ID"? Some apps need the ID they were originally backuped up with.

If it didn't give you that option, uninstall TiBu, reboot, reinstall and let it restore the previous ID. Not sure if that will fix all your problems, but it has in the past for me.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] jpcalhoun:
Well, based on what you guys are saying I guess my thread about restoring apps with TiBu is not correct. I could have sworn I read that here some place. Sorry for the misinformation.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] howellcp:
Root exploit found for retail. We need some help though. Can one of you developer additions provide the information below:

http://xdaforums.com/crossdevice-de...-2014-4322-t3011598/post58391691#post58391691

To speed up the support process you can provide the following output / information:

Device model / firmware version

Kernel version (cat /proc/version)

adb shell "ls -l /data/local/tmp/"

adb shell "cat /data/local/tmp/giefrootlog"
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] Zues532:
Correction to the above.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] radionerd:
My phone is Linux version 3.10.0-3239494 N910VVRU1ANJ5

I sen't my kallsyms to [MENTION=3975929]zxz0O0[/MENTION]

F:\A_SDK>adb shell
shell@trltevzw:/ $ su
su
root@trltevzw:/ # cat /proc/version
cat /proc/version
Linux version 3.10.0-3239494 (dpi@SWDD5702) (gcc version 4.7 (GCC) ) #1 SMP PREE
MPT Wed Nov 12 02:16:29 KST 2014
root@trltevzw:/ #
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] JamesCaywood:
how do u know this works on your phone? i have the samsung galaxy note 4 model # sm-n910v
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] manbat:
Your question is answered in the post you quoted....you have to have a VZW Developer Edition for it to work...DEs can only be bought from Samsung...

Sent from my SM-N910V / VZW Note 4 DE / Factory Bootloader Unlocked / Rooted / Custom Kernel-ed / TWRP 2.8.4.0.trltevzw
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] jpcalhoun:
I know it works because I and many other DE owners have done it successfully. READ!!

Edit: If the question was to suppose to ask how you verify it worked that is simple: for TWRP recovery, if you get a pass in ODIN then it worked, you have a custom recovery. For root, you can down load an app like RootChecker and verify you have root...there are other ways for both recovery and root.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] gbmitchell:
Odin runs for a sec and tells me RQT_Close !! before failing. Any ideas?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] jpcalhoun:
I don't know what that error is, sorry. Are you sure you have a developer edition and have the latest Samsung drivers installed? If the answer to both questions is yes then perhaps your downloaded TWRP file is bad. What version of ODIN are you using? Did you extract the downloaded. Zip file and odin only the. tar. md5 file?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] twgreaves:
ODIN error

I had a different error when I thought I would upgrade to NJ5 to enable Gear VR (Which works great now). I flashed the NJ5 firmware over NI1 using ODIN on an older Development Edition. The log is shown below. After my heart stopped and I used the portable defibrillator, I started over. This time I used ODIN 3.09 (Previously 3.10.0). Also, the first time I MAY have bumped the USB cable. When I used ODIN 3.09, and was careful to not disturb the cable the ODIN finished successfully. The remainder of the upgrade process (TWRP, SU, etc.) worked as advertised. I was not aware of a problem using 3.10 versus 3.09. I was aware that the cable needs to be untouched. End of story is all is well. Hope this helps you, or someone else.

ODIN Log:

<ID:0/012> Added!!

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> N910VVRU1ANJ5_StockRestore.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/012> Odin v.3 engine (ID:12)..

<ID:0/012> File analysis..

<ID:0/012> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/012> Initialzation..

<ID:0/012> Set PIT file..

<ID:0/012> DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!

<ID:0/012> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/012> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/012> SingleDownload.

<ID:0/012> boot.img

<ID:0/012> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/012> cache.img.ext4

<ID:0/012> modem.bin

<ID:0/012> NON-HLOS.bin

<ID:0/012> recovery.img

<ID:0/012> system.img.ext4

<ID:0/012> __XmitData_Write

<ID:0/012> Complete(Write) operation failed. <=============== Error =============

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

<ID:0/012> Removed!!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] gbmitchell:
I tried with both 3.9 and 3.10. I tried 2 different twrp files, 2.8.1.1 and 2.8.4 I think. Both were tar files.

The guy that I got the Note from said it was a Developer Edition but I guess I am too trusting. I have not verified it.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] jpcalhoun:
One way you can tell is to pull the battery and if under the battery it says "Developer Device" then you have a developer edition.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] gbmitchell:
No dice. I was lied to. I'm not really surprised considering he had jammed a stylus from another note into the silo, presumable hoping I would not notice.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] jpcalhoun:
Wow, what an asshole. Sorry you got taken advantage of.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] gbmitchell:
It sucks but at least the phone works. It could have been much worse. Now I get the fun job of seeing if I can figure out who he is in the XDA community.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] jpcalhoun:
Good luck, that's not going to be easy unless he advertised the phone for sale on XDA. If you have an email address that would help.