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[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] salukis93:
can i be on OJ6 and odin the PC1 tar?

Or do I need to odin OK1 and then PC1
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] samep:
Full stock tars allow you jump forward like that in Odin. Be aware you don't have the option of using Odin to jump back to older stock tars; some older bootloaders get blocked when attempted for security reasons. But you may Odin back to OK1 with no issue. Make a backup before wiping or upgrade.

It's been recommended to wipe data before upgrading to MM because the user apps in /data/app folders are optimized for Odex in MM; lag, phone heating up in normal operation and dysfunction may suggest the pre-existing apps didn't optimize correctly. If you go back to Lollipop, I'd also recommend wiping data. Make a backup just in case.

One thing I do with full tar updates is backup to extSdCard, wipe everything but extSdCard and factory reset to make a clean entry into the update.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] Tha_Dynasty2049:
Not saying your wrong but just this time i was able to go back from PC1 to OJ6 with no issues

just a factory reset when booted.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] samep:
No, not all a reason to disagree. I thought that was possible because I've gone from OK1 back to OJ6 through Odin of stock tar.

I'm just sharing what I've had experience with. And so did you. I'm not sure it's possible to go further back, once updated, based on other users' posts and the update notes from OE1 which stated for security reasons the older bootloaders could not be returned to. That was when the reactivation lockable bootloaders came about. And since, some have reported Odin wasn't possible going back to some of those newer bootloaders, but still older in relation to current bootloader.

But the updates from OJ6 to OK1 seemed few so they're close in compatibility.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] jglm4u:
I deleted all the useless apps that i didnt want by extracting the rom & it didnt break nothing. Even fb system...
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] jhill110:
When I go back to MOAR or [MENTION=1503720]tx_dbs_tx[/MENTION] 's N5 Port from MM I just odin the OK1 bootloader found in [MENTION=309990]freeza[/MENTION] 's leak thread. Then format data and restore. Being impatient it's much quicker.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] GROOVYJOSHCLARK:
ROOT didn't work for me and I followed your original directions to the T.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] dbug2008:
Is anyone else having data issues? Half the time it shows a strong 4g connection, but apps won't work because of no data.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] tommy_2q:
In do not disturb mode, allowing alarms as an exception does not work. The clock alarm remains silent when it should be alarming in do not disturb mode. Anyone else have this problem? Do not disturb worked perfectly in lollipop.

After messing with all the settings and rebooting, the alarm is working in do not disturb mode.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] kcsween:
Update: The other night my battery got down to 15% and power save mode prompted me to enable it and so I did. My phone hasn't lagged or stuttered or froze up or rebooted in the past 48 hours; I keep power save mode on all the time now. I've never used PS mode and I'm not an expert but I'm thinking the restriction in performance means my processor has been under clocked? IDK. Now I'm off to search for a custom kernel for MM, if there are any out there yet, so I can test various under clocking speeds to see what works best for my dieing N4.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] GROOVYJOSHCLARK:
Plasma is the most popular and yes, when I ran Touchwiz OS, I used to keep it in PS mode myself just to keep the cores down to a usable level. Otherwise the battery would drain in no time.

sent from my droid
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] Ind3lible:
Sorry if this has been asked already but is is possible to have the theme engine working from the note 5 on our phones now?
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] samep:
Samsung Theme Chooser not available for Touchwiz MM yet. Xposed framework isn't available yet either AFAIK. Some of us went back to Lollipop custom ROMs for those features. IMO, kind of plain without those.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] bhupinder408:
Is there a link to stock PC1 rom tar so I can odin that and the flash this baby?

I cant seem to find it =(

thanks!
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] samep:
Try this one on your PC

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=66003240

Stock tar is usually found in general forum.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] bhupinder408:
dude! Thank you!!!!! =):):):)
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] artorres283:
Odin keeps failing every time i attempt to flash the latest Twrp can anyone help i have a clean install of marshmallow
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] samep:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=66218038

Try that...
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] jclement30:
I'm having a problem. doing my best to follow the instructions as closely as possible. Coming from Hybrid-X, I started with an ODIN of ALL_SPT_N910PVPU4DPC1_N910PSPT4DPC1_CL7381751_QB8794358_REV00_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5 to satisfy option 2 of the first requirement. I let it boot to the point of asking me to setup the phone with my google account, and stopped there. Next , I ODIN twrp-3.0.1-0-trltespr or twrp-3.0.2-0-trltespr (i've done this multiple times, trying either one or the other). After that, and in both versions, I was able to get into TWRP Recovery. I follow the instructions to wipe, and clean everything but the microsd storage. Then I choose to install the Stock_DeOdexed_N910PVPU4DPC1_1.0_03302016.zip from TWRP... which also seems to work. Finally, I reboot... and I am on the Note 4's initial splash screen - and it just stays there. Yes, I understand it should take 12 minutes to boot up. I've waited an hour. No boot. I've re-ODINed back to stock PC1, reapplied one of the TWRPs - as described above... but every time I reinstall ZIP from TWRP... I get the same behavior.

Now, here is where I need to be clear... normally there are 3 splash screens... the initial Samsung Note 4 splash, then comes the moving Samsung splash, finally the Sprint splash. Mine is hanging up during the initial Samsung Note 4 splash. It is not getting to the next two splash screens. If this were a desktop computer, I would say the BIOS was not handing off to the Operating System on the drive. I've done this multiple times today.

Does anyone have any suggestion what I could be doing wrong? (especially considering that the ODIN of Stock comes up every time - I think my device is okay.)
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] emottau:
Did you check the md5?

QUOTE=jclement30;66334165]I'm having a problem. doing my best to follow the instructions as closely as possible. Coming from Hybrid-X, I started with an ODIN of ALL_SPT_N910PVPU4DPC1_N910PSPT4DPC1_CL7381751_QB8794358_REV00_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5 to satisfy option 2 of the first requirement. I let it boot to the point of asking me to setup the phone with my google account, and stopped there. Next , I ODIN twrp-3.0.1-0-trltespr or twrp-3.0.2-0-trltespr (i've done this multiple times, trying either one or the other). After that, and in both versions, I was able to get into TWRP Recovery. I follow the instructions to wipe, and clean everything but the microsd storage. Then I choose to install the Stock_DeOdexed_N910PVPU4DPC1_1.0_03302016.zip from TWRP... which also seems to work. Finally, I reboot... and I am on the Note 4's initial splash screen - and it just stays there. Yes, I understand it should take 12 minutes to boot up. I've waited an hour. No boot. I've re-ODINed back to stock PC1, reapplied one of the TWRPs - as described above... but every time I reinstall ZIP from TWRP... I get the same behavior.

Now, here is where I need to be clear... normally there are 3 splash screens... the initial Samsung Note 4 splash, then comes the moving Samsung splash, finally the Sprint splash. Mine is hanging up during the initial Samsung Note 4 splash. It is not getting to the next two splash screens. If this were a desktop computer, I would say the BIOS was not handing off to the Operating System on the drive. I've done this multiple times today.

Does anyone have any suggestion what I could be doing wrong? (especially considering that the ODIN of Stock comes up every time - I think my device is okay.)[/QUOTE]
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] jclement30:
Yes, sir. I surely did. Checked the MD5 on both the stock and this rom, as well as both twrps.

edit: I'm thinking, based on my description... would this be a bootloader issue?
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] doubleu:
Is there a Samsung Debloatware tool that works with a rom like this (that has Knox removed?) None of these debloatware tools seem to be able to phone-home to complete their activation with Knox removed (from what I can tell.)
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] samep:
[MENTION=4471158]jclement30[/MENTION]

Not that I think setup wizard completion is required after full stock tar but I generally complete it after stock tar for two reasons: to have a stock backup and you may need to do a system prompted reboot to get your device in sync with server after flashing a baseband or stock tar or OTA.

What I saw with MM engineering leaked stock tar was an extra pause for what I think may be an integrity check of some kind before it boots. Every boot seemed to noticeably pause on one of the splash screens before proceeding. I'm thinking that once you're fully setup, satisfied the baseband/modem requirement and reboot, you satisfy whatever it's looking for and as long as you flashed after that fact, it boots for you the next time and thereafter.

So what I'm suggesting is be patient with the initial boot after stock tar. Give it time to activate or prompt you to reboot to complete the process. Once you have a successful stock reboot after that step, then you can proceed with TWRP and flashes per OP. The same thing happened once to me with the engineering leaked MM tar when I attempted my first root; I'm usually patient but couldn't recall my steps so I may have rushed as well.

You may not see a prompt reboot but if you watch you may see a pop-up saying something like "reporting version to server...". If not, just activate device and update profile and PRL and reboot before proceeding. I wonder if this is the reason some have gotten random reboots? I don't have that issue and updates mostly have gone without issue since I noticed this back on OB7 update.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] artorres283:
Tried that already reactivation lock was turned off and auto reboot un checked
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] samep:
Works the first time for me.

Some say it takes 3 tries or use another Odin like 3.10.6 but IDK know why that works.

I think it's battery pull, including pulling with USB cable, waiting and booting directly into recovery that makes the difference. Wait longer and gently press your power button to discharge the power circuit. I've seen a video where the user didn't uncheck auto reboot but keyed the recovery sequence during boot. It worked but requires timing to succeed.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] jclement30:
Thank you. My previous description was already long...I cut that out for readability.

After Stock tar load... system comes up and before it gets to the Setup Wizard, it does perform some updates... activates the device, prompts for a reboot... then the system comes up again... we see it update the PRL... then back to the Setup Wizard again.

I was using ODIN 3.10.7, but I don't think that's an issue either - as both the Stock tar loads fine, as do both versions of TWRP. They work. The issue occurs when I use TWRP to load this rom - TWRP says it's done it's job.

So...and I'm guessing here... either the Stock Tar loaded a bootloader which isn't working with this rom, or something else is happening such that when the device is initially booting, it is not pointing to the rom as the OS with which to boot.

unless you think there is something which comes after the setup wizard which might apply some kind of update... it's just that when I setup the google account on the device, I would have to wait for about 150 apps to auto-sync with the google account... I was hoping to avoid that part until I had the rom I actually wanted to use loaded.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] samep:
You have the option to setup as new device or just set the app restore at none or zero. IMO. You're nearly done at that point but I can see it's viewed as s redundant step.

But you did the one successful reboot before TWRP which seems to satisfy part of my theory.

It may have something to do with Knox? Maybe you need accounts setup? I used to always skip the Samsung login but just got annoyed by prompts to sign in so I do that for setup wizard also. Anyone else have a differing experience on the setup wizard? Is it necessary in MM?

Edit: I think I've found the issue. Read the Google sign in prompt closely. If it says the device needs to sign in with same password previously used, you've activated the factory reset protection circuit found on recent Samsung phones and need to sign into Google with same password to disable the protection. That could be why bypassing Google sign in didn't allow a reboot but I'm not positive.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] artorres283:
Thanks man will try that
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] jclement30:
Will try... breaking out ODIN again.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] jclement30:
power on into 'download'

ODIN loaded STOCK.

standard reboot.

system updates during loading - two reboots from prompt.

setup both Google and Samsung accounts (both were required).

Fully booted into STOCK.

manually updated PRL and Profile.

ensured "Reactivation Lock" was unchecked (samsung account thing)

ensured screen lock is not setup.

removed Google account from the phone to prevent "factory reset protection"

powered off. power on into 'download'

ODIN installed twrp-3.0.2-0-trltespr - waitied for the green bar on the 'downloading' screen to finish + 2 minutes. Battery pull.

powered on into into TWRP recovery.

factory reset 3 times, full advanced wipe (everything but microsd) - rebooting in between and going to recovery each time. Ran winMD5 on the file again.. confirmed good MD5. Installed zip from TWRP... reboot... and... Nogo.

Phone still hung at first splash screen for 1 hour, now.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] samep:
Why reboot recovery during wipes? Have you tried without the additional reboots?
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] jclement30:
yeah...didn't reboot in between the first few times. I'm used to not rebooting between wipes...what with the original Lollipop No Knox/No Itson roms, and then the successive Hybrid-X roms. But... since I'm clearly doing something wrong... i'm trying every possible method.. up to and including rebooting back into recovery in between the 3 wipes. Shouldn't be necessary... but I tried anyway.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] samep:
IDK your issue just thought it might have been a step skipped because I had it once myself but careful redo of stock tar got me booting after root. (I didn't have a ROM to flash, just rooted the leaked MM tar.)

BTW, I wasn't suggesting to remove the Google account to avoid to avoid factory reset protection. I was recommending not to skip login or at least read the prompt to make sure it didn't say factory reset protection was activated by the previous factory reset. I've since came upon a Sprint tutorial for Note 4 reactivation lock that said Samsung reactivation lock is the same thing as factory reset protection. You verified that reactivation lock was off so that's not it either.

It's hard to doubt the stock tar or its install but have you tried downloading it again or asking for a md5 against the zip to compare to? When flashing stock tar, do you power down first, before download mode? Are you letting it autoboot and confirm a short stock recovery session occurs before system boot?

Other than that, make sure you have the right TWRP recovery and verify its md5 is all I can think of. If that doesn't work, consider returning to OK1 or just root MM stock and see if that boots. Users have different preferences but MM currently doesn't have the customization of Moar on Lollipop. I went back to it. Android N should be better if Samsung doesn't muck it up too. Rumor has it Note 4 may get it when Note 5 does.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] jclement30:
yes... did the MD5's on the stock, this rom, and the two versions of TWRP. I also went to the TWRP IRC and they confirm I have the right one (the trltespr for the Note 4 Qualcom version). Since the STOCK works... but this rom isn't loading for me, I'll try redownloading it again (although it did pass the MD5 before). Tried everything else.

P.S. Appreciate the assist. Crossing my fingers I don't have to settle for stock rooted with knox/itson.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] Kris_b1104:
So I was dumb and uninstalled Facebook via Titanium Backup and now my screen rotation doesn't work. Does anyone know how I can get it back or have a zip I can flash? I tried downloading the Facebook app from the play store but to no avail. Thanks very much in advance.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] artorres283:
tried different Odin and pulled the battery pressed the power to discharge power still cant flash twrp
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] samep:
Just backup (just in case) and dirty flash the ROM. Next time try only freezing system apps but you can uninstall updates in app manager (Downloaded tab). Less chance of breaking something when you can thaw it again, If needed.

---------- Post added at 05:08 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:56 PM ----------

I see you've had this problem before. Think carefully about port and cable you succeeded with. Did you install the right Samsung driver for Note 4 from Samsung support?

If you're having trouble with Windows saying your driver failed frequently, I found a fix for my Samsung driver installation that seems to be holding since I did this.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=34864154&postcount=14 (read the OP but post 14 was helpful)

Edit: if you have KIES or SmartSwitch installed on PC, you need to verify they're closed in PC task manager. I uninstalled mine because they're not so useful for Note 4 or rooted phones.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] artorres283:
that was with a different note 4 that one has been flashed succesfully, and i install the drivers right off the samsung website i get connection to odin it looks like its going to flash until the end when it says failed but let me try what you said and reinstall the drivers thanks
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] samep:
Oh, but if Odin fails, you need to report what the PC Odin log contains and phone displays. Or copy/paste logs and snapshot of phone...
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] jclement30:
note: apparently the Hotspot Mod from the Texas mirror is infected. Trojan: Win32/Spursint.A!cl I re-downloaded it from the Quebec mirror and it was fine.

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Okay...I figured it out.

I had checked MD5 on the rom I downloaded to my computer, and rechecked it when I transferred it to my microsd on the phone - and it checked out good. But...I just pulled the microsd, put it in a usb adapter, and rechecked...and it failed.

I cleared the microsd, quick formatted. re-transferred the file to the microsd using the adapter. And then re-checked MD5... good.

put the microsd back in the phone... re-TWRP'd it... and boom... I'm already past the first two splash screens... onto the Sprint Splash (which I expect to take 12 minutes.)

So....that was fun. :)
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] Guest3123:
Boot into recovery...?

Ok, so I updated to the latest version of Android, using..

ALL_SPT_N910PVPU4DPC1_N910PSPT4DPC1_CL7381751_QB8794358_REV00_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5

Which you said to do, before flashing this rom. So I did it, I now have Stock Android, un-rooted, v6.0.1 Marchmellow.

I booted into recovery, but my TWRP isn't there, like it was before I applied the Marshmallow 6.0.1, software version N910PVPU4DPC1.

I was on CM-12, and it was crap, that's why I'm doing what I'm doing. Kept getting error messages, saying the clock was crashing, etc. Even with latest CM build.

My Recovery looks like this now.. stock..

[IMG="RECOVERY STOCK"]http://oi65.tinypic.com/14jur9l.jpg[/IMG]

Step 6 : Choose the Wipe button.. There's no wire button.

Do you mean.. Wipe data/factory reset? Which isn't a button, it's a list selection.

Next go to "advanced wipe" and select all of the partitions EXCEPT micro-sd card and internal storage.

I'm sorry.. I don't see an "advanced wipe" option.

I flashed N910PVPU4DPC1 like you asked? But my recovery doesn't have those options, like I did when I had TWRP.

Can someone help please? I had custom rom on my Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 4 (SM-901p). I was using Cyanogenmod 12, Lollipop 5.1.1, etc.

[IMG="See..?"]http://oi63.tinypic.com/28wi6c7.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG="...."]http://oi63.tinypic.com/2m604f9.jpg[/IMG]
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] gdecker:
Flashing the stock ROM gave the stock recovery. You now must Odin twrp recovery then proceed from there.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] JWnSC:
How's battery life with this rom compared to an aosp rom?
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] Guest3123:
Thanks, will do.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] tx_dbs_tx:
I assure you the hotspot mod is not infected. I run bitdefender total security and I keep my system clean. besides that, it's only a jar file that is zipped along with the updater-script. There's no reason for there to be a virus or whatever alert you got. I just flashed it on my stock PC1 MM rom today. no issues. however i'm still curious about how you got that trojan warning. i'd be checking into that more if i were you.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] jclement30:
I wasn't suggesting (and wouldn't suggest) that *your* personal system was infected. I was suggesting the mirror server was infected - wouldn't be the first time a mirror host was infected with something.

I got the alert only when I downloaded from the Texas mirror, but not from Quebec mirror. I will post a screenshot.

I also acknowledge that my own computer may have been in error. Heck.. I make a living off of computers not operating as expected. So.. that is possible, too. I'll give my system a full scan tonight to be sure... maybe I have something else infected which in turn infected that file.

Here is my screenshot:

[IMG="Defender warning"]http://i.imgur.com/aEGHqQA.png[/IMG]
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] thepiecesfit:
You dont need to reflash. Same thing happened to me. All you need to do is pull this file from the zip and copy it with like ES explorer (Just make sure in Tools you have Root Explorer enabled)

Solution :

1. extract libgnustl_shared.so from system>lib of your rom's zip.

2. Copy and paste to System>>lib and change permission to rw-r--r--

3. Reboot and enjoy!
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] Kris_b1104:
Wow this works! Thanks so much!