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[Q] Anyone else get these issues after Rooting?

So there are a few things that happen when I root so i had to unroot the phone cause of these issues.
Anyone else have trouble finding 3g connection?
After rooting, the phone cant find 3g / 1x after a little while. So no calls or data can be received
Ive tried two different tar files but both have the same issue
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1265399
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1268548
Any help would be nice.

I had the same issue when rooting. Check out this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1273730. It fixed it for me.
Good luck.

Kangster82 said:
So there are a few things that happen when I root so i had to unroot the phone cause of these issues.
Anyone else have trouble finding 3g connection?
After rooting, the phone cant find 3g / 1x after a little while. So no calls or data can be received
Ive tried two different tar files but both have the same issue
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1265399
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1268548
Any help would be nice.
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You may be experiencing the LOS bug. There are many threads on this, but try resetting your data profile. I posted the instructions here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18790538&postcount=46

andygallo said:
You may be experiencing the LOS bug. There are many threads on this, but try resetting your data profile. I posted the instructions here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18790538&postcount=46
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this is why im afraid to root this phone. i cant afford to be with out service.

cruton said:
I had the same issue when rooting. Check out this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1273730. It fixed it for me.
Good luck.
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I'll give this a try
Sent from my SPH-D710 using XDA App

Use the epic touch Zedomax kernel v3 ,, it is the best out it is already rooted overclocked to 1.6 more battery life, flashes perfect with odin put into pda and flash youll be rooted with orange clockwork recovery!
if you need t go back to stock first use the eg30.tar put ino pda in odin!
This works perfect and is flawless

lojak29 said:
Use the epic touch Zedomax kernel v3 ,, it is the best out it is already rooted overclocked to 1.6 more battery life, flashes perfect with odin put into pda and flash youll be rooted with orange clockwork recovery!
if you need t go back to stock first use the eg30.tar put ino pda in odin!
This works perfect and is flawless
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Do i have to restore to factory after i flash that kernel?

Not booting into recovery...
I also am wondering if I have to go back to stock. When I reboot into recovery, I get the exclamation point inside a triangle with little green android guy, and have to hold down power button long time and _then_ reboot into clockwork mod. That’s not right, is it? Here is the detail: Got my SGS2, Sprint, rooted, using ZedoMax's method (Odin, flash his ROM, voila: rooted). But then had trouble flashing Clockwork Mod. Recovery 3e requires signature verification for flashing external files, so it's barfing, throws error can't read file signature, hard stop. Replaced the ROM with his new one: SPH D710_Zedomax_EpicTouchKernel-v2.tar. So then flashed acs-eb30-clockwork-epic-touch-4g-sep-20-4-00-pm.tar to try to fix Clockwork mod...no. Then flashed latest build from Zedomax: SPH-D710_Zedomax_EpicTouchKernel-v3.tar. Still, recovery doesn't go straight to orange menu, which is not right, right? I know, I'm a noob, but I can't even begin to explain how much time this has taken. Thx to anyone who can help.

What do I need to know about rooting an Epic 4G?

Work just picked up a bunch of Epic 4G's. Battery life is horrible. I want to calibrate my battery so I'm wondering what the best root method for these phones is.
I currently have Gingerbread 2.3.5 on this phone.
I've also got a Epic 4G Touch, that had one click root, looks like these don't?

kdoggy said:
Work just picked up a bunch of Epic 4G's. Battery life is horrible. I want to calibrate my battery so I'm wondering what the best root method for these phones is.
I currently have Gingerbread 2.3.5 on this phone.
I've also got a Epic 4G Touch, that had one click root, looks like these don't?
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There is no one-click solution for Gingerbread. You would have to Odin EC05 for that. Here is how to root Gingerbread stock phones:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1339478&highlight=how+to+root+EI22+OTA

Is there a un-brick method is something goes wrong?

kdoggy said:
Is there a un-brick method is something goes wrong?
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If you mean sponge or soft-brick then yes in the Stickies at the top of Development. It requires using Odin or Heimdall and your current data will be lost.
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App

kdoggy said:
Is there a un-brick method is something goes wrong?
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There is a more "pain in the ass" process of rooting your phone if your already on gingerbread. I will link you to some videos that should get you going.
You WILL need ODIN to get rooted. There are ways to root your phone without it, but ODIN makes things alot more simple. ODIN will become your best friend, trust me.
First, you will need to follow this step...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwFRzzIqouE
Once you have done that, you will need to move onto this step...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWOLEXqAeCc
Of course, use the latest version of ACS Recovery, which can be found on the link to that video.
Once you have completed those steps, you will be rooted, running ACS Recovery Version 5, or ClockworkMOD Recovery 5.0.2.7
Hope this was helpful.

If you run into trouble like it gets stuck at the Samsung screen for more than 5 minutes, you can return to Froyo stock and OTA back to stock Gingerbread and try again. Here is the thread for that:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1052813
You can also PM me with questions once you get started.

I just flashed my first ROM (CleanGB) on to my Epic4G and reset the battery statistics. Along with using TB to freeze the DRM and SNS apps, I'm seeing great battery life. Thanks to everyone who contributes to this site!

Its not hard hahaha that's what I'd tell you anyways its really simple if you can get Odin to com its all downhill from there. Just thought I'd give you some encouragement since you've already been given directions. Never be afraid to root the epic is nearly impossible to brick.
Sent from my OG Epic

Oh big one don't use the stock USB cable if you have one use a blackberry one learned that the hard way.....
Sent from my OG Epic

My stock cable works fine. Grab Odin as it is an all purpose life saver. Are you planning on rooting and using custom roms or just using root apps?
Sent from my SPH-D700 using Tapatalk

The stock cable worked fine for me when I rooted my Epic, too. I used the Rooting EI22 Gingerbread Instructions from Android Central, and fortunately it went very smoothly. It was my first time rooting my phone, so I was glad I didn't have any major problems. As noted above, you'll probably want to substitute one of the newer custom recoveries in place of the one in those instructions though. I thought I'd offer these text instructions (with screen shots) as an alternative to the videos posted above.
Regarding use of ROMs or just root apps, I actually rooted mainly to get the GPS and silent camera fixes. I'm probably going to want to use a custom ROM though, but am still currently on stock rooted EI22 (with those two fixes applied). I'm slightly concerned about getting all my apps and data back if I install a new ROM. I've got backup apps (Titanium Backup, non-pay right now, and MyBackup Root), as well as a nandroid backup from what I've read advanced restore of just data is possible, but don't really know what's the easiest/smoothest way to get things back. I might want to go with the MostlyStock ROM, since it probably changes the least amount of stuff, or something with a non-wiping version (I've seen at least one, but forget which it was offhand). Tips on how to make moving between ROMs while keeping apps and data easy to restore would be appreciated. Thanks!

liquiddetox said:
My stock cable works fine. Grab Odin as it is an all purpose life saver. Are you planning on rooting and using custom roms or just using root apps?
Sent from my SPH-D700 using Tapatalk
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Your stock cable will.appear to be ok, but once you turn your back, it will brick your epic. Trust me. Been there done that.
Sent via Samsung Epic 4G running StarskyROM v1.5

Yep sure will
Sent from my OG Epic

The hardest part, for me anyway, is picking a ROM to stick with. Right now I'm addicted to trying out as many things as I can. Right now I'm running ThunderHawk but I'm sure that will change soon. I will tell you I haven't have a lot of luck with ROM management tools. ACS updater doesn't seem to have anything new, installs from ROM toolbox don't seem to work, ROM manager has worked the best for me so far.

Get a BB cable trust us when we say your stock one will go south on you at the most critical time! I use my stock for charging only. I have read many of stories on here where the issue was the cable. If you don't have a BB cable laying around check amazon out $1.97 plus shipping. I picked up 4 a few months back I keep 2 at home one in work and one in my laptop bag.
http://www.amazon.com/BlackBerry-Ca...TRCA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1323795116&sr=8-1

[Q] Any Suggestions on a dropped phone

OK hopefully you guys with tons of Epic 4g experience can help.
My wife dropped her rooted Epic 4G and now it will only boot into recovery.
I have tried to wipe the phone completely, re-flashed the rom, downloaded a new rom and tried to flash that and even considered trying, dare I say it, try to un-root the phone.
It doesnt seem to be able to get past the samsung splash screen. Do any or you masters of this phone have any suggestions on how to fix this. Could it be something with the hardware? And is it worth trying to get it fixed with the new phones about to come out.
Grateful to all that help
Killwrath

Flash it back to stock via odin.
Give me a sec to link you the how to video.
Make sure you have a nonstock usb.. otherwise you might end up soft bricking it.
If this video doesn't seem within your abilities then I can remotely do this if you'd like via teamviewer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTQ6Rn0FBSk&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Sent from my SPH-D700 using xda premium

killwrath said:
OK hopefully you guys with tons of Epic 4g experience can help.
My wife dropped her rooted Epic 4G and now it will only boot into recovery.
I have tried to wipe the phone completely, re-flashed the rom, downloaded a new rom and tried to flash that and even considered trying, dare I say it, try to un-root the phone.
It doesnt seem to be able to get past the samsung splash screen. Do any or you masters of this phone have any suggestions on how to fix this. Could it be something with the hardware? And is it worth trying to get it fixed with the new phones about to come out.
Grateful to all that help
Killwrath
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it boots into recovery, so it's fixable. do what uber said. odin it back to stock. if you know how to do so and need the tar files, just let us know.

Something like this happened recently when my lady dropped her phone. It would take like 20 minutes to boot up, and would act extremely slow to where it was useless. Cwm worked fine, and even an odin to stock wouldn't save it. We had to file a claim and replace it.
Sent from my SPH-D700 using xda premium

[Q] why is the stock att rom the only one nobody has?

After being an iphoner right from the get-go, (jailbreaker of course), i finally got bored and moved on. plus, i really wanted a big screen. so i got a gn2 about a month ago, and rooted it on my mac two weeks ago using the CWM/mac/heimdall method. i have been running the stock-but-rooted rom, and not put on a custom rom yet. i have no real good reason for this, but for pure educational purposes and a desire for complete control, and/or warranty reason should they arise, i would like to do a full unroot and restore a stock rom. BUT everywhere I look, I can easily find every possible stock rom from every carrier and every country... except at&t (sgh-i317). i know i can use other that are similar. but my question is, WHY is what is potentially the most common/popular rom of them all, NOT widely available?
second question is: ok, so it's hard to find. but does it exist at all? if so, where? i tried to flash this one, (not allowed to post the link), using the CWM console that got put on the phone when I rooted it, but is fails every time I try saying the file or rom is "bad". is it bad, or do I need to do something else? FWIW, the fail flashings of this rom do no brick my phone. it reboots normally to the stock rooted rom i've been using since I rooted it two weeks.
oops, looks like i can't post links but the sgh-i317 rom i found was at a well-known net repository of stock roms
-peter

I found this over in the dev section in the Reference sticky.
http://www.hotfile.com/dl/181184536/fa1bbef/I317UCALJ2_I317ATTALJ2_ATT.zip.html
I haven't downloaded it, so I couldn't tell you what's in there. It might be a CWM flashable rom-only zip, or it might be odin-flashable files in there. You'll have to download and see.
Edit: Did a little more research.. That's an Odin tar file inside the zip.

pcrussell50 said:
After being an iphoner right from the get-go, (jailbreaker of course), i finally got bored and moved on. plus, i really wanted a big screen. so i got a gn2 about a month ago, and rooted it on my mac two weeks ago using the CWM/mac/heimdall method. i have been running the stock-but-rooted rom, and not put on a custom rom yet. i have no real good reason for this, but for pure educational purposes and a desire for complete control, and/or warranty reason should they arise, i would like to do a full unroot and restore a stock rom. BUT everywhere I look, I can easily find every possible stock rom from every carrier and every country... except at&t (sgh-i317). i know i can use other that are similar. but my question is, WHY is what is potentially the most common/popular rom of them all, NOT widely available?
second question is: ok, so it's hard to find. but does it exist at all? if so, where? i tried to flash this one, (not allowed to post the link), using the CWM console that got put on the phone when I rooted it, but is fails every time I try saying the file or rom is "bad". is it bad, or do I need to do something else? FWIW, the fail flashings of this rom do no brick my phone. it reboots normally to the stock rooted rom i've been using since I rooted it two weeks.
oops, looks like i can't post links but the sgh-i317 rom i found was at a well-known net repository of stock roms
-peter
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I had to do a double take and make sure I wasnt writing this post. I am in almost the same boat under similar circumstances. I have been waiting for the stock rom for 2 months . I got my AT&T Note 2 in November and went through the root process and had a problem somewhere along the way and had to use a custom rom to get up and running again. Since then I have waited patiently for a stock rom to show up that would get me back to normal . My phone has been working , but my signal strength is bad and I can show 3 bars on my phone , but when I go to make a call , it drops to zero and I cannot make a call . This happens at work all the time and at home most of the times. My incoming calls are not accepted and are routed to my voice mail , which I cant listen to until I get to an area where I get a better signal . I cannot live like this for 2 years , I need this fixed . Just want to get back to stock , with no root , no custom roms , etc . I never had this problem with my iphone ! Love the Note 2 , but come on man!

Buckeyeken said:
I had to do a double take and make sure I wasnt writing this post. I am in almost the same boat under similar circumstances. I have been waiting for the stock rom for 2 months . I got my AT&T Note 2 in November and went through the root process and had a problem somewhere along the way and had to use a custom rom to get up and running again. Since then I have waited patiently for a stock rom to show up that would get me back to normal . My phone has been working , but my signal strength is bad and I can show 3 bars on my phone , but when I go to make a call , it drops to zero and I cannot make a call . This happens at work all the time and at home most of the times. My incoming calls are not accepted and are routed to my voice mail , which I cant listen to until I get to an area where I get a better signal . I cannot live like this for 2 years , I need this fixed . Just want to get back to stock , with no root , no custom roms , etc . I never had this problem with my iphone ! Love the Note 2 , but come on man!
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Why not flash cleanrom att special edition and the correct modem. I have not had any issues with his rom. Did you do a backup of the stock rom before you flashed a custom rom? If you did go back to your stock backup.

www.stockroms.net

so i see we're all pretty junior here. none of the experienced folks have chimed in here yet.
getting back on topic, you could make a case that the att stock rom could/should be the most widely used rom in the entire gn2 world. yet it does not appear to be widely available, when the most obscure ones are. why is this?
-peter

thank you for posting that link, "member", because i couldn't. that's where i got the one that gives a "bad" or "corrupt" when i try to flash it in the CWM console.
sooo, is it corrupt? or is it user error on my part where i have to do something to the .zip file to make the CWM flash console able to use it? or do i have to flash it with mobile odin, (which i don't know how to use, yet).
-peter

ok member, i just unzipped the sgh-i317 file from stockroms and there is a .tar file in there, but "kies" is in the name of it. does that mean i have to use kies to flash it?
-peter

Hey so the only way to get back stock ATT (well the only way I know) is through ODIN. So follow these steps if you want your old AT&T unroot back, then root it again for a stock root experience.
http://galaxynote2root.com/galaxy-n...ootunbrick-galaxy-note-2-with-stock-firmware/
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And that .tar file is read only by odin I believe. I do not think you can flash it through CWM or TWRP, but I am fairly new to android (last 2 weeks, and before that 6 years of iOS). So I could be wrong.

UrbanLagoon said:
Hey so the only way to get back stock ATT (well the only way I know) is through ODIN. So follow these steps if you want your old AT&T unroot back, then root it again for a stock root experience.
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i'm already living the stock root experience. no custom roms, just the stock root from galaxynote2root web site, except i have a mac, so i used the heimdall front end max said to use.
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UrbanLagoon said:
And that .tar file is read only by odin I believe. I do not think you can flash it through CWM or TWRP, but I am fairly new to android (last 2 weeks, and before that 6 years of iOS). So I could be wrong.
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you sound almost like me. was with ios from the beginning, (and palm/treos before that), and i just went to android a month ago. been rooted on the stock root rom for last two.
-peter

What are you talking about? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2070105

SmiLey497 said:
What are you talking about? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2070105
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He wants completely stock, as shipped. That's how I understand it anyway.
For pcrussell50, you'll use Heimdall to flash that .tar file. I use Windows so I've never used Heimdall, so I definitely cannot help you with it. Good luck!

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2020607

success... i think. used mobile odinPRO to flash the rom on stockroms net then rebooted in to download mode and sure enough, there is no longer a binary count, where it used to read "1" and it shows the binaries as stock. a further check under settings>about device>status, all the way at the bottom shows device status: normal. it used to say device status: modified until this flash of the stock rom from stockroms.
now the mystery... am i still rooted? SU, Ti backup, triangle away (which i never used), and mobile odinPRO icons are still on the home screen. i do not know if these things go away automatically after unrooting or if they still hang around. but when i try to boot into the CWM recovery mode, (volume up-center home-power it boots to a similar, but stock looking interface. that makes me think it's unrooted now.
overall pretty satisfied. i'll roll like this for a few days and try to pick up the new ota update and re-root again.
thx, peter

even more success...
i picked up the ota update to 4.1.2 just as if it was totally stock--so i think now i AM totally stock, after waking up this morning rooted, and spending parts of today unrooting back to factory stock. so now i know i can do it. i'll re-root here again when i can get some time. thanks all, and i'll try to help anyone else in my boat as best i can.
-att gn2 sgh-i317, now running 4.1.2
-rooted to stock rom, then unrooted
-using a mac for rooting/syncing
regards,
-peter

pcrussell50 said:
success... i think. used mobile odinPRO to flash the rom on stockroms net then rebooted in to download mode and sure enough, there is no longer a binary count, where it used to read "1" and it shows the binaries as stock. a further check under settings>about device>status, all the way at the bottom shows device status: normal. it used to say device status: modified until this flash of the stock rom from stockroms.
now the mystery... am i still rooted? SU, Ti backup, triangle away (which i never used), and mobile odinPRO icons are still on the home screen. i do not know if these things go away automatically after unrooting or if they still hang around. but when i try to boot into the CWM recovery mode, (volume up-center home-power it boots to a similar, but stock looking interface. that makes me think it's unrooted now.
overall pretty satisfied. i'll roll like this for a few days and try to pick up the new ota update and re-root again.
thx, peter
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If im reading this correctly u used mobile odin.in that app is a feature called ever root if u had that "ticked" it will retain root...there is a app in playstore u can cheak if u have root
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using xda premium

twanskys204 said:
If im reading this correctly u used mobile odin.in that app is a feature called ever root if u had that "ticked" it will retain root...there is a app in playstore u can cheak if u have root
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using xda premium
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i must not have had it ticked, because after reading your post above, i went to odin (still on my phone) and tried to open it and it told me i need to have root (super user) to use it. it said no such thing when i was rooted, so at this point i _think_ i'm not rooted. i'll look for the app in the app store for even more confirmation.
normally i'm not such a blabbermouth with posting, but i need to get up to 10 so i can post links. then you might not hear from me as much unless i actually have something of value to contribute.
-peter

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pcrussell50 said:
i'm already living the stock root experience. no custom roms, just the stock root from galaxynote2root web site, except i have a mac, so i used the heimdall front end max said to use.
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you sound almost like me. was with ios from the beginning, (and palm/treos before that), and i just went to android a month ago. been rooted on the stock root rom for last two.
-peter
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So glad I left iOS. Even with a jailbreak it's nothing compared to android. I been rooted since day 1 and now I'm running the type 3 international stock rom by micosa. It's beautiful! Love the inverted apps for battery saving! I also have a swift flow beta keyboard and I lowered the height of the keyboard so there is more screen real estate with the keyboard up. And with s pen board switcher, I can go to handwriting mode as soon as I pull out s pen!
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[Q] I think my S4 got bricked

Hi all,
from a big smile to sad face... that is how it's been for the past 24 hours
I rooted the phone then went to back up the stock rom after that wiped data, cache, dalvik then went on trying to instal Omega 4.0 and suddenly i got this message my external sd is unreadable. rebooted the phone and noticed that it takes me directly to the downloader screen. i tried to fix the phone by bringing it back to it's stock condition but no luck. I used Odin and so far it's the only thing the phone responds to but no luck with fixing it... I am trying to download the official stock fw hint this link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2267895
but it stops and never finishes the whole amount of data... this seems the only way for me revive my phone back to life!
any suggestions what should I do now? it stopped showing the downloader screen now since I flashed the kernel drive for the S4 through Odin and now shows the black screen with the "Samsung Galaxy S4" writing.
by the way it keeps telling me that my phone isn't rooted but I did root it! am using twrp recovery.
I just got the phone from t-mobile 2 days ago and am debating on returning the phone back to them as the phone is still bootable to the recovery and that might revoke my warranty "i guess?"
Is it possible just to walk in to t-mobile store and swap the phone with another one since it didn't pass the 2 weeks returning window? I also got the phone insurance for it.
Please help, I sure need my phone back in working condition...

Omega 4 is for the octa core so thats why your phone bricked. If you can grt into download mode odin the stock files. If you can get into recovery try flashing a rom made for the phone. Dont freak out just read read read and youll be fine.

cwalker0906 said:
Omega 4 is for the octa core so thats why your phone bricked. If you can grt into download mode odin the stock files. If you can get into recovery try flashing a rom made for the phone. Dont freak out just read read read and youll be fine.
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ayeeee ppl trying to reach me over the phone and they can't because of this stupid brick! well stupid me because I didn't know that Omega is for Octa core phone version... Yeah I can get it to download mode and recovery mode but is it possible just flash the stock file from the recovery instead of odin? I am waiting for that stock fw download to finish hint it's on hotfile and going in turtle speed!

your bricked, im pretty sure flashing stock wont help you (hasnt from my past experience) but doesnt hurt to give it a try.
i dont think will just give you another one, even though its in the two week window, because its your fault and not the result of hardware failure. the age old "oh i updated and not it wont turn on" probably wont wort because there are little to none reports of that happening. plus (and this is me assuming, correct me if im wrong) but when in download mode it probably shows custom status, which auto voids any warranty. but once again, doesnt hurt to try.
Unfortunately, from my past experience, your SOL

If the phone turns on and has download and recovery you are not bricked....only soft brick and the odin file should work. Just be patient and wait for it to finish

TheAtheistOtaku said:
your bricked, im pretty sure flashing stock wont help you (hasnt from my past experience) but doesnt hurt to give it a try.
i dont think will just give you another one, even though its in the two week window, because its your fault and not the result of hardware failure. the age old "oh i updated and not it wont turn on" probably wont wort because there are little to none reports of that happening. plus (and this is me assuming, correct me if im wrong) but when in download mode it probably shows custom status, which auto voids any warranty. but once again, doesnt hurt to try.
Unfortunately, from my past experience, your SOL
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yeah i have that feeling but again nothing hurts trying... i hope something will work out
thanks for the cheer up though :good: lol

You can get to download mode so don't worry a bit.just flash stock with odin(is odin available for s4?)
Sent from my LT30p using xda premium

cwalker0906 said:
If the phone turns on and has download and recovery you are not bricked....only soft brick and the odin file should work. Just be patient and wait for it to finish
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fingers crossed!

josephnero said:
You can get to download mode so don't worry a bit.just flash stock with odin(is odin available for s4?)
Sent from my LT30p using xda premium
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I used odin for the flashing in the beginning i think i have odin v307
I am waiting right now for the download to finish, been waiting for the past 2 hours even though it's slow transfer but steady 250kbps, i failed doing that with the fast link and tried it over 15 times! no luck

theatheistotaku said:
your bricked, im pretty sure flashing stock wont help you (hasnt from my past experience) but doesnt hurt to give it a try.
I dont think will just give you another one, even though its in the two week window, because its your fault and not the result of hardware failure. The age old "oh i updated and not it wont turn on" probably wont wort because there are little to none reports of that happening. Plus (and this is me assuming, correct me if im wrong) but when in download mode it probably shows custom status, which auto voids any warranty. But once again, doesnt hurt to try.
Unfortunately, from my past experience, your sol
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yes unbricked!!!

Should I proceed with the rooting again and recover the rom then instal CM rom?

Glad you got your phone back....knew you would like I said only a soft brick....if you do continue and please read always so you know what you are doing before you do it afterall these phones are expensive

redshark80 said:
Should I proceed with the rooting again and recover the rom then instal CM rom?
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Yeah go ahead and root again just be careful with the rom you flash make sure its for m919. I stayed with stock because no rom has the options that came with the phone such as motions and gestures and the camera.
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cwalker0906 said:
Glad you got your phone back....knew you would like I said only a soft brick....if you do continue and please read always so you know what you are doing before you do it afterall these phones are expensive
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Thanks! indeed they are expensive

atlprettygirl2145 said:
Yeah go ahead and root again just be careful with the rom you flash make sure its for m919. I stayed with stock because no rom has the options that came with the phone such as motions and gestures and the camera.
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I just did the motochopper method and as I am reading now about the possibility of loosing your root access by future OTAs so am planning to flash that file that keeps your root safe even from future updates "SetUID Restriction" I will prolly keep my basic rom and wait for something better in future.
Thanks

atlprettygirl2145 said:
Yeah go ahead and root again just be careful with the rom you flash make sure its for m919. I stayed with stock because no rom has the options that came with the phone such as motions and gestures and the camera.
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Ummm all TW ROMS on the development forum have the exact same features that come with the phone except they're tweaked....

whytechapel_x said:
Ummm all TW ROMS on the development forum have the exact same features that come with the phone except they're tweaked....
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would you suggest me instal the CM? I am debating over here and for sure I will make a good use with the space that can free if I do... hint I have a 64gb msd installed on the phone
the motochopper root didn't go through by the way so I used odin and patched twrp plus did the SetUID restriction thing.
thnx

redshark80 said:
would you suggest me instal the CM? I am debating over here and for sure I will make a good use with the space that can free if I do... hint I have a 64gb msd installed on the phone
the motochopper root didn't go through by the way so I used odin and patched twrp plus did the SetUID restriction thing.
thnx
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Well if you want to flash CyanogenMod, make sure its for the m919. I'm kinda lost though, did you still want all the features that Touchwiz has like air gesture, motions etc? Or you don't care for those?

whytechapel_x said:
Well if you want to flash CyanogenMod, make sure its for the m919. I'm kinda lost though, did you still want all the features that Touchwiz has like air gesture, motions etc? Or you don't care for those?
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am not really decided about that, does it really matter? all i care about is the blazing speed, low battery consumption and for sure the freedom of moving all the apps to the extSD ... I think all these new features are gimmick and it may take another generation for it to get the best of it. I picked S4 over the HTC one just because the 1080p feature and the funny thing is that I missed on there is no HDMI port on this phone! lol no biggie
tell me more about the touchwiz kernel, is it worth it? I don't see many CRs out there at the moment

redshark80 said:
am not really decided about that, does it really matter? all i care about is the blazing speed, low battery consumption and for sure the freedom of moving all the apps to the extSD ... I think all these new features are gimmick and it may take another generation for it to get the best of it. I picked S4 over the HTC one just because the 1080p feature and the funny thing is that I missed on there is no HDMI port on this phone! lol no biggie
tell me more about the touchwiz kernel, is it worth it? I don't see many CRs out there at the moment
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Well right now I don't think CM is as stable compared to a TW ROM. FYI there are a lot or ROMS as of now. You have Wicked, Infamous, Darth Stalker, Deathstar. There is also faux and ktoonez kernal available for TW. As for the extsd, you will need to format the card to fat32 for the phone to read it properly.