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GPS dead

I recently flashed Hellfire ROM in ROM Manager. I noticed that my GPS was not working so I restored my backup of Root66. GPS still wasn't working. It worked fine just before I flashed Hellfire. I Odined back to stock ICS. Still nothing. Here's the thing - I just had to RMA my phone because the same thing happened and I couldn't get it working. I'm not sure what ROM did it on the first phone. What causes this? What is the fix? Is it similar to the Iost IMEI issue?

jmvhbassist said:
I recently flashed Hellfire ROM in ROM Manager. I noticed that my GPS was not working so I restored my backup of Root66. GPS still wasn't working. It worked fine just before I flashed Hellfire. I Odined back to stock ICS. Still nothing. Here's the thing - I just had to RMA my phone because the same thing happened and I couldn't get it working. I'm not sure what ROM did it on the first phone. What causes this? What is the fix? Is it similar to the Iost IMEI issue?
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RMA?
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There is some kind of issue on our s3 . While switching roms you might loose gps and imei too. Wipe everything , use triangle away to set counter at 0, and odin. This will surely get u gps. I have done it lll

bikrame said:
RMA?
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There is some kind of issue on our s3 . While switching roms you might loose gps and imei too. Wipe everything , use triangle away to set counter at 0, and odin. This will surely get u gps. I have done it lll
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RMA = Return Merchandise Authorization. Warranty exchange.
Triangle away is done. I used Odin to go back to stock ICS. I'm stumped. I still have my IMEI. I had that issue on my first phone. When I got this one, the first thing I did was create a backup of the EFS partition just in case. Is there any GPS information in the EFS? Would doing a restore help?

jmvhbassist said:
RMA = Return Merchandise Authorization. Warranty exchange.
Triangle away is done. I used Odin to go back to stock ICS. I'm stumped. I still have my IMEI. I had that issue on my first phone. When I got this one, the first thing I did was create a backup of the EFS partition just in case. Is there any GPS information in the EFS? Would doing a restore help?
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I think EFS is only for IMEI. GpS is different thing.
Was it working when you got this phone ?
May be your gps antenna is gone

bikrame said:
I think EFS is only for IMEI. GpS is different thing.
Was it working when you got this phone ?
May be your gps antenna is gone
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It was working perfectly. I used it less than an hour before I flashed Hellfire ROM. Needed navigation because I was lost lol. I thought my GPS antenna was gone in my original gs3 but now I'm not so sure. This one is acting just like the first one. I try all the fixes I can find, Odin, triangle away, clear data from google services, uninstall updates from maps and on and on. Nothing works. I must be missing something.

jmvhbassist said:
It was working perfectly. I used it less than an hour before I flashed Hellfire ROM. Needed navigation because I was lost lol. I thought my GPS antenna was gone in my original gs3 but now I'm not so sure. This one is acting just like the first one. I try all the fixes I can find, Odin, triangle away, clear data from google services, uninstall updates from maps and on and on. Nothing works. I must be missing something.
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Ok here is what I did when I tried some aosp roms
Downloaded ICS untouched odin file (not rooted or modified roms )
Used triangle away and set counter to 0.
Wipe internal sd , data , system , cache and delvik.
Get into download mode manually and odin ics firmware.
This get my gps back ( first time took some time )
Then reflashed odin root66 rooted latesg JB firmware.
And my gpa sometimes take some time but works well.

Here is a simple GPS fix that may also work. Many people have tried this method with great success.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2201668

jmvhbassist said:
I recently flashed Hellfire ROM in ROM Manager. I noticed that my GPS was not working so I restored my backup of Root66. GPS still wasn't working. It worked fine just before I flashed Hellfire. I Odined back to stock ICS. Still nothing. Here's the thing - I just had to RMA my phone because the same thing happened and I couldn't get it working. I'm not sure what ROM did it on the first phone. What causes this? What is the fix? Is it similar to the Iost IMEI issue?
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Another option is to flash the synergy rom...I lost gps with one of the 4.2.2 roms my crack flashing addiction had me go to and lost it....flashed synergy multi window and got it back...theres a thread somewhere talks about it and going to synergy then back to ur 4.2 rom keeps gps...hope that helps
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You can try this method too!! :thumbup:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2196410
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Thanks for the ideas to try. I've been away for a couple days. New job working for Jawbone and between working and looking for a new place...
I flashed back to stock ICS after using triangle away then wiped data, cache and Delvik. Used it for a couple days with no success. I'll try the last two and tightening the crews as a last resort. I'll keep u all posted.
Thanks again!

bikrame said:
RMA?
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There is some kind of issue on our s3 . While switching roms you might loose gps and imei too. Wipe everything , use triangle away to set counter at 0, and odin. This will surely get u gps. I have done it lll
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Does this same issue effect all SGS3 running any Roms??
Because I'm running liquid smooth Rom and noticed whilst using my navigation the other day that it couldn't find my GPS signal.
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Going from 4.2 back to 4.1 can have this effect just so that you all are aware in the future.
I do not know if this is true to avoid the risk or not: I think someone mentioned that to avoid the high risk of this happening, you odin back, then flash another 4.1 ROM.

bikrame said:
RMA?
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There is some kind of issue on our s3 . While switching roms you might loose gps and imei too. Wipe everything , use triangle away to set counter at 0, and odin. This will surely get u gps. I have done it lll
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Don_Perrignon said:
Going from 4.2 back to 4.1 can have this effect just so that you all are aware in the future.
I do not know if this is true to avoid the risk or not: I think someone mentioned that to avoid the high risk of this happening, you odin back, then flash another 4.1 ROM.
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It happened to me twice .. from 4.2 to 4.1 .. I fact GPS and twice lost IMEI number. Flashing sometimes can have bad outcome.. But searching and reading most likely fine good resolution. Most of the time I ended up super wiping then flashing back to the orig stock, then went all was working on stock. Then restore and all was working for me. It is sometimes the nature of the beast with flashing . Super wipe > Odin to orig stock > root > then restore. should do the Job.

Success! I flashed Vanilla Root Box and GPS worked. I've since flashed a different ROM and GPS id still good.
Thanks for all the help and input everyone!

dead gps
Ive lost GPS as well, completely dead. Ive tried ODIN stock firmware, different builds, full wipe and everything, nothing so far. Maybe I should try flashing this Rootbox or that 4.1.2 rom as stated before...
Do you think resetting the flashcounter makes a difference? thats the only thing I didnt do.

kimbo1986 said:
Ive lost GPS as well, completely dead. Ive tried ODIN stock firmware, different builds, full wipe and everything, nothing so far. Maybe I should try flashing this Rootbox or that 4.1.2 rom as stated before...
Do you think resetting the flashcounter makes a difference? thats the only thing I didnt do.
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Im in the same boat. I dont even get a gps icon in status bar. Tried stock odin and nothing. Ill give root box a chance. Even though I think thats the problem. Going from tw to aosp then back to tw
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Flash rootbox it worked! That was weird, I super wiped and odin stock firmware and nothing, I flash Rootbox Vanilla and viola gps back :0 weird
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[solved] Does T999UVDMD5 lag on your phone?

It all started here:
http://support.t-mobile.com/thread/44716
I griped on the T-Mobile forums about the struggle I've had in finding a smooth ROM for my T999. And I made an off-handed comment in another thread that got me pointed in the right direction hopefully. I'm looking for other T999 owners that have this problem.
The problem on DMD5 is all related to (apparently) intensive tasks. Playing games, mostly. Temple Run 2 and Fruit Ninja, neither of which are all that intensive, were nigh-on unplayable. Other games like Scramble with Friends would lag and stutter a bit, too. So after a lot of searching, I reverted to a pre-rooted T999UVDLJC with the matching baseband, so that way my phone doesn't try to update itself OTA. And performance is pretty good. But I'd like to think that I'm not alone, and I found I'm not alone in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2326763&page=33
At the bottom of this page and the top of the next one, I found at least one kindred spirit that has a rev0 phone and has the same issue with DMD5.
NO other ROM has this issue. I've tried all of the official Samsung ROMs and I have tried official CM10.1 nightlies and the official 10.1 stable release and performance is very good on all of them. But it took a huge serious nosedive on T999UVDMD5.
So I'm curious about two things:
Does DMD5 run well on your phone? Particularly with games - that's where it was most notable, but even TWLauncher is laggy for me.
How old is your phone? According to the box for my phone it was built 6/30/2012.
If you are affected, could you help us all out on the T-Mobile support forum, and post a message in my thread at the top of the page? If we can get T-Mo and/or Samsung to look into it maybe we won't get left behind. I plan on using this phone for another year or more and I'd rather get the official updates in the future, too.
Update July 6, 2013: I found out thanks to help from people in this thread that I can run mismatched modem firmware/ROM and with the JLC modem on MD5 ROM, my phone runs fantastic. Or at least it has for about 2 hours - usually issues have shown themselves by now, and since they haven't cropped up I'm calling this resolved.

When you were on MD5, how did you update to it? OTA? Odin? Recovery flashable ROM?
And how much data have you been carrying over? (When did you last wipe data/factory reset, without restoring backups?)
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Btw, I'm on MD5, completely stock right now. Hw is Rev. 0
I get very little lag, if any, ever. Simple games or even intensive games run very fluidly for me.
For example, I just got Man of Steel when it went on sale and it works almost perfectly. Disney, Gameloft, EA games have all worked just fine.
The only MD5 issues I've seen around here seem to occur when someone is using a mixed build with the MD5 radio. And then its only been reports of heat issues and slight battery issues. Haven't seen much of anything regarding poor performance.
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Please do not check "yes this is a question" if it is "info gathering" as all Q's are moved to Q&A. I will edit the title for you.
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DocHoliday77 said:
When you were on MD5, how did you update to it? OTA? Odin? Recovery flashable ROM?
And how much data have you been carrying over? (When did you last wipe data/factory reset, without restoring backups?)
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Btw, I'm on MD5, completely stock right now. Hw is Rev. 0
I get very little lag, if any, ever. Simple games or even intensive games run very fluidly for me.
For example, I just got Man of Steel when it went on sale and it works almost perfectly. Disney, Gameloft, EA games have all worked just fine.
The only MD5 issues I've seen around here seem to occur when someone is using a mixed build with the MD5 radio. And then its only been reports of heat issues and slight battery issues. Haven't seen much of anything regarding poor performance.
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I've tried all of the above. I even let Kies install it once. I've used TriangleAway and Odin to install 4.0.4 and let it do all the OTAs. Iv'e done factory resets and I've told setup not to restore my data to the phone and started from scratch. I used a flashable ZIP with the pre-rooted ROM, and when I did that I also got the DMD5 modem flashable ZIP to go along with it. I've tried not rooted. I've tried custom kernels, and I've tried stock. Odin completely stock and flashable zip totally customized. I've played with custom DMD5-based ROMs with the v6 script and I've tried not. I'm way out of ideas right now.
Sorry, @kennyglass123, I didn't realize I'd checked that box.
Starting to think all of them have "rev 0" for the CPU identifier, so that may not be the way to tell who has what.

Just to be clear, did you ever Factory Reset, then Odin flash MD5 (not mobile odin btw), and factory reset again to ensure internal sd was cleaned out too? If for MD5, you only flashed the Rom and Modem, you would have been on a mixed build. Also, many devs suggest waiting an hour before starting with any testing or reconfiguring. I'm not convinced this is always necessary, but they do usually kno more than me!
Don't get me wrong. I'm not trying to argue against your point, just to make sure not only that you've covered all angles, but that anyone who wants to back up your claim has also done the same.
As for the revision number, it may still be relevant as mine would have been among the first built too. We would need to find at least several others with the same, and different, to know for sure if it matters here.
Its always possible too that you got the unlucky pick of the hardware. (Just as possible though that I got a lucky pick)
Anyway, if you really are having that bad of problems with it, you may want to check if its still under warranty. I don't believe its the norm though.
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Yeah I'm pretty sure, but I'm willing to do anything at this point. I'll do it again. I've stashed the Odin tar.md5 file on my backup hard drive, so I'll back up my working config and flash it again. Worst case scenario is that I re-root it, re-install recovery, and then restore my backup. Should take an hour max.

Use the root66 version of the firmware. Its pre rooted and is what I am running right now. Root alone won't have any negative effect, but will allow for much better troubleshooting.
Aside from that, keep it as clean from restored data as possible. Even a single corrupted contact entry can cause services to hang and eat up resources. I wouldn't even flash a recovery until you're ready to restore something.
(I use Mobile Odin Pro and it almost completely replaces the need for cwm or twrp. The only thing it can't do yet is make a nandroid backup.)
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DocHoliday77 said:
Use the root66 version of the firmware. Its pre rooted and is what I am running right now. Root alone won't have any negative effect, but will allow for much better troubleshooting.
Aside from that, keep it as clean from restored data as possible. Even a single corrupted contact entry can cause services to hang and eat up resources. I wouldn't even flash a recovery until you're ready to restore something.
(I use Mobile Odin Pro and it almost completely replaces the need for cwm or twrp. The only thing it can't do yet is make a nandroid backup.)
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So the root66 is an Odin image? I assume you're talking about this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1771687
I've got it downloading now. Thanks for all your suggestions. I've not heard of Mobile Odin Pro, is it a custom recovery?
Whoops - found the Mobile Odin thread on XDA and got the lite version and the T999 flashing kernel. I'll give it a go.

Regarding The AOSP MD5 issues: the same thing is happening to me on stock. Have to use LJC or the battery sucks. What are your reboot habits like?
DocHoliday said:
If for MD5, you only flashed the Rom and Modem, you would have been on a mixed build. Also, many devs suggest waiting an hour before starting with any testing or reconfiguring. I'm not convinced this is always necessary, but they do usually kno more than me!
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There is no possible way it could be necessary. Proof or it's placebo.

DeerSteak said:
So the root66 is an Odin image? I assume you're talking about this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1771687
I've got it downloading now. Thanks for all your suggestions. I've not heard of Mobile Odin Pro, is it a custom recovery?
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Yes, root66 is basically just 100% stock firmware, only rooted. Itll download as a .7z file. Just extract it and use the .tar.md5. You have the correct thread.
Mobile Odin is one of my all time favorite apps. Its from Chainfire if you are familiar with him. (SuperSU)
Its not a recovery exactly. What it does is reboots using what's called a flash kernel. This allows it to flash firmware like PC Odin, but also can flash roms that are made for recovery flashing. It doesn't replace the stock recovery like cwm/twrp either, so it also won't trip the flash counter. (I know that doesn't really matter with Triangle Away available (also by Chainfire)).
The only two drawbacks, (minor imo) are that it can't create nandroids, and it doesn't flash the FULL firmware (this is by design though).
I wouldn't bother with it right now, but definitely check it out after testing all this. Theres a free, lite, version here on xda. Ill send more info from my computer later.
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DeerSteak said:
Whoops - found the Mobile Odin thread on XDA and got the lite version and the T999 flashing kernel. I'll give it a go.
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Don't use Mobile Odin for testin right now. It doesn't flash the full firmware.
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DocHoliday77 said:
Yes, root66 is basically just 100% stock firmware, only rooted. Itll download as a .7z file. Just extract it and use the .tar.md5. You have the correct thread.
Mobile Odin is one of my all time favorite apps. Its from Chainfire if you are familiar with him. (SuperSU)
Its not a recovery exactly. What it does is reboots using what's called a flash kernel. This allows it to flash firmware like PC Odin, but also can flash roms that are made for recovery flashing. It doesn't replace the stock recovery like cwm/twrp either, so it also won't trip the flash counter. (I know that doesn't really matter with Triangle Away available (also by Chainfire)).
The only two drawbacks, (minor imo) are that it can't create nandroids, and it doesn't flash the FULL firmware (this is by design though).
I wouldn't bother with it right now, but definitely check it out after testing all this. Theres a free, lite, version here on xda. Ill send more info from my computer later.
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Don't use Mobile Odin for testin right now. It doesn't flash the full firmware.
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OK awesome, I will check it out. I think what I'm going to do right now is just reset the flash counter, flash the Odin image, and then factory reset and set it up as a new phone. Does that sound reasonable? If I reboot into CWM after triangle away, it trips the flash counter again, at least that's what it seems to do, so I can't do anything other than reboot to download after Triangle Away.

Aerowinder said:
Regarding The AOSP MD5 issues: the same thing is happening to me on stock. Have to use LJC or the battery sucks. What are your reboot habits like?
There is no possible way it could be necessary. Proof or it's placebo.
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I don't reboot unless the battery dies, or I was rebooting a lot when I was on MD5 trying to get stuff to work well. Generally I try not to mess with a good thing.

DeerSteak said:
OK awesome, I will check it out. I think what I'm going to do right now is just reset the flash counter, flash the Odin image, and then factory reset and set it up as a new phone. Does that sound reasonable? If I reboot into CWM after triangle away, it trips the flash counter again, at least that's what it seems to do, so I can't do anything other than reboot to download after Triangle Away.
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That sounds fine. Remember, if you factory reset with stock recovery installed, it will wipe internal sdcard.
As long as you have cwm or twrp, the flash counter will always be at 1. I wouldn't worry about that for now though. It won't affect overall operation.
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DocHoliday77 said:
That sounds fine. Remember, if you factory reset with stock recovery installed, it will wipe internal sdcard.
As long as you have cwm or twrp, the flash counter will always be at 1. I wouldn't worry about that for now though. It won't affect overall operation.
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OK, I won't mess with it too much then. I've backed up my internal storage already and I've backed up my SMS using SMS Backup and Restore. That thing has been very handy keeping copies of my texts while I screw with this.

Cool, sounds like you're good to go! Good luck! And let us know how things seem to be acting after flashing.
Don't forget to factory reset after flashing md5.
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OK I got as far as the factory reset and then it was time to paint. My daughter's bedroom wasn't going to paint itself. I finally came back to the phone and it was patiently waiting for me to log in. I logged in and installed just a couple apps while I ate lunch, and then it sat until we were done painting and cleaning up. Logged into Facebook and Twitter, set up Google Now and updated Samsung apps. Once all that was done, I fired up Temple Run 2 and it was OK at first, but within 3-4 minutes it was choppy and laggy again. The phone never got warm to the touch. It just ran poorly. I exited out and killed all apps with the built-in task manager, and went back to the game. Not really any better. It's just super choppy. I even turned down all the graphics options in the settings for the game and that made zero difference.
Eventually I gave up. Restored my 4.1.1 backup, fired up some stuff, performance was great. It's just the combination of my phone and that software. No idea what it is at this point. I do appreciate all the assistance you guys have lent me.
Right now I'm on T-mo and was waiting out the 60 days before I ported my wife's number in to my account. Now that that's over, I'll eventually port in her number. She's extremely happy with her iPhone 4s and insists she's not interested in an iPhone 5, so what I'll probably do is use the ability to get new hardware as an excuse to get a Galaxy S4. WHen I first came to T-mo I just got a SIM and bought the phone used - found out later on that I should have just bought a phone through T-mo because I can't get a new phone on a payment plan for a year unless it's as part of a new line. She'll be a new line, so I'll get a phone.
This hasn't put me off on Samsung or even on the GS3 - it's just my phone has a weird issue of some sort. And the people here have been super awesome. Thanks tons for all your advice. In the meantime I'll run JLC and leave well enough alone.

DeerSteak said:
OK I got as far as the factory reset and then it was time to paint. My daughter's bedroom wasn't going to paint itself. I finally came back to the phone and it was patiently waiting for me to log in. I logged in and installed just a couple apps while I ate lunch, and then it sat until we were done painting and cleaning up. Logged into Facebook and Twitter, set up Google Now and updated Samsung apps. Once all that was done, I fired up Temple Run 2 and it was OK at first, but within 3-4 minutes it was choppy and laggy again. The phone never got warm to the touch. It just ran poorly. I exited out and killed all apps with the built-in task manager, and went back to the game. Not really any better. It's just super choppy. I even turned down all the graphics options in the settings for the game and that made zero difference.
Eventually I gave up. Restored my 4.1.1 backup, fired up some stuff, performance was great. It's just the combination of my phone and that software. No idea what it is at this point. I do appreciate all the assistance you guys have lent me.
Right now I'm on T-mo and was waiting out the 60 days before I ported my wife's number in to my account. Now that that's over, I'll eventually port in her number. She's extremely happy with her iPhone 4s and insists she's not interested in an iPhone 5, so what I'll probably do is use the ability to get new hardware as an excuse to get a Galaxy S4. WHen I first came to T-mo I just got a SIM and bought the phone used - found out later on that I should have just bought a phone through T-mo because I can't get a new phone on a payment plan for a year unless it's as part of a new line. She'll be a new line, so I'll get a phone.
This hasn't put me off on Samsung or even on the GS3 - it's just my phone has a weird issue of some sort. And the people here have been super awesome. Thanks tons for all your advice. In the meantime I'll run JLC and leave well enough alone.
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Before you give up, try debloating your install. I will PM you a link to the one I made. Backup first.

Aerowinder said:
Before you give up, try debloating your install. I will PM you a link to the one I made. Backup first.
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OK i'll give it a go. Thanks.
Should I re-flash the MD5 modem?

I'd flash the LJC firmware, Third firmware link in my sig. LJC link is buried in the OP.

Aerowinder said:
I'd flash the LJC firmware, Third firmware link in my sig. LJC link is buried in the OP.
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OK I see it there. So I should use the LJC modem/firmware with the DMD5 debloat ROM you're going to PM the link for to me? Will they work if they're mismatched? I assumed (not that I'd bothered asking before) that they'd all have to be the same.

[Q] Mistakes were made with Titanium Backup

Hey guys, so the problem is as follows....
I rooted my T-mobile Samsung Galaxy S4 and installed Titanium Backup to delete bloatware apps. Now I've done this process countless times on other android phones in which I BACKUP first then start deleting apps. The problem is that this time I accidently forgot to do the backup and went straight into uninstalling apps. I didn't do many, most likely around 5-6. No problems were detected till i restarted my phone and noticed my lock screen. The clock and personal message had disappeared. Everything else is fine, just no sign of clock and personal message, the highlighted box is there but there is nothing there. My pattern lock and lock screen background picture is there just the clock and personal message is gone. Any suggestions?? It can be anywhere from downloading a apk file to restore the change to restoring the phone completely, thanks in advance.

driger8642 said:
Hey guys, so the problem is as follows...
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If your not too far along, which by your post I'm assuming your not, prob best just to start over fresh. You might be able to find the right apk but the time involved in tracking it down then getting it is the trade off.
also maybe you've done this / know about it, just a suggestion...use the freeze option before deleting, if I'm getting rid of something I make a back-up or get the full stock so I have it on hand, then just freeze stuff for a couple days before deleting. Found it's saved me lots of headaches from this type of thing. Then if somethings messed up just unfreeze.
Good Luck

MoodSwinger said:
If your not too far along, which by your post I'm assuming your not, prob best just to start over fresh. You might be able to find the right apk but the time involved in tracking it down then getting it is the trade off.
also maybe you've done this / know about it, just a suggestion...use the freeze option before deleting, if I'm getting rid of something I make a back-up or get the full stock so I have it on hand, then just freeze stuff for a couple days before deleting. Found it's saved me lots of headaches from this type of thing. Then if somethings messed up just unfreeze.
Good Luck
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By start fresh you mean factory restoring my phone? And/or flashing stock rom? Thanks for the reply btw, you are correct, im not that far off

I think he means using Odin to flash the stock image. You can get it from sammobile.com.
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http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/
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Android_Monsters said:
I think he means using Odin to flash the stock image. You can get it from sammobile.com.
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oh alright thanks, i will try it out and post back the result here.

Thanks guys, I used Factory Reset first to clear all the data followed by flashing the stock image using Odin and that seems to have solved my problem, thanks once again.
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[Q] Note II Bricked

I'm hoping someone here can help me. I've been having tons of trouble over the last week or so with my phone. I've had to do 2-3 factory resets, downgraded to 4.1.2, returned to stock via Odin, and tried to do the 4.4 update countless times. Every time except the last one, I got an "install interrupted" error and it wouldn't go through. On Sunday, I did yet another factory reset (I was trying to get it back to stock, everything went through, but I couldn't get it out of a loop between the AT&T logo and the Samsung logo), then suddenly the update was being pushed to my phone. I let it go through, and it completed 100% this time. And then my phone wouldn't go past the black and white Samsung Galaxy Note II screen.
I've tried everything I can think of/have found online. Battery has been pulled countless times. I left it out for about 11 hours yesterday while I was at work. I can't get into recovery mode to do a factory reset, but I can get into download mode. I've tried a TWRP recovery, attempted to put 4.1.2 back on via Odin, which worked when my phone soft-bricked a few days ago, flashed the stock firmware, I even downloaded Kies to try that but Kies 3 says my phone isn't supported and the earlier one stated my version wasn't supported.
I went into the AT&T store yesterday and both the reps and tech support couldn't fix it, which I went in expecting. I ended up having to order a new phone as mine is 2 months out of warranty, but I'm still curious on if I can get it to work. Does anyone here have any ideas? Plugging the phone in to charge just brings it to the black and white screen, but I left it on last night and drained the battery and have it charging now (I assume it's charging since plugging it in brought up that B&W screen after a few minutes, but I couldn't tell you for sure). As I have a new phone coming, I'm not too worried about trying things on this one, so any ideas are welcome. I'm relatively new to rooting and flashing, so dumbed down explanations are welcome.

The phone can charge when turned off in pretty much any situation.
Depending on the exact model and release, qFuses inside many Qualcomm SoC Samsung phones prevent the bootloaders from being downgraded through Odin; flash might fail or it just won't boot afterwards because it doesn't match the signature checked by the previous step in the boot chain.
Assuming you've successfully flashed the 4.4 bootloaders, you're going to be stuck with them.
Try flashing the correct, unmodified 4.4 ROM through Odin, boot to recovery and factory reset, reboot.
Be aware that I just checked and the AT&T one isn't out on SamMobile yet... you might have to wait a few days.
Pulling the battery for a prolonged amount of time won't change a thing unless you're dealing with a thermal or hardware issue. Same goes for charging and discharging the battery, which will only reduce the battery's useful life and capacity.

brazendynamic said:
I'm hoping someone here can help me. I've been having tons of trouble over the last week or so with my phone. I've had to do 2-3 factory resets, downgraded to 4.1.2, returned to stock via Odin, and tried to do the 4.4 update countless times. Every time except the last one, I got an "install interrupted" error and it wouldn't go through. On Sunday, I did yet another factory reset (I was trying to get it back to stock, everything went through, but I couldn't get it out of a loop between the AT&T logo and the Samsung logo), then suddenly the update was being pushed to my phone. I let it go through, and it completed 100% this time. And then my phone wouldn't go past the black and white Samsung Galaxy Note II screen.
I've tried everything I can think of/have found online. Battery has been pulled countless times. I left it out for about 11 hours yesterday while I was at work. I can't get into recovery mode to do a factory reset, but I can get into download mode. I've tried a TWRP recovery, attempted to put 4.1.2 back on via Odin, which worked when my phone soft-bricked a few days ago, flashed the stock firmware, I even downloaded Kies to try that but Kies 3 says my phone isn't supported and the earlier one stated my version wasn't supported.
I went into the AT&T store yesterday and both the reps and tech support couldn't fix it, which I went in expecting. I ended up having to order a new phone as mine is 2 months out of warranty, but I'm still curious on if I can get it to work. Does anyone here have any ideas? Plugging the phone in to charge just brings it to the black and white screen, but I left it on last night and drained the battery and have it charging now (I assume it's charging since plugging it in brought up that B&W screen after a few minutes, but I couldn't tell you for sure). As I have a new phone coming, I'm not too worried about trying things on this one, so any ideas are welcome. I'm relatively new to rooting and flashing, so dumbed down explanations are welcome.
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Follow this. http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2618447 .
I followed sections all sections 1 threw 3. At section 2 the link for the I317UCUBMK6-TZ-PARAM.zip did not work. I used this link instead.
http://www56.zippyshare.com/v/16559598/file.html
At section 3 don't be alarmed when it says it's downloading the update but it doesn't show percentages. It is downloading. In fact for me it automatically downloaded the 4.4.2 update instead of 4.3. It skipped it and went straight to kitkat. It took some time but I have Official KItkat 4.4.2.
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06SilveradoZ71 said:
Follow this. http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2618447 .
I followed sections all sections 1 threw 3. At section 2 the link for the I317UCUBMK6-TZ-PARAM.zip did not work. I used this link instead. http://d-h.st/CDK . At section 3 don't be alarmed when it says it's downloading the update but it doesn't show percentages. It is downloading. In fact for me it automatically downloaded the 4.4.2 update instead of 4.3. It skipped it and went straight to kitkat. It took some time but I have Official KItkat 4.4.2.
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The link is broken.

Did you ever get it to work yet?
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terpin32 said:
Did you ever get it to work yet?
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No. I've tried DarkShado's method and got the same thing, and can't do 06SilveradoZ71's as the link in his post is broken.

Can you get to download mode by hold vol down + power and home
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Or what couldn't get to work I did what the link said and I got it to work
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All I did was flashed back to 4.1.1 then let it set for like 5 mins then did the update then it will stick at the note 2 screen then pull the battery then put the phone into download mode then flash the mk6 bootloader then the rom will boot then just do the update again and you should be good my phone did what yours is doing and all I did was flash the mk6 bootloader and it went to the recovery screen again
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You need the full, KitKat AT&T Odin flashable ROM. Period. Don't bother with any older version.
You might want to look into making a debrick SD card, but you'll need someone with a working device to post the image. (I've mostly read about this for Qualcomm devices, but it seems to work in a similar fashion for Exynos ones.)
If your Odin ROM is missing bootloaders, it is possible to dd them from a debrick image, trim any empty space at the end with a hex editor and package them into a tarball for Odin.
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brazendynamic said:
The link is broken.
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Ill upload the file
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terpin32 said:
Did you ever get it to work yet?
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Ok i updated the link
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brazendynamic said:
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Link updated
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Looking for Odin flashable NE4(correction:NJ1) for D2ATT

I am looking for the stock 4.4.2 NE4 rom for D2ATT to flash through Odin.
A little background. Phone soft boots on me, and I am able to get into recovery. However, if I try to flash anything or restore a backup, the phone reboots. I am able to get into download mode, but can't find the correct stock file to flash. I have the recovery flashable file, but can't flash it. Every where I have searched for the Odin file has been a dead end.
This has happened to me before, and Odin did the trick. That was on 4.1.1 though which was before the bootloader changes.
Anyone have the Odin file by chance? Thanks.
[CORRECTION]: I am on the NJ1 bootloader/modem.

There is no stock firmware available for later builds.
What were you trying to do when you got to the soft brick?
Any errors when you try to flash a rom?
What roms have you tried flashing?
What is your current bootloader version?
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I was afraid of that. Actually I wasn't doing anything (this time lol). I was running the official CM nightlies (I think I flashed last week some time, coming from Pac Rom).
When I try to flash in recovery, the screen goes black several second into flashing and then reboots into a boot loop. If I try to turn on it is a boot loop as well. I am in the latest NE4 modem/bootloader version.
Edit: I was able to do a wipe in recovery before reboot. It had an error with data during the wipe. I wasn't able to get a picture in time so I don't know what the exact error was.
Edit #2: When trying to flash I get the error "cannot mount system" before it boot loops on me.

Ok so you were running cm and are trying to get back stock correct?
If I recall correctly, you need to just flash the stock recovery and factory reset from there.
You can find the stock recovery in one of enewman17's bootloader/modem threads. Let me know if you can't find it.
Not sure that'll solve it for you, but I'd say it's worth a shot.
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NE4 stock recovery.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23681161096070493
Flash from custom recovery.
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NE4 stock recovery.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23681161096070493
Flash from custom recovery.
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Thanks! Ok question for you. How will this get the stock firmware installed? I still have the problem of no Odin flashable firmware.
Edit: It looks like I am unable to get into recovery at this point. Phone just reboots.

Is it possible the phone has a problem with the power button? Was it hyper-sensitive before the bootloops started?

audit13 said:
Is it possible the phone has a problem with the power button? Was it hyper-sensitive before the bootloops started?
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That's possible. I had this issue before though, and it was fixed when I use Odin to reflash stock. Right now it's at the point where it will automatically try to boot up when I put the battery in.
Edit: The other thing I was thinking of, was possibly corrupted partitions, or perhaps the storage is corrupted/ needs formatted.
Edit#2: Just did some back reading, and realized I am on the NJ1 bootloader, which is the latest 4.4.2. I thoroughly regret upgrading, so if you are reading this and considering an update, DON'T DO IT!!!! I will update the OP and thread title accordingly.

The phone now will not stay booted in download mode either. Ends up rebooting after a couple of seconds.
I think this one is pretty much hosed, as even if I were able to unbrick it, there still is the matter of no compatible software that can be flashed. It is not my daily driver, so not the end of the world, but it still sucks. The biggest loss is several videos I took this weekend of a martial arts tournament my son was in.
Thanks so much guys for your help on this. It is much appreciated.

Sounds like you've got the faulty power button. If it tries to turn on when you insert the battery, it's a sure sign of this.
Replacements are pretty cheap if you care to try soldering it yourself. Otherwise most repair shops should be equipped to help you out.
The reason I suggested factory resetting from stock recovery is because many people have had similar issues when coming from cm. Not sure why, but it does a better job at reformatting the internal memory. After doing the reset, most people are able to boot into stock again.
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Oh, and it is possible for corruption to occur when it is constantly rebooting. I don't think it's common though. I had one that was doing exactly the same thing for over a month and I never had any data loss or corruption.
It's only a temp fix, but try blowing into the power switch with a can of compressed air. You can also try giving it a swift, gentle (but hard) tap on the edge of a wood table. (Try on both sides of the phone and around the button itself). This is how I was able to keep using mine until I got around to fixing it. Beware though, hitting it too hard, or against something with no give can easily crack the glass! Obvious, I know, but figured I should mention it anyway!
Oh and if you get it to come back on, don't even breathe on the power button! It'll be super sensitive still. I couldn't even use my case until it was fixed.
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DocHoliday77 said:
Sounds like you've got the faulty power button. If it tries to turn on when you insert the battery, it's a sure sign of this.
Replacements are pretty cheap if you care to try soldering it yourself. Otherwise most repair shops should be equipped to help you out.
The reason I suggested factory resetting from stock recovery is because many people have had similar issues when coming from cm. Not sure why, but it does a better job at reformatting the internal memory. After doing the reset, most people are able to boot into stock again.
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Oh, and it is possible for corruption to occur when it is constantly rebooting. I don't think it's common though. I had one that was doing exactly the same thing for over a month and I never had any data loss or corruption.
It's only a temp fix, but try blowing into the power switch with a can of compressed air. You can also try giving it a swift, gentle (but hard) tap on the edge of a wood table. (Try on both sides of the phone and around the button itself). This is how I was able to keep using mine until I got around to fixing it. Beware though, hitting it too hard, or against something with no give can easily crack the glass! Obvious, I know, but figured I should mention it anyway!
Oh and if you get it to come back on, don't even breathe on the power button! It'll be super sensitive still. I couldn't even use my case until it was fixed.
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Thank you. I will give that a shot.