Im getting ready to exchange but ive rooted and all that and my counter reads 4.. I can get back to unrooted and official status but worried about the counter..triangle away resets it until I reboot then its back to 4.. has anyone rooted and flashed recovery amd then exchanged successfull?
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Why are you exchanging? I'm about to send mine back too.
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Im getting ready to exchange but ive rooted and all that and my counter reads 4.. I can get back to unrooted and official status but worried about the counter..triangle away resets it until I reboot then its back to 4.. has anyone rooted and flashed recovery amd then exchanged successfull?
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im about to send mine back today as well. I have rooted but I did odin the MDL so now when I boot to download it does say "official"...but im worried that there is a flash counter somewhere that I don't know about? Any ideas? How do I check the flash counter?
what is wrong with you people ?
why are you returning ?
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what is wrong with you people ?
why are you returning ?
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My s4 has a loose frame by the volume rocker u can push it in a lil and it creaks so much. . The bezel seems to be loose.. I compared with my friends s4 and his a solid and mine feels loose and creaky
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Exchanged mines 2 days ago. T-Mobile girl didn't even check my status although I Odin'd MDL official back. I just told her crap and she exchanged it
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what is wrong with you people ?
why are you returning ?
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Mine has a camera issue. Once I move around the camera will freeze up, give me a "camera has failed" error, and sometimes cause my phone to reboot. Im getting a white one this time too.
dannyyyyy said:
Exchanged mines 2 days ago. T-Mobile girl didn't even check my status although I Odin'd MDL official back. I just told her crap and she exchanged it
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Hey first post, I am about to exchange mine as well but I do not know how to do the MDL official thing you speak of, I did this to get back onto stock http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2258628 but my phone status still says custom, any idea how to fix that? Also is there any way to change the download mode to say stock instead of custom?
Use Kies to restore it back to original. I did mine a few hours ago sucessfully. Under tool setting in Kies.
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Mine has a camera issue. Once I move around the camera will freeze up, give me a "camera has failed" error, and sometimes cause my phone to reboot. Im getting a white one this time too.
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Were you rooted? I have the same issue and wonder if it's because of flashing. I'm getting my replacement Friday.
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Were you rooted? I have the same issue and wonder if it's because of flashing. I'm getting my replacement Friday.
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Yes, I was rooted and running wicked and the camera never crashed once on the stock rom. However, that does not mean that rooting or the wicked rom itself caused the camera problems. After flashing back to original firmware my camera problem remains. I chalk it up as a hardware issue. My new on got here today and im unsure if I will root it just yet.
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Here's what has happened....
I purchased my SGS2 Saturday April 14th, I rooted it same day, I flashed TDJ Warefare. I noticed on the 4th day after getting my phone my calls started to drop like crazy. Like every other call was dropping or they couldn't hear me. So I called Tmo they walked me through troubleshooting, that didn't help. Took it back to the store where I purchased it this past weekend the sales rep said it sounds like it's a bad sim card. Ok so they changed my sim (of course I rooted again tried Jugganuats this time) and the phone was working fine until yesterday it starting dropping calls. SO I took the phone back and they switched it with a new one.
I would like to know from you all should I try rooting again?
Please don't flame me for asking this question or if it's in the wrong section of the forum.
I would just like your honest opinion as to what If I should or not and if I do, is there a solution to the dropped calls????
Thanks all
Rooting has nothing to do with your dropped calls. your first phone was defective.
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Rooting has nothing to do with your dropped calls. Make them give you a new phone.
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I did I have a new one now. I was asking should I root again? I just don't want my calls to start dropping again.
Let me ask you since it's not the rooting what do you think it could be??
Did you do a factory reset before taking it back?
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Rooting will not affect the signal or radio. Would suggest that, stay on stock ROM for a week or so and see if you get drop calls. If not, then try another ROM and if you get drop calls after that so it has to do with the ROM.
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Did you do a factory reset before taking it back?
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Yes I unrooted, factory reset and format internal sdcard just to be on the safe side. I didnt any personal stuff on there.
I had the same issue. Did the same thing you did step for step and rooted my new gsII and no problems. Musta just been a defect
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I had the same issue. Did the same thing you did step for step and rooted my new gsII and no problems. Musta just been a defect
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Ok I will give it a try again because I really like my phone being rooted
Definitely root you get more pleasures of the phone that way but drop calls I would have changed roms to test another ROM out
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Hi all,
I have not been able to get an update since I bought my S3. I keep getting that error: Communication failed. Server is currently unavailable..blah blah..see screenie.
I have seen people post that they got a replacement phone because of this, one person said ATT gave them new sim card and that fixed it. My question is, I am rooted. Should I unroot before visiting ATT? If so how exactly do I do that. How will they know I am rooted? Superuser icon they will see...but is there anything else?
Thanks
It's best to unroot. They will log that data on your phone. I hope your phone didn't trigger the triangle counter.
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I guess part of my question was, how do I unroot?
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Restore with Kies or stock unrooted ROMusing Odin?!. Use triangle away app on Market Place if you have triggered the counter and set it to zero again.
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Thank you
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How do I find out if I have triggered the counter? Whatever that means
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How do I find out if I have triggered the counter? Whatever that means
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The second you change system files, it triggers. Ie. Root
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jackryan57 said:
Hi all,
I have not been able to get an update since I bought my S3. I keep getting that error: Communication failed. Server is currently unavailable..blah blah..see screenie.
I have seen people post that they got a replacement phone because of this, one person said ATT gave them new sim card and that fixed it. My question is, I am rooted. Should I unroot before visiting ATT? If so how exactly do I do that. How will they know I am rooted? Superuser icon they will see...but is there anything else?
Thanks
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I've gotten the same error from AT&T since Ive had the first Samsung Galaxy more than 2 years back. Now I have an HTC One, moved to this from and iPhone 5, and wanted to check for an update, surprise surprise, server unavaiable. With the Samsung I remember I had to go to Samsung site, don't remember the exact site, but that is what I had to do to get the Froyo update. Yea, that long ago. Still the same.
For those of you with a hardbricked T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II (SGH-T989) then look no further for a solution. MobileTechVideos has your solution. Purchase your order for the JTag Brick Repair, they'll send you instructions on where and how to send it. You'll get up-to-date info on the status of your phone and how long the process will take. Mine took about a week and a half. But i got it back working like it was new. Thanks MobileTechVideos and i hope you all check their website out and good luck.
I just purchased last night and I am sending today. I have a question though. Does the phone come back with everything stock? Or do they just send the phone back with the ability to get into download mode?
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w1ll1am23 said:
I just purchased last night and I am sending today. I have a question though. Does the phone come back with everything stock? Or do they just send the phone back with the ability to get into download mode?
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All back to stock
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they are pretty good, Fixed mine twice! Dumb me!
Yep, same here, they fixed my hardbrick. Thanks
IT WORKED!!!
I just got my phone back and it is good to go.
I recommend using TWRP for anyone that uses this phone just so you don't have to worry about darkside wipes. Before I bricked I was using CWM recovery and the darkside stuff was just getting complicated. When my devices was out I did a lot of research on it rooting,recovery,and ROMS. When you get the phone back you can get use Superoneclick to root which I recommend because its safer than odin and I am using Liquidsmooth for my ROM.
no its wierd
w1ll1am23 said:
I just purchased last night and I am sending today. I have a question though. Does the phone come back with everything stock? Or do they just send the phone back with the ability to get into download mode?
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came back with 2.3.5 with 3.0.8 kernel. everything worked but kies didn't reconize it. just odin to stock and flash from there.
Touch wiz has stopped working... keeps on popping up on my wife's note 2. Ever since the new update. How do we Fix that?
Thanks.
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bonez537 said:
Touch wiz has stopped working... keeps on popping up on my wife's note 2. Ever since the new update. How do we Fix that?
Thanks.
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I would walk into the phone store and not leave until they give you a new device...warranty or not...
We have a staggering number of users that are reporting damaged devices after the update...and many that are getting tripped KNOX counters while taking a stock update on a completely stock device...
This update is a mess...and is the worst thing anyone could take right now...as it locks us down and voids our warranty if we even blink to many times...
Seriously...if the update broke it...take it back.....g
It is over a year old...so I doubt att would take it back...
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M919UVUFNB4
http://www.sammobile.com/2014/03/10/t-mobile-galaxy-s4s-android-4-4-2-kitkat-treat-arrives-today/
Disclaimer: I cannot be held responsible if anything happens during or after flash. You flash this on your own risk.
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Has anyone received the kitkat update for the Gs4 yet.
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Has anyone received the kitkat update for the Gs4 yet.
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I'm pretty sure that's what all the talk has been about since yesterday. The update I believe was release really early yesterday morning.
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I got it yesterday
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Just did update. On air
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Looks like Google wallet payment is not enabled.... Tap and pay functionality is disabled.. Anyone noticed this?
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Google wallet hasn't worked on any T-Mo device yet.
They partnered with ISIS so I doubt it would have been enabled in this.
I can't wait to flash the new fnb4 baseband I hope that I get better signal.
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I was able to install Google wallet from the play store, turn on NFC, log in and could do a tap and pay transaction at CVS.
This isn't working for anyone else?
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I think people are just confused about how to do Tap and Pay. Under NFC (in settings) is Tap and Pay. Install Google Wallet from the Play Store and you should be able to go through the Tap and Pay Setup. You should then see Google Wallet as an option in the NFC meeting.
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http://www.sammobile.com/2014/03/10/t-mobile-galaxy-s4s-android-4-4-2-kitkat-treat-arrives-today/
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You update this normally with twrp like installing a rom?
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Just got this phone a couple of days ago, and did the OTA update to kitkat last night. I used to get 4g at home with my Galaxy S2 but with the S4 only Edge. Even when I force wcdma i can't get data. Any ideas? Is it suggested to do a factory restore after doing an OTA update like this? Or is the antenna just week? Thanks!
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Just got this phone a couple of days ago, and did the OTA update to kitkat last night. I used to get 4g at home with my Galaxy S2 but with the S4 only Edge. Even when I force wcdma i can't get data. Any ideas? Is it suggested to do a factory restore after doing an OTA update like this? Or is the antenna just week? Thanks!
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What baseband are you on?
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JORDVN said:
What baseband are you on?
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I'm on the latest baseband M919UVUFNB4
lostsurfer said:
Just got this phone a couple of days ago, and did the OTA update to kitkat last night. I used to get 4g at home with my Galaxy S2 but with the S4 only Edge. Even when I force wcdma i can't get data. Any ideas? Is it suggested to do a factory restore after doing an OTA update like this? Or is the antenna just week? Thanks!
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If you are stock and its brand new I would just try a qick factory reset just in case. If othing happ3ns return it its brand new. Must be a hardware issue.
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Factory Reset
I know I had issues with my GS4 trying to update to the new KitKat OTA, I came from a non TW rom and had to downgrade my phone to an original 4.2 ROM (4.3 ROM made everything worse probably due to the BB trick to update to MK2). After Odin flashing to a 4.2 I then did an OTA to 4.3 then 4.4 and all was perfect. I did try to factory reset the 4.3 but still had strange issues. I then downloaded the ChainFire Root file and Odin flashed it, removed the Knox and I am working beautiful.
Considering my flash counter is @ 30 I will most likely change again soon but I am enjoying a little TW action for now.
If this is helpful great, If I put it in the wrong spot I apologize. New to this posting gig.
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If you are stock and its brand new I would just try a qick factory reset just in case. If othing happ3ns return it its brand new. Must be a hardware issue.
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