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[Q] samsung keypad + font installer hangs

I have a small problem i installed font installer from the market and now after uninstalling the keyboard is stuck on the font that was last installed by the app. I have gone through the root of my sd to find the apk from which the keyboard is installed and cannot for the life of me find it. I thought maybe if i could find it wiping cache and data on that apk would remove it. If there is anyone out there that may be able to help i would greatly appreciate it.
As seen in pic its only the keyboard. Also kote that swype keyboard and gingerbread keyboard are both the same as the system font for some reason its only this keyboard and that is it.
Sent From My BloodyS2

Flash your last back up from cwm?
Or try to install the app again and set it to the default font then uninstall it.
In the future use the built in flipfont.
Deebo took your bike too?

Hey there everyone. Here is the story in list format.
- Got first Galaxy S2 (Tmobile)
- after a few days rooted the phone using odin
- uninstalled bloatware via titanium back up pro
- installed a few apps(fb, twitter, swift key x, mobli, two different font changers)
- everything was running smoothly until i actually installed a font and the app prompted for a reboot.
- i reboot and the booting process freezes at the bootloader logo (tried countless times)
- i enter recovery mode to wipe phone.
- wipe phone.
- same issue.
- i thought then that the phone had some sort of issue in itself.
- i take the phone to tmobile a few days later and tell em some bs.
- get my new phone.
- root it again same way.
- uninstall all the bloatware i want gone and install all the apps i want.
- again SAME thing happens when i install this font changing program.
the program downloads previews for 146ish fonts. you select one. it actually downloads it and reassigns the default font with the font you download and after a reboot it should work.
except i get a frozen bootloader screen. so this time around i am convinced of the app somehow messing with the bootloader settings (etc...)
soooo...i decide to flash "SGH-T989 UVKID // Insecure // Root // Busybox" by bubby323.
odin says its successful, but still same freezing issue at bootloader.
help please.

Your problem is with the ROM. Boot into recovery, mount USB, put the ROM on your SD card and flash it from recovery.
Also, stop using that app

The_Biz said:
Flash your last back up from cwm?
Or try to install the app again and set it to the default font then uninstall it.
In the future use the built in flipfont.
Deebo took your bike too?
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I will try thanks for ur response
Edit... Reinstalling app did not work but reflashing backup did thanks ... Idk why i didnt think of reflashing
Sent From My BloodyS2

i do not have an external sd card, so is there any other method? i can always go and purchase one tomorrow. there is no way for me to put the file onto the internal sd memory because windows never recognizes the phone because it never boots up.
and trust me, i learned my lesson....never downloading that program again.

jeikazou said:
i do not have an external sd card, so is there any other method? i can always go and purchase one tomorrow. there is no way for me to put the file onto the internal sd memory because windows never recognizes the phone because it never boots up.
and trust me, i learned my lesson....never downloading that program again.
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There are drivers posted in the dev section, be sure to try and download them again.
Your phone's "/sdcard/" location is actually an internal SD card. So when you use CWM to mount the sdcard, it will mount both the internal, and external SD card if it can. So you should still be able to do it.

as you said i was able to mount and copy over the rom, but after i copied over the rom file, it does not show on the android cwm file menu. maybe if i restart the phone?ill try it now.

still no go the rom file is not showing, the drivers have been installed. i reinstalled them JUST in case.
maybe i'm doing something.
- i mount usb storage
- copy over rom tar files
- unmount and look for it in the apply update from sd card and install zip from sd card selections but both show no files.

alright well after a few hours of trying a million different things...the only thing that worked was eaglesblood rom via cwm mount. thanks romanb for helping.

[Q] Cannot format virtual SD card

I am trying to wipe my virtual SD card on my LTE Galaxy Nexus and it is acting weird.
If I do a factory reset via the settings on the phone, it says it erases all of the files on the SD card. When I hook the phone up to my computer and view the files in explorer, it shows a stock directory structure and root. However, if I try and copy over a file that existed on the SD card before formatting, it says the file is already there and asks me if I want to replace it. If I view the SD card in root explorer, it shows all of the old folders and files, even though they dont show up in windows explorer. Also, if I boot into Clockwork and choose a .zip to flash, it shows all of the old folders and files as well.
I have tried using the super wipe lite script that comes with Android revolution. I have also factory reset the phone a few times via the settings. I previously had Android Revolution installed and I am currently running GummyNex 0.4.2.
No matter what I do, I cannot for the life of me get the SD card to truly reformat.
Am I doing something wrong? Is there an ADB command I can do to reformat it?

oRAirwolf said:
I am trying to wipe my virtual SD card on my LTE Galaxy Nexus and it is acting weird.
If I do a factory reset via the settings on the phone, it says it erases all of the files on the SD card. When I hook the phone up to my computer and view the files in explorer, it shows a stock directory structure and root. However, if I try and copy over a file that existed on the SD card before formatting, it says the file is already there and asks me if I want to replace it. If I view the SD card in root explorer, it shows all of the old folders and files, even though they dont show up in windows explorer. Also, if I boot into Clockwork and choose a .zip to flash, it shows all of the old folders and files as well.
I have tried using the super wipe lite script that comes with Android revolution. I have also factory reset the phone a few times via the settings. I previously had Android Revolution installed and I am currently running GummyNex 0.4.2.
No matter what I do, I cannot for the life of me get the SD card to truly reformat.
Am I doing something wrong? Is there an ADB command I can do to reformat it?
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Try formatting with cwm recovery. Reboot into recovery, go to mounts and storage, and select format sdcard
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium

There is not an option in CWM to format the SD card

oRAirwolf said:
There is not an option in CWM to format the SD card
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Sorry, I meant format system
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20999408#post20999408
There isn't any "SD Card" partition.
EDIT: Format /data cannot be done in adb, if you really want to do so just make a CWMR flashable zip with
Code:
format("ext4", "EMMC", "/dev/block/platform/omap/omap_hsmmc.0/by-name/userdata", "0");
in the updater-script.

I'm sorry man, I really appreciate the help but my Google-fu has failed me. Is there a template or something I can create the script from?

bumping this... same issue and its driving me crazy. i can't see any of my files unless i use a file explorer (or if i'm in recovery)

mendy817 said:
bumping this... same issue and its driving me crazy. i can't see any of my files unless i use a file explorer (or if i'm in recovery)
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If you are having an issue finding your files from your PC it's due to the way Android exposes your "internal sdcard" via MTP. Download an app from the Market called SDrescan which will force the media services on your phone to re-index your files on the phone. Then they will show up on your PC.

thanks, but i've already tried that. it just sits on "scanning" for literally hours (i left it up overnight once just to make sure). any other advice?

oRAirwolf said:
I'm sorry man, I really appreciate the help but my Google-fu has failed me. Is there a template or something I can create the script from?
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I do not recommend doing this indeed. To be failsafe just delete everything in the /sdcard folder with an explorer app.

I use
fastboot /w
To do a full wipe. This will wipe /sdcard.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA App

mendy817 said:
thanks, but i've already tried that. it just sits on "scanning" for literally hours (i left it up overnight once just to make sure). any other advice?
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Are you on a ROM and/or modified kernel? If you are using Franco's kernel he has made modifications to how the "sdcard" works.

silow said:
Are you on a ROM and/or modified kernel? If you are using Franco's kernel he has made modifications to how the "sdcard" works.
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yeah, i'm on the latest CND and using franco's latest too... but i've flashed other kernals and had the same problem (but are you saying this might have started the first time i flashed a franco kernal?)
anyway to fix it that you know of?

Return phone to stock that has broken USB...

I have a phone that won't connect USB anymore. It isn't driver related because I have a few other SGH-T989 phones that work just fine. Is there any way to flash an update from the SD card back to stock so I can send it in for warranty?
Any suggestions appreciated.
Thanks.

For some reason I always end up answering my own posts...
Anyways I took the latest UVLI4 zip file and extracted the recovery off it. I loaded it on the SDCARD and flashed it with terminal emulator.

jrosetto said:
For some reason I always end up answering my own posts...
Anyways I took the latest UVLI4 zip file and extracted the recovery off it. I loaded it on the SDCARD and flashed it with terminal emulator.
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Yeah I was going to say grab a non-rooted stock ROM that is CWM compatible flash that and then grab just the stock recovery and flash that. When done don't forget to delete any custom ROM related files of the internal storage and yank any connected external micro sd card.
Or well just a stock ROM if it is rooted then...
remove /system/app/SuperUser.apk [or SuperSU.apk]
remove /xbin/su
check /system/bin and remove su if still there
the only other worry would be busybox but they dont normally run a "root checker" per se you just want to be sure they don't see a Super User app, or an obvious directory on the SDCard containing ROM zips. OF COURSE I CAN'T MAKE ANY GUARANTEES THIS IS ONLY MY OPINION
Good Luck

[Q] manual update to OTA

Okay, I've rooted my n5110 8.0 and manually flashed 4.2.2 XXCMH3. I have reset the flash counter with triangle away. It shows software update is available. Is it possible to use OTA Root keeper to update the OTA update? IM me or answer here please no guesses. Thanks in advance.

capitoldach said:
Okay, I've rooted my n5110 8.0 and manually flashed 4.2.2 XXCMH3. I have reset the flash counter with triangle away. It shows software update is available. Is it possible to use OTA Root keeper to update the OTA update? IM me or answer here please no guesses. Thanks in advance.
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Yes it should work fine, there have been issues with 4.3 but in a video I watched about the app the update from 4.2.1 to 4.2.2 went smoothly for him. Granted nothing is guaranteed. If you are using superSU you can buy the pro version and it has an OTA survival mode. Alternatively you could also flash the update via odin or recovery but since you're asking about OTA Root Keeper I'm sure that isn't something you are interested in. Make sure you follow the steps and make any other backups you can because you never know.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ky5miA8ilr0&noredirect=1
That's the video I watched also I looked at other posts regarding known issues and it doesn't look like there are problems specifically with certain UI types (Touchwiz Sense etc). GOOD LUCK let me know how it goes

Thanks.
dwibbles33 said:
Yes it should work fine, there have been issues with 4.3 but in a video I watched about the app the update from 4.2.1 to 4.2.2 went smoothly for him. Granted nothing is guaranteed. If you are using superSU you can buy the pro version and it has an OTA survival mode. Alternatively you could also flash the update via odin or recovery but since you're asking about OTA Root Keeper I'm sure that isn't something you are interested in. Make sure you follow the steps and make any other backups you can because you never know.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ky5miA8ilr0&noredirect=1
That's the video I watched also I looked at other posts regarding known issues and it doesn't look like there are problems specifically with certain UI types (Touchwiz Sense etc). GOOD LUCK let me know how it goes
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Thanks for the response and link, I really appreciate it. I actually do have the pro version of superSU. I was unaware that superSU has that option.

capitoldach said:
Thanks for the response and link, I really appreciate it. I actually do have the pro version of superSU. I was unaware that superSU has that option.
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Did it all work out?

dwibbles33 said:
Did it all work out?
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Yeah I'd really like to hear back from the OP about this.

No it didn't
dwibbles33 said:
Did it all work out?
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Although I do appreciate the time. I was unable to make it work. I was informed by Mr hyde, that this is one of the models that always have +1 if you have a custom recovery or any other changes to the device. Not sure though, because when I when I was on xxchm3 I tried the update and instead of saying device has been altered it said successfully registered. So I'm not sure what that means. Currently I'm having another issue I'm trying to figure out. I have a large amount of misc. Files taking up a few gbs of space. I have factory reset and wiped partition each time, but when I install superSU pro version it says needs to update binary. So I do, it restarts into cwm 6.x and says either erase disable stock recovery, I haven't accepted so I select go back on the bottom of the list, it restarts and everything appears to be working, but now I'm wondering if I am supposed to delete/disable stock recovery or if there's no way to get stock recovery back if I do erase/ disable. And also if that is where my misc. Memory is allocated or it is something else entirely, as when I backup I backup to external sd card. Thanks for the consideration and I will hit the button as well. It is really cool of you to follow up.

capitoldach said:
Although I do appreciate the time. I was unable to make it work. I was informed by Mr hyde, that this is one of the models that always have +1 if you have a custom recovery or any other changes to the device. Not sure though, because when I when I was on xxchm3 I tried the update and instead of saying device has been altered it said successfully registered. So I'm not sure what that means. Currently I'm having another issue I'm trying to figure out. I have a large amount of misc. Files taking up a few gbs of space. I have factory reset and wiped partition each time, but when I install superSU pro version it says needs to update binary. So I do, it restarts into cwm 6.x and says either erase disable stock recovery, I haven't accepted so I select go back on the bottom of the list, it restarts and everything appears to be working, but now I'm wondering if I am supposed to delete/disable stock recovery or if there's no way to get stock recovery back if I do erase/ disable. And also if that is where my misc. Memory is allocated or it is something else entirely, as when I backup I backup to external sd card. Thanks for the consideration and I will hit the button as well. It is really cool of you to follow up.
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By +1 do you mean the flash counter? If you boot into download mode it'll show you a flash counter. For the binary update select the Normal install not the TWRP/CWM option. You shouldn't have to flash the binaries they SuperSU should be able to update within the app. As for the misc files it could be the partitions are messed up, if you use a root file explorer goto /data/media check those folders, your 0 folder should be your normal files but see if another 0 shows up or it might have a clockworkmod folder that has backups in it (I've seen the backups that are supposed to end up on the extSd end up there so its worth checking). Let me know if you want/need any more help I have worked my way through a lot of crap between my tablet and phone and I wish there was more help out there than there is so please let me know if I can help.

0 file in 0 file like 4 times each dated days I flashed different builds
dwibbles33 said:
By +1 do you mean the flash counter? If you boot into download mode it'll show you a flash counter. For the binary update select the Normal install not the TWRP/CWM option. You shouldn't have to flash the binaries they SuperSU should be able to update within the app. As for the misc files it could be the partitions are messed up, if you use a root file explorer goto /data/media check those folders, your 0 folder should be your normal files but see if another 0 shows up or it might have a clockworkmod folder that has backups in it (I've seen the backups that are supposed to end up on the extSd end up there so its worth checking). Let me know if you want/need any more help I have worked my way through a lot of crap between my tablet and phone and I wish there was more help out there than there is so please let me know if I can help.
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Ok, so I started over with OUEMFI1 factory rest and wiped partition. I still have misc. files. So, I went to data/media I found the 0 file, inside that file is another 0 file, inside of that file another 0 file, and on and on all with different dates. Should I remove the 0 files within the 0 files, are they necessary, or they left over each time I flash? I did mean flash counter, but I haven't checked it via download mode, I will do that.

capitoldach said:
Ok, so I started over with OUEMFI1 factory rest and wiped partition. I still have misc. files. So, I went to data/media I found the 0 file, inside that file is another 0 file, inside of that file another 0 file, and on and on all with different dates. Should I remove the 0 files within the 0 files, are they necessary, or they left over each time I flash? I did mean flash counter, but I haven't checked it via download mode, I will do that.
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Okay so what happened with all those 0 files is basically with the ability to change users that number changes if you add more users. For whatever reason when you flash a ROM it creates a new 0 file and pushes your old 0 file further in. If you go through those files you may see folders you used to have on other ROMs containing old stuff you had. So if you have stuff to keep then copy it to the /0 folder then delete the extras. I have been trying to modify a script from the GSIII that basically wipes everything except your external card but it didn't work last time. My advice would be to back your files up to your external, go into recovery and instead of a factory reset go into mounts and format /data (again be sure to back your stuff up because this will take it all out). That should wipe out everything (0 files and such) I would go as far as formatting system too. MAKE SURE you have a ROM on your external card because formatting /system will wipe out your existing ROM, but you will get a fresh start and at that point you know that nothing is hanging around from before.

[Fixed] Soft Bricked SPH-L710

Team,
I have been researching for hours and am quite confused on which avenue to take to recover my soft brick. Information overload:crying:
Here is what happened and I will provide as much info as I can so please bare with me. After OTA upgrading to 4.3 and rooting successfully using the CF Auto Root. I was attempting to get my wifi hotspot working again using the Wifi mod and mucked around and installed the wrong mod (Odexed MK4). This rendered me stuck at the glowing samsung screen and it goes no further. Ive tried to factory reset, wiped cache and rebooted several times. Boots fine into recovery and download mode.
So after hours of searching, reading (its 3:50am est) and testing solutions I am no closer to a fix than I was when I started. I am currently waiting on a stock rooted rom to download in an attempt to flash back to stock but its taking hours to download.
However I just noticed, as I am typing this thread, that I can no longer
1. Mount as an usb external drive in recovery (TWRP v 2.3.1.0) I have Samsung drivers installed (1.5.14.0) so I get the indicator sound from windows that I sees the phone.
2. If I attempt to manually browse through my files using the recovery there are no files inside my internal sdcard directories.
/sdcard There are three directories there
/0 /obb /TWRP and the only folder that has files inside is the TWRP folder.
Im floundering here. I cannot even mount and install files on the phone to even attempt to flash back to stock. Can I get some fresh angles ladies and gents? I am at a loss.

signalsoldier said:
Team,
I have been researching for hours and am quite confused on which avenue to take to recover my soft brick. Information overload:crying:
Here is what happened and I will provide as much info as I can so please bare with me. After OTA upgrading to 4.3 and rooting successfully using the CF Auto Root. I was attempting to get my wifi hotspot working again using the Wifi mod and mucked around and installed the wrong mod (Odexed MK4). This rendered me stuck at the glowing samsung screen and it goes no further. Ive tried to factory reset, wiped cache and rebooted several times. Boots fine into recovery and download mode.
So after hours of searching, reading (its 3:50am est) and testing solutions I am no closer to a fix than I was when I started. I am currently waiting on a stock rooted rom to download in an attempt to flash back to stock but its taking hours to download.
However I just noticed, as I am typing this thread, that I can no longer
1. Mount as an usb external drive in recovery (TWRP v 2.3.1.0) I have Samsung drivers installed (1.5.14.0) so I get the indicator sound from windows that I sees the phone.
2. If I attempt to manually browse through my files using the recovery there are no files inside my internal sdcard directories.
/sdcard There are three directories there
/0 /obb /TWRP and the only folder that has files inside is the TWRP folder.
Im floundering here. I cannot even mount and install files on the phone to even attempt to flash back to stock. Can I get some fresh angles ladies and gents? I am at a loss.
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Good morning (not really, I assume, sorry). So where are you at? Not sure what you mean that you cannot install files on the phone... Can you get into download mode and your computer recognizes the phone? If yes, can you do what you started to say - odin stock rooted? Or... if you can get into a custom recovery but your internal sd card has been wiped, can you put a stock rooted ROM in zip format on an external sd card, put that sd card into your phone, and flash in custom recovery?

erikalin said:
Good morning (not really, I assume, sorry). So where are you at? Not sure what you mean that you cannot install files on the phone... Can you get into download mode and your computer recognizes the phone? If yes, can you do what you started to say - odin stock rooted? Or... if you can get into a custom recovery but your internal sd card has been wiped, can you put a stock rooted ROM in zip format on an external sd card, put that sd card into your phone, and flash in custom recovery?
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Here is the problem...the ROM I have is in zip format and based on what I have been reading I cannot install via Odin. Due to the fact that the phone refuses to mount as an external storage device I have no way of placing data on the the internal or external card. The only recourse I have now it to attempt to find an adapter to be able to mount this microsd card to my PC. I am out of town and have no idea where I could find one.....uggggh. Ill keep you posted.

signalsoldier said:
Here is the problem...the ROM I have is in zip format and based on what I have been reading I cannot install via Odin. Due to the fact that the phone refuses to mount as an external storage device I have no way of placing data on the the internal or external card. The only recourse I have now it to attempt to find an adapter to be able to mount this microsd card to my PC. I am out of town and have no idea where I could find one.....uggggh. Ill keep you posted.
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Walmart. .. target. ... and most any office store you should be able to find one. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2538543 ... This thread gives you the stock unrooted rom in a flashable zip. To my knowledge no one has put out a stock rooted zip, but I will check around.
http://i.imgur.com/qrByUGN.jpg

signalsoldier said:
Team,
I have been researching for hours and am quite confused on which avenue to take to recover my soft brick. Information overload:crying:
Here is what happened and I will provide as much info as I can so please bare with me. After OTA upgrading to 4.3 and rooting successfully using the CF Auto Root. I was attempting to get my wifi hotspot working again using the Wifi mod and mucked around and installed the wrong mod (Odexed MK4). This rendered me stuck at the glowing samsung screen and it goes no further. Ive tried to factory reset, wiped cache and rebooted several times. Boots fine into recovery and download mode.
So after hours of searching, reading (its 3:50am est) and testing solutions I am no closer to a fix than I was when I started. I am currently waiting on a stock rooted rom to download in an attempt to flash back to stock but its taking hours to download.
However I just noticed, as I am typing this thread, that I can no longer
1. Mount as an usb external drive in recovery (TWRP v 2.3.1.0) I have Samsung drivers installed (1.5.14.0) so I get the indicator sound from windows that I sees the phone.
2. If I attempt to manually browse through my files using the recovery there are no files inside my internal sdcard directories.
/sdcard There are three directories there
/0 /obb /TWRP and the only folder that has files inside is the TWRP folder.
Im floundering here. I cannot even mount and install files on the phone to even attempt to flash back to stock. Can I get some fresh angles ladies and gents? I am at a loss.
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You always have the Factory Reset/Wipe Data option inside your Recovery. But if that doesnt work use your downoad mode and Reset in KIES. but whatever you do, now that you have upgraded to 4.3 DO NOT try and dowgrade. it will cause a hard brick.

You did the ota update which put KNOX on your phone which is bad especially if you have a warranty. There is currently no way to get rid of it. I read a while ago the peoples phones has been getting bricked because they were trying stuff.
Anyway the only option I guess you have is to use your computer and reset your phone using kies. It will flash your phone back to stock in download mode.
Sent from my GT-N5110 using xda app-developers app

Ok team here is the latest
I was able to grab an adapter for my micro and I attempted to install the stock rom posted above located here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2538543
That was a no-go and gave me the following error during installation.
assert failed: apply_rename_check("/system/app/ALLSHAREPLAY.apk","/system/app/ALLSHARECASTPLYER.apk","f90c86cf5423131dcd04f9a5b169df5f83ab9170" "81dbc5115c7c1121f70ada147f7297e192af4d38")
E: Error in /external_sd/cffb350e111c431bcd19eea86e0d0e6816950053.USER_L710_SPR_MD4_to_MK3_Update_FWD.zip
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I attempted to connect to Kies 2.6.1 via download mode. Kies will timeout attempting to connect after about 8 to 10 mins.
"Device does not respond. Reboot to Resolved the Issue."
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at this point I am still able to get into Recovery and Download. I really hosed this **** up

Here is the stock tar thread....You can use this to Odin back to stock. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2565972
Good luck!
http://i.imgur.com/qrByUGN.jpg

Thanks bro.....Ill download it and give it a try. I have nothing to lose at this point. Ill be back with praise or tears.

Problem resolved I was able to go back to stock using the link posted above by Bigpappa!!!
Thank you all so much for you help!

Congratulations
I am glad you were able to get use of your phone back. I wish I had seen this thread sooner. I was in exactly the same boat a couple of weeks ago, only mine lasted 3 days. I even bought a new GS4 when I thought my phone was dead. Took it back when someone finally helped me do what you did. It's a helpless feeling when you have been rooting and Romming for years safely. Sure seems like a sticky thread is in order for this specific issue. As you can see, I haven't got enough history for credibility on this forum since I rarely post. Oh well.