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[Q] Unable to flash Stock ROM

I bought a T-Mobile Galaxy S 3 LTE with model number SGH-T999L. I used Odin V3 1.85 to flash TWRP recovery and CyanogenMod 10.0.0.
Everything went well but my camera doesn't work. On launching the camera, I get a "Can't connect to camera" error and it quits. The same behavior is observed when using other camera apps. I tried the instructions in this thread(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2239414) but it did not fix my problem. I now want to go back to my stock ROM. I successfully downloaded and flashed stock recovery using Odin. However, Odin fails when I try to flash the stock ROM obtained from the samsung website. It gives me a "write failed" error and stops. Any tips or suggestions to help me out would be appreciated. Thanks

Is it supposed to use T999 firmware?

Only odin flash T999L firmware. I dont see it released yet at samsing-updates.com though.
Maybe samfirmware.com? I can look later.
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newidforu said:
I bought a T-Mobile Galaxy S 3 LTE with model number SGH-T999L. I used Odin V3 1.85 to flash TWRP recovery and CyanogenMod 10.0.0.
Everything went well but my camera doesn't work. On launching the camera, I get a "Can't connect to camera" error and it quits. The same behavior is observed when using other camera apps. I tried the instructions in this thread(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2239414) but it did not fix my problem. I now want to go back to my stock ROM. I successfully downloaded and flashed stock recovery using Odin. However, Odin fails when I try to flash the stock ROM obtained from the samsung website. It gives me a "write failed" error and stops. Any tips or suggestions to help me out would be appreciated. Thanks
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Why not reflash the stock ODIN flash rom and make sure it all works ok for you, that will tell you exactly what the problem is.
If the stock rom is working properly, then there is only one thing left which is the culprit and that is the CM10/AOKP/AOSP
or PORTED roms which many people seem to like flashing.
The CM10/AOKP/AOSP and ported roms are excellent if you are a developer or if you like to do a lot of experimentation with your phone.
So the thing to do now is reboot your phone to recovery mode, do a "Factory Reset", "Wipe Cache", "Wipe System" and "Wipe Dalvik".
When that's done Open Odin and put the stock rooted T999 Tmobile Jellybean 4.1.2 into Odin's PDA slot, go into download mode
and once you see Odin is connected to the phone start the flash. Have patience for the phone to boot after its done flashing.
Here is the stock rooted Odin flash T999 Tmobile Jellybean 4.1.2 rom that you can download if you like: T999_UVDMD5
Official JB Firmware - Latest JB 4.1.2 Firmware
My suggestion to you is to only flash Samsung T999 Tmobile stock based Jellybean 4.1.1 or 4.1.2 roms in the future.
But who am I to say whats best..... This is just my personal opinion...... Which usually is not worth a dime. LOL

Sorry, but untill we know more about it, I would not flash T999 firmware onto the T999L.
Its only been out a day and tgey are different model phones with different hardware.
If you decide to try anyway, please post your results
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DocHoliday77 said:
Sorry, but untill we know more about it, I would not flash T999 firmware onto the T999L.
Its only been out a day and tgey are different model phones with different hardware.
If you decide to try anyway, please post your results
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I am a newbie. I thought the T999 was the same as the T999L. That would explain why Odin doesnt flash stock T999 onto my device. Can anyone here post a link to the stock SGH-T999L ROM?

Just did a quick check and I dont see that the firmware has been made available for download yet.
If you want stock I would flash one of the stock based custom roms via recovery for now.
Out of curiosity, what is your current baseband version?
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DocHoliday77 said:
Just did a quick check and I dont see that the firmware has been made available for download yet.
If you want stock I would flash one of the stock based custom roms via recovery for now.
Out of curiosity, what is your current baseband version?
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Baseband version is T999LUVAMB7. Still waiting for stock ROM to be released on samsung-updates or sammobile.

newidforu said:
Baseband version is T999LUVAMB7. Still waiting for stock ROM to be released on samsung-updates or sammobile.
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I had the same issue with the same phone. Got it 2 weeks ago haha. Did you happen to make a backup first using CWM Recovery? If so, you can just restore that backup and you'll have your camera functionality back. It's pretty annoying switching back and forth from CM10.1 back to stock just to take pictures but Rom manager makes it pretty quick and effortless.

Actually now that I think of it, they prob wont release the original firmware. Seems like the first build is never available, only when an update is released do we get firmware we csn download.
I am working with another member on getting something going for the T999L, but right now we are stuck until a verified safe method of rooting is found. (Dont want to flash a recovery or cf autoroot w/o knowing it wont screw something up)
Itll happen, but we just gotta be patient.
Just reread the op and see that you say you flashed TWRP. So you were able to initially gain root without any problems?
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DocHoliday77 said:
Actually now that I think of it, they prob wont release the original firmware. Seems like the first build is never available, only when an update is released do we get firmware we csn download.
I am working with another member on getting something going for the T999L, but right now we are stuck until a verified safe method of rooting is found. (Dont want to flash a recovery or cf autoroot w/o knowing it wont screw something up)
Itll happen, but we just gotta be patient.
Just reread the op and see that you say you flashed TWRP. So you were able to initially gain root without any problems?
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I used Odin to flash Clockwork Mod recovery first. I did not like Clockwork Mod's interface and reflashed with TWRP. I had no problems to gain root with either of these methods. I also tried Cyanogenmod stable 10.0.0 and then 10.1 RC2 without any problems. As far as I can tell, all apps work except for the camera. One word of caution though. As you can see from my posts, I am new and dont know what I am doing. I might have just gotten lucky since my device is still unbricked. I had only one "scary" moment during the entire process. I used TWRP to wipe my phone clean and was stuck with no OS install file. ADB sideload did not work since it could not recognize the device at that point. Luckily, I had a micro SD card lying around and was able to put in a new OS install file using my laptop and then TWRP was able to handle it.

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faytx1 said:
I had the same issue with the same phone. Got it 2 weeks ago haha. Did you happen to make a backup first using CWM Recovery? If so, you can just restore that backup and you'll have your camera functionality back. It's pretty annoying switching back and forth from CM10.1 back to stock just to take pictures but Rom manager makes it pretty quick and effortless.
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Wish I had made a backup! Could you zip up the files contained inside "/system/cameradata/" folder and post a link here? It would help me and anyone else with the same problem restore the camera's functionality. In case you want to try it out, follow the instructions in this link but using the files from your stock backup
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2239414

newidforu said:
Wish I had made a backup! Could you zip up the files contained inside "/system/cameradata/" folder and post a link here? It would help me and anyone else with the same problem restore the camera's functionality. In case you want to try it out, follow the instructions in this link but using the files from your stock backup
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2239414
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Here is the cameradata folder from the T999L.
http://d-h.st/Ciy
Good Luck!

How did you get Cyanogenmod installed on the t999l every time i try it aborts with status 7

Mine was failing with this same error. I reverted back to stock, re rooted, then downloaded the flash directly to the phones internal storage. Worked like a champ. I think in my case, there is an issue with the SD card, its kind of old.
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Beefstew said:
Mine was failing with this same error. I reverted back to stock, re rooted, then downloaded the flash directly to the phones internal storage. Worked like a champ. I think in my case, there is an issue with the SD card, its kind of old.
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You reverted to stock on the T999L? please exspain how that was done

Re flashed stock ROM using Odin. I believe I got the file from Samsung's website, but I'm not positive of that. I do know its huge, over 1 gig. If you need help with the re flash I know there are already how to's on here about that, so I won't go into it here.
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You must be using a T999 as your sig indicates, not a T999L. Am I correct?
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Don't I feel like a tool now. Yes Doc, plain old t999 here. Now that I read back through the whole thread here I see that I was being a bit redundant. Now I will return to my closet under the stairs.
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No worries! We all do stuff like that from time to time!
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Flashing fails almost everytime

Rooted at&t galaxy iii with TWRP 2.5. I'm unable to flash most ROMs, only a handful work (Xone and Ilusion). The flash usually fails right away with the error "Assert failed: getprop(ro.bootloader)". I've tried the usual steps for this problem including updating the ZIP with taking out the "getprop" lines but it still fails. I've also tried and got the same error with TWRP 5.0. Would it be worth flashing Clockword Recovery? Would that make a difference? Would it be worth formatting my SD card? I have a feeling it could use it. Any other ideas are appreciated, thank you.

You need to update your bootloaders

mrhaley30705 said:
You need to update your bootloaders
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Thank you. Ok I already have a few weeks ago updated my baseband version to I747UCDLK3 by flashing it with my recovery. That is what you mean by bootloader right, or no? I thought it might be worth flashing the LK3 file with ODIN but I'm not able to get ODIN to recognize my phone at the moment. If, in About Phone, it says LK3 firmware, are the bootloaders ok? Or should I still try flashing it with ODIN regardless?

No, baseband is your modem. There's a bootloader/modem tar around here somewhere, or you could just flash the latest rooted stock file for your device. If you flash the rooted stock Rom, after that just install goo manager (twrp)or Rom manager (cwm) for your preferred recovery

I'm confused because all the guides' links to the bootloaders leads to the DLK3 modem but I'll search around some more.
So flashing the stock rooted ROM will update the bootloader? How does that work? Thanks for your help.
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celtic426 said:
I'm confused because all the guides' links to the bootloaders leads to the DLK3 modem but I'll search around some more.
So flashing the stock rooted ROM will update the bootloader? How does that work? Thanks for your help.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=38880428&postcount=2
first section. cheers

celtic426 said:
I'm confused because all the guides' links to the bootloaders leads to the DLK3 modem but I'll search around some more.
So flashing the stock rooted ROM will update the bootloader? How does that work? Thanks for your help.
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The rooted stock Rom includes bootloaders, modem, and the Rom itself. Downside is the size. Over 800Mb to dl.

mrhaley30705 said:
The rooted stock Rom includes bootloaders, modem, and the Rom itself. Downside is the size. Over 800Mb to dl.
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Is this the correct link for the stock rooted rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1737848

No, those are bone stock. You need to look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426

Problem Solved. Thanks. Flashed the bootloader with ODIN. steps here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=41535366&postcount=26684

[Q] What roms can be flashed on this phone?

Hey guys, I'm looking to get the tmobile version of this phone since the i9505 doesn't support LTE on tmobile. Would the ROMS made for the i9505 work on this phone? I currently have the HTC One and I can flash the international roms on that phone.
I know the Octa core roms wont work, but will the i9505 roms work?
Thanks for the help!

From all that I have read, all i9505 ROMs will work on the SGH-M919 S4 model. You just have to MAKE SURE that the baseband is NOT baked into the ROM image.

Hotbread said:
From all that I have read, all i9505 ROMs will work on the SGH-M919 S4 model. You just have to MAKE SURE that the baseband is NOT baked into the ROM image.
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Ahh. ok. Is there a tmobile radio image thats available in case things go wrong? I know the entire ODIN image will restore the phone, but is there just a radio.img file? Thanks.
Is there anyone else that can confirm that they'll work on this phone? I just really want to be sure

aooga said:
Ahh. ok. Is there a tmobile radio image thats available in case things go wrong? I know the entire ODIN image will restore the phone, but is there just a radio.img file? Thanks.
Is there anyone else that can confirm that they'll work on this phone? I just really want to be sure
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Everything you need to know.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2295557
As for Odin'ing a radio image, yes. There's a thread around here somewhere that has just the radio image. You'll have to search though.

aooga said:
Ahh. ok. Is there a tmobile radio image thats available in case things go wrong? I know the entire ODIN image will restore the phone, but is there just a radio.img file? Thanks.
Is there anyone else that can confirm that they'll work on this phone? I just really want to be sure
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Im using bobcat rom i9505 right now on my tmobile m919 and it works perfectly. Just do a nandroid backup so you can restore if they're is a issue.

The T-Mobile radio images (also others) : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2381567
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Skipjacks said:
Everything you need to know.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2295557
As for Odin'ing a radio image, yes. There's a thread around here somewhere that has just the radio image. You'll have to search though.
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Wow. How did i miss that? Thanks!
Thanks to everyone else that commented!
As for the recent 4.3 odin image leak, I'm assuming since that contains a radio, it's not going to work on this phone?

aooga said:
Wow. How did i miss that? Thanks!
Thanks to everyone else that commented!
As for the recent 4.3 odin image leak, I'm assuming since that contains a radio, it's not going to work on this phone?
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To which 4.3 Odin image are you referring? If you mean the 4.3 GPe image, then nah, I wouldn't flash that. There are plenty of CWM flashable versions of the 4.3 GPe leak to even risk using Odin to flash it. You got me kinda excited though thinking you were referring to a 4.3 TouchWiz leak; to which I got kinda excited... I can't lie

lordcheeto03 said:
To which 4.3 Odin image are you referring? If you mean the 4.3 GPe image, then nah, I wouldn't flash that. There are plenty of CWM flashable versions of the 4.3 GPe leak to even risk using Odin to flash it. You got me kinda excited though thinking you were referring to a 4.3 TouchWiz leak; to which I got kinda excited... I can't lie
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Yeah 4.3 Touchwiz. I know about the GPe (HTC has that too)
http://www.androidcentral.com/android-43-build-leaks-samsung-galaxy-s4
http://www.sammobile.com/2013/10/01...oid-4-3-test-firmware-for-galaxy-s4-gt-i9505/
Thats why I was asking. 4.3 touchwiz would be nice, and since there aren't any custom roms based on it yet, I wondered if I could flash the odin image.

aooga said:
Yeah 4.3 Touchwiz. I know about the GPe (HTC has that too)
http://www.androidcentral.com/android-43-build-leaks-samsung-galaxy-s4
http://www.sammobile.com/2013/10/01...oid-4-3-test-firmware-for-galaxy-s4-gt-i9505/
Thats why I was asking. 4.3 touchwiz would be nice, and since there aren't any custom roms based on it yet, I wondered if I could flash the odin image.
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OOOoooooo (pic related)
Also, I'd just wait for a CWM-flashable zip as Odin + modems/radios/etc don't really mix well from my understanding between the various models of S4.

lordcheeto03 said:
OOOoooooo
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lol. I guess I'll wait for a custom rom. I wouldn't want to brick my not yet bought phone

aooga said:
lol. I guess I'll wait for a custom rom. I wouldn't want to brick my not yet bought phone
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I mean, really... if you're like me; and by that I mean staying rooted, not really caring about having stock recovery, and not having to be the absolute first to have the latest and greatest OTA which might break your root/etc, then I'd definitely recommend just sticking with whatever you got now and just waiting until the unsung heros of XDA figure out how to work work their magic on the new stuff.

[Q] Switching ROMS?

hi i have a note 2 sgh-I317m and im currently on CleanRom 5.0
ive been looking at the new Ditto rom for note 2 and i want to switch, but is there a certain process i have to go through to switch? or can i just upgrade on top of cleanrom atm?

You should follow the op's (developer) instructions..Some of these 4.3 roms want you to flash a file for the 4.3 bootloader...I'd read the instructions very carefully and read as many post as you can because more then usual you'll face the same issues they had...
good luck

PhillyTorr said:
hi i have a note 2 sgh-I317m and im currently on CleanRom 5.0
ive been looking at the new Ditto rom for note 2 and i want to switch, but is there a certain process i have to go through to switch? or can i just upgrade on top of cleanrom atm?
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Check out that rom tonight. He is adding a new version so wait and see if it's set up for the 317m
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awesome k thanks alot! im using TWRP also so would it work for 4.3 or do i need to flash something else onto it

PhillyTorr said:
awesome k thanks alot! im using TWRP also so would it work for 4.3 or do i need to flash something else onto it
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If your on 4.1.2 you will need to either flash the att I317 leak if your on att it's on post 226 in the general forum att 4.3 leak or flash a 4.3 bootloader as per the ops instruction in the rom you want. Both use Odin. If you pick the first option it will wipe your device and make you fully stock. So it will require you to root again and flash twrp. The up side it's the most stable way. The second uses Odin to flash. Some have reported problems. Read through the first few pages of the rom to see the issues.
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wow ok thanks! ya im on 4.1.2 right now so i have to do that, but im with rogers, when i flashed CleanROM it said att and rogers are similar so i guess that will apply here too but ill read up on it to make sure!

PhillyTorr said:
wow ok thanks! ya im on 4.1.2 right now so i have to do that, but im with rogers, when i flashed CleanROM it said att and rogers are similar so i guess that will apply here too but ill read up on it to make sure!
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Flash the 4.3 rogers update official and reroot etc see if there is a 4.3 rogers bootloader to flash separate.
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210euser said:
Flash the 4.3 rogers update official and reroot etc see if there is a 4.3 rogers bootloader to flash separate.
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Can i do a OTA update on my phone or will that not work? and whats the best way to back up your phone before doing all this?

Definitely read and read some more before you jump into something.

PhillyTorr said:
Can i do a OTA update on my phone or will that not work? and whats the best way to back up your phone before doing all this?
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OTA will only work with a stock 3e recovery...
But taking a factory update over the top of a rooted rom is not a good idea...
Backups are done with a custom recovery...and yes...you need to start reading and learning the proper steps or you will end up making a paper weight..... g
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gregsarg said:
OTA will only work with a stock 3e recovery...
But taking a factory update over the top of a rooted rom is not a good idea...
Backups are done with a custom recovery...and yes...you need to start reading and learning the proper steps or you will end up making a paper weight..... g
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ok thanks!! S:
hmm so to go from 4.1.2. to 4.3 i need to flash a 4.3 rom, then re root, then flash TWRP again, then DN3 rom (once its out) ?

PhillyTorr;4817301p said:
ok thanks!! S:
hmm so to go from 4.1.2. to 4.3 i need to flash a 4.3 rom, then re root, then flash TWRP again, then DN3 rom (once its out) ?
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No just flash 4.3 over top of the rom your using now no need to do all that. Just make sure to read flashing instructions carefully though as others have stated

Cant get phone back to stock

sorrry if this is the wrong area to post this..
im soon to do an upgrade august 3rd and i have been trying to get my s4 back to stock but when i odin to the official stock rom it fails every time and i cant seem to get anything to flash but never had a problem before.
if anybody could help it would be much appreciated :good:

Have you tried using a custom recovery such as TWRP or CWM?
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Lincoln99 said:
Have you tried using a custom recovery such as TWRP or CWM?
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haha actually no i didnt have the file on my phone but ill put it on this sd and see what happens.
i downloaded a few official firmwares does it matter which one exactly?

Not sure, but I would suggest using the latest.
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Yeah use latest.. If you are on 4.3 or up you will get a fail every time you flash an older firmware

serio22 said:
Yeah use latest.. If you are on 4.3 or up you will get a fail every time you flash an older firmware
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i installed twrp and then tried flashing. still saying fail no md5 or something

Turn off MD5 checking.
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Lincoln99 said:
Turn off MD5 checking.
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already not checked in settings of twrp

micky14x360 said:
i installed twrp and then tried flashing. still saying fail no md5 or something
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You can't flash firmware with twrp, you need to use Odin

serio22 said:
You can't flash firmware with twrp, you need to use Odin
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even if i leave in zip?
well where could i get a stock rom to flash in twrp cuz odin obviously dont wanna work for me

all help is much appreciated too !:good:

Could I have a link to the firmware?
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micky14x360 said:
even if i leave in zip?
well where could i get a stock rom to flash in twrp cuz odin obviously dont wanna work for me
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Yeah it won't.. And are you sure you are flashing the latest firmware? Also make sure that you have kies uninstalled.. I'm not sure if there is a flashable pure stock ROM but if there is it would be in the development threads

hey guys, I am also interested in reflashing stock. I believe I have a backup on my phone, but don't know how to install it anymore. I know there used to be a thread on how to return to stock but I can no longer find it. Can anyone link me to the "how to reflash to stock" thread
I am currently running the wicked rom v10 and having a lot of radio issues.
here is what I have
android version 4.3
baseband: m919uvuamdl
kernal version 3.4.76--KT-SGS4-JB4.3-TW-TMO-01.13.2014---gaab917b
build number: wicked v10

Lincoln99 said:
Could I have a link to the firmware?
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i grabbed the latest from sammobile
but link http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=26608

serio22 said:
Yeah it won't.. And are you sure you are flashing the latest firmware? Also make sure that you have kies uninstalled.. I'm not sure if there is a flashable pure stock ROM but if there is it would be in the development threads
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yea its the latest one . i went to the flash to stock triangle away thread and even the firmware they gave wasnt working

somehow got odin to flash a firmware. about to see if i can get this thing to stock now

ok so i did everything and got it back to stock . in download mode it say knox warranty void 0x1 will that fuk anything up with t mobile?

no1udknow said:
hey guys, I am also interested in reflashing stock. I believe I have a backup on my phone, but don't know how to install it anymore. I know there used to be a thread on how to return to stock but I can no longer find it. Can anyone link me to the "how to reflash to stock" thread
I am currently running the wicked rom v10 and having a lot of radio issues.
here is what I have
android version 4.3
baseband: m919uvuamdl
kernal version 3.4.76--KT-SGS4-JB4.3-TW-TMO-01.13.2014---gaab917b
build number: wicked v10
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Flash MK2 baseband
micky14x360 said:
ok so i did everything and got it back to stock . in download mode it say knox warranty void 0x1 will that fuk anything up with t mobile?
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For warranty there haven't been reports of denial, but don't know about trading it in.. I don't think they will check though

Why not just factory reset? Probably the easiest way if you just want stock.