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So I'm by no means super knowledgable with this stuff but I've rooted a few phones, played around with CM on my old evo but for the most part I enjoy rooted stock.
I have Galaxy S3 Sprint 4.3 updated OTA from a rooted (4.1.2). When I took the OTA I lost root, no big deal I used Odin and flashed the CF auto root, it said it removed knox and I had root back. Cool!
In short 4.3 sucked, wanted to downgrade back so things like TrevE mod would work again and it wouldn't be so buggy. I tried to use odin to flash "KIES_HOME_L710VPBMD4_L710SPRBMD4_1130792_REV03_user_low_ship.tar.md5" but it gave me the "Use Kies Recovery and error occured" message.
So I then used odin and flashed TWRP and my phone booted.
I'm back on 4.3 rooted.
I've tried picking through the forums and interwebz for answers but I get mixed messages and info on international versions and what not.
I'm tired of trying to figure it out and really could use some help downgrading back to 4.1.2
Thanks,
Brandon
mentorkyrom said:
So I'm by no means super knowledgable with this stuff but I've rooted a few phones, played around with CM on my old evo but for the most part I enjoy rooted stock.
I have Galaxy S3 Sprint 4.3 updated OTA from a rooted (4.1.2). When I took the OTA I lost root, no big deal I used Odin and flashed the CF auto root, it said it removed knox and I had root back. Cool!
In short 4.3 sucked, wanted to downgrade back so things like TrevE mod would work again and it wouldn't be so buggy. I tried to use odin to flash "KIES_HOME_L710VPBMD4_L710SPRBMD4_1130792_REV03_user_low_ship.tar.md5" but it gave me the "Use Kies Recovery and error occured" message.
So I then used odin and flashed TWRP and my phone booted.
I'm back on 4.3 rooted.
I've tried picking through the forums and interwebz for answers but I get mixed messages and info on international versions and what not.
I'm tired of trying to figure it out and really could use some help downgrading back to 4.1.2
Thanks,
Brandon
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The 4.3 OTA installed a locked bootloader, which will prevent you from ODIN'ing back to a previous version. you can flash any ROM you would like from recovery, you CANNOT downgrade the bootloader. As of right now, if you have knox, you are stuck with it.
You are extremely lucky that you didn't brick your phone by using odin to flash a non-4.3 tar. I wouldnt try again.
My advice is, remain rooted with a custom recovery, and find a ROM to your liking, and flash that.
I have also heard that we cannot flash custom kernels on the knox (MK3) bootloader as well, but I havent verified that.
eletendre84 said:
The 4.3 OTA installed a locked bootloader, which will prevent you from ODIN'ing back to a previous version. you can flash any ROM you would like from recovery, you CANNOT downgrade the bootloader. As of right now, if you have knox, you are stuck with it.
You are extremely lucky that you didn't brick your phone by using odin to flash a non-4.3 tar. I wouldnt try again.
My advice is, remain rooted with a custom recovery, and find a ROM to your liking, and flash that.
I have also heard that we cannot flash custom kernels on the knox (MK3) bootloader as well, but I havent verified that.
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Thank you for the response. Is CyanogenMod an option then? If I go to CM could I flash back a stock 4.3 rom in the future?
As an added bonus question does CM allow wifi tethering?
Again thank you for the response.
mentorkyrom said:
Thank you for the response. Is CyanogenMod an option then? If I go to CM could I flash back a stock 4.3 rom in the future?
As an added bonus question does CM allow wifi tethering?
Again thank you for the response.
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CM is certainly an option. In fact, its what i am running now. CM11 12-24. Runs great. You can always odin the stock mk3 tar and go back to stock unrooted, at any time.
in order to flash cm11 you MUST be on TWRP 2.6.3.1 or CWM 6.0.4.5 or newer or the assert check will fail.
not sure on the tethering, but im pretty sure it definitely works on cm10.2 and i think it does on 11 as well, but dont quote me on that.
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CM is certainly an option. In fact, its what i am running now. CM11 12-24. Runs great. You can always odin the stock mk3 tar and go back to stock unrooted, at any time.
in order to flash cm11 you MUST be on TWRP 2.6.3.1 or CWM 6.0.4.5 or newer or the assert check will fail.
not sure on the tethering, but im pretty sure it definitely works on cm10.2 and i think it does on 11 as well, but dont quote me on that.
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Tethering is available on CM11 just like it was on 10.2; would strongly recommend latest Philz Touch Recovery over either TWRP or CWM though. Although it is based on CWM, it has proven to be pretty much the superior recovery option for flashing any Android build number, plus it is highly customizable.
Philz Touch Recovery
this is how to downgrade
mentorkyrom said:
So I'm by no means super knowledgable with this stuff but I've rooted a few phones, played around with CM on my old evo but for the most part I enjoy rooted stock.
I have Galaxy S3 Sprint 4.3 updated OTA from a rooted (4.1.2). When I took the OTA I lost root, no big deal I used Odin and flashed the CF auto root, it said it removed knox and I had root back. Cool!
In short 4.3 sucked, wanted to downgrade back so things like TrevE mod would work again and it wouldn't be so buggy. I tried to use odin to flash "KIES_HOME_L710VPBMD4_L710SPRBMD4_1130792_REV03_user_low_ship.tar.md5" but it gave me the "Use Kies Recovery and error occured" message.
So I then used odin and flashed TWRP and my phone booted.
I'm back on 4.3 rooted.
I've tried picking through the forums and interwebz for answers but I get mixed messages and info on international versions and what not.
I'm tired of trying to figure it out and really could use some help downgrading back to 4.1.2
Thanks,
Brandon
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do a factory data reset then use odin auto root from computer ok...... after boot u will get a security message supersu will be unfortunately stopping this is ok..... then u will need to download the supersu.app to root of sd then manually install this will update it and now u can turn off knox and have root... then go to market and download odin mobile then flash your .tar file u want and you will be good to go 4.1.2 doesn't have knox and has a unlocked bootloader so have fun bro this method may work for other phones
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do a factory data reset then use odin auto root from computer ok...... after boot u will get a security message supersu will be unfortunately stopping this is ok..... then u will need to download the supersu.app to root of sd then manually install this will update it and now u can turn off knox and have root... then go to market and download odin mobile then flash your .tar file u want and you will be good to go 4.1.2 doesn't have knox and has a unlocked bootloader so have fun bro this method may work for other phones
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Do you realize that this thread hasn't been used in a couple of months? I would assume the author has no more need of advice based on the inactivity. Also, once Knox is installed, it is on the phone to stay. PERIOD. NO DOWNGRADING POSSIBLE VIA ODIN. Custom ROMs of any build are fine via custom recovery, but any attempt to change the bootloader will trigger Knox and brick the phone. Dangerous info to be posting here, especially since someone else who doesn't know better might try this.
So, i decide to root my s3 because i wanted to do some cool stuff. I got odin, got the tar file and tried flashing it. For some reason it didn't work :crying: On odin it gave me a fail. I was in download mode too. So, when i turn on my s3 it is in odin mode but it says "firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again." i did this in kies and when it was at like 99% it gives me an error. :crying:
so i tried flashing again in odin still fail, but i get on my s3 SV REV CHECK FAIL: Fused 2 > Binary 0. I have no clue what that means, So, i just want my phone to get working again i dont care about rooting anymore. JUST HELP ME FIX IT!!!!:crying:
BTW: I di root my Kindle Fire a while back so i thought I would have experience with this (i kind of do) but i guess I thought wrong.
Was your phone running a stock 4.3 AT&T ROM? What method did you use to try and root the phone?
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Was your phone running a stock 4.3 AT&T ROM? What method did you use to try and root the phone?
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i think so and i tired using odin and i put the phone in download mode so i could flash the .tar file
Resistance225 said:
i think so and i tired using odin and i put the phone in download mode so i could flash the .tar file
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Since your phone was running a stock 4.3 ROM, you can't use Odin to install a stock AT&T 4.3 ROM because it doesn't exist. There are leaked ROMs around that you could try flashing.
Alternatively, you could install a custom recovery and install a custom 4.4.2 ROM.
audit13 said:
Since your phone was running a stock 4.3 ROM, you can't use Odin to install a stock AT&T 4.3 ROM because it doesn't exist. There are leaked ROMs around that you could try flashing.
Alternatively, you could install a custom recovery and install a custom 4.4.2 ROM.
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I will try to do this! Thanks for helping me though, i will keep you updated. :fingers-crossed:
audit13 said:
Since your phone was running a stock 4.3 ROM, you can't use Odin to install a stock AT&T 4.3 ROM because it doesn't exist. There are leaked ROMs around that you could try flashing.
Alternatively, you could install a custom recovery and install a custom 4.4.2 ROM.
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I installed a recovery and guess what, it started working again! All my data was still there too! Thanks i really appreciate you taking the time to help me! I also was able to succsessfully root it by using the CF auto root .tar file. Once again, thanks a ton!
Resistance225 said:
I installed a recovery and guess what, it started working again! All my data was still there too! Thanks i really appreciate you taking the time to help me! I also was able to succsessfully root it by using the CF auto root .tar file. Once again, thanks a ton!
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Glad you got it working. We're all here to help.
Hello, I am currently rooted and have CWM 6.0.4.3. installed. I'm on CM11 but want to go back to stock.. Is there an easy way to keep root and go back to stock. Want stock for a few functions that ROMS dont seem to be offering but can keep root and CWM ??
Thanks.
Which phone do you have? You could try flashing a pre-rooted stock ROM via Odin. Then use Odin to flash CWM.
Bt its better to firstly install ur stock rom and then again root it as it takes no longer than 5 mins
DeathNotice said:
Bt its better to firstly install ur stock rom and then again root it as it takes no longer than 5 mins
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Ok perfect, thats what I was looking for. Phone btw is S3 - d2att - SGH i747) Sounds good to install the stock rom and re-root.. I'm sure its here but I have searched everywhere to find a tutorial on this and I cannot find a straight answer.
Would you mind giving me the steps or pointing me to a thread that explains how to and has the files in need to download ?
audit13 said:
Which phone do you have? You could try flashing a pre-rooted stock ROM via Odin. Then use Odin to flash CWM.
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Do you know if there is a step by step on this somewhere ? I dont mind going back to complete stock.. I can just re-root and flash CWM after.
OR
Maybe you could just answer the bigger question : the reason I want to go back to stock is I need to use MHL/HDMI which CM11 doesnt support. I dont want to go back to stock, I would rather even go to another ROM that supports mhl/hdmi.. but if I have to go to stock, than so be it.?
Were you running the stock AT&T 4.3 ROM before you switched to CM11?
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Were you running the stock AT&T 4.3 ROM before you switched to CM11?
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Yes, I bought the phone new and was running stock, Canadian Rogers version and had changed to CM10, then to 11.
robberrobbie said:
Yes, I bought the phone new and was running stock, Canadian Rogers version and had changed to CM10, then to 11.
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Since you installed a custom recovery, that would have tripped the Knox counter which voids the warranty. It's not a problem if the phone is working properly.
Did you update to 4.3 or did it come with 4.3?
You may be better off installing a pre-rooted ROM.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426
audit13 said:
Since you installed a custom recovery, that would have tripped the Knox counter which voids the warranty. It's not a problem if the phone is working properly.
Did you update to 4.3 or did it come with 4.3?
You may be better off installing a pre-rooted ROM.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426
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It was quite some time ago but I believe I was on ICS 4.0.. and switch to CM from there. Im not worried about the counter for warranty, that's expired on my unit anyways. I just want to be able to use MHL/HDMI function.. so if fine with flashing pre-rooted.. or stock.. or a different ROM that support MHL/HDMI. Can you recommend the easiest route ?
robberrobbie said:
It was quite some time ago but I believe I was on ICS 4.0.. and switch to CM from there. Im not worried about the counter for warranty, that's expired on my unit anyways. I just want to be able to use MHL/HDMI function.. so if fine with flashing pre-rooted.. or stock.. or a different ROM that support MHL/HDMI. Can you recommend the easiest route ?
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I asked about 4.3 because the 4.3 bootloader cannot be downloaded. Flashing via mobile Odin will not touch the bootloader or modem.
You could try a pre-rooted rom and then flash a custom recovery via Odin.
I use Philz Touch from here: http://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/d2att
audit13 said:
I asked about 4.3 because the 4.3 bootloader cannot be downloaded. Flashing via mobile Odin will not touch the bootloader or modem.
You could try a pre-rooted rom and then flash a custom recovery via Odin.
I use Philz Touch from here: http://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/d2att
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Ok thanks, I will do that. 1 thing I'm not quite sure of is the bootloader situation ? In the first tutorial there is a note : Flashing a prior bootloader can hard/soft brick your device. How do I know ?
I see the steps as:
Extract tar file you downloaded.
Use Odin, put phone into download mode [with phone off, hold vol. down + home + power ], connect to computer and open Odin.
once in odin click the PDA field and select the tar file
Leave Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time checked.
click start and when done let phone reboot.
If you just want a stock, rooted phone with no custom recovery, no plans to flash custom roms, etc. then you can stop HERE.
For my situation, is it just that easy ?
Before flashing, verify the version of your bootloader.
audit13 said:
Before flashing, verify the version of your bootloader.
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OK I have made an effort to go read and figure out how to find out what version of bootloader on my own.. But i cannot find ? Any chance you know... And could help?
You mentioned your have the i747 and Rogers. Do you have the AT&T s3 (i747) or Rogers/Bell/Telus s3 (i747m)?
What is the most recent stock ROM you had on your phone?
Hey. I got the i747m. As for what was the last stock ROM I had, can't say. I know when I bought the phone it was ICS and I had received and update to jellybean.. But them went to cm10. The tutorial I followed told me had me back everything up, which I did. Have it in a file somewhere on my comp, would that tell me ?
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If you are flasjing back to stock you should flash back to the same baseband/bootloader that came stock on your phone.
I'm looking for a stock rooted zip for the sasktel i747m (MF1) that i can flash in CWM....I need to go back to stock to fix a data issue that ive encountered through flashing these new d2lte builds...
Does anyone know if a cwm flashable stock rooted rom exists for Sasktel's i747m with baseband MF1 ???I already have the Odin flashable stock rooted zip but don't have a laptop handy until tuesday....And im pretty sure i cant flash that zip in cwm recovery....
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Ariesdroid said:
If you are flasjing back to stock you should flash back to the same baseband/bootloader that came stock on your phone.
I'm looking for a stock rooted zip for the sasktel i747m (MF1) that i can flash in CWM....I need to go back to stock to fix a data issue that ive encountered through flashing these new d2lte builds...
Does anyone know if a cwm flashable stock rooted rom exists for Sasktel's i747m with baseband MF1 ???I already have the Odin flashable stock rooted zip but don't have a laptop handy until tuesday....And im pretty sure i cant flash that zip in cwm recovery....
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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I have not seen a stock mf1 ROM that can be flashed in CWM. You could use mobile Odin to flash back to stock and then flash Philz Touch via desktop Odin later.
OK, so back to my question.. If I have the i747M and bought the phone with ICS.. does this help.?
audit13 said:
You mentioned your have the i747 and Rogers. Do you have the AT&T s3 (i747) or Rogers/Bell/Telus s3 (i747m)?
What is the most recent stock ROM you had on your phone?
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Hey there Audit, Sorry to bother you again, I just dont know how to move forward from here and neeeeeed some help.
I have been reading for days and days have not found a straight answer for my issue and I dont want to just go ahead and start flashing when I dont know if its the right method ?
I dont know how to get back to stock from where I'm at, I dont know how to figure out what bootloader I have (you asked me)
I have found a couple links on XDA that I can follow, I'm just not sure if they apply to my situation ?
This is a pretty detailed response/tutorial, but I dont know if I can just go ahead with this or not ?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2186967
This is also very detailed: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426
Any help would be greatly appreciated !
robberrobbie said:
OK, so back to my question.. If I have the i747M and bought the phone with ICS.. does this help.?
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If you are sure you have the Rogers i747m and you have never loaded a stock Rogers 4.3 ROM onto your phone, you could use desktop Odin to flash a pre-rooted 4.1.2 ROM from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426.
Flashing the pre-rooted 4.1.2 ROM will return the phone to completely stock, wipe out all installed apps and data, and you will have root. I do not recommend flashing the Rogers 4.3 pre-rooted ROM from the link.
Once you are able to boot into the phone and set things up, you can flash Philz Touch from Odin which will give you a custom recovery on a rooted stock 4.1.2 ROM.
In the begin I rooted my S4 On the MDL baseband (4.2.2) and had OUDHS recovery installed but i decided to to install Wicked_v10 (4.3) which required for to update to the 4.3 modem and i followed these steps http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2544612 i followed all the steps with Odin BUT it said that it fail to Update.And it well reboot its self say back to download mode saying "firmware upgrade encountered an issue. please select recovery mode in kies & try again" so basically my phone was Soft-bricked i manage resorting it back use this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2258628 And soon enough my s4 was back alive:fingers-crossed: But only one problem now i take a look in my setting and i was on the MK2 Baseband As you can see in the screenshot and on top of the i get the error my notification bar saying "The device has detected an application attempting unpermitted actions and has
stopped loading. To protect your device, it is recommended you reboot." So im stuck now and i dont know what to next :crying:
should i just revert back to the MDL baseband because im not sure what to
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In the begin I rooted my S4 On the MDL baseband (4.2.2) and had OUDHS recovery installed but i decided to to install Wicked_v10 (4.3) which required for to update to the 4.3 modem and i followed these steps http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2544612 i followed all the steps with Odin BUT it said that it fail to Update.And it well reboot its self say back to download mode saying "firmware upgrade encountered an issue. please select recovery mode in kies & try again" so basically my phone was Soft-bricked i manage resorting it back use this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2258628 And soon enough my s4 was back alive:fingers-crossed: But only one problem now i take a look in my setting and i was on the MK2 Baseband As you can see in the screenshot and on top of the i get the error my notification bar saying "The device has detected an application attempting unpermitted actions and has
stopped loading. To protect your device, it is recommended you reboot." So im stuck now and i dont know what to next :crying:
should i just revert back to the MDL baseband because im not sure what to
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According to the screenshots you uploaded, you are not on MDL firmware. In fact, you are on MDB firmware. MDB was released when the T-Mobile Galaxy S4 came out. Use Odin and flash the MDL firmware (use that same restore thread again, but do NOT download the link that says Stock Tar, instead download UVUAMDL Official TAR). Flashing this should restore the baseband version from MK2 to MDL.
Vigz said:
According to the screenshots you uploaded, you are not on MDL firmware. In fact, you are on MDB firmware. MDB was released when the T-Mobile Galaxy S4 came out. Use Odin and flash the MDL firmware (use that same restore thread again, but do NOT download the link that says Stock Tar, instead download UVUAMDL Official TAR). Flashing this should restore the baseband version from MK2 to MDL.
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Thanks i did not see that i was to busy worrying I think thats why my Wifi wasnt working , But other then that you got and suggestions why the modem MK2 gave me a error through odin ?
Skitts said:
Thanks i did not see that i was to busy worrying I think thats why my Wifi wasnt working , But other then that you got and suggestions why the modem MK2 gave me a error through odin ?
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I'm not sure. I actually used that tutorial to upgrade my baseband and it worked just fine. Another person also had this issue as well. I told them that it could have something to do with the custom binary counter. Apparently, the phone prevents you from flashing unsigned items if the counter is high. You can reset it with an app called TriangleAway.
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I'm not sure. I actually used that tutorial to upgrade my baseband and it worked just fine. Another person also had this issue as well. I told them that it could have something to do with the custom binary counter. Apparently, the phone prevents you from flashing unsigned items if the counter is high. You can reset it with an app called TriangleAway.
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Hmm could be Because I never did reset the counter when i flashed the recovery but ill give it a try.Ill tell you how it goes Thanks man for all your Help
One more thing ..... Do i have to put the "SS_DL.dll" under the odin folder like it say ?
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Hmm could be Because I never did reset the counter when i flashed the recovery but ill give it a try.Ill tell you how it goes Thanks man for all your Help
One more thing ..... Do i have to put the "SS_DL.dll" under the odin folder like it say ?
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IT WORK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dear Experts, Need your help.
Look at the attached pictures.
I successfully flashed official 4.4.2 (M919UVUFNB4) through OTA
Since then I had google play store issues. "Could not communicate with google severs" for more than 2 days.
So I decided to get the stock 4.4.2 reinstalled. But it would need Stock 4.3 to allow OTA 4.4.2 to pop.
* So tried to go back to stock 4.3 using ODIN. This is where things got messed up.
* ODIN downgrade failed. Could not boot
* So I flashed OUDHS-Recovery-jfltetmo-1.0.3.3.tar using ODIN. Successfully flashed and booted.
* Installed CWM recovery 6.0.4.4
* Flashed "jfltetmo_M919UVUEMK2_Stock_Deodexed.zip" successfully and booted.
* Tried to go back to stock 4.3. Failed again.
Right now my phone is working without any issues with deodexed 4.3. Look at the attached pictures.
Let me know how can I get back to Stock 4.3
or
how can I update my phone to Stock 4.4.2
Appreciate your help!
c_arivazhagan said:
Dear Experts, Need your help.
Look at the attached pictures.
I successfully flashed official 4.4.2 (M919UVUFNB4) through OTA
Since then I had google play store issues. "Could not communicate with google severs" for more than 2 days.
So I decided to get the stock 4.4.2 reinstalled. But it would need Stock 4.3 to allow OTA 4.4.2 to pop.
* So tried to go back to stock 4.3 using ODIN. This is where things got messed up.
* ODIN downgrade failed. Could not boot
* So I flashed OUDHS-Recovery-jfltetmo-1.0.3.3.tar using ODIN. Successfully flashed and booted.
* Installed CWM recovery 6.0.4.4
* Flashed "jfltetmo_M919UVUEMK2_Stock_Deodexed.zip" successfully and booted.
* Tried to go back to stock 4.3. Failed again.
Right now my phone is working without any issues with deodexed 4.3. Look at the attached pictures.
Let me know how can I get back to Stock 4.3
or
how can I update my phone to Stock 4.4.2
Appreciate your help!
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Wrong section man but you can't update to stock 4.4.2 w/o the .tar (unreleased atm) and you can't go back to stock 4.3 because of Knox. All you can do is flash a 4.4.2 custom ROM and wait for the .tar for 4.4.2 to be released.
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Wrong section man but you can't update to stock 4.4.2 w/o the .tar (unreleased atm) and you can't go back to stock 4.3 because of Knox. All you can do is flash a 4.4.2 custom ROM and wait for the .tar for 4.4.2 to be released.
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Thank you!. I am not an expert. Who creates the tar file and what decides its due?
c_arivazhagan said:
Thank you!. I am not an expert. Who creates the tar file and what decides its due?
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Samsung
You can try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2679913. It's a completely stock flashable zip.
I will say that I haven't tested it yet (will do so later), and the Dev warns that things might break. So you have been warned. But if you're already on the 4.4 boot loader from the OTA update, its worth a shot. Just make a nandroid so that if you get any errors you can go back to what you have now.
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You can try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2679913. It's a completely stock flashable zip.
I will say that I haven't tested it yet (will do so later), and the Dev warns that things might break. So you have been warned. But if you're already on the 4.4 boot loader from the OTA update, its worth a shot. Just make a nandroid so that if you get any errors you can go back to what you have now.
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Thank you. I tried it. It went into boot loop. I switched back to deodexed 4.3
Ari
c_arivazhagan said:
Thank you. I tried it. It went into boot loop. I switched back to deodexed 4.3
Ari
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Good to know, hopefully I won't have the same problem but who knows. It's annoying to me that I don't have a way to completely start fresh but that's what happens I guess when you jump the bandwagon so early lol
c_arivazhagan said:
Dear Experts, Need your help.
Look at the attached pictures.
I successfully flashed official 4.4.2 (M919UVUFNB4) through OTA
Since then I had google play store issues. "Could not communicate with google severs" for more than 2 days.
So I decided to get the stock 4.4.2 reinstalled. But it would need Stock 4.3 to allow OTA 4.4.2 to pop.
* So tried to go back to stock 4.3 using ODIN. This is where things got messed up.
* ODIN downgrade failed. Could not boot
* So I flashed OUDHS-Recovery-jfltetmo-1.0.3.3.tar using ODIN. Successfully flashed and booted.
* Installed CWM recovery 6.0.4.4
* Flashed "jfltetmo_M919UVUEMK2_Stock_Deodexed.zip" successfully and booted.
* Tried to go back to stock 4.3. Failed again.
Right now my phone is working without any issues with deodexed 4.3. Look at the attached pictures.
Let me know how can I get back to Stock 4.3
or
how can I update my phone to Stock 4.4.2
Appreciate your help!
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There is a way to get a fresh install of the 4.4 NB4 OTA. We've been using the process for the I337 for a while now since AT&T stopped releasing the full tar files. I recently picked up a used M919 for the unlocked bootloader and have been able to follow the same procedure to get the fresh re-install of NB4.
I will put together the needed files and post a link but all thats needed is to place the OTA zip in your ext sd card and then flash the MK2 system, modem, recovery, and cache images using odin. The phone will not boot at this point but you then go into recovery and flash the OTA zip from there.
muniz_ri said:
There is a way to get a fresh install of the 4.4 NB4 OTA. We've been using the process for the I337 for a while now since AT&T stopped releasing the full tar files. I recently picked up a used M919 for the unlocked bootloader and have been able to follow the same procedure to get the fresh re-install of NB4.
I will put together the needed files and post a link but all thats needed is to place the OTA zip in your ext sd card and then flash the MK2 system, modem, recovery, and cache images using odin. The phone will not boot at this point but you then go into recovery and flash the OTA zip from there.
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Nevermind, the NB4 full odin tar is now available on sammobile.
muniz_ri said:
Nevermind, the NB4 full odin tar is now available on sammobile.
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Yes, thank you.
Ari