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I tried to flash rooted stock rom or stock rom, either will result me in stock in boot logo. Anyway for me to use odin to flash ccw or recovery so I can wipe before flash Odin?
Whanksta said:
I tried to flash rooted stock rom or stock rom, either will result me in stock in boot logo. Anyway for me to use odin to flash ccw or recovery so I can wipe before flash Odin?
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you're the 2nd person with the same issue in the last 10 mins...i wonder wth is going on with the stock files or odin. I'll tell you the same thing I told another user ...If you used odin 3.0.7...trying using 3.0.4 instead. Another user did that and it worked...so hopefully you'll get the same results.
defnow said:
you're the 2nd person with the same issue in the last 10 mins...i wonder wth is going on with the stock files or odin. I'll tell you the same thing I told another user ...If you used odin 3.0.7...trying using 3.0.4 instead. Another user did that and it worked...so hopefully you'll get the same results.
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I tried using 3.0.4 and it did not work, however i was able to flash CWM through odin so now everything is wiped clean. Hopefully stock rom will go through this time.
Edit: yup, that did it. flashing CWM was so crucial.
Whanksta said:
I tried using 3.0.4 and it did not work, however i was able to flash CWM through odin so now everything is wiped clean. Hopefully stock rom will go through this time.
Edit: yup, that did it. flashing CWM was so crucial.
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you should post what you did here...help em out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1886634
SIMPLE FIX....
preform factory reset in recovery before (or after) flashing stock.
Stock odin flash does not flash or wipe data partition. and some files that you have in there become incompatible with older firmware and stop stock from booting.
NOTE!!!!! factory reset from STOCK recovery WILL WIPE SD CARD TOO!!!
CWM recovery factory reset WILL NOT wipe sd card... backup your pics and downloads!!!!
hey, what file did you use to flash cwm my problem seems to be nearly identical to yours please reply
chemisch said:
hey, what file did you use to flash cwm my problem seems to be nearly identical to yours please reply
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Pretty sure he followed this....
http://www.androidauthority.com/galaxy-s3-sgh-i747-att-clockworkmod-recovery-99791/
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda premium
YESSSS! so i ended up geting it to work after flashing cwm and flashing stock rom that was still in bootloop but then i got a custome rom onto external sd card and loaded that and i got it working so ****ing happy been all day i've been thinking my phones ruined
I've gone through multiple threads and can't find a solution. Sorry for being a newb.
So every ROM I try to flash wither it be a clean flash or dirty (again tried multiple ways to get it to work) I don't know what else to do now any thoughts or help?
NOTE: I recently unrooted my phone put it back on stock ICS touchwiz re-rooted it then was on [rom][unofficial]paranoidandroid 2.13[09/19/12] by jay.dub for about 3 days and now I can't flash to any ROM or even back to that previous ROM
Geofbc said:
I've gone through multiple threads and can't find a solution. Sorry for being a newb.
So every ROM I try to flash wither it be a clean flash or dirty (again tried multiple ways to get it to work) I don't know what else to do now any thoughts or help?
NOTE: I recently unrooted my phone put it back on stock ICS touchwiz re-rooted it then was on [rom][unofficial]paranoidandroid 2.13[09/19/12] by jay.dub for about 3 days and now I can't flash to any ROM or even back to that previous ROM
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Well, its not true you cant flash a custom ROM, as you are on one It sounds like possibly your recovery is corrupt? Maybe try reflashing recovery via Odin.
1. What recovery are you on now?
2. When you try and flash a new ROM, what error are you getting?
blackangst said:
Well, its not true you cant flash a custom ROM, as you are on one It sounds like possibly your recovery is corrupt? Maybe try reflashing recovery via Odin.
1. What recovery are you on now?
2. When you try and flash a new ROM, what error are you getting?
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Totally agree with you blackangst. I would Odin to stock reroot and start fresh.
datrapstar said:
Totally agree with you blackangst. I would Odin to stock reroot and start fresh.
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Alright thanks guys Restock and start fresh it is Awesome help!
Hi guys I'm having big issues here, I've flashed 100s of rom's before no problem I'm no noob when it comes to flashing and useing recovery. I was using PA 4.4 and decided to give CM 11 a go. After flashing it worked fine but this morning I couldn't unlock the phone by pressing the unlock or home button. I booted Into TwRP and thought I would go back to PA 4.4. However every time I try to do a factory reset the phone reboots. I can wipe /system ok but anything else causes the same rebooting issue. I have the zips for CMW, TWRP and Philz I can flash them fine but they all cause the same issue.
Any help would be hugely appectaed.
Kombat wombat said:
Hi guys I'm having big issues here, I've flashed 100s of rom's before no problem I'm no noob when it comes to flashing and useing recovery. I was using PA 4.4 and decided to give CM 11 a go. After flashing it worked fine but this morning I couldn't unlock the phone by pressing the unlock or home button. I booted Into TwRP and thought I would go back to PA 4.4. However every time I try to do a factory reset the phone reboots. I can wipe /system ok but anything else causes the same rebooting issue. I have the zips for CMW, TWRP and Philz I can flash them fine but they all cause the same issue.
Any help would be hugely appectaed.
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well use philz and flash the super wipe script found in phoenix rom extra downloads , it will wipe everything if it succeeds then flash the rom u want and see if it solves if not try with a backup if u have any.
if all fails odin is the way to come back flashing stock
shhbz said:
well use philz and flash the super wipe script found in phoenix rom extra downloads , it will wipe everything if it succeeds then flash the rom u want and see if it solves if not try with a backup if u have any.
if all fails odin is the way to come back flashing stock
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Thank you for the reply, I'm not sure where to find the script, I've tired a full wipe via aroma installer with the same issue. I don't have any backup looks like it will have to be Odin with stock rom when I get home.
Kombat wombat said:
Thank you for the reply, I'm not sure where to find the script, I've tired a full wipe via aroma installer with the same issue. I don't have any backup looks like it will have to be Odin with stock rom when I get home.
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here s he script http://d-h.st/fWr
shhbz said:
here s he script http://d-h.st/fWr
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Legend mate I'll give it ago when I get to a PC
shhbz said:
here s he script http://d-h.st/fWr
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Still no joy I flashed stock via Odin and all that happens is it stays on the samsung screen ..
Kombat wombat said:
Still no joy I flashed stock via Odin and all that happens is it stays on the samsung screen ..
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Just boot into stock recovery and wipe data and reboot if not then flash custom recovery through odin and wipe data,cache,dalvik and reboot
I am currently running SkyNote Air and want to do a clean wipe and start fresh. I've done this before without a problem but am having trouble this time around. After a clean wipe and ROM install, the phone will boot but after seeing the "Android is upgrading, Starting Apps" screen and momentarily displaying the Welcome screen the phone will go into a loop. Seems to happen after the phone connects to the network. I can interact with it to reboot into recovery if I'm quick enough.
From the searches I've done, I've already tried clearing cache and Dalvik and factory reset without any luck. I used Philz to wipe for a new ROM and TWRP to wipe internal storage as well without any luck. I've tried installing the ROM twice before rebooting recovery. Fix Permissions from TWRP also hasn't helped. I already had the 43paramtz.tar flashed and reflashing it does not help either. I have not tried the One-click method yet. That seems the only thing left to try. Just want to see if anyone else has any suggestions. Thanks in advance!
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using Tapatalk
ojai00 said:
I am currently running SkyNote Air and want to do a clean wipe and start fresh. I've done this before without a problem but am having trouble this time around. After a clean wipe and ROM install, the phone will boot but after seeing the "Android is upgrading, Starting Apps" screen and momentarily displaying the Welcome screen the phone will go into a loop. Seems to happen after the phone connects to the network. I can interact with it to reboot into recovery if I'm quick enough.
From the searches I've done, I've already tried clearing cache and Dalvik and factory reset without any luck. I used Philz to wipe for a new ROM and TWRP to wipe internal storage as well without any luck. I've tried installing the ROM twice before rebooting recovery. Fix Permissions from TWRP also hasn't helped. I already had the 43paramtz.tar flashed and reflashing it does not help either. I have not tried the One-click method yet. That seems the only thing left to try. Just want to see if anyone else has any suggestions. Thanks in advance!
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using Tapatalk
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Are you on T-mobile ?
dicksteele said:
What bootloader are you on ??? Did you do the 4.3 OTA ?
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I believe I am on a 4.1.2 bootloader (I317UCAMA4). I have not restored to stock or done a 4.3 OTA.
ojai00 said:
I believe I am on a 4.1.2 bootloader (I317UCAMA4). I have not restored to stock or done a 4.3 OTA.
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And you're on T-Mobile ?
dicksteele said:
And you're on T-Mobile ?
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Yep. Using an unlocked i317 on T-Mobile with the AWS Mod. My first instinct was to remove the SIM since the phone seemed to be restarting once I was connected to the network but that didn't work either.
ojai00 said:
Yep. Using an unlocked i317 on T-Mobile with the AWS Mod. My first instinct was to remove the SIM since the phone seemed to be restarting once I was connected to the network but that didn't work either.
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Ahhhh.. Like it says in your signature.... :cyclops:
Yea I'm awake.
Have your ever flashed anything else besides Sky Air ? That's the one you have reflashed after Philz/TWRP wipes right ?
dicksteele said:
Ahhhh.. Like it says in your signature.... :cyclops:
Yea I'm awake.
Have your ever flashed anything else besides Sky Air ? That's the one you have reflashed after Philz/TWRP wipes right ?
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SkyNote is the only 4.3 ROM I've tried. Yes, that was the ROM I reflashed after the full wipes. I've been flashing SkyNote from version 8 onwards and am now running the N3 version. I've seen some people have issues with the N3 version but not the Vanilla version. I haven't tried that one. I've been following MeanBean but I'm worried if I can't even get a reinstall of SkyNote Air working my chances of another ROM will probably be the same!
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SkyNote is the only 4.3 ROM I've tried. Yes, that was the ROM I reflashed after the full wipes. I've been flashing SkyNote from version 8 onwards and am now running the N3 version. I've seen some people have issues with the N3 version but not the Vanilla version. I haven't tried that one. I've been following MeanBean but I'm worried if I can't even get a reinstall of SkyNote Air working my chances of another ROM will probably be the same!
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MeanBean is pretty sweet. You have to remember to run the fixdata.sh.
I'm thinking you should give this a try, a stock ROM.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2589891
It's still flashing from a custom recovery.
You've done everything short of sacrificing a chicken.
Gotta run to a mind numbing meeting.....
dicksteele said:
MeanBean is pretty sweet. You have to remember to run the fixdata.sh.
I'm thinking you should give this a try, a stock ROM.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2589891
It's still flashing from a custom recovery.
You've done everything short of sacrificing a chicken.
Gotta run to a mind numbing meeting.....
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I'll give it a shot. Good luck with the meeting. Thanks for your help! :highfive:
ojai00 said:
I'll give it a shot. Good luck with the meeting. Thanks for your help! :highfive:
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Good luck.... Hopefully it works.
Tried flashing the stock deodexed ROM in Philz and still the same result. I can at least make it far enough to the home screen but am still getting the same reboots. I also upgraded to the 4.3 bootloader from seanz thread here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2502464) without luck. I wonder if flashing the ROM in Odin will be any different? I have my doubts but want to hear it from someone else.
ojai00 said:
Tried flashing the stock deodexed ROM in Philz and still the same result. I can at least make it far enough to the home screen but am still getting the same reboots. I also upgraded to the 4.3 bootloader from seanz thread here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2502464) without luck. I wonder if flashing the ROM in Odin will be any different? I have my doubts but want to hear it from someone else.
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If you're game you could try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2618447
If you do sections 1 and 2, and don't get boot loops, you can flash that stock/root/odex ROM.
dicksteele said:
If you're game you could try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2618447
If you do sections 1 and 2, and don't get boot loops, you can flash that stock/root/odex ROM.
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Thanks again. I'll try that next. Attempting the Odexed version of Zen's package first.
ojai00 said:
Thanks again. I'll try that next. Attempting the Odexed version of Zen's package first.
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Sounds good. Good luck.
Not sure what is residual and causing the boot loops.
So I dirty flashed the odex version and that seems to be stable. I then factory reset to wipe it clean and that came up fine. Going to try wiping completely and installing Stock Odex again.
Update: Rooted Stock Odex seems to be the only one that is booting up fine. I then flashed SkyNote Air without any wipes and it was fine again. Once I tried to factory reset to defaults after Air is installed (wiping cache and Dalvik in the process), the boot loops begin. Guess this is what I'm going to have to do if I want to start fresh on any ROM.
ojai00 said:
So I dirty flashed the odex version and that seems to be stable. I then factory reset to wipe it clean and that came up fine. Going to try wiping completely and installing Stock Odex again.
Update: Rooted Stock Odex seems to be the only one that is booting up fine. I then flashed SkyNote Air without any wipes and it was fine again. Once I tried to factory reset to defaults after Air is installed (wiping cache and Dalvik in the process), the boot loops begin. Guess this is what I'm going to have to do if I want to start fresh on any ROM.
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Too wierd. At least you found a path.... Not optimal, but functional.
I'm fighting why I can't flash a custom recovery now.
dicksteele said:
Too wierd. At least you found a path.... Not optimal, but functional.
I'm fighting why I can't flash a custom recovery now.
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Just a thought even though I'm sure you verified. You're sure you're trying to flash the proper recovery for the device? I know TWRP and Philz make a specific version for the i317 with t0lteatt in the file name.
ojai00 said:
Just a thought even though I'm sure you verified. You're sure you're trying to flash the proper recovery for the device? I know TWRP and Philz make a specific version for the i317 with t0lteatt in the file name.
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Yepper. They live on my machine and phone. Thought it was an ODIN thing, just rooted my phone.
I do so much crap to it maybe that's was I was missing .... We'll see.
EDIT : And that was it. Interesting .....
Hello everyone,
After a long fight to try and get this phone back to normal, everything seemed good,
except not really
I started on a buggy CM11 version. Sick of it, I downloaded a 4.4.4 stock rom. I had to disable firewall and defender, but I got Odin to flash my md5. I got through everything and it booted successfully. After signing in and all that jazz, I find out that my WiFi isn't working. After a few reboots, My 4G finally works and everything seems to be steady.
Then, after exploring the rest of the phone I find out that all my apps from last ROM are still there. I know that you are supposed to wipe before flashing, but I was told that Odin will take care of that. It obviously didn't.
After THAT, I try to boot into Recovery as the next sensible step is to try to wipe my data and cache. I turn the phone off and press (Vol up + Home + Pwr) and the first boot screen shows for a moment. It says in blue "RECOVERY BOOTING" in the corner. Right after, it disappears and in another second it does the same screen without the "RECOVERY BOOTING". And as presumed, it does a regular boot.
What did I miss? How can I wipe my phone from recovery? How can I fix my problem with Wifi?
Reflash in Odin.
Make sure you have the correct stock rom. If you flash the "md5" you may have flashed the wrong thing. The md5 is not tge firmware, that is just the code that verifies your firmware file is not corrupted.
If your old apps were still there, you flashed the wrong thing. There is no way to flash stock firmware in odin and not wipe the data partition.
You are correct then
Yeah, I flashed a tar.md5 in Odin. It gave me a new ROM but all my apps are there. After all that, I still can't go to recovery. I tried using the terminal and ROM Toolbox to go there, both didn't work. Can I just leave it as it is and find a way to recovery or is the only way to go to bootloader and flash a correct file to get to recovery?
Flash twrp and see if it will reboot into recovery, then factory reset and flash latest firmware with Odin right after. Odin will NOT wipe data. It has to be done manually
serio22 said:
Flash twrp and see if it will reboot into recovery, then factory reset and flash latest firmware with Odin right after. Odin will NOT wipe data. It has to be done manually
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It depends on what you ate flashing.
If you are flashing a full stock factory image it will wipe user data. If you are just flashing a system partition it won't.
Essem G said:
Hello everyone,
After a long fight to try and get this phone back to normal, everything seemed good,
except not really
I started on a buggy CM11 version. Sick of it, I downloaded a 4.4.4 stock rom. I had to disable firewall and defender, but I got Odin to flash my md5. I got through everything and it booted successfully. After signing in and all that jazz, I find out that my WiFi isn't working. After a few reboots, My 4G finally works and everything seems to be steady.
Then, after exploring the rest of the phone I find out that all my apps from last ROM are still there. I know that you are supposed to wipe before flashing, but I was told that Odin will take care of that. It obviously didn't.
After THAT, I try to boot into Recovery as the next sensible step is to try to wipe my data and cache. I turn the phone off and press (Vol up + Home + Pwr) and the first boot screen shows for a moment. It says in blue "RECOVERY BOOTING" in the corner. Right after, it disappears and in another second it does the same screen without the "RECOVERY BOOTING". And as presumed, it does a regular boot.
What did I miss? How can I wipe my phone from recovery? How can I fix my problem with Wifi?
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Fkash twrp and format system, data, cache and preload and install a deodexed stock os
g7755725 said:
Fkash twrp and format system, data, cache and preload and install a deodexed stock os
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Also this. This gives you more control over the whole process
Skipjacks said:
Also this. This gives you more control over the whole process
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How do I know whatever I download is deodexed? And I went to a page of ROMs someone gave me and I downloaded the NK2 version, which also gave me a tar.md5. If I want the correct thing to flash, what should I flash?
Essem G said:
How do I know whatever I download is deodexed? And I went to a page of ROMs someone gave me and I downloaded the NK2 version, which also gave me a tar.md5. If I want the correct thing to flash, what should I flash?
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The first post of any customized stock rom will tell you if its deodexed. If it doesn't say it...its not.
@Essem G:
Any updates for us? I'm following this thread because I have similar problems with my WiFi not working after upgrading from 4.2.2.
Any luck getting TWRP flashed?
Also I believe that the stock firmwares do come as tar.md5's, as in the file: M919UVUFNK2_M919TMBFNK2_M919UVUFNK2_HOME.tar.md5 from ShinySide's stock firmware thread.
As for the WiFi issue, from the hours of reading I've done it looks like this problem occurs when you upgrade your firmware, but it no longer matches the bootloader. Such as bootloader (Baseband) showing MDL, but Build Number showing NH7, NK2, etc. What does your show?
This thread may be of use to you when you get back to a working ROM. Good luck!
@RavenMind1
Everyone has been saying different answers and i've put off fixing my device for a while. I'm just afraid i'll brick it forever and have another nightmare after this current one. So no, there has been no progress. I think i'm gonna try to flash Philz and format my system, then flash a deodexed rom. @g7755725 said that you can flash TWRP, but I usually use Philz. It appears to be that I have lost root access because no root features work and SuperSU won't recognize it. Will everything work or am I setting my self up for disaster?
Edit: Where can I find a deodexed rom? I desperately need one, thanks
Essem G said:
@RavenMind1
Everyone has been saying different answers and i've put off fixing my device for a while. I'm just afraid i'll brick it forever and have another nightmare after this current one. So no, there has been no progress. I think i'm gonna try to flash Philz and format my system, then flash a deodexed rom. @g7755725 said that you can flash TWRP, but I usually use Philz. It appears to be that I have lost root access because no root features work and SuperSU won't recognize it. Will everything work or am I setting my self up for disaster?
Edit: Where can I find a deodexed rom? I desperately need one, thanks
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Look in the forums for deodexed rom theirs a bunch and untouched as well i had philz but it eoukdnt boot my s4 so i had to switch to twrp because it does better then any recovery
g7755725 said:
Look in the forums for deodexed rom theirs a bunch and untouched as well i had philz but it eoukdnt boot my s4 so i had to switch to twrp because it does better then any recovery
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Thanks for the support so far, but has this problem occured before? do you think the steps i've listed will solve this? Im just trying to make sure that I know exactly what to do before I go in. Thanks
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Thanks for the support so far, but has this problem occured before? do you think the steps i've listed will solve this? Im just trying to make sure that I know exactly what to do before I go in. Thanks[/Q] it should
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@g7755725 I downloaded a deodexed rom from the SkipJacks guy (different page than what you sent me) and it's a little under 9MB... how could this possibly be a ROM?
Essem G said:
@g7755725 I downloaded a deodexed rom from the SkipJacks guy (different page than what you sent me) and it's a little under 9MB... how could this possibly be a ROM?
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Have you tried my gamerrom Ultimate 1 its basically stock touchwiz of if Official NK2 M919UVUFNK2 with stweaks and no bloatware here is the thread gru 1 is in.the botyom of the thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-tmobile/development/stock-os-gamerrom-ultimate-2-touchwiz-t3078467
Sounds cool but i would have been interested a few months ago. I'm trying to sell the phone so I need to get it back to stock. Appreciate all the help and I think it's cool that you make ROMs
Essem G said:
Sounds cool but i would have been interested a few months ago. I'm trying to sell the phone so I need to get it back to stock. Appreciate all the help and I think it's cool that you make ROMs
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If you're trying to go back to complete stock then just Odin NK2 firmware. http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-tmobile/general/firmwares-official-mdl-mk2-nb4-t2816508 I used the NK2 from here about 2 days ago to go back to stock.