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[Q] att galaxy note 2 stuck on samsung logo boot

PLEASE DO NOT BE ANNOYING AND COMPLAIN ABOUT THE QUESTION EVEN IF THERES A SIMILAR QUESTION THAT DOESNT MEAN IT HAS THE SAME ANSWER OR WHERE THE THREAD IS OR WHATEVER! im only in need of someone that wants to help but basically i tried to unlock my galaxy note 2 but i had to downgrade the firmware to do so cuz its not possible with 4.1.2 and i downloaded the files and followed instructions to a t from cellunlocker and after using the odin my phone is just stuck on the samsung logo screen.. my phone wasnt rooted yet and there is no way to get recovery or to do factory data reset or anything, i kept trying to install drivers nothing . All i can do is manually flash through odin and still get stuck, i tried a root file i tried unroot file i tried original firmware i tried cmw i tried everything and nothing works it just wont get past that point.. i can do the power+down volumekey+ home key and get into the downloading mode so i can use odin but thats it

I also tried the galaxy note 2 toolkit and still nothing

So you aren't rooted yet?
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twanskys204 said:
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it wasnt rooted when i tried bringing back the firmware... and i dont know how to factory reset when the os wont even start. no recovery no bootloader i attempted to root after being stuck on the boot through odin

thekidcalledl said:
it wasnt rooted when i tried bringing back the firmware... and i dont know how to factory reset when the os wont even start. no recovery no bootloader i attempted to root after being stuck on the boot through odin
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I did that before. Press home + volume up + power that will put u in stock recovery, from there you should be able to factory reset wipe data. Before you downgraded from 4.1.2 to 4.1.1 you needed to full wipe because the factory image in Odin will just flash on top

scyr2355 got it...
your device is dirty...as you pushed images on top of each other. and this leaves old data behind.
the boot to stock recovery and a cache wipe with a factory reset should bring the phone back to life.....g

You could have just downgraded the radio and the secret menu is there again with the options to unlock... Hope this works out for you
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Home+Vol Up+Power will put you into stock recovery as stated previously. You will need to use odin. Make sure drivers are installed on your computer and use a stock Image. Of course you must reset everything. I bricked my phone in similar fashion when I first started flashing. Now I flash all the time without issue. I recommend TWRP. A simple search will get you all the info you need.

thekidcalledl said:
PLEASE DO NOT BE ANNOYING AND COMPLAIN ABOUT THE QUESTION EVEN IF THERES A SIMILAR QUESTION THAT DOESNT MEAN IT HAS THE SAME ANSWER OR WHERE THE THREAD IS OR WHATEVER! im only in need of someone that wants to help but basically i tried to unlock my galaxy note 2 but i had to downgrade the firmware to do so cuz its not possible with 4.1.2 and i downloaded the files and followed instructions to a t from cellunlocker and after using the odin my phone is just stuck on the samsung logo screen.. my phone wasnt rooted yet and there is no way to get recovery or to do factory data reset or anything, i kept trying to install drivers nothing . All i can do is manually flash through odin and still get stuck, i tried a root file i tried unroot file i tried original firmware i tried cmw i tried everything and nothing works it just wont get past that point.. i can do the power+down volumekey+ home key and get into the downloading mode so i can use odin but thats it
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Just spent five hours tonight trying to fix the same problem. I have a couple questions for you.
1. Which version of ODIN are you using. I recommend using the 3.07 version because it officially supports downloading the ATT I-317 firmware to your handset.
2. Are you using an official stock ROM? Or one that has been tampered with, De-OXED and/or injected with a root. If so, I would also recommend using a stock tar.md5 ROM from the Samsung-Updates or SamMobile websites.
On an unrelated note, I'm originally from Warwick :laugh:

PLEASE HELP!!!
I did the same thing. I tried to downgrade to 4.1.1 to unlock a customers device and now im stuck on the Samsung logo.... Ive never had a problem like this before and like I said this is a customers Note 2 and I really dont have the $$ to replace his device.... I tried to get to stock recovery and It wont go.... it just keeps looping the Note 2 logo.... what can I do.... Im SUPER scared.... ive rooted many many devices but only 1 downgrade and this never happened.... everything passed on Odin?? PLEASE HELP ME??

Factory reset

twanskys204 said:
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I cant.... It wont let me go into recovery mode..

Just keep trying the 3finger combo... It goes volume up home power in that order..... Your gonna hafto play with it but it will boot. I promise
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U only hafto be scared if the device is unresponsive... What I don't understand is why ur using this method on a customers phone in the first place... Don't u sales people have ur codes?
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Thing is.... All u had to do is downgrade the modem to a 4.1.1 not the whole fw

twanskys204 said:
Just keep trying the 3finger combo... It goes volume up home power in that order..... Your gonna hafto play with it but it will boot. I promise
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U only hafto be scared if the device is unresponsive... What I don't understand is why ur using this method on a customers phone in the first place... Don't u sales people have ur codes?
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Thank you so much.. it did go into recovery.... and I was getting nervous cause the samsung screen took a long time to finish the boot but it finally did... thank you so much man!!! You just saved me from getting my ass kicked by this customer..... THANK YOU!!!!

Did u get it unlocked?

twanskys204 said:
Did u get it unlocked?
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Yes sir I just unlocked it now.... now time to root....this shouldnt be a problem.... I hope. I havent had problems rooting in the past, but now that I just said that I probably will, lol.
Thanks again, Ill keep you posted!

calm down man, its just a phone, its not life or death..

wase4711 said:
calm down man, its just a phone, its not life or death..
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It's worse then that....It's dirty Jim.
LOL, I'm a dirty boy. I got caught flashing dirty. After all these (5) years of flashing I forgot to wipe / format.
Even some of the "seasoned," meddlers / flashers have one of those moments where they forget to wipe.

Can you get into download mode volume down power button and home button ...if you can use odin to flash back to stock
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Cant install custom ROMs

I just got the GN3 and naturally, the first thing I did was root it. That took a bit of time because it didn't seem to want to stock. Supersu kept force closing and i would get a pop up saying its been prevented from opening. After a bit i got it though. and used titanium to freeze all the unwanted bloat. but EVERY time i try to install a ROM i get into a boot loop. Ive tried just about every rom that is so far available to us. ive tried removing the battery, wiping cache, and doing system restore. but i just constantly get boot loops. Any thoughts?

kevinallen4325 said:
I just got the GN3 and naturally, the first thing I did was root it. That took a bit of time because it didn't seem to want to stock. Supersu kept force closing and i would get a pop up saying its been prevented from opening. After a bit i got it though. and used titanium to freeze all the unwanted bloat. but EVERY time i try to install a ROM i get into a boot loop. Ive tried just about every rom that is so far available to us. ive tried removing the battery, wiping cache, and doing system restore. but i just constantly get boot loops. Any thoughts?
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There are three places to look, the CWM bootloop thread, the N900T TWRP bootloop thread, and it's being discussed in the Original Android Development - TWRP thread.. This post will probably get merged.. Either way, need more info, like the recovery you're using, are you able to Odin back to stock etc...
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Steve Lazarus said:
There are three places to look, the CWM bootloop thread, the N900T TWRP bootloop thread, and it's being discussed in the Original Android Development - TWRP thread.. This post will probably get merged.. Either way, need more info, like the recovery you're using, are you able to Odin back to stock etc...
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Im using TWRP 2.6.3.2. and i am able to odin back to stock. though when i use odin to flash back it doesnt seem to get rid of everything until i restore factory again. its weird. this phone is acing different then any other phone ive used

Steve Lazarus said:
There are three places to look, the CWM bootloop thread, the N900T TWRP bootloop thread, and it's being discussed in the Original Android Development - TWRP thread.. This post will probably get merged.. Either way, need more info, like the recovery you're using, are you able to Odin back to stock etc...
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and i cant seem to find the twrp thread. can you point me in the right direction?

kevinallen4325 said:
and i cant seem to find the twrp thread. can you point me in the right direction?
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just to update. i odined back to stock and used the CF root method then installed TWRP 2.3.6.1 and flashed again and no bootloops this time.
ill update if i have any issues in the future.
hope this helps someone

kevinallen4325 said:
just to update. i odined back to stock and used the CF root method then installed TWRP 2.3.6.1 and flashed again and no bootloops this time.
ill update if i have any issues in the future.
hope this helps someone
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Happy to hear it, I would read the thread, it's right below this one currently, as to avoid the bootloop issue. Also might want to get the .2 release of TWRP just in case., even though it gave you issues the first time..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2471421
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Steve Lazarus said:
Happy to hear it, I would read the thread, it's right below this one currently, as to avoid the bootloop issue. Also might want to get the .2 release of TWRP just in case., even though it gave you issues the first time..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2471421
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the 2.6.3.2? i believe thats what i was using before that was giving me issues. unless theres something else im missing

kevinallen4325 said:
I just got the GN3 and naturally, the first thing I did was root it. That took a bit of time because it didn't seem to want to stock. Supersu kept force closing and i would get a pop up saying its been prevented from opening. After a bit i got it though. and used titanium to freeze all the unwanted bloat. but EVERY time i try to install a ROM i get into a boot loop. Ive tried just about every rom that is so far available to us. ive tried removing the battery, wiping cache, and doing system restore. but i just constantly get boot loops. Any thoughts?
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Did you factory reset before Odin. If your going to Odin stock factory reset before. People don't realize Odin doesn't wipe apps/settings..... And system restore in twrp?
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kevinallen4325 said:
Im using TWRP 2.6.3.2. and i am able to odin back to stock. though when i use odin to flash back it doesnt seem to get rid of everything until i restore factory again. its weird. this phone is acing different then any other phone ive used
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Odin doesn't factory reset.
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deeznutz1977 said:
Did you factory reset before Odin. If your going to Odin stock factory reset before. People don't realize Odin doesn't wipe apps/settings..... And system restore in twrp?
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i did not factory reset in odin. never had to. usually these things would always wipe everything on the device and put it back completely to stock.
and i havent tried a system restore

kevinallen4325 said:
i did not factory reset in odin. never had to. usually these things would always wipe everything on the device and put it back completely to stock.
and i havent tried a system restore
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No not in Odin. Factory reset in recovery. Be it twrp/cwm before the Odin flash or stock android recovery 3e after the.flash.....
.... Odin has never wiped apps . I've been using Odin since the vibrant..
And as for the backup restore.. I wouldn't until its all sorted out. Considering I was the first one in a boot loop. It could just be me scared lol
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[Q] Stuck at white AT&T load screen after trying to restore nandroid backup.

So I rooted my SG3, SGH-I747 last night. Took a bit of looking as I recently updated to 4.3 OTA which made the process more difficult than I remember in the past on this phone, but got it done. I then found a ROM to flash, but flash failed. Before flashing, I did take a nandroid backup using TWRP, but after attempting restore with it, on boot up it gets through the samsung logo and then just sits at the AT&T load screen. I have tried to go in and perform factory reset (wiping cache, dalvik and system), but nothing is working. I then downloaded 4.1.1 stock firmware for this device to flash via ODIN but I get a FAIL, and same result, stuck at AT&T screen. Did I brick my phone?????
Please Help!

You cannot downgrade after 4.3 flash stock 4.3 to repair
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Grizzle4185 said:
So I rooted my SG3, SGH-I747 last night. Took a bit of looking as I recently updated to 4.3 OTA which made the process more difficult than I remember in the past on this phone, but got it done. I then found a ROM to flash, but flash failed. Before flashing, I did take a nandroid backup using TWRP, but after attempting restore with it, on boot up it gets through the samsung logo and then just sits at the AT&T load screen. I have tried to go in and perform factory reset (wiping cache, dalvik and system), but nothing is working. I then downloaded 4.1.1 stock firmware for this device to flash via ODIN but I get a FAIL, and same result, stuck at AT&T screen. Did I brick my phone?????
Please Help!
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It Happened to me 2 days ago I am on Rogers. What i did i just flashed the update through Odin again and start from square one. It kept all my application and all my downloads . Good luck

zaky1 said:
It Happened to me 2 days ago I am on Rogers. What i did i just flashed the update through Odin again and start from square one. It kept all my application and all my downloads . Good luck
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What update are you speaking of? I tried to flash stock 4.1.1 but got FAIL message.

jimchee said:
You cannot downgrade after 4.3 flash stock 4.3 to repair
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Would you happen to have link to download this file?

All the files are located at sammobile.com just download the one for your carrier
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jimchee said:
All the files are located at sammobile.com just download the one for your carrier
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Okay, thanks for the help. Will try as soon as I can.

You can save the file quickly to cLoud and d/l at your leisure
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It's pCloud I really hate autocorrect
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Disable auto reboot in odin and try again..
After it says pass remove the battery for 10 sec and then reboot..
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Okay so I installed the stock 4.3 firmware, and it seemed that it was going to reboot, but does NOT boot up AT ALL.
Dammit.
Anything else I might be doing wrong?

Grizzle4185 said:
What update are you speaking of? I tried to flash stock 4.1.1 but got FAIL message.
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Do not flash anything from sammobile because you're on AT&T and they don't have the 4.3 files there. You already updated to 4.3 if you do happen to successfully flash something older through Odin you will have a paperweight for a phone.
Try to do a factory reset. And 4.3 takes a really long time to boot after a factory reset or fresh flash. You will think it is stuck just plug it in to the charger and come back in 10 minutes so you can not be impatient. Let it do its thing. When I Say a long time the last time (yesterday) I flashed a Rom (stock by loserskater) it took 4 minutes and 22 seconds to boot(I timed it had nothing better to do after hard bricking the phone for the third time in a week)
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Follow up on the issue.
Just so this thread didn't just stop, I wanted to give an update on my situation. Ended up hard tricking my phone and sent it off to get pba replaced. Should be getting it back soon, 70 dollars later.

Just happened
I tried to flash a new mod'd touchwiz launcher and tried to restore from a nandroid backup of dandroid.
After restoring stuck on boot logo.
Tried to wipe and restore again to no avail.
I put the rom back on the sd card and re-flashed and is up and working fine.
You might wanna try this (with your chosen rom).

Return US Note 8.0 N5110 to complete stock

guys,
I am trying to return my Note. 8.0 GT-N5110 to stock. I am using Odin and after every reboot its getting boot looped.
I am using Auto Reboot and F.Reset Time. I am using PDA and HOME_N5110XXCNC1_N5110ZTOCNC1.tar.md5
I really am having a tough time with this. I sold it to someone and want to bring back to complete stock.
Am using the wrong Odin file?
I checked all of the guides here but not having any luck. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Ryan

rlasalle15 said:
guys,
I am trying to return my Note. 8.0 GT-N5110 to stock. I am using Odin and after every reboot its getting boot looped.
I am using Auto Reboot and F.Reset Time. I am using PDA and HOME_N5110XXCNC1_N5110ZTOCNC1.tar.md5
I really am having a tough time with this. I sold it to someone and want to bring back to complete stock.
Am using the wrong Odin file?
I checked all of the guides here but not having any luck. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Ryan
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You want to get N5110UEFMI1_N5110XARFMI1_HOME.tar.md5
Your settings are fine as long as you are running Odin 3.07

gooberdude said:
You want to get N5110UEFMI1_N5110XARFMI1_HOME.tar.md5
Your settings are fine as long as you are running Odin 3.07
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I grabbed that one too...Same thing. Bootloop after the auto reboot

rlasalle15 said:
I grabbed that one too...Same thing. Bootloop after the auto reboot
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I may have been using an older version of odin...sorry lol never return these things to stock. Trying again.

gooberdude said:
You want to get N5110UEFMI1_N5110XARFMI1_HOME.tar.md5
Your settings are fine as long as you are running Odin 3.07
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Yea using Odin 3.07 it says it Passed but it just seems to be bootlooping on Samsung boot ani. I have no idea why.

rlasalle15 said:
Yea using Odin 3.07 it says it Passed but it just seems to be bootlooping on Samsung boot ani. I have no idea why.
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Do you still have a custom recovery? Check to see if you can still get into it.
If so, clear out devlik cache, and format your partition.
If not, there was another thread about this in Q&A I think.

rlasalle15 said:
Yea using Odin 3.07 it says it Passed but it just seems to be bootlooping on Samsung boot ani. I have no idea why.
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Got it..went into Recovery and factory reset. All is good..thank you for your help!

rlasalle15 said:
Got it..went into Recovery and factory reset. All is good..thank you for your help!
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Can I get a link to a Return to Complete Stock forum? I've been looking but can't find it. I rooted a long time ago and never have had to unroot, but I I'm selling it.
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Nevermind. Found it a few pages back in general. It should probably be stickied.
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kude87 said:
Can I get a link to a Return to Complete Stock forum? I've been looking but can't find it. I rooted a long time ago and never have had to unroot, but I I'm selling it.
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No need, as this is my condensed way that works every time.
Here is my steps...
Go into SuperSU and have it do a clean removal.
If triangle away is installed, go into triangle away and have it uninstall.
Go into settings and perform a factory reset.
Shut down.
If you have a custom recovery you can have it do a Format Partition, and Clear Devlik Cache to make sure things are wiped, and reboot into factory down loader.
If no custom recovery, start in factory down loader.
Use Odin 3.7 and the ROM posted in this thread.
You will then have a stock Note 8.0... once you boot and go through the settings, you will need to do a factory reset to make it clear everything for the new user to go through once they own it.

Can't Unbrick My T-Mobile Galaxy S4

Hello there, I'm stuck here with what seems to be an unbrickable TMO Galaxy S4. I've tried just aboout everything under the sun and it's still stuck in bootloop. Heres a list of things I've tried and hopefully someone and help me get this thiing up and running soon.
1. Factory Reset, then flash the MDL firmware thru odin. It passed, restarted then finishing installing in the stock recovery. Went to the Samsung Galaxy S4 screen, blacked out then rebooted = FAIL!
2. Install a custom recovery, wiped the entire phone(formatted data, wiped system, data, cache, internal, dalvik cache and did an factory reset. Then flashed Darth Stalker X1. It tried booting the first go then the screen went haywire and the phone got incredibly hot. pulled battery and it booted all the way up and a few hours later back to bootlooping but now that last fix doesn't work anymore. FAIL!
3.Updated to the MK2 firmware, wiped everything again, tried booting. Still bootloop. Installed Custom recovery Wiped everything and tried 2 different roms 1 including the X1 from before. Still Bootloop. FAIL!
4. Now I've updated to the lastest firmware, NB4. Downloaded and flashed NB4 roms like Insane Kit Kat V9 and more. Still the same results. Only time I even got a glimpse at a boot animation is when I flashed a CM based rom but its still bootlooping. FAIL!
I'm so lost on what to do next, I just need some guidance to get me on the right track to success. Please anyone who knows anything help me.

Here's some pictures of the phone

Flash back to latest stock using Kies.

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Flash back to latest stock using Kies.
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Can you help me in doing that? I clicked on Firmware upgrade and intialization but now its asking for the info on the back of the phone which is not there.. Now what?

donutkidd said:
Can you help me in doing that? I clicked on Firmware upgrade and intialization but now its asking for the info on the back of the phone which is not there.. Now what?
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If you can't do it through kies just use Odin. The official nb4 firmware doesn't work but Fenny fixed it. Go to the link provided and download his fixed nb4 full firmware and flash it. Uncheck auto reboot, once done pull the battery and boot in recovery and do a factory reset and wipe cache and dalvik. Post your results. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=52924856
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donutkidd said:
Here's some pictures of the phone
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Looks like you've done quite a bit to fix this problem, but I'll throw in a few suggestions. May not work, but it won't hurt. Some of this might seem redundant, but who knows; it might help.
First, because KNOX has already been tripped, I'd try to flash a non-TouchWiz ROM via recovery. Once you've flashed CM11 or whatever you choose, I'd grab the charging cable that came with the phone and flash the NB4 firmware via Odin. (The reason for flashing a non-TW ROM then restoring to the factory image is that I've always encountered problems when restoring the stock image from a TW ROM like still having user data intact and other odd stuff. Flashing non-TW guarantees everything is gone.)
If you can't boot from that I'd try to manually update your modem to NB4. I know it should have flashed via Odin you updated to NB4, but I've noticed that sometimes the modem doesn't update when flashing the factory firmware in Odin. I've never updated my bootloader past MDL; just custom recovery and updated modem/baseband) and when using Odin to restore back to MDL, my modem will still say NB4. It wouldn't really cause a problem with MDL bootloader and a newer modem, but I could see how there could be a conflict if you still have the MDL modem and newer bootloader.
Good luck.

mrzhadow said:
If you can't do it through kies just use Odin. The official nb4 firmware doesn't work but Fenny fixed it. Go to the link provided and download his fixed nb4 full firmware and flash it. Uncheck auto reboot, once done pull the battery and boot in recovery and do a factory reset and wipe cache and dalvik. Post your results. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=52924856
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Okay flashing now..

mrzhadow said:
If you can't do it through kies just use Odin. The official nb4 firmware doesn't work but Fenny fixed it. Go to the link provided and download his fixed nb4 full firmware and flash it. Uncheck auto reboot, once done pull the battery and boot in recovery and do a factory reset and wipe cache and dalvik. Post your results. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=52924856
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lordcheeto03 said:
Looks like you've done quite a bit to fix this problem, but I'll throw in a few suggestions. May not work, but it won't hurt. Some of this might seem redundant, but who knows; it might help.
First, because KNOX has already been tripped, I'd try to flash a non-TouchWiz ROM via recovery. Once you've flashed CM11 or whatever you choose, I'd grab the charging cable that came with the phone and flash the NB4 firmware via Odin. (The reason for flashing a non-TW ROM then restoring to the factory image is that I've always encountered problems when restoring the stock image from a TW ROM like still having user data intact and other odd stuff. Flashing non-TW guarantees everything is gone.)
If you can't boot from that I'd try to manually update your modem to NB4. I know it should have flashed via Odin you updated to NB4, but I've noticed that sometimes the modem doesn't update when flashing the factory firmware in Odin. I've never updated my bootloader past MDL; just custom recovery and updated modem/baseband) and when using Odin to restore back to MDL, my modem will still say NB4. It wouldn't really cause a problem with MDL bootloader and a newer modem, but I could see how there could be a conflict if you still have the MDL modem and newer bootloader.
Good luck.
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Okay I've tried both suggestions and I'm still stuck. It has to be something wrong with my system status or something.. Even after erasing everything possible and flashing the fixed NB4 firmware thru odin it still says custom system status but the binaries says Samsung Official. Any suggestions for this??

donutkidd said:
Okay I've tried both suggestions and I'm still stuck. It has to be something wrong with my system status or something.. Even after erasing everything possible and flashing the fixed NB4 firmware thru odin it still says custom system status but the binaries says Samsung Official. Any suggestions for this??
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Read this http://www.androidayos.com/2014/03/...-s4-m919-t-mobile-unbrick-and-recovery-guide/
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mrzhadow said:
Read this http://www.androidayos.com/2014/03/...-s4-m919-t-mobile-unbrick-and-recovery-guide/
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Smh nothing is working but I'm starting to think the reason why is because it's not officially SGH-M919 since after flashing every official firmware I found from MDL to NB4 and system status still comes up as custom. I will try and flash the m919n in the morning. Good idea or no?
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donutkidd said:
Smh nothing is working but I'm starting to think the reason why is because it's not officially SGH-M919 since after flashing every official firmware I found from MDL to NB4 and system status still comes up as custom. I will try and flash the m919n in the morning. Good idea or no?
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I didn't realize it wasn't the Sgh-m919! You are correct about flashing the wrong firmware. You first need to figure out which variant your phone is so we can find the correct firmware. My apologies I was under the impression that you had a m919 when you said it was a tmo s4.
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mrzhadow said:
I didn't realize it wasn't the Sgh-m919! You are correct about flashing the wrong firmware. You first need to figure out which variant your phone is so we can find the correct firmware. My apologies I was under the impression that you had a m919 when you said it was a tmo s4.
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Yea that's the thing, I was under the impression it was an m919 as well that's why I posted the pics. When I initially got the phone it had m919 when booting and in the download mode. But after all those testing I'm now assuming that the previous owner change it somehow to show m919 instead of what it really could be. So the question now is what variant this is or how to figure out what it is?
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donutkidd said:
Yea that's the thing, I was under the impression it was an m919 as well that's why I posted the pics. When I initially got the phone it had m919 when booting and in the download mode. But after all those testing I'm now assuming that the previous owner change it somehow to show m919 instead of what it really could be. So the question now is what variant this is or how to figure out what it is?
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Take the battery cover off and you will see the groove where you are supposed to stick your finger to pry the battery. Look just below it and you will see some numbers. Mine say GM919. What does yours say?
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mrzhadow said:
Take the battery cover off and you will see the groove where you are supposed to stick your finger to pry the battery. Look just below it and you will see some numbers. Mine say GM919. What does yours say?
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This is everything I see there - - > GM919 #6-4 >PC+ABS<
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This is everything I see there - - > GM919 #6-4 >PC+ABS<
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How about the battery? Does it say Near Field Communications under the Samsung logo?
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mrzhadow said:
How about the battery? Does it say Near Field Communications under the Samsung logo?
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Yep says that as well.
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donutkidd said:
Yep says that as well.
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Usually when you have a clone none Samsung phone all these things would be missing. I'm just going 1 by 1. I think you may have a different carrier phone. But which one!!?
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mrzhadow said:
Usually when you have a clone none Samsung phone all these things would be missing. I'm just going 1 by 1. I think you may have a different carrier phone. But which one!!?
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You think there's a way to figure thru recovery? Running adb commands or something?
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donutkidd said:
You think there's a way to figure thru recovery? Running adb commands or something?
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This may be a little easier. I found a site with ask identifying marks for all S4 variants. Take a look and see which one you have. Then we can go from there.
http://www.etradesupply.com/blog/find-models-samsung-galaxy-s4-series-2/
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mrzhadow said:
This may be a little easier. I found a site with ask identifying marks for all S4 variants. Take a look and see which one you have. Then we can go from there.
http://www.etradesupply.com/blog/find-models-samsung-galaxy-s4-series-2/
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I'll help you as much as I can!
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mrzhadow said:
This may be a little easier. I found a site with ask identifying marks for all S4 variants. Take a look and see which one you have. Then we can go from there.
http://www.etradesupply.com/blog/find-models-samsung-galaxy-s4-series-2/
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I'll help you as much as I can!
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Yea I truly appreciate your time also I will send you an little donation later today.
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