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[Backup] Stock Rom

Here is a stock rom backup for the Sprint G S III. I made the backup after doing a data wipe, so the rom is pure, no lingering data, ect.
Instructions:
-unzip the .zip file
-move the backup folder into your existing CWM folder on the S III internal memory
-restore in recovery
Again, this is a stock backup as some people need it.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/19699565/fresh_GSIII_backup.zip
From my dropbox, so hit it easy.

Nice, know of some that will appreciate this.

bizdady said:
Nice, know of some that will appreciate this.
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Me too
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<3

Warning: if you flash this make sure you clear Google wallets data as shown in a qbking77 video so you don't brick the secure element
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How is this in any way a stock rom?

nabbed said:
How is this in any way a stock rom?
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Give him a break. At least this isn't in development.
And he at least did something that could be useful until we get a real stock rom .zip or .tar
~E.R.A.

nabbed said:
How is this in any way a stock rom?
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You have been in every thread criticizing everyone else s contributions...what the hell have you contributed?

nabbed said:
How is this in any way a stock rom?
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It's not, it's a backup. That's not the point, it's still useful to many users that have possibly screwed their device but still have access to recovery. Especially until something official comes out.

will there be a stock package on odin different than just the stock boot image? my phone is bricked for no apparent reason(see my thread here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1731416) and flashing the stock boot image in odin does nothing. i Also cant get into CWM to flash my backup...

pizzlewizzle said:
will there be a stock package on odin different than just the stock boot image? my phone is bricked for no apparent reason(see my thread here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1731416) and flashing the stock boot image in odin does nothing. i Also cant get into CWM to flash my backup...
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Eventually there will be, but a lot of people [to include major developers] still don't have the phone yet, so we'll have to be patient. I looked over it, though currently are you able to get into recovery still or no? Additionally did you try re-flashing the cwm recovery in odin?

I can get into download mode but not into CWMR. The only thing i have tried flashing since it bricked is boot-stock-sprint-sph-l710.tar (which sort of worked the first time). I'm at work and don't have my phone on me so i guess i could try flashing CWMR again later but this is really weird. Thanks for the reply. This is my first Sprint phone, but on my Droid X we had a program similar to Odin where you could push a .sbf file that included everything stock and basically just reset your phone to stock. Do these exist for Sprint phones? The . SBF files were usually rather large(around 350mb or so) but the boot-stock-sprint-sph-l710.tar is around 10 or 15 mb so i know it doesn't include all the system files...
Thanks again

teh roxxorz said:
Eventually there will be, but a lot of people [to include major developers] still don't have the phone yet, so we'll have to be patient. I looked over it, though currently are you able to get into recovery still or no? Additionally did you try re-flashing the cwm recovery in odin?
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Lol i just replied the same thing over on another thread he posted in. Stop jumping around pizzle! if you can get into Odin chances are good you can flash cwm and then restore the backup

hahaha sorry about that. When I try and boot into recovery it looks like its about to go to Recovery and then freezes on the Galaxy S III screen. I'll try reflashing CWMR when I get home...Thanks for the advice

So is a back up a nandriod?
I have made a few but never resorted one, you just flash it same as a ROM and your done?
I misplaced my stock nandroid when I flashed CM10 build 2 and my extFs SD card had to be formatted to use again, I was sure I had in on PC but can't find it.
Thanks!

[Q] Is there any way to completely erase everything from my phone?

I've searched both xda and Google and haven't been able to find anything.
Yesterday, I formatted everything possible via CWM6.0.2.3 (/storage, /data, etc.) and (of course) ended up having to reinstall the stock rom as I've effectively soft-bricked my phone.
After getting everything up and running again, I installed ROM Manager and it said that I still had TWRP still installed. What's more, the stock rom had the wallpaper and lock screen message I'd set up before formatting everything.
I later hooked my phone up to my pc and deleted everything from both internal storage and my sd card, though Windows showed that there was still some data left on the phone. I again did a fresh install of the stock rom and the previous background, message, and TWRP are still there.
I know I'm being a bit nitpicky, but where is this data hidden and how can I delete it?

demiipoet said:
I've searched both xda and Google and haven't been able to find anything.
Yesterday, I formatted everything possible via CWM6.0.2.3 (/storage, /data, etc.) and (of course) ended up having to reinstall the stock rom as I've effectively soft-bricked my phone.
After getting everything up and running again, I installed ROM Manager and it said that I still had TWRP still installed. What's more, the stock rom had the wallpaper and lock screen message I'd set up before formatting everything.
I later hooked my phone up to my pc and deleted everything from both internal storage and my sd card, though Windows showed that there was still some data left on the phone. I again did a fresh install of the stock rom and the previous background, message, and TWRP are still there.
I know I'm being a bit nitpicky, but where is this data hidden and how can I delete it?
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You need to Odin a full wipe stock Rom that will format everything
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BHurst said:
You need to Odin a full wipe stock Rom that will format everything
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So if I were to do a full wipe with Odin, what would I check? Flash Lock, Nand Erase All, or T Flash?

demiipoet said:
So if I were to do a full wipe with Odin, what would I check? Flash Lock, Nand Erase All, or T Flash?
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Only select Auto-Reboot. There should be a one-click that will prevent disaster. It is right here. Be aware of the 16 vs 32 GB option.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1904099

The Root said:
Only select Auto-Reboot. There should be a one-click that will prevent disaster. It is right here. Be aware of the 16 vs 32 GB option.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1904099
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I've tried having Auto-Reboot and F-Time Reset checked and I still have residual files.
After trying the one click method you linked, absolutely nothing changed except I was no longer rooted. Still had same apps, lock screen, wallpaper, etc.

And you've done a factory wipe? What apps are remaining? I guess I should get more specific.

The Root said:
And you've done a factory wipe? What apps are remaining? I guess I should get more specific.
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Yes, I've done a factory wipe. All of my apps remain; I still have Chrome, ROM Manager, Nova Launcher, etc.
If I delete everything, everything goes to stock except behind the scene things like TWRP still being installed (according to ROM Manager).

demiipoet said:
I've searched both xda and Google and haven't been able to find anything.
Yesterday, I formatted everything possible via CWM6.0.2.3 (/storage, /data, etc.) and (of course) ended up having to reinstall the stock rom as I've effectively soft-bricked my phone.
After getting everything up and running again, I installed ROM Manager and it said that I still had TWRP still installed. What's more, the stock rom had the wallpaper and lock screen message I'd set up before formatting everything.
I later hooked my phone up to my pc and deleted everything from both internal storage and my sd card, though Windows showed that there was still some data left on the phone. I again did a fresh install of the stock rom and the previous background, message, and TWRP are still there.
I know I'm being a bit nitpicky, but where is this data hidden and how can I delete it?
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Did you watch this video? Follow the instruction to a T and you should be good to go..
http://www.qbking77.com/how-to-unroot/unroot-unbrick-the-samsung-galaxy-s-iii.html

doubledragon5 said:
Did you watch this video? Follow the instruction to a T and you should be good to go..
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I'm relatively certain I followed the directions properly, and it works as far as getting back to stock. Though in the video he mentions that data wouldn't be wiped and that's what I was aiming for: wiping absolutely everything so that the phone is as when I first got it. No custom recoveries, no saved lockscreen message, nothing.

You may have to manually delete them then.
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U need to flash a full complete stock image from odin. Im willing to bet you have a return to stock thread in your development section. If your using a mobile app remember to check stickys as they dont show by default.

cbass15 said:
You may have to manually delete them then.
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I've tried that (by hooking up my phone to my pc and deleting everything) :/ Just performed another factory data reset and Rom Manager still says I have CWM and TWRP already installed.
RomsWell said:
U need to flash a full complete stock image from odin. Im willing to bet you have a return to stock thread in your development section. If your using a mobile app remember to check stickys as they dont show by default.
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I've tried returning to stock, both with the Odin method and the flash-only method :\

I have a " RESET_LJ7.zip" that will delete everything including recovery and reset flash counter, but it's a huge file, I'm not home, and I haven't uploaded it anywhere. You can search for that zip file name because I can't remember where I originally found it, or I can upload it tonight for you, it's just a flashable zip
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imaconeheadXD said:
I have a " RESET_LJ7.zip" that will delete everything including recovery and reset flash counter, but it's a huge file, I'm not home, and I haven't uploaded it anywhere. You can search for that zip file name because I can't remember where I originally found it, or I can upload it tonight for you, it's just a flashable zip
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Where are custom recoveries stored? And is there some way for me to access it? I would think right clicking "Phone" from Explorer and hitting "Format" would delete everything, but apparently it doesn't.

demiipoet said:
Where are custom recoveries stored? And is there some way for me to access it? I would think right clicking "Phone" from Explorer and hitting "Format" would delete everything, but apparently it doesn't.
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No I'm not sure where the recovery is restored, I didn't make the zip I just have a copy of it because I needed it when I returned 2 phones to Sprint Like I said search that name for the zip, and if you still don't find it I'll upload it when home, that could be VERY late though
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Here's stock LJ7. I assume you know how to use Odin so here's the file as posted by Skunk Ape1. All credit goes to him.
http://d-h.st/GVs
Oh and also, the files you delete while "formatting" the phone on the computer are only the extra app data (like back-ups and such) and other extra files. Things like recovery are in hidden system files that I believe can only be deleted through a specific clear (like system/data clear in TWRP) or by flashing a complete stock tar through Odin. Well you can also manually delete them but that takes a while.

imaconeheadXD said:
No I'm not sure where the recovery is restored, I didn't make the zip I just have a copy of it because I needed it when I returned 2 phones to Sprint Like I said search that name for the zip, and if you still don't find it I'll upload it when home, that could be VERY late though
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I couldn't find the .zip via Google nor xda, but don't worry about it. My phone works perfectly fine and I can return to stock well enough. It just bothers me that there seems to be some secret folder/residual data that I can't seem to get rid of ><
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Here's stock LJ7. I assume you know how to use Odin so here's the file as posted by Skunk Ape1. All credit goes to him.
http://d-h.st/GVs
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I've already returned my phone to stock (several times) via the directions in the [HOW TO] Root, Unroot, Hotspot, Roms, Tips and more! 10/5/12 thread (I'm assuming both .tar would work the same way), but thank you.

porshce2 said:
Here's stock LJ7. I assume you know how to use Odin so here's the file as posted by Skunk Ape1. All credit goes to him.
http://d-h.st/GVs
Oh and also, the files you delete while "formatting" the phone on the computer are only the extra app data (like back-ups and such) and other extra files. Things like recovery are in hidden system files that I believe can only be deleted through a specific clear (like system/data clear in TWRP) or by flashing a complete stock tar through Odin. Well you can also manually delete them but that takes a while.
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That is correct, the recovery is stored on a separate partition from the OS, so you cant clear that just by formatting system and such. Its also best to simply replace it and not clear it, because if you clear it you are completely removing everything from the recovery partition and that may or may not cause issues
@OP, One way you can remove your custom recovery (and replace it with the stock recovery) is by flashing a full stock tar. In the general section there is a thread titled "MA6 OTA!!!", read through there because some people posted links to how to get the stock recovery back on without having to ODIN a full stock tar (they needed to flash the LJ7 to MA6 OTA through the stock recovery)
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CNexus said:
That is correct, the recovery is stored on a separate partition from the OS, so you cant clear that just by formatting system and such. Its also best to simply replace it and not clear it, because if you clear it you are completely removing everything from the recovery partition and that may or may not cause issues
@OP, One way you can remove your custom recovery (and replace it with the stock recovery) is by flashing a full stock tar. In the general section there is a thread titled "MA6 OTA!!!", read through there because some people posted links to how to get the stock recovery back on without having to ODIN a full stock tar (they needed to flash the LJ7 to MA6 OTA through the stock recovery)
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Ah, thank you so much. The main thing that was bugging me was that I couldn't seem to get rid of CWM and TWRP, but now I know they're hidden.
But I've flashed CWM, TWRP, then went back to CWM and whenever I open Recovery Setup in Rom Manager, it says that both CWM and TWRP are already installed, which is what's bugging me. Rom Manager works just fine and all, but I'm just really curious about why/how I can have two recoveries installed at the same time (I thought flashing one would delete the other).

demiipoet said:
Ah, thank you so much. The main thing that was bugging me was that I couldn't seem to get rid of CWM and TWRP, but now I know they're hidden.
But I've flashed CWM, TWRP, then went back to CWM and whenever I open Recovery Setup in Rom Manager, it says that both CWM and TWRP are already installed, which is what's bugging me. Rom Manager works just fine and all, but I'm just really curious about why/how I can have two recoveries installed at the same time (I thought flashing one would delete the other).
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This is why I hate the dependence that people have built on touch recoveries and recovery controlling apps. It makes people forget that the recovery works like a computer bios. It's not hidden. It's just on its own partition. When you fire it up, it's essentially booting a separate partition so that you can control everything on the main partition and nothing from your rom or kernel are in use at the time.

[HELP] My S3 is bootlooped!!!

I was gifted an S3 with known issues(primarily battery and speed related). I backed it up and then performed a factory reset from settings. The sucker has yet to boot past the second samsung screen. I tried ODIN &it did not take. I can access recovery and download mode tho.

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I was gifted an S3 with known issues(primarily battery and speed related). I backed it up and then performed a factory reset from settings. The sucker has yet to boot past the second samsung screen. I tried ODIN &it did not take. I can access recovery and download mode tho.
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Odin might not have recognized it because it may be missing correct drivers. so download kies and get the drivers from that.

YPG70 said:
Odin might not have recognized it because it may be missing correct drivers. so download kies and get the drivers from that.
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kies; will do

I just finished ODIN again
The result was a pass and it took 10 minutes to flash... How long does it usually take to reboot into Android after the flash?.... it has already been 6 minutes

Give it at least 10 min. If it's still hanging at boot, factory reset.
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No Luck...
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Give it at least 10 min. If it's still hanging at boot, factory reset.
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it just sat there until the battery drained the next morning, I'll try another factory reset

No Luck...
Still no change in the results.

zer02345 said:
Still no change in the results.
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Are you using the right ODIN image for your model?

yes
nirogu325 said:
Are you using the right ODIN image for your model?
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I read that Installing a custom recovery might help.. Should I try that in ODIN or in stock recovery?

zer02345 said:
I read that Installing a custom recovery might help.. Should I try that in ODIN or in stock recovery?
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Yes, here is the link for a TWRP (custom recovery) flashable. Please note this is not the very latest TWRP. The latest version's link is failing to download as of this post. You can put that .tar file on ODIN's PDA section and flash away. Once inside, select Wipe, then Advanced Format and proceed to wipe clean the device as in selecting /data, /cache, /system, Dalvik Cache and Internal Memory (internal SD). Why the internal SD? Because sometimes the device requires a full factory reset in order to begin working again (or just select Format Data option and write yes). From there try to reset to Download Mode and try flashing your device model's latest ODIN image by putting it on the PDA section. (for example, model T999 latest is named "T999UVUENC2_T999TMBENC2_T999UVUENC2_HOME.tar.md5")

Thank you so much!
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Yes, here is the link for a TWRP (custom recovery) flashable. Please note this is not the very latest TWRP. The latest version's link is failing to download as of this post. You can put that .tar file on ODIN's PDA section and flash away. Once inside, select Wipe, then Advanced Format and proceed to wipe clean the device as in selecting /data, /cache, /system, Dalvik Cache and Internal Memory (internal SD). Why the internal SD? Because sometimes the device requires a full factory reset in order to begin working again (or just select Format Data option and write yes). From there try to reset to Download Mode and try flashing your device model's latest ODIN image by putting it on the PDA section. (for example, model T999 latest is named "T999UVUENC2_T999TMBENC2_T999UVUENC2_HOME.tar.md5")
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Im trying now

zer02345 said:
Im trying now
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Also for future reference, download the USB drivers from here so you no longer need KIES on your computer.

UHOH
nirogu325 said:
Also for future reference, download the USB drivers from here so you no longer need KIES on your computer.
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In TWRP I went to wipe and the internal storage, data, and cache could not be found. I tried to mount in MOUNT to no avail

zer02345 said:
In TWRP I went to wipe and the internal storage, data, and cache could not be found. I tried to mount in MOUNT to no avail
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If you cannot flash the factory ROM from Samsung using ODIN...then you might have a hardware problem in your hands. Could be the flash memory on the motherboard went bad.

Crap
nirogu325 said:
If you cannot flash the factory ROM from Samsung using ODIN...then you might have a hardware problem in your hands. Could be the flash memory on the motherboard went bad.
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Would it be possible to run from an external SD?

zer02345 said:
Would it be possible to run from an external SD?
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Running a whole ROM? Not as far as I know. I haven't seen anything like that in the S3 forums. You said you tried with ODIN, with the correct drivers and it still doesn't pick it up. Plus partition errors at TWRP. Hmm.. @DocHoliday77 what do you think? Does this sound like a hardware problem?

I agree
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Running a whole ROM? Not as far as I know. I haven't seen anything like that in the S3 forums. You said you tried with ODIN, with the correct drivers and it still doesn't pick it up. Plus partition errors at TWRP. Hmm.. @DocHoliday77 what do you think? Does this sound like a hardware problem?
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This does sound like a hardware issue... I need to buy a phone then.. stick with samsung or go elsewhere?

zer02345 said:
This does sound like a hardware issue... I need to buy a phone then.. stick with samsung or go elsewhere?
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That's a very personal decision. For example, I prefer phones with removable batteries, so both Samsung and LG fit the bill but both are slow with official updates. In the end, all manufacturers have their ups and downs. It's all up to you. I'm also thinking on the Nexus 5 but only because it's easy to open up and replace the battery (watching the ifixit teardown page).

here's a whole thread on opinions. might be useful.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1620179
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nirogu325 said:
That's a very personal decision. For example, I prefer phones with removable batteries, so both Samsung and LG fit the bill but both are slow with official updates. In the end, all manufacturers have their ups and downs. It's all up to you. I'm also thinking on the Nexus 5 but only because it's easy to open up and replace the battery (watching the ifixit teardown page).
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I'll get to researching. Thanks for all of your time and help.

[Q] Charging Issues With Note 4

I hope I am posting this in the correct forum.
I am running the Note 4 with a stock rooted Lollipop rom, with a TWRP recovery. Starting yesterday, I have had problems charging the phone. Most of my cables will suddenly not charge the phone at all, or perhaps charge the phone for a couple of minutes and stop. I have found that if I turn the phone off and plug in the charger that came with the phone (the fast charger), it will charge very slowly, but steadily.
I did some reading on this and what could cause it. Since it happened with all my cables suddenly, when they were working fine the day before, I have to assume the issue is the phone itself, not my cables. It could be (and I am hoping it is) some dust in the USB port, so I am going to pick up some dust off and try to clean it that way. But if it's a hardware problem that needs to be addressed, I am a little hesitant to bring the phone into the Sprint store
where I got it because I have tripped the KNOX meter and assume I could have some issues with that. At the very least I assume I will have to return to the stock recovery if I don't want call attention to the issue at Sprint. Anyway, I would be interested in hearing from anyone else who may have had these issues on any suggestions they would have for my on my next moves.
Addendum:
Just realized I should mention that my carrier is Sprint and I am paying for insurance every month as part of my bill. I don't know if that makes any difference as to whether the rooting and Knox would be an issue or not.
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Thanks.

Back in December the consensus was that Sprint didn't care at all about root or Knox trip. And Samsung had a one-time pardon on Knox trip regarding warranty repair.
Recently, a few have posted contrary to this belief. With Sprint warranty, I do believe it is OK to bring it in stock with Knox trip; just don't mention root or trip. Take it somewhere else if they refuse to help you.
That said, have you tried backing up your app data, removing sdcard and wiping everything several times, power down and Odin stock tar and checking charge feature? Worth a try. I'd even suggest trying the NIE stock tar if another tar fails.
Just do the wipes in TWRP and power down prior to Odin in download mode.

samep said:
Back in December the consensus was that Sprint didn't care at all about root or Knox trip. And Samsung had a one-time pardon on Knox trip regarding warranty repair.
Recently, a few have posted contrary to this belief. With Sprint warranty, I do believe it is OK to bring it in stock with Knox trip; just don't mention root or trip. Take it somewhere else if they refuse to help you.
That said, have you tried backing up your app data, removing sdcard and wiping everything several times, power down and Odin stock tar and checking charge feature? Worth a try. I'd even suggest trying the NIE stock tar if another tar fails.
Just do the wipes in TWRP and power down prior to Odin in download mode.
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Thanks very much for this; very useful. I was going to try what you suggested, the problem I am having now implementing it is that whatever issue is happening with the USB port also seems to be keeping my desktop computer from recognizing the phone is plugged in. I tried going into download mode, connecting the phone to the computer with the original cable, and running Odin, and it does not appear. I can imagine this is going to cause me problems if I want to revert to stock recovery before I bring the phone in, as I assume I cannot use TWRP to replace itself with stock recovery, correct?
Yesterday the phone did charge for a while, all the way up to 60%, right after I wiped dalvik and cache. I was also able to charge it for a while when it was turned off. So I am still trying to sort this out. One additional thing: though I was able to charge for a while when it was turned off, I notice now that if I turn the phone off and plug in the charger, the phone does not show a charging image, but it does throb continuously while it is plugged in. Very odd.

You want stock recovery? Since Odin didn't work, you can try Flashify. Extract files from the BOB7 stock tar using PC, transfer via USB to storage and install the recovery.img using Flashify app from Google Play.
Can you use USB to transfer files?
Edit: you can get the stock kernel the same way but if you flashed a custom kernel, not recommended because the modules get modified. You'd need a system image for that. I don't know if Flashify is up that task out not.
Did you try Samsung KIES? You may run into the same USB issues but worth a try if you haven't.

samep said:
You want stock recovery? Since Odin didn't work, you can try Flashify. Extract files from the BOB7 stock tar using PC, transfer via USB to storage and install the recovery.img using Flashify app from Google Play.
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So I would just pull the recovery.img file?
samep said:
Can you use USB to transfer files?
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I'll try, but I'm guessing not, but I can always pull the SD card.
samep said:
Edit: you can get the stock kernel the same way but if you flashed a custom kernel, not recommended because the modules get modified. You'd need a system image for that. I don't know if Flashify is up that task out not.
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I am using the Lollipop rom I got as an update from Samsung. Only thing I did was CF-Root it, and Flashify TWRP and install a few apps like Titanium Backup and the like. And however the standard method is to install Superuser, can't remember if I installed it via Flashify, Odin, or just sideloaded it as an app at this point. But I was not as flash-crazy with this phone as I have been with some in the past. So I would assume I have a stock kernel still.
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Did you try Samsung KIES? You may run into the same USB issues but worth a try if you haven't.
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I could use that to restore to stock? I will look into it.
Right now I have to deal with the issue that my battery is almost totally out because of my inability to charge via USB. I decided to deal with that by picking up the Battery charging station and backup battery from Best Buy on the way home (a useful thing to have anyway), but I am still planning on bringing this phone into Sprint and getting it fixed if I can. I've only had it for since the fall and I am paying a service contract.
Thanks again for your help

Yes, extract the file from stock tar to get the recovery and use Flashify to install the image.
Have you tried a factory reset? Do you have a lollipop nandroid to restore? I may have asked that already? If it's on the external sdcard, factory reset a few times and wipe internal storage and system a few times before restoring nandroid.
You can unroot within the SuperSU application if you take it back to Sprint.
Best wishes for a fix it replacement.

samep said:
Yes, extract the file from stock tar to get the recovery and use Flashify to install the image.
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Okay,great, will do that.
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Have you tried a factory reset?
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Do you mean in TWRP? Or in Backup and reset under settings? Not yet, but I can do it later.
samep said:
Do you have a lollipop nandroid to restore? I may have asked that already? If it's on the external sdcard, factory reset a few times and wipe internal storage and system a few times before restoring nandroid.
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I did not do a nandroid backup right after I installed TWRP if that's what you mean. I just did one but that would be useless to restore Iwould think.
samep said:
You can unroot within the SuperSU application if you take it back to Sprint.
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Oh, great, I see that option. So that I would do after I've flashified the stock recovery, right?
samep said:
Best wishes for a fix it replacement.
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Just want to make sure I have the right order for this stuff.
If I factory reset, will I still be able to run flashify on the recovery and superuser to unroot?
Or do I do the factory reset afterwards?
Once again, thanks very much for your help, I really appreciate it.

maltydog said:
Okay,great, will do that.
Do you mean in TWRP? Or in Backup and reset under settings? Not yet, but I can do it later.
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Factory reset should be a priority and it shouldn't unroot you. I don't think there's any difference between settings or TWRP factory reset.
maltydog said:
I did not do a nandroid backup right after I installed TWRP if that's what you mean. I just did one but that would be useless to restore Iwould think.
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right
maltydog said:
Oh, great, I see that option. So that I would do after I've flashified the stock recovery, right?
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Correct; Flashify needs root access.
maltydog said:
Just want to make sure I have the right order for this stuff.
If I factory reset, will I still be able to run flashify on the recovery and superuser to unroot?
Or do I do the factory reset afterwards?
Once again, thanks very much for your help, I really appreciate it.
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Yes. Personally I'd do this first. You could use titanium backup to backup apps because factory reset wipes the user apps and data. It's possible that your USB/charging problems are in this partition. Equally possible that it's in root partition or another partition which is where the nandroid or stock tar would be helpful since USB is dysfunctional.

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Factory reset should be a priority and it shouldn't unroot you. I don't think there's any difference between settings or TWRP factory reset.
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Correct; Flashify needs root access.
Yes. Personally I'd do this first. You could use titanium backup to backup apps because factory reset wipes the user apps and data. It's possible that your USB/charging problems are in this partition. Equally possible that it's in root partition or another partition which is where the nandroid or stock tar would be helpful since USB is dysfunctional.
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Okay, right, thanks again. I will run another Titanium Backup before I do all this. Then I will flashify the recovery, then unroot with superuser, then do the factory reset in the settings (since I will not have TWRP anymore). I think that's the correct order. Then I can see after this if there is any change in the USB connection, and if not return to the Sprint store and keep my fingers crossed!

maltydog said:
Okay, right, thanks again. I will run another Titanium Backup before I do all this. Then I will flashify the recovery, then unroot with superuser, then do the factory reset in the settings (since I will not have TWRP anymore). I think that's the correct order. Then I can see after this if there is any change in the USB connection, and if not return to the Sprint store and keep my fingers crossed!
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An additional question. I have downloaded the BOB7V3Final.zip file. I extracted it,
but I do not see a file named recovery.img. The only files named recovery are install-recovery.sh files,
several of them, and recovery-from-boot.p, and recovery.resource.dat EDIT: I believe that was the wrong file.
I am downloading a stock firmware from another site, and it does contain the recovery.img file.

Did This Work
Hopefully, someone will see this. I am having damn near the same exact issue, my phone has not been charging since a couple days after root. Unfortunately, I do not have a back-up of the stock OS. Seeking help to avoid being phoneless.

[Q] Multiple problems after flashing Stock

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?

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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?
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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

Essem G said:
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.