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[Q] I'm looking for a stock Sprint Jelly Bean 4.1

For whatever reason I have not been offered the OTA L710VPLJ7 update yet. Keis says I'm up to date with L710VPLI3 which is BS. I'm "unrooted" by Voodoo OTA so the update hopefully won't have any problems. I don't care how I get or how I flash (zip, Odin, whatever) it but I'm not interested (for the moment) working with a custom/themed ROM. I just want a stock rooted phone so I can be up to date and work on making wifi hot spot work which I understand is a problem with Jelly Bean. If I can't get it to work I figure I can always resort to my ICS Nandriod backup.
Does anyone have a link to where the actual update might be?

jerryp7 said:
For whatever reason I have not been offered the OTA L710VPLJ7 update yet. Keis says I'm up to date with L710VPLI3 which is BS. I'm "unrooted" by Voodoo OTA so the update hopefully won't have any problems. I don't care how I get or how I flash (zip, Odin, whatever) it but I'm not interested (for the moment) working with a custom/themed ROM. I just want a stock rooted phone so I can be up to date and work on making wifi hot spot work which I understand is a problem with Jelly Bean. If I can't get it to work I figure I can always resort to my ICS Nandriod backup.
Does anyone have a link to where the actual update might be?
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This is stock rooted: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=32152586
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This is stock rooted: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=32152586
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That's great. Thanks. I'm guessing of all the multiple choices, this LJ7KernelWithBootanimationSupportFIXED.zip is the one I want. I can use all the battery help I can get. Would you suggest I do the modem flash Galaxy-S-fre3-LJ7FirmwareModemAIO.zip too?
And would you know if I'm safe to just do a cache and Dalvik cache wipe without full factory reset? It would seem so to me but would appreciate a second opinion.

jerryp7 said:
That's great. Thanks. I'm guessing of all the multiple choices, this LJ7KernelWithBootanimationSupportFIXED.zip is the one I want. I can use all the battery help I can get. Would you suggest I do the modem flash Galaxy-S-fre3-LJ7FirmwareModemAIO.zip too?
And would you know if I'm safe to just do a cache and Dalvik cache wipe without full factory reset? It would seem so to me but would appreciate a second opinion.
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You should be safe to do it without a full wipe. Personally I dont recommend the firmware if anything I say take the lj7 modem and flash just that by itself but really it dont matter
And if u want it heres the official ota modified for cwm/twrp flashing. No wipe necessary
http://androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390135922294523494

Hope you don't mind my caution here but if I'm reading you right http://androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390135922294523494 will basically provide me with the OTA update to JB but rooted - correct. This is exactly what I would prefer.
The main thing is that my wife's GS3 isn't rooted and she has JB now and is showing off by telling her camera "smile" and such. But mainly I want to be able to give her "technical support" by being able to tell her how to do and change things with the same screens she is looking at.

jerryp7 said:
That's great. Thanks. I'm guessing of all the multiple choices, this LJ7KernelWithBootanimationSupportFIXED.zip is the one I want. I can use all the battery help I can get. Would you suggest I do the modem flash Galaxy-S-fre3-LJ7FirmwareModemAIO.zip too?
And would you know if I'm safe to just do a cache and Dalvik cache wipe without full factory reset? It would seem so to me but would appreciate a second opinion.
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Some people have reported issues with the custom kernel. I've never flashed it. Flash one of the LJ7 roms. Odexed is totally stock, deodexed will give you the ability to add some of the mods you can find in other threads. Flashing either of those will also flash the stock LJ7 kernel. If you do flash the custom kernel and don't like it, you can simply reflash the rom without wiping to get the stock kernel back. Flashing the firmware/aio files will change your modem/radios. They don't have to match the rom. I went LJ7 for rom and firmware, but some report getting better reception with other modems. A lot seems to depend on your location and signal quality. I live in northern IL and only have 3g in my area. I have traveled into areas with LTE and found the LJ7 rom to work fine in both. Others swear by LI3, LIG, LIH, etc. It's super easy to flash them and see what works best for you. You'll find the older ones a little further down on the post I linked you to previously.
Some people flash the rom over ICS roms without issues. Others report problems when flashing over ICS. I wiped everything and did factory reset. When flashing over a JB rom, there shouldn't be any need for a factory reset. Flashing the firmware files definitely does not require a reset or data wipe.
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Good data. Thanks. This will make you laugh. 3G? I'm in New York City, 200 feet west of Times Square. 4G is a complete joke. No matter what it constantly searches and drains my battery. If I didn't have the old Sprint unlimited plan I would have changed long ago becasue the Internet is soooo slow.

jerryp7 said:
Good data. Thanks. This will make you laugh. 3G? I'm in New York City, 200 feet west of Times Square. 4G is a complete joke. No matter what it constantly searches and drains my battery. If I didn't have the old Sprint unlimited plan I would have changed long ago becasue the Internet is soooo slow.
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This is a screen shot of the 4g data speed I got at the very far edge of the westernmost suburbs of Chicago (St. Charles/Elburn area). If it only extended another 15 or 20 miles west, I would be getting it at home.
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jerryp7 said:
Hope you don't mind my caution here but if I'm reading you right http://androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390135922294523494 will basically provide me with the OTA update to JB but rooted - correct. This is exactly what I would prefer.
The main thing is that my wife's GS3 isn't rooted and she has JB now and is showing off by telling her camera "smile" and such. But mainly I want to be able to give her "technical support" by being able to tell her how to do and change things with the same screens she is looking at.
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in case you didn't upgrade yet and still needed insight, no what my file is the official ota from Sprint. but it's modified so it won't check your system and throw the dreaded status 7 error. and you dont have to use stock recovery to flash. it being the actual OTA means wiping isnt needed. to have it rooted just flash the root from recovery zip right after its done

Thanks. I already did it and it's working fine. Hopefully OTA are now disabled becasue moving on from here Sprint will want to down-grade me while thinking they are up-grading me.
My only regret is no longer being able to get wifi hotspot. It used to work sooooo well on my SG2 with ICS (native) and was pretty OK on the GS3 with wifi teather. I'm planning on getting a Nexus 10 and want to be able to wifi so might revert although I'll try USB teather first.

jerryp7 said:
I just want a stock rooted phone so I can be up to date and work on making wifi hot spot work which I understand is a problem with Jelly Bean.
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This modified WifiTether works on JB. I can confirm it works for me. http://forums.androidcentral.com/sp...652-wifi-tether-jellybean-here-confirmed.html

All right! Thanks. I got it to work too.

How to: Stop Sprint V9 update notification from nagging you

So I've been relatively happy with my rooted (but not unlocked) OG running V8 and see no need to upgrade to V9 right now. When JB is released, that will be a different story but for now, I don't have the time to do all the proper research on how to unlock (I understand though that its relatively simple with FreeGee), download a stock rooted V9, install, then reload all my apps and settings (only to do it all again in another month or two when JB is hopefully released). Yes, I know that I can simply do a Titanium Backup and restore from that but I always like to do clean installs of all my apps and settings after a ROM upgrade. It just makes for a more stable phone in the long run has been my experience. And so it feels like V9 has been nagging me every 10 seconds to update but due to the fact that I would lose root and the ability to unlock, I did not want to tell it ok to update. So I tried the method that I have used to prevent my Nexus 7 from also nagging me to update and after 24 hours, it seems to have also worked on the OG. The steps are below and of course, you do this at your own risk as I will not be responsible if it has unintended consequences for your phone.
- Install Autostarts app from Google Play (this is a pay app and there may be other free apps that do the same thing but this is what I used)
- Go to "After Startup" (it may take a minute or two to load everything and you may get a message that the app is not responding. Just tell the popup dialog to continue waiting.)
- Scroll down until you see "Google Services Framework"
- There should be several of them. For me it was the third one. Tap it and read the bottom of the popup to find out. It will say "Receiver com.google.android.gsf.update.SystemUpdateService. .."..
- Disable it, exit out of the app, and reboot.
Its been 24 hours and so far, no more V9 update notifications from Sprint. Of course, if you ever want to update your phone via the standard OTA method, you will need to re-enable the service you disabled above. Hope this helps.

Seems to work for me also, although it's only been an hour or so..I was getting really tired of that notification every time I turned the thing on.

will try this but with a diff app.. currently using "Autorun Manager" and no Google service framework found
Update:
I used Autostart manager (free) for anyone doesn't want to pay $1.50.. I found the serviceupdate and disabled it.will let you know how it is after a day.

this can aslo be done with any root browser / explorer and for free
all you need to do is find the bulid.prop and open in text edidtor and change all zv8 to zv9 save changes and re-boot done deal no more update. Of course every time you flash a rom you will need to redo this until zv9 is hacked and able to flashed as a new firmware from source.
This was tought to me by Adrielvelazquez while using his lifeless rom based off zv9

Nice easy fix. Used Free AutoRun Manager. Thanks for the tip.

Does not work for me.
I used the AutoRun Manager and unchecked the file, rebooted, but the notification still appears.
(on Sprint)

mesacarvin said:
Does not work for me.
I used the AutoRun Manager and unchecked the file, rebooted, but the notification still appears.
(on Sprint)
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All I can tell you is that it will definitely work with the pay Autostarts app I referenced in the first post. I cannot vouch for the one that you tried.

Marty said:
All I can tell you is that it will definitely work with the pay Autostarts app I referenced in the first post. I cannot vouch for the one that you tried.
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It's been 24 hours and still no upgrade reminder. I used the autostarts from the original post. Thanks Marty.
Jeff

BigRitz said:
this can aslo be done with any root browser / explorer and for free
all you need to do is find the bulid.prop and open in text edidtor and change all zv8 to zv9 save changes and re-boot done deal no more update. Of course every time you flash a rom you will need to redo this until zv9 is hacked and able to flashed as a new firmware from source.
This was tought to me by Adrielvelazquez while using his lifeless rom based off zv9
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I was gonna say that.
---------- Post added at 09:22 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:20 PM ----------
If you want to PM me I can walk you through everything. All you have to do is click two buttons in an app and restart to get unlocked, and recovery. Then you can flash mine, adriel, or b-reezy's versions of the ZV9 rom, which shouldnt erase anything from ZV8, but can also mess up.

Saved me, crap was driving me insane. Almost just updated so i wouldnt have to deal with it anymore
Sent from my LG-LS970 using Tapatalk 2

All I did was root the phone then mv LGFota.apk from /system/apps to /sdcard/backups (folder which i created)

Marty said:
So I've been relatively happy with my rooted (but not unlocked) OG running V8 and see no need to upgrade to V9 right now. When the JB is released, that will be a different story but for now, I don't have the time to do all the proper research on how to unlock (I understand though that its relatively simply with FreeGee), download a stock rooted V9, install, then reload all my apps and settings (only to do it all again in another month or two when JB is hopefully released). Yes, I know that I can simply do a Titanium Backup and restore from that but I always like to do clean installs of all my apps and settings after a ROM upgrade. Just makes for a more stable phone in the long run has been my experience. And so it feels like V9 has been nagging me every 10 seconds to update but due to the fact that I would lose root and the ability to unlock, I did not want to tell it ok to update. So I tried the method that I have used to prevent my Nexus 7 from also nagging me to update and after 24 hours, it seems to have also worked on the OG. The steps are below and of course, you do this at your own risk as I will not be responsible if it has unintended consequences for your phone.
- Install Autostarts app from Google Play (this is a pay app and there may be other free apps that do the same thing but this is what I used)
- Go to "After Startup" (it may take a minute or two to load everything and you may get a message that the app is not responding. Just tell the popup dialog to continue waiting.)
- Scroll down until you see "Google Services Framework"
- There should be several of them. For me it was the third one. Tap it and read the bottom of the popup to find out. It will say "Receiver com.google.android.gsf.update.SystemUpdateService. .."..
- Disable it, exit out of the app, and reboot.
Its been 24 hours and so far, no more V9 update notifications from Sprint. Of course, if you ever want to update your phone via the standard OTA method, you will need to re-enable the service you disabled above. Hope this helps.
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Worked as advertised.
I used the alternative method with the other app but didn't work for me

As mentioned somewhere else here. Editing the build.prop helps. Theres 3 line with ZV8, change them all with ZV9. That works for me.
Sent from my LG-LS970

Free AutoStart Manager/ install/open/search google/find 2 update recievers/uncheck/you're free of that annoying ota notification.

Still useful
Even months down the road this is still a useful post. Of course were on ZVC now, but I stick to some custom ZVB ROMs because of speed tweaks and stability. ZVC custom roms have been having some issues such as switching from WiFi to data.
I used this trick to stop the ZVC update harassment. Besides, if I'm not mistaking, accepting the update can brick you.
Thanks!

I simply updated my phone before rooting it,now i don't get any bothersome notifications.

Diablo67 said:
I simply updated my phone before rooting it,now i don't get any bothersome notifications.
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Theres always that, but certain roms such as AdriVelazquez' Lifeless rom and Stock Deodexed are on ZVB, while the latest is ZVC. I use his Lifeless rom (14) which has some nice tweaks packed in the Aroma installer. 100% stable IMO. ZVC stock BASED roms like the OpTimuS 4.6 have some issues like problems when switching between wifi and data. Also the battery life can get pretty inaccurate when it reaches 15%.
Which leads me to stick to the ZVB roms by AdriVelazquez.

Crossvxm said:
Theres always that, but certain roms such as AdriVelazquez' Lifeless rom and Stock Deodexed are on ZVB, while the latest is ZVC. I use his Lifeless rom (14) which has some nice tweaks packed in the Aroma installer. 100% stable IMO. ZVC stock BASED roms like the OpTimuS 4.6 have some issues like problems when switching between wifi and data. Also the battery life can get pretty inaccurate when it reaches 15%.
Which leads me to stick to the ZVB roms by AdriVelazquez.
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I'm just starting to learn the LG aspects of the OS,which is totally different from HTC,Acer and Casio,hahahaha,in which i'm just learning Casio also.

Diablo67 said:
I'm just starting to learn the LG aspects of the OS,which is totally different from HTC,Acer and Casio,hahahaha,in which i'm just learning Casio also.
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LG is pretty simple. No crazy UI twists, no crazy hocus pocus bricks, and not a hard one to root. Most LG's just require the LGPwn app, and some such as the LG Optimus G can have an unlocked BL thru FreeGee, making the entire process computer free! HTC's I hate because of the whole S-On/S-Off thing. Last week or so I got lucky in getting an HTC One S already S-Off. Yesterday I went back to the past and gote another HTC Evo 4G LTE and its S-On. there's a simple software to get it S-Off but it requires internet, and I depend on my phones so much that I have sold my laptops and got stuck with an old "internet-less" one. As for Casio, Ive seen one or two of their geared up looking phones but no recent ones. In terms of rooting and bootloaders, Samsungs are pretty easy, Asus are pretty easy, Kindles are pretty easy NOW etc.

Crossvxm said:
Even months down the road this is still a useful post. Of course were on ZVC now, but I stick to some custom ZVB ROMs because of speed tweaks and stability. ZVC custom roms have been having some issues such as switching from WiFi to data.
I used this trick to stop the ZVC update harassment. Besides, if I'm not mistaking, accepting the update can brick you.
Thanks!
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Indeed it can, softbrick but a brick nonetheless. I was on ZVB rooted but with a LOCKED bootloader, and the OTA for ZVC softbricked me. I had to lgnpst back.

[Q] A rooting question?

I'm a noob to the S3 development. It is configed for me a lot now. I dont want to have to reset my phone and have to do everything all over again. I have stock 4.1.2. All I want is to be able to have wifi tether and keep the stock rom. Will rooting it erase everything, and I will have to start back fresh, because when I had an HTC it did. Last question, when Sprint comes out with more stock roms as in updates, I know I would have to flash instead of doing them OTA which I know you can't do, will it restart/erase the phone when I flash those new stock roms on in the future?

mystical80 said:
I'm a noob to the S3 development. It is configed for me a lot now. I dont want to have to reset my phone and have to do everything all over again. I have stock 4.1.2. All I want is to be able to have wifi tether and keep the stock rom. Will rooting it erase everything, and I will have to start back fresh, because when I had an HTC it did. Last question, when Sprint comes out with more stock roms as in updates, I know I would have to flash instead of doing them OTA which I know you can't do, will it restart/erase the phone when I flash those new stock roms on in the future?
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Let's tackle this question one piece at a time:
Rooting: "Getting Root" will not reset anything on your phone. You can go ahead and Root it and when you turn it back on most everything will be exactly the same as you had it before. You'll have a custom recovery (CWM or the recommended TWRP) and root access, but it won't format anything off your phone (apps, settings, etc.)
Wifi Tether: As far as I'm aware, you'll have to flash a custom ROM in order to get wifi tether working. I haven't flashed a TW ROM in a while (been sticking with AOSP 4.2.2 Roms for a bit), but I know that Freeza typically puts together a really nice ROM that is really close to stock. I don't think the one I linked has Wifi tether on it. There's also Kennyglass123, who put together The People's ROM (TPR), which I really liked and includes wifi tether. Also, with TPR, you can easily use Morphology to do all your customization.
The only thing about using custom ROMs is that the best procedure is to do a "full wipe" (factory reset, cache, dalvik) before flashing the ROM. The good news is that there are many programs available to help you get your programs/settings back up and running. I personally use Titanium Backup, but ROM Toolbox Pro also has this capability as well as a lot of other cool customization features. My only warning is that trying to restore system apps (the RED ones in Titanium Backup) can mess things up for your phone if you're switching between TW and AOSP or between versions of Android.
OTA Updates: Once you're rooted, you won't be able to flash OTA updates without going completely back to unrooted stock. The good news is that this process is relatively easy, just some Odin commands. The better news is that with the XDA community, you only have to wait a couple of days before they've come up with updated ROMs that include the OTA updates. Freeza is particularly speedy when it comes to that.
Last Note: I know flashing ROMs and "starting over" with your phone can be a daunting experience, but I've found that custom ROMs are the way to go. Nowadays, they're extremely stable, get amazing battery life, and include customizations that can really make the phone "your own." When I first got into flashing ROMs, I stayed really close to stock, but now I'm really enjoying AOSP ROMs such as Slim Bean, Liquid Smooth, and my current ROM, Carbon.
Hope I've answered your questions!

Thank You very much!!!
Sent from my SPH-L710 using xda app-developers app

To add on to the above, theres the TreveMod Wifi tether app that you can use on any rom, its specifically modded to work with the Galaxy S3
And yes, like he said, it can be overwhelming, we've all been there...but once you get started, there are some really cool roms out there, you just gotta find what it is you look for and what features you want
But trust me, you picked an awesome device to get started with
Good luck!
Oh and one last thing, do NOT flash roms/mods made for the international versions, or for other carriers. Chances are that you will either bork some functionality or brick your phone

CNexus said:
To add on to the above, theres the TreveMod Wifi tether app that you can use on any rom, its specifically modded to work with the Galaxy S3
And yes, like he said, it can be overwhelming, we've all been there...but once you get started, there are some really cool roms out there, you just gotta find what it is you look for and what features you want
But trust me, you picked an awesome device to get started with
Good luck!
Oh and one last thing, do NOT flash roms/mods made for the international versions, or for other carriers. Chances are that you will either bork some functionality or brick your phone
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Here is the link to TrevE's wifi app over in the Verizon SG3 Section. The late November version has been verified to be working on Sprint Stock (but rooted) MA6 roms. I haven't personally used it (don't have 4G in my area and the 3G is too slow to tether with), but others have and said that it works. It's also the app/mod that all the TW ROMs (with tethering baked in) are based off of.
Hope this helps!
-Topher

Samsung Galaxy S4 Problem

Hello everyone,
I really need your help with my wife's Metro PCS Samsung GS4 M919N.
The thing is, we are now living outside the US so I had to unlock her phone. After ordering the unlock codes, I decided to root the phone and use a custom ROM while waiting for the codes.
That is why I found this guide here: androidforums.com/metropcs-galaxy-s4-all-things-root/790899-metropcs-galaxy-s4-all-things-root-guide.html
So while reading the guide, I aimed to have the following accomplished at the end:
Recovery: TWRP
Custom ROM: CyanogenMod 10.2.1
I then started doing the guide for the TWRP recovery by using Odin. I got the message saying that the flashing passed and went ahead to restart to recovery to install CM 10.2.1 as a custom ROM. The thing is that I keep on restarting to the stock recovery not TWRP. So I went to YouTube and found a video showing how to flash TWRP using GooManager. After following that guide, I went to restart to recovery and I successfully got into TWRP.
Now, to achieve my goal, all that's left to do is to flash CyanogenMod 10.2.1 (jfltetmo).
Before doing that, I decided to make a backup. After using TWRP to do a backup, I proceeded to installing the custom ROM + gapps (wiped with the default settings). Everything was working I think (I handed the phone to my wife so she was he one testing it). After some time, she decided she wants the stock ROM instead so I decided to download the androidforums.com/metropcs-galaxy-s4-all-things-root/783769-rom-recovery-flash-able-stock-m919nuvuamf2-rooted-deodexed-rom.html ROM.
I flashed the newly downloaded ROM + gapps (same file). This time, I couldn't get the gapps to work probably because it was meant for another version. So I decided to just restore from the backup I created earlier.
So, the usual stuff. Wipe. Restore. Restart.
Seems to be going smoothly because my wife was happy to see the old ROM she was used to.
Until the phone started to restart on it's own. (It's pretty much downhill from here on out).
At first I thought it was just a random thing that probably would never happen again. I was wrong as it became more frequent as days went by.
Recently I can't just restart the phone, I would have to remove the battery and then restart it. Now, it's getting really hard to restart the phone. Please help me fix this. I prefer to leave the phone rooted, but if the fix unroots the phone then so be it, anyway my wife prefers the stock ROM so only the unlocking was necessary.
Metro PCS Samsung Galaxy S4 M919N
Recovery:
TWRP 2.6.3.1
ROMs:
Stock Metro PCS
CyanogenMod 10.2.1
Let me know if you need more information from me. Hopefully I can restart the phone so I can give you some version numbers.
Thanks everyone!

I didn't read everything but just wanted to say
VERY GOOD THREAD!
this is how threads should be done. Very descriptive, organized, told us everything you did and asked for help! Good job man! Only negative is it prolly should have gone in Q&A section but irregardless very good thread!
About your issue, I recommend flashing stock Odin tar file to everything back to stock and reroot and start over. Flashing stock will not lock it again it will remain unlocked. But should get you back up and fresh. Just be aware it will erase all your data and all of the internal SD card.
Sent from my SGH-M919 using Tapatalk

dokgu said:
Hello everyone,
I really need your help with my wife's Metro PCS Samsung GS4 M919N.
The thing is, we are now living outside the US so I had to unlock her phone. After ordering the unlock codes, I decided to root the phone and use a custom ROM while waiting for the codes.
That is why I found this guide here: androidforums.com/metropcs-galaxy-s4-all-things-root/790899-metropcs-galaxy-s4-all-things-root-guide.html
So while reading the guide, I aimed to have the following accomplished at the end:
Recovery: TWRP
Custom ROM: CyanogenMod 10.2.1
I then started doing the guide for the TWRP recovery by using Odin. I got the message saying that the flashing passed and went ahead to restart to recovery to install CM 10.2.1 as a custom ROM. The thing is that I keep on restarting to the stock recovery not TWRP. So I went to YouTube and found a video showing how to flash TWRP using GooManager. After following that guide, I went to restart to recovery and I successfully got into TWRP.
Now, to achieve my goal, all that's left to do is to flash CyanogenMod 10.2.1 (jfltetmo).
Before doing that, I decided to make a backup. After using TWRP to do a backup, I proceeded to installing the custom ROM + gapps (wiped with the default settings). Everything was working I think (I handed the phone to my wife so she was he one testing it). After some time, she decided she wants the stock ROM instead so I decided to download the androidforums.com/metropcs-galaxy-s4-all-things-root/783769-rom-recovery-flash-able-stock-m919nuvuamf2-rooted-deodexed-rom.html ROM.
I flashed the newly downloaded ROM + gapps (same file). This time, I couldn't get the gapps to work probably because it was meant for another version. So I decided to just restore from the backup I created earlier.
So, the usual stuff. Wipe. Restore. Restart.
Seems to be going smoothly because my wife was happy to see the old ROM she was used to.
Until the phone started to restart on it's own. (It's pretty much downhill from here on out).
At first I thought it was just a random thing that probably would never happen again. I was wrong as it became more frequent as days went by.
Recently I can't just restart the phone, I would have to remove the battery and then restart it. Now, it's getting really hard to restart the phone. Please help me fix this. I prefer to leave the phone rooted, but if the fix unroots the phone then so be it, anyway my wife prefers the stock ROM so only the unlocking was necessary.
Metro PCS Samsung Galaxy S4 M919N
Recovery:
TWRP 2.6.3.1
ROMs:
Stock Metro PCS
CyanogenMod 10.2.1
Let me know if you need more information from me. Hopefully I can restart the phone so I can give you some version numbers.
Thanks everyone!
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I agree with Elesbb. If the goal is jus tto get back to stock, just do an odin flash of the stock ROM. Be advised if you flash the latest Kit Kay update you will nto be able to go back to Jelly Bean. From your post it seems like you are partial to Jelly Bean. So if that's what you want, but sure you use the stock 4.3 ROM. You can find it around here on XDA somewhere with a quick search to make sure you have the right one.
As Elesbb said, you won't loose the 'sim unlock'. But you will lose root. However you can root the stock ROM just fine.
You might also consider one of the myriad of TouchWiz based custom ROMs. They are look just like TouchWiz that your wife wants, but have a lot of optimizations and options in them. Those should flash just like any ROM. If you still get the reboot issue then do the Odin back to stock, reroot, then flash the custom TW roms.
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Thread cleaned.
Rather than bashing a ROM or user let's keep on topic and help the OP resolved the problems he's having. Arguing over the virtues of a ROM doesn't help anyone.
Thank you,
Rwilco12

Before posting this thread I sent the aforementioned guide's poster (arocker). He sent me a reply saying not to use gapps as the stock ROM for Metro PCS already comes with Google apps. I'll try his suggestion first and see if the phone still reboots a lot.
If the problem persists, I will try the solutions mentioned here. Thanks a lot!

elesbb said:
I didn't read everything but just wanted to say
VERY GOOD THREAD!
this is how threads should be done. Very descriptive, organized, told us everything you did and asked for help! Good job man! Only negative is it prolly should have gone in Q&A section but irregardless very good thread!
About your issue, I recommend flashing stock Odin tar file to everything back to stock and reroot and start over. Flashing stock will not lock it again it will remain unlocked. But should get you back up and fresh. Just be aware it will erase all your data and all of the internal SD card.
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After trying arocker's suggestion to not flash gapps, the phone still reboots. So now, I am going to try your solution guys.
But before I do, I want to make sure that I am on the correct paths/links.
Here's what I found for the following:
ODIN
forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/themes-apps/27-08-2013-odin-3-09-odin-1-85-versions-t2189539
I've had a couple of chances to use ODIN but only using specific functions like flashing a recovery file while the phone is in download mode. I don't however have any experience using ODIN to put the phone back to stock where the phone gets unrooted. Having the phone unrooted is fine by me as I only needed to have the phone unlocked.
Any step-by-step guides for using ODIN for this specific purpose guys? I don't want to mess this up again.
Thanks and sorry for the trouble.

dokgu said:
After trying arocker's suggestion to not flash gapps, the phone still reboots. So now, I am going to try your solution guys.
But before I do, I want to make sure that I am on the correct paths/links.
Here's what I found for the following:
ODIN
forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/themes-apps/27-08-2013-odin-3-09-odin-1-85-versions-t2189539
I've had a couple of chances to use ODIN but only using specific functions like flashing a recovery file while the phone is in download mode. I don't however have any experience using ODIN to put the phone back to stock where the phone gets unrooted. Having the phone unrooted is fine by me as I only needed to have the phone unlocked.
Any step-by-step guides for using ODIN for this specific purpose guys? I don't want to mess this up again.
Thanks and sorry for the trouble.
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No trouble at all, check out the stickies in the beginning of threads.
Look for guides similar to this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2335109
Pp. Good luck.
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PanchoPlanet said:
No trouble at all, check out the stickies in the beginning of threads.
Look for guides similar to this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2335109
Pp. Good luck.
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Hello PanchoPlanet,
Thanks for the link. I went ahead and tried to unroot without Windows (Mobile Odin) as per the instructions on the link. I downloaded everything and went ahead to install the Mobile Odin APK. When I ran it to install the Flash Kernel, the app told me that the device is not supported.
To my understanding the guide is for M919 devices but should work for my wife's device as well (M919N - Metro PCS). I would like to try the guide for using Windows but I'm not really expecting for it to work or I might mess it up more. I'll try to search some more and provide the links where this forum will lead me to. But if you have any ideas, please let me know asap. Thanks!

PanchoPlanet said:
No trouble at all, check out the stickies in the beginning of threads.
Look for guides similar to this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2335109
Pp. Good luck.
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Ok, here's what I found:
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2446497
It seems like the perfect thread for what I am trying to achieve. Will let you guys know if it is successful. But it will have to wait for tomorrow. Gonna catch some sleep.

Okay, I'm running out of options. I was able to flash the stock ROM using Odin 3.07. The recovery looks like it came back to the stock recovery as I no longer have TWRP installed. When I install Root Checker, I see that I am no longer rooted. That's good.
But my original problem is still here. The phone reboots a lot. The phone is so unstable that it is barely usable.
I am now going to try one more thing.
I have a Galaxy S4 (I337M) from Rogers Canada (my wife has Metro PCS M919N). Mine got rooted and has CyanogenMod 10.2.1 as a custom ROM. My phone is working perfectly while hers reboots a lot. I was thinking it was because of a faulty battery. So I am doing an experiment by swapping the batteries. So far no reboots have occurred, but I will continue to monitor this.
Any ideas why the battery is kinda messed up?

This thread talks about battery stuff and reboots:
http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/530338/20131216/samsung-galaxy-s4-problems.htm
Batteries can go bad a lot of ways. Extreme temperature, factory defect, phone drops, moisture, etc.
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Android_Monsters said:
This thread talks about battery stuff and reboots:
http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/530338/20131216/samsung-galaxy-s4-problems.htm
Batteries can go bad a lot of ways. Extreme temperature, factory defect, phone drops, moisture, etc.
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And 100% of the time, they eventually just get old.

dokgu said:
Okay, I'm running out of options. I was able to flash the stock ROM using Odin 3.07. The recovery looks like it came back to the stock recovery as I no longer have TWRP installed. When I install Root Checker, I see that I am no longer rooted. That's good.
But my original problem is still here. The phone reboots a lot. The phone is so unstable that it is barely usable.
I am now going to try one more thing.
I have a Galaxy S4 (I337M) from Rogers Canada (my wife has Metro PCS M919N). Mine got rooted and has CyanogenMod 10.2.1 as a custom ROM. My phone is working perfectly while hers reboots a lot. I was thinking it was because of a faulty battery. So I am doing an experiment by swapping the batteries. So far no reboots have occurred, but I will continue to monitor this.
Any ideas why the battery is kinda messed up?
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That's a wierd situation, by swapping batteries you basically performed a battery pull, which acts as a reset, that in it self may have cleared your issue.
Now if battery is bad that could be an unusual problem. Maybe just replacing the battery will be the end of your mystery.
Pp.
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The battery should be brand new as the phone was just recently purchased this April.
Anyways, so far no reboots have happened and any instability has not been shown at all. Everything looks ok, yet.
Anyone know if it is safe to swap batteries? Our phones have different S4 models. I'm not sure what the implications would be. Also what is this battery pull which acts as a reset? We've been pulling the battery a lot of times but the reboot still happens but not when we swapped batteries.

The batteries are all the same. Don't worry about that.
Even if its a new battery if could have just been bad. A manufacturing defect perhaps.
Sent from your phone. You should be more careful where you leave that thing.

dokgu said:
The battery should be brand new as the phone was just recently purchased this April.
Anyways, so far no reboots have happened and any instability has not been shown at all. Everything looks ok, yet.
Anyone know if it is safe to swap batteries? Our phones have different S4 models. I'm not sure what the implications would be. Also what is this battery pull which acts as a reset? We've been pulling the battery a lot of times but the reboot still happens but not when we swapped batteries.
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This battery thing is wacky, anyway swapping batteries should not be a problem, it's just an energy storage container. Pulling the battery isn't like powering down the phone or resetting/rebooting ,sometimes devs request a battery pull to get the proper wipe effect that reboots can't provide.
You inadvertently solved your problem by accident. That's a good thing.
Pp.
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PanchoPlanet said:
You inadvertently solved your problem by accident. That's a good thing.
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I have quite literally solved the vast majority of my problems this way.
Its a preferred method.
Sent from your phone. You should be more careful where you leave that thing.

Sometimes it's that "total disconnect "of power that kind of gets all the ducks lined up in a row and everything flows in the dynaflow.
Good.
Pp.
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its very important topics and it might seen for every galaxy s4 users.just wonderful topics.

This exact same thing happened on my mother's 6-month old S3. If you're still wondering, you could try putting the old battery and running a CPU stress test app. It should increase the current draw and trigger a shutdown.
EDIT: whoops, sorry to kind of zombie. Didn't check the date.
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Currently Rooted Stock 4.3, can I OTA update if/when 4.4 is released?

I searched and couldn't find an answer to my specific situation but apoligize in advance if this is addressed. I really am new to this so don't want to screw something up.
Basically, if I am rooted with the current stock 4.3, can I take an OTA update? I don't mind losing root.
Background info:
I rooted a while ago, can't specifically but I recall it being a "one-click" method. I checked with root checker from the play store and it says I have root access. If I open SuperSU it tells me KNOX is detected and I know I never removed them so I think it's right. I am running L900VPUBMK4.
I hope 4.4 is released soon, so I'm really just preparing for that day. I need to do a factory reset in the next day or two anyways because my phone is acting up and I have a ton of junk on it anyways so I want a fresh start. I originally rooted to get wifi tethering working but that never worked out for me and I really don't need root at all.
Thanks in advance.

This should be asked under q&a but to answer your question yes you can but you will need the stock recovery installed and not CWM/Philz/TWRP
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Elw00d said:
This should be asked under q&a but to answer your question yes you can but you will need the stock recovery installed and not CWM/Philz/TWRP
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Thanks for the reply. Can this be moved to QA then?
So did I install a custom recovery to root? Is there a way to check? I've tried several varieties of volume +/- and power to try to boot into recovery but nothing happens.

I'm in the same boat as you, but I'm still running 4.1.2. I installed "CF Auto Root" so I could run "WiFi Tether - TrevE Mod". From what I remember it installed a different recovery as well. I'm trying to avoid completely erasing everything on my phone, I just wanna remove the root and nothing else, goto Setting, System Update, Update Firmware to whatever is the recent one available, then run CF Auto Root again. Is that not possible?
I've got MobileODIN installed on my phone, but I swear that over the years that the "standard" skill level has jumped 10 fold since my days of rooting Palm Treo's, my Samsung Epic, etc...there are so many [xxxx][xxxx][xx] box things that I'm COMPLETELY at a loss here.

m5james said:
I'm in the same boat as you, but I'm still running 4.1.2. I installed "CF Auto Root" so I could run "WiFi Tether - TrevE Mod". From what I remember it installed a different recovery as well. I'm trying to avoid completely erasing everything on my phone, I just wanna remove the root and nothing else, goto Setting, System Update, Update Firmware to whatever is the recent one available, then run CF Auto Root again. Is that not possible?
I've got MobileODIN installed on my phone, but I swear that over the years that the "standard" skill level has jumped 10 fold since my days of rooting Palm Treo's, my Samsung Epic, etc...there are so many [xxxx][xxxx][xx] box things that I'm COMPLETELY at a loss here.
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I looked on my laptop and remember what I used. I used Kingo Android Root to do it. It didn't appear to work because I never got a "success" popup. But when I did a root check it says I have it.
How do I check if I have a custom recovery?
I'm with you M5James - very confusing. Even the "one-click" idiot proof method I used confused me. Different boxes to check that I have no idea as to what they mean.

I've rooted, installed ROM's and kernals, OC'd, custom baked my own ROM's using 7Zip, I tweaked my GF's phone so that she could use it here in the States and then while we were in Dubai as well, etc. Nowadays, when it comes to things like pushing through ADB (I have no clue what that even means, I've just heard it enough that it sticks lol), all the [xxx] before the title of the ROM, kernal, etc and I just become a dear in headlights. Lastnight I tried Googling random things on how to remove root easily and one mentioned using Superuser and just clicking the Unroot Complete icon, which I did. Running random apps says I've removed root, Market doesn't work anymore (I'd upgraded to the Lucky Patcher Market is where I'm guessing the problem is), yet even though I don't have root, I still can't get the OTA to push 4.3 to my phone. I don't even really care about having 4.3 because I'm fine w/ using 4.1.2 at the moment, I'm just sick of the random pushes to my phone asking me to update.
In regards to my Note II with just installing things like custom ROM's, I haven't wanted to do anything wild to it for fear of being like the days of when I had a custom Samsung Epic...worked great OC'd, but could never get battery stats to work right, then the phone would freak out and become laggy, I'd reboot and then suddenly the battery was dead. I just want a simple root, add root-only apps as needed like WiFi Tether, then continue on being a texting whore lol.

If you have rooted your epic and installed custom recovery all this should be pretty simple. All the info is here. Its to the point where rooting and unroofing can be down in probably under 10 mins. You have to read.
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I read it all, but it's gotten to the point where it's overly technical sometimes. I get lost in jargon, acronyms, I liked it better when there were 5 REALLY good guys making ROM's that worked, not 30 people making their own variations in their basement, then it turns into a pissing match of who's got the latest, fastest, most battery efficient, you've gotta do this to do that, but don't do this if you want that (assuming I know WTF "that" is in the first place) otherwise you'll brick your phone (but you can maybe unbrick it this way), if you swallow this pill you'll get rid of one symptom but you'll get 15 other problems in it's place, etc...then I just say F'it and leave my phone the way it is lol

My wife has the note2, I have the s3 (both rooted, I'm running a custom rom). I think I'm gonna take her back to stock so so she can get the update, then I'll just flash a custom recovery and su zip. It'll give me a chance to clean up her phone.
Edit: thinking of using this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2086769
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