[Q] S4 Mini Un-Root help pse - Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi guys,
I bought a Samsung S4 Mini (GT-I9190) from a guy. Phone looked brand new, in box with unopened accessories.
However I got a lot of 492 and internal memory errors. The phone shows that I have 32GB free space, but when I connect it to my laptop it only shows 120MB. The phone also complains than it only has 120MB of free internal space available, hence the 492 errors (I think).
After trying almost everything recommended I noticed that when I connect the phone to my laptop it shows up as "serrano3g" in Windows (8.1) file manager. After searching I discovered that the phone has been rooted with "serrano3g". I followed the instructions on "lionking853 blogspot" but the problem is that Samsung Kies v3.2.(something) does not connect to the phone, so I cannot download the drivers needed to un-root the phone.
I have setup the developer option with the "debug-usb" box checked. Also, I cannot do System Updates as it complains of a network error.
Here is some info gathered from the phone:
AP:I9190XXUAMF7
CP:I9190XXUAMF7
CSC:I9190OJVAMG2
Android Version: 4.3
Kernel Version: 3.4.0-933422 [email protected] #1 Fri Jun 21 13:30:42 KST 2013
Build Number JDQ39.I9190XXUAMF7
Custom Build Version: v.s.140918
Guys I would greatly appreciate it if someone can give me some pointers ...
Thank You
Danny

Danny0 said:
Hi guys,
I bought a Samsung S4 Mini (GT-I9190) from a guy. Phone looked brand new, in box with unopened accessories.
However I got a lot of 492 and internal memory errors. The phone shows that I have 32GB free space, but when I connect it to my laptop it only shows 120MB. The phone also complains than it only has 120MB of free internal space available, hence the 492 errors (I think).
After trying almost everything recommended I noticed that when I connect the phone to my laptop it shows up as "serrano3g" in Windows (8.1) file manager. After searching I discovered that the phone has been rooted with "serrano3g". I followed the instructions on "lionking853 blogspot" but the problem is that Samsung Kies v3.2.(something) does not connect to the phone, so I cannot download the drivers needed to un-root the phone.
I have setup the developer option with the "debug-usb" box checked. Also, I cannot do System Updates as it complains of a network error.
Here is some info gathered from the phone:
AP:I9190XXUAMF7
CP:I9190XXUAMF7
CSC:I9190OJVAMG2
Android Version: 4.3
Kernel Version: 3.4.0-933422 [email protected] #1 Fri Jun 21 13:30:42 KST 2013
Build Number JDQ39.I9190XXUAMF7
Custom Build Version: v.s.140918
Guys I would greatly appreciate it if someone can give me some pointers ...
Thank You
Danny
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Download
SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones.exe
Download
Odin 3.10
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/17378/I9190XXUAMF7_I9190OJVAMG2_XSG.zip/
Install Drivers, flash rom with Odin . U maybe need to flash it more times.
Factory reset your phone from recovery mode.
U should be fine

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Hey Bro ^^ ...
** First u was able to send me a pm and not post here it's will be faster then this
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Hello everyone,
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Skipping MD5 check : no MD5 file found
Error flashing /external_sd/1/TMB-P607TUVUBOI2-20510930112901.zip
updating partition details......
Checked the *.zip on my PC there was just this file in: P607TUVUBOI2_P607TTMB1BOI2_P607TUVUBOI2_HOME.tar.md5
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[email protected] said:
Hello everyone,
i bought the SM-P607T during my deployment in Afghanistan over Ebay USA . Spending my time there i tested the device and installed all updates etc. Back in Germany just my wife used it. Some weeks ago i noticed that an update to Lollipop should be avaible so i took the device to bring it up to date and i noticed some problems.
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Just followed diffenrent Guides on youtube and forums but im stuck at this.
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"Installing /external_sd/1/TMB-P607TUVUBOI2-20510930112901.zip
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UEGetPhoneMissingInfo
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