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HELP, MA7 MD5 tar.file

My phone won't charge due to battery to cold prompt and my back lite buttons stopped working so I need tar file to restore ma7 to flash counter reset.zip from billard412 to go to sprint. I tried to Odin back but I brain farted and knowing ma7 won't work that way.
Any help would is greatly appreciated!!
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You are correct, download that file to your external SDcard. If you want to keep root, make sure both files are on the card.
Reboot to custom recovery, do a full wipe and install the ma&stock-w-count-reset.zip.
If you want to keep root, before rebooting from recovery, flash the root.zip file also.
Your phone will reboot into a special TRWP screen briefly.
I've used that process twice and it works great.

angus242 said:
You are correct, download that file to your external SDcard. If you want to keep root, make sure both files are on the card.
Reboot to custom recovery, do a full wipe and install the ma&stock-w-count-reset.zip.
If you want to keep root, before rebooting from recovery, flash the root.zip file also.
Your phone will reboot into a special TRWP screen briefly.
I've used that process twice and it works great.
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Funny how stuff works. I tried to Odin flash twrp Cuz the only file I could flash in Odin was an ma5 restore I had which put me on ma5 restore stock build but ljc broadband. And everything after would fail or suspend me in download via odin So I read in another post somewhere flash twrp in Odin and then flash billard412 ma7 restore. Problem was I had to do quick batt pull right after Odin rebooted phone after flashing twrp, it wouldn't take. But yes, ma7 worked great and I get new phone tomorrow via sprint. Did 5 mins after I posted thread. Wish I saw 1st, haha
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[Q] Sprint Note 2 (SPH-L900) Bricked after attempted 4.3 Update

I've been having issue with my Sprint Note 2 for a while. I've also posted this to Reddit and other parts of the forum but so far have gotten no way to fix my issue. Here's the link to Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport...nt_note_2_sphl900_bricked_after_attempted_43/
Sorry, I didn't want to type that all up again and having to deal with formatting and such.
Basically, the gist of it, from what I can gather is that I have accidentally loaded the 4.3 bootloader with KNOX and it is currently preventing me from doing anything productive (flashing CWMR, rooting, installing stock, etc). I read here on the forum that there were ways to do so, especially this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=46861777
I was wondering if there were steps for the Sprint Note 2 SPH-L900?
Any help in debricking my phone is appreciated.

Try these steps.
1. Boot phone into Odin/download mode
2. Flash twrp or cwmr via Odin.
3. When it reboots pull battery and then boot into recovery.
4. Flash this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36388145 it is mc2 bootloader, firmware, radio, etc...
5. Reboot phone. Things get weird for a few mins but it will boot.
You are now Knox free once again but you are also bone stock.
Sent from my SPH-L900 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

jlmancuso said:
Try these steps.
1. Boot phone into Odin/download mode
2. Flash twrp or cwmr via Odin.
3. When it reboots pull battery and then boot into recovery.
4. Flash this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36388145 it is mc2 bootloader, firmware, radio, etc...
5. Reboot phone. Things get weird for a few mins but it will boot.
You are now Knox free once again but you are also bone stock.
Sent from my SPH-L900 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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I've tried that multiple times. The problem here is that I can't load CWMR or TWRP. At first, I assume that I'd have to root so I downloaded the CF auto root file and flash it using ODIN. Then I tried installing CWMR (after converting to .tar using Caboomi's tool here on the forum). It would reboot and I tried holding down volume up + power + home button but nothing would happen. I try combinations of that and still nothing. I flashed the 4.3 sboot.bin to get it back to stock Samsung bootloader then retried with CWMR without rooting first this time and it still doesn't work. ODIN would tell me that it succeeds but I can't enter Recovery no mater the combination of keys that I press. I'm assuming this has to do with Knox in which case I'd just have to wait for the official 4.3 firmware on SamMobile to flash it since stock 4.1.2 won't work.

QuantumInteger said:
I've tried that multiple times. The problem here is that I can't load CWMR or TWRP. At first, I assume that I'd have to root so I downloaded the CF auto root file and flash it using ODIN. Then I tried installing CWMR (after converting to .tar using Caboomi's tool here on the forum). It would reboot and I tried holding down volume up + power + home button but nothing would happen. I try combinations of that and still nothing. I flashed the 4.3 sboot.bin to get it back to stock Samsung bootloader then retried with CWMR without rooting first this time and it still doesn't work. ODIN would tell me that it succeeds but I can't enter Recovery no mater the combination of keys that I press. I'm assuming this has to do with Knox in which case I'd just have to wait for the official 4.3 firmware on SamMobile to flash it since stock 4.1.2 won't work.
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After flashing cwm do battery pull...Don't let it auto-reboot.
Also try different version of Odin maybe

louforgiveno said:
After flashing cwm do battery pull...Don't let it auto-reboot.
Also try different version of Odin maybe
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I tried 3.07, 3.09, and even barebone 1.85 that came with CF auto root. It doesn't work. I can't load recovery just fine (according to ODIN) but I can't get into Recovery.

Here is the fix https://www.dropbox.com/s/s2clvyo4y6gar6s/4.3_Unbrick.tar
I promise this will fix your issue, but when you get done, you will be on MC2 with the 4.3 bootloader, but, it will boot, let you flash recovery and everything. I know this because I did the same thing as you and flashed the old cf-auto root and bricked my phone to, and I created this file to fix it and if you look in the help section, you will find my thread on how to unbrick after 4.3 update fail.
I promise though, this will fix your fone

Keithgordon said:
Here is the fix https://www.dropbox.com/s/s2clvyo4y6gar6s/4.3_Unbrick.tar
I promise this will fix your issue, but when you get done, you will be on MC2 with the 4.3 bootloader, but, it will boot, let you flash recovery and everything. I know this because I did the same thing as you and flashed the old cf-auto root and bricked my phone to, and I created this file to fix it and if you look in the help section, you will find my thread on how to unbrick after 4.3 update fail.
I promise though, this will fix your fone
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...My God..... What ever you did, it worked. Turns out, Caboomi's file didn't work too well. I couldn't get CWMR working at all even after converting to .tar. I used TWRP instead and it works. Problem was that it asked me for my password, which I don't know since I tried everything, so I had to resort to wiping everything. I installed the file jlmancuso suggested, loading it onto SD card then flashing using TWRP, and now my Samsung Note 2 is debricked.
Your file was a godsend. Thank you!

No recovery stuck on bootloop
im having the same issue could you post that dropbox link again

So i was able to get recovery back but it wont let me mount my sd card so i cant flash anything through recover was hoping the file you have could be loaded through odin as it is a .tar file correct please help and thanks in advance.
Keithgordon said:
Here is the fix https://www.dropbox.com/s/s2clvyo4y6gar6s/4.3_Unbrick.tar
I promise this will fix your issue, but when you get done, you will be on MC2 with the 4.3 bootloader, but, it will boot, let you flash recovery and everything. I know this because I did the same thing as you and flashed the old cf-auto root and bricked my phone to, and I created this file to fix it and if you look in the help section, you will find my thread on how to unbrick after 4.3 update fail.
I promise though, this will fix your fone
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rckingws6 said:
So i was able to get recovery back but it wont let me mount my sd card so i cant flash anything through recover was hoping the file you have could be loaded through odin as it is a .tar file correct please help and thanks in advance.
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Yes, flash that file in Odin, it will downgrade you to MC2 with the MK4bootloader

Keithgordon said:
Yes, flash that file in Odin, it will downgrade you to MC2 with the MJA bootloader
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MJA ? Isn't that an s4 bootloader?

louforgiveno said:
MJA ? Isn't that an s4 bootloader?
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yep, sorry, I just woke up....I meant whatever version we are on with the note, what is it? MK4? I have both so I keep switching back and forth in the threads. Funny thing is, they are completely different, i will change that, thanks for pointing that out

my friend 's L900 bricked too ，but I cant download the file you provide , the error message is “Error (509) This account's public links are generating too much traffic and have been temporarily disabled”
may you provide another URL to download it or mail it to me ？ my email is [email protected] , thanks.
another question , how can i flash it into device with ODIN ？ from Pit ？ bootloader ？PDA ？PHONE ？ or others ？
Sent from my SPH-L900 using xda app-developers app
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Keithgordon said:
yep, sorry, I just woke up....I meant whatever version we are on with the note, what is it? MK4? I have both so I keep switching back and forth in the threads. Funny thing is, they are completely different, i will change that, thanks for pointing that out
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my friend 's L900 bricked too ，but I cant download the file you provide , the error message is “Error (509) This account's public links are generating too much traffic and have been temporarily disabled”
may you provide another URL to download it or mail it to me ？ my email is [email protected] , thanks.
another question , how can i flash it into device with ODIN ？ from Pit ？ bootloader ？PDA ？PHONE ？ or others ？
Sent from my SPH-L900 using xda app-developers app

yea I still cant dowload it sorry for being a pest.
Keithgordon said:
Yes, flash that file in Odin, it will downgrade you to MC2 with the MK4bootloader
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hello if you are online i need some help i dl the 4.3 note 2 update it has a different build than the one sprint has there are some features that are not on this build is there any way for me to get the ota from sprint
rckingws6 said:
yea I still cant dowload it sorry for being a pest.
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rckingws6 said:
So i was able to get recovery back but it wont let me mount my sd card so i cant flash anything through recover was hoping the file you have could be loaded through odin as it is a .tar file correct please help and thanks in advance.
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Try using TWRP instead. It gives you the option to mount an external SD card. Also try restarting into recovery again. I had Recovery bugged out on me once.

QuantumInteger said:
Try using TWRP instead. It gives you the option to mount an external SD card. Also try restarting into recovery again. I had Recovery bugged out on me once.
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i need some help

yea i can get into twrp recovery now but my sdcard wont mount thats why im trying to use odin
QuantumInteger said:
Try using TWRP instead. It gives you the option to mount an external SD card. Also try restarting into recovery again. I had Recovery bugged out on me once.
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For those of you who have bricked Note 2s (SPH-L900), I'm going to drop a DropBox link here to a folder of ALL of the files that I used to unbrick my phone. I experimented with multiple methods (and several sleepless nights). Some of them will be useful to you, not all. I have the Android SDK and Caboomi's converter for .img to .tar. It doesn't work too well for CWMR just FYI. ODIN-OC will attempt to load stock MC2 onto your phone but it won't work if it's bricked. Arc Converter is a program I used to try convert the MK4 .zip file to .tar to try and flash an update using ODIN. It didn't work. The steps that I took to unbrick my phone will be posted after the link.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/c2bfpfdf0qbs6bu/ZiNC-BF5kf
Be patient. Some of the files are still updating.
Steps:
1) Put your phone into Download mode by holding volume down + power + home button at bootup
2) Use ODIN (3.07 or 3.09) to load the 4.3_Unbrick.tar file. This will take a bit of time so be patient. Once the phone boots up again, you'll get past the boot screen that says "Samsung Galaxy Note II" and you'll get the Samsung logo with the spinning icon but it will loop. This is normal.
3) Next, power off (yank the battery and cable, leave battery out but plug the cable back in) and reboot into download.
4) Flash the TWRP .tar file (don't try converting the CWMR to .tar, it won't work) then reboot.
5) Hold volume up + power + home button (be patient here)
6) You should see the Team Win logo. You're now in recovery. The TWRP may ask you for the password. It is NOT the passcode to your lockscreen or your Google password. I have no idea what it is. At this point, you'd have to wipe your phone (internal only) if you want to flash the stock recovery.
7) Load the MC2 stock recovery file with counter reset onto a microSD card and mount it onto the phone (play around with TWRP, if it doesn't see the SD card the first time, restart or play with the mount function). Just be careful not to wipe your microSD card.
8) Flash the stock recovery (give it time) and it'll restart. You should be back at 4.1.2.
EXTRA STEPS
If you're still interested in 4.3, load the MK4 update onto the microSD card as well. BEFORE you go through the activation process for the 4.1.2 firmware at boot, boot into recovery. Flash the 4.3 update using stock recovery. This should put you onto 4.3 after the phone reboots. You should now have stock 4.3 (no root).

Sorry for all the download errors, I am uploading to my websight right now and as soon as it uploads, I will post the URL, it should download much faster too. I didnt realize so many people needed it

[HELP] Front facing camera stopped working after rooting and flashing custom ROM

My front facing camera is broken. These are the steps leading to it.
1) Stock Tmo phone my wife used for a month. Both cameras worked. We switched phones.
2) I rooted it. While trying to flash CWM, I accidentally chose to fix root before rebooting. I sort of lost root. I flashed SU again and everything was fine.
3) I was running rooted stock and realized my camera app was broken. It wouldn't launch. After clearing cache and data, it worked. I never checked FFC.
4) Flashed VirginROM after doing a factory reset and clearing caches. FFC does not work. I get a Unfortunately, Camera stopped working error if I try to use it. After that even the regular camera wont work until I clear cache and data.
Is there anything I can do to get my FFC working again? I flashed two different versions of the ROM after doing a factory reset and it won't work.

I'd Odin back to stock. And, start over.
Sent from my SGH-M919 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

re: camera issues - kernels
ashwinmudigonda said:
My front facing camera is broken. These are the steps leading to it.
1) Stock Tmo phone my wife used for a month. Both cameras worked. We switched phones.
2) I rooted it. While trying to flash CWM, I accidentally chose to fix root before rebooting. I sort of lost root. I flashed SU again and everything was fine.
3) I was running rooted stock and realized my camera app was broken. It wouldn't launch. After clearing cache and data, it worked. I never checked FFC.
4) Flashed VirginROM after doing a factory reset and clearing caches. FFC does not work. I get a Unfortunately, Camera stopped working error if I try to use it. After that even the regular camera wont work until I clear cache and data.
Is there anything I can do to get my FFC working again? I flashed two different versions of the ROM after doing a factory reset and it won't work.
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Usually camera issues are always related to the kernel so what I would do
is flash a different/newer kernel which will not have any the camera issues.
Here is the direct download link for the stock modified kernel: http://ktoonsez.jonathanjsimon.com/sgs4/TWGE/KT-SGS4-JB4.3-TWGE-TMO-11.14.2013.zip
Flash this using cwm/twrp recovery.
Good luck!

Misterjunky said:
Usually camera issues are always related to the kernel so what I would do
is flash a different/newer kernel which will not have any the camera issues.
Here is the direct download link for the stock modified kernel: http://m3.androidfilehost.com/downl..._Modified_4.3_M919_Kernel.zip&action=download
Flash this using cwm/twrp recovery.
Good luck!
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Thank you for your reply. I don't want to go back to stock and restart, so this is a better option. I do have a couple of questions:
* Is the kernel independent of the ROM? My current kernel version says
3.4.0-2270815
[email protected] #1
Mon Dec 9 15:47:40 KST 2013
* Do I just download, flash, and reboot in CWM?
Also, clicking the link does nothing. I can't find the zip file to download.
Thanks.

Android_Monsters said:
I'd Odin back to stock. And, start over.
Sent from my SGH-M919 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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This is my last ditch option if all else fails. Thanks.

re: camera issues - kernels
ashwinmudigonda said:
Thank you for your reply. I don't want to go back to stock and restart, so this is a better option. I do have a couple of questions:
* Is the kernel independent of the ROM? My current kernel version says
3.4.0-2270815
[email protected] #1
Mon Dec 9 15:47:40 KST 2013
* Do I just download, flash, and reboot in CWM?
Also, clicking the link does nothing. I can't find the zip file to download.
Thanks.
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All you do is download and flash in cwm recovery then reboot in cwm recovery.
And yes, all kernels are independent of the rom, that's
why there are so many different kernels which can be
used on the same or other roms.
Good luck!
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ashwinmudigonda said:
Thank you for your reply. I don't want to go back to stock and restart, so this is a better option. I do have a couple of questions:
* Is the kernel independent of the ROM? My current kernel version says
3.4.0-2270815
[email protected] #1
Mon Dec 9 15:47:40 KST 2013
* Do I just download, flash, and reboot in CWM?
Also, clicking the link does nothing. I can't find the zip file to download.
Thanks.
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Sorry about the link, I just fixed/updated it and it works fine now.
http://ktoonsez.jonathanjsimon.com/sgs4/TWGE/KT-SGS4-JB4.3-TWGE-TMO-11.14.2013.zip
Good luck!

Misterjunky said:
All you do is download and flash in cwm recovery then reboot in cwm recovery.
And yes, all kernels are independent of the rom, that's
why there are so many different kernels which can be
used on the same or other roms.
Good luck!
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Sorry about the link, I just fixed/updated it and it works fine now.
http://ktoonsez.jonathanjsimon.com/sgs4/TWGE/KT-SGS4-JB4.3-TWGE-TMO-11.14.2013.zip
Good luck!
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I flashed the zip in CWM and the phone is stuck at the splash screen that says Samsung Galaxy S4. It doesn't boot. After a while, the entire screen is corrupted. On the top left, I see
Kernel is not SEAndroid enforcing
Set warranty bit: kernel
Do I just restore my most recent Nandroid?
EDIT: Ok, I am a bit concerned now. I can't enter recovery mode either.

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ashwinmudigonda said:
I flashed the zip in CWM and the phone is stuck at the splash screen that says Samsung Galaxy S4. It doesn't boot. After a while, the entire screen is corrupted. On the top left, I see
Kernel is not SEAndroid enforcing
Set warranty bit: kernel
Do I just restore my most recent Nandroid?
EDIT: Ok, I am a bit concerned now. I can't enter recovery mode either.
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Yes simply do a restore in recovery..........
Glad you had a nandroid backup... many people don't and need to
ODIN flash the stock unrooted rom and start from scratch.
Good luck!

Misterjunky said:
Yes simply do a restore in recovery..........
Glad you had a nandroid backup... many people don't and need to flash the stock unrooted rom.
Good luck!
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I am unable to enter recovery.
Pressing and holding down the Power and Volume up button does not take me anywhere.

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ashwinmudigonda said:
I am unable to enter recovery.
Pressing and holding down the Power and Volume up button does not take me anywhere.
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That means the phone is not completely powered down.
So remove the battery for 10 seconds and replace it then press vol-up and power
and it will go into recovery.
Be sure the usb cable is not connected to the phone and computer until
the phone is in recovery mode.
Good luck!

Misterjunky said:
That means the phone is not completely powered down.
So remove the battery for 10 seconds and replace it then press vol-up and power
and it will go into recovery.
Be sure the usb cable is not connected to the phone and computer until
the phone is in recovery mode.
Good luck!
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No luck. When I do that I see
Set bit warranty: recovery
And it goes blank.
I was able to enter ODIN mode, but I pulled the battery out because I didn't know how to quit it. What is the best way to flash stock ROM with the MK2 bootloader? I really hope I don't brick this phone. Thanks for your patience.

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ashwinmudigonda said:
No luck. When I do that I see
Set bit warranty: recovery
And it goes blank.
I was able to enter ODIN mode, but I pulled the battery out because I didn't know how to quit it. What is the best way to flash stock ROM with the MK2 bootloader? I really hope I don't brick this phone. Thanks for your patience.
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As a last resort you will need to ODIN flash the official stock rom.
If you have downloaded the official MK2 stock 4.3 M919 Odin flash rom and flashed it that means
that you cannot go back to 4.2.2 MDL roms so you need to Odin flash the official 4.3 stock firmware.
You can find and download the official 4.3 stock MK2 M919 ODIN flash firmware from http://SamMobile.com.
But if you simply flashed one of the cwm/twrp zip file custom roms here from XDA then you have a choice
to either odin flash the original MDL 4.2.2 M919 stock Jellybean Touchwiz firmware or if you don't care about
KNOX then you can flash the new MK2 Odin flash M919 stock official Jellybean Touchwiz 4.3 firmware.
There is also one other thing you can do, re-flash the cwm recovery using ODIN.
You will need to download the TAR file version of CWM custom recovery which needs to be flashed using ODIN.
Here is the direct download link for the odin flash cwm custom recovery TAR.
https://copy.com/txTLr/Galaxy-S4-tmo-cwr-6.0.3.6.zip?download=1
This will flash the cwm custom recovery to your phone so possibly you can go back into recovery
instead of flashing stock roms. If this does not work you will need to odin the stock rom.
After you odin flash a stock rom you need to root it and then Flash the CWM recovery tar file above
so you can go into cwm recovery.
Once thats done you can restore your nandroid backup.
Good luck!

Misterjunky said:
As a last resort you will need to ODIN flash the official stock rom.
If you have downloaded the official MK2 stock 4.3 M919 Odin flash rom and flashed it that means
that you cannot go back to 4.2.2 MDL roms so you need to Odin flash the official 4.3 stock firmware.
You can find and download the official stock MK2 M919 firmware from http://SamMobile.com.
But if you simply flashed one of the cwm/twrp zip file custom roms here from XDA then you have a choice
to either odin flash the original MDL 4.2.2 M919 stock Jellybean Touchwiz firmware or if you don't care about
KNOX then you can flash the new MK2 Odin flash M919 stock official Jellybean Touchwiz firmware.
There is also one other thing you can do, re-flash the cwm recovery using ODIN.
You will need to download the TAR file version of CWM custom recovery which needs to be flashed using ODIN.
Here is the direct download link for the odin flash cwm custom recovery TAR.
https://copy.com/txTLr/Galaxy-S4-tmo-cwr-6.0.3.6.zip?download=1
This will flash the cwm custom recovery to your phone so possibly you can go back into recovery
instead of flashing stock roms. If this does not work you will need to odin the stock rom.
After you odin flash a stock rom you need to root it and then Flash the CWM recovery tar file above
so you can go into cwm recovery.
Once thats done you can restore your nandroid backup.
Good luck!
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I am a bit confused. My phone got the OTA 4.3 MK2 update before I rooted it and flashed CWM+custom ROM.
Flashing the recovery did not work.
I am currently downloading the M919UVUEMK2_M919TMBEMK2_TMB.zip from Sammobile to ODIN flash it. Is that right? Also in my Odin(v3.09) I see BL, AP, CP, CSC options. I assume that the recovery and the ROM tar files should be loaded in the AP section, right?

ashwinmudigonda said:
I am a bit confused. My phone got the OTA 4.3 MK2 update before I rooted it and flashed CWM+custom ROM.
Flashing the recovery did not work.
I am currently downloading the M919UVUEMK2_M919TMBEMK2_TMB.zip from Sammobile to ODIN flash it. Is that right? Also in my Odin(v3.09) I see BL, AP, CP, CSC options. I assume that the recovery and the ROM tar files should be loaded in the AP section, right?
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That even makes it easier.. then simply do this:
Download the official 4.3 stock MK2 M919 ODIN flash firmware from http://SamMobile.com. (or from a faster host link)
Unzip the file and inside you will find a TAR MD5 file and ODIN and ODIN.INI file.
Make an empty folder on your desktop and unzip the contents of the downloaded zip file into the new folder.
Then simply open odin and click the PDA slot, navigate to the TAR MD5 file and select it.
Put the phone into download mode
Connect the usb cable from phone to computer and make sure that the [COM:xx] in Odin lights
up then click the START button in Odin.
Once Odin is done successfully the phone will auto-reboot.
Have a lot of patience because to get the phone to a useable state it may take up to 4-5 minutes.
After its done you need to root the phone with cf-autoroot in Odin's PDA slot.
After it's rooted you need to flash a custom recovery, either TWRP which I would suggest or CWM custom recovery.
Once it's all done you can either start fresh, or simply restore the nandroid backup.
PLEASE NOTE: if your nandroid backup was made from any 4.2.2 stock or custom rom it will error out,
it cannot be done since having the 4.3 MK2 official firmware does not allow downgrading to older versions.
That's one of the drawbacks of the KNOX in the 4.3 firmware.
Good luck!
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ashwinmudigonda said:
I am a bit confused. My phone got the OTA 4.3 MK2 update before I rooted it and flashed CWM+custom ROM.
Flashing the recovery did not work.
I am currently downloading the M919UVUEMK2_M919TMBEMK2_TMB.zip from Sammobile to ODIN flash it. Is that right? Also in my Odin(v3.09) I see BL, AP, CP, CSC options. I assume that the recovery and the ROM tar files should be loaded in the AP section, right?
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Don't worry about those "BL, AP, CP, CSC" files, you opened the TAR file which is in the zip file.
Odin will take care of all of that stuff, Odin ONLY wants the TAR MD5 file in the PDA slot.
If you check the properties of the largest file inside the zip file you are downloading you will
see it is a file with a TAR and or MD5 extender. Thats what Odin needs in it's pda slot.
There is NO reason at all to EXTRACT any of the files which are inside the TAR MD5 file.
Think of the TAR MD5 file as if it was one very large image file which is required by Odin.
Hope that explains it.
Good luck!

Misterjunky said:
That even makes it easier.. then simply do this:
Download the official 4.3 stock MK2 M919 ODIN flash firmware from http://SamMobile.com. (or from a faster host link)
Unzip the file and inside you will find a TAR MD5 file and ODIN and ODIN.INI file.
Make an empty folder on your desktop and unzip the contents of the downloaded zip file into the new folder.
Then simply open odin and click the PDA slot, navigate to the TAR MD5 file and select it.
Put the phone into download mode
Connect the usb cable from phone to computer and make sure that the [COM:xx] in Odin lights
up then click the START button in Odin.
Once Odin is done successfully the phone will auto-reboot.
Have a lot of patience because to get the phone to a useable state it may take up to 4-5 minutes.
After its done you need to root the phone with cf-autoroot in Odin's PDA slot.
After it's rooted you need to flash a custom recovery, either TWRP which I would suggest or CWM custom recovery.
Once it's all done you can either start fresh, or simply restore the nandroid backup.
PLEASE NOTE: if your nandroid backup was made from any 4.2.2 stock or custom rom it will error out,
it cannot be done since having the 4.3 MK2 official firmware does not allow downgrading to older versions.
That's one of the drawbacks of the KNOX in the 4.3 firmware.
Good luck!
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Don't worry about those "BL, AP, CP, CSC" files, you opened the TAR file which is in the zip file.
Odin will take care of all of that stuff, Odin ONLY wants the TAR MD5 file in the PDA slot.
If you check the properties of the largest file inside the zip file you are downloading you will
see it is a file with a TAR and or MD5 extender. Thats what Odin needs in it's pda slot.
There is NO reason at all to EXTRACT any of the files which are inside the TAR MD5 file.
Think of the TAR MD5 file as if it was one very large image file which is required by Odin.
Hope that explains it.
Good luck!
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My doubt was that I don't see a PDA slot in v3.09 (see attached)

ashwinmudigonda said:
My doubt was that I don't see a PDA slot in v3.09 (see attached)
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I did not know you are using the latest version 3.09 of Odin,
they changed the names... AP = PDA PDA = AP both are the same thing.
So in all the posts I made wherever you see PDA it's AP from now on.......
Good luck!

Misterjunky said:
I did not know you are using the latest version 3.09 of Odin,
they changed the names... AP = PDA PDA = AP both are the same thing.
So in all the posts I made wherever you see PDA it's AP from now on.......
Good luck!
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I downloaded and flashed the MK2 stock firmware. ODIN showed a Pass, I disconnected the cable, and the phone rebooted into the T-mobile 4G LTE with a sound and it's been stuck on this for a while now. It hasn't crossed this screen. I don't know what to do.

Probably need to clear data.
Sent from my SGH-M919 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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(i.e. boot into recovery and wipe data)
Sent from my SGH-M919 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

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ashwinmudigonda said:
I downloaded and flashed the MK2 stock firmware. ODIN showed a Pass, I disconnected the cable, and the phone rebooted into the T-mobile 4G LTE with a sound and it's been stuck on this for a while now. It hasn't crossed this screen. I don't know what to do.
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First try this, pull the battery out wait 20 seconds replace it and restart the phone
with the power button.
If that don't work then download the odin flash cf-auto-root in odin's AP slot.
Here is the direct download link: http://download.chainfire.eu/328/CF...jfltetmo-jfltetmo-sghm919.zip?retrieve_file=1
Then here is the TWRP odin flash recovery: http://techerrata.com/get/twrp2/jfltetmo/openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.1-jfltetmo.tar
Be sure to UN-CHECK "Auto-Reboot" in ODIN when flashing these two TAR files.
After the first one is flashed power off the phone and put it back into download mode.
Be sure the auto reboot is not checked then flash the TWRP recovery TAR file in odin's AP slot.
Then power off the phone and pull battery wait 20 seconds and replace battery then restart the
phone and hopefully it will fully restart completely without getting stuck.
If not continue below.
THIS NEXT PART PRESUMES THAT YOUR PHONE HAS STILL NOT FULLY BOOTED.
After you have flashed both cf-autoroot and twrp power down the phone and restart phone into recovery.
In TWRP recovery click the WIPE button and swipe the bottom slider to do a factory reset.
This step wipes any rogue files and apps which the ODIN flash of the firmware did add to the
phone, it also wipes all apps which came from the playstore or other sources (side loading)
Some rogue apps and the data they create can prevent the phone from a normal startup.
Factory reset also wipes all user data like contacts, passwords mms and other user created data
like your email accounts. It does not wipe the actual email messages on your isp's server.
.
It will NOT format the internal or external sdcards so you will not loose stuff like pictures,
videos, music or any personal documents you have created or anything you have backed up
with any apps which you may have gotten from the playstore or other sources.
When the factory reset is done, click the WIPE button again and select "advanced wipe".
Select Dalvik Cache and Cache then swipe the bottom button.
After doing all this click the back button twice to get to the screen where
it says "Reboot" click the reboot button then on the next screen click on
the "system" button then the phone reboots normally I hope!!!
Cross your fingers.
Good luck!

Misterjunky said:
First try this, pull the battery out wait 20 seconds replace it and restart the phone
with the power button.
If that don't work then download the odin flash cf-auto-root in odin's AP slot.
Here is the direct download link: http://download.chainfire.eu/328/CF...jfltetmo-jfltetmo-sghm919.zip?retrieve_file=1
Then here is the TWRP odin flash recovery: http://techerrata.com/get/twrp2/jfltetmo/openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.1-jfltetmo.tar
Be sure to UN-CHECK "Auto-Reboot" in ODIN when flashing these two TAR files.
After the first one is flashed power off the phone and put it back into download mode.
Be sure the auto reboot is not checked then flash the TWRP recovery TAR file in odin's AP slot.
Then power off the phone and pull battery wait 20 seconds and replace battery then restart the
phone and hopefully it will fully restart completely without getting stuck.
If not continue below.
THIS NEXT PART PRESUMES THAT YOUR PHONE HAS STILL NOT FULLY BOOTED.
After you have flashed both cf-autoroot and twrp power down the phone and restart phone into recovery.
In TWRP recovery click the WIPE button and swipe the bottom slider to do a factory reset.
This step wipes any rogue files and apps which the ODIN flash of the firmware did add to the
phone, it also wipes all apps which came from the playstore or other sources (side loading)
Some rogue apps and the data they create can prevent the phone from a normal startup.
Factory reset also wipes all user data like contacts, passwords mms and other user created data
like your email accounts. It does not wipe the actual email messages on your isp's server.
.
It will NOT format the internal or external sdcards so you will not loose stuff like pictures,
videos, music or any personal documents you have created or anything you have backed up
with any apps which you may have gotten from the playstore or other sources.
When the factory reset is done, click the WIPE button again and select "advanced wipe".
Select Dalvik Cache and Cache then swipe the bottom button.
After doing all this click the back button twice to get to the screen where
it says "Reboot" click the reboot button then on the next screen click on
the "system" button then the phone reboots normally I hope!!!
Cross your fingers.
Good luck!
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No luck.
I rooted and flashed the recovery and followed the first step. It was stuck at the Tmobile screen.
Pressing volume up and power button does not take me into any recovery, just a blank screen. Last night I tried this with CWM and now with TWRP, but it won't enter into recovery.

[Q] "Kernel is not seandroid enforcing" :(

I have PayPal for which I will use to donate an amount to the person(s) who can help me.
I just recently got a new GS4 becuase of an insurance replacement. I looked at the specs before I flashed TWRP. After failing to install 4.2.2 ROMS, I finally found a 4.3 mk2 stock ROM to install. I have the phone working. But TWRP is not installed. My phone tests positive for ROOT with Rootchecker
Currently I'm getting this message everytime I boot "Kernel is not seandroid enforcing"
I have multiple 4.4.2 and 4.3 ROMs I like to use on my SD card, I'd like to continue from a TWRP backup i've made using that recovery.
Here are my current specs:
Model
SGH-M919
Android Version
4.3
Baseband
M919UVUEMK2
Kernel Version
[email protected] #1
Build Number
JSS15J.M919UVUEMK2
SELinux status
Permissive
Secure boot status
Type: Samsung

The replacement phone was probably already on the MK2 bootloader and modem when you received it. Which means you had Knox pre-installed and tripped it when you rooted the phone. The "kernel is not seandroid enforcing" error message does not affect the functioning of your phone in any way. It's just a part of the Knox bootloader. You can continue to re-install TWRP recovery and flash any ROM you want. Your phone will function as normal. Just don't try reverting to the 4.2.2 MDL baseband/modem because it won't work. There's currently no way to revert to 4.2.2 MDL if you're on MK2 or higher. If you want to get rid of the message just flash the stock kernel in a recovery.
Try to be careful with your replacement phone now since you tripped Knox. It might be harder to get a replacement depending on how T-Mobile is.
No donations are needed for these kinds of things.

Ok Im flashing Infamous 4.4.2 Version 3.7 after ODIN flashing TWRP 2.6.3.1
The only reason I'm flashing that ROM is because no backups are not showing theirselvesin the Restore option, what would cause that?
Is TWRP 2.5.0.2 better?
Did I miss a step? All my actions were using odin to flash the twrp recover, and then flash another ROM, or restoring a Previous Back. Should I have flashed a rooted bootloader, or rooted firmware or anything besides those two?

nopotential said:
Ok Im flashing Infamous 4.4.2 Version 3.7 after ODIN flashing TWRP 2.6.3.1
The only reason I'm flashing that ROM is because no backups are not showing theirselvesin the Restore option, what would cause that?
Is TWRP 2.5.0.2 better?
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The backups could either be stored on the internal or external SD card. Try switching between both and see if they appear. They'll be in the TWRP folder on the root of either the internal/external storage.
I've had no problems with the latest TWRP v2.7.0.1. If you have problems then use v2.5.0.2.
If you have connection problems after installing Infamous 4.4.2, you might need to Odin the newest KitKat NB4 modem found here.
Download the file and flash MODEM.bin via Odin under the phone slot.
Personally, since you already tripped Knox, you should just Odin flash the complete NB4 KitKit stock ROM which will give you the newest modem without having to mess with anything else or do various flashing of things. Everything for flashing NB4 KitKit can be found here. Download the full 4.4 firmware from here.

brian117 said:
The backups could either be stored on the internal or external SD card. Try switching between both and see if they appear. They'll be in the TWRP folder on the root of either the internal/external storage.
I've had no problems with the latest TWRP v2.7.0.1. If you have problems then use v2.5.0.2.
If you have connection problems after installing Infamous 4.4.2, you might need to Odin the newest KitKat NB4 modem found here.
Download the file and flash MODEM.bin via Odin under the phone slot.
Personally, since you already tripped Knox, you should just Odin flash the complete NB4 KitKit stock ROM which will give you the newest modem without having to mess with anything else or do various flashing of things. Everything for flashing NB4 KitKit can be found here. Download the full 4.4 firmware from here.
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I want to use a custom ROM because of the features. Should I still flash the latest firmware, the KitKat NB4?

nopotential said:
I want to use a custom ROM because of the features. Should I still flash the latest firmware, the KitKat NB4?
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You will still be able to flash the custom ROM after you Odin flash the KitKat NB4 firmware. The steps are as followed:
1. Open Odin v3.07.
2. UNcheck the boxes that say auto reboot and f. reset time.
3. Power off your phone and enter Download Mode by holding down the Vol DOWN + Home + Power buttons at the same time. Hit Vol UP after the warning message comes up.
4. Connect your phone to your PC and wait for it to appear in the COM: box in Odin.
5. Click the PDA tab and select the "M919UVUFNB4_HOME.tar.md5" file that you extracted from http://www.cheatersedge.org/android/m919/M919UVUFNB4_M919TMBFNB4_TMB_FENNY_FIXED.zip.
6. Wait for it to run an MD5 check. The program will freeze and unfreeze when it's done.
7. Click start and let Odin flash the ROM.
8. When it says PASS, unplug the phone and long press the power button until the phone turns off and reboots on its own. Leave it alone for about 2 minutes and then power it off.
9. Reboot back into Download Mode and then flash the CF-Autoroot found here.
10. Flash that via the PDA slot in Odin, reboot, and you should now be rooted. You can then continue to do everything else such as install TWRP and flash Infamous 4.4.2.

brian117 said:
You will still be able to flash the custom ROM after you Odin flash the KitKat NB4 firmware. The steps are as followed:
1. Open Odin v3.07.
2. UNcheck the boxes that say auto reboot and f. reset time.
3. Power off your phone and enter Download Mode by holding down the Vol DOWN + Home + Power buttons at the same time. Hit Vol UP after the warning message comes up.
4. Connect your phone to your PC and wait for it to appear in the COM: box in Odin.
5. Click the PDA tab and select the "M919UVUFNB4_HOME.tar.md5" file that you extracted from http://www.cheatersedge.org/android/m919/M919UVUFNB4_M919TMBFNB4_TMB_FENNY_FIXED.zip.
6. Wait for it to run an MD5 check. The program will freeze and unfreeze when it's done.
7. Click start and let Odin flash the ROM.
8. When it says PASS, unplug the phone and long press the power button until the phone turns off and reboots on its own. Leave it alone for about 2 minutes and then power it off.
9. Reboot back into Download Mode and then flash the CF-Chain's Autoroot found here.
10. Flash that via the PDA slot in Odin, reboot, and you should now be rooted. You can then continue to do everything else such as install TWRP and flash Infamous 4.4.2.
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Thanks for the step by step. I'm following it now. The NB4_HOME.tar.md5 is taking a long time to flash with ODIN. But I will follow it closely, if everything looks good I'll send out a donation, I appreciate your help.

nopotential said:
Thanks for the step by step. I'm following it now. The NB4_HOME.tar.md5 is taking a long time to flash with ODIN. But I will follow it closely, if everything looks good I'll send out a donation, I appreciate your help.
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Like I said donations are not needed. It does take a while for it to flash through Odin so that's normal.

It was boot looping, went into optimizing apps to something about media database multiple times. I went into the stock recovery and cleared cache and factory reset. It's trying to boot now.

nopotential said:
It was boot looping, went into optimizing apps to something about media database multiple times. I went into the stock recovery and cleared cache and factory reset. It's trying to boot now.
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My Wifi is unable to be turned on in this stock rom. I'm going to flash TWRP and then Infamous

nopotential said:
It was boot looping, went into optimizing apps to something about media database multiple times. I went into the stock recovery and cleared cache and factory reset. It's trying to boot now.
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Yes that will happen. You just boot into recovery and factory reset and it will boot. Let me know if that works.
nopotential said:
My Wifi is unable to be turned on in this stock rom. I'm going to flash TWRP and then Infamous
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If you continue to have WiFi problems, flash this via recovery.

brian117 said:
Yes that will happen. You just boot into recovery and factory reset and it will boot. Let me know if that works.
If you continue to have WiFi problems, flash this via recovery.
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It looks like everything is looking good by following your list. Thank you.

nopotential said:
It looks like everything is looking good by following your list. Thank you.
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Awesome! Good to hear man. Enjoy KitKat and the newest modem. The new modem has gave a significant reception boost for a lot of people. Hope it's the same for you. And please check your PM.

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[Q] Phone will not turn on!

So I flashed cm 10.2 on my Galaxy S3 AT&T, and forgot to flash the right gapps, so I did that, except I forgot to do a factory reset when I flashed them. When I went to reboot, my phone would not turn on, nor get into recovery mode. It keeps showing the Samsung logo with the little CyanogenMod figure underneath it, and keeps vibrating repeatedly while trying to turn on. This is not a boot loop (I think) because my phone doesnt even get as far as the arrow animation that keeps going in circles. All I can do is access download mode. Can anyone help me? I have tried taking the battery out multple times and waiting for the battery to charge and then trying to turn it on, to no success.

rohanr014 said:
So I flashed cm 10.2 on my Galaxy S3 AT&T, and forgot to flash the right gapps, so I did that, except I forgot to do a factory reset when I flashed them. When I went to reboot, my phone would not turn on, nor get into recovery mode. It keeps showing the Samsung logo with the little CyanogenMod figure underneath it, and keeps vibrating repeatedly while trying to turn on. This is not a boot loop (I think) because my phone doesnt even get as far as the arrow animation that keeps going in circles. All I can do is access download mode. Can anyone help me? I have tried taking the battery out multple times and waiting for the battery to charge and then trying to turn it on, to no success.
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If you can get to download mode, try flashing a stock file via Odin to reset your phone to working conditions. Thereafter, you can go back to a custom ROM. Would you recall what firmware version you were on prior to flashing CM? If it was anything older than 4.3 (e.g. 4.1.2, 4.1.1), you can Odin back to 4.1.1. If you already had 4.3, you would need to Odin back to 4.3 following the instructions posted in the thread below ..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2722660&page=3. Scroll through carefully for the file you need for 4.3. Otherwise, you can find the Odin flash-able 4.1.1 stock file on sammobile.com

Larry2999 said:
If you can get to download mode, try flashing a stock file via Odin to reset your phone to working conditions. Thereafter, you can go back to a custom ROM. Would you recall what firmware version you were on prior to flashing CM? If it was anything older than 4.3 (e.g. 4.1.2, 4.1.1), you can Odin back to 4.1.1. If you already had 4.3, you would need to Odin back to 4.3 following the instructions posted in the thread below ..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2722660&page=3. Scroll through carefully for the file you need for 4.3. Otherwise, you can find the Odin flash-able 4.1.1 stock file on sammobile.com
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I have looked at the thread but I am new to all this stuff, how do I flash using Odin?

rohanr014 said:
I have looked at the thread but I am new to all this stuff, how do I flash using Odin?
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First you will need to download and extract the Odin tool. Odin is Samsung's tool for flashing (installing) firmware. You can download Odin v3.07 via the link below ...
http://www.mediafire.com/download/772dlmuaxfgm0x2/Odin307.zip
Once you have downloaded it, extract the files and look for the executable file (*.exe). That's the one you will need to run to open Odin.
We also need to identify the appropriate firmware to flash. You did not answer the earlier question on what Android version your device was on prior to flashing the custom firmware. This is important to let us know which official version you can safely revert to (4.1.1 or 4.3). If you were an older version than 4.3, you should flash 4.1.1 but if you were already on 4.3, then you should stick to this. Either way, you can download the 4.1.1 file via this link .. http://rapidgator.net/file/681a28a5...ATT_I747UCDLK3_I747ATTDLK3_Original.zip.html?
Download the files to your PC and extract.
To flash via Odin, open Odin.exe on your PC
Click on the PDA tab and navigate to the file you just extracted. Select the file ending in *.tar.md5 (For 4.1.1, this would be I747UCDLK3_I747ATTDLK3_I747UCDLK3_HOME.tar.md5). Make sure this file is showing in the PDA tab.
Boot your phone into download mode and connect to your computer with a good quality micro-USB cable. Make sure your phone is recognized by Odin. You should see the message Added in the left pane.
Do not check or uncheck any boxes other than the defaults.
Click on start and waiting for firmware flashing to end and you see Pass. Your phone will reboot at this stage. You can disconnect from your PC
However, for 4.3, it looks like the Odin flash-able file has been taken offline so you would need to this via custom recovery. That's a different process so please revert on your Android version first so we'll know whether this is required or not

I was running JB 4.3, and I am planning to flash 4.1.1 as you've said. I am downloading that rom from the SamMobile site, however it is taking quite a while...
I understand that it shouldnt be a two minute download, however its been 2 hours and only 210 MB has been downloaded.
Also, I have Odin v3.09, which in the place of a PDA tab, there is an AP tab... should I place the file in the AP tab?

rohanr014 said:
I was running JB 4.3, and I am planning to flash 4.1.1 as you've said. I am downloading that rom from the SamMobile site, however it is taking quite a while...
I understand that it shouldnt be a two minute download, however its been 2 hours and only 210 MB has been downloaded.
Also, I have Odin v3.09, which in the place of a PDA tab, there is an AP tab... should I place the file in the AP tab?
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Please do not try to flash 4.1.1 if you were on JB 4.3 otherwise you could hard brick your phone due to the secure bootloader in 4.3. You need to revert to stock 4.3 via custom recovery. You may go to the thread below for instructions...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2658486
1) Flash custom recovery (I would suggest TWRP because of the GUI). In Odin v3.09 use the AP tab in place of PDA. You can download TWRP for your device via the link below ...
http://techerrata.com/file/twrp2/d2att/openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.1-d2att.tar
2) Download the stock restore zip file in the thread above and copy to your (micro) SD card. The (TWRP) stock restore zip is also available via the following link .... http://www.mediafire.com/download/30idxwhg2hidxx2/ATT_I747_UCUEMJB_StockRestore_2282014.zip
3) Flash the custom recovery file via Odin. Remove battery immediately the flashing is complete to stop reboot.
4) Place the SD card with the recovery file in your phone
5) Reboot into recovery mode by simultaneously holding down the Volume Up, Home and Power buttons. Hold all buttons until you see the blue flash across your screen, then release power button but keep holding the volume up and home buttons until the Android image appears.
6) Select install and navigate to the stock restore file. Swipe across screen to flash and wait for installation to be complete.
7) Clear cache/dalvik and reboot to system
If you are unable to boot to recovery, then you may still try flashing using Odin v3.09. You may follow the instructions in the thread below and load all the respective partitions. You would need to use the version that has separate flashable files as the single *.tar file has been taken down.

Larry2999 said:
Please do not try to flash 4.1.1 if you were on JB 4.3 otherwise you could hard brick your phone due to the secure bootloader in 4.3. You need to revert to stock 4.3 via custom recovery. You may go to the thread below for instructions...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2658486
1) Flash custom recovery (I would suggest TWRP because of the GUI). In Odin v3.09 use the AP tab in place of PDA. You can download TWRP for your device via the link below ...
http://techerrata.com/file/twrp2/d2att/openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.1-d2att.tar
2) Download the stock restore zip file in the thread above and copy to your (micro) SD card. The (TWRP) stock restore zip is also available via the following link .... http://www.mediafire.com/download/30idxwhg2hidxx2/ATT_I747_UCUEMJB_StockRestore_2282014.zip
3) Flash the custom recovery file via Odin. Remove battery immediately the flashing is complete to stop reboot.
4) Place the SD card with the recovery file in your phone
5) Reboot into recovery mode by simultaneously holding down the Volume Up, Home and Power buttons. Hold all buttons until you see the blue flash across your screen, then release power button but keep holding the volume up and home buttons until the Android image appears.
6) Select install and navigate to the stock restore file. Swipe across screen to flash and wait for installation to be complete.
7) Clear cache/dalvik and reboot to system
If you are unable to boot to recovery, then you may still try flashing using Odin v3.09. You may follow the instructions in the thread below and load all the respective partitions. You would need to use the version that has separate flashable files as the single *.tar file has been taken down.
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Just to reaffirm since I am not very experienced and do not wish to break my phone:
1) Download the twrp 2.6.3.1 d2att.tar file and flash it to my phone in download mode via Odin.
2)Download zip file on my computer, and take out the microSD from my phone, and copy the file to my microSD.
3) I am confused here because you stated to flash the custom recovery in step 1... anyways when flash is complete I immediately take my battery out to stop the reboot.
4) I insert the microSD with the zip file containing the stock rom
5) Now I should be able to reboot into recovery mode on my phone, though I could not beforehand.
6) Once in Recovery, go to Install and flash the custom stock.
7)Wipe dalvik cache and cache, and reboot to system.
Please clear up any confusion, I am very cautious and inexperienced. Sorry.

rohanr014 said:
Just to reaffirm since I am not very experienced and do not wish to break my phone:
1) Download the twrp 2.6.3.1 d2att.tar file and flash it to my phone in download mode via Odin.
2)Download zip file on my computer, and take out the microSD from my phone, and copy the file to my microSD.
3) I am confused here because you stated to flash the custom recovery in step 1... anyways when flash is complete I immediately take my battery out to stop the reboot.
4) I insert the microSD with the zip file containing the stock rom
5) Now I should be able to reboot into recovery mode on my phone, though I could not beforehand.
6) Once in Recovery, go to Install and flash the custom stock.
7)Wipe dalvik cache and cache, and reboot to system.
Please clear up any confusion, I am very cautious and inexperienced. Sorry.
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Yes, you are correct. What you are doing in step 1) is flashing custom recovery to your phone. Custom recovery allows you install zip files to your phone and is more functional and versatile than stock recovery.
The zip file referred to in 2) is the stock restore zip. This is the file you will be flashing from (custom) recovery and is the one from the following link (http://www.mediafire.com/download/30...re_2282014.zip). Once you have downloaded it to your computer, save to an SD card so you can insert it into your phone to flash.
The battery pull is after flashing the TWRP file. You then have to boot into (custom) recovery mode to flash the stock restore zip from the SD card.
You are OK on the other steps. Trust this clarifies. Let me know if you encounter any issues.

I have done everything you said, I flashed the TWRP file via Odin, and then i copied the stock zip file to my microSD and put it back into my phone.
I am able to boot into recovery, and everytime I go to flash the stock rom, midway through the flash my phone starts rebooting. Even if I try to clear dalvik cache and cache first, once they are cleared my phone automatically starts rebooting. What do I do now? The zip file is there and I can reach TWRP recovery, but the flash wont complete because my phone starts rebooting. I am at a 100% battery right now so I do not know what the cause of this could be. Please help, I cannot tell what I did wrong if I did do anything wrong.

Try installing the latest version of Philz Touch for the d2lte. Some people have good results with TWRP. I found Philz Touch, which is based on CWM, better for my purposes. Philz can be installed via Odin as long as you down the tar version.
http://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/d2lte

Larry2999 said:
Yes, you are correct. What you are doing in step 1) is flashing custom recovery to your phone. Custom recovery allows you install zip files to your phone and is more functional and versatile than stock recovery.
The zip file referred to in 2) is the stock restore zip. This is the file you will be flashing from (custom) recovery and is the one from the following link (http://www.mediafire.com/download/30...re_2282014.zip). Once you have downloaded it to your computer, save to an SD card so you can insert it into your phone to flash.
The battery pull is after flashing the TWRP file. You then have to boot into (custom) recovery mode to flash the stock restore zip from the SD card.
You are OK on the other steps. Trust this clarifies. Let me know if you encounter any issues.
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Ok, something very strange has occured.
Since my phone would not flash the original stock rom, I decided to go ahead and flash CM10.2 and its gapps to see if it the problem was with my phone or with the file. Everything worked fine and my phone booted and ran CM10.2, but then I had absolutely no signal anywhere. I could confirm something was wrong because there were multiple AT&T users near me that had good signal. So then I went to flash the stock rom, and it worked. I cleared dalvik and cache like normal after all these flashes and performed factory resets, however when I flashed this stock rom, it worked but 1) I could not connect to Wifi 2) I could not use apps with root requirements, and Root Checker said I did not have root access, even though I had definitely rooted my phone earlier when I first ran CM11 and CM10.2
Should I root again? Please help, my phone is working and I can go into download, stock recovery, and normal mode.

audit13 said:
Try installing the latest version of Philz Touch for the d2lte. Some people have good results with TWRP. I found Philz Touch, which is based on CWM, better for my purposes. Philz can be installed via Odin as long as you down the tar version.
http://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/d2lte
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The whole idea was to get your phone back to working state. Thereafter, you can build up on the food chain. The stock file you flashed restores the phone to near factory settings including a complete stock (official) firmware, stock recovery, resetting the flash counter. Unfortunately, it also removes root as well. You can, however, re-root in a number of ways. You may also do as Audit advised and reflash Philz Touch custom recovery which would allow you flash any custom ROM of your choice. You do not necessarily need to root to flash custom ROMs if you have custom recovery. However, if you need to use apps which require root, I would recommend you try SafeRoot (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2565758). Very easy to use and worked quite well for me.
Finally, you should be able to restore your Wi-Fi from settings. Wi-Fi setup should have happened during the set-up process upon reboot after the firmware installation but sometimes this step is skipped. If you go to Settings, you should be able to enable and set up Wi-Fi.