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This picture shows my problem. i want to fully unroot OR just get rid of this custom rom and get back to my original stock firmware (ics 4.0.4)
WHAT DO I DO?? it keeps failing when i flash
I don't see your phone recognized in the id:com field.
help to un-root GS3 & get stock rom back
I recently had a problem with Autostarts app causing crashes on my Samsung Galaxy S3 & had to unroot & do a master reset.
I use the YouTube video from qbking77 to do the un-root & it worked fine. I used Odin v7 to do the un-root but had to use Odin v4 to re-root my phone after master reset.
Hope it helps.
I can't post links yet but if you go to YouTube & find user qbking77, he has a step by step video on how to unroot your Samsung GS3.
The video was Published on Jun 29, 2012 & is titled "How to Unroot / Unbrick the Samsung Galaxy S III - Latest"
Seems like you are not connecter to pc... Are you running Kies? If you are close it.
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Try a different usb port and make sure you are using the cable that came with the phone
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chrisram88 said:
Seems like you are not connecter to pc... Are you running Kies? If you are close it.
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Try a different usb port and make sure you are using the cable that came with the phone
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To add to these two great suggestions. Ensure your drivers are all installed properly.
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Odin fails stock rom error binary
So I been at this for weeks. I have a note 4. The phone has been rooted before. Then i flashed it back to stock.. It was all fine.. Then started to act up and freeze or not reset. So what I've tried now.. I've tried a stock rom via odin. Fails saying binary. I've tried kies. Kies says doesn't support connected device. I am not using the original cable it came with. I'm using a s7 edge cable. I don't see why that should matter. I finally managed to get by some magical 100x attempt got twrp recovery to flash via odin. So after that I decided to install roms via sd in twrp. All the roms I've tried have the same outcome. They install perfectly.. Twrp says successful. I hit reboot system. Phone goes off.. Doesn't come back on. .. I need some help plz. Nothing is working.
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Malistoff said:
So I been at this for weeks. I have a note 4. The phone has been rooted before. Then i flashed it back to stock.. It was all fine.. Then started to act up and freeze or not reset. So what I've tried now.. I've tried a stock rom via odin. Fails saying binary. I've tried kies. Kies says doesn't support connected device. I am not using the original cable it came with. I'm using a s7 edge cable. I don't see why that should matter. I finally managed to get by some magical 100x attempt got twrp recovery to flash via odin. So after that I decided to install roms via sd in twrp. All the roms I've tried have the same outcome. They install perfectly.. Twrp says successful. I hit reboot system. Phone goes off.. Doesn't come back on. .. I need some help plz. Nothing is working.
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On top of that. After any kinda attempt I make. (since they all don't work, resulting in removing the battery) I will try.. Entering download mode.. Recovery mode.. Doesn't really matter what.. The phone won't respond to the command.. I generally will have to wait longer than 30secs.. Sometimes even 10mins to get the phone to start reading those commands again.
Which version of Odin are you using? Are you using stock ROMs from sammobile.com? Are you using a USB 2 port? Try using an original Samsung USB 2.0 cable with Odin.
audit13 said:
Which version of Odin are you using? Are you using stock ROMs from sammobile.com? Are you using a USB 2 port? Try using an original Samsung USB 2.0 cable with Odin.
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Newest version of odin which Is 3.11 I believe... I'm using a 2.0usb. Which is what the note 4 is as well. The note 3 was the bigger one.. Not the note 4. I got the stock roms from sammobile and the custom roms from off xda. And I'm using my s7 edge cable which is the Samsung manufacturers Original brand.. 2.0 usb.
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Malistoff said:
Newest version of odin which Is 3.11 I believe... I'm using a 2.0usb. Which is what the note 4 is as well. The note 3 was the bigger one.. Not the note 4. I got the stock roms from sammobile and the custom roms from off xda. And I'm using my s7 edge cable which is the Samsung manufacturers Original brand.. 2.0 usb.
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Flashing stock rom 4.4.4 kitkat.. Because I was told I'd have a better chance.. However I am on Odin 3.11 .. Twrp is 2.8.1.1.. I did that because when I had this phone rooted before.. That's what version I was using.. But when I flash the stock rom via odin.. I get binary fails showing on the phone.
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Malistoff said:
Newest version of odin which Is 3.11 I believe... I'm using a 2.0usb. Which is what the note 4 is as well. The note 3 was the bigger one.. Not the note 4. I got the stock roms from sammobile and the custom roms from off xda. And I'm using my s7 edge cable which is the Samsung manufacturers Original brand.. 2.0 usb.
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Flashing stock rom 4.4.4 kitkat.. Because I was told I'd have a better chance.. However I am on Odin 3.11 .. Twrp is 2.8.1.1.. I did that because when I had this phone rooted before.. That's what version I was using.. But when I flash the stock rom via odin.. I get binary fails showing on the phone.
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My most favorite thing that happens.. That I can't explain reason of why. Is after I try to flash a rom..whether it be through odin or twrp. Odin fails.. Twrp just doesn't reboot after a successful flash... I have to take out the battery and retry.. I cannot get an instant boot.. I've waited.. 30secs.. Few mins.. Sometimes even 30mins and it won't come back on... Now I can't explain why it does that... Because if I give it x amount of time to rest with battery out.. It will work again.. Sometimes I can even do it right after a failed flash. I honestly don't know why or could tell you any more than because of this wait times in between.. I am limited to as many attempts as I'd like to do. Or sometimes I forgot what order or new attempt I wanna try.
Hi people.
Well. The main problem here is that my dowbload mode appears to have changed of appearence and now only has the android logo and please do not turnf off.... sign. So what changed it was when i got odin mobile and flashed a bad recovery update and soemthing broke. My rom couldnt start but i could enter recovery and wiped everything and installed a new rom. But i am afraid because i can not use odin pc because it doesnt detect my phone at all... so everyone knows the reason?
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Hi people.
Well. The main problem here is that my dowbload mode appears to have changed of appearence and now only has the android logo and please do not turnf off.... sign. So what changed it was when i got odin mobile and flashed a bad recovery update and soemthing broke. My rom couldnt start but i could enter recovery and wiped everything and installed a new rom. But i am afraid because i can not use odin pc because it doesnt detect my phone at all... so everyone knows the reason?
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Well I probably didn't read your phone cuz it was in a bootloop and it probably messed up the rom enough to get rid of the drivers that let's the phone connect to the pc I would just try dirty flashing the rom again to get everything back
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Or even try doing a full wipe and intalling a new rom or just reinstall the old rom
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Well I probably didn't read your phone cuz it was in a bootloop and it probably messed up the rom enough to get rid of the drivers that let's the phone connect to the pc I would just try dirty flashing the rom again to get everything back
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Or even try doing a full wipe and intalling a new rom or just reinstall the old rom
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Hi. I have reflashed a new room then did tons of reflashes after that and now im on 4.3 rom. Everything is working fine and it conects when my phone is on. But when it is in downlaod mode. It doesnt detect my phone. This is quite strange. Should i install kies or contact mobile odin people(not gonna answer me anyways xD)
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It sounds as if you have exactly the same result as I did when I reflashed my Samsung S3 I9300 and then updated it to 4.3 Jellybean.
Try removing the battery and leave it out while you go have lunch or something, i.e. for some extended time. Then try download mode again. That worked for me but only once. At this moment I'm waiting again, with the battery removed, before I can use download mode again.
Maybe there is something different with 4.3, only time will tell. Lots of people are running alternative ROMs so they may not come across this at all.
So I updated to kk, and now I have no network, I tried several Sim cards and get still no data. Imei gone, inline Barnard. I'll add pics appreciate any help
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I feel bad for you. There are so many bugs in Kit Kat right now. I'm staying away until it's stable.
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Did you manually update to kk or did you let the OTA update do it?
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bryanthomas007 said:
I feel bad for you. There are so many bugs in Kit Kat right now. I'm staying away until it's stable.
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I don't think any real bugs exist besides the ones we make for each other.
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So I updated to kk, and now I have no network, I tried several Sim cards and get still no data. Imei gone, inline Barnard. I'll add pics appreciate any help
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How did you update. What did you use. What files did you use. Did you wipe before flashing. Are you rooted. Need a lot more info if anyone is gonna be able to help you.
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I don't know about that. Check out some of the post.
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I don't know about that. Check out some of the post.
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I have and have tried to answer most. I been on 4.4 from day 3 no issues. So many people dirty flashing not following rules flashing kernels from 4.3 on 4.4. I have seen so many dumb moves that all could of been avoided by reading.
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That's probably accurate. Most of the problems probably could have been avoided by reading.
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bryanthomas007 said:
That's probably accurate. Most of the problems probably could have been avoided by reading.
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well i was instructed how to properly update which i knew how to but wasn't quite sure about boot-loaders. but what gets me is i flashed the factory image and even on stock with no root, no rom, no kernel i had issues with network dropping, FC'ing apps, random reboots daily, Samsung Knox still causing issues daily (i deleted all apk + odex), only Philz recovery decided to work too TWRP 2.7 4.4 Boot loader edition wont work for anything nothing gets applied at all in that recovery. The only good thing KK has given me is slightly better battery.
YET on 4.3:
Stable, Works, No Samsung Knox issues, Working Recoveries, No network issues, No audio crackling issues
The only reason im still on KitKat is the fact that im waiting for a ROM that will be actually good that's near stock and odexed.
I rooted and updated using the cf easy update. Followed all steps. Noticed there was no network so I switched Sims, still no network. I factory reset , still no network. So I tried flashing just the new modem all via Odin 3.09 still nothing.
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rambo8987 said:
I rooted and updated using the cf easy update. Followed all steps. Noticed there was no network so I switched Sims, still no network. I factory reset , still no network. So I tried flashing just the new modem all via Odin 3.09 still nothing.
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You have posted this in several topics now.
Have you tried looking at:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=50906045&postcount=362
NOTE I HAVE NOT USED THIS AS I HAVE NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM BEFORE.
USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!
XxLostSoulxX said:
well i was instructed how to properly update which i knew how to but wasn't quite sure about boot-loaders. but what gets me is i flashed the factory image and even on stock with no root, no rom, no kernel i had issues with network dropping, FC'ing apps, random reboots daily, Samsung Knox still causing issues daily (i deleted all apk + odex), only Philz recovery decided to work too TWRP 2.7 4.4 Boot loader edition wont work for anything nothing gets applied at all in that recovery. The only good thing KK has given me is slightly better battery.
YET on 4.3:
Stable, Works, No Samsung Knox issues, Working Recoveries, No network issues, No audio crackling issues
The only reason im still on KitKat is the fact that im waiting for a ROM that will be actually good that's near stock and odexed.
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Hit thanks by accident. ...but I was gonna say I had the opposite experience. ...got my n3 from tmo about 3 weeks ago with 4.3 and had random reboots. ...no root or custom recovery. ..jumped on kitkat when it dropped and rooted, debloated and threw custom recovery on it and now No reboots, wifi issues, imei loss, or any of the other issues I've seen people report.
I remember back in my og evo days on one of the forums....that suddenly it arose that many people thought they were doing full wipes and turned out their idea of full wipe meant cache and dalvik.....they didn't realize they needed to wipe system and data......so my point is that there usually tends to be issues based on people's different approaches to upgrading though they swear they followed directions.
XxLostSoulxX said:
well i was instructed how to properly update which i knew how to but wasn't quite sure about boot-loaders. but what gets me is i flashed the factory image and even on stock with no root, no rom, no kernel i had issues with network dropping, FC'ing apps, random reboots daily, Samsung Knox still causing issues daily (i deleted all apk + odex), only Philz recovery decided to work too TWRP 2.7 4.4 Boot loader edition wont work for anything nothing gets applied at all in that recovery. The only good thing KK has given me is slightly better battery.
YET on 4.3:
Stable, Works, No Samsung Knox issues, Working Recoveries, No network issues, No audio crackling issues
The only reason im still on KitKat is the fact that im waiting for a ROM that will be actually good that's near stock and odexed.
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Project x is good so is tesh. Those already exist.
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rambo8987 said:
I rooted and updated using the cf easy update. Followed all steps. Noticed there was no network so I switched Sims, still no network. I factory reset , still no network. So I tried flashing just the new modem all via Odin 3.09 still nothing.
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You need to start all over. Watch the step by step video. Either Philz or twrp as recovery.
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Project x is good so is tesh. Those already exist.
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You need to start all over. Watch the step by step video. Either Philz or twrp as recovery.
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Screenshot your about phone screen
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Maybe I got lucky. It's been great using both slimkat 8.5 and Jedi 1.1 kk roms.
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Hit thanks by accident. ...but I was gonna say I had the opposite experience. ...got my n3 from tmo about 3 weeks ago with 4.3 and had random reboots. ...no root or custom recovery. ..jumped on kitkat when it dropped and rooted, debloated and threw custom recovery on it and now No reboots, wifi issues, imei loss, or any of the other issues I've seen people report.
I remember back in my og evo days on one of the forums....that suddenly it arose that many people thought they were doing full wipes and turned out their idea of full wipe meant cache and dalvik.....they didn't realize they needed to wipe system and data......so my point is that there usually tends to be issues based on people's different approaches to upgrading though they swear they followed directions.
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well i can say i have had android since Samsung moment dropped on Sprint haha so i know what im doing and know a lot about linux and such. its just i like to ask people how they did their process as it might work better than another persons' idea of "how to".
i just know that KK in general is a big mess, regardless of those who say its better, there are more people with problems that aren't user related.
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Project x is good so is tesh. Those already exist.
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Well i see Project X however its deodexed not odexed. and i dont see tesh?
XxLostSoulxX said:
well i can say i have had android since Samsung moment dropped on Sprint haha so i know what im doing and know a lot about linux and such. its just i like to ask people how they did their process as it might work better than another persons' idea of "how to".
i just know that KK in general is a big mess, regardless of those who say its better, there are more people with problems that aren't user related.
Well i see Project X however its deodexed not odexed. and i dont see tesh?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2671063 never had issues with deo or ode
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Did you forget to pay your bill?
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looks like your efs is messed up... :/
did u make a back up of efs, baseband and modem before flashing?
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AhsonAli said:
looks like your efs is messed up... :/
did u make a back up of efs, baseband and modem before flashing?
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You shouldn't have to that zip I posted (linked earlier in this thread) clears the efs so th phone can rebuild it on boot. Samsung must have gotten sick of getting corrupted efs phones for warranty service so they built in a method for the phone to restore it. Problem is it only works once the efs has been cleared. As mentioned before it is at your own risk but I can confirm it worked for me .
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rambo8987 said:
So I updated to kk, and now I have no network, I tried several Sim cards and get still no data. Imei gone, inline Barnard. I'll add pics appreciate any help
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1. If you are using an unofficial version of a rom then please check if it has know issues. (the developer usually lists them on the rom page)
2. Use Odin to reflash your original files.
3. They are available. Just search for them on google with your model number.
4. This should solve your signal problem.
5. Now reroot following a proper guide.
6. Flash an official version of a rom or if not available a rom with lesser issues. Current many unofficial kitkat ports have signal problems and blue tooth problems.
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Hello there, I'm stuck here with what seems to be an unbrickable TMO Galaxy S4. I've tried just aboout everything under the sun and it's still stuck in bootloop. Heres a list of things I've tried and hopefully someone and help me get this thiing up and running soon.
1. Factory Reset, then flash the MDL firmware thru odin. It passed, restarted then finishing installing in the stock recovery. Went to the Samsung Galaxy S4 screen, blacked out then rebooted = FAIL!
2. Install a custom recovery, wiped the entire phone(formatted data, wiped system, data, cache, internal, dalvik cache and did an factory reset. Then flashed Darth Stalker X1. It tried booting the first go then the screen went haywire and the phone got incredibly hot. pulled battery and it booted all the way up and a few hours later back to bootlooping but now that last fix doesn't work anymore. FAIL!
3.Updated to the MK2 firmware, wiped everything again, tried booting. Still bootloop. Installed Custom recovery Wiped everything and tried 2 different roms 1 including the X1 from before. Still Bootloop. FAIL!
4. Now I've updated to the lastest firmware, NB4. Downloaded and flashed NB4 roms like Insane Kit Kat V9 and more. Still the same results. Only time I even got a glimpse at a boot animation is when I flashed a CM based rom but its still bootlooping. FAIL!
I'm so lost on what to do next, I just need some guidance to get me on the right track to success. Please anyone who knows anything help me.
Here's some pictures of the phone
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Teknodad1974 said:
Flash back to latest stock using Kies.
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Can you help me in doing that? I clicked on Firmware upgrade and intialization but now its asking for the info on the back of the phone which is not there.. Now what?
donutkidd said:
Can you help me in doing that? I clicked on Firmware upgrade and intialization but now its asking for the info on the back of the phone which is not there.. Now what?
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If you can't do it through kies just use Odin. The official nb4 firmware doesn't work but Fenny fixed it. Go to the link provided and download his fixed nb4 full firmware and flash it. Uncheck auto reboot, once done pull the battery and boot in recovery and do a factory reset and wipe cache and dalvik. Post your results. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=52924856
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Here's some pictures of the phone
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Looks like you've done quite a bit to fix this problem, but I'll throw in a few suggestions. May not work, but it won't hurt. Some of this might seem redundant, but who knows; it might help.
First, because KNOX has already been tripped, I'd try to flash a non-TouchWiz ROM via recovery. Once you've flashed CM11 or whatever you choose, I'd grab the charging cable that came with the phone and flash the NB4 firmware via Odin. (The reason for flashing a non-TW ROM then restoring to the factory image is that I've always encountered problems when restoring the stock image from a TW ROM like still having user data intact and other odd stuff. Flashing non-TW guarantees everything is gone.)
If you can't boot from that I'd try to manually update your modem to NB4. I know it should have flashed via Odin you updated to NB4, but I've noticed that sometimes the modem doesn't update when flashing the factory firmware in Odin. I've never updated my bootloader past MDL; just custom recovery and updated modem/baseband) and when using Odin to restore back to MDL, my modem will still say NB4. It wouldn't really cause a problem with MDL bootloader and a newer modem, but I could see how there could be a conflict if you still have the MDL modem and newer bootloader.
Good luck.
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If you can't do it through kies just use Odin. The official nb4 firmware doesn't work but Fenny fixed it. Go to the link provided and download his fixed nb4 full firmware and flash it. Uncheck auto reboot, once done pull the battery and boot in recovery and do a factory reset and wipe cache and dalvik. Post your results. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=52924856
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Okay flashing now..
mrzhadow said:
If you can't do it through kies just use Odin. The official nb4 firmware doesn't work but Fenny fixed it. Go to the link provided and download his fixed nb4 full firmware and flash it. Uncheck auto reboot, once done pull the battery and boot in recovery and do a factory reset and wipe cache and dalvik. Post your results. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=52924856
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lordcheeto03 said:
Looks like you've done quite a bit to fix this problem, but I'll throw in a few suggestions. May not work, but it won't hurt. Some of this might seem redundant, but who knows; it might help.
First, because KNOX has already been tripped, I'd try to flash a non-TouchWiz ROM via recovery. Once you've flashed CM11 or whatever you choose, I'd grab the charging cable that came with the phone and flash the NB4 firmware via Odin. (The reason for flashing a non-TW ROM then restoring to the factory image is that I've always encountered problems when restoring the stock image from a TW ROM like still having user data intact and other odd stuff. Flashing non-TW guarantees everything is gone.)
If you can't boot from that I'd try to manually update your modem to NB4. I know it should have flashed via Odin you updated to NB4, but I've noticed that sometimes the modem doesn't update when flashing the factory firmware in Odin. I've never updated my bootloader past MDL; just custom recovery and updated modem/baseband) and when using Odin to restore back to MDL, my modem will still say NB4. It wouldn't really cause a problem with MDL bootloader and a newer modem, but I could see how there could be a conflict if you still have the MDL modem and newer bootloader.
Good luck.
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Okay I've tried both suggestions and I'm still stuck. It has to be something wrong with my system status or something.. Even after erasing everything possible and flashing the fixed NB4 firmware thru odin it still says custom system status but the binaries says Samsung Official. Any suggestions for this??
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Okay I've tried both suggestions and I'm still stuck. It has to be something wrong with my system status or something.. Even after erasing everything possible and flashing the fixed NB4 firmware thru odin it still says custom system status but the binaries says Samsung Official. Any suggestions for this??
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Read this http://www.androidayos.com/2014/03/...-s4-m919-t-mobile-unbrick-and-recovery-guide/
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mrzhadow said:
Read this http://www.androidayos.com/2014/03/...-s4-m919-t-mobile-unbrick-and-recovery-guide/
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Smh nothing is working but I'm starting to think the reason why is because it's not officially SGH-M919 since after flashing every official firmware I found from MDL to NB4 and system status still comes up as custom. I will try and flash the m919n in the morning. Good idea or no?
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donutkidd said:
Smh nothing is working but I'm starting to think the reason why is because it's not officially SGH-M919 since after flashing every official firmware I found from MDL to NB4 and system status still comes up as custom. I will try and flash the m919n in the morning. Good idea or no?
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I didn't realize it wasn't the Sgh-m919! You are correct about flashing the wrong firmware. You first need to figure out which variant your phone is so we can find the correct firmware. My apologies I was under the impression that you had a m919 when you said it was a tmo s4.
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mrzhadow said:
I didn't realize it wasn't the Sgh-m919! You are correct about flashing the wrong firmware. You first need to figure out which variant your phone is so we can find the correct firmware. My apologies I was under the impression that you had a m919 when you said it was a tmo s4.
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Yea that's the thing, I was under the impression it was an m919 as well that's why I posted the pics. When I initially got the phone it had m919 when booting and in the download mode. But after all those testing I'm now assuming that the previous owner change it somehow to show m919 instead of what it really could be. So the question now is what variant this is or how to figure out what it is?
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donutkidd said:
Yea that's the thing, I was under the impression it was an m919 as well that's why I posted the pics. When I initially got the phone it had m919 when booting and in the download mode. But after all those testing I'm now assuming that the previous owner change it somehow to show m919 instead of what it really could be. So the question now is what variant this is or how to figure out what it is?
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Take the battery cover off and you will see the groove where you are supposed to stick your finger to pry the battery. Look just below it and you will see some numbers. Mine say GM919. What does yours say?
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mrzhadow said:
Take the battery cover off and you will see the groove where you are supposed to stick your finger to pry the battery. Look just below it and you will see some numbers. Mine say GM919. What does yours say?
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This is everything I see there - - > GM919 #6-4 >PC+ABS<
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donutkidd said:
This is everything I see there - - > GM919 #6-4 >PC+ABS<
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How about the battery? Does it say Near Field Communications under the Samsung logo?
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mrzhadow said:
How about the battery? Does it say Near Field Communications under the Samsung logo?
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Yep says that as well.
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donutkidd said:
Yep says that as well.
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Usually when you have a clone none Samsung phone all these things would be missing. I'm just going 1 by 1. I think you may have a different carrier phone. But which one!!?
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mrzhadow said:
Usually when you have a clone none Samsung phone all these things would be missing. I'm just going 1 by 1. I think you may have a different carrier phone. But which one!!?
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You think there's a way to figure thru recovery? Running adb commands or something?
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donutkidd said:
You think there's a way to figure thru recovery? Running adb commands or something?
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This may be a little easier. I found a site with ask identifying marks for all S4 variants. Take a look and see which one you have. Then we can go from there.
http://www.etradesupply.com/blog/find-models-samsung-galaxy-s4-series-2/
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mrzhadow said:
This may be a little easier. I found a site with ask identifying marks for all S4 variants. Take a look and see which one you have. Then we can go from there.
http://www.etradesupply.com/blog/find-models-samsung-galaxy-s4-series-2/
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I'll help you as much as I can!
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mrzhadow said:
This may be a little easier. I found a site with ask identifying marks for all S4 variants. Take a look and see which one you have. Then we can go from there.
http://www.etradesupply.com/blog/find-models-samsung-galaxy-s4-series-2/
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I'll help you as much as I can!
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Yea I truly appreciate your time also I will send you an little donation later today.
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Whoa, this has got to be one of the most unorganized forums on the internet. LoL, sorry, its just soooo hard to find clear, up to date info, that I had to make a thread here.
I basically decided its time to update my phone and I want to root it, mainly to get battery savings and stop google from running all those apps in the background (who knows what info they are gathering).
Anyways, like the title states,
I'm on Tmobile, with a M919 on 4.3 with MK2, I would like to go to kitkat and root and NOT TRIP KNOX, if possible.
I'd also be interested in custom roms, if possible, like CyanogenMod... But of course, I'd like to keep my warranty, as I've already had to use it once, and I still have 2 whole months left and wifi is acting up (I get a lot of unstable wifi messages recently, didn't check my router yet but my laptop is working fine....)
Your help is appreciated.
Thx
ohh, my wife's phone is on 4.2.2, she is due for an update too, she wants the emoticons so that's one "major" reason to update...
Perhaps I can switch phones with her, and update that one to a rooted 4.4.2 without tripping knox, if possible?? Please point me in the right direction... I also like many of the features that dbombmod rom has, like call recording and more..
Yours is gonna trip Knox.
Trade her for yours. And update your modem to nb4 this way:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2678774
Root with chainfire's autoroot method.
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This is where you get cyanogenmod: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Jflte_Info
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I'd download the latest nightly and ROM manager and install from SD card.
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Root your 4.3 MK2 phone using saferoot...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2732695
You wont trip KNOX
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cool thanks, I will read up on safe root, but it looks like it may work. So once I'm rooted, I can install any rom right, even the 4.4.2 with knox removed and it would be fine right? And also the NB4 modem as well, and any kernel too?
My wife is hesistant to switch with me now because of the wifi unstable issue I have. I think I may have fixed it by clearing the Wifi Direct and Wifi Direct apps cache and data. Hopefully it is only a software problem, and not a hardware problem.
oyyy, after further reading, this does root the phone, but doesn't unlock the bootloader, and without an unlocked bootloader you cannot install custom roms, but I still didn't read if I can install another modem or another kernel???
what about towelroot? Does that unlock the bootloader?
tried towelroot on 4.3...
didn't work
updated to 4.4.2,
still doesn't work
ughhh
ohhh well, I guess I will switch phones with wife...
Lol. You can still download custom ROMs with a locked bootloader. If you do flash the NB4 modem you will definately trip KNOX. If you flash a non stock kernel you will trip KNOX and if you flash a custom recovery you will trip KNOX.
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Kriptik210 said:
Lol. You can still download custom ROMs with a locked bootloader. If you do flash the NB4 modem you will definately trip KNOX. If you flash a non stock kernel you will trip KNOX and if you flash a custom recovery you will trip KNOX.
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bootloader is not locked.. OP you can try using safe strap but not sure if it works with our device.. its in the at&t & Verizon forums I believe
Edit: make sure to read and ask though!
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serio22 said:
bootloader is not locked.. OP you can try using safe strap but not sure if it works with our device.. its in the at&t & Verizon forums I believe
Edit: make sure to read and ask though!
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I finished setting up my old phone for my wife. I "Turned off" many of the apps that are installed that we never use, so her battery should do ok on 4.4.2
I just did towelroot on her phone, and it has instant root access, no reboot required or anything. Root Checker says I have root already. yay. Now I guess I need to update with modded firmware. Is there any particular order I have to install stuff?
Can I start with the rom, then modem, then kernel or is there a particular order I need to install stuff. And what should I use, odin or what?
killercut said:
I finished setting up my old phone for my wife. I "Turned off" many of the apps that are installed that we never use, so her battery should do ok on 4.4.2
I just did towelroot on her phone, and it has instant root access, no reboot required or anything. Root Checker says I have root already. yay. Now I guess I need to update with modded firmware. Is there any particular order I have to install stuff?
Can I start with the rom, then modem, then kernel or is there a particular order I need to install stuff. And what should I use, odin or what?
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You can flashbin any order. Some ROMs come with a kernel that they recommend but you can flash a different one if you prefer. If you DL Titanium Backup from the play store you can freeze any unwanted apps completely instead of just turning them off.
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just to clarify, I did the towel root on her old phone on 4.2.2 which is my phone now.
towelroot didn't work on 4.3 nor 4.4.2
I just did a wipe on the 4.2.2 with clockworkmod setup and tried to install the fenny stock 4.4.2 rom and it came up with an error, something about expects 5 args got 4
should I use odin or something?
killercut said:
I finished setting up my old phone for my wife. I "Turned off" many of the apps that are installed that we never use, so her battery should do ok on 4.4.2
I just did towelroot on her phone, and it has instant root access, no reboot required or anything. Root Checker says I have root already. yay. Now I guess I need to update with modded firmware. Is there any particular order I have to install stuff?
Can I start with the rom, then modem, then kernel or is there a particular order I need to install stuff. And what should I use, odin or what?
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turn off Google now as well if she doesn't use it, saves a ton of battery! and you just flash the ROM and then the modem, kernel is in the rom.. read the guides on how to flash the NB4 modem on older bootloader, and read OP of the ROM you are flashing, there should be flashing instructions for you too, good luck!
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just to clarify, I did the towel root on her old phone on 4.2.2 which is my phone now.
towelroot didn't work on 4.3 nor 4.4.2
I just did a wipe on the 4.2.2 with clockworkmod setup and tried to install the fenny stock 4.4.2 rom and it came up with an error, something about expects 5 args got 4
should I use odin or something?
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didn't see this before my reply, but use twrp
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turn off Google now as well if she doesn't use it, saves a ton of battery! and you just flash the ROM and then the modem, kernel is in the rom.. read the guides on how to flash the NB4 modem on older bootloader, and read OP of the ROM you are flashing, there should be flashing instructions for you too, good luck!
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didn't see this before my reply, but use twrp
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Thanks, I searched and found out that TWRP is the way to go. I used flashify to install it and I was able to flash the new rom. Works good. I also got call recording to work, but not with wifi calls, is that something that never worked or its just a bug in my phone? I'm thinking of trying other roms to see if they got call recording with wifi calls, but that would take a lot of time.
I also did install the NB4 modem flash (twice like the instructions said) and its good, got 2 extra bars (but I doubt my signal got any better, they just want you to see more bars)
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Thanks, I searched and found out that TWRP is the way to go. I used flashify to install it and I was able to flash the new rom. Works good. I also got call recording to work, but not with wifi calls, is that something that never worked or its just a bug in my phone? I'm thinking of trying other roms to see if they got call recording with wifi calls, but that would take a lot of time.
I also did install the NB4 modem flash (twice like the instructions said) and its good, got 2 extra bars (but I doubt my signal got any better, they just want you to see more bars)
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I can't say on the call recording as I don't use it, and yeah signal is the same I don't know why they made it report higher bars.. glad you got everything working!
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towelroot didn't work on 4.3 nor 4.4.2
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Interesting. Not sure what's different, but towelroot did work on my wife's MK2 4.3. Titanium Backup confirmed root and AdAway works so it would seem root access is there.
camaro322hp said:
Interesting. Not sure what's different, but towelroot did work on my wife's MK2 4.3. Titanium Backup confirmed root and AdAway works so it would seem root access is there.
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interesting.
Could you post your about phone info, like kernel and stuff.
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interesting.
Could you post your about phone info, like kernel and stuff.
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Completely stock TouchWiz 4.3. OTA update took it from 4.2 to 4.3. It's my wife's phone and she never had any desire for anything custom on it. The only reason I rooted it now was she asked if there was any way to block ads.
Baseband m919uvuemk2
Kernel 3.4.0-2015522
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