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Back to Original Samsung Vibrant 2.1 Firmware?

I now know not to mess with these types of phones(I will not go as far as the Rooting and lag fix, nothing pass that...). How would I go about installing the original firmware?

Not trying to be a Jerk, but Reading goes a long way..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=739091

eugene373 said:
Not trying to be a Jerk, but Reading goes a long way..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=739091
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Noooo eugene not you too
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eugene373 said:
Not trying to be a Jerk, but Reading goes a long way..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=739091
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Thanks, sorry for wasting your time, I might try it again some other time though, it's not that it doesn't work, it's just I am too stupid to get it to work. Thanks for your help, really appreciate it.
EDIT: I cannot really do it, it either hangs on file analysis or just says FAILED
EDIT 2: Thank you guys now I think I learned my lesson!

Smokexz said:
EDIT: I cannot really do it, it either hangs on file analysis or just says FAILED
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Keep it open. Restart the phone, then go to download mode again. From that same ODIN window, flash it one more time. It will work.

[Q] Did I just brick my x-10?

ok short and to the point.............i was on oodies prime rom got stuck on stupid and flashed the ftf from wolfs new rom....i had unlocked bootloader....now phone is stuck looping on the muiu neon rt screen.....tried pulling out battery holding back button replacing batter and plugging in...green light flashes then straight to battery icon.....what have i done and how do i correct it..........

torontoninja said:
ok short and to the point.............i was on oodies prime rom got stuck on stupid and flashed the ftf from wolfs new rom....i had unlocked bootloader....now phone is stuck looping on the muiu neon rt screen.....tried pulling out battery holding back button replacing batter and plugging in...green light flashes then straight to battery icon.....what have i done and how do i correct it..........
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you just need to flash the doomkernel v06 for stock based roms...
get it from doomkernel thread

gregbradley said:
you just need to flash the doomkernel v06 for stock based roms...
get it from doomkernel thread
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cant even get into flashtool....

torontoninja said:
cant even get into flashtool....
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repair phone using pcompanion then.

gregbradley said:
repair phone using pcompanion then.
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cant find phone it says...........

Bricked or not wrong section !
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Install ggsetup.exe in flashtool drivers directory

shahkam said:
Bricked or not wrong section !
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is this not general questions section?????

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sahibunlimited said:
Install ggsetup.exe in flashtool drivers directory
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ok done.....now whats next?

torontoninja said:
ok done.....now whats next?
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Use flashtool to flash this

sahibunlimited said:
Use flashtool to flash this
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ok....i pulled the battery, pressed back button inserted usb cable green light came on and battery icon....whne i press the power key it loops on the muiu logo....how do i get flashtools to recognise it?

torontoninja said:
is this not general questions section?????
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Nope you should post your questions in Q&A section not in general this thread will be locked anytime soon.
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fine how can i move this tread then?

torontoninja said:
ok....i pulled the battery, pressed back button inserted usb cable green light came on and battery icon....whne i press the power key it loops on the muiu logo....how do i get flashtools to recognise it?
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Attach phone to computer whilst phone is on, run flashtool, see if flashtool finds the phone.
Then flash the file given by sahibunlimited.

gregbradley said:
Attach phone to computer whilst phone is on, run flashtool, see if flashtool finds the phone.
Then flash the file given by sahibunlimited.
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grr im such an idiot why did i do this.............phone still stuck on damn miui logo....why did i ever leave wolfs rom

What does flashtool say when you attach yout turned on phone to the computer?

I'm an Idiot
Just want to thank everyone for their help......i figured it out......i never tried to actually flash it since the flasher didnt find it.....but i clicked flash and bam its done................Thanks

Fixed

I have downloaded 3 different tar files and none of them work.... This is driving me NUTS! Can somebody please help direct me or tell me whats wrong? These files for odex and deodex tar files I've found will not flas in ODIN for me....

evo-t said:
I have downloaded 3 different tar files and none of them work.... This is driving me NUTS! Can somebody please help direct me or tell me whats wrong? These files for odex and deodex tar files I've found will not flas in ODIN for me....
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Here might be the link you're looking for.
Download the zip, extract the tar.md5 and flash in the pda slot.

leaderbuilder said:
Here might be the link you're looking for.
Download the zip, extract the tar.md5 and flash in the pda slot.
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It's hanging at the samsung screen after odin rebooted it.?

Wait for about 5 - 10 EARTH minutes.
Also make sure sure that the file you got is about 1.5GB before extraction.

leaderbuilder said:
Wait for about 5 - 10 EARTH minutes.
Also make sure sure that the file you got is about 1.5GB before extraction.
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Yeah, I realize that... Still hangs at the inital boot screen. Not even going to the sprint screen yet.

evo-t said:
Yeah, I realize that... Still hangs at the inital boot screen. Not even going to the sprint screen yet.
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There is a post by unknownforce I think that also has another link to the full tar. Try downloading that. Sounds like am incomplete file.
Did you run Odin as administrator? Did it show as passed?
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leaderbuilder said:
There is a post by unknownforce I think that also has another link to the full tar. Try downloading that. Sounds like am incomplete file.
Did you run Odin as administrator? Did it show as passed?
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I did. It said everything passed, rebooted the phone, then into recovery then rebooted again and thats all she wrote.

evo-t said:
I did. It said everything passed, rebooted the phone, then into recovery then rebooted again and thats all she wrote.
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Another thing I did when I had the same problem with two phones. Take the battery out for fifteen minutes to empty any residuals. Then put it in, go into download mode, connect and run Odin
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leaderbuilder said:
Another thing I did when I had the same problem with two phones. Take the battery out for fifteen minutes to empty any residuals. Then put it in, go into download mode, connect and run Odin
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ok, that happened before with my E4GT. Odin wouldn't read it though then, but I will give it a try

Here's a thread with more download options too.
I had two phones that had issues and took me some real patience to get the download (took a very long time!) then to got through what it sounds like you are.
I got patient, pulled the batteries and let them sit while I made lunch and ate. Put batteries back in and started process again. Then when the samsung logo just 'hung' I said 'F it' and just waited. Eventually moved on to Yellow screen and hung there, but I just walked away and came back a pretty long while - for this A type, and it was at lock screen!

leaderbuilder said:
Another thing I did when I had the same problem with two phones. Take the battery out for fifteen minutes to empty any residuals. Then put it in, go into download mode, connect and run Odin
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I seen on ODIN that it didn't list a kernal... I now Odin'd a mf9 stock kernal and nothing. This is fun how nothing is complete, pretty close to smashing the phone and making an ins claim.... lol!

evo-t said:
I seen on ODIN that it didn't list a kernal... I now Odin'd a mf9 stock kernal and nothing. This is fun how nothing is complete, pretty close to smashing the phone and making an ins claim.... lol!
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Hmm mine had kernel. You can if needed flash the kernel via Odin. Check crawrj thread for that
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leaderbuilder said:
Hmm mine had kernel. You can if needed flash the kernel via Odin. Check crawrj thread for that
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I tried that as well...... Nothing.. This is CrAzY. I wonder if I can take this into Sprint. I have stock recovery now, no flash count it just says samsung galaxy s4 and thats all it will do. Maybe say I held off on the MF9 OTA and finally decided to do it and this is what I was left with. Also I really appreciate your help man! I am now trying an MDC tar in hopes I can just OTA back up. Something HAS to work.

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I tried that as well...... Nothing.. This is CrAzY. I wonder if I can take this into Sprint. I have stock recovery now, no flash count it just says samsung galaxy s4 and thats all it will do. Maybe say I held off on the MF9 OTA and finally decided to do it and this is what I was left with. Also I really appreciate your help man! I am now trying an MDC tar in hopes I can just OTA back up. Something HAS to work.
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This happened to me to.... Try this after odin flash, boot let it hang for a few minutes, pull the battery, reboot into recovery and factory reset, then it should boot up
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irock1985 said:
This happened to me to.... Try this after odin flash, boot let it hang for a few minutes, pull the battery, reboot into recovery and factory reset, then it should boot up
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Stock recovery? Even with Andy laying there dead?

evo-t said:
Stock recovery? Even with Andy laying there dead?
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Yes
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irock1985 said:
Yes
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THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wow! This was an ordeal!!!!!!!!!!

evo-t said:
THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wow! This was an ordeal!!!!!!!!!!
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Yeah I thought I had bricked my phone at first.... took me hours to come acrosss someone saying to try that.... lol something so simple but I still don't understand why it was necessary after odin??? Anyways glad I could help random to that this is my first time ever coming into Q & A haha
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irock1985 said:
Yeah I thought I had bricked my phone at first.... took me hours to come acrosss someone saying to try that.... lol something so simple but I still don't understand why it was necessary after odin??? Anyways glad I could help random to that this is my first time ever coming into Q & A haha
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Thank you I really appreciate it! I was scared because my first E4GT, I saw Andy dead and when I rebooted I hard bricked my phone Lol!

oh and might wanna change your title now to "solved"
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Hard Reset

hi my phone wont let me factory reset
when it boot into odin mode it says "Could not do normal boot" and i have try everything reinstall cwm/root
is my phone bricked?
if i hold volume down +home+power and then cancel it then can boot back to normal. but i cannot reset

What phone and firmware do you have? Can't help much without that info.

What's yer firmware version?

jd1639 said:
What phone and firmware do you have? Can't help much without that info.
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att mf3

tinman4124 said:
att mf3
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Afraid of that. You borked your recovery trying to put cwm on it. You're stuck where you are or you can take out to a best buy that had the Samsung experience and see if they'll re-flash it for you.

att mf3, are you able to help me?

jd1639 said:
Afraid of that. You borked your recovery trying to put cwm You're stuck where you are or you can take out to a best buy that had the Samsung experience and see if they'll re-flash it for you.
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Agreed.
Also, I've seen a couple users S4's reflash (MF3) at an at&t repair center.
Read up, OP

xBeerdroiDx said:
Agreed.
Also, I've seen a couple users S4's reflash (MF3) at an at&t repair center.
Read up, OP
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And also best buys with Samsung experience
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HiTideBlastoise said:
And also best buys with Samsung experience
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+1 on that. They will do it for free.

Odin Download mode...

So as you can see I finally figured out how to get out of the scary Download Mode screen on my gs4. Well I need some help trying to get my recovery back to normal. I tried to install TWRP with Goomanager and it didn't do it correctly or maybe its just me. So after TWRP downloaded I went to go install it and it put me in DL mode. I panicked and thought I bricked my phone and I did power button+volume down+home button and it restarted and booted up Android. Now when I try and go into recovery it throws me back into Download mode and I have to do that button sequence to get out. Its almost like I deleted my recovery so Idk what to do... :'( if anyone can try and help it would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!!!
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ToastyyX said:
So as you can see I finally figured out how to get out of the scary Download Mode screen on my gs4. Well I need some help trying to get my recovery back to normal. I tried to install TWRP with Goomanager and it didn't do it correctly or maybe its just me. So after TWRP downloaded I went to go install it and it put me in DL mode. I panicked and thought I bricked my phone and I did power button+volume down+home button and it restarted and booted up Android. Now when I try and go into recovery it throws me back into Download mode and I have to do that button sequence to get out. Its almost like I deleted my recovery so Idk what to do... :'( if anyone can try and help it would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!!!
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What Firmware you On MF3 Or MDL?

I am on MF3.
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ToastyyX said:
So as you can see I finally figured out how to get out of the scary Download Mode screen on my gs4. Well I need some help trying to get my recovery back to normal. I tried to install TWRP with Goomanager and it didn't do it correctly or maybe its just me. So after TWRP downloaded I went to go install it and it put me in DL mode. I panicked and thought I bricked my phone and I did power button+volume down+home button and it restarted and booted up Android. Now when I try and go into recovery it throws me back into Download mode and I have to do that button sequence to get out. Its almost like I deleted my recovery so Idk what to do... :'( if anyone can try and help it would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!!!
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I just got my S4 and am still catching up on all the reading, are you on MF3 or MDL? I think those are the two. I don't think your suppose to get TWRP from Goomanager it has to have "Loki"or something like that if not mistaken. I haven't read enough to answer and don't want to give you bad advise but good luck.

ToastyyX said:
I am on MF3.
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Hate to say this my Friend as of now you are without a recovery and there's no way to get that since there isn't any Odin for MF3 Only thing i
can tell you is go to Bestbuy they can recover your Rom back to the stock way it was lot's had this happen to them and they got it fix for free in Bestbuy, Cause
since MF3 Bootloader is locked there's no way to get your Recovery back!

The button sequence is not what's rebooting you out of download. Just holding the power for 10-15 secs does that. When the phone is off press and hold VOL+HOME and press and hold POWER till first splash screen. ( mine is the custom screen). Then release POWER only. Holding VOL+HOME till you see the first TWRP logo. You don't have to really hold it that long. Ussually just till the small blue writing in top left corner pops up. Works better for me to hold till the blue TWRP logo. Then release both buttons. Should take 5-8 secs then TWRP options screen will be up. If you are ever in download mode and you are not flashing with Odin or installing or really doing anything besides thinking "damnit I wanted recovery not ODIN". Then hold power till it shuts down and then start recovery boot sequence. Or hell just pull the battery. Want hurt as long as no installing , flashing, or upgrading or nose picking is going on.
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ToastyyX said:
I am on MF3.
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Red this My friend read thru everything so you see What MF3 is all about! http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2314494

Ah okay well that's what I get for being a noob trying to mess around and think I know what I am doing. Well I appreciate your help and thanks for your advice on going to bestbuy. I will have to do that. You said they can do that for free?
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ToastyyX said:
Ah okay well that's what I get for being a noob trying to mess around and think I know what I am doing. Well I appreciate your help and thanks for your advice on going to bestbuy. I will have to do that. You said they can do that for free?
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That's Correct!
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Ah okay well that's what I get for being a noob trying to mess around and think I know what I am doing. Well I appreciate your help and thanks for your advice on going to bestbuy. I will have to do that. You said they can do that for free?
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Read this about Bestbuy And Good Luck My Friend!: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2435043

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That's Correct!
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Read this about Bestbuy And Good Luck My Friend!: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2435043
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Excellent I cannot thank you enough for making me feel a lot better. I feel better knowing Samsung is so cool about that unlike most companies.
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ToastyyX said:
Excellent I cannot thank you enough for making me feel a lot better. I feel better knowing Samsung is so cool about that unlike most companies.
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No Problem this is what you needed to use for MF3 To be Rooted:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2473747
Then after you rooted it with that you needed this for MF3 A work around to
Flash Only Touchwiz Custom Roms!:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2448925
But i suggest if you get your phone Fixed By Bestbuy you read up on Firmware
MF3 So this don't happen to you again!

Venom0642 said:
No Problem this is what you needed to use for MF3 To be Rooted:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2473747
Then after you rooted it with that you needed this for MF3 A work around to
Flash Only Touchwiz Custom Roms!:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2448925
But i suggest if you get your phone Fixed By Bestbuy you read up on Firmware
MF3 So this don't happen to you again!
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Excellent I sure will read up on this stuff and I guess just tell Samsung what happened and see what they can do. I appreciate all of your help. I feel so much better.
Also one other thing since you obviously know so much. What happens if at&t pushes their update out automatically like I hear they are doing and my phone is rooted. Will it break my phone?? Thx
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ToastyyX said:
Venom0642 said:
No Problem this is what you needed to use for MF3 To be Rooted:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2473747
Then after you rooted it with that you needed this for MF3 A work around to
Flash Only Touchwiz Custom Roms!:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2448925
But i suggest if you get your phone Fixed By Bestbuy you read up on Firmware
MF3 So this don't happen to you again!
[/QUOTEExcellent I sure will read up on this stuff and I guess just tell Samsung what happened and see what they can do. I appreciate all of your help. I feel so much better.
Also one other thing since you obviously know so much. What happens if at&t pushes their update out automatically like I hear they are doing and my phone is rooted. Will it break my phone?? Thx
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Since you already got bootloader Locked with Firmware MF3 If
Bestbuy flashes you back to Stock with Everything working they will Flash MF3
back so by the 2 links i provided once you know how to do this come back and
ask cause you can freeze apps with Titanium Backup there's a few apps that
can be frozen so no AT&T Upgrade can be pushed once they are frozen plus
once you flash a custom rom AT&T Can't push a Upgrade on Custom Roms but i
can't Remember which those apps are just get your phone fixed and start
reading more you will find the answers with the search as well in XDA Good Luck!
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Venom0642 said:
ToastyyX said:
Since you already got bootloader Locked with Firmware MF3 If
Bestbuy flashes you back to Stock with Everything working they will Flash MF3
back so by the 2 links i provided once you know how to do this come back and
ask cause you can freeze apps with Titanium Backup there's a few apps that
can be frozen so no AT&T Upgrade can be pushed once they are frozen plus
once you flash a custom rom AT&T Can't push a Upgrade on Custom Roms but i
can't Remember which those apps are just get your phone fixed and start
reading more you will find the answers with the search as well in XDA Good Luck!
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Great until I make my way over to bestbuy I will freeze at&t DM server with titanium just in case the update gets launched and I am not messing with any of this anymore after my phone gets restored lol. I'm only going to root because that's safer thank installing a custom ROM Haha.
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Venom0642 said:
ToastyyX said:
Since you already got bootloader Locked with Firmware MF3 If
Bestbuy flashes you back to Stock with Everything working they will Flash MF3
back so by the 2 links i provided once you know how to do this come back and
ask cause you can freeze apps with Titanium Backup there's a few apps that
can be frozen so no AT&T Upgrade can be pushed once they are frozen plus
once you flash a custom rom AT&T Can't push a Upgrade on Custom Roms but i
can't Remember which those apps are just get your phone fixed and start
reading more you will find the answers with the search as well in XDA Good Luck!
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Sorry for bugging you. Should I go ahead and tell bestbuy what I did or make a believable story? Thx
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ToastyyX said:
Venom0642 said:
Sorry for bugging you. Should I go ahead and tell bestbuy what I did or make a believable story? Thx
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Tell Them Something Like this guy Did!
Super Evan said:
SO i was a fooled and i tried to flash my MF3 S4 with TRWP. Make a long story short my phone was soft bricked. I was unable to go into recovery mode, only Odin mode. So after reading a bunch of posts and thinking that my phone was bricked until samsung released official MF3 recovery image , i gave up. My friend at best buy called me and said that they now have "Samsung Experience Centers and they can Flash your phone to factory stock. I called Samsung and verified. i immediately brought the phone over and after explaining that "Kies" Ruined my phone they were able to flash my phone now it is working. I will go into more detail soon. But those who were in my situation, rest assured there is a solution now.
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Venom0642 said:
ToastyyX said:
Tell Them Something Like this guy Did!
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Haha okay I sure will! "Kies broke my phone when I tried to update" *wink* *wink*
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Should I just tell them that I tried to update to mf3 via keys and it failed and I didn't realize until I tried to access recovery mode and it didn't come up only Odin mode? Lol I'm trying to make this sound like its not a ridiculous story.
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ToastyyX said:
Should I just tell them that I tried to update to mf3 via keys and it failed and I didn't realize until I tried to access recovery mode and it didn't come up only Odin mode? Lol I'm trying to make this sound like its not a ridiculous story.
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I would go with what i posted above but you can make anything up just don't tell them you try to root phone if you know what i mean!
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Also go here and there's a List of Roms that Works With Safestrap One Of The Roms Is Mines Call Deadly Venom here my friend That's Once you get everything Fixed and do everything i said to do! http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2428254

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