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[Q]Can you downgrade from MJA to MF9 through ODIN?

The Knox Bootloader is.... Annoying
Anyone know if I could flash the MF9 tar in ODIN and revert back to the 4.2 Bootloader

do not you will even cause bigger problems stay cool untill a tar is released they are working hard to see what they can due the only choice you have no is to go to a ROM that is 4.3 but that I know of it is still un heard of KNOX is a whole new monster that I have a feeling is gonna tick a lot of people off love love love Samsung phones but they need to realize this could hurt them....

NO.
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jprocket45 said:
do not you will even cause bigger problems stay cool untill a tar is released they are working hard to see what they can due the only choice you have no is to go to a ROM that is 4.3 but that I know of it is still un heard of KNOX is a whole new monster that I have a feeling is gonna tick a lot of people off love love love Samsung phones but they need to realize this could hurt them....
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Thanks for the reply. If I had known that KNOX was gonna be such a problem I would of held off from upgrading...
Guess I gotta be patient until our beautiful dev community comes up with some way to deal with KNOX

Robin Dhicke said:
Thanks for the reply. If I had known that KNOX was gonna be such a problem I would of held off from upgrading...
Guess I gotta be patient until our beautiful dev community comes up with some way to deal with KNOX
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so there is no way to go back to MDC then huh? -/-

kalanir said:
so there is no way to go back to MDC then huh? -/-
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Well not yet.
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nope stuck just like the rest of us lol its not fun

Don't worry......it's only a matter of time. If u need a stable rom, I highly recommend sac23's custom 4.3 rom. V3 will be out soon. This rom has made it easier to cope with 4.3, well easier for us who are stuck with the Knox......check out his thread. You'll love it.
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I'm not sure what any of you are talking about. I updated to 4.3 a couple of days ago, then wiped and flashed a MDC tar with ODIN and brought it back to MF9 with OTA updates. Everything is fine.
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Robin Dhicke said:
The Knox Bootloader is.... Annoying
Anyone know if I could flash the MF9 tar in ODIN and revert back to the 4.2 Bootloader
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Yes... You can do this. I did it. See my last post above.

Sleepycloud said:
I'm not sure what any of you are talking about. I updated to 4.3 a couple of days ago, then wiped and flashed a MDC tar with ODIN and brought it back to MF9 with OTA updates. Everything is fine.
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Yes... You can do this. I did it. See my last post above.
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Hello,
How did you manage to do it?
I tried to do that with Odin 1.85 and 3.07 and nothing. It aborts right away.

edgardch said:
Hello,
How did you manage to do it?
I tried to do that with Odin 1.85 and 3.07 and nothing. It aborts right away.
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I wiped everything in TWRP, and rebooted into download mode. Then flashed the tar with 3.07 and a PIT file. Uncheck reboot. Check Repartitition, Nand erase, and F. Reset Time. When it reboots it wiil update in recovery with the little andy dude, and then reboot to load up. I pull the battery and factory reset. It works fine. I updated to 4.3 friday morning. and decided to go back to MF9 so that I could use The HotSpot Mod and Reboot Menu. F**k 4.3...it was disapointing.
EDIT-----> READ ALL OF THE FOLLOW-UP POSTS BEFORE YOU TRY THIS.... MY PHONE HAD A UNIQUE SITUATION AND THIS WILL NOT WORK FOR MOST EVERYONE ELSE.

Sleepycloud said:
I wiped everything in TWRP, and rebooted into download mode. Then flashed the tar with 3.07 and a PIT file. Uncheck reboot. Check Repartitition, Nand erase, and F. Reset Time. When it reboots it wiil update in recovery with the little andy dude, and then reboot to load up. I pull the battery and factory reset. It works fine. I updated to 4.3 friday morning. and decided to go back to MF9 so that I could use The HotSpot Mod and Reboot Menu. F**k 4.3...it was disapointing.
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I want proof lol. go to mja again and go back to mf9 lol
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daniel4653 said:
I want proof lol. go to mja again and go back to mf9 lol
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There is one problem. Now it won't update to MJA. Something is different, but I'm not sure what. I don't care if you don't believe me. I did it, and that is how I did it. There was one other issue. It kept redownloading the Sprint Default Configuration over and over and over. Like more than 50 times back to back.I finally deleted the apk to get that to stop. Outside of that, my phone works fine. I believe their are remnants of 4.3 and that is why it says the system is up to date on MF9 and does not prompt me for the 4.3 update. I really don't know, but m phone appears to be working perfectly.

Sleepycloud said:
There is one problem. Now it won't update to MJA. Something is different, but I'm not sure what. I don't care if you don't believe me. I did it, and that is how I did it. There was one other issue. It kept redownloading the Sprint Default Configuration over and over and over. I finally deleted the apk to get that to stop. Outside of that, my phone works fine.
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As in tkaimg the OTA or trying to flash MJA ROM like Skyrockets or Sacs ?,
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daniel4653 said:
As in tkaimg the OTA or trying to flash MJA ROM like Skyrockets or Sacs ?,
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The OTA. It doesn't recognize any update as being available anymore. It went from MDC to MDL to MF9 just fine. Then stopped. It says it's up to date now? I'm not sure what's going on with it, but I rerooted it and it works fine. I even innitialised it on KIES to set it all the way back to stock MF9 but it still won't show any update as being available for 4.3

daniel4653 said:
I want proof lol. go to mja again and go back to mf9 lol
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I tried it just barely as I want to go back to my mf9 rom with the stock kernel. You get a secure error on pit and also a firmware revision error "fused 4 .... 1" can't remember what the word was where the dots were. It was a no go for me. I tried to odin back to mdc like was mentioned in the previous posts.
:EDIT Definitely don't try this. Caused my data partition to get corrupt. Couldn't format it. Couldn't pit restore it. Philz recovery couldn't mount it. Finally found an option to format data and sdcard. This allowed me to format data and restore. Once again Definitely don't try if you have the mja bootloader. (I'm back up and running and will let other figure this out.)

I just found out why I was able to go back to 4.2.2!!! When I updated to 4.3 via OTA a couple of days ago, I plugged it in to KIES 3 and noticed it said "PDA:MJA, Phone:MF9, CSC:MJA".... notice the phone says MF9! I don't know how that happened, but I didn't question it at the time because it was OTA. I thought it was supposed to be that way. Last night before I went to bed I manually flashed the 4.3 update zip after using KIES to initialise my phone back to complete stock. (It wouldn't load the zip when I was rooted) Anyways.... Well this morning I plugged it in to KIES 3 after flashing the 4.3 update.zip last night and it said MJA on all three. I'm not sure how that happened, but I only got part of the OTA update a couple of days ago it appears, and thus being, it is the reason I was able to revert. Sorry if I got anyones hopes up. I just went back and edited a warning in my first post with instructions.

Bummer!!! lol i was getting all excited.

wilsonwa said:
I tried it just barely as I want to go back to my mf9 rom with the stock kernel. You get a secure error on pit and also a firmware revision error "fused 4 .... 1" can't remember what the word was where the dots were. It was a no go for me. I tried to odin back to mdc like was mentioned in the previous posts.
:EDIT Definitely don't try this. Caused my data partition to get corrupt. Couldn't format it. Couldn't pit restore it. Philz recovery couldn't mount it. Finally found an option to format data and sdcard. This allowed me to format data and restore. Once again Definitely don't try if you have the mja bootloader. (I'm back up and running and will let other figure this out.)
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I'm having the same issue that you had with the data partition being corrupt. I had stupidly tried to downgrade stock MJA to MF9 before checking with the forums if it was possible. It got stuck in the Firmware error message (can't remember what it exactly said), but got to restore it to a stock MJA. And now its data partition cannot be recognized in any computer. IE: Whenever I plug it into the computer it used to show that it is connected via USB and give me the MTP option. Now it will not even do that and I cannot access its data partition via the computer. Kies won't even recognize it.
How did you get to format data and sdcard?
EDIT: OK, dont know how, (I'm blaming crappy cable) but now I do have access to the phone. In other words it's working normal. But in case that this were to happen again, it would be awesome to know how to format data section, so as it can be recognized by the computer. Thanks in advance.

[Q] Stupid Noob bricked his Sprint GS4 SPH-720

I had a rooted stock rom MF9 w Philz Touch Recovery 6 and wanted to upgrade to the new MK2 firmware. So I used Odin to flash the tar file and it passed. I rebooted and froze on the boot screen for about 60 seconds and then started up and said " Android Upgrade Completed". Wifi did not work so I figured it was the Kernel. So stupid me flashed KT kernel using Philz hoping it would fix my wifi issues. I powered down then up and the boot screen came on and my screen went black.. The phone works and can receive calls but I have a black screen. Then I tried to be very smart by using Odin torevert back to the MF9 firmware but no luck. Philz is still intact
How can get my sreen working again or worst case factory reset

You have to Odin back to stock you'll lose your data but it'll fix it find a mf9 tar
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nemofbaby2010 said:
You have to Odin back to stock you'll lose your data but it'll fix it find a mf9 tar
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I tried using odin but with no screen I cant see. what I am doing. What are the steps. I really need my phone back

Even when you turn your phone off you get no screen? No Samsung gs4 splash screen
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nemofbaby2010 said:
Even when you turn your phone off you get no screen? No Samsung gs4 splash screen
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no splash screen. i can touch it and resonds to my touch,even make phone calls and will ring. But no splash screen or wallpaper. I'm so frustrated

You can use android screen emulate on your desktop if you have the android sdk installed.

First off, you can't go back to MF9 since you are already on MK2. Download the full MK2 tar file to use with odin. Then pull the battery from your phone to ensure you are truly powered off since you can tell if your screen isn't working. Next press and hold volume down and then power till your phone boots to the download mode menu. If your screen is still blank but it gave you the power on vibrate then press volume up. This should put you into download/odin mode. Next, fire up odin with administrator privileges and plug your phone into the computer. If odin recognizes it you successfully entered download mode with a blank screen. Load the MK2 tar file in the pda slot in odin and when ready hit the start button. Hopefully you will get a pass when the software install completes. Next reboot the phone and see if it works. If the screen is still blank after a successful odin then it is hardware related and take it to Sprint.

Sorry, I meant this: //code.google.com/p/android-screen-monitor/
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Oi I'm posting horribly!
Let me be more concise. If you have no screen you can use the ASM tool to access your display via usb-pc/laptop and control it from there. I had to reflash an old droid after a bad firmware flash left me with no display and this was one of my few choices.
Otherwise you can use ADB to issue commands to your phone DOS style if you want to take the time to learn that stuff.

cruise350 said:
First off, you can't go back to MF9 since you are already on MK2. Download the full MK2 tar file to use with odin. Then pull the battery from your phone to ensure you are truly powered off since you can tell if your screen isn't working. Next press and hold volume down and then power till your phone boots to the download mode menu. If your screen is still blank but it gave you the power on vibrate then press volume up. This should put you into download/odin mode. Next, fire up odin with administrator privileges and plug your phone into the computer. If odin recognizes it you successfully entered download mode with a blank screen. Load the MK2 tar file in the pda slot in odin and when ready hit the start button. Hopefully you will get a pass when the software install completes. Next reboot the phone and see if it works. If the screen is still blank after a successful odin then it is hardware related and take it to Sprint.
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I can get into download mode so i do know the screen does work to some capacity. I never took the ota to mja so im assuming i don't have the mja knox bootloader. can someone send me a link to the tar file or zip and does it include the firmware and rom without knox? i am a noob to this so i kinda understand some of the things you guys are saying but not sure how to do this. I do know the kt kernel somehow messed me up.

fg12 said:
I can get into download mode so i do know the screen does work to some capacity. I never took the ota to mja so im assuming i don't have the mja knox bootloader. can someone send me a link to the tar file or zip and does it include the firmware and rom without knox? i am a noob to this so i kinda understand some of the things you guys are saying but not sure how to do this. I do know the kt kernel somehow messed me up.
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Sorry, misread the original post, thought you did the full upgrade to mk2. All you should have to do is flash or odin the stock recovery or to be safe, odin the full mf9 tar to make sure you start out with a clean slate.
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cruise350 said:
Sorry, misread the original post, thought you did the full upgrade to mk2. All you should have to do is flash or odin the stock recovery or to be safe, odin the full mf9 tar to make sure you start out with a clean slate.
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can you send me a link and instructions if possible. does the full mf9 tar file have the firmware and Rom? will I have to re root

http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SPH-L720
Dl and flash via odin.
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Stuck in Samsung Galaxy S4 splash screen

Hey all, in need of a little assistance. I was running the tri-force 5.3 rom. loved it, but saw that 5.4 came out. I tried downloading it and got stuck at a screen where it said it had failed. i then tried to follow the steps by reflashing the stock rom and now i am stuck at the spash screen with the red and yellow words at the top. or it pops up saying System software not authorized by samsung has been found on your phone. with yellow triangle in the middle. Anyone know what i need to get past this screen? I believe i was running an MDL prior to this if it helps. I also can still get into the download screen (power + vol down)

If you were still in mdl then just odin back to mdl and start fresh again.
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ROMANTiC KiD said:
If you were still in mdl then just odin back to mdl and start fresh again.
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which files am i going to need to do this? if you could just point me in the right direction ill be able to figure it out. I appreciate it

We need to know what firmware you were on before you installed the custom rom. If you were on MF9 or older you can download the MF9 tar file and odin it to your phone. If you were on MJA or MK2, then you need to download the MK2 tar file and odin that.

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We need to know what firmware you were on before you installed the custom rom. If you were on MF9 or older you can download the MF9 tar file and odin it to your phone. If you were on MJA or MK2, then you need to download the MK2 tar file and odin that.
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im pretty sure it was MDL. i bought the phone in early january. is their a way to check without being able to go past the splash screen?

Alright I figured it out. All i was doing wrong was not installing the firmware in odin. got my phone back up and running. Now my problem is installing triforce 5.4. loved the rom, but everytime i flash it, it gets stuck at the splash screen. any suggestions?

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[Q] How to go back to stock? (SPH-L720T)

I have already unrooted my phone but I've been getting these update notifications to update my phone and when it restarts the phone to update, it fails! Everytime. So i'm guessing I need to go back to stock using Odin and a Tar file but I havent found any for the SPH-L720T version just SPH-L720. Does anyone know how I can fix this?

You didn't search long or hard enough. The answer IS here - even for the T version.
I'll thow this out to you.
Reason you can't update is because you have a custom recovery/kernel.
To get/receive an update you have to be on FULL Stock recovery and kernel.
If you want to get back to full stock you can try this
Got to sammobile.com and login in (register if you have to) then download the latest .tar for the T model
Then extract (unzip) the firmware file (just to the .tar.md5 file)
Open Odin
Reboot phone in Download Mode (press and hold Home + Power + Volume Down buttons. Volume up next)
Connect phone and wait until you get a blue sign in Odin
Add the firmware file to PDA slot (only file named .tar.md5)
Leave Autoreboot and F. Reset checked.
Make sure re-partition is NOT ticked
Click the start button, sit back and wait a few minutes.
You phone will finish and should reboot.
1st boot takes a while (about 5 EARTH minutes) then you should get the 'activate' process.

leaderbuilder said:
You didn't search long or hard enough. The answer IS here - even for the T version.
I'll thow this out to you.
Reason you can't update is because you have a custom recovery/kernel.
To get/receive an update you have to be on FULL Stock recovery and kernel.
If you want to get back to full stock you can try this
Got to sammobile.com and login in (register if you have to) then download the latest .tar for the T model
Then extract (unzip) the firmware file (just to the .tar.md5 file)
Open Odin
Reboot phone in Download Mode (press and hold Home + Power + Volume Down buttons. Volume up next)
Connect phone and wait until you get a blue sign in Odin
Add the firmware file to PDA slot (only file named .tar.md5)
Leave Autoreboot and F. Reset checked.
Make sure re-partition is NOT ticked
Click the start button, sit back and wait a few minutes.
You phone will finish and should reboot.
1st boot takes a while (about 5 EARTH minutes) then you should get the 'activate' process.
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It worked but after initial reboot I found that my wifi no longer works everytime I go to turn it on I get a security message any suggestions?

go into system settings>about phone and check your baseband (it's the modem/firmware) if it doesn't match (it should say NC6) the build version then you may have to re-flash.
Also have you made sure to upate your PRL AND Profile?
I have read a few posts abou this and it seems to actually be a Sprint issue.

Just ODIN back to stock NC6. That should do it.
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Why, why would you make another thread thread just for your WiFi problems when two users have already give you answers/options. You asked the question at 3:38pm and waited 12 mins to 4:00pm and decided to make a new thread. It clogges the forum up.
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daniel4653 said:
Why, why would you make another thread thread just for your WiFi problems when two users have already give you answers/options. You asked the question at 3:38pm and waited 12 mins to 4:00pm and decided to make a new thread. It clogges the forum up.
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Because I didnt feel it was right to depend on that ONE guy who had already helped me once AND i'm putting in the correct tags so when other people have the same issues im having this same thread will pop up and they will have they're answered already here thanks to you guys so it's actually less clutter if you see it how I see it! lol

VandyCWG said:
Just ODIN back to stock NC6. That should do it.
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Which one is NC6 again? The one the guy linked to up there ^ was the 4.4.2 and I was on 4.3 so yeah you guys were right I probably have different basebands. Is NC6 the 4.4.2? Im downloading the 4.3 as we speak but man those servers over there at samobile are bad right now :/

Cudeh said:
Because I didnt feel it was right to depend on that ONE guy who had already helped me once AND i'm putting in the correct tags so when other people have the same issues im having this same thread will pop up and they will have they're answered already here thanks to you guys so it's actually less clutter if you see it how I see it! lol
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I understand that but you should give it some time to see if others answer. Lol
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leaderbuilder said:
go into system settings>about phone and check your baseband (it's the modem/firmware) if it doesn't match (it should say NC6) the build version then you may have to re-flash.
Also have you made sure to upate your PRL AND Profile?
I have read a few posts abou this and it seems to actually be a Sprint issue.
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What exactly do I reflash? The same tar file that got me to 4.4.2?

Did you try to wipe caches after going back to stock unrooted.
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Also I think that security message is from Knox which means that its detecting something on your phone. Possibly an app that requires root?
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Did you try to wipe caches after going back to stock unrooted.
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Yeah I even factory reset my phone. Turns out my modem and basebands are different. I just dont know which one to re flash the 4.4.2 that got me in this trouble or the original 4.3 thats taking forever to download lol

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Did you try to wipe caches after going back to stock unrooted.
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Also I think that security message is from Knox which means that its detecting something on your phone. Possibly an app that requires root?
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It is from Knox I found that out when I tried clearing cache/data on the security message and I even forced closed it then tried wi-fi and no luck.

go into stock recovery and factory reset.
Then after booting up shut down completely.
Then boot to recovery.
Reflash the .tar (follow previous proceedure)
And see if the baseband/modem is properly updated this time.
I read that some people, after taking the latest OTA (the same as the .tar) have had to go back to sprint to have them fix it - most likely just flashing the modem.
That being said since there are some (read many) people having this issue with NC6, you can always try to Odin the NAF .tar and see if all works.
Then if you want try and take the Sprint OTA (via system settings>more>updates and check there.

I think my Device is bricked now
I followed the method which leaderbuilder said and now I believe my phone is bricked. It won't boot into recovery anymore. When the phone is turned on it says "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in kies & try again." But when I open kies it says my device is not supported. Someone help me please. :crying:

Unlocking my S4 SGH-I337M NI2 4.4.2 Locked to Bell

Hi, I am currently stuck where i was trying to download from 4.4.2 to 4.2.2 to unlock my phone. Currently Odin is not even downloading my phone 4.2.2 and i am stuck. I don't know what else i can try. Can somebody guide me through even if it starts from having a stock rom. I have went through many threads and spent hours searching. But have been unsuccessful.

Raj.R said:
Currently Odin is not even downloading my phone 4.2.2 and i am stuck.
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What do you mean by this?

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What do you mean by this?
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Sorry, i mean the odin 3.09 is not even flashing the 4.2.2 rom into my phone. It says failed!

Raj.R said:
Sorry, i mean the odin 3.09 is not even flashing the 4.2.2 rom into my phone. It says failed!
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If the sgh i337m is anything like the sgh-i337, then you can only downgrade to certain firmwares.

Why don't you try flashing a 4.2.2 modem in a custom recovery or Odin and using region regionlockaway. I'm not that familiar with the i337m but that works on the i337
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Why don't you try flashing a 4.2.2 modem in a custom recovery or Odin and using region regionlockaway. I'm not that familiar with the i337m but that works on the i337
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I just reflashing the stock 4.2.2 firmware and the screen stays on Samsung logo, don't go into main or anything. I don't know what i can do now. My phone seems to be bricked.

Raj.R said:
I just reflashing the stock 4.2.2 firmware and the screen stays on Samsung logo, don't go into main or anything. I don't know what i can do now. My phone seems to be bricked.
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Can you boot into recovery? Do a factory reset there
Edit, also it can take a long time to boot after using Odin so make sure you give it enough time, 10 minutes
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to which firmwares, do u know?
I know how to do into downloading mode press all 3 buttons then vol up. But how do i go into recovery?

I gave it 15 minutes to boot last time. i'll give it 30 minutes this time.

i can make a cup of tea on my phone, it's that hot right now.

Can i get some support from somebody on how to unbrick my phone? Or how do i go into recovery mode to reinstall the firmware like one person mentioned here???

Raj.R said:
Can i get some support from somebody on how to unbrick my phone? Or how do i go into recovery mode to reinstall the firmware like one person mentioned here???
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Can you get into download mode?. If so Odin the 4.4.2 firmware. You can get that at sammobile.com for your device.
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Can you get into download mode?. If so Odin the 4.4.2 firmware. You can get that at sammobile.com for your device.
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ok thanks, i am doing to do it now. but the download takes soo long 4hrs..
While that gets downloaded, in the meantime, i am in recovery mode now, and i have the following options :
reboot system
apply update from adb
apply update from external storage
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
apply update from cache.
Did i miss any of these steps when i tried to downgrade the firmware to 4.2.2, is this where i messed up and bricked my phone?

Raj.R said:
ok thanks, i am doing to do it now. but the download takes soo long 4hrs..
While that gets downloaded, in the meantime, i am in recovery mode now, and i have the following options :
reboot system
apply update from adb
apply update from external storage
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
apply update from cache.
Did i miss any of these steps when i tried to downgrade the firmware to 4.2.2, is this where i messed up and bricked my phone?
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Try wipe data/factory reset. That might get you post the bootloop
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Try wipe data/factory reset. That might get you post the bootloop
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okay, did that and flashing now with odin.

okay, just booted up finally. now i can unlock my phone on 4.2.2 and then flash back to 4.4.2 or other firmwares.

Okay, so i just went through the Service mode menu to set the unlock. But i try put my sim in and it asks for sim unlock code?? I don't get it. what m i doing wrong?

can somebody help me pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Ok i did it. CF root wasn't working so i tried kongo root and it did it;s magic and rooted my phone. So region away did it's job and unlocked my phone, immediately i got my fido signal on this bell phone. Next thing i am flashing 4.4.2 and then a custom rom with root access.