Is there one ROM that is simple to install without it doing random reboots....seems like after MDL it all went to Sh*t. The more I update my phone the worse the phone gets....
kinextions said:
Is there one ROM that is simple to install without it doing random reboots....seems like after MDL it all went to Sh*t. The more I update my phone the worse the phone gets....
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Stick w/ MDL and use Blu Kuban made for MDL. Don't really think there are any stable ROMs w/ MF9 w/o random reboots right now...
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Stick w/ MDL and use Blu Kuban made for MDL. Don't really think there are any stable ROMs w/ MF9 w/o random reboots right now...
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ok..thanks for the reply. Any suggestions on how to get back to MDL or just find a link and download it?
kinextions said:
ok..thanks for the reply. Any suggestions on how to get back to MDL or just find a link and download it?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2375523
There's an official MDL tar you can odin back to full MDL stock.
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Stick w/ MDL and use Blu Kuban made for MDL. Don't really think there are any stable ROMs w/ MF9 w/o random reboots right now...
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I've never had a single reboot with this phone on ANY rom, TW or AOSP, MDL or MF9. MF9 has given me zero issues and in fact runs much better than MDL for me.
Just my 2 cents.
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I've never had a single reboot with this phone on ANY rom, TW or AOSP, MDL or MF9. MF9 has given me zero issues and in fact runs much better than MDL for me.
Just my 2 cents.
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What version ROM, TW, AOSP, KERNEL are you using?
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What version ROM, TW, AOSP, KERNEL are you using?
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I've tried almost all of them. Take your pick. I've had other issues here and there, but never random reboots.
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I'm on Sacs rom with stock kernel, and I have never ever had one random reboot, hell I've not had any reboots on any of the roms I've tried before settling on Sacs rom. you must have some other issues at play here, have you tweaked w/e kernel your on? sometimes kernel tweaks are more harm than good if you change setting you're not familiar with, have you tried the stock kernel?
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I'm on stock MF9 deodexed rooted never had a reboot. Only time I had reboots was when I set my voltages too low lol.
maxpower7 said:
I've never had a single reboot with this phone on ANY rom, TW or AOSP, MDL or MF9. MF9 has given me zero issues and in fact runs much better than MDL for me.
Just my 2 cents.
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did you do anything special when you flashed???
any suggestions I should know/try???
kinextions said:
did you do anything special when you flashed???
any suggestions I should know/try???
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Nothing out of the ordinary. Just the default factory reset in TWRP (a lot of people will tell you to wipe system as well, but I've never found that to be necessary).
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I used safestrap recovery to install the google play edition of the 4.3 on my GS4 with the MF3 firmware. It wont boot now, even if i go back to stock in the option. Any ideas, I am totaly new to this.
You can only boot 4.2.2 Roms two based.
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[email protected] said:
You can only boot 4.2.2 Roms two based.
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I have wiped every rom from the phone other than stock and it still wont boot. I can get access to Odin is there a way to wipe it from there and return it to factory?
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I used safestrap recovery to install the google play edition of the 4.3 on my GS4 with the MF3 firmware. It wont boot now, even if i go back to stock in the option. Any ideas, I am totaly new to this.
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besides safestrap not supporting 4.3 roms, are you postitive you didn't flash anything on your stock rom? if you did and you can't boot the only option to returning your phone back to stock is taking it to best buy to samsung experience and having them reflash your phone
I am off to there tonight.
Psdwizard said:
I am off to there tonight.
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good luck :good:
seassol july
deadenz said:
good luck :good:
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what rom do you use, and did safestrap work for you?
Psdwizard said:
what rom do you use, and did safestrap work for you?
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I'm using VirginROM now. safestrap works great but you really have to read the directions carefully.
ya it was probably not smart do it with a screaming 4 year old in the room.
Psdwizard said:
ya it was probably not smart do it with a screaming 4 year old in the room.
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lol definitely not
I'm currently on the MF9 firmware/baseband/modem running CM10.2 and was debating doing the MJA upgrade. Has anyone tried it? Any reports of AOSP/CM compatability with the MJA firmware?
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I'm currently on the MF9 firmware/baseband/modem running CM10.2 and was debating doing the MJA upgrade. Has anyone tried it? Any reports of AOSP/CM compatability with the MJA firmware?
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It works. Thats how people started with the mja update because of the unexpected knox bootloader. Thus create people to have bootloops when trying to do their regular routine. So to get back on track they had to install cm/aokp/vanilla/ge/ or any other aosp based rom to get it to work properly. Until a proper way of getting a workin mja rom. Search is your best friend buddy.
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ROMANTiC KiD said:
It works. Thats how people started with the mja update because of the unexpected knox bootloader. Thus create people to have bootloops when trying to do their regular routine. So to get back on track they had to install cm/aokp/vanilla/ge/ or any other aosp based rom to get it to work properly. Until a proper way of getting a workin mja rom. Search is your best friend buddy.
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Thanks for your response. I tried searching and gave up after about 20 of fruitless digging through other threads and nothing clear.
You should check out Sacs custom rom here the link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2512983
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You should check out Sacs custom rom here the link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2512983
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He was asking if you could install a aosp rom on the mja firmware
ROMANTiC KiD said:
He was asking if you could install a aosp rom on the mja firmware
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Ahhh I must of miss read the comment .
I have no idea exactly what's my issue, but it happened after getting mk2 modem, and now no matter what rom i switch to my phone apk messes up, i'm at my wits end at what to do to fix this. any ideas?
UPDATE: good news guys, i got mdl back, and the phone apk stopped messing up, now my issue is my wifi toggle won't work, and it wont even let me activate wifi at all, any help there guys
Need way more info.
it happened after getting mk2 modem
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Question is HOW did you 'get it'?
What is your current ROM and how did you get/install that?
I got the modem from the tri force rom, i was on a mf9 stock rom, it got changed to mk2. My current rom is slim bean 4.3 2.2 final, and i got it from the official site
Try going to a stock MK2 ROM to see if that fixes your issue.
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yoh65 said:
I got the modem from the tri force rom, i was on a mf9 stock rom, it got changed to mk2. My current rom is slim bean 4.3 2.2 final, and i got it from the official site
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You could not have gotten the modem from a ROM. It is not included in any of them. If you are flashing some 4.3 ROMs without using Odin to update the modem, you could run into issues.
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frostedunit said:
You could not have gotten the modem from a ROM. It is not included in any of them. If you are flashing some 4.3 ROMs without using Odin to update the modem, you could run into issues.
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Honestly, i tried using odin to update my modem but everytime it'd fail when i tried, so i gave up, but when i downloaded the tri force rom that's based on mk2 for some odd reason it said my baseband was now mk2, so i thought it did it automatically, but now no matter what rom i go to, whether it be jelly bean or kitkat based ones the phone apk lags, freezes up, and messes up everytime
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Try going to a stock MK2 ROM to see if that fixes your issue.
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^Try this^ this is by far your best chance!
And what frostedunit said is true also. Modems must be flashed via Odin in download mode.
now my issue is wifi not working ;( i'm on the rom "stock(ish) v01"
yoh65 said:
now my issue is wifi not working ;( i'm on the rom "stock(ish) v01"
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You must be on the MK2 modem for Wifi to work on that ROM. Redownload the modem .tar from Unknownforce's thread in development and Odin it in. Sometimes it takes a few tries for it to stick. Just make sure to run Odin as administrator and put the modem .tar in the phone slot.
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Hello XDA-
I have an i337 Galaxy S4 with MK2 firmware. I got Safestrap 3.71 for recovery bypassing and I have a really strange issue. It seems no ROMs that I flash a successful. Ever. I've tried AOSP ROMs, Cyanogen, etc. When I just tried installing Cyanogen I went to ROM slot 1, wiped it of everything except the external SD card, went to install, selected the .zip for MY device off of the external SD, flashed it, and when I reboot I get a teal screen with pulsing pink/brown lines on it. The same applies when I do any other ROM, except sometimes I just get a black screen that endlessly loop reboots.
Any ideas?
Thanks.
You can't flash aosp or cm roms in safe strap. They have to be touch wiz based.
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You can't flash aosp or cm roms in safe strap. They have to be touch wiz based.
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Ahh, are you serious? Safestrap is the only working recovery bypass on my MK2 firmware, ugh. Hopefully Samsung eventually unlocks the bootloader. Well, I'm off to looking for a TouchWiz based ROM then.
Thanks!
nhannon9 said:
Ahh, are you serious? Safestrap is the only working recovery bypass on my MK2 firmware, ugh. Hopefully Samsung eventually unlocks the bootloader. Well, I'm off to looking for a TouchWiz based ROM then.
Thanks!
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You can, however, install Google Edition ROMs, I believe. Search through the Safestrap thread to make sure, but that should allow you a relatively AOSP-like experience.
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You can, however, install Google Edition ROMs, I believe. Search through the Safestrap thread to make sure, but that should allow you a relatively AOSP-like experience.
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That's all I wanted, a clean Google ROM. I can't find any that actually work though. :/
Let me know if you find any. Thanks.
nhannon9 said:
That's all I wanted, a clean Google ROM. I can't find any that actually work though. :/
Let me know if you find any. Thanks.
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@nhannon9 Check this thread by @guut13 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2616221 and look for Blackbox v2.2.1 and pretty clean AOSP rom ...... Read that MK2 INDEX thread ..... anything u should know about MK2...... Goodluck. ....:thumbup:
EDIT : @mattdm I believed that we can't install any 4.3 GPE yet on MK2 + SSV3.71. The closest AOSP experience are Blackbox v2.2.1 from International S4 I9505 .....:thumbup::thumbup:
Swyped From MK2 Dark Venom SS Edition
nhannon9 said:
That's all I wanted, a clean Google ROM. I can't find any that actually work though. :/
Let me know if you find any. Thanks.
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Have you tried this one? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47718525
It's not Kitkat, but it's still nice and clean.
Also, make sure you're using the correct version of Safestrap. One version 3.65 is for MF3 users, and version 3.71 is for MK2 users.
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Have you tried this one? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47718525
It's not Kitkat, but it's still nice and clean.
Also, make sure you're using the correct version of Safestrap. One version 3.65 is for MF3 users, and version 3.71 is for MK2 users.
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As @ted77usa said, no GPE ROMs work. All he'll get from that is bootloops and disappointment.
DeadlySin9 said:
As @ted77usa said, no GPE ROMs work. All he'll get from that is bootloops and disappointment.
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I've seen many people in the past months reporting that they're running GPE ROMs on Safestrap with no problems. Has something changed recently that I don't know about?
EDIT: Ah, I didn't see his edit up there. Sorry for giving false hope! I don't keep up with the Safestrap scene much since I have a Loki'd S4.
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I've seen many people in the past months reporting that they're running GPE ROMs on Safestrap with no problems. Has something changed recently that I don't know about?
EDIT: Ah, I didn't see his edit up there. Sorry for giving false hope! I don't keep up with the Safestrap scene much since I have a Loki'd S4.
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Yeah. If you have an MF3 S4 then you can run a 4.2.2 GE ROM, but us on MK2 are out of luck for a full AOSP experience unless an exploit is implemented.
Can we get some links for 4.2.2 GE roms for mf3
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gtrijoe said:
Can we get some links for 4.2.2 GE roms for mf3
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Try Google 4.2.2 gpe rom i337 xda
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Can we get some links for 4.2.2 GE roms for mf3
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Or, you could go search for them? That's why there's a search function. It's not there for looks and it works. We don't need all these threads posting and asking for other members to look for something for you. It's not hard to find them.
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Can someone help me take my S4 back to 4.3? I got the OTA update for 4.4 yesterday morning and have had nothing but problems. Terrible battery life (40% down in 3 hours with little to no use) WiFi wont turn on thanks to this piece of junk Knox software. So before I dump Samsung completely for a Moto X or Nexus, can someone help me downgrade from 4.4 back to 4.3 where I had no problems?
Were you totally stock before the OTA? If you still have warranty left, I would bring it in to a Sprint store and *****.
If not, you can try one of 2 things. 1) flash the NAE tar file using odin to see if that fixes your issues or 2) flash the MK2 tar file to bring you back to 4.3
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Were you totally stock before the OTA? If you still have warranty left, I would bring it in to a Sprint store and *****.
If not, you can try one of 2 things. 1) flash the NAE tar file using odin to see if that fixes your issues or 2) flash the MK2 tar file to bring you back to 4.3
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I went Cyanogen at one point, didn't like it, and flashed back to stock. When the OTA hit I was rooted but had made no changes from stock, not even an uninstall of a Samsung app. I am backing things up now to flash the NAE again, but I want a version without this Knox garbage in it. Is there such thing?
I read that you can't flash back with Odin from 4.4 to 4.3 so I don't know how to do option 2 at this point.
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I went Cyanogen at one point, didn't like it, and flashed back to stock. When the OTA hit I was rooted but had made no changes from stock, not even an uninstall of a Samsung app. I am backing things up now to flash the NAE again, but I want a version without this Knox garbage in it. Is there such thing?
I read that you can't flash back with Odin from 4.4 to 4.3 so I don't know how to do option 2 at this point.
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You're correct with not being able to go back to mk2 4.3 via Odin.
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sponge14 said:
I went Cyanogen at one point, didn't like it, and flashed back to stock. When the OTA hit I was rooted but had made no changes from stock, not even an uninstall of a Samsung app. I am backing things up now to flash the NAE again, but I want a version without this Knox garbage in it. Is there such thing?
I read that you can't flash back with Odin from 4.4 to 4.3 so I don't know how to do option 2 at this point.
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Yeah, I think you are right. Can't go back to 4.3 once you have the 4.4 bootloader, my bad. I wonder if you should do a factory reset to see if that clears up your issues.
daniel4653 said:
You're correct with not being able to go back to mk2 4.3 via Odin.
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Is there some other way of downgrading? What about going back to Cyanogen's full release?
Well that sucks that you can't go back to 4.3
I had the same issues when I updated and was kinda pissed at it to but a factory reset and it been running way better ever since and I'm rooted with xposed installed and no complaints
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I went Cyanogen at one point, didn't like it, and flashed back to stock. When the OTA hit I was rooted but had made no changes from stock, not even an uninstall of a Samsung app. I am backing things up now to flash the NAE again, but I want a version without this Knox garbage in it. Is there such thing?
I read that you can't flash back with Odin from 4.4 to 4.3 so I don't know how to do option 2 at this point.
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I believe once KNOX Bootloader has been installed, your stuck with it. No going back.
But honestly, if you root 4.4, your gonna void KNOX.
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I believe once KNOX Bootloader has been installed, your stuck with it. No going back.
But honestly, if you root 4.4, your gonna void KNOX.
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I don't want Knox on my phone at all, it's garbage for me. Are you saying I can't even go Cyanogen at this point?
sponge14 said:
I don't want Knox on my phone at all, it's garbage for me. Are you saying I can't even go Cyanogen at this point?
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You can still have all that. KNOX is just the warrantly flag I have KNOX on mine, but I still have rooted and flashed other roms.
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You can still have all that. KNOX is just the warrantly flag I have KNOX on mine, but I still have rooted and flashed other roms.
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Ah OK, I don't care about the warranty, it's out in April anyways... Looks like I need to try Cyanogen again, hopefully it's better this time.
i have gone back to 4.3 with odin.....use odin 1.85.....*First flash the mk2 modem or it will fail**.....why? i dont know...
so here is what i do....1) Odin first the mk2 modem...2) Odin stock Mk2 rom...3) Odin philz latest recovery...4) boot into recovery..goto philz settings and tap " re-root....5) reboot and enjoy.....
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i have gone back to 4.3 with odin.....use odin 1.85.....*First flash the mk2 modem or it will fail**.....why? i dont know...
so here is what i do....1) Odin first the mk2 modem...2) Odin stock Mk2 rom...3) Odin philz latest recovery...4) boot into recovery..goto philz settings and tap " re-root....5) reboot and enjoy.....
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You're saying your bootloader went back to MK2 after this? Didn't think that was possible. I've had nothing but stupid little issues myself after using Odin to flash the phone to NAE. I've done factory resets... Completely wiped the phone in Philz. Tried KToonsez kernel as well and stock NAE just sux! I'll probably just flash Liquid Smooth back on it, was only trying to stick with stock NAE for stability and camera , that phone is my girls and she doesn't have the patience for all the bugs that come with custom Roms lol
Anyways just want to confirm that with you. Thanks
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i have gone back to 4.3 with odin.....use odin 1.85.....*First flash the mk2 modem or it will fail**.....why? i dont know...
so here is what i do....1) Odin first the mk2 modem...2) Odin stock Mk2 rom...3) Odin philz latest recovery...4) boot into recovery..goto philz settings and tap " re-root....5) reboot and enjoy.....
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I don't know if that is possible for those of us rocking triband. Obviously we cannot use the Mk2 modem or rom. In any event, I upgraded to 4.4.2 on my new L720T and regretted it, but now I'v" managed to install twrp and rooted it and the rom settled down after a few days. At first, horrible battery use but now its amazing. My battery reads 75 percent after 14 hours and that's quite good enough. The only issue I still face is the SD card thing, but that only seems to apply third party software as I can move files directly from internal to external memory using the stock files app that comes with android.
i dont know about triband. i dont have one and im not going to pretend im a smart dev because thats also not true.. i HAVE ODIN 4.4.2 THEN turned around and ODIN 4.3 due to something i didnt like...im not sure if it changes the bootloader or not, i dont even check. i have only tried this with mk2 to nae.. when i purchesed my device it came with mk2 so i have never tinkerd with the other bootloaders. if you have something other then mk2 id ask a dev befor doing anything. like i said it works for me as long as i flash the modem FIRST that corrisponds to the build. ( mk2 or nae )...and in some cases if the wifi is borked on nae, iv had to flash the modem again after instalation of the rom.. i cant explain why any of this happens....
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i dont know about triband. i dont have one and im not going to pretend im a smart dev because thats also not true.. i HAVE ODIN 4.4.2 THEN turned around and ODIN 4.3 due to something i didnt like...im not sure if it changes the bootloader or not, i dont even check. i have only tried this with mk2 to nae.. when i purchesed my device it came with mk2 so i have never tinkerd with the other bootloaders. if you have something other then mk2 id ask a dev befor doing anything. like i said it works for me as long as i flash the modem FIRST that corrisponds to the build. ( mk2 or nae )...and in some cases if the wifi is borked on nae, iv had to flash the modem again after instalation of the rom.. i cant explain why any of this happens....
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Lol I know what you mean... Sometimes things just seem to work or they don't.
But that's interesting you can go back to mk2 after being on nae. I figured that was not possible. But if you didn't get any fails in Odin while downgrading that's great. Maybe I'll get ballsy and try this later.
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Is there a stock 4.4 Rom out there I can try, preferably one without Knox? Sprint has recommended that I unroot, that they have a tech bulletin where rooted phones have wifi, and other issues.
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Is there a stock 4.4 Rom out there I can try, preferably one without Knox? Sprint has recommended that I unroot, that they have a tech bulletin where rooted phones have wifi, and other issues.
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You have a link to that bulletin??
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You have a link to that bulletin??
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No that's just what the escalated Tech Support person from Oklahoma City told me.
I also just wiped the cache and did a factory reset and still have the same wifi problem...