Forcing To Reflash Firmware Through Odin - Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

After flashing several times latest UBMEA firmware of my PAK region, i am still getting hiccups in performance. So after deciding to reflash to full factory direct from samsung servers through KIES, it is not letting me reflash the firmware and giving me message that 'GT-i9500' doesnt support initializing.
I even flashed older firmware to fool KIES that upgrade is available but stupid KIES is still saying that UMEK is the latest firmware and doesnt let me flash/upgrade through KIES. I even reinstalled my system but that stupid KIES doenst let me flash through KIES. So is there a way for that?

1st way - stock rom installation
2nd way - find some nice rom (i'm usin Omega ROM with faux kernel)
Do full wipe before flashing rom if you have troubles.

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Installing latest update via Download Mode

I've read a few people saying their lag has decreased when they updated the firmware using Odin instead of through the OTA. I was hoping this will wipe my data as I want to start fresh like a clean installation of Windows.
I think I found the answer. I'm already on the latest NK4 firmware on T-Mobile so I think I can just do a hard rest in recovery mode.

[Q] Update bootloader / modem not working

Hi all,
I'm currently running Temasek's CM12 by Kornfed, great rom, but I wanted to update my bootloader and modem to the latest version BNL7, as I'm currently still on ANG2.
I can't however seem to flash the damn thing, tried Odin and says the flash is ok, but i'm still on my old bootloader and modem. With Mobile Odin i get an error "Memory Protection In Place" so i guess i'm missing something.
Any1 else having or had this problem?
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Im having somethimg similar to that. Im using mobileodin 4.20 and cant update modem. Everything is in new update except modem have just tries it 3 times and still on old modem.. but mine doesnt show anything about errors
I have read that having Knox tripped blocks modem updates, which you would of tripped Knox by flashing CyanogenMod.
The obvious thing to do is to download the official BNL7 rom flash it via Odin using a PC and your then have the BNL7 bootloader and modem, flash a custom recovery+ temasek rom. Job done!
vuittion said:
The obvious thing to do is to download the official BNL7 rom flash it via Odin using a PC and your then have the BNL7 bootloader and modem, flash a custom recovery+ temasek rom. Job done!
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Last time i tried it didn't boot, this time i left the battery out for a bit and now it boots just fine and everything seems to be updated ^^

HELP NEEDED Can't update to Lollipop

Alright, I have a Virgin Mobile S4. I rooted it a year ago with towelroot and installed clockwork mod on it to install cyanogenmod. I tried it, didn't like it so I restored my backup of the stock rom using CWM.
Fast forward to now. I tried to update my S4 OTA for Lollipop, but it would give me an error. I figured it was because I had changed the recovery software. So I went and downloaded the virgin mobile lollipop stock rom from sammobile. ( I337MVLUGOC4_I337MOYAGOC4_VMC ).
I tried to flash it onto my S4 using Odin 3.09. To no avail, it always failed at the system4.img.ext or something. From there I tried to make it work by using 3.10. Still failed. I googled for a fix or workaround and found something about reinstalling clockwork mod. I also tried reinstalling the PIT file for I337M. It was still not working. So I tried to flash back to my stock backup.
1st time I flashed, I kept having program that didn't want to start errors. I wiped dalvik, I wiped cache, I factory reset. Still bugged. So as a last resort I restored the backup again after having done all this. It worked! But...
Well, I'm at a lost now, I can't update using OTA, I can't update with Odin, I can't update with Kies. Now what? Is there a way to go back to the stock recovery and let the OTA or Kies update go through unhindered?
The proper place to ask this is in the AT&T S4 Forum as there are more people with that device who are able to help you. This is the International S4 forum, and while we can help you in a general sense, there may be something device specific we'll miss.
With that out of the way, with the ROM you downloaded, there would be no OTA updates when you installed it as it is the most current ROM available. Since Odin should have worked but didn't, you likely need to use a different USB port, and make sure you're not using a hub. Changing the port can often fix issues with Odin.
As @Strephon Alkhalikoi says this is not the place for it.
But there is one thing I notice. You are flashing an I337M firmware. Are you sure that's your model and you don't have an I337 (without M.

Trouble Reinstalling Stock Rom

Hi all. I installed Sixperience on N910C. Sixperience is one the Note 5 ports on Note 4.
I am trying to reinstall stock rom. Tried Kies 3 and Odin. Kies says that phone is not compatible although I did install stock rom many times over other custom roms.
Odin fails and here is a screenshot of that failure.
Anybody have any ideas about how to fix this?
thanks
You can install stock firmware with kids. Just ignore the massage. Kies will automatically start the download, installation and initialization. Just have a little pasiĆ³n and watch. I just did it two days ago. Reason was the message which occurred at boot; recovery or kernel are not supporting senandroid. ( happens after root.) But trust me, kies will install stock firmware. But the moment you root your device the red massage will show up again.

Bootloop even after flashing Stock in ODIN

Hello,
I had not updated the ROM on my phone in quite some time so I recently decided to update everything. I flashed an updated modem thru ODIN and then updated to some Android 5.0.1 and 5.1 roms.
I ended up having some odd reboot issues so I decided I would flash completely stock rom and go from there. I downloaded the most recent stock rom for my phone from SamMobile and flashed it thru ODIN. ODIN says passed and everything looks to have worked.
The problem is my phone will start and boot up to the point where I set up Android (choosing language etc) and then the phone reboots. This happens everytime.
Any advice or suggestions? I thought flashing stock would fix my issue!
UPDATE:
I flashed Stock thru ODIN again and it seems to be working now. I will update the post again if anything changes!

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