I updated my AT&T Galaxy S4 to MF3 yesterday. I realized afterwards how stupid I was, so I tried reverting by flashing an older firmware with Odin. It did not work, and it also raised the flash counter, so my phone now says custom at every boot. Obviously I cannot root, or I would just use triangle away. So, is it possible to reset the counter some other way? I am almost sure there isn't, but that custom is killing my OCD.
HeartlezDannyZ said:
I updated my AT&T Galaxy S4 to MF3 yesterday. I realized afterwards how stupid I was, so I tried reverting by flashing an older firmware with Odin. It did not work, and it also raised the flash counter, so my phone now says custom at every boot. Obviously I cannot root, or I would just use triangle away. So, is it possible to reset the counter some other way? I am almost sure there isn't, but that custom is killing my OCD.
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Search the "development" section for SysScope. You should also read the stickies and the new OTA threads in the General section. There is a lot of information in there about that issue and many others. Good luck.
First off let me say I am a noob I have rooted several phones but just stay stock and do simple mods.... that said....
I got my s4 a week ago, didn't know there was the mf9 update available, so I rooted my phone (on mdl), with CF-Auto Root.
Did the hotspot mod, did a camera tweak, got xposed installer, prl write enable...that's all I've done.
I want to upgrade to MF9 (since I keep getting "message unresponsive" on MDL which it's supposed to fix) ...
I've read the the threads and it seems a lot of people are getting stuck and things occurring when they go from rooted MDL to MF9
so I need help please =DDD
Right now I am
Kernel
Linux version 3.4.0-529760
I tried to be as descriptive as I could since I don't want to run in to any problems..
I want to be able to add all the stuff I currently have on my phone but I don't care if the memory is lost since I can just add it again..
I would REALLY appreciate some help!! since I just got the phone and I don't want to brick it
P.S I got the "system update" notification on my phone telling me to install regarding MF9, would I be able to do it that way and then root (since it would unroot my phone)???
I did that with the s3 and I was unable access root again, it just said I was rooted but I really wasn't....
Or should I unroot, update mf9, then root again?? Is that easier??
helpp!!! Again I read the threads but it dooesn't seem anyone is my situation
Glitterloveglamour said:
First off let me say I am a noob I have rooted several phones but just stay stock and do simple mods.... that said....
I got my s4 a week ago, didn't know there was the mf9 update available, so I rooted my phone (on mdl), with CF-Auto Root.
Did the hotspot mod, did a camera tweak, got xposed installer, prl write enable...that's all I've done.
I want to upgrade to MF9 (since I keep getting "message unresponsive" on MDL which it's supposed to fix) ...
I've read the the threads and it seems a lot of people are getting stuck and things occurring when they go from rooted MDL to MF9
so I need help please =DDD
Right now I am
Kernel
Linux version 3.4.0-529760
I tried to be as descriptive as I could since I don't want to run in to any problems..
I want to be able to add all the stuff I currently have on my phone but I don't care if the memory is lost since I can just add it again..
I would REALLY appreciate some help!! since I just got the phone and I don't want to brick it
P.S I got the "system update" notification on my phone telling me to install regarding MF9, would I be able to do it that way and then root (since it would unroot my phone)???
I did that with the s3 and I was unable access root again, it just said I was rooted but I really wasn't....
Or should I unroot, update mf9, then root again?? Is that easier??
helpp!!! Again I read the threads but it dooesn't seem anyone is my situation
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Wrong section....please use the "Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting" section of the Sprint Galaxy S4 Forums
Oooh you are in big trouble. Lol, I kid, I kid... A Moderator will move this. It is in the wrong section... But while I'm here, use superSU to unroot (there is a setting in it to unroot) reverse any mods, you have got to be 100% stock. Stock kernel, stock recovery, and everything has to match....In download mode if it says you have anything but a zero count, and, or if it says custom, use triangle away to clear the flash count, and if you have custom in about phone.
Once you are unrooted, and everything is stock, do a factory reset, I read you should do it 2 our 3 times. Only when it is like it was when you got it, accept the MF9 update, then root, and you will be all good
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2
cerj said:
Oooh you are in big trouble. Lol, I kid, I kid... A Moderator will move this. It is in the wrong section... But while I'm here, use superSU to unroot (there is a setting in it to unroot) reverse any mods, you have got to be 100% stock. Stock kernel, stock recovery, and everything has to match....In download mode if it says you have anything but a zero count, and, or if it says custom, use triangle away to clear the flash count, and if you have custom in about phone.
Once you are unrooted, and everything is stock, do a factory reset, I read you should do it 2 our 3 times. Only when it is like it was when you got it, accept the MF9 update, then root, and you will be all good
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2
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is that one of the easiest ways to just go back to stock then upgrade then root again?
I found the following way to be simple and it worked:
1. Flash your phone with the Samsung MDL tar using Odin. Reboot.
2. Perform a factory reset from Settings. Reboot.
3. Go into stock recovery and flash the official MDL to MF9 zip file from a microSD card. Reboot.
4. To get root back, flash a custom recovery of your choice with Odin.
5. Within custom recovery, flash the latest SuperSU zip. Reboot.
You should now be rooted and you can start modding.
If you are staying stock rooted this is by far the easiest way: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2357471
No reason to even mess with flashing the OTA push.
I ended up doing an unroot flash stock, factory reset. Add mf9. Cf root
and now im on mf9 rooted
it seems like the hard method mostly that stock took like 2 hours to download
cerj said:
Oooh you are in big trouble. Lol, I kid, I kid... A Moderator will move this. It is in the wrong section... But while I'm here, use superSU to unroot (there is a setting in it to unroot) reverse any mods, you have got to be 100% stock. Stock kernel, stock recovery, and everything has to match....In download mode if it says you have anything but a zero count, and, or if it says custom, use triangle away to clear the flash count, and if you have custom in about phone.
Once you are unrooted, and everything is stock, do a factory reset, I read you should do it 2 our 3 times. Only when it is like it was when you got it, accept the MF9 update, then root, and you will be all good
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2
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Is this the order these steps should be done in?
been a while and wondered if its normal for my s4 to show the little unlocked padlock and shows custom on boot. Im on MDL stock rooted and de-odexed
It is just an annoying screen saying that you altered your phone, actually, if you have your stock backup, restore that real quick, get Triangle Away from the market, install it and run it, follow the instructions, when it does its thing, pad lock will be gone. Then return to whatever rom you were on.
good luck, PM if you have any questions on it.
Alright so I've been at this for hours and I'm starting to get frustrated and tired. I have a I337M Rogers phone I bought off Kijiji second hand and was already unlocked for rogers. I noticed the "Device Status: Custom" today but to my knowledge I'm not sure if it has been rooted or not in the past. Seeing as I had no way of updating OTA or through Kies I decided to try and fix it by rooting through Odin with CF-Auto-Root and then use Triangle Away to reset the flash counter. After that I tried to re-flash the stock rom I downloaded off here. Sadly that didn't change the Device Status back to "Normal". I then re-rooted, did Triangle Away again but instead went into Superuser app and tapped the permanent unroot option. I then through ES File Explorer deleted the Triangle Away app and the super user app. After that I re-flashed the stock rom again.... Still **** all. As of now I am about to smash this phone to bits. All I want to do is get it back to normal stock so I can bring it in for a repair. ANY help is greatly appreciated.
Have you odin'd the stock firmware and then used triangleaway?
jd1639 said:
Have you odin'd the stock firmware and then used triangleaway?
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It's alright, I realized after all this crap that I could just factory reset within the settings. That worked so now I am downloading the new OTA update it's also confirming "Official" as the status. Can't believe it was that simple haha.
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So I rooted my phone sometime ago and now I want to unroot it. I went through the SuperUser to unroot and it deleted SuperUser after it was "done". I installed a root checker and it said it was unrooted.
But when I restart my phone it still has the Custom lock key on there. Is there any way I can get it to remove that symbol?
Even though my device has that symbol is it still unrooted?
I even factory reset my phone and it was still there so I am running out of options. PLEASE HELP!
Thanks!
I'm on a Sprint version (G900P). So I can't speak to the exact ROM you need. But the trick here, is to use ODIN to flash the STOCK ROM that came with your device. I *know* there's one within these Forums. It's simply a matter of locating your Device/Carrier Forum, and picking the STOCK development category, to find the ROM you need. Then you simply follow the instructions for ODIN, to flash the [stock] ROM to your phone. While flashing most stock ROM's automatically wipe all the cache's, and stuff. DO make sure to do it [wipe] them PRIOR to flashing the ROM. This ensures the most uniform, and successful results.
Simply search the forums for "ODIN Tutorial". That should give you not only the HowTo, but also the WhereIs.
HTH
--Chris