problem download mode - AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin

It sticks on the yellow triangle screen. It will go into download mode but fails when trying to load software. Software or possible hardware issue.

What was your firmware? If you had mf3 this is why. You can not use odin on a phone which had official mf3 due to the new bootloader
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if the firmware is mf3 we can't do anything??
if the firmware is different you can solve?

caccolino said:
if the firmware is mf3 we can't do anything??
if the firmware is different you can solve?
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nobody ever just answers with their firmware/baseband version...

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Can we upgrade firmware if we have new bootloader?

What I'm hearing is that if you have the new firmware, MH8 for example, then you can't downgrade firmware using Odin.
I am wondering if we can upgrade? Or once we've triggered the KNOX warranty status 0x1 are we stuck on the same firmware?
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Chevk this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2447832
It seems to suggest that you will not be able to use odin to flash stock firmware , whether upgrading or downgrading . But you could still use custom recovery or you have to remove the bootloader from the tar archive to flash using odin
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difyel said:
Chevk this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2447832
It seems to suggest that you will not be able to use odin to flash stock firmware , whether upgrading or downgrading . But you could still use custom recovery or you have to remove the bootloader from the tar archive to flash using odin
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Yes that's what I thought, damn.
Not that I ever use the stock firmware but I like to flash it to my device because it comes with modem and updated camera drivers.
Do you know if we install custom firmware that is based on stock ROMs that we get the camera drivers included?
hey brah! I tried downgrading from MH8 to lower version firmware UBMG5 to be exact.
and odin shows failed! now I cant use the fone. says "firmware update encountered an issue." tried flashing the same MH8 firmware again but no avail. tried using a PIT files but failed.
please visit my thread hope you could help me out. thanks!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2455240

Downgrade to 4.2.2?

(I couldn't find a recent post or topic regarding this)
I upgraded to 4.3 last night. I greatly dislike it, and want to downgrade back to 4.2.2
I tried running my phone in Odin mode and installing an older version of 4.2.2 (from May, I believe), but every time I run it, the FAIL box appears. Is there a another way of downgrading, or I am doing it wrong?
Thanks for any and all help!
At this point you are stuck on 4.3 ( I'm guessing Mj6 leak) until there is an odin flashable rom for mj9 the Mj6 update contained knox security among other things that prevents the downgrade (blown qfuse and such) hope that answers your question
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No you cannot downgrade from 4.3 back to 4.2.2
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drakenjin said:
At this point you are stuck on 4.3 ( I'm guessing Mj6 leak) until there is an odin flashable rom for mj9 the Mj6 update contained knox security among other things that prevents the downgrade (blown qfuse and such) hope that answers your question
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I believe he took the OTA update that AT&T pushed overnight. But yes, your correct that he will be unable to downgrade for the foreseeable feature due to Knox and what will likely be another incremental qFuse. I'm staying on 4.2.2 with SafeStrap on MF3 for a few more weeks to see what developments take place due to the release of 4.3 finally.
We need to be more specific when stating limitations. We can assume MJ9 incremented the qfuse based on past updates. So what that means is you cannot revert aboot/BLs to a prior version. It remains unclear as to whether MJ9 BL's will boot prior kernels. I havent had a chance to look at the MJ9 files yet.
What about taking his phone to Best Buy to have them flash MF3 on it?
Could be they still have it in the computer maybe.
CZ Eddie said:
What about taking his phone to Best Buy to have them flash MF3 on it?
Could be they still have it in the computer maybe.
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The blowing of a q-fuse means it is literally impossible to downgrade, even for Best Buy. Once you're on it, that's it. All they can do is take the new 4.3 build and flash it.
I received the OTA update.
Anyways, thanks for all the quick replies. Is there a way to re-add the "Mobile Data" toggle? I don't like how they removed that, and limited the toggle tray to 10 (instead of being able to scroll through all the toggles).
EDIT:
Is there a way to re-hide the apps in the App-Drawer? (I liked being able to display only the ones I wanted)
awsomeness!!!!!!!!!!!!
ThDrkKnight said:
(I couldn't find a recent post or topic regarding this)
I upgraded to 4.3 last night. I greatly dislike it, and want to downgrade back to 4.2.2
I tried running my phone in Odin mode and installing an older version of 4.2.2 (from May, I believe), but every time I run it, the FAIL box appears. Is there a another way of downgrading, or I am doing it wrong?
Thanks for any and all help!
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NighthawkXL said:
I believe he took the OTA update that AT&T pushed overnight. But yes, your correct that he will be unable to downgrade for the foreseeable feature due to Knox and what will likely be another incremental qFuse. I'm staying on 4.2.2 with SafeStrap on MF3 for a few more weeks to see what developments take place due to the release of 4.3 finally.
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hey guys just thought id inform you just in case you haven't seen it yet but this genius just made my day and it worked for me to downgrade partial via heimdal flash ( used terminal on my mac ) then adb upgrade using another awesome benefactors copy of .cfg update he captured just for the community just follow the steps in this thread by gtj0
Follow steps in what thread. Link?
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mattwheat said:
Follow steps in what thread. Link?
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I believe he's talking about the Partial downgrade from MJ6 to MF3 so that you can upgrade to MJ9....thats the only thing i've seen.
Samsung S4 i337 frame upgrade encounter an issue please select recovery mode in kies
Today i have just want to downgrade to 4.2.2 via Odien of Stock File MF3 TARs, but may be i m make a mistake or may be somthing else happen my Samsung S4 AT&T-i337 failed to do this and then give me "frame upgrade encounter an issue please select recovery mode in kies"
So do it in Kies but i dont have Serial number of my Device as my battery and back sticker of phones are change here in Pakistan, now my phone is only give me "frame upgrade encounter an issue please select recovery mode in kies" this,
Please any one Help, will be appreciate
salimdawar said:
Today i have just want to downgrade to 4.2.2 via Odien of Stock File MF3 TARs, but may be i m make a mistake or may be somthing else happen my Samsung S4 AT&T-i337 failed to do this and then give me "frame upgrade encounter an issue please select recovery mode in kies"
So do it in Kies but i dont have Serial number of my Device as my battery and back sticker of phones are change here in Pakistan, now my phone is only give me "frame upgrade encounter an issue please select recovery mode in kies" this,
Please any one Help, will be appreciate
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You can not downgrade the firmware. Just flash the firmware you were on before you tried to downgrade on Odin
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jd1639 said:
You can not downgrade the firmware. Just flash the firmware you were on before you tried to downgrade on Odin
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Ok i m downloading I337UCUFNB1 1.41 GB lets c it can flash it or not, before i were have this update in only 440 MB and installed from SD card directly in Recovery mode, but now my phone not going in recovery mode only can able to in Downloading mode
any How Thanks
salimdawar said:
Ok i m downloading I337UCUFNB1 1.41 GB lets c it can flash it or not, before i were have this update in only 440 MB and installed from SD card directly in Recovery mode, but now my phone not going in recovery mode only can able to in Downloading mode
any How Thanks
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Boot into download mode then flash the stock firmware in Odin.
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My i337 AT&T is back in action
salimdawar said:
Ok i m downloading I337UCUFNB1 1.41 GB lets c it can flash it or not, before i were have this update in only 440 MB and installed from SD card directly in Recovery mode, but now my phone not going in recovery mode only can able to in Downloading mode
any How Thanks
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Good news, my phone back in to life and here the site from where i download KitKat
https://mega.co.nz/#!88MSyQoJ!8zxUFpiXhteaLDNemgqRbBSzy6gZJHRCPRW2YndIO4g
MD5: 5BFE6BE67AA86DF8C0ED041342DFD9FF
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[Q] Downgrade Galaxy s4 I9505

after upgrading 4.3 my network reception is [email protected] constant network droping, no HSPA at all. now i'm a total noob here. plz help me about which modem i need to flash? my baseband is I9505zhuemj7. Thank you...
Or can i downgrade it to 4.2.2 ? i don't care about knox warranty bit, cause i already blew it by rooting
badbd09 said:
after upgrading 4.3 my network reception is [email protected] constant network droping, no HSPA at all. now i'm a total noob here. plz help me about which modem i need to flash? my baseband is I9505zhuemj7. Thank you...
Or can i downgrade it to 4.2.2 ? i don't care about knox warranty bit, cause i already blew it by rooting
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You can start by going to http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/2/ to check if you are using the correct firmware.
Once you got that, head to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2192025 and find the firmware and flash it via Odin. And make sure to read the instructions, whether you need to flash both GSM and LTE modems.
yaa. but i'm from bangladesh and my s4 is importe from HK. now is there any modem driver for my carrier 'teletalk' ?
BTW what if i flash my I9505 with a 9500 modem, cause that version has TML, which is code for bangladesh.
If you updated to 4.3 via an OTA or Kies or flashed a stock odin rom you'll have a knox boot loader. Once you have a knox boot loader you can not downgrade to any lower version. You can flash modems though there is a thread in the S4 General section with various modems have a look in there.
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nikzDHD said:
If you updated to 4.3 via an OTA or Kies or flashed a stock odin rom you'll have a knox boot loader. Once you have a knox boot loader you can not downgrade to any lower version. You can flash modems though there is a thread in the S4 General section with various modems have a look in there.
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thnaks, i'm trying various modems now. it sounds extremely stupid but has anyone tried to flash with a GT-I9500 modem?
badbd09 said:
thnaks, i'm trying various modems now. it sounds extremely stupid but has anyone tried to flash with a GT-I9500 modem?
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Don't just stick with modems for your phone.
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badbd09 said:
thnaks, i'm trying various modems now. it sounds extremely stupid but has anyone tried to flash with a GT-I9500 modem?
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Yes because it is extremely stupid.

[Q] Is rooting needed prior to downgrade stock firmware to previous version (stock)?

Hello,
I have tried to downgarde S4 i337m Bell Canada from 4.3 to 4.2.2. Sam Mobile version - and the flash crashes at 2% (fails) using ODIN. Using Odin I can flash back to 4.3 and it works.
Is this an issue with the firmware file itself, or do I need to root and prep the phone in any other way?
I think the file is the cause, I don't see how the Phone's 4.3 would 'block' the flash.
Thanks,
mfreeman3769 said:
Hello,
I have tried to downgarde S4 i337m Bell Canada from 4.3 to 4.2.2. Sam Mobile version - and the flash crashes at 2% (fails) using ODIN. Using Odin I can flash back to 4.3 and it works.
Is this an issue with the firmware file itself, or do I need to root and prep the phone in any other way?
I think the file is the cause, I don't see how the Phone's 4.3 would 'block' the flash.
Thanks,
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I believe it is ALL S4's that took the updates to 4.3 and IF you try flashing back from 4.3 to 4.2.2 you can brick your phone. Check out the international S4 forums and see these results. The bootloaders do NOT ALLOW going backwards any longer. The same thing is happening on the S3's that updated to 4.3 as well. At least with the S3's they can still get a custom recovery and flash any Roms, including 4.2.2 based Roms that do not flash bootloaders.
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I thought you could on the 1337m.
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Use mobile odin and flash the old firmware. MobileOdin does not flash bootloaders. Also I have seen 4.3 bootloader mixed with 4.2.2 firmware disables wifi for some reason.
Let us know how it goes.
Mobile Odin not working in 4.3 ....
SaHiLzZ said:
Use mobile odin and flash the old firmware. MobileOdin does not flash bootloaders. Also I have seen 4.3 bootloader mixed with 4.2.2 firmware disables wifi for some reason.
Let us know how it goes.
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Tried to odin back to MK2 afer 4.4.2 update, failed, stuck in odin mode

Hi everyone,
My phone was acing kind of wonky after the 4.4.2 update so I wanted to start fresh from MK2 and OTA to 4.4.2 like I did before. I tried to odin back to MK2 via Odin and the stock MK2 tar but it immediately failed and now it states Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select Recovery Mode in Kies and try again. If anyone has any ideas it would be much appreciated. I'm pretty sure the stock 4.4.2 tar would fix it right up but I dont see it on Samsung Firmware website yet. Thanks.
I don't think you can Odin back to a previous firmware, in this case from 4.4.2 to 4.3. I believe this was the same issue with going from 4.3 to 4.2. You will need the 4.4.2 NAE tar file to recover your phone.
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kevin is correct there is no way I think it is due to keys of going back ( not sure if its keys but think it is heh ) anyways what you need to due is install the newest update before kitkat threw odin then you can update to kitkat now that the ota file is available for download.
dteze88 said:
Hi everyone,
My phone was acing kind of wonky after the 4.4.2 update so I wanted to start fresh from MK2 and OTA to 4.4.2 like I did before. I tried to odin back to MK2 via Odin and the stock MK2 tar but it immediately failed and now it states Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select Recovery Mode in Kies and try again. If anyone has any ideas it would be much appreciated. I'm pretty sure the stock 4.4.2 tar would fix it right up but I dont see it on Samsung Firmware website yet. Thanks.
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Which version of Odin do you use. You must use odin 3.09 our newer. I don't know if this will work, but older versions will definitely fail.
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cruise350 said:
Which version of Odin do you use. You must use odin 3.09 our newer. I don't know if this will work, but older versions will definitely fail.
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I don't think its necessary. I used 3.07 to Odin MK2 before updating to NAE.
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daniel4653 said:
I don't think its necessary. I used 3.07 to Odin MK2 before updating to NAE.
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3.07 works for mk2, he's on nae and screwed up trying to odin backwards. If he uses the newest odin he might have better luck.
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cruise350 said:
3.07 works for mk2, he's on nae and screwed up trying to odin backwards. If he uses the newest odin he might have better luck.
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That might be true. Was just trying to say you don't always need the latest to get it to work. Ex. I've used MK2 on 3.07 and 1.85 I believe. But yes he might have luck with the newest.
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I was in this situation yesterday. Here's how I got out of it:
1) I downloaded the (unofficial) NAE tar from here: https://mega.co.nz/#!55cWBB6a!v1L7J2MfLMe-gjybYpNSbnDapIVaKtbEJngRQmBcsKU
2) I used Odin to flash it. It failed at the end of the system partition, but it appears to have succeeded for all of the other partitions.
3) I then used Heimdall to flash just the system partition again, and it succeeded. I rebooted, and all was well. You may try Odin a couple times to see if it succeeds, but I didn't have the patience.
Hopefully that will get you up and running again.
Hi everyone,
Thank you for all your responses. I was able to recover after finding muniz_ri post here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=50345826&postcount=224 I used his Tar file and easily recovered from there. It rebooted twice while setting up but everything has been smooth sailing after that. Hopefully others can benefit from this information as it was kind of lost in that thread. Again, thank you to everyone for your help.

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