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[Q] Help! Accidental brick

I accidentally bricked my phone. All was well, Rooted, Cyanogenmod 10, twrp through goomanager. But when i tried to Flash a ktoonsez kernel for this device 4.2.2 aosp, it said failed and would not boot back up. All i can get is to the "Downloading... Do not turn off target!!" screen. Basically im screwed anybody know how to unbrick her? shes only a day old. ;(

Odin the stock firmware.

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jd1639 said:
Odin the stock firmware.[/QUOTE
Do you have a link to jflteatt odin? All i can find is the ecan version? Im sorry but im kind of a noobie.
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2 questions: you're certain you can't boot into recovery? Can you tell me any specifics about the kernel (name/date/etc)?

hayden55 said:
jd1639 said:
Odin the stock firmware.[/QUOTE
Do you have a link to jflteatt odin? All i can find is the ecan version? Im sorry but im kind of a noobie.
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Go to sammobile.com. you can find stock firmware there. You have to register but it's free. You'll download a zip file, use 7-zip to extract the .tar.md5 file from it. Use that in Odin.
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xBeerdroiDx said:
2 questions: you're certain you can't boot into recovery? Can you tell me any specifics about the kernel (name/date/etc)?
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ktoonsez kt747. AOSP JELLYBEAN 4.2 Linux 3.4 VERSIONS from the att version galaxy s4 forum. I checked and i was running 3.4 linux and cyanogenmod. Its the most recent as i downloaded an hour ago. Also, i had twrp 2.6 through goo manager. Cannot get to boot to it. Anything but the android download screen all i get is a little haptic feedback and a black screen

jd1639 said:
hayden55 said:
Go to sammobile.com. you can find stock firmware there. You have to register but it's free. You'll download a zip file, use 7-zip to extract the .tar.md5 file from it. Use that in Odin.
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Which would i be? ucuamdb or ucuamdl? And i can flash this with the odin for canada only? Where is the odin for usa att?
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hayden55 said:
jd1639 said:
Which would i be? ucuamdb or ucuamdl? And i can flash this with the odin for canada only? Where is the odin for usa att?
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*correction. I found odin3
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hayden55 said:
jd1639 said:
Which would i be? ucuamdb or ucuamdl? And i can flash this with the odin for canada only? Where is the odin for usa att?
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Use mdl. Odin is a separate program and is not us or Canada. Read this guide and use the tar.md5 for your device http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26056924
Take your time and read the guide more than once. You can permanently brick your device.
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jd1639 said:
hayden55 said:
Use mdl. Odin is a separate program and is not us or Canada. Read this guide and use the tar.md5 for your device http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26056924
Take your time and read the guide more than once. You can permanently brick your device.
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hey thanks for all the help guys! Nice forum. I always read through but have never joined until now. In an hour from now i will have the download Hopefully...
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hayden55 said:
jd1639 said:
hey thanks for all the help guys! Nice forum. I always read through but have never joined until now. In an hour from now i will have the download Hopefully...
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When you use Odin, let it do its thing. It'll take 10 to 20 minutes. Don't panic in the middle and unplug the usb. Be patient. And make sure you use the file you're downloading from sammobile. Don't use any of the links in the guide, except Odin. The other files are not for your device and they will brick you.
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hayden55 said:
When you use Odin, let it do its thing. It'll take 10 to 20 minutes. Don't panic in the middle and unplug the usb. Be patient. And make sure you use the file you're downloading from sammobile. Don't use any of the links in the guide, except Odin. The other files are not for your device and they will brick you.
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yeah. I read through the GS2 guide and noted some of the similar stuff for when i do mine
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jd1639 said:
hayden55 said:
When you use Odin, let it do its thing. It'll take 10 to 20 minutes. Don't panic in the middle and unplug the usb. Be patient. And make sure you use the file you're downloading from sammobile. Don't use any of the links in the guide, except Odin. The other files are not for your device and they will brick you.
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I downloaded the file and flashed it with odin. It said passed and the screen had finished the download, but whenever i try and boot the phone i still dont have a boot. Only a black screen with a little vibration every 5~10 seconds? PLEASE... i need help now. I dont need to hear a "I told you so" from my dad. he is anti-root
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hayden55 said:
jd1639 said:
I downloaded the file and flashed it with odin. It said passed and the screen had finished the download, but whenever i try and boot the phone i still dont have a boot. Only a black screen with a little vibration every 5~10 seconds? PLEASE... i need help now. I dont need to hear a "I told you so" from my dad. he is anti-root
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Did you have "repartition" checked in ODIN? Because if you did, you shouldn't have.
If not, try to get into recovery (if you can) and try a factory reset.
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scott14719 said:
hayden55 said:
Did you have "repartition" checked in ODIN? Because if you did, you shouldn't have.
If not, try to get into recovery (if you can) and try a factory reset.
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For some reason my recovery wont work? maybe thats it? all i know is my recovery wont boot, and i flashed a bad kernel. I have my twrp backup on my external sd
Also... all i had checked was auto reboot and f. reset time. I flashed the reset file with pda box checked.
forgot to add. i flashed the file with those two boxes checked and it said pass. I think it must be the kernel or the recovery? how do you flash these in odin? I bet if i can track down the stock kernel and get twrp again it may boot.
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hayden55 said:
scott14719 said:
For some reason my recovery wont work? maybe thats it? all i know is my recovery wont boot, and i flashed a bad kernel. I have my twrp backup on my external sd
Also... all i had checked was auto reboot and f. reset time. I flashed the reset file with pda box checked. How do i flash a new recovery, maybe that would boot it? If i can get into twrp i have my stock rom backed up and maybe the kernel with it.
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If you are positive you can not get into 3e recovery, you might want to go to the OUDHS CWM thread in the development section and look at the OP for a method to install that recovery via ADB shell. If you can get it installed, you can then flash another ROM to get up and running. Then, if you desire, you can use GooManager to put TWRP back on your phone and restore a working Nandroid you might have. Or you can just set things up from scratch. But all of this is only if you can get into recovery or get a recovery installed back onto your phone.
If you tried to install the wrong Kernel for your phone, you might be hard bricked, in which case Jtag might be your only hope.
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scott14719 said:
hayden55 said:
If you are positive you can not get into 3e recovery, you might want to go to the OUDHS CWM thread in the development section and look at the OP for a method to install that recovery via ADB shell. If you can get it installed, you can then flash another ROM to get up and running. Then, if you desire, you can use GooManager to put TWRP back on your phone and restore a working Nandroid you might have. Or you can just set things up from scratch. But all of this is only if you can get into recovery or get a recovery installed back onto your phone.
If you tried to install the wrong Kernel for your phone, you might be hard bricked, in which case Jtag might be your only hope.
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WHAT! I was hoping it wouldnt come to JTAG. I've heard you can make a jig and then just download their software and do it yourself? But yes, I will go to that thread and check it out. also thanks for the help. this forum is MUCH better than others I have used for various products and what not.
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I hope you get it figured out. But let me tell you what I DID and had the same outcome with NO RECOVERY at all, black screen with vibrate only. So what your describing sounds EXACTLY what happened to mine.
So I was "TRYING" to make a custom splash screen as I had for my SGS3. (Which messed with the kernel). When I went to boot up after the flash it did the black screen with vibrate.
I COULD get into DOWNOIAD mode but not recovery at all. I tried for a few days. I was worried my battery would be getting low after trying for a few hours. I tried to plug it in and the battery came up but it acted like it was stuck and nothing would happen.
Next I tried to use Odin to flash back to MDL stock firmware. It would flash and said completed. But upon reboot same half/vibrate screen.
Next I tried MDB firmware. STILL a NO GO. I had to send it in for JTAG. I think they had some issues getting it working as well. It arrived on a Thursday, and they did not finish getting it to where their site showed it was completed for 8 days. Then it didn't get sent out for another day. It finally arrived at my house 10 days after they received it. But GLADLY they were able to fix it. So good luck to you. If you do have to resort to JTAG it cost me a total of $90, Almost $30 dollars for me to TWO DAY it to them. $60 for JTAG and rush delivery.
Sent from My Spiderman Themed I337

Sorry to hear Odin didn't work. Odin does put the stock recovery on your phone in the correct partition if every thing goes correctly. But if your hard bricked Odin won't recovery the phone.
Try what Scott suggested but it's looking like jtag may be your best option at this point.

jd1639 said:
Sorry to hear Odin didn't work. Odin does put the stock recovery on your phone in the correct partition if every thing goes correctly. But if your hard bricked Odin won't recovery the phone.
Try what Scott suggested but it's looking like jtag may be your best option at this point.
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hell yeah this phone is hard bricked. But att was cool and let me return for a new one. Really no questions asked as long as you didnt damage it or get it wet. Rip to my first gs4. But the good thing is is that it should only take like 2 days to get a new one, because the first one shipped pretty quick. Thanks for all the help guys

Help! Buddy soft bricked his phone. What file is needed?

Greetings. My buddy tried to root his phone last night, and did so, but failed to unlock the boot loader. Today he tried to flash TWRP and now is stock on the downloading screen pre boot.
I have found the instructions for flashing the stock rom via odin, but need to verify what version of the software i need to get for his phone. Unfourtunately I cant get into ABOUT on his phone but via the sticker his model is SGH-I337. His wife purchased her s4 the exact same time together with him. I had her check build info and it was JDQ39.I337UCUAM53.
Can someone point me to a place to get the correct rom to flash via Odin to fix his device? Once I have it back up for him I will worry about getting it completely unlocked, if possible.
As always, thank you in advance for any help provided.

Pretty sure the build number you posted ends in mf3. There is no odin flashable firmware. Your best bet is to take it to best buy which had a Samsung experience. They can flash the firmware there. But you'll have to all real nicely. You can get the phone to boot by canceling the download mode, vol down, when it boots to that.
Edit you ready need to read a lot more before you do anything with his phone. There is no unlocked boot loader and you can't flash roms like you may be used to with an unlocked boot loader.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2360859
This helped me.

cnmsales said:
Greetings. My buddy tried to root his phone last night, and did so, but failed to unlock the boot loader. Today he tried to flash TWRP and now is stock on the downloading screen pre boot.
I have found the instructions for flashing the stock rom via odin, but need to verify what version of the software i need to get for his phone. Unfourtunately I cant get into ABOUT on his phone but via the sticker his model is SGH-I337. His wife purchased her s4 the exact same time together with him. I had her check build info and it was JDQ39.I337UCUAM53.
Can someone point me to a place to get the correct rom to flash via Odin to fix his device? Once I have it back up for him I will worry about getting it completely unlocked, if possible.
As always, thank you in advance for any help provided.
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Are you sure the firmware version is JDQ39.I337UCUAM53, or is it JDQ39.I337UCUAMF3.
Not possible to unlock the MF3 bootloader yet so if you flashed TWRP you likely need to go to Best Buy to get the phone fixed.

rayburne said:
Are you sure the firmware version is JDQ39.I337UCUAM53, or is it JDQ39.I337UCUAMF3.
Not possible to unlock the MF3 bootloader yet so if you flashed TWRP you likely need to go to Best Buy to get the phone fixed.
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From what im reading shouldn't we be able to flash the stock rom again via Odin?

cnmsales said:
From what im reading shouldn't we be able to flash the stock rom again via Odin?
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There is no odin flashable firmware available. I should add for a device on mf3. You can't flash an earlier version either

jd1639 said:
Pretty sure the build number you posted ends in mf3. There is no odin flashable firmware. Your best bet is to take it to best buy which had a Samsung experience. They can flash the firmware there. But you'll have to all real nicely. You can get the phone to boot by canceling the download mode, vol down, when it boots to that.
Edit you ready need to read a lot more before you do anything with his phone. There is no unlocked boot loader and you can't flash roms like you may be used to with an unlocked boot loader.
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Thanks for the info.
As I said, my buddy did this, im just trying to fix it.
FYI. I did the VLM down and we are not booted into the phone, thanks for that!!!!
Phone is MF3. So is TWRP installed? Is the recovery good now? Is there anything else I need to do?

cnmsales said:
Thanks for the info.
As I said, my buddy did this, im just trying to fix it.
FYI. I did the VLM down and we are not booted into the phone, thanks for that!!!!
Phone is MF3. So is TWRP installed? Is the recovery good now? Is there anything else I need to do?
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Twrp is not installed. Trying to install it is what borked the recovery. You can't install a custom recovery on mf3 firmware.

cnmsales said:
Thanks for the info.
As I said, my buddy did this, im just trying to fix it.
FYI. I did the VLM down and we are not booted into the phone, thanks for that!!!!
Phone is MF3. So is TWRP installed? Is the recovery good now? Is there anything else I need to do?
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The boot loader is locked so you can't install or boot to a secondary recovery on MF3.

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Twrp is not installed. Trying to install it is what borked the recovery. You can't install a custom recovery on mf3 firmware.
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Right, but wanted to make sure the boot loader on it isnt messed up now.
Thanks for the quick response!

Were you able to get it to a samsung experience shop?

It would be better to get your "buddy" to do a little reading instead of asking questions on his behalf. Is there a reason you are asking these questions and your buddy isn't responding himself? Well, you can tell your buddy it would be good to read the "pinned" threads in the General and Q & A sections. There is a lot of information and links in those threads that will help your buddy to learn about the phone and what he is doing to it before it becomes a brick. Good luck to your buddy.

Successful restoration of stock MF3 Recovery!

Hey everyone.
So I jumped the gun and tried to install a custom recovery on my GS4 with MF3. Big mistake, I know. Lucky for me the phone still booted, just recovery was shot. I tried all night to find a solution and all I could find was people referring people like me to Best Buy to maybe get the phone reflashed.
Well, I just fixed it. My wife has a GS4 with MF3 as well. I downloaded an app called "[ROOT] Recovery Tools - Flasher" from the Play Store. Both phones were rooted. I used the tool to "backup" the stock recovery from her phone, I then copied that file from her phone directly to mine. I used "Flash Other Recovery" and selected the backup file from her phone. SUCCESS. Stock recovery was now back.
If you cannot boot and can only get into the "Downloading" screen, then perhaps the backup image from Recovery Tool (An IMG file) can be pushed using Odin? I have no idea. I'm no dev, but I'm very happy to not have a broken recovery anymore.
I was lazy and just used the first file host that popped into Google, but if this works for you then please mirror for others!
Remove the hyphens and copy/paste (I can't include external links, as this is my first actual post)
h-t-t-p://w-w-w-.filedropper.c-o-m/331
Hopefully this is new and I'm not just repeating something everyone already knew, but I had no luck finding a fix for a corrupt MF3.
Good Luck guys, and I take no responsibility if you damage your phone somehow.
EDIT: Apprently a method already existed, although this method doesn't wipe your data!

You could have just used ODIN to flash MF3. You might lose your personal data, but you will have a clean install with recovery. Maybe the method you used might help others that don't want to lose their set-up (personal data and apps) and just need to get the stock recovery back. Thanks for posting about your experience.

scott14719 said:
You could have just used ODIN to flash MF3. You might lose your personal data, but you will have a clean install with recovery. Maybe the method you used might help others that don't want to lose their set-up (personal data and apps) and just need to get the stock recovery back. Thanks for posting about your experience.
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I couldn't find an MF3 image file to flash, only previous versions. Do you know where there is an MF3 image? Maybe I just failed at searching. Lol

dirronprease said:
I couldn't find an MF3 image file to flash, only previous versions. Do you know where there is an MF3 image? Maybe I just failed at searching. Lol
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There are several post around the forum with links to the MF3 Odin files that where leaked by @Shockndrop
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2502003
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2504311
Here's some direct links to the downloads...
MEGA
Mediafire

NighthawkXL said:
There are several post around the forum with links to the MF3 Odin files that where leaked by @Shockndrop
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2502003
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2504311
Here's some direct links to the downloads...
MEGA
Mediafire
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Nice! Somehow I missed all of this. In any case I was successful in solving it myself. Hopefully the information will be of some use to someone, even if it's just in not having to wipe their phone. Thanks for the information! I guess having multiple options is at least handy. If I hadn't already figured out a solution you'd have been a life saver though, really. I mean the phone worked fine, but having a broken recovery is just... disconcerting... Lol

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You could have just used ODIN to flash MF3. You might lose your personal data, but you will have a clean install with recovery. Maybe the method you used might help others that don't want to lose their set-up (personal data and apps) and just need to get the stock recovery back. Thanks for posting about your experience.
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There is no Odin available for download that currently supports MF3 Firmware.

ajstudios4400 said:
There is no Odin available for download that currently supports MF3 Firmware.
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Why don't you read before you post?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2502003
Here are the Odin files for mf3.
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There is no Odin available for download that currently supports MF3 Firmware.
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[Q] Beginner mess up. not sure what to do next

hello, so, ive had the s4 (att) for a while and i have a small problem, i rooted it (and confirmed the root with rootchecker) and at some point decided to try to install a custom mod on it. issue is i am on MF3 and read of all the dangers and kinda stopped. but i stopped after attempting to get CWM on the phone using rom manager (from teh google play store) now when all this happened it was months ago and i had just started on android exploits and the dangers scared me off, i used a jailbroken and unlocked iphone before.
needless to say currently i want to get cyanogenmod on the phone. its rooted, but im not sure what to do next. ive been reading materials for about 2 days now. threads keep contradicting eachother some say use loki and odin others say you cant because its gonna brick mf3.
looking for a quick answer on what exactly i need to get a custom rom installed. the guides here are great but again most say mf3 will be bricked while others say otherwise.
also currently the phone randomly displays a "custom" boot screen right after bootup. sometime it does sometime it doesnt. im guessing from teh CWM. but not sure.
help.

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hello, so, ive had the s4 (att) for a while and i have a small problem, i rooted it (and confirmed the root with rootchecker) and at some point decided to try to install a custom mod on it. issue is i am on MF3 and read of all the dangers and kinda stopped. but i stopped after attempting to get CWM on the phone using rom manager (from teh google play store) now when all this happened it was months ago and i had just started on android exploits and the dangers scared me off, i used a jailbroken and unlocked iphone before.
needless to say currently i want to get cyanogenmod on the phone. its rooted, but im not sure what to do next. ive been reading materials for about 2 days now. threads keep contradicting eachother some say use loki and odin others say you cant because its gonna brick mf3.
looking for a quick answer on what exactly i need to get a custom rom installed. the guides here are great but again most say mf3 will be bricked while others say otherwise.
also currently the phone randomly displays a "custom" boot screen right after bootup. sometime it does sometime it doesnt. im guessing from teh CWM. but not sure.help.
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I read this and i'm not sure in what stage you are? What firmware you are on ( asume stock rooted MF3). Did you phone bootup all the way or not? All i can help is just start fresh from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2502003 if you on MF3. If you not on MDL just go to sammobile find firmware and flash with odin.
After you back to stock firmware root you phone (look for correct metod on firmware you have) install SafeStrip for MF3 or CMW for MDL ( do not install CMW if you on MF3) SafeStrip post here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2448925 and more info here :http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2428254. But first of all READ, READ, READ : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2314494

norbarb said:
I read this and i'm not sure in what stage you are? What firmware you are on ( asume stock rooted MF3). Did you phone bootup all the way or not? All i can help is just start fresh from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2502003 if you on MF3. If you not on MDL just go to sammobile find firmware and flash with odin.
After you back to stock firmware root you phone (look for correct metod on firmware you have) install SafeStrip for MF3 or CMW for MDL ( do not install CMW if you on MF3) SafeStrip post here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2448925 and more info here :http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2428254. But first of all READ, READ, READ : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2314494
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well the short version is this
bought phone (it auto updated to mf3)
rooted phone while on mf3
installed rom manager off the play store, which installed CWM.
i uninstalled rom manager but im more than sure that CWM stayed.
currently i want to start over, hopefully flash the phone back to stock and re-root it and try again using a better method (like safestrap)
so all i have to do is get odin + mf3 pda/csc/phone/modem files and flash the phone right? then its gonna be back to stock rom. so i will have to reroot it and try again...
will this also reset the flash counter?

So from what I read, you're not in a great position. MF3 CANNOT have a custom recovery, sure you can install one like you did but it won't work. That being said what you mentioned should work, flashing MF3 via ODIN. After that, root it and install SafeStrap, it's the only option for MF3 (currently no options for the latest firmware AFAIK).
Link to Odin thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2504311
read the entirety of it, it's only 5 pages long.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2314494
Read post 2 thoroughly, it has lots of good information. IGNORE THE FIRST POST, it doesn't apply to your phone
Lastly if you don't want the phone to update itself, what I did was install Titanium backup and froze the following apps:
1. AT&T Software update Vxx_x_xxxx_x_x
2. FWUpgrade x.x.x
3. LocalFOTA vx_xxxx_x_x
as for the flash counter, I'm not sure. I hope this helps a little.

What i would suggest is to odin bak to UCUAMDL and then use casual to root back.
Then you will have TWRP recovery and can flash any rom (loki'd) , Also keep in mind never do a data format using twrp.

s4shyam95 said:
What i would suggest is to odin bak to UCUAMDL and then use casual to root back.
Then you will have TWRP recovery and can flash any rom (loki'd) , Also keep in mind never do a data format using twrp.
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He's on mf3, how's he going to do that?
Sent from my Nexus 5 using xda app-developers app

jd1639 said:
He's on mf3, how's he going to do that?
Sent from my Nexus 5 using xda app-developers app
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Cant one odin back to mdl from mf3 ?

s4shyam95 said:
Cant one odin back to mdl from mf3 ?
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No, a qfuse is blown. No way to go backwards.
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s4shyam95 said:
Cant one odin back to mdl from mf3 ?
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Even if you update to last leak (MJ6) or official (MJ9) you can not return back to MF3
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vampirekid13 said:
well the short version is this
bought phone (it auto updated to mf3)
rooted phone while on mf3
installed rom manager off the play store, which installed CWM.
i uninstalled rom manager but im more than sure that CWM stayed.
currently i want to start over, hopefully flash the phone back to stock and re-root it and try again using a better method (like safestrap)
so all i have to do is get odin + mf3 pda/csc/phone/modem files and flash the phone right? then its gonna be back to stock rom. so i will have to reroot it and try again...
will this also reset the flash counter?
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Yes flash with odin back to MF3 root install triangle away if you want to reset flash counter then reset.
Good luck.

norbarb said:
Even if you update to last leak (MJ6) or official (MJ9) you can not return back to MF3
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Yes flash with odin back to MF3 root install triangle away if you want to reset flash counter then reset.
Good luck.
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umm for the mf3 sgh-i337 i need odin3 v185 right?
thats what i read someplace but i forgot where.

vampirekid13 said:
umm for the mf3 sgh-i337 i need odin3 v185 right?
thats what i read someplace but i forgot where.
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[Q] Tried to flash MF3 on MK2, now Bricked

For the second time today I've gone and done something stupid...
I had MF3 this morning, but the device updated OTA to MK2. I tried to flash via odin the MF3 firmware later in the day, and wham... bricked.
Is the MK2 firmware out there somewhere? Does anyone have any suggestions? If I can ever get this straightened out I need to read a lot more so I don't continue to make stupid errors.

coltonfisher said:
For the second time today I've gone and done something stupid...
I had MF3 this morning, but the device updated OTA to MK2. I tried to flash via odin the MF3 firmware later in the day, and wham... bricked.
Is the MK2 firmware out there somewhere? Does anyone have any suggestions? If I can ever get this straightened out I need to read a lot more so I don't continue to make stupid errors.
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I'm replying to myself at this point, but if anyone stumbles on this thread and was as silly as I was, I managed to get the phone working again by using the image posted on this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2118100
Sadly, the recovery is still messed up - but the phone itself boots and is rooted and that's good enough for me for one day. Time for me to stop being a monkey with flashing and be happy with a working phone for at least 24 hours.

coltonfisher said:
I'm replying to myself at this point, but if anyone stumbles on this thread and was as silly as I was, I managed to get the phone working again by using the image posted on this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2118100
Sadly, the recovery is still messed up - but the phone itself boots and is rooted and that's good enough for me for one day. Time for me to stop being a monkey with flashing and be happy with a working phone for at least 24 hours.
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I'm stuck in the same place as you. I was stuck in that odin mode, so I used odin to flash MF3 when I had the 4.3 MK2. That of course failed and I tried to recover on Kies and that didn't work. What'd you do to get it working?

fanofdean said:
I'm stuck in the same place as you. I was stuck in that odin mode, so I used odin to flash MF3 when I had the 4.3 MK2. That of course failed and I tried to recover on Kies and that didn't work. What'd you do to get it working?
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If you go over to the thread in my last post and grab that recovery.img file, you can use heimdall to flash it. I expected this to restore the stock recovery and let me do a reset, but it didn't. What it did so is make the phone work exactly as it did right before it was stuck in odin mode. I'm not sure why that is... someone more intelligent than me probably knows. Like I said before, my recovery still isn't working however. At the moment, I'm going to be happy with a working phone until someone either
a) posts the MK2 files to flash with odin... then I can just start over
b) or someone figures out how to unlock the bootloader...

Stupidity.... You need to search and read before you do anything....
You need to follow this guide by gtj0
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47586777
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using xda app-developers app

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Stupidity.... You need to search and read before you do anything....
You need to follow this guide by gtj0
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47586777
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using xda app-developers app
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Thanks, I found that thread after I had already gotten the phone working (no recovery), and I was a little afraid to mess around with it any more. But with your words of encouragement I went ahead and did it anyway. Now I have a working phone and working recovery rooted on 4.3 MK2.