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[Q] Galaxy S4 Root

I rooted my AT&T Galaxy S4 i337 a while back using Motochopper and it worked absolutely fine. After installing Cyanogenmod, I decided to go back to stock. I used triangle away and Odin to return myself back to stock, however, I always had issues. When I would recovery boot, I got an error and I couldn't wipe my cache partition. I tried to re-root my phone today using Motochopper and then Odin, but neither of them worked. I got a fail on both of them. Motochopper installed Supersu on my device, but didn't actually give me root access, and Odin just gave me a fail. Now, my phone is working with stock, but I still get errors in recovery mode and I can't root. Can someone please help!?

What is your baseband and build number on settings, more, about phone?

jd1639 said:
What is your baseband and build number on settings, more, about phone?
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Baseband - I337UCUAMF3
Build Number - JDQ39.I337UCUAMF3

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cfoughty7 said:
Baseband - I337UCUAMF3
Build Number - JDQ39.I337UCUAMF3
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That's what i was afraid of. With mf3 you can't root with motorchopper or flash roms like you could on mdl. You also can't put on a custom recovery. Give me a second and I'll give you some links.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=44165374
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42478710
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45186518
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45971194
Read these before you do anything else and get familiar with them.

cfoughty7 said:
Baseband - I337UCUAMF3
Build Number - JDQ39.I337UCUAMF3
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MF3 has a completely different root and recovery method now. Search the threads and you'll find them. Unfortunately it's pretty risky as you won't be able to flash back to stock using ODIN on MF3.
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S4 (SGH-i337) via Tapatalk 4

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That's what i was afraid of. With mf3 you can't root with motorchopper or flash roms like you could on mdl. You also can't put on a custom recovery. Give me a second and I'll give you some links.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=44165374
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42478710
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45186518
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45971194
Read these before you do anything else and get familiar with them.
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I'm just confused as to why I was able to do it perfectly before?

cfoughty7 said:
I'm just confused as to why I was able to do it perfectly before?
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Because you were on mdl firmware. After you Odin'd it had to have taken the ota update to mf3.

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jd1639 said:
Because you were on mdl firmware. After you Odin'd it had to have taken the ota update to mf3.
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Ohhh, ok. I understand! There's no way to get it back? Is that what I should read those links for?

cfoughty7 said:
Ohhh, ok. I understand! There's no way to get it back? Is that what I should read those links for?
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Ok, so I read the links. Now, I'm not so much interested in rooting as I am getting my phone straight. Is there any way to get back to mdl? Will the rumored 4.3 update this month fix that? When I tried to update or recover with Samsung Kies, it said my phone wasn't compatible to recover. Does that mean I won't be able to get the update?

jd1639 said:
Because you were on mdl firmware. After you Odin'd it had to have taken the ota update to mf3.
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Ok, so I read the links. Now, I'm not so much interested in rooting as I am getting my phone straight. Is there any way to get back to mdl? Will the rumored 4.3 update this month fix that? When I tried to update or recover with Samsung Kies, it said my phone wasn't compatible to recover. Does that mean I won't be able to get the update?

cfoughty7 said:
Ok, so I read the links. Now, I'm not so much interested in rooting as I am getting my phone straight. Is there any way to get back to mdl? Will the rumored 4.3 update this month fix that? When I tried to update or recover with Samsung Kies, it said my phone wasn't compatible to recover. Does that mean I won't be able to get the update?
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First, there is no way to go back to mdl. Idk if you'll be able to get the 4.3 update but I would assume so since you are on the stick firmware now. But, each new update is going to make it harder to root your phone or run custom roms. So you probably need to choose whether you want to keep your phone stock and take updates if and when they come out. Or have some snooty to run custom roms and root your device and put safestrap on.

jd1639 said:
First, there is no way to go back to mdl. Idk if you'll be able to get the 4.3 update but I would assume so since you are on the stick firmware now. But, each new update is going to make it harder to root your phone or run custom roms. So you probably need to choose whether you want to keep your phone stock and take updates if and when they come out. Or have some snooty to run custom roms and root your device and put safestrap on.
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I'm going to stay with stock. Will the mdl thing effect anything if I have an issue with warranty sterf?

Shouldn't, your stock mf3 right now.

[Q] about rooting and unlocking

so i just picked up an S4 yesterday due to my old phone finally dying on me. I tried the loki method to root it and install TWRP. but when my phone reboots it gives me takes me back t the stock android recovery instead of TWRP.

Grona said:
so i just picked up an S4 yesterday due to my old phone finally dying on me. I tried the loki method to root it and install TWRP. but when my phone reboots it gives me takes me back t the stock android recovery instead of TWRP.
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What firmware was on the phone?
MDB/MDL or MF3?
If MF3, you have softbricked your phone and may need to go to Best Buy to have it fixed.
Review the Stickies in the General section about MF3 (if you haven't already).

rayburne said:
What firmware was on the phone?
MDB/MDL or MF3?
If MF3, you have softbricked your phone and may need to go to Best Buy to have it fixed.
Review the Stickies in the General section about MF3 (if you haven't already).
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Looks like I'm mf3 but I'm still able to use my phone normally.
Is there a different unlocking method or am I missing something?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk

Grona said:
Looks like I'm mf3 but I'm still able to use my phone normally.
Is there a different unlocking method or am I missing something?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk
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Good to hear you didn't soft brick your phone.
MF3 has a locked bootloader that no one has cracked yet.
Read through MF3 stickies in both the General and Q&A sections for more info.
Long story short, you can Root the phone then use Safestrap as your recovery to install custom roms.

rayburne said:
Good to hear you didn't soft brick your phone.
MF3 has a locked bootloader that no one has cracked yet.
Read through MF3 stickies in both the General and Q&A sections for more info.
Long story short, you can Root the phone then use Safestrap as your recovery to install custom roms.
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Sounds good. I'll be rooting it soon once my SD card comes in.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk

I don't see much action in the dev section that would make me believe its going to be cracked at all.thank Hashcode for what we do have.
sent from a I337 MF3 S4

[Q] HELP. Clockwork Recovery.

My Clockwork recovery fails to flash. Clockwork recovery mod. It successfully flashes in the rom manager, but it fails to load recovery and falls back to stock recovery. Any suggestions?

Are you on mdl firmware? Or mf3

Read all about MF3 would be my suggestion.
MF3 SS I337 GS4

jball said:
Read all about MF3 would be my suggestion.
MF3 SS I337 GS4
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MF3?
Here is how I rooted my phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2387577 I hope that helps. Im really lost.

DarkfireInsanity said:
MF3?
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he's asking about your build number.
settings > about phone
the build number will likely end in either MDL or MF3 if you're an at&t user.
read up.

xBeerdroiDx said:
he's asking about your build number.
settings > about phone
the build number will likely end in either MDL or MF3 if you're an at&t user.
read up.
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It ends with MF3.

DarkfireInsanity said:
It ends with MF3.
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Lol I'm surprised you haven't ended up with a soft brick by now.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk 4

DarkfireInsanity said:
It ends with MF3.
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The "pinned" threads in the general and Q&A sections will tell you about it.

scott14719 said:
The "pinned" threads in the general and Q&A sections will tell you about it.
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So, basically there isn't a working recovery at the moment. Hmm.

DarkfireInsanity said:
So, basically there isn't a working recovery at the moment. Hmm.
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Yep, you got it

jd1639 said:
Yep, you got it
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Why is there working recoveries for all other brands, except AT&T? Does anyone have any idea?

DarkfireInsanity said:
Why is there working recoveries for all other brands, except AT&T? Does anyone have any idea?
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Why are you ignoring the suggestions to read about it? I even told you where to find the information. The information you are asking has already been discussed.

DarkfireInsanity said:
Why is there working recoveries for all other brands, except AT&T? Does anyone have any idea?
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If you had mdl firmware there would be a working recovery. Safe strap is what you have available on mf3. Ask at&t why

Search : Safestrap its all over our forum .
Its what all MF3 users are runnig to flash custom roms .
4.2.2 Touchwiz roms only
Locked bootloader is why we don't have a working recovery.
sent from a I337 MF3 S4

i messed up bid time

so I have been on vision x rom for last couple months. I had a guy flash the stock rom back on my phone and now I have an att update aprox 359mb ready to install BUT I cannot update it. after update completes it boots into twrp. how can I uninstall twrp or is it something I missing. thanks for your help in advance. NOOB here

Do you know what firmware you're on? I don't what stock rom the guy flashed but it must not have been the stock firmware or you wouldn't have twrp.

jd1639 said:
do you know what firmware you're on? I don't what stock rom the guy flashed but it must not have been the stock firmware or you wouldn't have twrp.
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it shows 4.2.2

JSUMNERS said:
it shows 4.2.2
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Are you on MDB/MDL or MF3?
Edit: must be MDB/MDL if you still have custom recovery?

JSUMNERS said:
it shows 4.2.2
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What are the last three characters on your base band

rayburne said:
are you on mdb/mdl or mf3?
Edit: Must be mdb/mdl if you still have custom recovery?
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im sorry im noob to the 10th......baseband version 1337ucuamdb

JSUMNERS said:
im sorry im noob to the 10th......baseband version 1337ucuamdb
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Your are on mdb firmware. If flashing custom roms is important to you what I would do is use Odin to upgrade you to mdl firmware. That is probably the same firmware that you have the update for based on its small size. If you use Odin you will lose root and twrp. But you'll be able to put those back on.

jd1639 said:
your are on mdb firmware. If flashing custom roms is important to you what i would do is use odin to upgrade you to mdl firmware. That is probably the same firmware that you have the update for based on its small size. If you use odin you will lose root and twrp. But you'll be able to put those back on.
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what im trying to attempt is to totally get back to stock everything with no root. I would like to get the update from july which is avail for me and then get the ota for 4.3 in november.... Totally stock. Is this possible ?

JSUMNERS said:
what im trying to attempt is to totally get back to stock everything with no root. I would like to get the update from july which is avail for me and then get the ota for 4.3 in november.... Totally stock. Is this possible ?
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Yes, by flashing the mdl firmware in Odin

Thanks you very much. Now time to download odin and do research on xda forums.... Wish me luck

JSUMNERS said:
Thanks you very much. Now time to download odin and do research on xda forums.... Wish me luck
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If you run into problems just ask. The firmware you can get from sammobile.com. You have to register but it's free.

JSUMNERS said:
what im trying to attempt is to totally get back to stock everything with no root. I would like to get the update from july which is avail for me and then get the ota for 4.3 in november.... Totally stock. Is this possible ?
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Are you sure you want to take that update (I'm assuming it's the MF3 update)?
If you do, you will be limited to using safestrap and the custom roms you can flash in the future.
If you stay at MDL, you can still install a custom 4.3 rom (or the stock 4.3 release without bootloaders once it's available).
You can even install stock MF3 without the bootloaders from the dev section to get the update.
If you want to have an unlocked bootloader and have complete freedom to flash whatever you want on your phone, you only want to update to MDL as mentioned above and not take the MF3 update.
Once your at official OTA MF3, your bootloader is locked and there is no turning back (just trying to help and make sure you are aware of what happens if you take the OTA and upgrade to MF3).
Good Luck

JSUMNERS said:
so I have been on vision x rom for last couple months. I had a guy flash the stock rom back on my phone and now I have an att update aprox 359mb ready to install BUT I cannot update it. after update completes it boots into twrp. how can I uninstall twrp or is it something I missing. thanks for your help in advance. NOOB here
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Heimdall is your friend , safer than Odin. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2374441&highlight=heimdall

jakew02 said:
heimdall is your friend , safer than odin. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2374441&highlight=heimdall
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ok so i havent unrooted yet. Still researching. My problem is now that when i power the phone on it shows custom with the open pad lock. But but when i run root checker basic is says im not rooted. Im confused and need help please. Sorry for being so ignorant but im learning

Sorry again but im still confused as to why it still has pad lock on start up but root checker says no root. I am so stupid im sorry but i need help please

JSUMNERS said:
Sorry again but im still confused as to why it still has pad lock on start up but root checker says no root. I am so stupid im sorry but i need help please
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Go get Triangle Away. That helped me get rid of the pad lock.
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risensunx said:
Go get Triangle Away. That helped me get rid of the pad lock.
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Read this thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2319251

[Q] Using MK6 modem with MDL firmware with AOSP

Hi everyone. I'm picking up an at&t i337 that's running the stock JB 4.2.2 UCUAMDL firmware, and has not been yet upgraded to 4.3. I intend to flash a custom recovery, ROM, kernel and I want to flash the MJ6 modem. Here's my question; if I flash a 4.4.2 AOSP ROM, can I safely flash the MJ6 modem that comes from 4.3? I'm running the MJ6 modem on my other S4 thats on the MK6 firmware with safestrap, and it's giving me great reception, downloads, etc.
Thanks,
Mike

Yes. If you root your amdl phone and put a custom recovery on it you can flash what ever you want through it.
I used motochopper method back when I did it. It puts root and twrp on for you

SelfElevated2 said:
Yes. If you root your amdl phone and put a custom recovery on it you can flash what ever you want through it.
I used motochopper method back when I did it. It puts root and twrp on for you
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^THIS^
and most like 2.5.0.2 if you want to try it. not sure what moto is using now
also, read read read and nandroid asap--:good:

SelfElevated2 said:
Yes. If you root your amdl phone and put a custom recovery on it you can flash what ever you want through it.
I used motochopper method back when I did it. It puts root and twrp on for you
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^THIS^
and most like 2.5.0.2 if you want to try it. not sure what moto is using now
also, read read read and nandroid asap--:good:
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Thanks, both of you. I appreciate you getting back to me. It was TOUGH finding an S4 that hadn't been updated yet, so I want to make sure I don't screw it up.
Thanks again!
Mike

mmcneil said:
Thanks, both of you. I appreciate you getting back to me. It was TOUGH finding an S4 that hadn't been updated yet, so I want to make sure I don't screw it up.
Thanks again!
Mike
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NP--:good: