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Cannot flash stock firmware??

Hey all ive been trying to flash my orginal firmware for my galaxy s4 at&t i337. Ive been using odin 3.07 but I keep having a fail to complete error. It boots up fine and I attempted to root it but it seems like it works but I run root checker and it tells me that it has rooted incorrectly. A lot of other people have been saying that samsung block this exploit in 4.2.2 and im basically screwed till the new update comes out. Ive tried everything, help would be appreciated
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joearvelo1987 said:
Hey all ive been trying to flash my orginal firmware for my galaxy s4 at&t i337. Ive been using odin 3.07 but I keep having a fail to complete error. It boots up fine and I attempted to root it but it seems like it works but I run root checker and it tells me that it has rooted incorrectly. A lot of other people have been saying that samsung block this exploit in 4.2.2 and im basically screwed till the new update comes out. Ive tried everything, help would be appreciated
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I think that's the wrong odin i think it's 1.85 or something like that you need

jaythenut said:
I think that's the wrong odin i think it's 1.85 or something like that you need
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3.07 works too since it has compatibility with all devices that work with 1.85 and dev recommends to use v3.07...

kingzain900 said:
3.07 works too since it has compatibility with all devices that work with 1.85 and dev recommends to use v3.07...
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I've tried both and get nothing but a fail here's this mornings attempt on Odin v1.85, if I got the wrong firmware please let me know, I don't think I do though...

joearvelo1987 said:
I've tried both and get nothing but a fail here's this mornings attempt on Odin v1.85, if I got the wrong firmware please let me know, I don't think I do though...
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You're not supposed to decompress the tar file.
You need to flash the xxxxxxx.tar

kingzain900 said:
You're not supposed to decompress the tar file.
You need to flash the xxxxxxx.tar
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What do you mean by decompress? Unzipp?

joearvelo1987 said:
What do you mean by decompress? Unzipp?
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Exactly

sajlence said:
Exactly
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No good, different fail error this time. Fail(auth) ??

joearvelo1987 said:
No good, different fail error this time. Fail(auth) ??
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Were you on mf3 firmware? If you were Odin is not going to work

Secure Check Fail when trying to restore with Odin

Alright, so I've been doing rooting things for a long time...and never have I had this many problems. I posted something here earlier about rooting my S4, installing ROMs and having it hang on the Samsung Galaxy S4 Screen. So I figured I would try booting with Odin and re-installing a stock image. No luck. I keep getting this show up on my Galaxy S4 when I click start -- "secure check failed" and Odin shows a fail.
I don't even know where to go from here because I'm looking at an expensive paperweight at this point. Has anyone ever seen this before or even know where I can start. Any help would really be appreciated...at this point I just feel defeated.
-Stalker

Are you using the correct firmware? You werent on MF3 were you?
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agent929 said:
Are you using the correct firmware? You werent on MF3 were you?
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I believe I was using the correct firmware. I followed the instructions in the Q&A thread. I was NOT on MF3.
Hoping to get this figured out

a.stalker22 said:
I believe I was using the correct firmware. I followed the instructions in the Q&A thread. I was NOT on MF3.
Hoping to get this figured out
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I always get firmware from sammobile.com. Download the firmware ending in mdl. It'll be a zip file. Use 7-zip to extract the .tar.md5 file from it and use that in Odin.

jd1639 said:
I always get firmware from sammobile.com. Download the firmware ending in mdl. It'll be a zip file. Use 7-zip to extract the .tar.md5 file from it and use that in Odin.
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I'll download the firmware there and see if that solves my issue. Is there any way this could be related to the kernel? If I restore this firmware I will lose my root, correct?

a.stalker22 said:
I'll download the firmware there and see if that solves my issue. Is there any way this could be related to the kernel? If I restore this firmware I will lose my root, correct?
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You will lose root. Odin should put everything back on like it was new. You do have to register on sammobile to download the firmware, but it's free.

jd1639 said:
You will lose root. Odin should put everything back on like it was new. You do have to register on sammobile to download the firmware, but it's free.
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Yeah I saw that. I'm registering now and hopefully this will work. If I run into any more problems I'll let you know.

jd1639 said:
You will lose root. Odin should put everything back on like it was new. You do have to register on sammobile to download the firmware, but it's free.
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Hey man..that was it! I really appreciate all of the help...you have no idea! :laugh:

a.stalker22 said:
Hey man..that was it! I really appreciate all of the help...you have no idea! :laugh:
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Great to hear!

Settings file is deleted?

Hello! I rooted my S4 today and installed the CWM recovery and flashed my new rom which is the Foxhound 2.0 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2303239. I have had my older device rooted and i have flashed couple roms with it (huawei ideos x5) and i didn't want to lose all my files and apps from my S4 while flashing this rom, so i didn't do the factory reset thing. I wiped my cache and dalvik cache and then i flashed my rom. As soon as i got it working i was hyped and so on but i noticed that the Settings app was missing. I looked via root explorer and it wasn't in the folder /system/app/. I looked from the magical internet and didn't find anything. Nothing at all. I tried installing some setting.apk's but none of them worked. I downloaded the stock android 4.2.2 rom and copied the settings.apk from there but no, it didn't do anything. I tried also installing those setting apk's but it says 'app not installed'. I had my backup of the android 4.2.2 in my phone but when i tried to restore it to my phone, it said something about m5 sum thing or what it was i don't remember. If you have any clue, please help. I'm lost and i need guidance.
Sorry if there is some bad English, i'm from Finland.

In cwm restore settings, uncheck the check md5 sum. It should then let you restore the nandroid

I messed it up
jd1639 said:
In cwm restore settings, uncheck the check md5 sum. It should then let you restore the nandroid
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As stupid as i was, i deleted the backup because it took all space from my phone. I couldn't do anything so i had to delete it. (it took 4.5 gb of space)

ippeman said:
As stupid as i was, i deleted the backup because it took all space from my phone. I couldn't do anything so i had to delete it. (it took 4.5 gb of space)
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Well you could always Odin back to stock.

jd1639 said:
Well you could always Odin back to stock.
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Can you tell me how? I don't have too much experience with Odin

ippeman said:
Can you tell me how? I don't have too much experience with Odin
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Download Odin ver 3.07. Download firmware for your device from sammobile.com. It'll be a zip file. Use 7-zip to extract the .tar.md5 file from it. Use that file in Odin, PDA slot. Only have auto-reboot checked in odin.

jd1639 said:
Download Odin ver 3.07. Download firmware for your device from sammobile.com. It'll be a zip file. Use 7-zip to extract the .tar.md5 file from it. Use that file in Odin, PDA slot. Only have auto-reboot checked in odin.
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Which firmware i take? I live in finland and i see no finland firmware there

ippeman said:
Which firmware i take? I live in finland and i see no finland firmware there
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Do you know what firmware you are currently on? And what specific device do you have, i9500, i9505, etc?

jd1639 said:
Do you know what firmware you are currently on?
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Naa, and i tried the *#1234# thing that they said in the sammobile site but that didn't work for me

ippeman said:
Naa, and i tried the *#1234# thing that they said in the sammobile site but that didn't work for me
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Well what device do you have and what's your carrier

jd1639 said:
Well what device do you have and what's your carrier
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Carrier is Saunalahti and device Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-I9505 and that's it, what else should i know

ippeman said:
Carrier is Saunalahti and device Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-I9505 and that's it, what else should i know
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It looks like firmware ending in mga is what you need. Sammobile doesn't have firmware for Finland so I'd look for another counties which has the last three characters as mga.

jd1639 said:
Well what device do you have and what's your carrier
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Should i use the KIES thing? http://www.samsung.com/fi/info/update.html i don't know if you could translate it to english or something?

ippeman said:
Should i use the KIES thing? http://www.samsung.com/fi/info/update.html i don't know if you could translate it to english or something?
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I can't link you but Google "4.2.2 Finland firmware xda" There's a thread that has firmware for many counties with Finland being one of them

jd1639 said:
I can't link you but Google "4.2.2 Finland firmware xda" There's a thread that has firmware for many counties with Finland being one of them
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I googled and found only sony xperia stuff what do you think about the kies thing?
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Give keys a try but I don't have much luck with it. I'll see if I can find a way you link you to the xda site
Edit, it was easier than I thought http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=40895753

jd1639 said:
Give keys a try but I don't have much luck with it. I'll see if I can find a way you link you to the xda site
Edit, it was easier than I thought http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=40895753
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I see Finland there!! Wohoo! Thank you, when i get back to my computer tomorrow, i'll try the odin. Can i backup my apps and stuff somewere before i start doing this?
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ippeman said:
I see Finland there!! Wohoo! Thank you, when i get back to my computer tomorrow, i'll try the odin. Can i backup my apps and stuff somewere before i start doing this?
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You're not going to be able to back up your apps if you can't boot into your phone. They will be gone when you flash the stock firmware.

jd1639 said:
You're not going to be able to back up your apps if you can't boot into your phone. They will be gone when you flash the stock firmware.
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Hi again! The odin thing and that firmware stuff did something bad to my phone so i tried the kies and got everything working but now i don't have my rom. Do you think it's wise to go back to the foxhound? it ****ed up my settings and stuff Can you recommend some rom for me? And THANK YOU!! for your help

ippeman said:
Hi again! The odin thing and that firmware stuff did something bad to my phone so i got everything working but now i don't have my rom. Do you think it's wise to go back to the foxhound? it ****ed up my settings and stuff Can you recommend some rom for me? And THANK YOU!! for your help
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You're going to have to 're-root and put a custom recovery back on. Have you done that yet?

Helpp Stuck in odin mode!

hello, i need help i was on negalite rom but with the new mj4 update and i was trying to go back to MDL and when i did that it said fail then it stays stuck in odin mode and says connect to Kies and "emmc burst mode enabled" any help please!

Download the mf9 tar and flash that in odin.
The tar can be downloaded from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43879875
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mikel719 said:
Download the mf9 tar and flash that in odin.
The tar can be downloaded from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43879875
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the 1.7 gb file? full restore?
or the 61 mb one? i tryed the mdc restore and it fails when i reaches sboot.bin
does it matter if it says emmc burst mode enabled? "/

cris_epic said:
hello, i need help i was on negalite rom but with the new mj4 update and i was trying to go back to MDL and when i did that it said fail then it stays stuck in odin mode and says connect to Kies and "emmc burst mode enabled" any help please!
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Hopefully you are not in the same boat I am in. Don't try to Odin another Rom it will not work. Try to Odin CF Auto root. That worked for me until my phone stopped responding to anything. If that doesn't work you are with me which is in purgatory. No way out at this present time.

mikel719 said:
Download the mf9 tar and flash that in odin.
The tar can be downloaded from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43879875
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crawrj said:
Hopefully you are not in the same boat I am in. Don't try to Odin another Rom it will not work. Try to Odin CF Auto root. That worked for me until my phone stopped responding to anything. If that doesn't work you are with me which is in purgatory. No way out at this present time.
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weird i left battery out and it booted when i turned on miracle lol

cris_epic said:
weird i left battery out and it booted when i turned on miracle lol
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Thank goodness. I have tried everything to get mine working and am dead. I am going to try leaving the battery out all night and will give it another go in the morning. Glad you got yours back:good:

crawrj said:
Thank goodness. I have tried everything to get mine working and am dead. I am going to try leaving the battery out all night and will give it another go in the morning. Glad you got yours back:good:
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wait though when i enter download mode to use the MDC stock Restore odin program it fails? why is that?
how can i unroot to stock if im on negalite rom with the latest MJ4 firware installed?

cris_epic said:
wait though when i enter download mode to use the MDC stock Restore odin program it fails? why is that?
how can i unroot to stock if im on negalite rom with the latest MJ4 firware installed?
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Yeah that is what I was saying. Don't try to Odin any other stock roms it won't work. Once you are on MJA you are locked out of Odin with the exception of recovery. Your only option to get back to stock is to wait for a working zip that you can install via recovery.

crawrj said:
Yeah that is what I was saying. Don't try to Odin any other stock roms it won't work. Once you are on MJA you are locked out of Odin with the exception of recovery. Your only option to get back to stock is to wait for a working zip that you can install via recovery.
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ohh ok so that explains the "Kernal is not SEANDROID enforcing"
"SET WARRANTY BIT= KERNAL"
well i wanted to SIM unlock my phone since im going to guatemala but i guess i cant change modem either right? even if i flash zips through recovery? you have skype or yahoo msger so we talk about it? like what are our options right now

cris_epic said:
ohh ok so that explains the "Kernal is not SEANDROID enforcing"
"SET WARRANTY BIT= KERNAL"
well i wanted to SIM unlock my phone since im going to guatemala but i guess i cant change modem either right? even if i flash zips through recovery? you have skype or yahoo msger so we talk about it? like what are our options right now
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Once your on mja update, you basically have no options now really. Your stuck with what you have.
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ROMANTiC KiD said:
Once your on mja update, you basically have no options now really. Your stuck with what you have.
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yeah i noticed it doesnt let me restore backups either lol
umm so what is our hope that devs are working on?

We have another member in this club...
Tried everything to get back up and running... No go...
Hope the zip is available soon...

cris_epic said:
yeah i noticed it doesnt let me restore backups either lol
umm so what is our hope that devs are working on?
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fgr said:
We have another member in this club...
Tried everything to get back up and running... No go...
Hope the zip is available soon...
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Try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2506562
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ROMANTiC KiD said:
Try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2506562
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Great find! It worked for me.
Thanks given.

[Q] Help Please, stuck in odin mode and "software not recognized by AT&T "

[Q] Help Please, stuck in odin mode and "software not recognized by AT&T "
So I got a new phone and I thought that this would be a great opportunity to learn how to do things on my own with my phones, Lucky me my new phone (Nexus 5) is way easier to root and do the fun stuff... but not my Galaxy S4
trying to odin back to stock I got stuck in Download mode and later i got a msg saying "Software not recognized by AT&T was found in your device" and on the top line in red said "Secure Fail: Kernel"
How can I flash the kernel and the new recovery ?
remember I am a Noob trying to learn, so go easy on me

What file were you trying to flash with odin? Do you have a link? Also, what firmware version was your phone on? The version you're trying to flash in Odin had to be at least as new as what your phone was on.
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The boot loader is locked. This means that the stock recovery and kernel cannot be replaced. Also, you cannot Odin flash firmware that contains a boot loader with a lower version than the one you are currently running.

jd1639 said:
What file were you trying to flash with odin? Do you have a link? Also, what firmware version was your phone on? The version you're trying to flash in Odin had to be at least as new as what your phone was on.
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jmjoyas said:
The boot loader is locked. This means that the stock recovery and kernel cannot be replaced. Also, you cannot Odin flash firmware that contains a boot loader with a lower version than the one you are currently running.
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hey guys I was trying to flash the Pit file and the AP file, took me a few tries but the phone is up an running again, it is a little laggy tho, i feel like it just needs to be updated now ... might root it again and odin back to stock because i feel like theres something i did wrong but can't figure out why, if i brick it its fine, this is my "Guinea Pig Phone" because i am trying to learn about root and all ( Yes i am a noob ) I've been "studying" for about 2 month now
oh and Yes i made sure it was the right files for my AT&T Samsung Galaxy S4 SGH-I337

Brunolarogian said:
hey guys I was trying to flash the Pit file and the AP file, took me a few tries but the phone is up an running again, it is a little laggy tho, i feel like it just needs to be updated now ... might root it again and odin back to stock because i feel like theres something i did wrong but can't figure out why, if i brick it its fine, this is my "Guinea Pig Phone" because i am trying to learn about root and all ( Yes i am a noob ) I've been "studying" for about 2 month now
oh and Yes i made sure it was the right files for my AT&T Samsung Galaxy S4 SGH-I337
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What firmware version are you on and why are you flashing a pit file? Don't flash the pit.
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jd1639 said:
What firmware version are you on and why are you flashing a pit file? Don't flash the pit.
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Like I mentioned earlier I am trying to learn and one of the links I found told me to flash both PIT and AP
after i finally made it work, my version was back to touchwiz and android 4.2.2

Brunolarogian said:
Like I mentioned earlier I am trying to learn and one of the links I found told me to flash both PIT and AP
after i finally made it work, my version was back to touchwiz and android 4.2.2
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If it's running show I would flash the mdl firmware again without the pit file. Then root it with motochoper and put twrp on it. Then flash a custom rom.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41892523
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jd1639 said:
If it's running show I would flash the mdl firmware again without the pit file. Then root it with motochoper and put twrp on it. Then flash a custom rom.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41892523
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MDL file or md5? just in case I have the wrong file, do you have a link for the correct one by any chance?

Brunolarogian said:
MDL file or md5? just in case I have the wrong file, do you have a link for the correct one by any chance?
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Go to sammobile.com for mdl, 4.2.2, firmware
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jd1639 said:
Go to sammobile.com for mdl, 4.2.2, firmware
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Awesome... thank you, Brother
I'll try that as soon as I leave work and get home, if you don't mind, can I keep asking you a few questions later on when I'm doing it ?
I'm actually really interested and excited to learn all this

Brunolarogian said:
Awesome... thank you, Brother
I'll try that as soon as I leave work and get home, if you don't mind, can I keep asking you a few questions later on when I'm doing it ?
I'm actually really interested and excited to learn all this
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I'm on xda frequently so I'll be around
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jd1639 said:
I'm on xda frequently so I'll be around
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You sir are THE MAN .... it worked, it's back to normal =]

BruKnowsBest said:
You sir are THE MAN .... it worked, it's back to normal =]
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Glad you got it working
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