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[Q] GS4 - How to return completely stock for warranty exchange

Hi,
I've been do many flash last 24 hours on my Galaxy S4(Model SGH-I337M, Telus). Initialy, i've the factory stock rom, rooted. So, yesterday, i've decided to install Cyanogen mods nightly on my phone. Not the first time i've been used it on my phone. No problem before. So, this night, after a friend show me the release canditate release seem to be more stable, i've been try to put it on my phone. So, accidentaly wipe all the data on my phone. When i'm back home, i've put again the samsung original rom from my operator(4.2.2), found here, on the website, whit odin. All completed succefully, but i've noticed that the wifi won't turn on after the flash, and no sound from the speaker. So, i've put Cyanogen nigthlies again to test if it rom relative, but same issues here, no sound, but the wifi was working. The phone was very instable, so. Then, finaly, put the original rom again, without any rooting. Stuck on samsung logo, that i've finaly got fixed by clear the data and cache. But, no sound, and no wifi. Instable too.
Precision about phone: Unlocked whit the service mode(work), and enabled AWS whit a software and file(tutorial found here)
My question is: Anything else i can do to make my phone work fine again, and does it's possible to make the phone totaly stock? When i boot up, i've noticed that the phone, whit all rom i've try, said on samsung logo: Kernel is not sendroid enfonced, warranty status: kernel, so i can't go to return my phone on warranty whit that. How i can erase that line, and make my phone seem to be no modified?
Just to specify, it's not the first time i flash a phone. Do many flash, whit galaxy s2, s3 and s4, and sure, mine. Got try Cyanogen, stock, know how Odin work and all, try many rom, and before today, never has any problem to do turn back, but now, it's seem to be impossible.
Thank you very much for your help, very appreciated!

I would flash the stock firmware with odin again. After flashing do a factory reset in the stock recovery.

jd1639 said:
I would flash the stock firmware with odin again. After flashing do a factory reset in the stock recovery.
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I've just try this. Flash the stock rom whit odin, and factory reset on original recovery after. Same, no wifi, no any sound.
Just see yesterday, when i'm flashing, i'm flashing on the bootloader in odin(whit the tar for the stock rom). Today, correct this by flash on the pda section, still not work. Found here on the forum the stock bootloader, rom, csc, and modem, but when i do this whit odin, odin said fail.
Thank very much, i think my phone is dead, and nothing to do to exchange it on warranty.

I think Kies has an emergency firmware recovery mode.... maybe that'll work.
Found a nice guide here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2261153

saj222 said:
I think Kies has an emergency firmware recovery mode.... maybe that'll work.
Found a nice guide here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2261153
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Just try this. Kies is the worst software i've ever see. The software completely freeze random. When i go to the emergency menu, never, kies recognize my phone here. I've tried to plug my phone, no recognized. Tried without plug it, no recognized. When i plug it, kies said connection in progress, and can stay here 30 min.
I'm a idea of what is my problem. Before do install of cyanogen, i've been applied the samsung official 4.3 update, whit knox. And, according to what i read on many forum, knox is not ereasable, So, it's completely freeze my phone, and nothing to do.
Anyone have the factory telus bootloader and other factory stock items because i want to put it stock.
Thank.

Finally get problems fixed by take the TELUS stock 4.3 ROM and flash it whit Odin. After, can flash cyanogen nightlies again and the phone work well again.
Whit the stock ROM, didn't see any line on the Samsung boot logo that i've rooted. After root this appear again. Knox regardless of ROM installed said 0x1.
If anyone have a fix to put it again 0x0 very appreciated otherwise the phone work fine and thank you very much for your help.

dardares said:
Just try this. Kies is the worst software i've ever see. The software completely freeze random. When i go to the emergency menu, never, kies recognize my phone here. I've tried to plug my phone, no recognized. Tried without plug it, no recognized. When i plug it, kies said connection in progress, and can stay here 30 min.
I'm a idea of what is my problem. Before do install of cyanogen, i've been applied the samsung official 4.3 update, whit knox. And, according to what i read on many forum, knox is not ereasable, So, it's completely freeze my phone, and nothing to do.
Anyone have the factory telus bootloader and other factory stock items because i want to put it stock.
Thank.
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I've seen worse software, it's no better or worse than iTunes.
Sent from my SGH-I337M using Tapatalk

dardares said:
Finally get problems fixed by take the TELUS stock 4.3 ROM and flash it whit Odin. After, can flash cyanogen nightlies again and the phone work well again.
Whit the stock ROM, didn't see any line on the Samsung boot logo that i've rooted. After root this appear again. Knox regardless of ROM installed said 0x1.
If anyone have a fix to put it again 0x0 very appreciated otherwise the phone work fine and thank you very much for your help.
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can u plz give me link for the flash file u just flash
i have same problem here after i flash with 4.2.2 no sound and phone freez all time
i like to flash 4.3 so i can fix my phone
thanks

mps5566 said:
can u plz give me link for the flash file u just flash
i have same problem here after i flash with 4.2.2 no sound and phone freez all time
i like to flash 4.3 so i can fix my phone
thanks
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This is the link i've found whit all the factory stock operator ROM. This is what rescue me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2269304
@Spacemonkie4207 never my itune was freeze, and i can do basic operation like transfer music or create playlist without any problem. My kies stay on connection in progress, and turn, turn, turn, but never connect. And when it connect, only one operation, and kies completely freeze, stop responding, need to close it, and open it again. Tried many cable, usb cable, reinstalling software, two other computer, but nothing to do.

I recovered back to stock from custom to 4.3 however if you do so, depending on carrier you could lose root and the ability to install custom recovery.
I would revert back to 4.2.2 (as it's knox free) go to samsungupdates (google it) and pull the 4.2.2 for your region and carrier. flash with odin 3.9
you'll lose root, but you can always perform again as long as not on 4.3 (with 4.3 u can still root if you remove all the knox stuff, u just lose warranty).
Az

Problems going back to stock

Hi,
Was running CM11 on my GS4. I want to go completely back to stock however I'm hitting issues with it.
Downloaded the 02UK firmware file from Samware, flashed it in Odin, did a wipe before and after. Takes a while to boot in each time, sometimes needs a battery pull etc.
Now, I can load up fine - however no matter what I try, wifi won't turn on, a lot of the time signal will drop/ turn off when I lock the screen. Have tried flashing 4.2.2 as well, exactly the same and on the latest flash noticed as issue with the recovery, won't allow a data wipe/ partition in recovery, just flashes something red and then reboots.
I know this has probably been asked a milion times before. But hoping someone can help me get back to stock without the issues!
Thanks in advance.

aholloway21 said:
Hi,
Was running CM11 on my GS4. I want to go completely back to stock however I'm hitting issues with it.
Downloaded the 02UK firmware file from Samware, flashed it in Odin, did a wipe before and after. Takes a while to boot in each time, sometimes needs a battery pull etc.
Now, I can load up fine - however no matter what I try, wifi won't turn on, a lot of the time signal will drop/ turn off when I lock the screen. Have tried flashing 4.2.2 as well, exactly the same and on the latest flash noticed as issue with the recovery, won't allow a data wipe/ partition in recovery, just flashes something red and then reboots.
I know this has probably been asked a milion times before. But hoping someone can help me get back to stock without the issues!
Thanks in advance.
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Mind giving as More information about this Phone? Such as Model,baseband,Stock roms your were trying to flash and Etc . Cuz we cannot help you If you were like " Help my Phone got No wifi etc." LOL If your asking for help atleast Provide us more Information and such . thank you.

Repulsa said:
Mind giving as More information about this Phone? Such as Model,baseband,Stock roms your were trying to flash and Etc . Cuz we cannot help you If you were like " Help my Phone got No wifi etc." LOL If your asking for help atleast Provide us more Information and such . thank you.
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Yep - it's the i9505, baseband is 19505XXUBMEA and build number is JDQ39.I9505XXUBMF8.
Hope that helps, let me know if I have missed anything.
Thanks

aholloway21 said:
Yep - it's the i9505, baseband is 19505XXUBMEA and build number is JDQ39.I9505XXUBMF8.
Hope that helps, let me know if I have missed anything.
Thanks
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Your having a signal issue because you need to flash a diffetent modem mate. And that should fix ur problem on signal issue . Do you mind booting into download mode and check if iy say the entry knox warranty void. Thanks
Sent from Hell ?

Currently 4.2.2 as I read the 4.3 update had caused some of these issues (although I want to be on stock 4.3.
I did notice after I posted that the baseband was for German phones (no idea how that got on there). So I flashed the a new modem and baseband is now at I9505XXUEMK8 which is supposed to be the correct one (if not please advise!?). However Wifi still not working. Tried the wifi fix file for the baseband, didn't work, also tried the root /data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant rename fix. Didn't work.
Are you able to tell me which Stock Rom/ Modem etc to flash or anything else to try??
Thanks in advance!

aholloway21 said:
Currently 4.2.2 as I read the 4.3 update had caused some of these issues (although I want to be on stock 4.3.
I did notice after I posted that the baseband was for German phones (no idea how that got on there). So I flashed the a new modem and baseband is now at I9505XXUEMK8 which is supposed to be the correct one (if not please advise!?). However Wifi still not working. Tried the wifi fix file for the baseband, didn't work, also tried the root /data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant rename fix. Didn't work.
Are you able to tell me which Stock Rom/ Modem etc to flash or anything else to try??
Thanks in advance!
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Try to find the right Stock rom from here that base in your country mate and flash it via odin . Like i told you if you boot into download mode and check if there is knox void warranty? If you dont have that flash inly 4.2.2 stock rom but if you see that then feel free to flash a stock 4.3

Ok - So I have flashed the UK 4.3 BTU rom (Jss15J.I9505XXUEMKF) and have a baseband of I9505XXUEMK8 (which was the O2 one). Signal is fine no issues etc.
Still Wifi won't turn on though.
What do I need to do for this bit??
EDIT: As per your last post, I have no idea about Knox? I didn't see anything show up on download mode.
It also doesn't seem to be working now. The rom crashes when calls are received and wont dial etc. Ok - so should I go back and install the earliest 4.2.2 Rom version for 02 as the phone came with? Then update through OTA?

aholloway21 said:
Ok - So I have flashed the UK 4.3 BTU rom (Jss15J.I9505XXUEMKF) and have a baseband of I9505XXUEMK8 (which was the O2 one). Signal is fine no issues etc.
Still Wifi won't turn on though.
What do I need to do for this bit??
EDIT: As per your last post, I have no idea about Knox? I didn't see anything show up on download mode.
It also doesn't seem to be working now. The rom crashes when calls are received and wont dial etc. Ok - so should I go back and install the earliest 4.2.2 Rom version for 02 as the phone came with? Then update through OTA?
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Well I told you if you dont have an Entry of Knox Warranty Void when you boot into download mode then flash the 4.2.2 Stock rom :S But you already flashed the 4.3 so you can no longer downgrade to 4.2.2 ... Can you please Dial *#1234# and write it down somewhere . and then Download this Wifi Fix and flash it Via odin and After reboot still did not work then Try to download and extract this file and Flash the .tar Via odin by selecting Phone/CP And if this file did not work after flashing then please feel free to play one of the wifi fix from Here Start's from MK9 until MKE might fix your issue.

Thanks for the help Repulsa. Will try that shortly and let you know the results!
EDIT - What about the Rom issues itself? I haven't had a chance to test everything, but I can't make calls. It calls the person but the screen freezes blank and then flickers. Should I reinstall the rom first or use another?

aholloway21 said:
Thanks for the help Repulsa. Will try that shortly and let you know the results!
EDIT - What about the Rom issues itself? I haven't had a chance to test everything, but I can't make calls. It calls the person but the screen freezes blank and then flickers. Should I reinstall the rom first or use another?
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Do you mind dial *#06# if you have the right imei (dnt type ur imei here) and dial *#1234# and write it down here pls . And try to do a factory reset and wipe cache in rexovery before you flash anything.
Sent from Hell ?

Repulsa said:
Do you mind dial *#06# if you have the right imei (dnt type ur imei here) and dial *#1234# and write it down here pls . And try to do a factory reset and wipe cache in rexovery before you flash anything.
Sent from Hell ?
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IMEI is the same, except for an extra /1 on the end?? Rest as follows;
AP I905XXUEMKF
CP I9505XXUEMK8
CSC I9505BTUEMK5
Tried everything from you earlier post except going through the final wifi fix versions. Nothing has worked so far though....

I'm in pretty much the boat.... I was using Omega ROM 4.3 but wanted to go back to Stock unrooted firmware.
I flashed Stock 4.3 (XXUEMKF to be precise - both Baseband and Build) using Odin 3.04
Now I cant turn wifi on
When I go into Download mode I dont have any KNOX lines and my Binary is Custom not stock!!!
Don't want to mess things up anymore than I already have by trying to flash everything under the sun!!!!
Back to using my faithful Note 2 for the time being then I guess!!!
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[Q] Bricked S5 Active

I rooted my S5 Active and then did something stupid. The thing is that it now stays at the AT&T Logo forever and the phone does not boot. I tried a wipe through recovery to no avail. I need to reflash the Stock ROM but I haven't been able to find it.
Does anyone know where to find the stock ROM for that phone (SM-G870A)
Thanks,
Mario

s5 active firmware
macevedo said:
I rooted my S5 Active and then did something stupid. The thing is that it now stays at the AT&T Logo forever and the phone does not boot. I tried a wipe through recovery to no avail. I need to reflash the Stock ROM but I haven't been able to find it.
Does anyone know where to find the stock ROM for that phone (SM-G870A)
Thanks,
Mario
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Yes you can find it on sammobile website below is a firmwares link find your firmware by model number.

NOTE 3 N9005 Hard Bricked :(

I'm facing a problem my note 3 N9005 is hard bricked , my phone bootloops when i flashed a rom so i flashed a stock rom, then suddenly my PHONE CAMERA FAILED to open, NO SOUND AT ALL in the phone NOT EVEN THE RINGTONES SOUND (hangs when pressing volume key rocker), PHONE DIALER DOESNT OPEN black screen appears when i try to open it and i have laggy phone and it hangs alot, HOPE GOOD DEVELOPERS WILL HELP
Things I have Tried : Flashed Stock Roms, didnt work
Flashed Stock Rom and rooted, didnt work .
Flashed Stock Rom Rooted and installed cwm recovery philz edition, didnt work.
Flashed Stock Rom with a PIT FILE , that too didnt work...
KNOWN DEVELOPERS HELP PLZ...Thanks in advance.:crying:

Flash a rom first and flash the attachment will solve your problem

masrooraly said:
I'm facing a problem my note 3 N9005 is hard bricked , my phone bootloops when i flashed a rom so i flashed a stock rom, then suddenly my PHONE CAMERA FAILED to open, NO SOUND AT ALL in the phone NOT EVEN THE RINGTONES SOUND (hangs when pressing volume key rocker), PHONE DIALER DOESNT OPEN black screen appears when i try to open it and i have laggy phone and it hangs alot, HOPE GOOD DEVELOPERS WILL HELP
Things I have Tried : Flashed Stock Roms, didnt work
Flashed Stock Rom and rooted, didnt work .
Flashed Stock Rom Rooted and installed cwm recovery philz edition, didnt work.
Flashed Stock Rom with a PIT FILE , that too didnt work...
KNOWN DEVELOPERS HELP PLZ...Thanks in advance.:crying:
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Quick FYI and correction -
Hard Brick = Won't power on or do anything.
Soft Brick = Can still access the device - bootloop/power up/bootloader/recovery.

masrooraly said:
I'm facing a problem my note 3 N9005 is hard bricked , my phone bootloops when i flashed a rom so i flashed a stock rom, then suddenly my PHONE CAMERA FAILED to open, NO SOUND AT ALL in the phone NOT EVEN THE RINGTONES SOUND (hangs when pressing volume key rocker), PHONE DIALER DOESNT OPEN black screen appears when i try to open it and i have laggy phone and it hangs alot, HOPE GOOD DEVELOPERS WILL HELP
Things I have Tried : Flashed Stock Roms, didnt work
Flashed Stock Rom and rooted, didnt work .
Flashed Stock Rom Rooted and installed cwm recovery philz edition, didnt work.
Flashed Stock Rom with a PIT FILE , that too didnt work...
KNOWN DEVELOPERS HELP PLZ...Thanks in advance.:crying:
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Did You ever tried a full wipe several times before and after flashing?

Post some more information.
1. Where did you buy the phone
2. PDA/CSC/Baseband
3. IMEI still displayed as a number or is it null/null
4. Do you have EFS, FSC, and FSG backups
5. Which stock rom(s) did you flash
It sounds to me as though you have been flashing the wrong stock rom for your device. The behaviour you describe sits in line with that.

i bought it From official Samsung Shop, and it was running like normal before this problem.
IMEI is ok, not showing null or anything like that.

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bhasg1007 said:
Flash a rom first and flash the attachment will solve your problem
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I tried to do this but this too didnt help brother. Now what do you suggest

masrooraly said:
i bought it From official Samsung Shop, and it was running like normal before this problem.
IMEI is ok, not showing null or anything like that.
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Okey you need to get EFSBackupPro and use it to backup efs and fsc and fsg partitions. Just Google it and you will find a link to the thread here on xda.
After that you need to tell us what is the phone model. Look at my signature to see what a model looks like.
I think you flashed the wrong stock ROM. We need to find out which model phone you have so we can link you to the correct n9005 stock ROM.
You must make efs backup first. You can lose your imei and I have not seen a working method to fix the phone if that happens.

Efsbackuppro has bricked Note 3's previously. I wouldn't advise it.
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radicalisto said:
Efsbackuppro has bricked Note 3's previously. I wouldn't advise it.
Sent from my LG-D855 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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Not sure about what happened in those case. It is quite literally a GUI that runs a few dd commands, that's it.

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bhasg1007 said:
Flash a rom first and flash the attachment will solve your problem
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Tried this but didnt solve the prob brother, i have tried fashing several stock roms but still problem exits.. Phone has no sound at all , Camera Says error Camera Failed , Phone hangs like a hell lockscreen lag And Phone App is not working. when ever any call comes screen goes black and i cant access the call atend or decline it. please tell me any fix for these 3 things..

AO7 said:
Post some more information.
1. Where did you buy the phone
2. PDA/CSC/Baseband
3. IMEI still displayed as a number or is it null/null
4. Do you have EFS, FSC, and FSG backups
5. Which stock rom(s) did you flash
It sounds to me as though you have been flashing the wrong stock rom for your device. The behaviour you describe sits in line with that.
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i have tried fashing several stock roms but still problem exits.. Phone has no sound at all , Camera Says error Camera Failed , Phone hangs like a hell lockscreen lag And Phone App is not working. when ever any call comes screen goes black and i cant access the call atend or decline it. please tell me any fix for these 3 things..

I have the exact same problem and I think it's a hardware problem. This was happening to me yesterday and is not related to software. I think it's the sound IC or dac.
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After flashing stock rom, do FULL WIPE using recovery.
You did not mention doing it.

I did this and no change. As I mentioned I don't think this is a software problem. I did remove cameras and usb charging port even the upper hedfone port and is the same behaviour. One of the iC is malfunction . I did stop everything that is related to sound and I use now my phone as a tablet with no sound and recording capabilities.
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L.E.
After I was looking over schematic of motherboard and online for similar hardware defect I think is the audio codec IC WCD9320 that need to be re-balled or replaced. On the MB it has the the code U707. I will try this tommorow.

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I did not seen any Note 3 with full sound hardware bullit , but I faced to not have sound when I flashed a different firmware and I tryed t update trough ODIN to the last firmware nf3 nf4 TRY THAT AND put your news here , DON'T TRY TO OPEN YOUR PHABLET DOES NOT HAVE PRB AND ALSO SAMSUNG INFO app from play... you will se your hardware is ok and also your sound codecs )::)) ODIN 3.07 is the most stable >LAST FIRMWARE (UPGRADE) PROBABLY TO TRY INSERT YOUR CSC AND PIT Country files ( AREA CODE for example XEO mine )

I did reheat al the components on the main board. Nothing happened. But... i did reflash (as a last try)with mobile odin the last build from south est of Europe and miracle happened is up and working well.

After Flashing NH6 ROM, Wifi Not Working And Device Status Still Shows Custom

Hello gurus,
I had rooted NH3 ROM on my device. I flashed the latest NH6 (INU) ROM through Odin. But even after flashing the stock ROM, device status still shows the custom though I have lost my root permissions and recovery is also stock. Moreover, I can not switch on my wifi at all.
Please help as soon as possible.

If You Download NH6 from sammobile firware It have bug In wifi . but if You update By Phone from NH3 to Nh6 It have not any promblem about wifi

I did the same as you and got pi**ed off, restored my NG8 nandroid backup, end!
It seems like we force a foreign firmware into the device, that's why it doesn't function well I guess!

Dude just go into about phone and give
Software update and it will register ur phone and ur phone will be official again

Update: Flashed the firmware again with "Nand Erase All' option checked in Odin and after installation had to reset the device. Everything works fine now including Wifi and device status is official. Great!!

citBabY said:
I did the same as you and got pi**ed off, restored my NG8 nandroid backup, end!
It seems like we force a foreign firmware into the device, that's why it doesn't function well I guess!
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Sanjuujosephh said:
Dude just go into about phone and give
Software update and it will register ur phone and ur phone will be official again
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Well, that didn't help. Because the device status was showing as 'Custom' so was not able to get OTA updates. Kies didn't help either. It downloaded the official firmware but after that there was the message that device is not recognised. Anyway, it's now solved. Thanks for your reply.

What did it show when u gave the Software update in About Phone

Sanjuujosephh said:
What did it show when u gave the Software update in About Phone
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It said, "Your device has been modified in an un-authrized way'

Then give ur phone a factory reset and reflash it

sajidbinraheem said:
Hello gurus,
I had rooted NH3 ROM on my device. I flashed the latest NH6 (INU) ROM through Odin. But even after flashing the stock ROM, device status still shows the custom though I have lost my root permissions and recovery is also stock. Moreover, I can not switch on my wifi at all.
Please help as soon as possible.
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hi friend do factory reset and wipe cace partion and again flash with stock firmware link :http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-grand-2/general/stock-firmware-grand-2-google-drive-t2849501
after that again do the phone factory reset and wipe cache partion. i done flash with sam mobile firmware but there is no issue yet.