[Q] MF3 back to AMDL? - AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin

I'm on MF3 right now, but can I use ODIN to go back to AMDL, then root and install a different recovery? It seems that the answer is yes because I saw a thread to download ODIN with AMDL, and that AMDL will allow you to fully root with a custom recovery. Just wanted to confirm before I start down the path of no return. Just want to get the 4.3 Google Edition going on my SGH-1337.
Thanks all.
EDIT: Did some more snooping and other threads saying you cannot use ODIN to go back to AMDL. Ugh. Guess I'll have to wait.

Your post edit is correct.
You have other options. Check out post #2 of the I337 guide in my signature. It covers root and safestrap for your mf3 firmware. Read up though, and don't jump into it without knowledge.
Cheers

jedil1c1ous said:
I'm on MF3 right now, but can I use ODIN to go back to AMDL, then root and install a different recovery? It seems that the answer is yes because I saw a thread to download ODIN with AMDL, and that AMDL will allow you to fully root with a custom recovery. Just wanted to confirm before I start down the path of no return. Just want to get the 4.3 Google Edition going on my SGH-1337.
Thanks all.
EDIT: Did some more snooping and other threads saying you cannot use ODIN to go back to AMDL. Ugh. Guess I'll have to wait.
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I just want to add that you cannot do ANYTHING (other than rooting) at the moment with the MF3. I will promise you that it will totally jack up your device.

Your best off rooting installing exposed and than install wanam exposed app and that will get you the customization of a stock rom with everything you can possibly ask for.
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agent929 said:
I just want to add that you cannot do ANYTHING (other than rooting) at the moment with the MF3. I will promise you that it will totally jack up your device.
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Safestrap

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I stand corrected

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I know another mdb-mdl thread.

I was looking to update my firmware to the mdl, I would like to add the 4 way mod and kill app, but i was not able to find any addons for the mdb firmware. I was looking for a flashable mdl zip that i can do to my phone without having to do odin or thru kies. I am rooted-auto loki cwm recovery, and have the apps and files froze for auto update.
Is there a flashable mdl zip or do i have to odin to mdl using adams walk thru. I have looked thru all of the general section - questions and answer threads- dev threads and could not find anything about a flashable mdl zip. Am I missing something or do i have odin to the mdl firmware and start from scratch with setting up my phone again. I am only asking cause i dont want to get forced to take the mf3 update and lose root and recovery.
Please dont bash this question with usless post like do a search or not another mdb-mdl thread. I am not a noob, and i did search. I have rooted, recovery, flashed phones before. coming from the galaxy s2 skyrocket with Mohans latest rom cymbaline embryo 7.0. Thanks again in advance.
galaxyuser88 said:
I was looking to update my firmware to the mdl, I would like to add the 4 way mod and kill app, but i was not able to find any addons for the mdb firmware. I was looking for a flashable mdl zip that i can do to my phone without having to do odin or thru kies. I am rooted-auto loki cwm recovery, and have the apps and files froze for auto update.
Is there a flashable mdl zip or do i have to odin to mdl using adams walk thru. I have looked thru all of the general section - questions and answer threads- dev threads and could not find anything about a flashable mdl zip. Am I missing something or do i have odin to the mdl firmware and start from scratch with setting up my phone again. I am only asking cause i dont want to get forced to take the mf3 update and lose root and recovery.
Please dont bash this question with usless post like do a search or not another mdb-mdl thread. I am not a noob, and i did search. I have rooted, recovery, flashed phones before. coming from the galaxy s2 skyrocket with Mohans latest rom cymbaline embryo 7.0. Thanks again in advance.
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No bash from me, good post...I have it attached to my OP in my thread here, at the bottom. You are talking about the modem it looks like, right?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2295557
good luck.
You can try this...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2348859
...but you will need to set things up again. It's the entire firmware, pre-rooted, and you can see in the OP what all it has. It's about as close to AMDL as you can get without ODIN or Kies. It's flashable, so you will keep your custom recovery. So it might or might not be what you are looking for. Good luck.
TheAxman said:
No bash from me, good post...I have it attached to my OP in my thread here, at the bottom. You are talking about the modem it looks like, right?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2295557
good luck.
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Thanks, but iam looking for the complete firmware to go from AMDB to AMDL, I want to load a de-odexed AMDL so that i can flash the 4 way mod W/ Kill app, but I have to be on AMDL for that add on to work.
scott14719 said:
You can try this...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2348859
...but you will need to set things up again. It's the entire firmware, pre-rooted, and you can see in the OP what all it has. It's about as close to AMDL as you can get without ODIN or Kies. It's flashable, so you will keep your custom recovery. So it might or might not be what you are looking for. Good luck.
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Thanks for this, But didnt I read somewhere that i have be on the stock untouched from the att AMDL in order to flash anything rooted or modified/custom AMDL.. but this one of the romz i want to try.
Scott quick question for you about your clean rom 1.1 , does this have the 4 way mod and kill apps inculded in this rom?

[Q] return to stock recovery?

I would like to update to mf3 but after doing the ota update it reboots to recovery but I now have twrp instead of the required stock recovery...
After doing a lot of searching the only solution I found was to flash the official firmware with odin, but I'm assuming I will have to do a factory reset after this?
Is it possible to replace twrp with the stock recovery without having to do a factory reset or is there another way to get the mf3 update with twrp? (I'd rather not have to re-install all my apps and settings)
I hope my questions make sense its late and I'm tired.
badboyz said:
I would like to update to mf3 but after doing the ota update it reboots to recovery but I now have twrp instead of the required stock recovery...
After doing a lot of searching the only solution I found was to flash the official firmware with odin, but I'm assuming I will have to do a factory reset after this?
Is it possible to replace twrp with the stock recovery without having to do a factory reset or is there another way to get the mf3 update with twrp? (I'd rather not have to re-install all my apps and settings)
I hope my questions make sense its late and I'm tired.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42253396#post42253396
There is always a risk of screwing something up...so read the thread, follow the directions, and decide if you want to take the risk..it's your decision.
Why not just flash a sweet custom rom like omega v9.0? That's the best thing about a custom recovery. It makes it easy to back up your current content and then try out a wide variety of mods and roms.
It's kinda counter productive to flash a stock recovery when you are trying to mod or customize your phone.
Odin is the cats butthole when trying to return to stock. Also, read the poop out of these threads... somebody has done what you want to do already so most things can be resolved with the solutions others have presented.
Bigbabyjesus said:
Why not just flash a sweet custom rom like omega v9.0? That's the best thing about a custom recovery. It makes it easy to back up your current content and then try out a wide variety of mods and roms.
It's kinda counter productive to flash a stock recovery when you are trying to mod or customize your phone.
Odin is the cats butthole when trying to return to stock. Also, read the poop out of these threads... somebody has done what you want to do already so most things can be resolved with the solutions others have presented.
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The OP said he wants to update to MF3. I can't figure out why anyone would willingly do so either, but it is his decision. Personally I would also just flash one of the MF3 ROMs or International updated ROMs and still have the ability to use custom recovery with the benefits (I don't really think there are any) of MF3.
scott14719 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42253396#post42253396
There is always a risk of screwing something up...so read the thread, follow the directions, and decide if you want to take the risk..it's your decision.
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This should work. When you type the command make sure that the block number ( mmcblk0p21) is correct. Any mistake there and you will get a $600 paperweight
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I read there is a root method for the MF3 OTA update in general section
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jball said:
I read there is a root method for the MF3 OTA update in general section
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This is correct, but it has nothing to do with the OP's request.
I read this hole page and u quoted the op wanted to update to mf3 so I just reassured the op that there is a root method for it .I do apologize to the op
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Thanks for all the replies.
I wanted to update to mf3 because isn't it a newer modem? I was waiting until root was possible which now there is a method for mf3.
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AT&T Message - Not Authorized Software found
rushi.1986 said:
This should work. When you type the command make sure that the block number ( mmcblk0p21) is correct. Any mistake there and you will get a $600 paperweight
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thanks god did not turn my cell into a $600 paperweight :laugh: ... the process worked, but, when I try to do a factory recovery a sign from ATT says, in the top:
Secure Fail: Kernel
and a yellow exclamation with the following message: "System software not authorized by AT&T has been found on your phone. Please turn off your phone and go to the nearest AT&T store for help."
has anyone seen this?
badboyz said:
I would like to update to mf3 but after doing the ota update it reboots to recovery but I now have twrp instead of the required stock recovery...
After doing a lot of searching the only solution I found was to flash the official firmware with odin, but I'm assuming I will have to do a factory reset after this?
Is it possible to replace twrp with the stock recovery without having to do a factory reset or is there another way to get the mf3 update with twrp? (I'd rather not have to re-install all my apps and settings)
I hope my questions make sense its late and I'm tired.
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You can flash your recovery with fastboot command:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery /path/to/revocery.img
I ended up just flashing the modem it seemed to be the safest option
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simone.mutti said:
You can flash your recovery with fastboot command:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery /path/to/revocery.img
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Are you sure that will work with the AT&T S4?
scott14719 said:
Are you sure that will work with the AT&T S4?
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I don't think so, pretty sure that the bootloader has to be unlocked to do that
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badboyz said:
I don't think so, pretty sure that the bootloader has to be unlocked to do that
Sent from my Samsung S4
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I'm confused, are you on stock mf3 and have twrp installed as your recovery?
jd1639 said:
I'm confused, are you on stock mf3 and have twrp installed as your recovery?
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I was on mdl rooted with twrp recovery then flashed just the modem for mf3
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MF3 and Clockwork recovery

I haven't seen much mention about putting clock work recovery on with MF3. I was able to flash it on my Galaxy S4 1337 MF3. Is there a reason I dont see any posts about CWR and MF3 besides there being no stock firmware? Also, will my CWR work like non MF3 users? For some reason I dont see a backup option in CWR...
You have cwm on your i337 with mf3 firmware?
jd1639 said:
You have cwm on your i337 with mf3 firmware?
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Ya. Cwr for sure. On my phone under about I see this under build: jdq39.1337ucuaMF3
Yay sure in sud tyrol
jd1639 said:
Yay sure in sud tyrol
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Sorry? I can post screens if I need to.
colbur87 said:
Sorry? I can post screens if I need to.
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You don't have the stock mf3 firmware.
jd1639 said:
You don't have the stock mf3 firmware.
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Hm, how can you tell? The baseband says: I337UCUAMF3
That really makes me believe I have the MF3 firmware. If not, what am I missing here?
Well with MF3 we aren't able to flash custom recoveries because of the locked bootloader why he seems skeptical but if you say you have MF3 baseband and CWM then that's interesting.
raulz28 said:
Well with MF3 we aren't able to flash custom recoveries because of the locked bootloader why he seems skeptical but if you say you have MF3 baseband and CWM then that's interesting.
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I see. Is what I did was follow the "new root method" for MF3 and I downloaded CWR from play store and flashed. When I boot into recovery it works. Although I haven't flashed anything. I also dont see the backup/restore selection. The
Maybe post up some pics of your baseband and with CWR the skepticism might go away.
Take a pic with a different phone if you have to.we would all like to use a custom recovery with no limitations.
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Possibly the stock recovery that he's gaining access to?
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I'm willing to bet you installed the ROM manager APK, which IS NOT CWM. One of the features of ROM manager is the ability to install CWM on some phones. The AT&T S4 with MF3 recovery IS NOT ONE OF THEM! If you actually attempt to install CWM on it, you will brick it (at least soft brick). You are most definitely getting into stock recovery. I suggest you put your phone down and learn about what is happening with it before you can't use it any more. There is a ton of information about this in the forums already. Even a little simple reading without searching will point you in the right direction for this information. If you continue to insist on having put CWM recovery on an MF3 phone (and it is still operational) then I suggest you post a screen shot or picture as requested.
scott14719 said:
I'm willing to bet you installed the ROM manager APK, which IS NOT CWM. One of the features of ROM manager is the ability to install CWM on some phones. The AT&T S4 with MF3 recovery IS NOT ONE OF THEM! If you actually attempt to install CWM on it, you will brick it (at least soft brick). You are most definitely getting into stock recovery. I suggest you put your phone down and learn about what is happening with it before you can't use it any more. There is a ton of information about this in the forums already. Even a little simple reading without searching will point you in the right direction for this information. If you continue to insist on having put CWM recovery on an MF3 phone (and it is still operational) then I suggest you post a screen shot or picture as requested.
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I agree
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raulz28 said:
Maybe post up some pics of your baseband and with CWR the skepticism might go away.
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Well I booted into recovery and it must be the default one (not CWM). All the options in there got me confused plus when I flashed it said successful. I should have paid more attention to the recovery mode. I saw clear cache and figured it was CWM.

[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.
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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.
shall plyinuf
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.
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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.
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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.

Process to Flash MDL via Odin [Help]

I'm still deciding whether or not I should flash back to MDL and OTA the 4.3 update when it comes out. What is the exact process in flashing via Odin?
I already know this far;
Download Odin and MDL .tar
Go through the process and let it flash
Wait for the green
Flashed - Boot like normal
OTA to 4.3
I have been hearing about something called Triangle Away. What am I supposed to do exactly with it? What I know so far is, if you want to send your device in for repair or warranty, you should do Triangle Away?
Thanks!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2314494
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2261573
The first link is somewhat useless for what I'm asking. Unless I'm completely oblivious of something.
I already checked Adam's thread, but what is the whole thing about Triangle Away and the flash counter?
Exactly how am I supposed to use it?
Do I flash to MDL, root and then use Triangle Away and then flash via Odin back to MDL or what?
EDIT:
I just installed Triangle Away and my Flash Counter is at 0. So nevermind, I guess I don't have to do anything. Except the weird thing is, I have flashed custom ROM's at least over a couple dozen times and custom recovery twice.
What firmware are you on? I'm sorry if you are on MF3 you cannot downgrade. If you are on MF3, you can root and use safestrap to flash tw roms. Your options are either to stay on MF3 and root it or upgrade.
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HiTideBlastoise said:
What firmware are you on? I'm sorry if you are on MF3 you cannot downgrade. If you are on MF3, you can root and use safestrap to flash tw roms. Your options are either to stay on MF3 and root it or upgrade.
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MDL
Here...
http://www.androidrootz.com/2013/06...alaxy-s4-gt-i505-m919-i337-international.html
There is ALWAYS risk. If you try it, you take responsibility for the risk!
I suggest you use the XDA search function or Google if you have any more concers because the answer has generally already been posted to most questions...you just have to search for them and read / learn about them.
Good luck.
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Why not just wait until one of the Devs releases the ODIN TAR for 4.3? It should be available soon after the OTA.
Better yet, just flash a 4.3 ROM to your phone. That way, you can still have the option of Rooting or using a custom recovery on your phone. If you take the 4.3 OTA or ODIN 4.3 to your phone, you will not be able to ROOT or use a custom recovery, at least not yet.

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