Alright, I made a mistake. What do... - Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot

I have an S4 with TWRP 2.6 + CyanogenMod 10.1.3, and CF Autoroot.
I wanted to start over again, so I went into TWRP and rest everything.
Now it won't boot.
I can get into download and recovery (TWRP is somehow still present)
The pieces are here. What I'd like to do is somehow nuke all aftermarket mods, and start over.
So, how do I get it to boot up?

Go back into twrp and flash the rom again.
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hotspace said:
Go back into twrp and flash the rom again.
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The ROM isn't present. All data was nuked.

So apperently recovery is gone, and now I can get into stock recovery.. but it has a red tri-angle. WHat do?

This will get you back to stock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2357471

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2303917
Head over to that thread and find the stock ROM. Your going to have to ODIN back to stock.

So long as I can get into recovery or download, my device isn't screwed, right?

hotspace said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2303917
Head over to that thread and find the stock ROM. Your going to have to ODIN back to stock.
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Odexed? Which one?

Mansevolver said:
So long as I can get into recovery or download, my device isn't screwed, right?
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That seems to be the general concensus.
When you can't get to download and recovery, then you're screwed.
Odexed is the way the phone comes out of the box.
Deodexed allows you to add themes and other mods, I think.
Not super sure on that.

ObrienDave said:
That seems to be the general concensus.
When you can't get to download and recovery, then you're screwed.
Odexed is the way the phone comes out of the box.
Deodexed allows you to add themes, I think.
Not super sure on that.
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Alright. I have the Odexed one. it's a .tar.rar. I simply go into download mode, throw the file into PDA on ODIN, and flash?

Mansevolver said:
Alright. I have the Odexed one. it's a .tar.rar. I simply go into download mode, throw the file into PDA on ODIN, and flash?
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Extract the .tar file from the .rar
Do not extract anything from the .tar
Flash the .tar in PDA mode.
Be patient after reboot.
Can take quite a while for the system to rebuild.

ObrienDave said:
Extract the .tar file from the .rar
Do not extract anything from the .tar
Flash the .tar in PDA mode.
Be patient after reboot.
Can take quite a while for the system to rebuild.
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What program for extracting? In my Downloads, it's just a white page. No extract option.

Mansevolver said:
What program for extracting? In my Downloads, it's just a white page. No extract option.
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Move the .rar to your PC
Use 7zip to extract the .tar

ObrienDave said:
Move the .rar to your PC
Use 7zip to extract the .tar
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it was one file. It was ".tar.rar"
I extracted to desktop, and it's still one file. Only now it's a .tar.MD5

Mansevolver said:
it was one file. It was ".tar.rar"
I extracted to desktop, and it's still one file. Only now it's a .tar.MD5
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Flash the MD5 file in PDA mode.

ObrienDave said:
Flash the MD5 file in PDA mode.
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Alright. The phone works now (Thanks)
HOWEVER. Now in the stock recovery, a red triangle pops up saying "no command"

Mansevolver said:
Alright. The phone works now (Thanks)
HOWEVER. Now in the stock recovery, a red triangle pops up saying "no command"
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Have you tired to Odin a recovery so you can flash Roms again ?
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Mansevolver said:
Alright. I have the Odexed one. it's a .tar.rar. I simply go into download mode, throw the file into PDA on ODIN, and flash?
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If its a .rar file. Unrar that file and just only have the .tar. And yep that basically it

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cant flash firmware please help

hi i was using bobcatrom on my s4 but thought i would try evil rom ,i installed rom to my ex sd card flashed rom through cwm it got 10% through and booted to galaxy screen ,i then went into cwm and tried the bobcat rom but the same happened,i then went to sam firmware and dowloaded stock ,it is the form of a zip ,how do i flash this zip using odin,please help has i need my phone urgently many thanks
someone please
I think you need to extract the contents of zip first.
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Search and you shall find: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41072426
xyzulu said:
Search and you shall find: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41072426
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yes i did find that ,but it takes me over 2 hours to download file
i have bootloader
csc
modem
platform
in the zip ,what goes where in odin please cheers
westentertainer said:
yes i did find that ,but it takes me over 2 hours to download file
i have bootloader
csc
modem
platform
in the zip ,what goes where in odin please cheers
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You've unzipped 1 too many times.
You need the .Tar file.
Flash this in PDA section of Odin and you're good to go!
I would recommend formatting cache, data, system and preload in CWM first.
xyzulu said:
Search and you shall find: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41072426
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Obagleyfreer said:
You've unzipped 1 too many times.
You need the .Tar file.
Flash this in PDA section of Odin and you're good to go!
I would recommend formatting cache, data, system and preload in CWM first.
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i managed to get it up and running again now thanks, by putting the single tar files in the appropriate sections in odin
westentertainer said:
i managed to get it up and running again now thanks, by putting the single tar files in the appropriate sections in odin
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Good idea is to KEEP a copy of the stock rom for these little incidents... It is easier, and sometimes the only way, to flash the stock rom after a bad flash...
If you have the I9505 I would suggest buying Mobile ODIN... It makes flashing ALL roms so much easier... You do need to root the phone 1st though with PC ODIN. After that you can flash the tar files through it or the custom rom zip files... Mods can be flashed easily too.
since no one has suggested a nandroid backup, i am going ahead and doing that.
i have found it to be the most helpful when things go wrong

HELP!!

Hey Ive been running infamousness alpha s4 rom. Tried to flash 9.0 but go stuck in a boot loop. So I looked into it people said it was twsp recovery. So I downloaded philz recovery and flashed it. I forgot to flash Loki doki and I put my phone into recovery mood and now the exclamation mark keeps popping up saying system not authorized by AT&T. Idk what to do can anyone help??
Ok managed to restart the phone by holding all volume down and home and off. But now I don't know what to do about the recovery. If I go into recovery it will probably happen again. Is there a way to go into the system files and delete
Division4thor said:
Ok managed to restart the phone by holding all volume down and home and off. But now I don't know what to do about the recovery. If I go into recovery it will probably happen again. Is there a way to go into the system files and delete
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Can you get into recovery? Get in there and flash Loki doki.
jd1639 said:
Can you get into recovery? Get in there and flash Loki doki.
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I can't that's when I got the warning saying it's not authorized AT&T software. So idk if I can delete philz out of the system then flash it then Loki doki. Idk what to do
Division4thor said:
I can't that's when I got the warning saying it's not authorized AT&T software. So idk if I can delete philz out of the system then flash it then Loki doki. Idk what to do
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Oif you can't get into recovery then you going to have to odin back to stock. Since you have a recovery I assume you're on the mdl firmware?
jd1639 said:
Oif you can't get into recovery then you going to have to odin back to stock. Since you have a recovery I assume you're on the mdl firmware?
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**** idk how to do that guess I gotta start researching lol. And yes Mdl firmware
Division4thor said:
**** idk how to do that guess I gotta start researching lol. And yes Mdl firmware
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I've including a link to a guide. It is not for the i337 so don't use any files referenced in it. But it's a good guide. You're going to want to get the firmware from sammobile.com. You have to register but it's free. Download the firmware for your specific device. You'll download a zip file. Use 7-zip to extract the .tar.md5 file. Use that in Odin, PDA.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26056924
Good luck
Division4thor said:
**** idk how to do that guess I gotta start researching lol. And yes Mdl firmware
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jd1639 said:
I've including a link to a guide. It is not for the i337 so don't use any files referenced in it. But it's a good guide. You're going to want to get the firmware from sammobile.com. You have to register but it's free. Download the firmware for your specific device. You'll download a zip file. Use 7-zip to extract the .tar.md5 file. Use that in Odin, PDA.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26056924
Good luck
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agreed. here's a link to MDL here on xda: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=42025730&postcount=160
xBeerdroiDx said:
agreed. here's a link to MDL here on xda: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=42025730&postcount=160
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BD, that link has mdb unless some where in the posts it links to mdl. That's why I usually have people go to sammobile.
jd1639 said:
BD, that link has mdb unless some where in the posts it links to mdl. That's why I usually have people go to sammobile.
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it has mdl as well. look :silly:
xBeerdroiDx said:
it has mdl as well. look :silly:
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It sure does, thanks

Sprint s4 sph-l720 help!!!!

Ok so I was running CM 11 while i was on MK2 firmware....i flashed a wrong file now i am stuck, I can get into download mode.
My device is Sprint Galaxy S4 running the MK2 firmware, but i have no idea where to go because it will not boot up anymore and only goes into download mode, any ideas on how to fix?
Thanks
i flashed a wrong file now i am stuck
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Boy that could be bad...
BUT if you get to Download mode you may be able to grab the full MK2 Odin-able .tar you should be Okay.
Please note that the sph-L720 is NOT the L720T. If you have that version and you flash this .tar you'll be hosed.
leaderbuilder said:
Boy that could be bad...
BUT if you get to Download mode you may be able to grab the full MK2 Odin-able .tar you should be Okay.
Please note that the sph-L720 is NOT the L720T. If you have that version and you flash this .tar you'll be hosed.
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Ok thanks, i will try this and let you know later after its all downloaded and what happens!
RogSeve said:
Ok thanks, i will try this and let you know later after its all downloaded and what happens!
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Make sure to Run Odin 'as administrator'.
From the zip just extract the .tar.md5 and place that into the PDA slot. Odin 3.09 seems to be working the best for most on this device.
leaderbuilder said:
Make sure to Run Odin 'as administrator'.
From the zip just extract the .tar.md5 and place that into the PDA slot. Odin 3.09 seems to be working the best for most on this device.
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Yup just downloaded that odin actually, but i have to wait about an hour for that mk2 file to download. And thanks i know I've actually done this before but on mf9 so it was a little easier. Will this bring me back to stock?
Thanks
RogSeve said:
Yup just downloaded that odin actually, but i have to wait about an hour for that mk2 file to download. And thanks i know I've actually done this before but on mf9 so it was a little easier. Will this bring me back to stock?
Thanks
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You'll be stock everything - baseband(modem), kernel, recovery and ROM.
You will have the knox bootloader, so when you flash a custom recovery you'll 'trip' that. But not really a big deal. You can remove the 'Knox software(s) if you want - there are some removal scripts here in the forums. Only thing is you can't Odin back before MJA/MK2.
To root you can use CF-Autoroot or Saferoot, then use Goomanager or find a recovery zip here and install custom recovery of your choice.
leaderbuilder said:
You'll be stock everything - baseband(modem), kernel, recovery and ROM.
You will have the knox bootloader, so when you flash a custom recovery you'll 'trip' that. But not really a big deal. You can remove the 'Knox software(s) if you want - there are some removal scripts here in the forums. Only thing is you can't Odin back before MJA/MK2.
To root you can use CF-Autoroot or Saferoot, then use Goomanager or find a recovery zip here and install custom recovery of your choice.
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Ill try that later if it works, i might just stay on stock mk2 don't wanna mess anything else up....lol
RogSeve said:
Ill try that later if it works, i might just stay on stock mk2 don't wanna mess anything else up....lol
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Ok so now when i try to open it up in odin it says hash value is invalid....any ideas on what to do for that?
leaderbuilder said:
You'll be stock everything - baseband(modem), kernel, recovery and ROM.
You will have the knox bootloader, so when you flash a custom recovery you'll 'trip' that. But not really a big deal. You can remove the 'Knox software(s) if you want - there are some removal scripts here in the forums. Only thing is you can't Odin back before MJA/MK2.
To root you can use CF-Autoroot or Saferoot, then use Goomanager or find a recovery zip here and install custom recovery of your choice.
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Ok when i try to open the mk2 file it keeps saying the md5 hash is invalid. Ive tried 3 different odins to open it and i get the same result..
You don't open the .tar.md5 file.
You place this file - L720VPUEMK2_L720SPTEMK2_L720VPUEMK2_HOME.tar.md5 in the PDA slot.
RogSeve said:
Ok so I was running CM 11 while i was on MK2 firmware....i flashed a wrong file now i am stuck, I can get into download mode.
My device is Sprint Galaxy S4 running the MK2 firmware, but i have no idea where to go because it will not boot up anymore and only goes into download mode, any ideas on how to fix?
Thanks
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have you tried heimdall? its unbricked me a few times, and its way easier to use too. i think you can use ob both windows and mac, i used on mac. if you are familiar with how to use a command line tool or terminal, this is the way to go. just my humble opinion.

[Q] Flash Stock aboot fail

So I am trying to flash a stock rom on my s4 i337 because i want to 4.4.2 but when i hit start in Odin it says FAIL! (Auth) Somebody please help
What firmware are you on and what file are you trying to flash in Odin
pmedeiross said:
So I am trying to flash a stock rom on my s4 i337 because i want to 4.4.2 but when i hit start in Odin it says FAIL! (Auth) Somebody please help
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Need more info. Are you mf3 or mk2? What did you flash in Odin?
---------- Post added at 03:28 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:27 PM ----------
jd1639 said:
What firmware are you on and what file are you trying to flash in Odin
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Man you're fast! Like Superman.
:good:
John The Rhino said:
Need more info. Are you mf3 or mk2? What did you flash in Odin?
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Oh sorry. i am on mk2 and i flashed a stock rom called I337UCUAMDB_I337ATTAMDB_I337UCUAMDB_HOME.tar
Flash the one here instead:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2621279
pmedeiross said:
Oh sorry. i am on mk2 and i flashed a stock rom called I337UCUAMDB_I337ATTAMDB_I337UCUAMDB_HOME.tar
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That's the problem wrong firmware. You need to flash this is Odin http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49687770
jd1639 said:
That's the problem wrong firmware. You need to flash this is Odin http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49687770
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thank you so much. i will try this and get back to you when finished!
jd1639 said:
That's the problem wrong firmware. You need to flash this is Odin http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49687770
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ok that worked, but i now have a new problem. When i update OTA to 4.4.2 it downloads but when installing it cancels and says it was interrupted. how can i update?
pmedeiross said:
ok that worked, but i now have a new problem. When i update OTA to 4.4.2 it downloads but when installing it cancels and says it was interrupted. how can i update?
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I would try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=50667360
Go to the second post in the thread. Start with step 7. You'll want to side load the update.zip through adb. To do that you'll boot into recovery and side load the update.zip file. Follow the instructions to side load only.
Edit, if that doesn't work I would Odin the mk2 files again and attempt the ota again.
jd1639 said:
That's the problem wrong firmware. You need to flash this is Odin http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49687770
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jd1639 said:
I would try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=50667360
Go to the second post in the thread. Start with step 7. You'll want to side load the update.zip through adb. To do that you'll boot into recovery and side load the update.zip file. Follow the instructions to side load only.
Edit, if that doesn't work I would Odin the mk2 files again and attempt the ota again.
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during the sideload i got an error message that read signature verification failed. I never thought it'd be so hard just to update my phone
pmedeiross said:
during the sideload i got an error message that read signature verification failed. I never thought it'd be so hard just to update my phone
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It shouldn't be this hard. You have something funny with your phone. Why don't you try to Odin the mk2 files again.
jd1639 said:
It shouldn't be this hard. You have something funny with your phone. Why don't you try to Odin the mk2 files again.
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Ive done that like 4 times already... am i using the correct file out of the 4 pack? AP_I337UCUEMK2_1921628_REV06_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar
pmedeiross said:
Ive done that like 4 times already... am i using the correct file out of the 4 pack? AP_I337UCUEMK2_1921628_REV06_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar
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Yes, that's the right file. And if odin didn't give you any errors then it flashed correctly. I'm kind of stumped right now. The nb1 update.zip you downloaded has an md5, did you check that to make sure the download was good?
EDIT, What a minute I see the problem. you need to use all 4 of the files. Put the AP file in PDA, BL in bootlaoder, CP in phone and CSC in CSC of odin.
jd1639 said:
Yes, that's the right file. And if odin didn't give you any errors then it flashed correctly. I'm kind of stumped right now. The nb1 update.zip you downloaded has an md5, did you check that to make sure the download was good?
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the nb1 update zip has multiple folder including META INF, patch, recovery, and system. I cant find an md5, does that mean i have the wrong update zip?
pmedeiross said:
the nb1 update zip has multiple folder including META INF, patch, recovery, and system. I cant find an md5, does that mean i have the wrong update zip?
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No I ment the md5 check sum it's unique to the file and can be used to verify the file integrity. But see my edit above. That's the problem.
jd1639 said:
Yes, that's the right file. And if odin didn't give you any errors then it flashed correctly. I'm kind of stumped right now. The nb1 update.zip you downloaded has an md5, did you check that to make sure the download was good?
EDIT, What a minute I see the problem. you need to use all 4 of the files. Put the AP file in PDA, BL in bootlaoder, CP in phone and CSC in CSC of odin.
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I cant thank you enough! Thank you so much. I'll reply back when complete!
EDIT: It worked! thank you so much! i am now enjoying 4.2.2

NC2 back MJE

Can someone please point me to best instructions on how to revert NC2 back to MJE. And how to root MJE. Thanks
Go to android development section.
Find dutchdogg54 post with the firmwares.
Download the mje rooted odin file.
Or download the mje stock unrooted file.
Extract the file.
It will not be a .md5
Place the file in the pda section within the odin application (on computer)
*side note- do not press anything other than the pda button in odin. You will destroy your phone*
Put phone in download mode.
Make sure odin sees your phone in the COM ports and then you can hit start.
It will auto reboot. And you're good to go.
Odin versions do not matter
barrackOBAMA said:
Find dutchdogg54 post with the firmwares.
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Here's that link...
Thanks, this clears things up.
barrackOBAMA said:
Go to android development section.
Find dutchdogg54 post with the firmwares.
Download the mje rooted odin file.
Or download the mje stock unrooted file.
Extract the file.
It will not be a .md5
Place the file in the pda section within the odin application (on computer)
*side note- do not press anything other than the pda button in odin. You will destroy your phone*
Put phone in download mode.
Make sure odin sees your phone in the COM ports and then you can hit start.
It will auto reboot. And you're good to go.
Odin versions do not matter
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You said to download the "mje rooted odin file". I am unable to locate that file, do you have a link for that?
ShaunWinSC said:
You said to download the "mje rooted odin file". I am unable to locate that file, do you have a link for that?
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It's listed here under Stock 4.3 Files.
acdnykon said:
It's listed here under Stock 4.3 Files.
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"ALL_N900VVRUBMJE_N900VVZWMJE_2106277_REV03_user_lo w_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5" has root access already?
ShaunWinSC said:
"ALL_N900VVRUBMJE_N900VVZWMJE_2106277_REV03_user_lo w_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5" has root access already?
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As I did not post these files, you'd have to go to the source to find out. But from reading what it says in the thread, this is strictly a STOCK only version of 4.3. Unless it specifically states otherwise, I would take this to mean that this is NOT a rooted version of this stock file. Get in touch with dutchdogg54 to make sure, but I'm going to have to say no that it's not a rooted 4.3 rom.

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