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[Q] Help reverting to stock... usual steps not working

Goal:
Latest firmware info from SamMobile
GT-I9505 Galaxy S 4 LTE
PDA: I9505XXUBMGA
CSC: I9505OXXBMG3
MODEM: I9505XXUBMGA
Previous set up:
Custom Recovery. Philz Touch
ROM http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2352258
I has also attempted to update the base band when on this rom to MGA to the About device Baseband version stayed at XXUBMEA
Situation: I was getting lots of force closureswouldn'tentually it just wouldnt reboot, thenre-flashedvery failed. I reflashed the recovery and restored from wouldn'thowever it still wouldnt boot. (About 90% of the way through the bSamsungmation the audio samsung logo sound died. The Samsunghen went to the "samsung" static image with the blue LED light on and just stayed there... for about 30 mins before I force shutdown the phone.
I the attempted to flash stock ROM (listed in Goal above) downloaded from SamMobile. The same thing happened again. Boot gets stuck. I got into stock recovery and wre-flashedactory reset and reflashed. The ROM installed but I had no wifi. I then flashed the I9505XXUBMGA modem. Reboot and I had wifi. However About device still shows XXUBMEA baseband.
I wanted to see if I was able to get OTA updates from Samsung however Samsung update app is saying that the device is modified... so something isnt quite right yet. Im guessing it might be to do with the modem / baseband but to be honest I am a bit lost.
Screen shot of my current About Device Information. Also Device Status is showing as custom..
Thinking outloud here... would a Root->TriangleAway->reset counter etc->flash philz touch->full wipe for new ROM->boot to download->Odin flash stock fix it? Or could that do any further damage?

First install chainfires triangle away to reset your flash counter. For this you need root.
Then do a factory reset in recovery and flash stock with odin.
You wont get ota when flash counter >0 so give it a try.
Hopefully this helps
EDIT: If the new modem wont appear after a odin flash then uncheck the auto reboot option in odin and flash the modem twice, that helped for me.

Device Status is showing as custom, because you had flashed non-stock rom...
so the wifi not working, but can you make call??
The first time I flashed OMEGA ROM, wifi did not work, but flashed Adam kernel fixing the issue.

Look at his attachment, mobile connection seems working
@polcup please report back if it worked.

cellegg said:
Device Status is showing as custom, because you had flashed non-stock rom...
so the wifi not working, but can you make call??
The first time I flashed OMEGA ROM, wifi did not work, but flashed Adam kernel fixing the issue.
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Wifi is now working after I flashedlashed the I9505XXUBMGA modem. Rebooted and I had wifi. However About device still shows XXUBMEA baseband.
Calls and mobile date is fine.
_sebha said:
Look at his attachment, mobile connection seems working
@polcup please report back if it worked.
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Yep, I will try that over lunch and see if it works. Not sure that will get me to the XXUBMGA modem though but its certainly a step in the right direction.
I really appreciate both your replys. Thanks.

Look at my edit in first post.
Uncheck auto reboot in odin and flash only the modem twice (manual reboot to download mode after first flash) after second flash reboot device.
That worked for me

_sebha said:
Look at my edit in first post.
Uncheck auto reboot in odin and flash only the modem twice (manual reboot to download mode after first flash) after second flash reboot device.
That worked for me
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Superb! I will try that as well. Thanks!!

Update
I was unable to root I9505XXUBMGA. CF-Autoroot didnt stick. I tried a couple of installs. One through Odin and one through CWM. Neither took.
I flashed an older pre-rooted stock rom I had XXUBMEA and then ran Triangle away. It returned the counter to '0' and brought the status back to official.
So now im back to stock MEA and to be honest I am happy to stay here for a bit. I will maybe move up to MGA if I find a pre-rooted version.
Thanks for your help.
Sorted!

Wifi and sound problem

Hi, i just got myself a Samsung Galaxy S4 and i have succesfully flashed several roms. But when i flashed back to the original firmware with Odin, suddenly my WiFi can't be enabled, and my speakers don't work. I have tried factory resetting, and a full wipe, but it didn't work. But when i use a different rom, the wifi starts working again.
if anyone could help me it would be great

known issue with MJ5 stock firmware, is this what you have?
Flash one of the Wifi Fix modems here with Odin. Make sure that the one you download matches the firmware you are running.
Hope that fixes it, if it doesn't work first time, flash it, restart phone back into download mode, and flash again. Had to do that with mine.

Pulse654321 said:
known issue with MJ5 stock firmware, is this what you have?
Flash one of the Wifi Fix modems with Odin. Make sure that the one you download matches the firmware you are running.
Hope that fixes it, if it doesn't work first time, flash it, restart phone back into download mode, and flash again. Had to do that with mine.
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No, im sorry it didn't work for me, not even the doubleflash thing
I should probably just send it in on my warranty

[Q] Signal dead when phone is in sleep mode

Hi guys,
I have a problem since the first 4.3 release. When the phone is in sleep mode, the cellular signal dead and i must turn on the airplane mode and turn off it. It's a very fastidious problem, what can i do?
GT-9505 with XViSiON Rom and KT Kernel.
PS: Sorry for my english

anyone?

I have the same problem.
I have even tried different Android 4.3 ROM's to my GT-I9505 where all lost it's GSM signal when i'm setting my phone into sleep mode.
I though for some time that my phone was faulty somewhere here. But to confirm that this was only happening in Android 4.3, i installed FoxHound v2.0 ROM earlier today witch was the latest Android 4.2.2 ROM of that ROM. Here i don't have that problem anylonger.
So what's going on with the Android 4.3 ROM's. Does anyone have any clues?

must be the modem, i had a similar problem back when i was on the S3 and it was related to that
Sent from my GT-I9500 using Tapatalk

happy to know I'm not the only one and happy to know that the problem is only in 4.3. can I flash the 4.2.2 modem on 4.3 rom? or it isn't compatible?
Thanks for reply and sorry for my English

You probably have flashed/installed too good modification
Try to reinstall software, do restore from backup (if you have) or try to google it... No idea why.. I understand it happens for wifi, but not for "mobile signal"

Ok I flashed a MH8 modem and for now it's ok, today and tomorrow i test if it work.

Ok, i have now flashed the XXUEMK8 modem by doing the instructions under here:
Originally Posted by lambstone
Ok it worked.
If anyone else is having issues with the baseband not changing, do this.
Use Odin v3.04
Untick Autoreboot
Flash modem
Reboot once again into Download Mode using (Vol Down plus Home button combi)
Flash Modem once more
Once done,unplug then reboot device manually.
If this doesn't work, try repeating the flash process again while rebooting manually and with auto-reboot option turned off.
The only thing i did differently was to use the Odin3 v3.0.9 application instead. You can download this here or here.
You can find all of the modems you need here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2192025
Now the signals isn't dropping anymore :laugh:
So there you have my confirmation on this. So anyone who have the same problem should just do the same by installing the newest modem you find in the link over.

Tom-Helge said:
Ok, i have now flashed the XXUEMK8 modem by doing the instructions under here:
Originally Posted by lambstone
Ok it worked.
If anyone else is having issues with the baseband not changing, do this.
Use Odin v3.04
Untick Autoreboot
Flash modem
Reboot once again into Download Mode using (Vol Down plus Home button combi)
Flash Modem once more
Once done,unplug then reboot device manually.
If this doesn't work, try repeating the flash process again while rebooting manually and with auto-reboot option turned off.
The only thing i did differently was to use the Odin3 v3.0.9 application instead. You can download this here or here.
You can find all of the modems you need here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2192025
Now the signals isn't dropping anymore :laugh:
So there you have my confirmation on this. So anyone who have the same problem should just do the same http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2192025
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Yes it work, maybe the MK8 modem is fixed for this problem... thanks a lot ^_^
I hope this thread help who have this problem

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!!!
Sent from my GT-N7100 using xda app-developers app

[Q] i9505 WiFi not working - tried ALL solutions (GNG8 baseband)

Hi!
Does anyone ever managed to fix not working WiFi on i9505 flashed to stock 4.4.2 with GNG8 and higher modems/basebands? On a daily basis i'm running CM11 but due to heavy GPS problems I decided to go to stock 4.4.2 (I9505XXUGNG8_I9505YXZGNH2_XEO).
Unfortunately I never managed to get WiFi fixed. I've tried everything I found on xda. And yes, i'm experienced Android user
What I've tried:
1. re-flash modem and NON-HLOS.bin files, tried multiple times - no success. Also tried single flash but from "hard power off".
1a. did factory resets, reflashed, rebooted and so on and so forth.
2. re-flashed all rom again - no success
3. re-flashed bootloader, also multiple times.
4. tried to edit build.prop and disabled "secure.storage" (switched do false) - no success
I've repeated every one step in a different order, like flashing modem, no auto reboot, flashing again, then flashing NON-HLOS etc. etc.
I have "Black edition" device so I hoped stock rom would fit perfectly. Ofcourse this stock is working better than CM11 latest on this machine - better battery life and better GPS operation, but no WiFi is a real pain.
Anyone have any clues what could be wrong?
Thanks,
Tomek

So just to summarize, Wifi works on CM but not on TW based roms?
tomeq_ said:
Hi!
Does anyone ever managed to fix not working WiFi on i9505 flashed to stock 4.4.2 with GNG8 and higher modems/basebands? On a daily basis i'm running CM11 but due to heavy GPS problems I decided to go to stock 4.4.2 (I9505XXUGNG8_I9505YXZGNH2_XEO).
Unfortunately I never managed to get WiFi fixed. I've tried everything I found on xda. And yes, i'm experienced Android user
What I've tried:
1. re-flash modem and NON-HLOS.bin files, tried multiple times - no success. Also tried single flash but from "hard power off".
1a. did factory resets, reflashed, rebooted and so on and so forth.
2. re-flashed all rom again - no success
3. re-flashed bootloader, also multiple times.
4. tried to edit build.prop and disabled "secure.storage" (switched do false) - no success
I've repeated every one step in a different order, like flashing modem, no auto reboot, flashing again, then flashing NON-HLOS etc. etc.
I have "Black edition" device so I hoped stock rom would fit perfectly. Ofcourse this stock is working better than CM11 latest on this machine - better battery life and better GPS operation, but no WiFi is a real pain.
Anyone have any clues what could be wrong?
Thanks,
Tomek
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Lennyz1988 said:
So just to summarize, Wifi works on CM but not on TW based roms?
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Yes, that's correct (whatever TW means) - wifi works on CM11 latest but not on stock 4.4.2. What surprised me most: after reverting back to CM11 from nand backup I noticed that i'm now on GNG8 baseband/modem that got flashed from stock, and this configuration works like a charm! GPS, WiFi, 3G/4G audio and data works great on first sight and few hours of testing.
So, this must be the problem with kernel and/or modules in I9505XXUGNG8_I9505YXZGNH2_XEO rom not the baseband/modem issue itself...
I think I would try another stock 4.4.2 (I9505XXUGNH2_I9505PLSGNH1_PLS) and see if it will resolve WiFi issue....
Greets,
Tomek

tomeq_ said:
Yes, that's correct (whatever TW means) - wifi works on CM11 latest but not on stock 4.4.2. What surprised me most: after reverting back to CM11 from nand backup I noticed that i'm now on GNG8 baseband/modem that got flashed from stock, and this configuration works like a charm! GPS, WiFi, 3G/4G audio and data works great on first sight and few hours of testing.
So, this must be the problem with kernel and/or modules in I9505XXUGNG8_I9505YXZGNH2_XEO rom not the baseband/modem issue itself...
I think I would try another stock 4.4.2 (I9505XXUGNH2_I9505PLSGNH1_PLS) and see if it will resolve WiFi issue....
Greets,
Tomek
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The solution is that you have to flash the correct CSC (region code) for your device. You can know it installing this APP.

Joku1981 said:
The solution is that you have to flash the correct CSC (region code) for your device. You can know it installing this].
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Hi, I think CSC setting is not the case. CSC should not interfere with WiFi operation at all.
When I flashed stock 4.4.2 XEO (i'm in Poland so XEO or PLS are good for me, phone was branded by PLS before) CSC in stock recovery was "Multi-CSC". Now it has changed to NEE for some reason. It happened after one of the re-flashes.
Despite that, with CSC set to NEE, CM11 is working perfectly with all features on GNG8 modem/baseband. Stock - no WiFi still.
Greets,
Tomek

Wifi off
Hello
I have the same problem with my samsung I9505, i am on Morocco and i m tried all solution no one work
AP : I9505XXUGNK4
CP: I9505XXUGNH7
CSC: I9505OXAGNK4

Aminest said:
Hello
I have the same problem with my samsung I9505, i am on Morocco and i m tried all solution no one work
AP : I9505XXUGNK4
CP: I9505XXUGNH7
CSC: I9505OXAGNK4
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The firmware you are flashing is DBT (Germany). You can download it: HERE. In theory you have to have:
AP : I9505XXUGNK4
CP: I9505XXUGNK4
CSC: I9505OXAGNK4
Reflash that firmware 2 times for fix your device :highfive:

tomeq_ said:
Hi, I think CSC setting is not the case. CSC should not interfere with WiFi operation at all.
When I flashed stock 4.4.2 XEO (i'm in Poland so XEO or PLS are good for me, phone was branded by PLS before) CSC in stock recovery was "Multi-CSC". Now it has changed to NEE for some reason. It happened after one of the re-flashes.
Despite that, with CSC set to NEE, CM11 is working perfectly with all features on GNG8 modem/baseband. Stock - no WiFi still.
Greets,
Tomek
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Just try what Yoku suggests.

Hi, I downloaded the firmware that you gave me, and I flash 2 times but without any results :/

Lennyz1988 said:
Just try what Yoku suggests.
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I found the solution to WiFi and it is not connected with CSC setting (I still have NEE instead of XEO).
I managed to flash XEO firmware stock with WiFi finally working and enabled. This is just ridiculous and seems completely pointless and troublesome but.... :
1. turn off phone completly, some say that you just need to turn off by power button and then go to ODIN. I found that (by trying few times) it is mandatory to take out the battery not just powering off the phone by button.
2. put battery on, and enter ODIN mode (Vol Down + home).
3. flash, remember to untick "Auto reboot".
4. after successfull flash, again take out battery.
5. again, put battery on, enter ODIN mode.
6. flash, AND AGAIN remember: do not auto reboot! (untick "Auto reboot")
7. after successfull flash.... Yes - remove battery put battery on and enter RECOVERY mode this time.
8. instead of stock recovery menu it will show some progressbar going with green android and then it will reboot. Let him do so.
9. after reboot and settle down for minute or two, poweroff by removing battery.
10. enter stock recovery, now it will work and do Factory Wipe/reset. Reboot.
This procedure I found after maybe 10-15 reflashings. I think that crucial parts are: remove battery between every reflash and going to recovery at the end, two times.. other options i've tried didn't help at all.
I'm wondering why is that? Is it some kind of write protection (besides KNOX thing) that does not allow to simple flash/reboot procedure?
But still - I cant figure out why CSC is set to first from the list of available CSCs after that operation (NEE is first, there's some other possible CSCs and XEO at the end).
Greets,
Tomek