[Q] HELP. Clockwork Recovery. - AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin

My Clockwork recovery fails to flash. Clockwork recovery mod. It successfully flashes in the rom manager, but it fails to load recovery and falls back to stock recovery. Any suggestions?

Are you on mdl firmware? Or mf3

Read all about MF3 would be my suggestion.
MF3 SS I337 GS4

jball said:
Read all about MF3 would be my suggestion.
MF3 SS I337 GS4
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MF3?
Here is how I rooted my phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2387577 I hope that helps. Im really lost.

DarkfireInsanity said:
MF3?
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he's asking about your build number.
settings > about phone
the build number will likely end in either MDL or MF3 if you're an at&t user.
read up.

xBeerdroiDx said:
he's asking about your build number.
settings > about phone
the build number will likely end in either MDL or MF3 if you're an at&t user.
read up.
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It ends with MF3.

DarkfireInsanity said:
It ends with MF3.
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Lol I'm surprised you haven't ended up with a soft brick by now.
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DarkfireInsanity said:
It ends with MF3.
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The "pinned" threads in the general and Q&A sections will tell you about it.

scott14719 said:
The "pinned" threads in the general and Q&A sections will tell you about it.
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So, basically there isn't a working recovery at the moment. Hmm.

DarkfireInsanity said:
So, basically there isn't a working recovery at the moment. Hmm.
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Yep, you got it

jd1639 said:
Yep, you got it
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Why is there working recoveries for all other brands, except AT&T? Does anyone have any idea?

DarkfireInsanity said:
Why is there working recoveries for all other brands, except AT&T? Does anyone have any idea?
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Why are you ignoring the suggestions to read about it? I even told you where to find the information. The information you are asking has already been discussed.

DarkfireInsanity said:
Why is there working recoveries for all other brands, except AT&T? Does anyone have any idea?
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If you had mdl firmware there would be a working recovery. Safe strap is what you have available on mf3. Ask at&t why

Search : Safestrap its all over our forum .
Its what all MF3 users are runnig to flash custom roms .
4.2.2 Touchwiz roms only
Locked bootloader is why we don't have a working recovery.
sent from a I337 MF3 S4

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trouble with flashing ROM stock i337

Hello guys, I have some trouble with flashing ROM stock , I got galaxy 4 at&t i337 , when I get in download mode I see on the top left
write protection: enable.
.When I try to flash in the Odin I am getting Fail. After few seconds .
fail (AUTH).
I don't know why . any one can help me?
Are you on MF3 or MDL?
haremmon said:
Are you on MF3 or MDL?
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im on MF3
giler123 said:
im on MF3
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You cannot root bootloader is locked on MF3 Don't keep messing with Odin or you will BRICK your phone.
Venom0642 said:
You cannot root bootloader is locked on MF3 Don't keep messing with Odin or you will BRICK your phone.
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so how can i change roms on it?
giler123 said:
so how can i change roms on it?
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At this moment who ever is on MF3 is not able to flash custom Roms!
Venom0642 said:
At this moment who ever is on MF3 is not able to flash custom Roms!
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do u have any idea when i will be able? if at all...
giler123 said:
do u have any idea when i will be able? if at all...
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I believe MF3 firmware has rolling out since July. We've been waiting since then. But we're almost there.
Please bookmark or keep these threads in mind:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2428226
Safestrap - new recovery method for locked bootloader on S4 phones but still WIP. Intended for Verizon but people has tested on their AT&T phones as well and seems good so far. Read the whole thread if possible as this may become an important tool for MF3 users.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2428254
Thread discussing about safestrap in an AT&T forum.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2361870
[BOUNTY]New Root+Recovery method and/or Bootloader Unlock
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432876
SuperSU Unroot MF3

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.

MF3 S4 question *noob alert*

So I bought a S4 yesterday on Craigslist and its on 4.3. I was looking around and I saw there is a MF3 firmware type crap out there and I was wondering could answer my question on what that is and if I have the firmware because I am trying to root my s4
iToolboxx said:
So I bought a S4 yesterday on Craigslist and its on 4.3. I was looking around and I saw there is a MF3 firmware type crap out there and I was wondering could answer my question on what that is and if I have the firmware because I am trying to root my s4
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You need to do a lot of reading. Look for the pinned threads in the general forum. Also, on your phone got to settings, about phone and look at the last three characters of your baseband. That will tell you for firmware version.
Don't try to root it into you do all of this
iToolboxx said:
So I bought a S4 yesterday on Craigslist and its on 4.3. I was looking around and I saw there is a MF3 firmware type crap out there and I was wondering could answer my question on what that is and if I have the firmware because I am trying to root my s4
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If your phone is on 4.3 than you won't be able to be on mf3 because mf3 is 4.2.2 check what build you have go to
settings
more
about device
and scroll down to build number and see what it says. If the last 3 is mj6 or mj9?
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jd1639 said:
You need to do a lot of reading. Look for the pinned threads in the general forum. Also, on your phone got to settings, about phone and look at the last three characters of your baseband. That will tell you for firmware version.
Don't try to root it into you do all of this
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okay thank you.
iToolboxx said:
okay thank you.
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What are you on? You can still root with vroot but be aware vroot has been stated as malicious. BUT BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING MAKE SURE YOU READ, FAMILARIZE YOURSELF WITH THE PHONE THAN RE-READ SINCE YOUR A NEWB!
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If your phone is on 4.3 than you won't be able to be on mf3 because mf3 is 4.2.2 check what build you have go to
settings
more
about device
and scroll down to build number and see what it says. If the last 3 is mj6 or mj9?
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the last three are mj9
iToolboxx said:
the last three are mj9
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This is most likely why the original owner sold it. You won't be able to install custom roms until a exploit is found or Safestrap gets 4.3 support. As for root there is a few methods but they are untrustworthy and not allowed on XDA. Best to what for a safe root method...
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[email protected] said:
If your phone is on 4.3 than you won't be able to be on mf3 because mf3 is 4.2.2 check what build you have go to
settings
more
about device
and scroll down to build number and see what it says. If the last 3 is mj6 or mj9?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using xda premium
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NighthawkXL said:
This is most likely why the original owner sold it. You won't be able to install custom roms until a exploit is found or Safestrap gets 4.3 support. As for root there is a few methods but they are untrustworthy and not allowed on XDA. Best to what four a safe root method...
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Damn it. Alright thank you

[Q] Help? Galaxy S4 i337 can't boot TWRPs or CWM

Hey!
I recently rooted my GS4 i337. Everything is all working as of now. However, I want to flash an AOSP ROM onto it. So, I followed instructions and at first, I flashed TWRP to my phone. It said it was successful, but when I go to recovery it puts me in ODIN. I then uninstalled TWRP and got the latest version that is said to support i337 GS4. Flashed successfully, but when I boot it still goes ODIN.
I tried both manually recovery booting with the buttons, and the UI on the actual app. Boots ODIN both ways.
Is there something I'm doing wrong? How can I boot into TWRP or CWM so I can make a quick ROM backup and flash an AOSP ROM?
Cheers! And if this is the wrong section, can a moderator please move it? I'm new to this forum.
Thanks. :laugh:
Check your firmware version then do a lot of reading.
jd1639 said:
Check your firmware version then do a lot of reading.
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Explain please?
nhannon9 said:
Explain please?
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Unless your on mdl firmware you can't flash twrp or cwm. I'm guessing you're not.
jd1639 said:
Unless your on mdl firmware you can't flash twrp or cwm. I'm guessing you're not.
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Don't think so, my baseband is UCUEMK2 on 4.3. So, there's no way to get any custom ROMs on this? What can I do so I can?
nhannon9 said:
Don't think so, my baseband is UCUEMK2 on 4.3. So, there's no way to get any custom ROMs on this? What can I do so I can?
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Google i337 safestrap mk2 xda
jd1639 said:
Google i337 safestrap mk2 xda
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I found this a video on how to use Safestrap on 4.3.
It's for the Verizon variant but the SE Linux matches, can I give Safestrap a shot?
EDIT: Scratch that, I've found an ATT compatible version (3.71) and it booted into it perfectly! Now I can backup my stock ROM real quick and flash on my new one! Thanks!!

[Q] Enable Native WiFi Hotspot Build MK5

Having trouble finding information. The pinned thread the HotSpot MOD doesn't have anything about MK5.
Either you are in the wrong forum or you're confused about your ROM build. The thread you are referring it is for Sprint phones only, the previous build was MK2 and the current one is NAE.
sputnik767 said:
Either you are in the wrong forum or you're confused about your ROM build. The thread you are referring it is for Sprint phones only, the previous build was MK2 and the current one is NAE.
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Build Version ends in MK5 and is Sprint.
AC105CDC said:
Build Version ends in MK5 and is Sprint.
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Unless I missed something major, there was never an MK5 build on Sprint. We went from MK2 to NAE.
MK5
sputnik767 said:
Unless I missed something major, there was never an MK5 build on Sprint. We went from MK2 to NAE.
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MK5 is on gs4 l720t with the new sprint spark triband modem
AC105CDC said:
MK5 is on gs4 l720t with the new sprint spark triband modem
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Ok, now that makes sense. The thread you are referring to is only for the original L720, not the triband version. I don't know if there is a separate forum for that device.
sputnik767 said:
Ok, now that makes sense. The thread you are referring to is only for the original L720, not the triband version. I don't know if there is a separate forum for that device.
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Okay thanks. Do you think Wanam Xposed mod will work without any trouble?
AC105CDC said:
Okay thanks. Do you think Wanam Xposed mod will work without any trouble?
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I unfortunately have no way to answer that. You can certainly try, but have a way to revert should your phone not boot or something. If you have a custom recovery, have a backup ready. Otherwise, have a stock ROM that you can flash via recovery or ODIN if your recovery is stock. But since I don't have your device, I can't tell you which ROMs to use.
Modem
AC105CDC said:
Having trouble finding information. The pinned thread the HotSpot MOD doesn't have anything about MK5.
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Take a look at the information here, its a new thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2621862

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