How does one fully wipe the device from EVERYTHING? - Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot

I 'm having a problem with a Note 3 Keyboard that I did not ever install. It keeps coming back. I think it's embedded in my phone somehow. I've tried wiping everything with factory reset, both from the ROM and recovery. I've used PIT files with firmware, and I have used the file manager in TWRP to wipe out as much as possible. However when I lboot up, I still find files with older dates on them from like a week ago. How does anythign stay behind? I don't understand this and I want this B.S. app off of my phone. It's not a legit app. Samsung told me there is was never a note 3 keyboard OTA for any model of S4 and that it should not be there. Can someone tell me how to really get my device back to 100$% OEM standards please!
I need help. This note 3 keyboard is eating my battery. It used to last all day, now I have to charge it two or three time a day. Please tell me how to truly wipe my device back to OEM. Thanks.

Backup what you need from internal. Wipe internal SD card and Odin back to stock unrooted.
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Can we get a screenshot of this app and/or where you see it?
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DJMaj07 said:
Can we get a screenshot of this app and/or where you see it?
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Try going here.

DJMaj07 said:
Can we get a screenshot of this app and/or where you see it?
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Here is a post where you'll get all the iinfo and pics.
https://plus.google.com/102254187406524404989/posts/bHrd8UvFid7

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What Version ROM am I on?

How or where do I look in this phone to see what version of a ROM I have installed?
Settings, more then about device
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Settings, more then about device
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It doesn't show me what custom software I am running.
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It should
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Take a screen shot of that and we will help you.
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ROMANTiC KiD said:
Take a screen shot of that and we will help you.
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Here you go...
What Rom did you install? Did you flash any mods after the Rom?
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I flashed Sacs Custom Rom no mods.
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clone1008 said:
I flashed Sacs Custom Rom no mods.
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Really ???
Go Into your sd card and find the ROM zip. That will tell you. You shouldn't be flashing if you don't even know what you are flashing.
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daniel4653 said:
Really ???
Go Into your sd card and find the ROM zip. That will tell you. You shouldn't be flashing if you don't even know what you are flashing.
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I know what I am flashing bro. The problem was that I had to do a nandroid restore and I couldn't remember if that restore was on version 5 or 6 of Sacs Rom. I figured it was something simple but I guess not. It always used to show up on HTC.
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If you read the thread before flashing, you should know what version of the rom you are on. Always pay attention to what version you are on. Take a mental note of it or write it down in the future. That rom has manyyy versions. I almost wonder if you skipped a step or flashed an update without the rom, but if you did, I wonder why you aren't bricked.
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If you read the thread before flashing, you should know what version of the rom you are on. Always pay attention to what version you are on. Take a mental note of it or write it down in the future. That rom has manyyy versions. I almost wonder if you skipped a step or flashed an update without the rom, but if you did, I wonder why you aren't bricked.
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The only thing I did was dirty flash from ver. 5 to ver. 6
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Regardless of knowing what rom you flashed, seriously humor us and look at your sd card. If you have to, sort the folder by date added.
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If the build prop wasn't modified to show the custom Rom version you can't tell from about device. The only real way to know is to look at version 5 to 6 change log. Find something that was added into version 6 and test it. If it works you are on 6. If not you are 5.
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Back to stock

Can someone point me into the right direction to going completely stock so I can catch the ota. Thanks.
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P1_e85 said:
Can someone point me into the right direction to going completely stock so I can catch the ota. Thanks.
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What OTA? Most all Roms now ate based on the latest MF9.
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P1_e85 said:
Can someone point me into the right direction to going completely stock so I can catch the ota. Thanks.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2375523
Here this is the newest update we have so far.
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Whatever ota my phone downloaded. But as you know I cannot just install and restart. Since I am modded.
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P1_e85 said:
Whatever ota my phone downloaded. But as you know I cannot just install and restart. Since I am modded.
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That's why you flash a stock rooted MF9 ROM if you want to be on the latest and rooted.
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That's why you flash a stock rooted MF9 ROM if you want to be on the latest and rooted.
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Ive tried this and still had problems. Hence I want to go back to stock and start unmodded.
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P1_e85 said:
Ive tried this and still had problems. Hence I want to go back to stock and start unmodded.
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Here's how I did it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2277480
S4 rebooting as soon as I boot it!?
Hi!
So I followed Djembeys guide to root my s4 back when ME2/MF2(or smthn in that matter)was the newest firmware avable. But now I wanted to go back to stock and update my phone and as stated in the guide that would be no problem, well OTA didn't work so i did it via Kies. It worked as expected for a while before my phone started freezing and rebooting itself forever, like as soon as i get into the launcher.
Things I've tryed to do:
*Checking in download mode that everything is official, it is, and the phone doesn't seem to reboot while in download mode, should I flash a stock rom, I mean, what if the phone shuts off in the middle of the process?
*Doing a factory data reset via stock recovery, the "android" in recovery falls down and a triangle at his stomach. However the data reset worked, but it didn't solve the problem, still reboots but now when the phone is trying to set itself up.
What can i do guys? You think i can send it back to the store seeing everything is official in download mode?

MF3 Stock

I rooted MF3 and all I have is root, is there anyway I can return back to stick with complete restore? If not, I can just back everything up. I will do it no matter what. My phone is working just fine, just wanted to go back to stock?
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If you mean unroot, then you unfortunately cannot do that at the moment. There is no MF3 factory image to flash back to, as of now at least.
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What do you mean, back to stock? The way it came out of the box? The way it is now unrooted? Not sure what you want to do. And how are you backing it up?
Apps don't matter to me. I can send all my pictures and text messages etc. To the computer. I mean unroot, sorry. But since there isn't any, I will just have to wait it out. Thanks for the information.
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tmac42 said:
Apps don't matter to me. I can send all my pictures and text messages etc. To the computer. I mean unroot, sorry. But since there isn't any, I will just have to wait it out. Thanks for the information.
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It's probable that you can unroot. Do you have super su? You can do an unroot in settings within it.
Yes, I have super su, is that safe? Then I will do it?
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tmac42 said:
Yes, I have super su, is that safe? Then I will do it?
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I've never tried it with mf3 so I can't answer that. It works on other firmware. Why do you want to unroot?
Because, I've always had bad luck with root and everything never works for me when I try it. Once a stable rom comes out, I will try my luck, but not at this moment.
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tmac42 said:
Because, I've always had bad luck with root and everything never works for me when I try it. Once a stable rom comes out, I will try my luck, but not at this moment.
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Good choice. Sorry I can't be of more help
I don't think just rooting is going to cause issues. Keep it and enjoy those benefits for now.
My BackUp Pro is good for backing up most things on phone. Of course you got Titanium BackUp too.
I didn't even want to flash roms on this phone. After years of doing it I was getting tired. But, did it anyway. I like TW, so don't care about aosp etc. All I really gained from flashing was some theming and nandroids. Phone, I thought, was exceptional even unrooted.
There is now stock available which was taken from Samsung Kies. Just download the file and you'll be able to flash it in odin!
Can you provide a screen shot... Last anyone knew there is no MF3 on Kies.
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graydiggy said:
Can you provide a screen shot... Last anyone knew there is no MF3 on Kies.
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Not on sammobile, mdb and mdl only
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There is now stock available which was taken from Samsung Kies. Just download the file and you'll be able to flash it in odin!
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Can you link us? I haven't seen anyway to flash back to mf3
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Andrew149 said:
Can you link us? I haven't seen anyway to flash back to mf3
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Sorry about that, just saw it was for mdb.
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Sorry about that, just saw it was for mdb.
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Thats for mdl I just read a couple pages nothing successful for mf3
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rockshot2 said:
Sorry about that, just saw it was for mdb.
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Wow--watch your links--
Your unedited post made it sound like you already ran it--
"Just make sure you're on windows and it'll work beautifully! It was only til recently that mf3 started to show up through Kies. Thank AdamOuler, he's the real genius behind all of this!:
I don't know about complete restore, but some people where successful on unrooting on mf3. I didn't try it. If anybody is interested, here it is:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2396258&page=4
Update: just did the unroot method on mf3,and it fully unroot when I used root checker, it said sorry. So I guess it gone. Still runny fine five minutes after.
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Updated to 4.2.2, get no signal now

I restarted my phone, reinserted the Sim tried everything I'm still not getting signal, anyone have this problem?
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How did you update? OTA, flash ROM, etc...Have you tried SIM in a different phone? Could be a bad radio? What does your baseband say in System> About phone?
It was the official OTA
I never updated because 4.2.2 killed LTE but then I did anyways
My baseband says unknown
Edit: the 4.3 update came, I tried updating but it said error half way through wtf!!!
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See this a lot, updating killed the radio. You probably don't have an imei number either.
Try flashing an official factory image.
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See this a lot, updating killed the radio. You probably don't have an imei number either.
Try flashing an official factory image.
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Yeah no imei number
How do I flash? I'm a huge noob to this kind of stuff, will I have to erase all data?
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Data has been borked since the 8/30 build.
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Data has been borked since the 8/30 build.
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What
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subxero123 said:
Yeah no imei number
How do I flash? I'm a huge noob to this kind of stuff, will I have to erase all data?
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Very good thread here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312
Good luck
baseballfanz said:
Very good thread here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312
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Do not know how to do that... Going to have to RMA this
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subxero123 said:
Do not know how to do that... Going to have to RMA this
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Don't waste time with doing anything else. Flashing the factory image will not get your imei number back and without it, you will never get a signal. When you call to RMA it, be sure to tell them you lost the imei number during the upgrade process. They should have plenty of lost imei cases in the system already.
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Regardless it's safe to just flash the factory update, then see where you can go from there if all fails use that as your last resort
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Need help/links for going back to stock image. Trying to sell phone

So I have the Verizon Galaxy note 3 regulaR EDITION. Need updated links for image and odin. Not sure where to begin any help is appreciated. I know it has to be a certain image with update. I tried all guides and am lost. Thanks for any help gents.
dimaggio1103 said:
So I have the Verizon Galaxy note 3 regulaR EDITION. Need updated links for image and odin. Not sure where to begin any help is appreciated. I know it has to be a certain image with update. I tried all guides and am lost. Thanks for any help gents.
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Do you have a PC? The VZW installation software has a repair function as well and will completely wipe and reinstall latest stock version. Took me about 20 mins or so to do when I botched a root attempt. Hope this helps
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mdorrett said:
Do you have a PC? The VZW installation software has a repair function as well and will completely wipe and reinstall latest stock version. Took me about 20 mins or so to do when I botched a root attempt. Hope this helps
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Does not work with custom roms/safestrap installed.
Nobody else has help? I am surprised a community as large as this one has no help.
You will need to remove SS completely and it should work after that. Strange it didn't work for you. Have you tried the emergency recovery in kies3?
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Have you tried this one? And this should be in the Q&A section.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2483380
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