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can someone help me update my friends gs4??

ok i had the sprint gs4 but traded it for the htc one.. but i dont remember how i did it.. but he is still on MDL and he wants to be on MF9.. i rooted his phone months ago put twrp on it and flashed freegs4 rom.. i just went to his house to try and update it for him and i flashed the firmwear update in odin everything went great i looked in about phone and its still MDL?? so how do i update him to MF9 the rite way>? thanks

Grab the full Odin frimware tar and flash that. It'll bring it up to MF9 completely stock. Then use CF Autoroot to get root, install goomanager and install twrp or cwm.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=45574008&postcount=11

The baseband shows as MDL still?
Or the software version does? Or both?
If you're on an old version of freegs4, it's probably based off of a MDL build, and the software version would still show MDL.
Check the baseband.

TonyTurboII said:
The baseband shows as MDL still?
Or the software version does? Or both?
If you're on an old version of freegs4, it's probably based off of a MDL build, and the software version would still show MDL.
Check the baseband.
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well sorry for got to say then i flashed the new sacs rom which is MF9 but it still said MDL.. everything still was MDL?? So he still MDL.. Just trying to get him on board with MF9

P.Mobile said:
well sorry for got to say then i flashed the new sacs rom which is MF9 but it still said MDL.. everything still was MDL?? So he still MDL.. Just trying to get him on board with MF9
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Its better if you just flash him straight mf9 stock rather than just flash an mf9 rom. Could save him and you from any troubles. Like the one your encountering now.

P.Mobile said:
well sorry for got to say then i flashed the new sacs rom which is MF9 but it still said MDL.. everything still was MDL?? So he still MDL.. Just trying to get him on board with MF9
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I think leader builder had the best solution then. A full reload of the MF9 firmware then reroot with chainfire.

Dam man can someone maybe help me.. Got the nite off of work and was going to fix my boys phone tonite but when I go to download that MF9 stock tar file it takes 2 hours to downoad Sucks!! does anyone have that file on hand that could send it to me..?? Please

[Q] How to get back to complete stock? Wifi Won't Enable

Received an ota update on 11/30/13. Installed and can no longer enable wifi. There are a few threads with similar problems but, the fixes in them don't seem to be working for me. I tried to Odin back to a pre update version. Unfortunately Odin wouldn't work. However, was able to use Odin to install TWRP. I've been reading on xda for the past 4 days. I've tried several methods mentioned in some of the posts to revert. None seem to work. Would someone please help with some step by step instructions on how to get my phone back to stock. I want to remove TWRP and re-install the stock recovery and have the latest sprint s4 stock rom.
My phones device info is showing the following:
Software Version - L720VPUEMJA
Hardware version - L720.08
Model # - SPH-L720
Baseband Version L720VPUEMJA
Kernel Version - 3.4.0-1927016
Build Number - JSS15J.L720VPUEMK2

Same issue here
Scott02 said:
Received an ota update on 11/30/13. Installed and can no longer enable wifi. There are a few threads with similar problems but, the fixes in them don't seem to be working for me. I tried to Odin back to a pre update version. Unfortunately Odin wouldn't work. However, was able to use Odin to install TWRP. I've been reading on xda for the past 4 days. I've tried several methods mentioned in some of the posts to revert. None seem to work. Would someone please help with some step by step instructions on how to get my phone back to stock. I want to remove TWRP and re-install the stock recovery and have the latest sprint s4 stock rom.
My phones device info is showing the following:
Software Version - L720VPUEMJA
Hardware version - L720.08
Model # - SPH-L720
Baseband Version L720VPUEMJA
Kernel Version - 3.4.0-1927016
Build Number - JSS15J.L720VPUEMK2
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I too am having the same issue with Wi-Fi. I am on stock rooted rom and stock recovery. I got the OTA MK2 today and updated but Wi-Fi won't turn on since the update.

Scott02 said:
Received an ota update on 11/30/13. Installed and can no longer enable wifi. There are a few threads with similar problems but, the fixes in them don't seem to be working for me. I tried to Odin back to a pre update version. Unfortunately Odin wouldn't work. However, was able to use Odin to install TWRP. I've been reading on xda for the past 4 days. I've tried several methods mentioned in some of the posts to revert. None seem to work. Would someone please help with some step by step instructions on how to get my phone back to stock. I want to remove TWRP and re-install the stock recovery and have the latest sprint s4 stock rom.
My phones device info is showing the following:
Software Version - L720VPUEMJA
Hardware version - L720.08
Model # - SPH-L720
Baseband Version L720VPUEMJA
Kernel Version - 3.4.0-1927016
Build Number - JSS15J.L720VPUEMK2
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How did you take the OTA. It looks like you flashed the MK2 ROM that's is in Dev section. Of you had taken the real OTA it would have updated your baseband (modem) as well.
I've heard you can use MJA tar while on MK2.
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daniel4653 said:
How did you take the OTA. It looks like you flashed the MK2 ROM that's is in Dev section. Of you had taken the real OTA it would have updated your baseband (modem) as well.
I've heard you can use MJA tar while on MK2.
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Not sure about the original poster but I updated from the Sprint notification I got. Maybe I should have flashed the update from the dev section. Should I try flashing the MJA firmware again?

daniel4653 said:
How did you take the OTA. It looks like you flashed the MK2 ROM that's is in Dev section. Of you had taken the real OTA it would have updated your baseband (modem) as well.
I've heard you can use MJA tar while on MK2.
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I originally took the OTA update over the air. I did try flashing the version on one of the XDA threads afterwards.

Scott02 said:
I originally took the OTA update over the air. I did try flashing the version on one of the XDA threads afterwards.
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Just found that after the update I lost root. Maybe that's part of the issue as well.

eenglish34 said:
Just found that after the update I lost root. Maybe that's part of the issue as well.
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I doubt it. I lost root too. I re-enabled it via Odin and the problem is still there. I'm just trying to find a way to get back to stock now so I can take it in to the sprint store.

Scott02 said:
I doubt it. I lost root too. I re-enabled it via Odin and the problem is still there. I'm just trying to find a way to get back to stock now so I can take it in to the sprint store.
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I was able to fix mine by downloading the stock MJA rom and flashing it through Odin. Then take the OTA update and re-root (if you want root again).

eenglish34 said:
I was able to fix mine by downloading the stock MJA rom and flashing it through Odin. Then take the OTA update and re-root (if you want root again).
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I did the same. I initially installed the update manually via stock recovery and lost wifi. ODIN back to stock MJA fixed wifi, and then repeated the manual update. Wifi works fine now. I did not do any data wipes going back and forth, and have no adverse effects so far.

[Q] Options for upgrading to KitKat from 4.2.2 with TWRP

I stayed on 4.2.2 rooted with TWRP and never took the MJA/MK2 OTAs, to avoid knox. I've been waiting for KitKat, and I'm ready to take the plunge. I've read through a bunch of threads, and have thoroughly confused myself. I have a few basic questions, so I can determine what my options are:
1) Is it possible to go from MF9 (rooted) to NAE, and retain my data? What happens to the modifications I made to MF9 (hotspot, xposed, etc.)?
2) If the answer to 1 is no, is it reasonable to assume that there will be a flashable NAE rom in the near future, so that I wouldn't have to odin to MK2 before going through the OTA update to NAE?
3) Should I give up on trying to keep my existing bootloader, and just suck it up and take knox? It seems like there's probably enough differences in the rom and modem that the bootloader is probably a necessary evil at this point.
Thanks in advance for your help.

There have been several reports of people whose WiFi and data have worked just fine with the NAE ROM plus older bootloader like MF9. I'd wait until a stock rooted NAE ROM appears so we can try it with the knox-free MF9 bootloader.
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I am in the same situation and currently on a stock rooted MF9 with a custom recovery as well. I would like to know the best upgrade path to 4.4.2 and hopefully stay on a knox free boot loader.
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Once Warboy releases the updated stock, rooted NAE, I'm gonna flash it with Philz recovery to see whether everything's compatible with the Knox-free MF9 bootloader. In the meanwhile, I'm gonna flash just the NAE modem. Cant wait for Kitkat~! (Even though I've had the 4.4.2 update for a long time through my Nexus 5, I'm still very excited, LOL~)
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Im still on mdl lol.....maybe I should atleast update to mf9? Haha
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cfendrick said:
I am in the same situation and currently on a stock rooted MF9 with a custom recovery as well. I would like to know the best upgrade path to 4.4.2 and hopefully stay on a knox free boot loader.
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I'm in same boat
on MF9 , didnt even go to 4.3, still sitting at 4.2.2 (with the update icon in my status bar, but i assume its for 4.3 not kit kat)
Im rooted and have exposed installed
would rather have a knox free loader too!
if anybody can advise on the best route to take would be lovely
would like to have kit kat on my phone today!!

I was on this boat but last night flashed the gummy Rom. It is okay but I would love to have the stock Rom. I don't like few things on the Gummy.

icuc said:
I was on this boat but last night flashed the gummy Rom. It is okay but I would love to have the stock Rom. I don't like few things on the Gummy.
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so you had MF9 bootloader? (and do you keep that one or switch to the knox one?)
just flashed rom with TRWP? (that'll update radio too?)
and what things dont you like on Gummy?

sandman121383 said:
Im still on mdl lol.....maybe I should atleast update to mf9? Haha
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Lol I've been wondering if anyone else stayed on 4.2.2. Lol Im rooted with custom recovery. I hit the update button the other night and it wouldn't install and that icon went away, so I got that going for me. But I can't wait for kit kat, just waiting on the whole knox deal.
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SayWhat10 said:
so you had MF9 bootloader? (and do you keep that one or switch to the knox one?)
just flashed rom with TRWP? (that'll update radio too?)
and what things dont you like on Gummy?
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Yeah I have MF9 and I could keep the same.
I had issues with BT connection with my BMW but works fine with BT headset.
Home screen kind of wacky and you can't select the one that you like.
I just went back to 4.2.2 again until I find a good one.

Yikes

I'm in the same situation, living on my phone with MF9, have TWRP/Custom Recovery installed, and am interested to upgrade to Kitkat. I'm very interested to know what will be the upgrade method for me to 4.4.2, similar to many others in this thread.

I'm on slimkat now and all is working great. Only drawback is no theme chooser
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I just simply flashed the KitKat rom with twrp

SayWhat10 said:
I'm on slimkat now and all is working great. Only drawback is no theme chooser
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I just simply flashed the KitKat rom with twrp
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Which KitKat rom did you use? Did it just upgrade your OS or did you have to start from a clean install? Any issues with Knox?

asuh said:
Which KitKat rom did you use? Did it just upgrade your OS or did you have to start from a clean install? Any issues with Knox?
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i used Slimkat, but it froze occasionally. now im on CM 11 and its FLAWLESS
did clean install (but had some apps backed up with Titanium)
to my knowledge the whole Knox thing is with Touchwiz based roms
both slimkat and CM 11 are not,so no worries about Knox
I am still on MF9 modem and bootloader
gonna get around to flashing the NAE modem later though

SayWhat10 said:
i used Slimkat, but it froze occasionally. now im on CM 11 and its FLAWLESS
did clean install (but had some apps backed up with Titanium)
to my knowledge the whole Knox thing is with Touchwiz based roms
both slimkat and CM 11 are not,so no worries about Knox
I am still on MF9 modem and bootloader
gonna get around to flashing the NAE modem later though
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Alright. I'm personally looking to update only to official rom and NAE modem, not custom rom. Hoping I can do upgrade instead of clean install but hoping to get root access back or keep it at least.

Ok so i dont think i care about the knox thing anymore.. So with that said i would like to upgrade to 4.4.2 with the stock sprint rom. What is the best way to go about that? Sorry im just confused with the bootloader and modem flashes.. Its been awhile since ive had a samsung phone.. Im assuming i cant do the OTA due to TWRP....
I am running completely stock and rooted with saferoot,
4.2.2
baseband mf9
bootloader mf9
TWRP installed
please help

Can you just unroot and install the NAE ota then reroot with cf auto root? This is coming from stock rooted mk2.

{Solved}Please help me!!!...I tried to update to kitkat.

I tried to update my sph l720 to unknownforce kitkat rom ....BUT
after i flashed the NAE modem and then flash the ROM after wipe...wipe...wipe....format...format ...format
My wifi and 3g data are OK....working.
but I can not make or receive any calls......Just i can receive SMS?
So what is the problem?
please help me
The Solution:
1)Flash mf9 stock odin file.
2)dial the code ##786# to return to sprint defaults.
3) update one by one...mf9>>mja>>mk2 then flash the NAE .
4) Flash the phone again to my local carrier using DFS.
Now all things are working great.

Have you updated profile and prl? What recovery did you flash with. What where you on prior to???
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btoddweber said:
Have you updated profile and prl? What recovery did you flash with. What where you on prior to???
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Yes I tried to update profile and prl but there is an internet (error 407).
Recoveryhilz 6.08
bootloader:mf9
Modem,software version:mk2 with 4.3
I want to update to 4.4 but call issues.

anees02 said:
I tried to update my sph l720 to unknownforce kitkat rom ....BUT
after i flashed the NAE modem and then flash the ROM after wipe...wipe...wipe....format...format ...format
My wifi and 3g data are OK....working.
but I can not make or receive any calls......Just i can receive SMS?
So what is the problem?
please help me
The Solution:
1)Flash mf9 stock odin file.
2)dial the code ##786# to return to sprint defaults.
3) update one by one...mf9>>mja>>mk2 then flash the NAE .
4) Flash the phone again to my local carrier using DFS.
Now all things are working great.
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I am having the same issue here. But when i flash one click flash mf9 odin stock in download mode, it failed on me.... any ideas?

dreamii said:
I am having the same issue here. But when i flash one click flash mf9 odin stock in download mode, it failed on me.... any ideas?
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That means your firmware has already been updated to a version newer than MF9. Once you have gone to 4.3 (MJA or MK2) you can't go backwards to 4.2.2 (MF9). IF you have already upgraded to Kit Kat 4.4 (NAE) then you can't go backwards at all.

cruise350 said:
That means your firmware has already been updated to a version newer than MF9. Once you have gone to 4.3 (MJA or MK2) you can't go backwards to 4.2.2 (MF9). IF you have already upgraded to Kit Kat 4.4 (NAE) then you can't go backwards at all.
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Thanks for your help cruise350. The knowledge of MF9, MJA, MK2, NAE helped me alot. Finally it's working now perfectly. I am running hellkat rom (NAE) now.
My problem was I was on MK2 firmware and running kit kat 4.4... now everythiing is perfect.

dreamii said:
Thanks for your help cruise350. The knowledge of MF9, MJA, MK2, NAE helped me alot. Finally it's working now perfectly. I am running hellkat rom (NAE) now.
My problem was I was on MK2 firmware and running kit kat 4.4... now everythiing is perfect.
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@dreamii, I'm confused? I am running the MK2 along side KK without issues. Did you have problems with the baseband? Did you upgrade to NAE baseband to get your calls to come in and is that what solved your problems?
Just trying to understand where it went wrong? LoL!

flynhawn2002 said:
@dreamii, I'm confused? I am running the MK2 along side KK without issues. Did you have problems with the baseband? Did you upgrade to NAE baseband to get your calls to come in and is that what solved your problems?
Just trying to understand where it went wrong? LoL!
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What I was running MK2 and hellkat 4.4 rom, I couldn't get any outgoing or incoming calls. And there is this sound issue also. The speakers, the headphone jack wasn't working. After I upgraded to NAE, it worked smoothly. In my case, combo of KK 4.4 and MK2 firmware was giving me trouble.
So this is what I did.
1. NAE stock 4.4 rom
2. NAE firmware flash with Odin 3.07
3. Wipe clean stock rom/cache
4. Install hellkat rom
Works like a charm now. :good::good::good:

dreamii said:
What I was running MK2 and hellkat 4.4 rom, I couldn't get any outgoing or incoming calls. And there is this sound issue also. The speakers, the headphone jack wasn't working. After I upgraded to NAE, it worked smoothly. In my case, combo of KK 4.4 and MK2 firmware was giving me trouble.
So this is what I did.
1. NAE stock 4.4 rom
2. NAE firmware flash with Odin 3.07
3. Wipe clean stock rom/cache
4. Install hellkat rom
Works like a charm now. :good::good::good:
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Did you try other KK Roms?
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dreamii said:
What I was running MK2 and hellkat 4.4 rom, I couldn't get any outgoing or incoming calls. And there is this sound issue also. The speakers, the headphone jack wasn't working. After I upgraded to NAE, it worked smoothly. In my case, combo of KK 4.4 and MK2 firmware was giving me trouble.
So this is what I did.
1. NAE stock 4.4 rom
2. NAE firmware flash with Odin 3.07
3. Wipe clean stock rom/cache
4. Install hellkat rom
Works like a charm now. :good::good::good:
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Did you try other KK Roms? Did it still have the same issues? Maybe a bad download?
Coud'nt you have just flashed the NAE modem then update PRL/Profile? Most times that should fix it.

flynhawn2002 said:
Did you try other KK Roms?
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Did you try other KK Roms? Did it still have the same issues? Maybe a bad download?
Coud'nt you have just flashed the NAE modem then update PRL/Profile? Most times that should fix it.
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I did try other KK Roms when I was at MK2 + some JB roms also. Same issue. I tried stock unrooted KK rom, TriForce JB rom, Omni Rom, Avatar KK rom. All had same issue.
I didn't thought of just flashing NAE and updating PRL/Profile... huh.. Should have done that so it save some times for me.

FYI, I just rooted a S4 with the MF9 BL and flashed LS KK with no issues, everything works.

NAE Modem No Audio

I just flashed the NAE modem and after I wiped I restored my backup(liquidsmooth 4.4.2). Now I have no audio whatsoever. Please help!

In the "about phone" section of settings, do your baseband and software versions show NAE?
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bioshocked said:
In the "about phone" section of settings, do your baseband and software versions show NAE?
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Yes they show the NAE

crazydaftunk said:
Yes they show the NAE
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Okay, go to your phone dialer, and dial ##rtn# (##786#), that will pull up the RTN screen, select view, then tell me what it says your SW version, OS version, Radio version and baseband versions are. Even though in about phone it says NAE, Ive found when I had sound issues due to an incorrect radio version "About Phone" doesnt always display accurate info, but ##RTN# always does. always, where did you get the NAE modem you flashed? when I flashed my first NAE rom, about phone said I was all NAE, but RTN showed that my radio and baseband were still MJA, which is why I had no sound, among other problems.

If in the RTN you see conflicting software or radio/issues ect, depending on whether you have already or don't care about tripping KNOX, just revert to a MJA or MK2 based custom rom, like a stock rooted 4.3 unodexed, then flash Unknownforce's NAE modem/firmware, then flash whatever Kit Kat rom you desire. I've had tons of sound/wifi issues arise by not flashing the NAE modem before the rom. Or just flash the stock .tar for NAE, root, rinse and repeat.

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If in the RTN you see conflicting software or radio/issues ect, depending on whether you have already or don't care about tripping KNOX, just revert to a MJA or MK2 based custom rom, like a stock rooted 4.3 unodexed, then flash Unknownforce's NAE modem/firmware, then flash whatever Kit Kat rom you desire. I've had tons of sound/wifi issues arise by not flashing the NAE modem before the rom. Or just flash the stock .tar for NAE, root, rinse and repeat.
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Thanks man! Got everything sorted out

crazydaftunk said:
Thanks man! Got everything sorted out
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good to hear man! Glad it all worked out. What ended up being the fix?

bioshocked said:
good to hear man! Glad it all worked out. What ended up being the fix?
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I just reverted to MK2 and that fixed everything!
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