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Any way to take OTA to MK2 after a custom MJA

Looking to get to MK2 from MJA. Don't know why I can't find a post about it.
The developer Neggaman is trying to make windows based flashable .exe's and tried a recovery based .zip's but with no luck.
I Odin back to stock MJA but the phone still says it's custom and I can't take the OTA. I did trip Knox.

KStyles69 said:
Looking to get to MK2 from MJA. Don't know why I can't find a post about it.
The developer Neggaman is trying to make windows based flashable .exe's and tried a recovery based .zip's but with no luck.
I Odin back to stock MJA but the phone still says it's custom and I can't take the OTA. I did trip Knox.
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Well there is this option ..not sure it would work for you ..just thought I would throw it out
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42954149
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ParkerParker said:
Well there is this option ..not sure it would work for you ..just thought I would throw it out
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42954149
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It worked, which is awesome because I did it with a custom ROM and recovery installed. Only thing to keep note of is just follow the instructions... in particular, you need to completely power down your phone...then go into download mode. +1 to you Thanks!!!!

MJA stock unrooted rom anyone?

Alright, bit of a noob here in regards to the new mk2 update. I'm trying to get this done and keep running into brick walls.
Problem: Have to flash stock recovery and unroot my s4 to get the OTA or sideloaded mk2 update. Have no stock rom with which to flash. Sammobile doesn't have the firmware available for download to reflash stock everything on my phone.
1) Do any of you most awesome people have a link to a downloadable stock unrooted mja ROM that I can flash on this phone to restore stock recovery?
2) Is there a way to restore the stock recovery without flashing the stock rom?
I searched and couldn't find an unrooted ROM. Any help would be appreciated! Thank you!

briansteedman said:
Alright, bit of a noob here in regards to the new mk2 update. I'm trying to get this done and keep running into brick walls.
Problem: Have to flash stock recovery and unroot my s4 to get the OTA or sideloaded mk2 update. Have no stock rom with which to flash. Sammobile doesn't have the firmware available for download to reflash stock everything on my phone.
1) Do any of you most awesome people have a link to a downloadable stock unrooted mja ROM that I can flash on this phone to restore stock recovery?
2) Is there a way to restore the stock recovery without flashing the stock rom?
I searched and couldn't find an unrooted ROM. Any help would be appreciated! Thank you!
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This belongs in the Q&A section
And the answers are here. Just requiring some more searching.

Moved to Q&A. Please post questions here from now on.
Thank you.

Was able to find a flashable MJA ROM.

can u point me into the same direction as to where you found it. i myself am trying to find unrooted mja so i can ota to the mk2

yotaking said:
can u point me into the same direction as to where you found it. i myself am trying to find unrooted mja so i can ota to the mk2
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No problem!
Download the ROM here. Thanks to RWilco12 for housing it even when Sammobile took it down.
http://rwilco12.com/downloads.php?d...axy S4 (SPH-L720)/Stock ROMs/MJA/Original TAR
I would download and use Odin 3.09 as well.
Good luck!

briansteedman said:
No problem!
Download the ROM here. Thanks to RWilco12 for housing it even when Sammobile took it down.
http://rwilco12.com/downloads.php?d...axy S4 (SPH-L720)/Stock ROMs/MJA/Original TAR
I would download and use Odin 3.09 as well.
Good luck!
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rwilco servers don't seem to be working for that like right now. It won't Download. here's a mirror
http://premium.caribe.net/~makpr/Odin Firmwares/MJA/SPR-L720VPUEMJA-20131030154609.zip
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briansteedman said:
No problem!
Download the ROM here. Thanks to RWilco12 for housing it even when Sammobile took it down.
http://rwilco12.com/downloads.php?d...axy S4 (SPH-L720)/Stock ROMs/MJA/Original TAR
I would download and use Odin 3.09 as well.
Good luck!
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Thanks I was looking for this too! Just in case

Status 7 Error when Trying Manual OTA

Getting the Status 7 error "/system/xbin/dexdump" has unexpected contents when attempting to manually flash the OTA vía stock recovery. Any one have a fix or files for this? I really don't want to clear the Wife's phone as she has it all set up already. Any help is greatly appreciated.
History:
Had Philz Custom Recovery
Rooted.
On MK2 Stock Firmware W/ Knox.
NOW un rooted with stock recovery.
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DarkAngel said:
Getting the Status 7 error "/system/xbin/dexdump" has unexpected contents when attempting to manually flash the OTA vía stock recovery. Any one have a fix or files for this? I really don't want to clear the Wife's phone as she has it all set up already. Any help is greatly appreciated.
History:
Had Philz Custom Recovery
Rooted.
On MK2 Stock Firmware W/ Knox.
NOW un rooted with stock recovery.
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Sounds like you are not completely stock, the error shows it found modded files in your system partition. Odin the full mk2 tar file first and try again.
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I was hoping to avoid doing the full flash again. I have seen some threads of some Nexus 7 members flashing the required files they were so kindly provided so they can move forward to the 4.4.2 update similar to my situation. If I can't then I guess I will have to suck it up and erase her info and start over.

DarkAngel said:
I was hoping to avoid doing the full flash again. I have seen some threads of some Nexus 7 members flashing the required files they were so kindly provided so they can move forward to the 4.4.2 update similar to my situation. If I can't then I guess I will have to suck it up and erase her info and start over.
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You don't have to erase her info, just flash the mk2 tar file and then install the update. No data wipe required.
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cruise350 said:
You don't have to erase her info, just flash the mk2 tar file and then install the update. No data wipe required.
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Wait dumb question... .. . I take it that the flash won't erase the info due to being an official rom? I mean the one from random45. This has slipped my mind.......

DarkAngel said:
Wait dumb question... .. . I take it that the flash won't erase the info due to being an official rom? I mean the one from random45. This has slipped my mind.......
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Correct, the tar will not wipe data. Everything will be in tact from random45's download.
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Ah okay..... and thanks for the confirmation. I will flash and see.

Just wanted to update, flashing the Rom fixed the problem. Thanks again cruise350. The wife is now rocking KitKat on her S4.

cruise350 said:
Sounds like you are not completely stock, the error shows it found modded files in your system partition. Odin the full mk2 tar file first and try again.
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I'm not a complete noob,,, Just partially...
Can someone point me to where I can learn how to flash the mk2 tar file and where to find that file...?
I'm have this same issue trying to get KitKat on to my T-Mo S4... Stock... Rooted a few times using the Kingo app on Win 7 - But currently un-rooted.
If I have asked this question in the wrong place, mea culpa.

richie65x said:
I'm not a complete noob,,, Just partially...
Can someone point me to where I can learn how to flash the mk2 tar file and where to find that file...?
I'm have this same issue trying to get KitKat on to my T-Mo S4... Stock... Rooted a few times using the Kingo app on Win 7 - But currently un-rooted.
If I have asked this question in the wrong place, mea culpa.
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This forum is for the Sprint Galaxy S4, and it seems you have the T-Mobile device. Here's a link to the tmobile forum: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-tmobile
MK2 is the version number that is specific to Sprint. T-Mobile may have the same number or not. But all you need to do is download the .tar file for the latest 4.3 ROM that is available for your phone, put the phone in download mode, and flash via the ODIN utility that you can download as well. This is not a complete guide, so see the relevant threads in the TM forum. Alternatively, there may be a T-Mobile .tar for 4.4.2 that you can ODIN directly. It is up to you to see if it wipes data or not. The one for Sprint does.

Tried to odin back to MK2 afer 4.4.2 update, failed, stuck in odin mode

Hi everyone,
My phone was acing kind of wonky after the 4.4.2 update so I wanted to start fresh from MK2 and OTA to 4.4.2 like I did before. I tried to odin back to MK2 via Odin and the stock MK2 tar but it immediately failed and now it states Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select Recovery Mode in Kies and try again. If anyone has any ideas it would be much appreciated. I'm pretty sure the stock 4.4.2 tar would fix it right up but I dont see it on Samsung Firmware website yet. Thanks.

I don't think you can Odin back to a previous firmware, in this case from 4.4.2 to 4.3. I believe this was the same issue with going from 4.3 to 4.2. You will need the 4.4.2 NAE tar file to recover your phone.
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kevin is correct there is no way I think it is due to keys of going back ( not sure if its keys but think it is heh ) anyways what you need to due is install the newest update before kitkat threw odin then you can update to kitkat now that the ota file is available for download.

dteze88 said:
Hi everyone,
My phone was acing kind of wonky after the 4.4.2 update so I wanted to start fresh from MK2 and OTA to 4.4.2 like I did before. I tried to odin back to MK2 via Odin and the stock MK2 tar but it immediately failed and now it states Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select Recovery Mode in Kies and try again. If anyone has any ideas it would be much appreciated. I'm pretty sure the stock 4.4.2 tar would fix it right up but I dont see it on Samsung Firmware website yet. Thanks.
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Which version of Odin do you use. You must use odin 3.09 our newer. I don't know if this will work, but older versions will definitely fail.
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cruise350 said:
Which version of Odin do you use. You must use odin 3.09 our newer. I don't know if this will work, but older versions will definitely fail.
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I don't think its necessary. I used 3.07 to Odin MK2 before updating to NAE.
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daniel4653 said:
I don't think its necessary. I used 3.07 to Odin MK2 before updating to NAE.
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3.07 works for mk2, he's on nae and screwed up trying to odin backwards. If he uses the newest odin he might have better luck.
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cruise350 said:
3.07 works for mk2, he's on nae and screwed up trying to odin backwards. If he uses the newest odin he might have better luck.
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That might be true. Was just trying to say you don't always need the latest to get it to work. Ex. I've used MK2 on 3.07 and 1.85 I believe. But yes he might have luck with the newest.
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I was in this situation yesterday. Here's how I got out of it:
1) I downloaded the (unofficial) NAE tar from here: https://mega.co.nz/#!55cWBB6a!v1L7J2MfLMe-gjybYpNSbnDapIVaKtbEJngRQmBcsKU
2) I used Odin to flash it. It failed at the end of the system partition, but it appears to have succeeded for all of the other partitions.
3) I then used Heimdall to flash just the system partition again, and it succeeded. I rebooted, and all was well. You may try Odin a couple times to see if it succeeds, but I didn't have the patience.
Hopefully that will get you up and running again.

Hi everyone,
Thank you for all your responses. I was able to recover after finding muniz_ri post here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=50345826&postcount=224 I used his Tar file and easily recovered from there. It rebooted twice while setting up but everything has been smooth sailing after that. Hopefully others can benefit from this information as it was kind of lost in that thread. Again, thank you to everyone for your help.

[Q] OTA 4.4 back to 4.3

Can someone help me take my S4 back to 4.3? I got the OTA update for 4.4 yesterday morning and have had nothing but problems. Terrible battery life (40% down in 3 hours with little to no use) WiFi wont turn on thanks to this piece of junk Knox software. So before I dump Samsung completely for a Moto X or Nexus, can someone help me downgrade from 4.4 back to 4.3 where I had no problems?

Were you totally stock before the OTA? If you still have warranty left, I would bring it in to a Sprint store and *****.
If not, you can try one of 2 things. 1) flash the NAE tar file using odin to see if that fixes your issues or 2) flash the MK2 tar file to bring you back to 4.3

aypanthony said:
Were you totally stock before the OTA? If you still have warranty left, I would bring it in to a Sprint store and *****.
If not, you can try one of 2 things. 1) flash the NAE tar file using odin to see if that fixes your issues or 2) flash the MK2 tar file to bring you back to 4.3
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I went Cyanogen at one point, didn't like it, and flashed back to stock. When the OTA hit I was rooted but had made no changes from stock, not even an uninstall of a Samsung app. I am backing things up now to flash the NAE again, but I want a version without this Knox garbage in it. Is there such thing?
I read that you can't flash back with Odin from 4.4 to 4.3 so I don't know how to do option 2 at this point.

sponge14 said:
I went Cyanogen at one point, didn't like it, and flashed back to stock. When the OTA hit I was rooted but had made no changes from stock, not even an uninstall of a Samsung app. I am backing things up now to flash the NAE again, but I want a version without this Knox garbage in it. Is there such thing?
I read that you can't flash back with Odin from 4.4 to 4.3 so I don't know how to do option 2 at this point.
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You're correct with not being able to go back to mk2 4.3 via Odin.
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sponge14 said:
I went Cyanogen at one point, didn't like it, and flashed back to stock. When the OTA hit I was rooted but had made no changes from stock, not even an uninstall of a Samsung app. I am backing things up now to flash the NAE again, but I want a version without this Knox garbage in it. Is there such thing?
I read that you can't flash back with Odin from 4.4 to 4.3 so I don't know how to do option 2 at this point.
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Yeah, I think you are right. Can't go back to 4.3 once you have the 4.4 bootloader, my bad. I wonder if you should do a factory reset to see if that clears up your issues.

daniel4653 said:
You're correct with not being able to go back to mk2 4.3 via Odin.
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Is there some other way of downgrading? What about going back to Cyanogen's full release?

Well that sucks that you can't go back to 4.3

I had the same issues when I updated and was kinda pissed at it to but a factory reset and it been running way better ever since and I'm rooted with xposed installed and no complaints
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sponge14 said:
I went Cyanogen at one point, didn't like it, and flashed back to stock. When the OTA hit I was rooted but had made no changes from stock, not even an uninstall of a Samsung app. I am backing things up now to flash the NAE again, but I want a version without this Knox garbage in it. Is there such thing?
I read that you can't flash back with Odin from 4.4 to 4.3 so I don't know how to do option 2 at this point.
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I believe once KNOX Bootloader has been installed, your stuck with it. No going back.
But honestly, if you root 4.4, your gonna void KNOX.

lawmangrant said:
I believe once KNOX Bootloader has been installed, your stuck with it. No going back.
But honestly, if you root 4.4, your gonna void KNOX.
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I don't want Knox on my phone at all, it's garbage for me. Are you saying I can't even go Cyanogen at this point?

sponge14 said:
I don't want Knox on my phone at all, it's garbage for me. Are you saying I can't even go Cyanogen at this point?
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You can still have all that. KNOX is just the warrantly flag I have KNOX on mine, but I still have rooted and flashed other roms.

lawmangrant said:
You can still have all that. KNOX is just the warrantly flag I have KNOX on mine, but I still have rooted and flashed other roms.
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Ah OK, I don't care about the warranty, it's out in April anyways... Looks like I need to try Cyanogen again, hopefully it's better this time.

i have gone back to 4.3 with odin.....use odin 1.85.....*First flash the mk2 modem or it will fail**.....why? i dont know...
so here is what i do....1) Odin first the mk2 modem...2) Odin stock Mk2 rom...3) Odin philz latest recovery...4) boot into recovery..goto philz settings and tap " re-root....5) reboot and enjoy.....
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chris-allen said:
i have gone back to 4.3 with odin.....use odin 1.85.....*First flash the mk2 modem or it will fail**.....why? i dont know...
so here is what i do....1) Odin first the mk2 modem...2) Odin stock Mk2 rom...3) Odin philz latest recovery...4) boot into recovery..goto philz settings and tap " re-root....5) reboot and enjoy.....
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You're saying your bootloader went back to MK2 after this? Didn't think that was possible. I've had nothing but stupid little issues myself after using Odin to flash the phone to NAE. I've done factory resets... Completely wiped the phone in Philz. Tried KToonsez kernel as well and stock NAE just sux! I'll probably just flash Liquid Smooth back on it, was only trying to stick with stock NAE for stability and camera , that phone is my girls and she doesn't have the patience for all the bugs that come with custom Roms lol
Anyways just want to confirm that with you. Thanks
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chris-allen said:
i have gone back to 4.3 with odin.....use odin 1.85.....*First flash the mk2 modem or it will fail**.....why? i dont know...
so here is what i do....1) Odin first the mk2 modem...2) Odin stock Mk2 rom...3) Odin philz latest recovery...4) boot into recovery..goto philz settings and tap " re-root....5) reboot and enjoy.....
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I don't know if that is possible for those of us rocking triband. Obviously we cannot use the Mk2 modem or rom. In any event, I upgraded to 4.4.2 on my new L720T and regretted it, but now I'v" managed to install twrp and rooted it and the rom settled down after a few days. At first, horrible battery use but now its amazing. My battery reads 75 percent after 14 hours and that's quite good enough. The only issue I still face is the SD card thing, but that only seems to apply third party software as I can move files directly from internal to external memory using the stock files app that comes with android.

i dont know about triband. i dont have one and im not going to pretend im a smart dev because thats also not true.. i HAVE ODIN 4.4.2 THEN turned around and ODIN 4.3 due to something i didnt like...im not sure if it changes the bootloader or not, i dont even check. i have only tried this with mk2 to nae.. when i purchesed my device it came with mk2 so i have never tinkerd with the other bootloaders. if you have something other then mk2 id ask a dev befor doing anything. like i said it works for me as long as i flash the modem FIRST that corrisponds to the build. ( mk2 or nae )...and in some cases if the wifi is borked on nae, iv had to flash the modem again after instalation of the rom.. i cant explain why any of this happens....
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chris-allen said:
i dont know about triband. i dont have one and im not going to pretend im a smart dev because thats also not true.. i HAVE ODIN 4.4.2 THEN turned around and ODIN 4.3 due to something i didnt like...im not sure if it changes the bootloader or not, i dont even check. i have only tried this with mk2 to nae.. when i purchesed my device it came with mk2 so i have never tinkerd with the other bootloaders. if you have something other then mk2 id ask a dev befor doing anything. like i said it works for me as long as i flash the modem FIRST that corrisponds to the build. ( mk2 or nae )...and in some cases if the wifi is borked on nae, iv had to flash the modem again after instalation of the rom.. i cant explain why any of this happens....
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Lol I know what you mean... Sometimes things just seem to work or they don't.
But that's interesting you can go back to mk2 after being on nae. I figured that was not possible. But if you didn't get any fails in Odin while downgrading that's great. Maybe I'll get ballsy and try this later.
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Is there a stock 4.4 Rom out there I can try, preferably one without Knox? Sprint has recommended that I unroot, that they have a tech bulletin where rooted phones have wifi, and other issues.

sponge14 said:
Is there a stock 4.4 Rom out there I can try, preferably one without Knox? Sprint has recommended that I unroot, that they have a tech bulletin where rooted phones have wifi, and other issues.
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You have a link to that bulletin??
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Mistertac said:
You have a link to that bulletin??
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No that's just what the escalated Tech Support person from Oklahoma City told me.
I also just wiped the cache and did a factory reset and still have the same wifi problem...