I've been searching around as much as possible but the XDA search function seems to be broken because no matter what I put in the search field it returns no results.
I updated my S4 to the latest OTA and am now on MJA. I rooted it and installed TWRP. Reading all this stuff about MJA and Knox has me worried I might screw something up so I want to make sure before I proceed with flashing roms. Can I flash roms now without worrying? Can I flash 4.4 and not brick my phone? I don't really care about tripping counters or voiding warranties.
Ephemeralness said:
I've been searching around as much as possible but the XDA search function seems to be broken because no matter what I put in the search field it returns no results.
I updated my S4 to the latest OTA and am now on MJA. I rooted it and installed TWRP. Reading all this stuff about MJA and Knox has me worried I might screw something up so I want to make sure before I proceed with flashing roms. Can I flash roms now without worrying? Can I flash 4.4 and not brick my phone? I don't really care about tripping counters or voiding warranties.
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Well first off, I don't think TWRP is playing nice with the MJA update at the moment so I would recommend using Philz Touch CWM recovery, Then just head on over to the rom threads,and check them out to see which one would best suit your needs. I myself am running Stock Rooted but it's just my personal preference..:thumbup:
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BIGSAMDA1ST said:
Well first off, I don't think TWRP is playing nice with the MJA update at the moment so I would recommend using Philz Touch CWM recovery, Then just head on over to the rom threads,and check them out to see which one would best suit your needs. I myself am running Stock Rooted but it's just my personal preference..:thumbup:
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Thankyou, there isn't much concise info on the MJA update and what we can and cannot do with it.
Ephemeralness said:
Thankyou, there isn't much concise info on the MJA update and what we can and cannot do with it.
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You can check this out : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2498397
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So here's what happened. Unrooted my s4 to get the 4.3 update. Don't care about warranty issues so then I rooted again and installed CWM recovery and then wireless teather hack. After restart it just sticks on sprint screen. Being hasty and stupid I did not back up stock firmware before I installed the teather hack. Is there a way to get the stock rom back on this rooted phone. So far all I can find is the stock firmware to keep the former bootloader. Will this tar file work for me as well? Help greatly appreciated.
lakadasicalj said:
So here's what happened. Unrooted my s4 to get the 4.3 update. Don't care about warranty issues so then I rooted again and installed CWM recovery and then wireless teather hack. After restart it just sticks on sprint screen. Being hasty and stupid I did not back up stock firmware before I installed the teather hack. Is there a way to get the stock rom back on this rooted phone. So far all I can find is the stock firmware to keep the former bootloader. Will this tar file work for me as well? Help greatly appreciated.
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If you want to download the stock MJA you can go here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47359331 Then you can re root and then use Philz Touch CWM. You should be good to go..
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Thanks for the fast reply. I'll give it a whirl...
u are a king..
You are king.... I can't thank you enough.... It worked...
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You are king.... I can't thank you enough.... It worked...
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Glad you are back up and running...:thumbup:
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I am rooted on MF9 and didn't accept ota. Is it possibe to update to MJA keeping MF9 bootloader without doing a clean wipe system/data?
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cooldroidxda said:
I am rooted on MF9 and didn't accept ota. Is it possibe to update to MJA keeping MF9 bootloader without doing a clean wipe system/data?
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A little searching would've brought you here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41384294
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BIGSAMDA1ST said:
A little searching would've brought you here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41384294
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Thank you for taking the time to assist. I've been following that post since it started and always search and read. I don't have access to post the question in that thread but step 5 is the issue. I don't want to perform the complete wipe below. I will if I have to but I wanted to know if there is way to upgrade to MJA with MF9 boot loader without the full wipe.
5. Boot into Philz recovery. Choose "Clean to Install a New Rom for a complete wipe."
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Thank you for taking the time to assist. I've been following that post since it started and always search and read. I don't have access to post the question in that thread but step 5 is the issue. I don't want to perform the complete wipe below. I will if I have to but I wanted to know if there is way to upgrade to MJA with MF9 boot loader without the full wipe.
5. Boot into Philz recovery. Choose "Clean to Install a New Rom for a complete wipe."
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Oh ok.. I see exactly what you mean..:thumbup:
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I've been using custom roms for a while but I want to just go back to completely stock, except for root of course. I'm not exactly sure how to do that though, could someone help me?
nelsona96 said:
I've been using custom roms for a while but I want to just go back to completely stock, except for root of course. I'm not exactly sure how to do that though, could someone help me?
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What are you currently on? MDC, MDL, MF9 Or MJA?
You can always head on over here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42044738 and download the stock rom of choice and reroot with CF-Auto Root..
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BIGSAMDA1ST said:
What are you currently on? MDC, MDL, MF9 Or MJA?
You can always head on over here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42044738 and download the stock rom of choice and reroot with CF-Auto Root..
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I'm on Cyanogenmod 10.2 and MF9. Can I also get the stock kernel?
nelsona96 said:
I'm on Cyanogenmod 10.2 and MF9. Can I also get the stock kernel?
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Everything is included in the link I posted..
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BIGSAMDA1ST said:
Everything is included in the link I posted..
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Yeah I realized that after I said that lol Thanks man!
im in the same position and im downloadin the rom right now but will this give me the battery life i had before now it seems the phone cant hold a charge and its drainin pretty fast
Sorry, this is probably a dumb question, but just want to be safe. Need to take in for service. Running Tri-force 3.1(MF9). Can I unroot to stock and avoid the knox flag since I didn't upgrade to MJA yet. If so what is the best way? Thanks
Just follow this Guide and video un how to unroot
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2257101&highlight=unroot
It is safe to downgrade then? Don't have to worry about the knox flag??
Cuse Rocker said:
It is safe to downgrade then? Don't have to worry about the knox flag??
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If your on MF9 and never updated to MJA then you have no Knox to worry about. Just follow the link that the previous post has and make sure to follow it to a tee...
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If your on MF9 and never updated to MJA then you have no Knox to worry about. Just follow the link that the previous post has and make sure to follow it to a tee...
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Thank You Both
So I am no noob, but I am to this device. I am trying to use Odin to flash back to bone stock (unrooted) and am having some weird issues I have never incurred before. When I flash the stock tar file (got from QBKing77's website) it continually fails no matter what cable, USB port, battery tricks, everything! And yes I have searched the threads but found nothing like my issue exactly.
Here's what I've done thus far:
* 12/14 Bought device at Best Buy Mobile
* 12/14 Rooted using Odin, flashed TWRP Recovery using Odin
* 12/14 Flashed Cyanogen Mod 10.2 (stable build)
* 12/16 Flashed S4 Premium Rom 4.2.2
* 12/17 Attempted to Odin back to stock **FAIL**
What is going on here? If anyone has any info or insight please let me know. Odin has never failed me before.
Thanks everyone.
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So I am no noob, but I am to this device. I am trying to use Odin to flash back to bone stock (unrooted) and am having some weird issues I have never incurred before. When I flash the stock tar file (got from QBKing77's website) it continually fails no matter what cable, USB port, battery tricks, everything! And yes I have searched the threads but found nothing like my issue exactly.
Here's what I've done thus far:
* 12/14 Bought device at Best Buy Mobile
* 12/14 Rooted using Odin, flashed TWRP Recovery using Odin
* 12/14 Flashed Cyanogen Mod 10.2 (stable build)
* 12/16 Flashed S4 Premium Rom 4.2.2
* 12/17 Attempted to Odin back to stock **FAIL**
What is going on here? If anyone has any info or insight please let me know. Odin has never failed me before.
Thanks everyone.
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I hear ya... Here is a link for some stock roms..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42044738
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SoFaKiNgStOkeD said:
So I am no noob, but I am to this device. I am trying to use Odin to flash back to bone stock (unrooted) and am having some weird issues I have never incurred before. When I flash the stock tar file (got from QBKing77's website) it continually fails no matter what cable, USB port, battery tricks, everything! And yes I have searched the threads but found nothing like my issue exactly.
Here's what I've done thus far:
* 12/14 Bought device at Best Buy Mobile
* 12/14 Rooted using Odin, flashed TWRP Recovery using Odin
* 12/14 Flashed Cyanogen Mod 10.2 (stable build)
* 12/16 Flashed S4 Premium Rom 4.2.2
* 12/17 Attempted to Odin back to stock **FAIL**
What is going on here? If anyone has any info or insight please let me know. Odin has never failed me before.
Thanks everyone.
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Could be the fact that your on 4.3 bootloader. You either have to odin mja tar file or mk2 tar file.
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Tell us what release your phone is on and what stock rom you were trying to load.
jejb said:
Tell us what release your phone is on and what stock rom you were trying to load.
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I am on baseband version L720VPUEMJA. I hope that's what you are asking. Again, I am new to this device, sorry.
The Stock ROM I am trying to Odin to is L720/L720VPUAMDC_L720SPTAMDC_SPR (exact tar file on QBKing's website)
I am currently on the S4 Premuim v1.0 ROM 4.2.2.
I want to get back to stock because I may need to return this phone due to some cosmetic issues I am having.
I want to thank you all for helping me, you are all super helpful and cool. I am looking forward to sharing in the coolness of the S4!
That is the reason it keeps failing..Cant go back to older builds.. You're going to need to flash a stock MJA or MK2 build..
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That is the reason it keeps failing..Cant go back to older builds.. You're going to need to flash a stock MJA or MK2 build..
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Okay makes sense. So when I find one of those builds, will they be tar files for Odin, and when I do flash it will it unroot and bring my phone completely back to stock with no signs of tampering? BTW, I already used Traingle Away to reset the flash counter. I'm not sure if that even means anything on these devices, but I did it anyway, and it worked great.
THANKS AGAIN BROTHER!!! You are awesome!
Yes sir that is correct,tar files for Odin...Now, you said that there weren't any signs of tampering. Did you check in download mode? If you did truly have MJA installed then you should see something like Knox Warranty Void 0x1...Also if your planning on returning the phone then why not just flash the official MK2 from Sammobile:
http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SPH-L720&details=Galaxy_S_4_Sprint
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That is the reason it keeps failing..Cant go back to older builds.. You're going to need to flash a stock MJA or MK2 build..
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Yes sir that is correct,tar files for Odin...Now, you said that there weren't any signs of tampering. Did you check in download mode? If you did truly have MJA installed then you should see something like Knox Warranty Void 0x1...Also if your planning on returning the phone then why not just flash the official MK2 from Sammobile:
http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SPH-L720&details=Galaxy_S_4_Sprint
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Yes it does say Knox Warranty void. Are they really going to see that at a BestBuy Mobile Store though? Thanks again :good:
To be honest I dont know if they'd even check.. But im not 100% sure... It's Samsung that would give you a hard time..
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