Had an S4 with MDL that I had a love affair with, then I dropped it and broke the screen.. After my heartbreak was over, I ordered and received a replacement 2 days ago that had MF3 (so mad about it). Downloaded OTA update today for MK2. Lost root, tried to use the MF3 root tool, and it soft bricked. Can't flash MF3 tars thru Odin (I'm assuming they are considering it a downgrade now), and I can't use emergency recovery in Kies. Can only boot to download mode, no recovery mode. Receive the error firmware encountered an issue during upgrade.
Can anyone kindly upload the MK2 full update that I could possibly flash thru Odin?
I didn't know how lucky I was to have MDL. Thanks to anyone to can help or point me in the right direction! :beer:
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TRIED TO ODIN BACK TO MF9 FROM MJA. ODIN FAILED AND BRICKED MY PHONE. THE PHONE NOW SAYS, "FIMWARE UPGRADE ENCOUNTERED AN ISSUE. PLEASE SELECT RECOVERY MODE IN KIES & TRY AGAIN.
IF ODIN FAILS THEN WHAT OTHER OPTIONS DO I HAVE?
I WAS ON A PURE STOCK MJA. WHEN I TRY TO DOWNGRADE SAYS I HAVE A BINARY OF 1 EVEN THOUGH EVERYTHING SAYS OFFICIAL.
Why, just why?
Have you not read that at this time you cannot go back to MF9 once you accept the MJA update ?
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daniel4653 said:
Why, just why?
Have you not read that at this time you cannot go back to MF9 once you accept the MJA update ?
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SOLVED...I USED ODIN 3.07 "NEWEST" AND DID THE CF_AUTO ROOT THROUGH ODIN...HERE... AFTER THE DOWNLOAD HAD TO DELETE THE .MD5 EXTENTION FOR ODIN TO WORK...BACK ON 4.3...SCAREY WHEN ODIN FAILS.
THERE IS A UPSIDE TO THIS FAIL...IM ROOTED NOW
Glad you got it back up. I knew there was a way to bring it back. Just couldn't remember off the top of my head.
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Thanks man
I had the same issue. I looked for talk about upgrading to mja and back to mf9, but I couldnt find anything useful. I didnt want to root from the new update mja, so I tried going back to mf9 and had the same issue you had.
I was worried.
I tried to use odin 3.07 to go back to mf9, but it wouldnt work. I instead used odin to root the f#cker and to my amazement it worked!
Now I am rooted and on 4.3!
I though I had to choose between the two.
Thanks again.
Hey guys new to these forums. So I've been looking around and I feel like no matter what I try nothings helping. I rooted my phone when it was 4.2 and when it went to 4.3 I updated without even thinking about it... screwed up everything! I tried to re-root and now my wireless doesn't work and everythings buggy. I tried to download stock 4.2 firmware and run with ODIN and it keeps saying FAIL every time. Is there a "set in stone" way to do this for the samsung galaxy S4 by sprint?
How did you update to 4.3? If you took the ota or Odined the full tar file, you cannot downgrade to 4.2.
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It fails because you are using the wrong download. Download either the MJA or the MK2 full tar file and install with odin. Once you upgraded to 4.3 you lost the ability to use older 4.2 tar files. You must continue with the 4.3 software tar files which are MJA or MK2. Good luck.
I'm running an AT&T Samsung Galaxy S4 (SGH-I337) 4.3 with MK2. I got it soft bricked because I was trying to install cwm or twrp a couple months ago, and was able to recover using the Down Volume Key method. This was fine until I tried to update to 4.4.2 and since my recovery menu is gone, I can't update. It says that It can't boot normally when it restarts. Is there a way to update or will I have to get it "unbricked" somewhere else? If so, where?
You'll have to flash the mk2 tar files in odin. See this for the files, read the whole thread @Rehdnehck
Edit, sorry wrong link use this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49687770
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Does it boot to Android. If so use a Terminal Emulator and "dd" the MK2 stock recovery.img
found in general section
Got it to restore with first guide, will try second guide to get the recovery mode back.
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I'm running an AT&T Samsung Galaxy S4 (SGH-I337) 4.3 with MK2. I got it soft bricked because I was trying to install cwm or twrp a couple months ago, and was able to recover using the Down Volume Key method. This was fine until I tried to update to 4.4.2 and since my recovery menu is gone, I can't update. It says that It can't boot normally when it restarts. Is there a way to update or will I have to get it "unbricked" somewhere else? If so, where?
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put it into odin mode and flash mk2 ap, cp. and csc (don't know if you need all three but they worked for me). don't flash the bl because it will fail if you have updated to 4.4.2. then side load the update zip. that should get you up and running again. or you can try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2663545 hope this helps
Hello guys, so i sold my AT&T Galaxy S4 to a friend an move up to Note 3.
After a couple of weeks he downloaded an app from Playstore and got into a Bootloop. I tol;d him i could help him as I have come through the same procedure again in the past.
I tried flashing the same rom the phone had by that time "I337UCUFMLD_OneClick" and i Got a FAIL.
Soon i realized the phone was bricked. I have been searhing for 5-6 hours today, tried to flash "ALL_ATT_I337UCUFNB1_I337ATTFNB1_505595_REV06_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar", all MK2 roms I Found here, and the only once which worked was flashing the "pit" file and flashing "I337_NC1_Stock_Recovery.tar". Now The phone has access to both Download & recovery mode but
i 'cant enable usb debugging cause i can't access the system.
If anyone has a clue, please help!
PS: Sry for the long description, can't post links.
You should be able to flash the all in one nb1 tar use Odin 3 v1.85 make sure you extract the rar and load the tar in the pda slot. Unless it's been updated to nc1 then you'll have to wait and hope someone releases a all in one for that.
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You should be able to flash the all in one nb1 tar use Odin 3 v1.85 make sure you extract the rar and load the tar in the pda slot. Unless it's been updated to nc1 then you'll have to wait and hope someone releases a all in one for that.
Sent from my SGH-I337. And no we can't flash Aosp based ROMs with a locked bootloader!
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Thanks for the quick responce!
Nope, i flashed only the stock recovery from NC1 cause it was the only one i could find
Att recently pushed the nc1 firmware if your friend unknowingly applied the nc1 update and it flashed a new bootloader then that would make the nb1 Odin fail. I think your best bet is going to the Samsung Rep at your local Best buy and they can flash the factory image.
Sent from my SGH-I337. And no we can't flash Aosp based ROMs with a locked bootloader!
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Att recently pushed the nc1 firmware if your friend unknowingly applied the nc1 update and it flashed a new bootloader then that would make the nb1 Odin fail. I think your best bet is going to the Samsung Rep at your local Best buy and they can flash the factory image.
Sent from my SGH-I337. And no we can't flash Aosp based ROMs with a locked bootloader!
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Thanks for the advice, we were about to after the weekend.
PS: I tried flashing using 1.85 ... reaches 90% of SYSTEM and fails...
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Att recently pushed the nc1 firmware if your friend unknowingly applied the nc1 update and it flashed a new bootloader then that would make the nb1 Odin fail. I think your best bet is going to the Samsung Rep at your local Best buy and they can flash the factory image.
Sent from my SGH-I337. And no we can't flash Aosp based ROMs with a locked bootloader!
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It has been reported that the NC1 update did not incriment the Q-fuse count in aboot. If this is true, it should be safe to Odin NB1 back onto a phone that took the NC1 update without it causing failure..
Solution
dave5777 said:
You should be able to flash the all in one nb1 tar use Odin 3 v1.85 ... !
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After several tries i managed to flash it back to STOCK NB1 with no problem.
The only Problem some people may have is that if you try flashing with odin 3+ and then try 1.85, you will fail due to Windows instabilitty.
I recommend taking battary of the phone for 1 hour (may sound too much but worked for me) restart PC, and try flashing right away after your computer boots up!
I will propably make a guide out of this cause that brick was tricky as hell.
Thanks everyone for replying
PROBLEM SOLVED :good:
I was on MK2 rooted, wanting to upgrade to NC1 via Safestrap method. Something went wrong after I wiped everything except EXSD in Safestrap recovery. The SGS4 rebooted and is now stuck in a softbrick. I can get into download mode and stock recovery, however, I cannot bring my phone back to life. I've tried flashing stock firmware with ODIN, sammobile only has MDL and MDB -- neither of these work for me. I have spent the past few hours reading posts and have not found a solution.
any help is greatly appreciated!
Since you're on a newer version you aren't able to downgrade it to MDL or MDB, if you download the MK2 tar file from here you may be able to get it back.
Code:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2621279
maDIEmG said:
Since you're on a newer version you aren't able to downgrade it to MDL or MDB, if you download the MK2 tar file from here you may be able to get it back.
Code:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2621279
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Thanks, I was able to get my phone back with odin and the files located on that thread!