Maybe a newb question - AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin

Been thinking of getting rid of my galaxy 4 ATT 4.2.2 MDL rooted/twrp recovery but running a back up of orignal rom that was installed.. I was wondering the best way posible to get back to stock?
Still debating doing this, as I know what happends after I hit the ok button. But Ive been having some bluetooth audio issues so i keep thinking about it.
I assume not to just use OTA..?
Thank you,

burtonfamily101 said:
Been thinking of getting rid of my galaxy 4 ATT 4.2.2 MDL rooted/twrp recovery but running a back up of orignal rom that was installed.. I was wondering the best way posible to get back to stock?
Still debating doing this, as I know what happends after I hit the ok button. But Ive been having some bluetooth audio issues so i keep thinking about it.
I assume not to just use OTA..?
Thank you,
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It sounds like you are already stock. Just root and recovery shouldn't mess with your bluetooth the problem is something else. Try factory reset ot llr maybe one of the custom roms. I'm on latest shostock and bluetooth works fine.

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[Q] Galaxy S4 i337m - NO AUDIO WHATSOEVER

Total Noob here. I have a GS4 (Canadian Rogers Model i337m). When flashing CM 10.2 I wiped dalvik cache, system, data, internal storage, and cache (to get all the samsung stuff off my device) and formatted data. After flashing, everything worked perfectly EXCEPT there is no audio from anywhere. No systems sounds, no notification sounds, no music (headphones don't even work), absolutely nothing. Does anyone have any suggestions? I've been racking my brain all day trying to figure something out. Thanks.
Stock firmware?
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Ive got the same issue, I was running OMNI rom until i got fed up of the phone powering off on its own. I decided to flash back to stock rom with odin then flash CM11 nightly. Thats about when I lost sound. Not only do I not have sound, the phone freezes up every time I use an app ( even dialer ) which requires sound. I've since tried flashing back to stock again in Odin, even trying different stock firmwares. I've still got the issue and the phone is basically useless as a phone without sound... Please help. Is this a modem issue? If so, how to I flash a new modem that will work, and doesn't flashing stock replace the modem anyway? Could this be a bootloader issue? I've been flashing roms and playing around with android for a while but I'd still consider myself a noob.
Same
I got the same thing here, No music plays at all, My phone completely froze when someone tried to call me. also complete noob at this stuff.
I did find a couple ROM's that were i337m 4.3. But none did anything, but did the same thing. All had no audio at all. I also get screen flashing a lot (That could just be my water damage)
Wouldn't mind finding an answer for this either!
Phone:Samsung Galaxy s4 i337m (Rogers) running 4.3
Katnipperron said:
I got the same thing here, No music plays at all, My phone completely froze when someone tried to call me. also complete noob at this stuff.
I did find a couple ROM's that were i337m 4.3. But none did anything, but did the same thing. All had no audio at all. I also get screen flashing a lot (That could just be my water damage)
Wouldn't mind finding an answer for this either!
Phone:Samsung Galaxy s4 i337m (Rogers) running 4.3
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Have you tried to Re-Flash via ODIN?
If yes, what version if ODIN do you Have?
toterkeks said:
Have you tried to Re-Flash via ODIN?
If yes, what version if ODIN do you Have?
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I have yet to find a ROM that will let me Flash via Odin (Correction I did find one, but the same problems came up, no WIFI and no Audio), so the one I currently have is Goldeneye, which was flashed via CWM
Flash i337m 4.3 official firmware
You might wanna try flashing a new kernel. That usually fixes Wifi issues at least.
SaHiLzZ said:
Flash i337m 4.3 official firmware
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I have no idea where to find that though, I have been looking for a while.
MrKhozam said:
You might wanna try flashing a new kernel. That usually fixes Wifi issues at least.
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Any Kernels you know?
My wifi is fixed, it works fine for me.
Katnipperron said:
I have no idea where to find that though, I have been looking for a while.
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Here you go: http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SGH-I337M.
Any Kernels you know?
My wifi is fixed, it works fine for me.
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I use KT kernel. It's in my sig. Might be able to fix any other issues you're having too.
Hey MrKhozam thanks a bunch!
Sidenote, anyone know any Stock kernels of i337m? Or if they are even available for download. Or a way to get 'em?

[q] help please!

Hi, guys im having some issues and would like some expertise. Okay so i have an s4 the model is m919v but the model is unrelated to the problem. I was running custom roms and have been for a few months and i have a phone that has a locked sim. I heard from someone that i can flash an older version of my modem and get the service menu to unlock... point is i did it and it didnt unlock BUT THATS NOT MY ISSUE. I decided to then revert to stock because my phone was being really glitchy after i tried the unlock. Now i restored my phone and got a custom recovery installed a custom rom that was working flawlessly before is now also being glitchy the same way after i tried to unlock it,
These are some glitches im experiencing:
1) phone app is taking a long time to load and it doesnt type in numbers fast
2) when i call someone it just freezes and i cant go to the call screen
3) no notification sounds coming from my phone it just vibrates but doesnt ring
and im sure a few more
IM SURE THESE HAPPENED AFTER I WENT INTO THE SERVICE MENU AND TRIED TO UNLOCK MY DEVICE.
Someone please tell me what i can do to fix this because ive already reverted to stock once.
EDIT: omg MY CAMERA ISNT WORKING EITHER! PLEASE SOMEONE HELP IM SCARED
zee24 said:
Hi, guys im having some issues and would like some expertise. Okay so i have an s4 the model is m919v but the model is unrelated to the problem. I was running custom roms and have been for a few months and i have a phone that has a locked sim. I heard from someone that i can flash an older version of my modem and get the service menu to unlock... point is i did it and it didnt unlock BUT THATS NOT MY ISSUE. I decided to then revert to stock because my phone was being really glitchy after i tried the unlock. Now i restored my phone and got a custom recovery installed a custom rom that was working flawlessly before is now also being glitchy the same way after i tried to unlock it,
These are some glitches im experiencing:
1) phone app is taking a long time to load and it doesnt type in numbers fast
2) when i call someone it just freezes and i cant go to the call screen
3) no notification sounds coming from my phone it just vibrates but doesnt ring
and im sure a few more
IM SURE THESE HAPPENED AFTER I WENT INTO THE SERVICE MENU AND TRIED TO UNLOCK MY DEVICE.
Someone please tell me what i can do to fix this because ive already reverted to stock once.
EDIT: omg MY CAMERA ISNT WORKING EITHER! PLEASE SOMEONE HELP IM SCARED
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can't say about camera,but did u try flashing a newer modem?
Or maybe try a rom which preincludes latest modem?
That may solve ur prob.
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anu.cool said:
can't say about camera,but did u try flashing a newer modem?
Or maybe try a rom which preincludes latest modem?
That may solve ur prob.
Sent from my GT-I9500
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Hey after i flashed the old modem and was being glitchy i extracted the new 4.3 modem and flashed that but it was still glitchy so then decided to go full 4.3 stock and then i have the problem again ill try maybe flashing another modem hopefully thatll fix it
EDIT: ITS FIXED! THANK YOU all i flashed stock but it dindt work i had to flash stock firmware 2 TIMES THEN EVERYTHING IS WORKING PERFECT

[Q] no sound and cannot make calls

OK so there's a bit more to it than that but I will try my best to explain,I recently picked up my s4 1337m and decided to root it,all went well so I decided to install cmod11,again all went well but I wanted to go back to to stock so I flashed a recovery in odin and now I have no sound,cannot make calls,cannot recieve calls because the phone lags for awhile and I also cannot update to 4.4 kitkat because when I do the phone is really slow and does not like to respond so I have to go back to 4.2.2.I asked a friend who knows way more than I do and he said it sounded like a modem problem so he found me a modem online and I flashed it,however the phone is in the same state as it has been for two days now.I don't really know what else to write other than the process went like this:I rooted the phone,installed cm11,tried to go back to stock and am now in this situation.I now wish I had never attempted any of this and only want my phone back to the way it was but I am losing hope .I did find a thread on here where the person just kept flashing the stock rom and the sound and everything came back after a few tries but this has not happened for me,please if anyone has any ideas I am open to trying anything.If I did not provide enough info please just ask and I will do my best to answer.I did trip knox if that matters I just hope all is not lost and someone who knows more than me can help.I should add when I put my sim card in I can still text and get texts just cannot call out and I also have no wifi.So in closing I thank anyone in advance who can help me get this phone working again.I should also add it is locked to Bell
anybody have any ideas
Ryganides said:
anybody have any ideas
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Try flashing the stock firmware in Odin
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jd1639 said:
Try flashing the stock firmware in Odin
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yeah I tried that,unfortunately that does not work and I tried multiple times,would me tripping knox have something to do with it
Is there anything else that might cause this to happen?

Need some help

Ok so my phone has been rooted for a few months now and ive used custom roms with no problems, I was recently going to update my Negalite rom but I wound up downloading the wrong rom it was negalite for a different phone. Anyway that is now the only rom on my phone I have already cleaned everything and realized after that it was the wrong rom. Now my phone doesn't boot up I can get to download mode no problem anything else doesn't really work, ive tried flashing the stock tar with odin but keep getting a failed message.
Anything I can do or did my stupid mistake screw me completely?
Edit: Cant even get into recovery mode
When I got my Sprint S4, I thought I was cool since this was my second Android phone and I had experience with custom ROMs and rooting on my old phone. So, I got cocky and in a hurry and managed to flash a T-Mobile ROM on the phone. I had a small heart attack when the T-Mobile logo appeared during boot. Anyway, using ODIN, I was able to quickly get the stock Sprint setup back on the phone and start over. You should be able to do the same thing. If you don't care about Knox and want the latest, just try this thread, and you should be all fixed up pretty quickly:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2663619
If you're worried about keeping an older bootloader things will be more complicated.
nobody291 said:
When I got my Sprint S4, I thought I was cool since this was my second Android phone and I had experience with custom ROMs and rooting on my old phone. So, I got cocky and in a hurry and managed to flash a T-Mobile ROM on the phone. I had a small heart attack when the T-Mobile logo appeared during boot. Anyway, using ODIN, I was able to quickly get the stock Sprint setup back on the phone and start over. You should be able to do the same thing. If you don't care about Knox and want the latest, just try this thread, and you should be all fixed up pretty quickly:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2663619
If you're worried about keeping an older bootloader things will be more complicated.
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At this point I just want my phone back lol, im almost done downloading that file from that thread im praying it works but if its the same tar file I already tried it prolly wont. If I get fixed I wont mess with custom roms cause ill prolly be updating my phone soon.
Sounds like you odined an old tar from either 4.3 or 4.2.2. Do you know what stock ROM or boot loader you were on before flashing the wrong rom?
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daniel4653 said:
Sounds like you odined an old tar from either 4.3 or 4.2.2. Do you know what stock ROM or boot loader you were on before flashing the wrong rom?
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Im sorry im kinda of a noob with this, before I flashed the rom I was using Negalite before that I was on 4.4.2 and boot loader is the recovery right? I was using phillz
EDIT: ya know what the one from that link seems to be working so far, I think ive got it...will update in a few if it works
Second Edit: OK it successfully booted up, im good. im assuming its different flashing roms now right? If so im staying away from it

Since returning to Stock, issues with soft touch keys, particularly the back key

I've been trying some AOSP Roms and Note 5 Roms to see what kind of features I like. I've gone back to Stock, as several Apps I like don't work in Custom and I'm due for an upgrade soon. I have SM-N900W8 (Canada\Telus).
My Back Key doesn't work and my menu button is doing SFinder stuff instead in Lollipop. Here is the messed up part. If I restore back to KitKat, no issues, but even if I upgrade to Lollipop from Kit Kat, issue comes back. I've tried OTA, ODIN Flash, and Samsung Switch\Kies, nothing. If I go back to custom ROM (Most were Darklord Note 5 base, all really good work). The soft keys work.
Be aware I'm still learning the ropes here. I even used Odin to wipe my EFT and NAND my data partition, still nothing. I'm out of ideas. Can anyone point me the right way?
R2pclaw said:
I've been trying some AOSP Roms and Note 5 Roms to see what kind of features I like. I've gone back to Stock, as several Apps I like don't work in Custom and I'm due for an upgrade soon. I have SM-N900W8 (Canada\Telus).
My Back Key doesn't work and my menu button is doing SFinder stuff instead in Lollipop. Here is the messed up part. If I restore back to KitKat, no issues, but even if I upgrade to Lollipop from Kit Kat, issue comes back. I've tried OTA, ODIN Flash, and Samsung Switch\Kies, nothing. If I go back to custom ROM (Most were Darklord Note 5 base, all really good work). The soft keys work.
Be aware I'm still learning the ropes here. I even used Odin to wipe my EFT and NAND my data partition, still nothing. I'm out of ideas. Can anyone point me the right way?
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Hey im in the same boat as you, and was doing the same things as you, have you found a fix?
lilr said:
Hey im in the same boat as you, and was doing the same things as you, have you found a fix?
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Not Entirely, but I found a Work Around. If I get back to Lollipop, reroot (I use TWRP and SuperSU), and then install a Custom Kernel (I've tested LeanKernel and Arter97), then it works again. I'm going to now try to reflash back to Stock Kernel later this week, and test the results.
Update: Reflashed Stock Kernel provided here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/general/direct-download-bootloaders-modems-t3258803 (Thanks to @jcadduono , very convenient) and same issue, back to Arter97 or Lean Kernel for now. Hoping someone has a fix soon.
I just made a post. Did not see this one. I'm having the same issue
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Soft brick maybe?
R2pclaw said:
I've been trying some AOSP Roms and Note 5 Roms to see what kind of features I like. I've gone back to Stock, as several Apps I like don't work in Custom and I'm due for an upgrade soon. I have SM-N900W8 (Canada\Telus).
My Back Key doesn't work and my menu button is doing SFinder stuff instead in Lollipop. Here is the messed up part. If I restore back to KitKat, no issues, but even if I upgrade to Lollipop from Kit Kat, issue comes back. I've tried OTA, ODIN Flash, and Samsung Switch\Kies, nothing. If I go back to custom ROM (Most were Darklord Note 5 base, all really good work). The soft keys work.
Be aware I'm still learning the ropes here. I even used Odin to wipe my EFT and NAND my data partition, still nothing. I'm out of ideas. Can anyone point me the right way?
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I think this might have to do with soft bricking the device, because I updated my rooted n900w8 from 4.4.3 (If im remembering correctly) to 5.0 while still rooted and ended up softbricking it. I think. But I also had to mess around with the BL, AP, and CSC to get it working again. could it be because of that ? has anyone else dealt with this as well?
I've posted my solutions here
rocked_out said:
I've posted my solutions here
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Thank you so much, rocked_out! that worked for me!

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