Hey everyone,
I'm currently on a stock rooted mf9 rom with the hotspot mod and I'm encountering a few issues. I can't really have any issues right now as I'm busy with school, so I just want to go back to completely stock, preferably how I got the phone. I knew how to do this on my old og evo, but Samsung phones are very different from old htc phones. Can anyone tell me how to do this (in detail) or can anyone post a link to the directions?
Thank you guys so much in advance.
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monkeychef said:
Hey everyone,
I'm currently on a stock rooted mf9 rom with the hotspot mod and I'm encountering a few issues. I can't really have any issues right now as I'm busy with school, so I just want to go back to completely stock, preferably how I got the phone. I knew how to do this on my old og evo, but Samsung phones are very different from old htc phones. Can anyone tell me how to do this (in detail) or can anyone post a link to the directions?
Thank you guys so much in advance.
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Here is the file you need to download to return to stock MF9 : http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SPH-L720&details=Galaxy_S_4_Sprint
Here is a quick video to help you out..http://qbking77.com/development/how-to-unroot-and-unbrick-the-samsung-galaxy-s4/
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BIGSAMDA1ST said:
Here is the file you need to download to return to stock MF9 : http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SPH-L720&details=Galaxy_S_4_Sprint
Here is a quick video to help you out..http://qbking77.com/development/how-to-unroot-and-unbrick-the-samsung-galaxy-s4/
GS4 Stock Rooted MJA 4.3,Philz Touch CWM,HotSpot Mod,Transparent Weather Widget,8SMS(Stock Messaging,KitKat)
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Thank you so much. That video was actually fantastic.
Is there any chance that I could just download the newest update instead of MF9, or should I go to unrooted MF9 first and then update?
monkeychef said:
Thank you so much. That video was actually fantastic.
Is there any chance that I could just download the newest update instead of MF9, or should I go to unrooted MF9 first and then update?
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You can download the latest if you like. But I suggest reading up on it before taking that plunge... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47161861
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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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Rooted my s4 all was ok tryed to get hotspot and got yellow sprint screen tryed to reflash stock now iam stuck on kies firmware upgrade encountered an issue dose anyone know of a shop in houston tx
trueaho said:
Rooted my s4 all was ok tryed to get hotspot and got yellow sprint screen tryed to reflash stock now iam stuck on kies firmware upgrade encountered an issue dose anyone know of a shop in houston tx
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Can u get into download mode? If so try this, it will take you back to stock MJA http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47359331
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thanks
BIGSAMDA1ST said:
Can u get into download mode? If so try this, it will take you back to stock MJA http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47359331
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THANK YOU, YOU ROCK WORKED GREAT :good::good::laugh::good:
trueaho said:
THANK YOU, YOU ROCK WORKED GREAT :good::good::laugh::good:
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Glad you got it working.Now if you want to re root its CF-Auto Root, Philz Touch CWM and then any mods you would like.
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BIGSAMDA1ST said:
Glad you got it working.Now if you want to re root its CF-Auto Root, Philz Touch CWM and then any mods you would like.
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would like to root and hotspot mod but iam a little gun shy do you have any links ,i went to 2 shops 1 worked on it for 3 day and told me it was not fixable thanks again
trueaho said:
would like to root and hotspot mod but iam a little gun shy do you have any links ,i went to 2 shops 1 worked on it for 3 day and told me it was not fixable thanks again
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These are the links for Cf-Auto Root, Hot Spot Mod and a video by QBKing77 that will show you how to install.. 1) CF-Auto root http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41743595
2) Philz Touch CWM http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42538735
3) Hot Spot Mod http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=40860639 Just make sure you give them a thanks on their page... :thumbup:
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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...
lakadasicalj said:
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'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
So I decided to take the update to 4.3 and since doing so I went from 3 to 5 bars of 4G to none. I either have 3g or no data at all. I'm not rooted yet and did a factory reset but nothing changed. My question is could I root and flash the last modem before mja or should I just go back to 4.2? Thanks for the info!
vertigosrs said:
So I decided to take the update to 4.3 and since doing so I went from 3 to 5 bars of 4G to none. I either have 3 or no data at all. I'm not rooted yet and did a factory reset but nothing changed. My question is could I root and flash the last modem before mja or should I just go back to 4.2? Thanks for the info!
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There is no going back to anything else once you update to 4.3. Trying to do so will most likely result in a non working phone. Try updating the PRL abs Profile see if that helps any.
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Updating prl and profile had no effect. Would it be possible to root and stay on mja but use the mf9 modem? Thanks for the help btw, I appreciate the info.
I also tried updating to mk2 but that still didn't solve the signal issue. I may just take the phone to sprint and see if they'll do anything about it.
vertigosrs said:
I also tried updating to mk2 but that still didn't solve the signal issue. I may just take the phone to sprint and see if they'll do anything about it.
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Hmmm...Isnt MK2 AT&T? Do you have Sprint or AT&T?
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I'm on sprint. I woke up this morning to the notification for mk2. It was only a 26mb file so I doubt the update was anything too major, I just thought I may as well update to see if it would fix my signal issue but no luck.
vertigosrs said:
I'm on sprint. I woke up this morning to the notification for mk2. It was only a 26mb file so I doubt the update was anything too major, I just thought I may as well update to see if it would fix my signal issue but no luck.
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Ok.. I just saw it.. lol it is an update that is being rolled out as of today..
http://support.sprint.com/support/a...msung_Galaxy_S4/WServiceAdvisory_542_GKB51952
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My last phone was a nexus and I could flash different radios with no problem but I wasn't sure if it's doable for the galaxy as well. If I could stay on mja and use an mf9 modem that should fix my signal issues but I thought I'd check here before attempting so I don't brick my phone lol.
vertigosrs said:
My last phone was a nexus and I could flash different radios with no problem but I wasn't sure if it's doable for the galaxy as well. If I could stay on mja and use an mf9 modem that should fix my signal issues but I thought I'd check here before attempting so I don't brick my phone lol.
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The thing is that with the new update, they incorporated Knox which not only makes it difficult but can brick your bad boy if you try going back to an older build... Once you take the OTA 4.3 you're basically stuck there. The only way was to not take the update as there were ways to update minus the bootloader...
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The thing is that with the new update, they incorporated Knox which not only makes it difficult but can brick your bad boy if you try going back to an older build... Once you take the OTA 4.3 you're basically stuck there. The only way was to not take the update as there were ways to update minus the bootloader...
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Well I meant do you think it would be possible to stay on mja, jand ust flash the mf9 modem to fix my signal issue. I wasn't sure if that was possible with our phone or not. I never should have taken the mja update in the first place.
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Well I meant do you think it would be possible to stay on mja, jand ust flash the mf9 modem to fix my signal issue. I wasn't sure if that was possible with our phone or not. I never should have taken the mja update in the first place.
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Like I said once you apply the 4.3 MJA that's what you're stuck for the moment. I dont think you can use anything from any previous builds..
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BIGSAMDA1ST said:
Like I said once you apply the 4.3 MJA that's what you're stuck for the moment. I dont think you can use anything from any previous builds..
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Damn. Well thanks for the info, I appreciate it!
vertigosrs said:
Well I meant do you think it would be possible to stay on mja, jand ust flash the mf9 modem to fix my signal issue. I wasn't sure if that was possible with our phone or not. I never should have taken the mja update in the first place.
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Yes, you can flash the mf9 modem. Are you sure they aren't just working on the tower near you? I would drive to other areas and make sure before you just start flashing things when it turns out to be a tower issue and not a phone issue. Sprint takes towers offline for maintenance all the time.
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So it ended up being the sim card. I went to sprint and left my phone with them for an hour and a half and they figured out the update corrupted my sim card, replaced it and I've got 4g again.