Hello community I am sort of in a panic because my new S4 is now paperweight. I STUPIDLY in safestrap thought if I remove my stock rom I can get more memory for my ROM, now it is in an endless cycle of staying on the samsung logo (custom).
What I tried:
- Odin Pit recovery method for i337, (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2404970)
- Kies Emergency recovery just froze after decrypting and the device when plugged in woulg not be shown on kies it would constantly try to connect.
-Factory reset in recovery menu
I REALLY don't know what to do now and it is 4:00 AM for me as I type this. The only solution I think is possible is to try odin a different way.:crying:
I do believe that you are in the wrong forum. This is for the Sprint variation of the S4.
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frostedunit said:
I do believe that you are in the wrong forum. This is for the Sprint variation of the S4.
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You are correct.
I don't know anything about safestrap so I really can't lend any info. So OP you should go.to your correct gs4 variant thread and ask there.
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I would like to update to mf3 but after doing the ota update it reboots to recovery but I now have twrp instead of the required stock recovery...
After doing a lot of searching the only solution I found was to flash the official firmware with odin, but I'm assuming I will have to do a factory reset after this?
Is it possible to replace twrp with the stock recovery without having to do a factory reset or is there another way to get the mf3 update with twrp? (I'd rather not have to re-install all my apps and settings)
I hope my questions make sense its late and I'm tired.
badboyz said:
I would like to update to mf3 but after doing the ota update it reboots to recovery but I now have twrp instead of the required stock recovery...
After doing a lot of searching the only solution I found was to flash the official firmware with odin, but I'm assuming I will have to do a factory reset after this?
Is it possible to replace twrp with the stock recovery without having to do a factory reset or is there another way to get the mf3 update with twrp? (I'd rather not have to re-install all my apps and settings)
I hope my questions make sense its late and I'm tired.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42253396#post42253396
There is always a risk of screwing something up...so read the thread, follow the directions, and decide if you want to take the risk..it's your decision.
Why not just flash a sweet custom rom like omega v9.0? That's the best thing about a custom recovery. It makes it easy to back up your current content and then try out a wide variety of mods and roms.
It's kinda counter productive to flash a stock recovery when you are trying to mod or customize your phone.
Odin is the cats butthole when trying to return to stock. Also, read the poop out of these threads... somebody has done what you want to do already so most things can be resolved with the solutions others have presented.
Bigbabyjesus said:
Why not just flash a sweet custom rom like omega v9.0? That's the best thing about a custom recovery. It makes it easy to back up your current content and then try out a wide variety of mods and roms.
It's kinda counter productive to flash a stock recovery when you are trying to mod or customize your phone.
Odin is the cats butthole when trying to return to stock. Also, read the poop out of these threads... somebody has done what you want to do already so most things can be resolved with the solutions others have presented.
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The OP said he wants to update to MF3. I can't figure out why anyone would willingly do so either, but it is his decision. Personally I would also just flash one of the MF3 ROMs or International updated ROMs and still have the ability to use custom recovery with the benefits (I don't really think there are any) of MF3.
scott14719 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42253396#post42253396
There is always a risk of screwing something up...so read the thread, follow the directions, and decide if you want to take the risk..it's your decision.
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This should work. When you type the command make sure that the block number ( mmcblk0p21) is correct. Any mistake there and you will get a $600 paperweight
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I read there is a root method for the MF3 OTA update in general section
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jball said:
I read there is a root method for the MF3 OTA update in general section
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This is correct, but it has nothing to do with the OP's request.
I read this hole page and u quoted the op wanted to update to mf3 so I just reassured the op that there is a root method for it .I do apologize to the op
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Thanks for all the replies.
I wanted to update to mf3 because isn't it a newer modem? I was waiting until root was possible which now there is a method for mf3.
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AT&T Message - Not Authorized Software found
rushi.1986 said:
This should work. When you type the command make sure that the block number ( mmcblk0p21) is correct. Any mistake there and you will get a $600 paperweight
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thanks god did not turn my cell into a $600 paperweight :laugh: ... the process worked, but, when I try to do a factory recovery a sign from ATT says, in the top:
Secure Fail: Kernel
and a yellow exclamation with the following message: "System software not authorized by AT&T has been found on your phone. Please turn off your phone and go to the nearest AT&T store for help."
has anyone seen this?
badboyz said:
I would like to update to mf3 but after doing the ota update it reboots to recovery but I now have twrp instead of the required stock recovery...
After doing a lot of searching the only solution I found was to flash the official firmware with odin, but I'm assuming I will have to do a factory reset after this?
Is it possible to replace twrp with the stock recovery without having to do a factory reset or is there another way to get the mf3 update with twrp? (I'd rather not have to re-install all my apps and settings)
I hope my questions make sense its late and I'm tired.
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You can flash your recovery with fastboot command:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery /path/to/revocery.img
I ended up just flashing the modem it seemed to be the safest option
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simone.mutti said:
You can flash your recovery with fastboot command:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery /path/to/revocery.img
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Are you sure that will work with the AT&T S4?
scott14719 said:
Are you sure that will work with the AT&T S4?
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I don't think so, pretty sure that the bootloader has to be unlocked to do that
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badboyz said:
I don't think so, pretty sure that the bootloader has to be unlocked to do that
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I'm confused, are you on stock mf3 and have twrp installed as your recovery?
jd1639 said:
I'm confused, are you on stock mf3 and have twrp installed as your recovery?
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I was on mdl rooted with twrp recovery then flashed just the modem for mf3
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With me not reading about Samsung latest OTA locked bootloader , I rooted my phone, installed TWRP and now I'm stuck at a soft brick at the flash screen.
I can boot into TWRP recovery, but after trying to flash Cyanogenmod, my phone hangs at the Samsung Galaxy S4 splash screen.
I read about a method via ODIN to 'fix' the soft boot, but how can I flash a new ROM on that will work?
Thanks for the help guys, I'm dreading telling my wife I bricked my phone.
Check out this thread. Might be of help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2418222
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Febby said:
Check out this thread. Might be of help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2418222
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Thanks, but the issue is I don't currently have any OS/ROM installed. My phone is completely wiped. When I try to flash my Cyanogenmod nightly with TWRP, my phone restarts and gets stuck at the Galaxy S4 splash screen.
MattBrag said:
Thanks, but the issue is I don't currently have any OS/ROM installed. My phone is completely wiped. When I try to flash my Cyanogenmod nightly with TWRP, my phone restarts and gets stuck at the Galaxy S4 splash screen.
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Sounds dreadful you might have to join the others in waiting for a new kies firmware to recover the device back to stock.
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MattBrag said:
Thanks, but the issue is I don't currently have any OS/ROM installed. My phone is completely wiped. When I try to flash my Cyanogenmod nightly with TWRP, my phone restarts and gets stuck at the Galaxy S4 splash screen.
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You should have read a little before trying to root and put on a recovery. You can't put on a recovery and flash roms with the mf3 OTA. You now have a very expensive paper weight. Congratulations! Patience and hope are your best options.
jd1639 said:
You should have read a little before trying to root and put on a recovery. You can't put on a recovery and flash roms with the mf3 OTA. You now have a very expensive paper weight. Congratulations! Patience and hope are your best options.
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JD, thanks. As I said, I didn't realize there was an OTA update.
Febby, thanks for the positive response. I'll keep an eye out for a Kies update.
MattBrag said:
JD, thanks. As I said, I didn't realize there was an OTA update.
Febby, thanks for the positive response. I'll keep an eye out for a Kies update.
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That's your best bet. Once Samsung adds MF3 or a higher firmware to kies for the i337... You'll hopefully be able to recover it via emergency mode.
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Doesnt sound like you were on mf3...try odin
If you were on mf3 you would never be able to even boot into twrp to flash anything...
So start over with odin
Read up on loki
Either get loki doki and flash after every rom flash or grt an auto loki recovery
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mg2195 said:
Doesnt sound like you were on mf3...try odin
If you were on mf3 you would never be able to even boot into twrp to flash anything...
So start over with odin
Read up on loki
Either get loki doki and flash after every rom flash or grt an auto loki recovery
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That is exactly what I think. Flashing a custom recovery is impossible on MF3. Dude just forgot to loki it.
Today I tried flashing CM 11 onto my S4. I have it rooted and I have safestrap loaded onto it. When I went into safestrap to flash it I also queued up GApps Aroma not realizing that it would run that before it would reboot for CM 11. Now my phone is stuck at the "Samsung GALAXY S4" screen and won't continue. When I connect it to my computer it makes a tone that registers it connecting but it doesn't show up in My Computer.
Does anyone have any ideas on what I can do to unbrick or restore it to factory?
Thank you,
Mik
Go into download mode. Odin back to stock.
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What do you mean by download mode?
Down volume button + power button.
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Download stuffs from sammobile
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LVMickey said:
Today I tried flashing CM 11 onto my S4. I have it rooted and I have safestrap loaded onto it. When I went into safestrap to flash it I also queued up GApps Aroma not realizing that it would run that before it would reboot for CM 11. Now my phone is stuck at the "Samsung GALAXY S4" screen and won't continue. When I connect it to my computer it makes a tone that registers it connecting but it doesn't show up in My Computer.
Does anyone have any ideas on what I can do to unbrick or restore it to factory?
Thank you,
Mik
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Cm will not work in ss. You'll have to use only tw based roms. What firmware are you on? There are tar files in the general forum for that firmware which you'll have to flash in Odin. Sammobile will not have those tar files for you.
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Oh yeah sammobile only has the ROMs sorry I forgot.
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seedeh said:
Oh yeah sammobile only has the ROMs sorry I forgot.
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Sammobile has firmware for many Samsung devices. It just doesn't have anything newer than mdl for the i337.
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jd1639 said:
Cm will not work in ss. You'll have to use only tw based roms. What firmware are you on? There are tar files in the general forum for that firmware which you'll have to flash in Odin. Sammobile will not have those tar files for you.
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Alright done a bit of reading like you said but I still have a question. From what I read Gapps wont work with SS since it is CM based. But is there something similar to it that I can use to get rid of bloatware? Or do most of the ROMs not have that kind of stuff in them?
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Alright done a bit of reading like you said but I still have a question. From what I read Gapps wont work with SS since it is CM based. But is there something similar to it that I can use to get rid of bloatware? Or do most of the ROMs not have that kind of stuff in them?
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Most roms don't have all the bloat. Use titaniumbackup to freeze any bloat you don't want.
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Hello.
As you can see, I'm quite in a pickle, as my AT&T Galaxy S4 on MF3 did not like me trying to flash a custom recovery (PhilZ) ...Is there any way to fix this? Kies won't recognize my phone through USB.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2504311
Flash the full MF3 firmware through Odin and it should fix the recovery
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Thank you very much, but it seems that rebooting it from Download Mode did the trick.
my samsung s4 gt i90505 .randomly restarting.
it restart some times when someone calling me. other time. when im done using my phone.it restart it self. i rooted my phone 3 days ago. then i want to unroot it. but my stupid idea is ive factory reset my phone. it restored but supersu app is there. this morning i was trying to unroot. i used odin. but id:com is blue. but the right color is yellow right? help for an easy way to unroot my phone. maybe it helps by restarting itself. im in 4.4.2 s4 gt i90505 .someone send me link to download or tutorial..
wipe ALL partitions again and flash a [rooted] rom
Hi did u manage to fix your s4 I have also encountered a similar problem and would appreciate any advice offered
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Psycoscotsman said:
Hi did u manage to fix your s4 I have also encountered a similar problem and would appreciate any advice offered
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If you have stock rom and rooted it, the issue is most probably caused by knox.
Removing knox or changing to a rom without knox should fix the issue.