i need unroot and revert to stock recovery and rom and then update to lastest stock everything. anyone help me out with this? where to begin?
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Hint. Odin MJA.
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i have. i have found how to unroot tmo s4. will that work for me? and i havent found anything on gettin back stock recovery though or what order i need to do this all in. was looking to see if anyone could link a few things that might help...
found this. http://www.androidrootz.com/2013/06/how-to-unroot-unbrick-galaxy-s4.html looks like what im looking for. will it reset everything to a completely new phone? even the stock rom?
Here is a link to the TAR file.
http://www.rwilco12.com/downloads.php?dir=Files/Devices/Samsung Galaxy S4 (SPH-L720)/Stock ROMs/MJA
I don't think you have to reset the binary counter in order to take the OTA.
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This tar will make everything stock. And it will wipe your internal memory. So backup anything important.
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daniel4653 said:
Here is a link to the TAR file.
http://www.rwilco12.com/downloads.php?dir=Files/Devices/Samsung Galaxy S4 (SPH-L720)/Stock ROMs/MJA
I don't think you have to reset the binary counter in order to take the OTA.
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This tar will make everything stock. And it will wipe your internal memory. So backup anything important.
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thank you! thats what i was looking for, everything completely stock, ill reset the binary counter for good measure. and then flash the tar with odin and run the OTA updates. appreciate it
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I flashed the NAE tar from the Mega site. It seemed to work okay, but then it just did a random reboot without any prompt from me and now it won't boot info recovery. It also won't flash ODIN tars. Well.. It flashes them but it doesn't boot up. On KIES it says that its not compatible wiht my device
You are probably trying to odin other tars that are 4.3 or 4.2.2 which are not compatible with 4.4 as you can't go backwards thanks to Knox.
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And if your phone boots up then you are not bricked.
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You are probably trying to odin other tars that are 4.3 or 4.2.2 which are not compatible with 4.4 as you can't go backwards thanks to Knox.
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And if your phone boots up then you are not bricked.
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No. I'm aware that yu can't go back. Nothing that I flash sticks. Nothign loads. It just gives a quick glimpse of the bootloader screen then turns off. I"ve tried flashing recoveries and CF auto root. Nothing is working.
if u have insurance.......use it
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chris-allen said:
if u have insurance.......use it
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I don't have insurance.
daniel4653 said:
You are probably trying to odin other tars that are 4.3 or 4.2.2 which are not compatible with 4.4 as you can't go backwards thanks to Knox.
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And if your phone boots up then you are not bricked.
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Okay, well... I've flashed more than a thousand times between my last two phones. I've never seen this before. I've used PIT files with the Tar and it still doesn't work. I'm fairly familiar with how ODIN works, but I'm wondering if I need to do something in a special order or something. I'm wondering if I can look at the partitions manually with ADB. I've used that before with my Evo 4G, but never on this S4. I need some fresh ideas... I'm all out. I've done everything that I know to do.
I would find a stock file for the s4 sprint version. And try flashing that, do a search for unrooting and returning to stock on the sprint galaxy s4. Then reroot etc.
Go to qbking77.com and you'll find your solution there. Good Luck.
The problem is you already upgraded to NAE which means none of the current stock tar files will work since there isn't an NAE stock tar file yet. You could try to odin the philz or twrp recovery and then install one of the NAE roms in the development section. Hopefully, the NAE stock tar will be available soon which would definitely fix your problem.
Hello everyone,
I unfortunately installed the OTA US Sprint 4.4.2 update over the weekend, not realizing that it would essentially making it impossible for me to use my most frequented app, Backcountry Navigator (GPS mapping software), due to 4.4.2 not allowing apps to write or read data on a secondary external sd card. The reason being is that with this app, you typically download and store map files, which I previously had around 25 GB saved on my external card. Now with 4.4.2. it's requiring me to use the internal storage. So, this makes the phone useless for my needs. Is there anyway I can revert to 4.2.2 or install a custom rom based on 4.2.2 so that I can regain the app permission of Write_External_Storage?
Sure....just flash Stockist v6...it's mk2.....are you rooted?
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No, phone isn't rooted yet. I'm actually quite new to learning about custom roms - I guess it's time to learn! Thanks for the reply.
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Sure....just flash Stockist v6...it's mk2.....are you rooted?
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hello. I had upgraded to 4.4 via ota nae. I could revert to 4.3 by Stockist mk2 v6. the problem is that now I have 4.3 but the baseband version appears as nae version of the software and also as nae. any ideas? can now flash it with the stock rom mk2?
Custom roms do not come with modems (baseband) you have to flash that separately. Unknownforce has a thread where all the modems are located.
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but I can now revert to stock rom mk2?
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but I can now revert to stock rom mk2?
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Are meaning that you want your baseband to be mk2?
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not. what I want is to put it back to factory
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or whatever. lower it to factory mk2
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not. what I want is to put it back to factory
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or whatever. lower it to factory mk2
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Well once you took that NAE OTA your phone is now stuck there. You can only root it , install custom recovery, and then flash an mk2 based ROM like I think you already have.
But you cannot get your phone back to how it was prior to that update, stock mk2 with no root no custom recovery... Follow me?
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ok. thank you very much
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if you upgrade to 4.4 stock rom again, there will be a way to activate the hotspot?
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ok. thank you very much
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if you upgrade to 4.4 stock rom again, there will be a way to activate the hotspot?
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You'll have to ask someone else or do some searching... I'm usually on my Verizon S4 I'm not 100% with the Sprint one as that's my girls phone.
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ok. thank you very much
My Google powers are wearing out, so I figure I will ask directly.
I am currently rooted, running the stock ROM on my L720. The android version is 4.2.2 and the build is JDQ39.L720VPUAMDL. I want to upgrade to 4.4, but I want to either keep it rooted or be able to reroot the phone.
Currently I can turn on my Hotspot with no additional app. I want to be able to continue using my phone as a HS. This is essential. A functionality my phone doesn't have is the ability to move apps to SD.
Any help or insight would be greatly appreciated. (And I'm sure this question is asked a thousand times a day, but google and search are failing me ) Thank you so much!
Odin NAE tar, root, flash hotspot mod. Done.
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Also this will give you Knox. If you don't want Knox there is a thread to keep your older bootlaoder
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daniel4653 said:
Odin NAE tar, root, flash hotspot mod. Done.
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Also this will give you Knox. If you don't want Knox there is a thread to keep your older bootlaoder
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Is this like Sprint's android version of herpes?
I admit that I am a bit confused. Do I need to unroot my phone before I do this? I hate asking for help, but I really don't want to screw up my hotspot
callysta said:
Is this like Sprint's android version of herpes?
I admit that I am a bit confused. Do I need to unroot my phone before I do this? I hate asking for help, but I really don't want to screw up my hotspot
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Hahah it can be compared to that , although I swear I wouldn't know.
To understand Knox, Google it and read up on it. Its just a Samsung warranty /security thing. Most of us don't care having it or tripping the Knox flag.
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You don't need to unroot to Odin a tar file.
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If you decide you don't want Knox, this would be the thread you want. Follow the directions correctly and you should be up and running. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2277480
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And here is the thread for hotspot mod for NAE odex and deodex.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2653666
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daniel4653 said:
Hahah it can be compared to that , although I swear I wouldn't know.
To understand Knox, Google it and read up on it. Its just a Samsung warranty /security thing. Most of us don't care having it or tripping the Knox flag.
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You don't need to unroot to Odin a tar file.
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If you decide you don't want Knox, this would be the thread you want. Follow the directions correctly and you should be up and running. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2277480
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And here is the thread for hotspot mod for NAE odex and deodex.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2653666
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Wish me luck! I will have to do this during recess tomorrow! I'm a little nervous about bricking my phone
callysta said:
Wish me luck! I will have to do this during recess tomorrow! I'm a little nervous about bricking my phone
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How did it go?
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Not good he can't use his phone to login lol jk
I am currently running 4.3 root SPH-L720, when I try to install the OTA update it says it fails but can work and lose root.
I want to know if go with the update it will unroot, and/or wipe phone or brick.
You have to be on a stock recovery even then it might fail if you have custom apps or mods. Best thing is to Odin NAE tar and re root.
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And this way it will not brick or wipe data
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You have to be on a stock recovery even then it might fail if you have custom apps or mods. Best thing is to Odin NAE tar and re root.
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And this way it will not brick or wipe data
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Completely agree with Daniel, he has given excellent advice!
The Jasmine mod makes it so I cannot play the only game I use this phone for. How do I go about removing the Jasmine mod completely so I can return to my game? I'm downloading the OB6 stock firmware and I plan on flashing that with Odin in a minute. Will that do the trick?
Yes. But need to update to 0F1
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Then Yemen hat trick
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