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Hello. I have been searching for hours like a mad man on Google for a solution to my problem, but i'm having no luck. Excuse the nooby nature of this post please. So I rooted my Galaxy S4 and I am trying to get it back to stock by flashing the AT&T md5 onto my phone (Galaxy S4 SGH-I337) through ODIN and it fails every single time. Initially, with ODIN 3.07, it would return something like fail (auth). Then I tried with ODIN 1.85, but that version returns "Complete(Write) operation failed." In addition, I attempted Kies but it too failed (no specific error code), and now the phone wont boot. It says that the firmware upgrade encountered an issue. I am not able to access stock recovery or TWRP because it will automatically go to Download Mode with "Could not do normal boot" in the top left corner if I in any way attempt to access it. I am using the stock cable with USB Debugging enabled. I also tried two different computers, two different cables (one being stock of course), and tried every single usb port on both computers. What went wrong? I will give you my upmost respect if you can solve this. I also am absolutely willing to supply any information you may need. Just ask. (Please don't be bricked. Please don't be bricked)
-With kind regards, Branden.
Let me guess you had the att mf3 firmware and tried retoring by flashing the MDL firmware via odin? You said md5 so I assume mdl? You might at this point still be able to fix it visiting a best buy near you if it has a samsung center. Also att store can reflash mf3.
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Click Here throw this thread in the MF3 pile... guys we got another noob here, take a trip to your closest best buy and hope the samsung experience will flash the mf3 update for u
You mention md5, which as febby assumed I'll assume to be mdl, and twrp. Do you have mdl firmware on your phone and did you have twrp installed. Assuming you had twrp you were probably on mdl firmware. If so, I would re-download the firmware and try again. It would help if you could explain where Odin is failing too.
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You mention md5, which as febby assumed I'll assume to be mdl, and twrp. Do you have mdl firmware on your phone and did you have twrp installed. Assuming you had twrp you were probably on mdl firmware. If so, I would re-download the firmware and try again. It would help if you could explain where Odin is failing too.
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I never actually got TWRP working. I flashed it through Goo Manger and I was never able access it (It went to download mode with "Could not do normal boot" in the corner). Does this change the type of firmware I was on? In both cases of ODIN, the newer version (3.07) fails immediately after you start the process at around NAND Write start. It returns Fail (auth). In the older version (1.8.5), it reports that the write operation failed. I attached screenshots of both cases.
If you never got twrp to work then I'm almost positive you have mf3 firmware. You're best bet is best buy and have them re-flash the firmware.
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I never actually got TWRP working. I flashed it through Goo Manger and I was never able access it (It went to download mode with "Could not do normal boot" in the corner). Does this change the type of firmware I was on? In both cases of ODIN, the newer version (3.07) fails immediately after you start the process at around NAND Write start. It returns Fail (auth). In the older version (1.8.5), it reports that the write operation failed. I attached screenshots of both cases.
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There is no way to fix your problem currently so like jd1639 said, take it to best buy to the Samsung Experience area and tell them Samsung Kies firmware update fail and it did this to your phone. Thats what I did yesterday, they flashed it and I have my phone working again.
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There is no way to fix your problem currently so like jd1639 said, take it to best buy to the Samsung Experience area and tell them Samsung Kies firmware update fail and it did this to your phone. Thats what I did yesterday, they flashed it and I have my phone working again.
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Okay. I thank everybody for their assistance. You are very helpful people. I will head down to best buy and see what they can do for me.
Astrophysicist789 said:
Okay. I thank everybody for their assistance. You are very helpful people. I will head down to best buy and see what they can do for me.
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Your welcome
And just so everyone knows...md5 is part of the package name I believe... (.tar.md5) or could be referring to md5 checksum...anyways as was mentioned and you acknowledged, best buy is your best bet
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Hey guys I used oden to flash back to stock amdl and then a att update keep trying ro come threw durring the night I noticed.it downloadwd went into recovery and was on flash update I hit no instead and rebooted now I noticed my baseband changed to amdb . update is back again and I now hit remind me later is this the update witch will lockbootloader
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Hey guys I used oden to flash back to stock amdl and then a att update keep trying ro come threw durring the night I noticed.it downloadwd went into recovery and was on flash update I hit no instead and rebooted now I noticed my baseband changed to amdb . update is back again and I now hit remind me later is this the update witch will lockbootloader
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Yeah it is the dreaded one! Root your device and flash a custom ROM or use titanium backup to freeze the update apps.
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I'm with Bell (Canada.) I was hesitant to root this device as it's a pretty significant investment, but I have rooted my original note with few issues, so I figured it should work as long as I follow every step carefully. Well unfortunately, upon first trying to root it, apps would start updating right at bootup, and SuperSU continuously crashed. So I decided I was just going to restore it to my original state and be done with it for now. Nope. Once I did this, the phone would just enter a boot cycle. (How does restoring my backup place me into a boot cycle?)
The only SM-N900W8 firmware downloads I can find are for south american regions... I have tried one of them and it failed to install. I am a bit panicked at the moment. Is there some crucial step I'm missing here?
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I'm with Bell (Canada.) I was hesitant to root this device as it's a pretty significant investment, but I have rooted my original note with few issues, so I figured it should work as long as I follow every step carefully. Well unfortunately, upon first trying to root it, apps would start updating right at bootup, and SuperSU continuously crashed. So I decided I was just going to restore it to my original state and be done with it for now. Nope. Once I did this, the phone would just enter a boot cycle. (How does restoring my backup place me into a boot cycle?)
The only SM-N900W8 firmware downloads I can find are for south american regions... I have tried one of them and it failed to install. I am a bit panicked at the moment. Is there some crucial step I'm missing here?
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have the same issue a man on xda helped me to get a nandroodmfrom is phone now my phone boot but no network cause i force flash the south america modem, and i have error msg. process system in not reponding and it boot. do u have an errormmsg too?
Yorgo1982 said:
have the same issue a man on xda helped me to get a nandroodmfrom is phone now my phone boot but no network cause i force flash the south america modem, and i have error msg. process system in not reponding and it boot. do u have an errormmsg too?
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I got an error message trying to flash a SAM firmware. It would just say FAILED in red letters. I'm going to try the Mexico one next, and hopefully it will work. I'm hoping someone could upload a working backup from their phone.
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I got an error message trying to flash a SAM firmware. It would just say FAILED in red letters. I'm going to try the Mexico one next, and hopefully it will work. I'm hoping someone could upload a working backup from their phone.
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wait sammobile if u r with rogers bell telus fido vmc koodo, and if with other carrier contact them with ur phone model and serial num so they will upload it ..
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I'm with Bell (Canada.) I was hesitant to root this device as it's a pretty significant investment, but I have rooted my original note with few issues, so I figured it should work as long as I follow every step carefully. Well unfortunately, upon first trying to root it, apps would start updating right at bootup, and SuperSU continuously crashed. So I decided I was just going to restore it to my original state and be done with it for now. Nope. Once I did this, the phone would just enter a boot cycle. (How does restoring my backup place me into a boot cycle?)
The only SM-N900W8 firmware downloads I can find are for south american regions... I have tried one of them and it failed to install. I am a bit panicked at the moment. Is there some crucial step I'm missing here?
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Did you restore from CWM/TWRP?
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Did you restore from CWM/TWRP?
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TRWP. I'm in the process of uploading a zip of my backup through hotfile, if anyone else who is having the same problem would want to try it out..
Apra24 said:
TRWP. I'm in the process of uploading a zip of my backup through hotfile, if anyone else who is having the same problem would want to try it out..
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If you restored through TWRP there is a good chance that you are softbricked. There are restoring issues that mess with the system partition.
Update: I was able to flash the tar file from inside the zip of mexican firmware through odin (I was trying to install the zip through TWRM before... perhaps you need to install stock firmwares through odin? It's been a while.)
It's not rooted, and the icons are all different looking... but it's back in working condition
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Update: I was able to flash the tar file from inside the zip of mexican firmware through odin (I was trying to install the zip through TWRM before... perhaps you need to install stock firmwares through odin? It's been a while.)
It's not rooted, and the icons are all different looking... but it's back in working condition
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can u give the file name?
plz
Yorgo1982 said:
can u give the file name?
plz
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I am using the TCE (Mexican) firmware from this link (It won't let me post links since I'm a newly registered account on these forums, but if you google "n900w8 firmware site:samsungis.com" it will be the first result)
I unzipped the file and flashed the tar file within using odin.
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I am using the TCE (Mexican) firmware from this link (It won't let me post links since I'm a newly registered account on these forums, but if you google "n900w8 firmware site:samsungis.com" it will be the first result)
I unzipped the file and flashed the tar file within using odin.
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Not working having same prob and same msg pop up. Means my phone is a factory damaged. And since i rooted it we will see what they will do at sammy lol
Yorgo1982 said:
Not working having same prob and same msg pop up. Means my phone is a factory damaged. And since i rooted it we will see what they will do at sammy lol
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You know what.. Me being a dumbass tried again to root it after restoring it to the mexican firmware, and now I have the same problem. And now the restore isn't working this time. Why did it work once and not again? Who knows? I just keep trying to factory reset and reflash the firmware, but I'm getting nothing but bootloops.
Could this be a Knox created problem? The reason I say this is you were able to restore a "new" (unknown to Knox) firmware, but it failed on the second time (as it is now no longer newer). I wonder if you were able to find a firmware with a later number (ex ...H2 rather than ...H1) it would install?
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Could this be a Knox created problem? The reason I say this is you were able to restore a "new" (unknown to Knox) firmware, but it failed on the second time (as it is now no longer newer). I wonder if you were able to find a firmware with a later number (ex ...H2 rather than ...H1) it would install?
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I'm wondering if the official Bell/Rogers firmware will be available any time soon? Does it typically get released soon after the phone launch, or are they withholding it for some reason?
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You know what.. Me being a dumbass tried again to root it after restoring it to the mexican firmware, and now I have the same problem. And now the restore isn't working this time. Why did it work once and not again? Who knows? I just keep trying to factory reset and reflash the firmware, but I'm getting nothing but bootloops.
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I was abe to load the peru (SAM) version on my device with no problem, i am with WIND however but under networks i now have lte as an option as before i did not. i did not just download the kernal i download the stock firmware. do a factory rest after the odin process is done.
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I was abe to load the peru (SAM) version on my device with no problem, i am with WIND however but under networks i now have lte as an option as before i did not. i did not just download the kernal i download the stock firmware. do a factory rest after the odin process is done.
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I was trying the Peru one for a while, but it kept hanging up during the bootup. The message was in a foreign language, but I'm assuming it was "initializing". It would initialize for about 3 minutes then an error message would pop up saying something is not responding.
Did you try recovery factory reset right after Odin does the root and installs the files?
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Did you try recovery factory reset right after Odin does the root and installs the files?
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Well I have been trying to. When I flash the firmware in odin, it reinstalls the stock recovery mod. Right after flashing firmware, it won't go into recovery mode on the first boot (first does some android robot install thing, then boots up). I attempted to install the TWRP recovery directly after the firmware, and then booting directly into recovery to factory reset, but I'm still getting a boot loop.
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You know what.. Me being a dumbass tried again to root it after restoring it to the mexican firmware, and now I have the same problem. And now the restore isn't working this time. Why did it work once and not again? Who knows? I just keep trying to factory reset and reflash the firmware, but I'm getting nothing but bootloops.
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I think due of the lock. We are not free as b4 to flash anyrom. 2day im shipping my phone to samsung rooted lol how gr8 is that lol
Yorgo1982 said:
I think due of the lock. We are not free as b4 to flash anyrom. 2day im shipping my phone to samsung rooted lol how gr8 is that lol
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do they know it's rooted/void? Or did you somehow not trigger the knox/warranty void switch? I may just have to do the same thing...
Hi, I started a thread needing help with my wifi but it has developed into not even being able to boot at all; it stops at the galaxy logo and either freezes or keeps booting. I have gone to the Odin page with all the different things to do and flashed the file to get back to the original rom but that is really where the trouble began. right now the only thing I can do with my phone is get into download mode, I can't even get into recovery. I have flashed a pit file that worked the first time but I don't know if that is part of the problem or not. Can someone please give me some directions, thanks
Also the phone won't boot at all unless hooked up to a power supply, the battery alone doesn't do anything.
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Hi, I started a thread needing help with my wifi but it has developed into not even being able to boot at all; it stops at the galaxy logo and either freezes or keeps booting. I have gone to the Odin page with all the different things to do and flashed the file to get back to the original rom but that is really where the trouble began. right now the only thing I can do with my phone is get into download mode, I can't even get into recovery. I have flashed a pit file that worked the first time but I don't know if that is part of the problem or not. Can someone please give me some directions, thanks
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More info is needed. What firmware / bootloader are you on? Was it rooted? Did you have a custom recovery installed? What version of ODIN are you using?
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More info is needed. Which GS3 do you have? What firmware / bootloader are you on? Was it rooted? Did you have a custom recovery installed? What version of ODIN are you using?
Right now, it sounds like you might need to use enewman17's ODIN debrick file.
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It is the AT&T s4. To be honest I don't know what firmware I am on, it is the one the Odin page said to use if you want to go back to stock. I never rooted it. The bootloader would be whatever the latest update was for this phone. I can't get into it to tell you anymore. I am using ODIN 10, the latest one. thanks
Well I finally got into recovery and did a factory reset, now it boots into the AT&T white splash screen before it just turns off. I am also wondering if my battery just died for some reason?
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It is the AT&T s4. To be honest I don't know what firmware I am on, it is the one the Odin page said to use if you want to go back to stock. I never rooted it. The bootloader would be whatever the latest update was for this phone. I can't get into it to tell you anymore. I am using ODIN 10, the latest one. thanks
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ODIN 10? Try using ODIN 3.09 and see if that helps. The latest update would be Android 4.4.4 NJ4 firmware. This link should help you, it will give you root with safe strap recovery though: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-att/general/guide-odin-to-stock-updating-rooting-t2926642
I meant 3.10, I will try the older version. What file should I flash?
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I meant 3.10, I will try the older version. What file should I flash?
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Check out the link I posted in my last post. It should help you get your phone fixed.
I have been there. I went to the very last option which seems to be what I need unless I am missing something.
Neither odin 3.09 or 3.10 will even flash any file now. it either says invalid md5 or fails when it attempts it.
Well, I finally got it to boot into android but it is flaky at best. It is android 4.3 instead of 4.4 where it was initially. The wifi still doesn't work and now the keyboard keeps crashing everytime I do something. The build is jss15j1337ucuemk2 which I know is older than I had before. Does this give anyone a better idea of what I need to do? If I can get a stable flash then can I flash a modem file to fix the wifi? I really need some direction, thanks
Turns out the battery was completely drained which was causing some of the boot problems, I don't now how that happened but I am charging it now.
Well after using odin 3.8* I got it to install some older firmware ending in mk2 rather than the nc1 or nf4 that I had before the trouble. After I got it to boot, I went back into download mode and flashed the modem file and now everything works execpt I had to force stop Samsung keyboard and use swype. I would like to upgrade my firmware but since for a couple of more weeks it won't have a sim card I can't upgrade OTA. For some reason Kies says that firmware upgrade and initialization isn't supported with this model which makes no sense to me. It also says my firmware is up to date
Does anyone know how to flash to the latest firmware without me going through this nightmare again? thanks
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Well after using odin 3.8* I got it to install some older firmware ending in mk2 rather than the nc1 or nf4 that I had before the trouble. After I got it to boot, I went back into download mode and flashed the modem file and now everything works execpt I had to force stop Samsung keyboard and use swype. I would like to upgrade my firmware but since for a couple of more weeks it won't have a sim card I can't upgrade OTA. For some reason Kies says that firmware upgrade and initialization isn't supported with this model which makes no sense to me. It also says my firmware is up to date
Does anyone know how to flash to the latest firmware without me going through this nightmare again? thanks
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If I were in your shoes I'd flash the nb1 tar file in Odin, any vein should work. See this for the tar file http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=56453100. You can then ota to the latest firmware which is 4.4.4, nj4
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thanks, and as far as you know this doesn't mess wifi up?
nate39 said:
thanks, and as far as you know this doesn't mess wife up?
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I assume you ment WiFi and not wife? Can't help you with the wife but Wi-Fi should work fine
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nate39 said:
Well after using odin 3.8* I got it to install some older firmware ending in mk2 rather than the nc1 or nf4 that I had before the trouble. After I got it to boot, I went back into download mode and flashed the modem file and now everything works execpt I had to force stop Samsung keyboard and use swype. I would like to upgrade my firmware but since for a couple of more weeks it won't have a sim card I can't upgrade OTA. For some reason Kies says that firmware upgrade and initialization isn't supported with this model which makes no sense to me. It also says my firmware is up to date
Does anyone know how to flash to the latest firmware without me going through this nightmare again? thanks
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Download a firmaware for your region from sammobile and flash it via odin 3.10. It will solve most of your problems
Muthumbi said:
Download a firmaware for your region from sammobile and flash it via odin 3.10. It will solve most of your problems
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Sammobile isn't going to have anything for the i337 unless you're on mdl
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jd1639 said:
Sammobile isn't going to have anything for the i337 unless you're on mdl
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I agree. But google has basically all he needs. More so rapidgator
I haven't found anything from Samsung to download. If I flash a newer build, do I also need to flash a modem file and a bootloader or can I just flash the PDA? thanks for explaining this to me.
And can I do a dirty flash so I don't have to lose everything again?
well, now I see that there is no sound. so I guess I will have to flash again.
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well, now I see that there is no sound. so I guess I will have to flash again.
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There's. Something I'm yet to understand. Did you finally manage to boot into recovery? If so, flash a custom recovery (I recommend philz touch recovery) then use it to make complete wipe.
Then boot into download mode and flash latest pda firmware in the compressed file you downloaded. Ps: make sure it's from your region.
May be if you provided me with your region I'd get you all the files required
I've got a strange S4 on my hands. Its stock 4.4.2 was reporting it as i9505, international S4 LTE version.
However the download mode is reporting it as SPH-L720. Nvm, just a little hiccup I thought, let's go ahead.
I managed to get it to root and install TWRP 3.0.1.0 S4 LTE version. However after this it started throwing the Recovery is not SELinux enforcing error. It was still booting fine however. Could enter both S4 Stock rom and TWRP.
I wiped its data, cache, dalvik, and system, formatted to F2FS. So far so good. Installed AOSP 6 by JD Team, installed stock GApps. Booted straight into
Great. Everything's working perfect. Now I inserted my sim and whoop-de-doo. Sim shows up in home menu, but no antenna activity.
That's strange, why isn't it working? I thought the modem firmware was out of date or incompatible with Android M. Decided to find the latest FW matching my modem description and flash it.
Except, this is what showed up in the data I'd taken care to gather before beginning anything:
Model Number: GT-I9505
Baseband version: I9505OLBFNB4
Build Number: KOT49H.V1
AP: I9505XXUBFNB7
CP: I9505OLBFNB4
CSC: I9505DXUFNB3
Found a firmware I thought matched and flashed it. Rebooted, and suddenly phone won't boot at all.
Can't find a firmware now. PIT's gone. Phone is showing "SECURE FAIL: KERNEL" and "System software not authorized b Samsung has been found on your phone" on normal power on where it refuses to boot at all. Can't access TWRP either.
I can still go into Download mode and Odin can still access the phone.
I'm completely lost with how to proceed with this now however. Phone model numbers do not match anything, PIT gone, TWRP gone, serial numbers do not match anything, Kies refuses to initialize the phone, etc etc.
Any help would be welcome. I had opened over 50 tabs before I suddenly lost heart and closed all of them and took to writing this post. Thanks for reading.
EDIT: Further checking the IMEI shows the phone is actually a i9500 according to SNDeep.com. This just keeps getting worse.
if you bought this from a second hand from a phone shop it's state is down them not having a clue what they are doing and flashing firmware onto it. pretty much everyone here has the not enforcing SEandroid on recovery and kernel it's nothing to worry about.
AOSP 6.0.1 is almost a unified rom so it works with all but a few variants of s4, the problem is whatever you tried to flash after that, you didn't mention what that was. but it's kinda beside the point now.
when you enter download mode whatever model it mentions there is the firmware want to download and flash via odin.
3mel said:
if you bought this from a second hand from a phone shop it's state is down them not having a clue what they are doing and flashing firmware onto it. pretty much everyone here has the not enforcing SEandroid on recovery and kernel it's nothing to worry about.
AOSP 6.0.1 is almost a unified rom so it works with all but a few variants of s4, the problem is whatever you tried to flash after that, you didn't mention what that was. but it's kinda beside the point now.
when you enter download mode whatever model it mentions there is the firmware want to download and flash via odin.
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I flashed a MDCModemOnly version of the CP firmware. Since the phone said its a SPH-L720, I thought the latest unlocked European rom would fix the antenna problems.
Clearly I screwed that up.
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I flashed a MDCModemOnly version of the CP firmware. Since the phone said its a SPH-L720, I thought the latest unlocked European rom would fix the antenna problems.
Clearly I screwed that up.
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The SPH-L720 is a Sprint S4. So you'll have to flash that firmware. I believe sprint is a US carrier only, is that right?
So it's a CDMA (or CMDA?) device I guess. That means it uses different frequencies to connect to the network. I'm not really sure what I saying, lol. I just know that GSM and CDMA are a bit different when it comes to network connectivity.
GDReaper said:
The SPH-L720 is a Sprint S4. So you'll have to flash that firmware. I believe sprint is a US carrier only, is that right?
So it's a CDMA (or CMDA?) device I guess. That means it uses different frequencies to connect to the network. I'm not really sure what I saying, lol. I just know that GSM and CDMA are a bit different when it comes to network connectivity.
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Won't flashing the original firmware lock my bootloader back to sprint?
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Won't flashing the original firmware lock my bootloader back to sprint?
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Sprint, as far as I know, don't lock the bootloaders. Only AT&T and Verizon do.
Here you have the CF Auto root thread for the SPH-L720 if you still are concerned.
Is there any place to download the firmware aside from sammobile.com? They're demanding I pay them to download a firmware at more than 15kb/s!
blackroseblade said:
Is there any place to download the firmware aside from sammobile.com? They're demanding I pay them to download a firmware at more than 15kb/s!
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You could try SamFirm. It's a tool for downloading Samsung firmwares, but it requires some info about the phone and, since you can't boot up, it will be hard to get.
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You could try SamFirm. It's a tool for downloading Samsung firmwares, but it requires some info about the phone and, since you can't boot up, it will be hard to get.
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Wow, thanks, that worked like a charm! Already had pulled my PDA, CP and CSC, knew the region and Downloading mode reported SPH-L720.
Currently downloading at 400kB/s.
Voila! Works. Stock SGS4 5 installed, only Knox Warranty set to 0x1, everything else's fine.
I've already rooted the phone with cf-auto-root and Odin, installed TWRP Manager, now what?
TWRP manager is asking me to install Busybox, should I do that? I'm attempting to install TWRP recovery and flash JDCTeam's AOSP 6.
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Voila! Works. Stock SGS4 5 installed, only Knox Warranty set to 0x1, everything else's fine.
I've already rooted the phone with cf-auto-root and Odin, installed TWRP Manager, now what?
TWRP manager is asking me to install Busybox, should I do that? I'm attempting to install TWRP recovery and flash JDCTeam's AOSP 6.
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TWRP can be flashed with Odin or with an app called Flashify.
I recommend the Odin method.
But if you want to install it with TWRP manager, there is no harm in that. But you do need to install busybox. Just follow the app's prompts.
Followed your advice, installed TWRP 2.8.4 via Odin, upgraded it via TWRP to 3.0.1.0.
Following this I've tried installing JDCTeam's AOSP 6.0.1 again. However, my cellular network has been deactivated. AGAIN.
Now what?
EDIT: My baseband is reporting L720VPUGOK3 according to the current ROM.
blackroseblade said:
Followed your advice, installed TWRP 2.8.4 via Odin, upgraded it via TWRP to 3.0.1.0.
Following this I've tried installing JDCTeam's AOSP 6.0.1 again. However, my cellular network has been deactivated. AGAIN.
Now what?
EDIT: My baseband is reporting L720VPUGOK3 according to the current ROM.
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Is that the most recent?
It could be caused by the fact that the phone was repaired with mismatched parts.
Or kernel related. They have a stock aosp kernel that you can flash. Try with that.
GDReaper said:
Is that the most recent?
It could be caused by the fact that the phone was repaired with mismatched parts.
Or kernel related. They have a stock aosp kernel that you can flash. Try with that.
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Flash it via ODIN's AP command?
EDIT: Yes, I believe so. It is the one that was returned as most recent by both Sammobile and Samtool, as well as according to official samsung releases.
EDIT 2: Flashed it via TWRP, no difference. Still no network.
I don't get it, this is odd. The team lists L720 as supported, and my phone is unlocked, after all I can use the default SGS4 stock ROM with my SIM and network, so why isn't it working on this?
blackroseblade said:
Flash it via ODIN's AP command?
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No. It's done with TWRP.
GDReaper said:
No. It's done with TWRP.
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I've done that, still not getting cellular however.
Baseband version was NB4 on the original rom. Moving it to latest stock SGS4 brought it up to OK3. That is what JDCTeam's AOSP6 is also reporting it as.
blackroseblade said:
I've done that, still not getting cellular however.
Baseband version was NB4 on the original rom. Moving it to latest stock SGS4 brought it up to OK3. That is what JDCTeam's AOSP6 is also reporting it as.
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You can try and update the modem and bootloader even further, manually, via Odin.
There is a dedicated thread in the general section.
I don't think it will work, but it may be worth a try.
If I look further...
Phone Model = GT-I9505
Bootloader = SPH-L720
IMEI = a GT-I9500 phone
I think it's a GT-I9505 phone with SPH-L720 motherboard and IMEI that tampered from a GT-I9500 phone. Really, I would bring back this phone to the seller.
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krasCGQ said:
If I look further...
Phone Model = GT-I9505
Bootloader = SPH-L720
IMEI = a GT-I9500 phone
I think it's a GT-I9505 phone with SPH-L720 motherboard and IMEI that tampered from a GT-I9500 phone. Really, I would bring back this phone to the seller.
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GDReaper said:
You can try and update the modem and bootloader even further, manually, via Odin.
There is a dedicated thread in the general section.
I don't think it will work, but it may be worth a try.
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Exactly. Things are really weird with this. But returning this isn't an option. Phone belongs to a friend and he's been using it a while. Can't take this back now.
Also restoring to stock wiped out the international unlock. Phone is showing Sprint in top left corner.
Right now the phone is 101% stock 5.0.1. If anyone can please help guide me through unlock this permanently for all future foreseeable ROMs and flashes, please.
Managed to unlock it via the S4 Unlocker, following the instructions in that thread.
Still can't get 4G LTE to run on it like it was before, but can confirm 3G HSPA+ mode is working fine on it.
Hi i'm new to the forum,
Today i flashed a custom rom for my galaxy s7 edge SM-G935F and it installed the dual sim feature, now i have no signal and i cant do anything to delete the dual sim feature.
Tried already to flash stock and erased everything but still its on my phone.
Can someone help and tell me how to disactivate it ?
Thanks for every help !
you sure you have the right region ROM? try initializing your phone(formats everything) using samsung smart switch program on windows/mac
aj.bglr said:
you sure you have the right region ROM? try initializing your phone(formats everything) using samsung smart switch program on windows/mac
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I have already formatted everything (data, system, factory reset etc...) in twrp and flashed the right rom for my phone with odin but the dual sim feature is still there and i don't have signal.
Smart Switch says that it doesnt support SM-G935FD for initializing and the strange thing is my phone is a SM-G935F not a SM-G935FD (duos) but i'm sure every rom i flashed was for galaxy s7 edge. So one of the roms i flashed changed my phone to SM-G935FD. Am i screwed ? Pls help
If my english is bad pls don't correct me my native language is not english and i'm not using google translate.
Hyruler said:
I have already formatted everything (data, system, factory reset etc...) in twrp and flashed the right rom for my phone with odin but the dual sim feature is still there and i don't have signal.
Smart Switch says that it doesnt support SM-G935FD for initializing and the strange thing is my phone is a SM-G935F not a SM-G935FD (duos) but i'm sure every rom i flashed was for galaxy s7 edge. So one of the roms i flashed changed my phone to SM-G935FD. Am i screwed ? Pls help
If my english is bad pls don't correct me my native language is not english and i'm not using google translate.
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Download a G935F rom from samfirm or sammobile.com and flash it with odin.
antkalaitzakis96 said:
Download a G935F rom from samfirm or sammobile.com and flash it with odin.
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Sadly it didn't work but at least you tried to help me ! thank you very much.
This is what i can't remove : http://i.imgur.com/qWwKwSd.png Never had this menu and i tried everything to remove it...
Hyruler said:
Sadly it didn't work but at least you tried to help me ! thank you very much.
This is what i can't remove : http://i.imgur.com/qWwKwSd.png Never had this menu and i tried everything to remove it...
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If Odin didn't work download any 935f custom rom and flash it with TWRP. That's it ?
Anik49 said:
If Odin didn't work download any 935f custom rom and flash it with TWRP. That's it
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I have wiped everything and installed superman rom with twrp but the dual sim feature didn't go away and still no signal... I appreciate that you tried to help me. Thanks
I don't know i think i bricked my phone....
Hyruler said:
Sadly it didn't work but at least you tried to help me ! thank you very much.
This is what i can't remove : http://i.imgur.com/qWwKwSd.png Never had this menu and i tried everything to remove it...
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What odin version are you using?
And which firmware did you download?
antkalaitzakis96 said:
What odin version are you using?
And which firmware did you download?
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Odin3 v3.12.3 and in Samfirm i have put in the model tab SM-G935F and in the Region tab my region code. And i noticed something i don't have an imei and s/n anymore on the phone... :/
I think your problem is with the imei itself which happened by flashing wrong csc in that firmware your flashed check http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3379516
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MustafaBarakat said:
I think your problem is with the imei itself which happened by flashing wrong csc in that firmware your flashed check http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3379516
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I did that already my friend and it didnt work... I think it has to do that my phone thinks i have 2 sim cards and 2 imeis which i never had thats why its bugged and i dont know how to deactivate the 2 sim card function.
Only for some info to you experts out there who want to help me i found out that in the king of nougat rom theres an option which says : "Stk2 - for dual sim variant" i think thats the option that bugged my phone can't i deactivate that with editing a file ? If you guys need more info about my phone i will give you everything just ask me.
Btw thanks for all you guys who tried to help me it gives me hope to recover my phone.
So you only have one correct imei in the imei information and second slot in unknown or you have no imei in both slots?
If you have on correct imei have you tried to turn of second sim card in sim card manager in setting?
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MustafaBarakat said:
So you only have one correct imei in the imei information and second slot in unknown or you have no imei in both slots?
If you have on correct imei have you tried to turn of second sim card in sim card manager in setting?
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Both slots no imei and i cant turn off the second sim its already turned off. Here a picture : http://i.imgur.com/2cX9TnI.png
Did You flash only AP in odin or all files including CP, BL, CSC?
You should flash all of them.
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Did You flash only AP in odin or all files including CP, BL, CSC?
You should flash all of them.
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I have flashed all of them BL, AP, CP, CSC.
Hyruler said:
I have flashed all of them BL, AP, CP, CSC.
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That's weird. But You could try flashing G935F firmware through odin with pit file. Maybe that would help.
ProtoDeVNan0 said:
That's weird. But You could try flashing G935F firmware through odin with pit file. Maybe that would help.
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Okay downloading pit file right now i'll tell you if it worked. Yeah for me its also very weird normally it should go away with wiping everything but it didn't.
So now i have flashed the pit file and its still not working.
Hyruler said:
Okay downloading pit file right now i'll tell you if it worked. Yeah for me its also very weird normally it should go away with wiping everything but it didn't.
So now i have flashed the pit file and its still not working.
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Flash back to the G935F ROM of your region, and take your phone over to a repair store, give them the IMEI of your phone and the S/N (they'll be written on the box), and tell them to re-flash them. It seems your EFS partition has gone corrupt, when you flashed the wrong file.
I know how you feel, I did the same thing with a phone of mine once, I felt like crap afterwards, don't worry about it. This kinda sh*t happens to all of us. Just be glad nothing else happened and the other hardware still functions correctly.
Good luck bro, and be more careful next time when flashing.
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Flash back to the G935F ROM of your region, and take your phone over to a repair store, give them the IMEI of your phone and the S/N (they'll be written on the box), and tell them to re-flash them. It seems your EFS partition has gone corrupt, when you flashed the wrong file.
I know how you feel, I did the same thing with a phone of mine once, I felt like crap afterwards, don't worry about it. This kinda sh*t happens to all of us. Just be glad nothing else happened and the other hardware still functions correctly.
Good luck bro, and be more careful next time when flashing.
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Thanks for the advice and the good luck bro !
I don't know can't they see that i rooted and flashed custom firmwares on my phone ? It's so sad just because of 1 tiny mistake i have to bring the phone to a repair store... :/
I still hope some expert knows how to fix this. Thanks to all for helping me trying to fix this dumb mistake i made i deeply appreciate it !
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Thanks for the advice and the good luck bro !
I don't know can't they see that i rooted and flashed custom firmwares on my phone ? It's so sad just because of 1 tiny mistake i have to bring the phone to a repair store... :/
I still hope some expert knows how to fix this. Thanks to all for helping me trying to fix this dumb mistake i made i deeply appreciate it !
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Technically you can fix it, but you'd require some specialist tools that cost a somewhat hefty amount and usually the only people who keep them are phone repair stores.
No matter how much of an expert one can be, without an EFS backup, you can't restore your IMEI. In older phones like the GS4, if your IMEI was wiped with a bad flash, flashing the modem twice and doing a hard reset would bring it back, unfortunately it's not that easy now.
Anyway, mistakes happen bro. Don't worry too much about it. It's annoying to go to a phone store, but just remember, it'll be a lesson in the future for us all. Always make a backup before flashing, anything goes wrong, restore the backup and you'll be safe.
Samsung service center will be able to see that KNOX is void and it's 0x1, so they might charge extra.
For ordinary phone repair or software specialist stores, they won't really care whether it's rooted or not, they'll just use their tool to flash the IMEI and S/N back to your phone.