[Q] Noob here, Help Needed (what's new) - Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot

Hello,
First off I am very new to this. I always try to be as careful as possible and do as much research as I can. I follow all the steps as directed and ask questions ahead of time before screwing things up.
My problem now is I accepted an OTA update to 4.3 from what I thought was a stock 4.2.2. Apparently I was wrong and the superUSER app was still installed on my phone. I no longer have the ability to use my WiFi- (I switch the toggle and it just stays off) I have tried to reset and restore. I have tried to delete all data and re-install. I have tried everything I'm comfortable with at this point. I dont know if I should try using ODIN to flash stock since I probably have a knox bootlocker and dont want to do more damage. I am posting photos because I noticed my naseband and my build number don't match up. I am afraid im stuck in between 4.2.2 and 4.3. I would greatly appreciate any advice or even a push in the right direction. I have been searching trying to find a solution for over a month and the most I can get is... "your an idiot, dont update OTA while rooted, etc etc" Hindsight is 20/20. Thank you again for your time.
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Try flashing a 4.3 rom.

beerbq said:
Try flashing a 4.3 rom.
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Stock 4.3? Just usin ODIN or what? Sorry I know that this is probably a lot simpler than I am making it.

bumblingfool said:
Stock 4.3? Just usin ODIN or what? Sorry I know that this is probably a lot simpler than I am making it.
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I am not an expert but from what Im seeing your on a 4.3 rom but the modem did not update. Your modem is still mf9. I would flash a 4.2 rom and go from there. I don't want to give the wrong info hopefully someone can chime in that knows more than me.

beerbq said:
I am not an expert but from what Im seeing your on a 4.3 rom but the modem did not update. Your modem is still mf9. I would flash a 4.2 rom and go from there. I don't want to give the wrong info hopefully someone can chime in that knows more than me.
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Yeah that is what I was noticing as well. I have soft bricked my phone twice now trying to use odin and going back to a stock 4.2. The flash says fail everytime. I am wondering if KNOX is blocking ODIN from flashing the new ROM. Thanks for your quick response and I guess this means I am on the right path. Now I just need to find a way to flash a stock 4.2 on my fluster clucked half 4.2 half 4.3 phone.

I do know that once you're on MJA there's no going backwards. Try odining the modem. Make sure you turn your phone off...then boot to DL mode. Don't just boot to DL mode seems to work better that way.
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If all fails go here and download the latest MK2 4.3:
http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SPH-L720&details=Galaxy_S_4_Sprint
GS4 Stock Rooted MJA 4.3,Philz Touch CWM,HotSpot Mod,Transparent Weather Widget...

bumblingfool said:
Yeah that is what I was noticing as well. I have soft bricked my phone twice now trying to use odin and going back to a stock 4.2. The flash says fail everytime. I am wondering if KNOX is blocking ODIN from flashing the new ROM. Thanks for your quick response and I guess this means I am on the right path. Now I just need to find a way to flash a stock 4.2 on my fluster clucked half 4.2 half 4.3 phone.
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I would suggest first trying to reinstall your mf9 modem via odin , if that doesn't work I'd try to install the mja modem via odin. You can find the links to files here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=42954149&postcount=2
And a thread about a similar issue so you can get a better idea of what you need to do.
http://forums.androidcentral.com/sp.../342205-mk2-ota-update-today-killed-wifi.html
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[Q] Galaxy S4 Root

I rooted my AT&T Galaxy S4 i337 a while back using Motochopper and it worked absolutely fine. After installing Cyanogenmod, I decided to go back to stock. I used triangle away and Odin to return myself back to stock, however, I always had issues. When I would recovery boot, I got an error and I couldn't wipe my cache partition. I tried to re-root my phone today using Motochopper and then Odin, but neither of them worked. I got a fail on both of them. Motochopper installed Supersu on my device, but didn't actually give me root access, and Odin just gave me a fail. Now, my phone is working with stock, but I still get errors in recovery mode and I can't root. Can someone please help!?
What is your baseband and build number on settings, more, about phone?
jd1639 said:
What is your baseband and build number on settings, more, about phone?
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Baseband - I337UCUAMF3
Build Number - JDQ39.I337UCUAMF3
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cfoughty7 said:
Baseband - I337UCUAMF3
Build Number - JDQ39.I337UCUAMF3
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That's what i was afraid of. With mf3 you can't root with motorchopper or flash roms like you could on mdl. You also can't put on a custom recovery. Give me a second and I'll give you some links.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=44165374
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42478710
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45186518
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45971194
Read these before you do anything else and get familiar with them.
cfoughty7 said:
Baseband - I337UCUAMF3
Build Number - JDQ39.I337UCUAMF3
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MF3 has a completely different root and recovery method now. Search the threads and you'll find them. Unfortunately it's pretty risky as you won't be able to flash back to stock using ODIN on MF3.
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That's what i was afraid of. With mf3 you can't root with motorchopper or flash roms like you could on mdl. You also can't put on a custom recovery. Give me a second and I'll give you some links.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=44165374
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42478710
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45186518
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45971194
Read these before you do anything else and get familiar with them.
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I'm just confused as to why I was able to do it perfectly before?
cfoughty7 said:
I'm just confused as to why I was able to do it perfectly before?
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Because you were on mdl firmware. After you Odin'd it had to have taken the ota update to mf3.
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jd1639 said:
Because you were on mdl firmware. After you Odin'd it had to have taken the ota update to mf3.
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Ohhh, ok. I understand! There's no way to get it back? Is that what I should read those links for?
cfoughty7 said:
Ohhh, ok. I understand! There's no way to get it back? Is that what I should read those links for?
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Ok, so I read the links. Now, I'm not so much interested in rooting as I am getting my phone straight. Is there any way to get back to mdl? Will the rumored 4.3 update this month fix that? When I tried to update or recover with Samsung Kies, it said my phone wasn't compatible to recover. Does that mean I won't be able to get the update?
jd1639 said:
Because you were on mdl firmware. After you Odin'd it had to have taken the ota update to mf3.
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Ok, so I read the links. Now, I'm not so much interested in rooting as I am getting my phone straight. Is there any way to get back to mdl? Will the rumored 4.3 update this month fix that? When I tried to update or recover with Samsung Kies, it said my phone wasn't compatible to recover. Does that mean I won't be able to get the update?
cfoughty7 said:
Ok, so I read the links. Now, I'm not so much interested in rooting as I am getting my phone straight. Is there any way to get back to mdl? Will the rumored 4.3 update this month fix that? When I tried to update or recover with Samsung Kies, it said my phone wasn't compatible to recover. Does that mean I won't be able to get the update?
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First, there is no way to go back to mdl. Idk if you'll be able to get the 4.3 update but I would assume so since you are on the stick firmware now. But, each new update is going to make it harder to root your phone or run custom roms. So you probably need to choose whether you want to keep your phone stock and take updates if and when they come out. Or have some snooty to run custom roms and root your device and put safestrap on.
jd1639 said:
First, there is no way to go back to mdl. Idk if you'll be able to get the 4.3 update but I would assume so since you are on the stick firmware now. But, each new update is going to make it harder to root your phone or run custom roms. So you probably need to choose whether you want to keep your phone stock and take updates if and when they come out. Or have some snooty to run custom roms and root your device and put safestrap on.
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I'm going to stay with stock. Will the mdl thing effect anything if I have an issue with warranty sterf?
Shouldn't, your stock mf3 right now.

i messed up bid time

so I have been on vision x rom for last couple months. I had a guy flash the stock rom back on my phone and now I have an att update aprox 359mb ready to install BUT I cannot update it. after update completes it boots into twrp. how can I uninstall twrp or is it something I missing. thanks for your help in advance. NOOB here
Do you know what firmware you're on? I don't what stock rom the guy flashed but it must not have been the stock firmware or you wouldn't have twrp.
jd1639 said:
do you know what firmware you're on? I don't what stock rom the guy flashed but it must not have been the stock firmware or you wouldn't have twrp.
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it shows 4.2.2
JSUMNERS said:
it shows 4.2.2
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Are you on MDB/MDL or MF3?
Edit: must be MDB/MDL if you still have custom recovery?
JSUMNERS said:
it shows 4.2.2
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What are the last three characters on your base band
rayburne said:
are you on mdb/mdl or mf3?
Edit: Must be mdb/mdl if you still have custom recovery?
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im sorry im noob to the 10th......baseband version 1337ucuamdb
JSUMNERS said:
im sorry im noob to the 10th......baseband version 1337ucuamdb
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Your are on mdb firmware. If flashing custom roms is important to you what I would do is use Odin to upgrade you to mdl firmware. That is probably the same firmware that you have the update for based on its small size. If you use Odin you will lose root and twrp. But you'll be able to put those back on.
jd1639 said:
your are on mdb firmware. If flashing custom roms is important to you what i would do is use odin to upgrade you to mdl firmware. That is probably the same firmware that you have the update for based on its small size. If you use odin you will lose root and twrp. But you'll be able to put those back on.
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what im trying to attempt is to totally get back to stock everything with no root. I would like to get the update from july which is avail for me and then get the ota for 4.3 in november.... Totally stock. Is this possible ?
JSUMNERS said:
what im trying to attempt is to totally get back to stock everything with no root. I would like to get the update from july which is avail for me and then get the ota for 4.3 in november.... Totally stock. Is this possible ?
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Yes, by flashing the mdl firmware in Odin
Thanks you very much. Now time to download odin and do research on xda forums.... Wish me luck
JSUMNERS said:
Thanks you very much. Now time to download odin and do research on xda forums.... Wish me luck
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If you run into problems just ask. The firmware you can get from sammobile.com. You have to register but it's free.
JSUMNERS said:
what im trying to attempt is to totally get back to stock everything with no root. I would like to get the update from july which is avail for me and then get the ota for 4.3 in november.... Totally stock. Is this possible ?
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Are you sure you want to take that update (I'm assuming it's the MF3 update)?
If you do, you will be limited to using safestrap and the custom roms you can flash in the future.
If you stay at MDL, you can still install a custom 4.3 rom (or the stock 4.3 release without bootloaders once it's available).
You can even install stock MF3 without the bootloaders from the dev section to get the update.
If you want to have an unlocked bootloader and have complete freedom to flash whatever you want on your phone, you only want to update to MDL as mentioned above and not take the MF3 update.
Once your at official OTA MF3, your bootloader is locked and there is no turning back (just trying to help and make sure you are aware of what happens if you take the OTA and upgrade to MF3).
Good Luck
JSUMNERS said:
so I have been on vision x rom for last couple months. I had a guy flash the stock rom back on my phone and now I have an att update aprox 359mb ready to install BUT I cannot update it. after update completes it boots into twrp. how can I uninstall twrp or is it something I missing. thanks for your help in advance. NOOB here
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Heimdall is your friend , safer than Odin. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2374441&highlight=heimdall
jakew02 said:
heimdall is your friend , safer than odin. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2374441&highlight=heimdall
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ok so i havent unrooted yet. Still researching. My problem is now that when i power the phone on it shows custom with the open pad lock. But but when i run root checker basic is says im not rooted. Im confused and need help please. Sorry for being so ignorant but im learning
Sorry again but im still confused as to why it still has pad lock on start up but root checker says no root. I am so stupid im sorry but i need help please
JSUMNERS said:
Sorry again but im still confused as to why it still has pad lock on start up but root checker says no root. I am so stupid im sorry but i need help please
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Go get Triangle Away. That helped me get rid of the pad lock.
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risensunx said:
Go get Triangle Away. That helped me get rid of the pad lock.
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Read this thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2319251

[Q] OTA 4.4 back to 4.3

Can someone help me take my S4 back to 4.3? I got the OTA update for 4.4 yesterday morning and have had nothing but problems. Terrible battery life (40% down in 3 hours with little to no use) WiFi wont turn on thanks to this piece of junk Knox software. So before I dump Samsung completely for a Moto X or Nexus, can someone help me downgrade from 4.4 back to 4.3 where I had no problems?
Were you totally stock before the OTA? If you still have warranty left, I would bring it in to a Sprint store and *****.
If not, you can try one of 2 things. 1) flash the NAE tar file using odin to see if that fixes your issues or 2) flash the MK2 tar file to bring you back to 4.3
aypanthony said:
Were you totally stock before the OTA? If you still have warranty left, I would bring it in to a Sprint store and *****.
If not, you can try one of 2 things. 1) flash the NAE tar file using odin to see if that fixes your issues or 2) flash the MK2 tar file to bring you back to 4.3
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I went Cyanogen at one point, didn't like it, and flashed back to stock. When the OTA hit I was rooted but had made no changes from stock, not even an uninstall of a Samsung app. I am backing things up now to flash the NAE again, but I want a version without this Knox garbage in it. Is there such thing?
I read that you can't flash back with Odin from 4.4 to 4.3 so I don't know how to do option 2 at this point.
sponge14 said:
I went Cyanogen at one point, didn't like it, and flashed back to stock. When the OTA hit I was rooted but had made no changes from stock, not even an uninstall of a Samsung app. I am backing things up now to flash the NAE again, but I want a version without this Knox garbage in it. Is there such thing?
I read that you can't flash back with Odin from 4.4 to 4.3 so I don't know how to do option 2 at this point.
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You're correct with not being able to go back to mk2 4.3 via Odin.
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sponge14 said:
I went Cyanogen at one point, didn't like it, and flashed back to stock. When the OTA hit I was rooted but had made no changes from stock, not even an uninstall of a Samsung app. I am backing things up now to flash the NAE again, but I want a version without this Knox garbage in it. Is there such thing?
I read that you can't flash back with Odin from 4.4 to 4.3 so I don't know how to do option 2 at this point.
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Yeah, I think you are right. Can't go back to 4.3 once you have the 4.4 bootloader, my bad. I wonder if you should do a factory reset to see if that clears up your issues.
daniel4653 said:
You're correct with not being able to go back to mk2 4.3 via Odin.
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Is there some other way of downgrading? What about going back to Cyanogen's full release?
Well that sucks that you can't go back to 4.3
I had the same issues when I updated and was kinda pissed at it to but a factory reset and it been running way better ever since and I'm rooted with xposed installed and no complaints
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sponge14 said:
I went Cyanogen at one point, didn't like it, and flashed back to stock. When the OTA hit I was rooted but had made no changes from stock, not even an uninstall of a Samsung app. I am backing things up now to flash the NAE again, but I want a version without this Knox garbage in it. Is there such thing?
I read that you can't flash back with Odin from 4.4 to 4.3 so I don't know how to do option 2 at this point.
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I believe once KNOX Bootloader has been installed, your stuck with it. No going back.
But honestly, if you root 4.4, your gonna void KNOX.
lawmangrant said:
I believe once KNOX Bootloader has been installed, your stuck with it. No going back.
But honestly, if you root 4.4, your gonna void KNOX.
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I don't want Knox on my phone at all, it's garbage for me. Are you saying I can't even go Cyanogen at this point?
sponge14 said:
I don't want Knox on my phone at all, it's garbage for me. Are you saying I can't even go Cyanogen at this point?
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You can still have all that. KNOX is just the warrantly flag I have KNOX on mine, but I still have rooted and flashed other roms.
lawmangrant said:
You can still have all that. KNOX is just the warrantly flag I have KNOX on mine, but I still have rooted and flashed other roms.
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Ah OK, I don't care about the warranty, it's out in April anyways... Looks like I need to try Cyanogen again, hopefully it's better this time.
i have gone back to 4.3 with odin.....use odin 1.85.....*First flash the mk2 modem or it will fail**.....why? i dont know...
so here is what i do....1) Odin first the mk2 modem...2) Odin stock Mk2 rom...3) Odin philz latest recovery...4) boot into recovery..goto philz settings and tap " re-root....5) reboot and enjoy.....
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chris-allen said:
i have gone back to 4.3 with odin.....use odin 1.85.....*First flash the mk2 modem or it will fail**.....why? i dont know...
so here is what i do....1) Odin first the mk2 modem...2) Odin stock Mk2 rom...3) Odin philz latest recovery...4) boot into recovery..goto philz settings and tap " re-root....5) reboot and enjoy.....
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You're saying your bootloader went back to MK2 after this? Didn't think that was possible. I've had nothing but stupid little issues myself after using Odin to flash the phone to NAE. I've done factory resets... Completely wiped the phone in Philz. Tried KToonsez kernel as well and stock NAE just sux! I'll probably just flash Liquid Smooth back on it, was only trying to stick with stock NAE for stability and camera , that phone is my girls and she doesn't have the patience for all the bugs that come with custom Roms lol
Anyways just want to confirm that with you. Thanks
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chris-allen said:
i have gone back to 4.3 with odin.....use odin 1.85.....*First flash the mk2 modem or it will fail**.....why? i dont know...
so here is what i do....1) Odin first the mk2 modem...2) Odin stock Mk2 rom...3) Odin philz latest recovery...4) boot into recovery..goto philz settings and tap " re-root....5) reboot and enjoy.....
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I don't know if that is possible for those of us rocking triband. Obviously we cannot use the Mk2 modem or rom. In any event, I upgraded to 4.4.2 on my new L720T and regretted it, but now I'v" managed to install twrp and rooted it and the rom settled down after a few days. At first, horrible battery use but now its amazing. My battery reads 75 percent after 14 hours and that's quite good enough. The only issue I still face is the SD card thing, but that only seems to apply third party software as I can move files directly from internal to external memory using the stock files app that comes with android.
i dont know about triband. i dont have one and im not going to pretend im a smart dev because thats also not true.. i HAVE ODIN 4.4.2 THEN turned around and ODIN 4.3 due to something i didnt like...im not sure if it changes the bootloader or not, i dont even check. i have only tried this with mk2 to nae.. when i purchesed my device it came with mk2 so i have never tinkerd with the other bootloaders. if you have something other then mk2 id ask a dev befor doing anything. like i said it works for me as long as i flash the modem FIRST that corrisponds to the build. ( mk2 or nae )...and in some cases if the wifi is borked on nae, iv had to flash the modem again after instalation of the rom.. i cant explain why any of this happens....
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i dont know about triband. i dont have one and im not going to pretend im a smart dev because thats also not true.. i HAVE ODIN 4.4.2 THEN turned around and ODIN 4.3 due to something i didnt like...im not sure if it changes the bootloader or not, i dont even check. i have only tried this with mk2 to nae.. when i purchesed my device it came with mk2 so i have never tinkerd with the other bootloaders. if you have something other then mk2 id ask a dev befor doing anything. like i said it works for me as long as i flash the modem FIRST that corrisponds to the build. ( mk2 or nae )...and in some cases if the wifi is borked on nae, iv had to flash the modem again after instalation of the rom.. i cant explain why any of this happens....
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Lol I know what you mean... Sometimes things just seem to work or they don't.
But that's interesting you can go back to mk2 after being on nae. I figured that was not possible. But if you didn't get any fails in Odin while downgrading that's great. Maybe I'll get ballsy and try this later.
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Is there a stock 4.4 Rom out there I can try, preferably one without Knox? Sprint has recommended that I unroot, that they have a tech bulletin where rooted phones have wifi, and other issues.
sponge14 said:
Is there a stock 4.4 Rom out there I can try, preferably one without Knox? Sprint has recommended that I unroot, that they have a tech bulletin where rooted phones have wifi, and other issues.
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You have a link to that bulletin??
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You have a link to that bulletin??
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No that's just what the escalated Tech Support person from Oklahoma City told me.
I also just wiped the cache and did a factory reset and still have the same wifi problem...

[Q] Trying to downgrade to 4.2.2 from 4.4.2

SPH-L720
MF9
Ok, you must be wondering why the heck anyone would want to downgrade from 4.4.2. Well I had one noob moment and a couple of unfortunate coincidences. I haphazardly flashed a rom for an I9505g onto my phone. Luckly I can still boot up and connect to my wifi. If I turn the airplane mode off then the phone goes haywire. Im sure that isnt fixable.
My difficulty is finding a stock 4.2.2 ROM to flash.
I would just flash the recovery i have, but, it somehow is corrupt and sends my phone into a bootloop so i have to reflash the 4.4.2 again to get anything to work. Really, i think all i need is a link to get me going in the right direction for the files i need. If anyone could hook me up i'd really appreciate it.
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SPH-L720
MF9
Ok, you must be wondering why the heck anyone would want to downgrade from 4.4.2. Well I had one noob moment and a couple of unfortunate coincidences. I haphazardly flashed a rom for an I9505g onto my phone. Luckly I can still boot up and connect to my wifi. If I turn the airplane mode off then the phone goes haywire. Im sure that isnt fixable.
My difficulty is finding a stock 4.2.2 ROM to flash.
I would just flash the recovery i have, but, it somehow is corrupt and sends my phone into a bootloop so i have to reflash the 4.4.2 again to get anything to work. Really, i think all i need is a link to get me going in the right direction for the files i need. If anyone could hook me up i'd really appreciate it.
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You are looking for 4.2.2?
When I was looking I found in
androidhilfe de
4pda
and Filecrop search
but my phone is I9505 I'm not sure whether your model but try
s4lte100 said:
You are looking for 4.2.2?
When I was looking I found in
androidhilfe de
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and Filecrop search
but my phone is I9505 I'm not sure whether your model but try
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Unfortunately, my phone is an sph-l720. It being a german site they dont even mention my model anywhere on that site.
misterican said:
Unfortunately, my phone is an sph-l720. It being a german site they dont even mention my model anywhere on that site.
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here in xda will not?
Google it has everything - you just have to browse
You can't downgrade from 4.4 to any lower versions. Read forums...
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misterican said:
SPH-L720
MF9
Ok, you must be wondering why the heck anyone would want to downgrade from 4.4.2. Well I had one noob moment and a couple of unfortunate coincidences. I haphazardly flashed a rom for an I9505g onto my phone. Luckly I can still boot up and connect to my wifi. If I turn the airplane mode off then the phone goes haywire. Im sure that isnt fixable.
My difficulty is finding a stock 4.2.2 ROM to flash.
I would just flash the recovery i have, but, it somehow is corrupt and sends my phone into a bootloop so i have to reflash the 4.4.2 again to get anything to work. Really, i think all i need is a link to get me going in the right direction for the files i need. If anyone could hook me up i'd really appreciate it.
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Wipe all and flash again android 4.4.2 for ur phone -> HERE. Dont play with fire....
radkor said:
You can't downgrade from 4.4 to any lower versions. Read forums...
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But I've Downgraded Many time from kitkat to JB4.3 without any problem
Aaah, I see. You're on stock 4.2.2 and you've flashed 4.4.2 without flashing bootloader?
I thought you were on full stoc 4.4.2 with Knoxed BL.
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[Q] I337UCUFNJ4 AT&T Galaxy S4 4.4.4 only download mode

i root my gs4 with odin, everything went fine but I wanted to get my gs faster so i downloaded kernel for gs4 and flashed it. mistake here. i didnt check if it supports 4.4.4. it only support devices under 4.3 so.. no wifi. that was the problem i had other than that, all was good. than I downloaded some OTA file for my gs4 and when i tried to flash it with safestrap, it kept said fail. so i thought it's maybe because i already have OS installed... so i wiped system,data and i tried to flash that OTA file, fail again. now im screwd. there is no OS on my gs4. when i trun it on, it vibrates, than reboots and than goes into Odinmode and say something like "nornal boot not possible" in red.
so i spent couple days searching how to get my phone work again but everything i tried didnt work. and for galaxy s4 sgh i337 nj4 version 4.4.4 it even made me think it was made just for me.
i tried kies, failed it told me to do emergency recovery but my phone does not show on list.
can anyone please help me.. Im new to Samsung Galaxy..
im thinking about following this guide since there are no options
http://www.androidrootz.com/2014/03/how-to-unrootunbrick-at-galaxy-s4-sgh.html
is this okay?
JustinBushke said:
im thinking about following this guide since there are no options
http://www.androidrootz.com/2014/03/how-to-unrootunbrick-at-galaxy-s4-sgh.html
is this okay?
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You'll have to use the ODIN file from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2674223
Flash that in ODIN, use the rootable version if you want to root it using towelroot.
Besides that, you can't flash any custom kernels on the S4 unless you're on the 4.2.2 MDL bootloader, and there's no way to get back to that from 4.4.
DeadlySin9 said:
You'll have to use the ODIN file from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2674223
Flash that in ODIN, use the rootable version if you want to root it using towelroot.
Besides that, you can't flash any custom kernels on the S4 unless you're on the 4.2.2 MDL bootloader, and there's no way to get back to that from 4.4.
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Thank you so much for your reply. i will try that after couple hours.
but I am curious if i can use I337UCUFNB on NJ4 bootloader. i have nj4 bootloader
JustinBushke said:
Thank you so much for your reply. i will try that after couple hours.
but I am curious if i can use I337UCUFNB on NJ4 bootloader. i have nj4 bootloader
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Yes, it will work.
DeadlySin9 said:
Yes, it will work.
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Thank you so much! You saved my life!
I want to be just like you helping other people
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