First off I apologize if this is in the wrong section or has been asked before, I couldn't really find the answer I'm looking for.
So I have my S4 (4.2.2 if it matters) rooted and TWRP recovery loaded on it. I was getting the ATT update message and I kept hitting ignore or remind me latter, however I noticed last night it starts to try to install and restart without giving me an option to cancel it. I quickly remove the battery to prevent my phone from updating.
My question is, how do I stop this update when I turn my phone back on? I don't want it to update the firmware and lock my boot loader. Or am I making a big deal over nothing?
Thanks in advance
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Thanks so much.
Just one more think, I just want to make sure that when I turn my phone back on that the update won't finish installing (it was in the process of installing when I shut it off).
Thanks again for all the help.
I'm assuming that u have MDB/MDL firmware. ......Take your Att sim card out. ... u need to root your phone. ... install Titanium back up and go to Att software update app ....back up first just incase u need it to return to att and then uninstall it...... that's should stop it from OTA update
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Yep, you're going to want to root and then rename or freeze those files, you found in the Google search. That will stop the update
Taking just the SIM out at this point won't help. Only way to completely stop it now since it was installing is to Odin back to MDL and start the root process.
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Hopefully it didn't already blow the qfuse.
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ted77usa said:
I'm assuming that u have MDB/MDL firmware. ......Take your Att sim card out. ... u need to root your phone. ... install Titanium back up and go to Att software update app ....back up first just incase u need it to return to att and then uninstall it...... that's should stop it from OTA update
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So not to keep asking the same question, when the sim card is out of the phone, will that prevent the update from installing?
Also to clarify, I've already rooted my phone and installed TWRP recovery. Again at this point I just want to make sure that when I turn my phone on the update isn't going to automatically finish installing before I can block the app/files
Again, thanks so much for the help, can't wait to get a rom installed and start enjoying the awesomeness
I'd follow graydiggy suggestion. Don't turn it on except to go into download mode. Flash the mdl firmware, then root again and freeze the update apps or install a custom Rom
I could be wrong but I believe the update won't apply since the stock recovery has been replaced with a custom recovery . If I am wrong Im sure somone will come in and correct this statement .
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I could be wrong but I believe the update won't apply since the stock recovery has been replaced with a custom recovery . If I am wrong Im sure somone will come in and correct this statement .
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Won't matter
If you have a custom recovery, the update should fail the install with an error 7. However, I would still completely start from scratch by using Odin to get a clean slate without an update. You could actually use Kies and do the emergency restore. Whatever you do, do not boot the phone into the OS until it has been completely wiped by either Odin or Kies. Only download mode.
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boot into recovery and in twrp manually go erase the update.zip from cache/fota. Then wipe cache before rebooting. That, or flash the PIT file. I posted directions on how to extract the stock signed PIT file but you'll probably need someone to extract one for you since you dont want to boot to Android yet.
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Oh yeah. TWRP has a file manager. Delete the update and then boot the OS and use Titanium Backup to delete the OTA stuff
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boot into recovery and in twrp manually go erase the update.zip from cache/fota. Then wipe cache before rebooting. That, or flash the PIT file. I posted directions on how to extract the stock signed PIT file but you'll probably need someone to extract one for you since you dont want to boot to Android yet.
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Oh yeah. TWRP has a file manager. Delete the update and then boot the OS and use Titanium Backup to delete the OTA stuff
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Sweet so by doing this I don't have to Odin back to stock?
Essentially.
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Thank you everyone so much for your help. I seem to have got it all sorted out, don't see any changes to the baseband version and still have root access.
Thanks again.
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Thank you everyone so much for your help. I seem to have got it all sorted out, don't see any changes to the baseband version and still have root access.
Thanks again.
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Glad you got it worked out. You had the A team, surge and graydiggy
a different approach w/ i537 jb4.2.2
on topic but with different variables... I'm not finding a detailed post on the best way to stop ATT update immediately after rooting the i537 jb4.2.2
Can someone link me here please?
Not sure if I should just delete the app or go the root explorer route and delete the knox file (not sure if that is the only file to remove either?)
I have compiled all my notes at: freehelpinghands.wordpress DOT com/2013/12/15/best-way-to-unlock-root-a-new-phone/
and the answer to my question above will likely be answered by the time this is being read.
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Rooting my Galaxy S4 has been one of the biggest pains in my rear ever and now I'm bricked and need a bit of help.
Normally, when I want to root a phone, I come here, to XDA, and follow a nice well written up-to-date thread on how to do it and it works. For the S4 however, I can't find any such threads that are not either old, out-of-date, or they use so many abbreviations for things I have no clue what they are talking about.
I started out with a totally stock Samsung Galaxy S4, was a VPUAMDL.
I used ODIN to push TWRP tarball. I then used TWRP to install the CWM SuperSU zip file.
I noticed when it started up that I had no root, I had the SuperSU program however, it nor another program I got on the marketplace, could confirm root.
Bit of looking I found this: galaxys4root (DOT) com/galaxy-s4-root/sprint-vpuamdl-firmware-update-root-fix/
(sorry, can't post full links yet)
Which basically informed me that VPUAMDL needs a new kernel to remove the SetUID restrictions.
I downloaded that file, and put it on my SD card. Booted into TWRP and installed. now my phone is bricked. gets to the "Samsung Galaxy S4" startup splash screen on black background
I am looking for a kernel that will work, either the stock kernel or not.
I am also looking for a good tut on rooting the S4, as all the tuts I have used have been utter wasted time.
I have ODIN, and can boot TWRP, ODIN mode, etc on my phone.
have no clue where to go from here and Im afraid to start trying to download random files and get everything mixed and confused.
Thanks for any help at all.
CF Auto Root
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2291827
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CF Auto Root
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I followed that page, pushed it, installed fine, 100% no errors.
still bricked at GS4 startup splashscreen.
It did finish successfully and I saw the screen with the red android.
It removed TWRP and replaced it with the stock recovery as it should have.
I am actually surprised myself that it is still bricked at the GS4 splash.
Odin stock everything. See if it boots. Then try to root after that.
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Odin stock everything. See if it boots. Then try to root after that.
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I am failing to find stock everything to push.
I think I stated that, not sure... hmm
none the less. I do not have a stock kernel or recovery on hand. I can not find one either as there seem to be a plethora of kernels and threads and pages all for different files and downloads. Sifting through trying to find something is becoming harsh. Thus this thread.
You are not bricked if your phone can turn on and go to download mode or recovery.
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You are not bricked if your phone can turn on and go to download mode or recovery.
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Well then its whatever you want to call it when it wont boot the operating system and is totally un-usable as a phone or mobile device.
I would go HERE
That is the thread for stock MDL stuff.
Download and flash the kernel and full wipe rom for MDL.
Then upgrade to MF9.
+2 ^^^^ to what he said :edit:
Nice tut on rooting the s4 thanks to mudavo here http://forum.xda-developers.com/sho...to Full Stock [MF9] w/ Root & Custom Recovery
There is also a video tutorial stickied in android devolpment
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Thanks guys, going to try some of the stuff from there. Hope i get it going. Need mah phone back! lol
Wooo, those links where just what I needed. Thanks a lot.
Got my phone back on and now I have a stock file in case I muck things up again.
Just make a nand back up and restore when something bad happens ive mucked up alot and it has always saved me
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hello, I need help understanding how to uninstall twrp custom recovery and going back to stock custom recovery. i want to unroot and factory restore so I can update my s4. I really never took a lot of advantage of root with roms and stuff. I guess I really don't need it. but I don't want to brick my phone. exactly what do I do?
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hello, I need help understanding how to uninstall twrp custom recovery and going back to stock custom recovery. i want to unroot and factory restore so I can update my s4. I really never took a lot of advantage of root with roms and stuff. I guess I really don't need it. but I don't want to brick my phone. exactly what do I do?
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Just odin and install stock rom
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Yes, use Odin. I assume you have an i337 and you don't have mf3 installed. Get the mdl stock firmware from sammobile.com. You'll have to register but its free. You'll download a zip file. Use 7-zip to extract the .tar.md5 file. Use that file in Odin, PDA. Only have auto-reboot and f.reset checked in Odin. That will install the stock firmware and recovery on your phone.
Edit, a word of caution. As of now, there is no way to reverse your decision of wanting the mf3 update. Once you update you will not be able to put a custom Rom or recovery on your phone. There is limited benefit, my opinion no benefit, to the up grade. Yes you can put apps on your ad card, but only the apps and not the data do you don't save much space. It also take about a gig of additional space just for the update.
so it will be as if you just took it out of the box brand new, right? I don't want any files from twrp or anything to stay on the phone. I accidentally factory restored one time when rooted.... then after starting up the "new" device, the setup worked until one step which didn't allow me to surpass it... i used Odin and followed a youtube vídeo to unroot. also, will it restore my SD card...? if I take out the SD, will it be readable after I put it back in after the startup of the "new" device? thanks. and lastly, does it matter if ive freezes any apps via titanium backup? I've freezed the att updater so the update wouldn't remove root. thanks for your help guys. (yes I'm using the att i337 model.)
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so it will be as if you just took it out of the box brand new, right? I don't want any files from twrp or anything to stay on the phone. I accidentally factory restored one time when rooted.... then after starting up the "new" device, the setup worked until one step which didn't allow me to surpass it... i used Odin and followed a youtube vídeo to unroot. also, will it restore my SD card...? if I take out the SD, will it be readable after I put it back in after the startup of the "new" device? thanks. and lastly, does it matter if ive freezes any apps via titanium backup? I've freezed the att updater so the update wouldn't remove root. thanks for your help guys. (yes I'm using the att i337 model.)
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It will not factory reset your phone, it will simply reinstall stock firmware, stock recovery and rom. You'll have to factory reset once youre done to wipe everything
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so it will be as if you just took it out of the box brand new, right? I don't want any files from twrp or anything to stay on the phone. I accidentally factory restored one time when rooted.... then after starting up the "new" device, the setup worked until one step which didn't allow me to surpass it... i used Odin and followed a youtube vídeo to unroot. also, will it restore my SD card...? if I take out the SD, will it be readable after I put it back in after the startup of the "new" device? thanks. and lastly, does it matter if ive freezes any apps via titanium backup? I've freezed the att updater so the update wouldn't remove root. thanks for your help guys. (yes I'm using the att i337 model.)
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Odin will over write any of your frozen files you froze to avoid the upgrade. Factory reset will also delete your apps. Any pics, music, etc will not be deleted.
And yes to your sd card, it should still be readable. Odin shouldn't touch the external card.
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Odin will over write any of your frozen files you froze to avoid the upgrade. Factory reset will also delete your apps. Any pics, music, etc will not be deleted.
And yes to your sd card, it should still be readable. Odin shouldn't touch the external card.
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and to unroot? another question, once I factory restore, and it starts up brand new, can I root, delete all bloatware, and unroot to use phone e normally? and isn't there a thing you're supposed to do to clear how many times you've rooted or not? I remember doing something with a tutorial I used that reset the count.
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and isn't there a thing you're supposed to do to clear how many times you've rooted or not? I remember doing something with a tutorial I used that reset the count.
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I believe you're referring to Triangle Away?
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I believe you're referring to Triangle Away?
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yes thank you
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Yes, use Odin. I assume you have an i337 and you don't have mf3 installed. Get the mdl stock firmware from sammobile.com. You'll have to register but its free. You'll download a zip file. Use 7-zip to extract the .tar.md5 file. Use that file in Odin, PDA. Only have auto-reboot and f.reset checked in Odin. That will install the stock firmware and recovery on your phone.
Edit, a word of caution. As of now, there is no way to reverse your decision of wanting the mf3 update. Once you update you will not be able to put a custom Rom or recovery on your phone. There is limited benefit, my opinion no benefit, to the up grade. Yes you can put apps on your ad card, but only the apps and not the data do you don't save much space. It also take about a gig of additional space just for the update.
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Correct file?
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Correct file?
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If you're trying to Odin back to stock, the .tar.md5 file is correct.
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If you're trying to Odin back to stock, the .tar.md5 file is correct.
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this will delete twrp files right? I have a folder named twrp with a backup... should i delete it? and is there any chance of bricking my phone by flashing stock rom?
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this will delete twrp files right? I have a folder named twrp with a backup... should i delete it? and is there any chance of bricking my phone by flashing stock rom?
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It will delete twrp and put the stock recovery on. There is always a chance of a brick when you flash. If you do flash it it'll probably take 10 to 20 minutes so let it do it's thing. Don't panic and unplug anything. Time goes by real show while you're waiting. I just flashed Odin today on my device and it seemed to take forever.
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It will delete twrp and put the stock recovery on. There is always a chance of a brick when you flash. If you do flash it it'll probably take 10 to 20 minutes so let it do it's thing. Don't panic and unplug anything. Time goes by real show while you're waiting. I just flashed Odin today on my device and it seemed to take forever.
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is there an easier way to unroot my device and go back to stock everything... i DO want all data deleted off of my phone. it doesn't matter to me... all I need are my photos. I don't care about apps or data
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ahura999 said:
is there an easier way to unroot my device and go back to stock everything... i DO want all data deleted off of my phone. it doesn't matter to me... all I need are my photos. I don't care about apps or data
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This is the only way to put the stock firmware and recovery on and return it to stock. Your pictures should still be there, but I'd back them up to some where else.
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This is the only way to put the stock firmware and recovery on and return it to stock. Your pictures should still be there, but I'd back them up to some where else.
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so anything to specifically do... step by step instructions? do I put the phone on download mode or something? I'm sorry. I'm watching tutorials and trying to put piece by piece together
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anybody? please help. I know I'm being a pest and impatient but I just want my phone fixed.
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anybody? please help. I know I'm being a pest and impatient but I just want my phone fixed.
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Here's a guide it's not specifically for the i337 but hopefully helps http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26056924
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anybody? please help. I know I'm being a pest and impatient but I just want my phone fixed.
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Here's a guide it's not specifically for the i337 but hopefully helps http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26056924
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understand that you will likely have to boot into stock recovery and factory reset after the odin flash in order to boot past the samsung splash screen.
I would like to thank everyone from the bottom of my heart. I'm back on stock everything, unrooted. I want to remove bloatware first though. If I root, and delete all the bliarware I dont want through tibu, and later unroot, will the ota for i337 bring back the bloatware? Once again thanks everybody
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my device is is rooted so i already have that.. i have tried to install boot animations and then i reboot the device and it doesnt work.. ive searched on youtube for videos and havent been successful so can someone please help me from the start? thanks:good:
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wahlmart said:
my device is is rooted so i already have that.. i have tried to install boot animations and then i reboot the device and it doesnt work.. ive searched on youtube for videos and havent been successful so can someone please help me from the start? thanks:good:
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What thread did you get your boot animations from?
Flashable zips or pushed with a file explorer?
What firmware are you on as well?
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What thread did you get your boot animations from?
Flashable zips or pushed with a file explorer?
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i got the boot animation from omega.. the app
when im in recovery mode i only get 6 options... reboot system now, apply system update from ADB, apply update from external storage, wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache partiation, and apply update from cache.. idk what to do...
wahlmart said:
when im in recovery mode i only get 6 options... reboot system now, apply system update from ADB, apply update from external storage, wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache partiation, and apply update from cache.. idk what to do...
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Sounds like you have a stock recovery installed so you can't flash anything. If you are on the MDL firmware install a custom recovery from Goo Manager. If you are on MF3 you can't install a custom recovery and can't flash anything.
From MF3 you can copy and paste from a root level file explorer. Use extreme caution since there is no firmware available to flash with Odin should you get yourself in trouble.
I'm sorryi have no coy how to get a custom recovery. . Do I need me computer to get a new custom recovery? What is the mdl and mf3? Sorry im new to all this stuff
I suggest finding out what firmware you have first, then reading as much as possible about custom recoveries and the like.
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Download goomanager and under settings select install openrecoveryscript after it installs it should ask you if you want to reboot into recovery (TWRP). Your should also research TWRP before doing this
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Jeezus! Does no one listen to me? OP has not even specified what firmware he is on... That could lead to a bricked phone. There is more important stuff to figure out first. OP is obviously new at this and needs to read up on the more important stuff before messing with anything else, including system files.
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Alvie03 said:
Download goomanager and under settings select install openrecoveryscript after it installs it should ask you if you want to reboot into recovery (TWRP). Your should also research TWRP before doing this
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when i go to settings on goomanager, there is no "open recovery" I NEED SOMEONE TO HELP ME FROM THE START AGAIN CAUSE I DO NOT WANT A BRICKED PHONE.... Please text me idc if i put number on here... 559-313-2489 or private message me how to do this.. .thanks:good:
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What firmware are you on as well?
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i am on android 4.2.2 jelly bean? is that what the firmware is? thats what my phone says i have..
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when i go to settings on goomanager, there is no "open recovery" I NEED SOMEONE TO HELP ME FROM THE START AGAIN CAUSE I DO NOT WANT A BRICKED PHONE.... Please text me idc if i put number on here... 559-313-2489 or private message me how to do this.. .thanks:good:
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Ok Stop DO NOT FLASH anything my friend, First Thing you need to do go to your settings on phone then go to where it say's "More" it's on top the right hand
corner then on the very bottom You will see it Say About device click that see where it says Baseband version tell us what it say there then we can tell you if you
can root or not and flash roms!
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Ok Stop DO NOT FLASH anything my friend, First Thing you need to do go to your settings on phone then go to where it say's "More" it's on top the right hand
corner then on the very bottom You will see it Say About device click that see where it says Baseband version tell us what it say there then we can tell you if you
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lololol i dont even know how to flash stuff yet so my baseband is I337UCAUMDL
You are lucky! Do you know what to do to stop the OTA files from updating to MF3?
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I honestly do not know what I am doing... so PM me please on how to do this stuff correctly... so am I able to customize everything etc with my baseband version...
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Ok Stop DO NOT FLASH anything my friend, First Thing you need to do go to your settings on phone then go to where it say's "More" it's on top the right hand
corner then on the very bottom You will see it Say About device click that see where it says Baseband version tell us what it say there then we can tell you if you
can root or not and flash roms!
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I337UCUAMDL
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Alvie03 said:
Download goomanager and under settings select install openrecoveryscript after it installs it should ask you if you want to reboot into recovery (TWRP). Your should also research TWRP before doing this
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Good job, not knowing what firmware he's on you could have caused him to brick his device. Listen to graydiggy, he knows what he's taking about.
Edit, didn't see the second page of the posts so I'm late to the party but my comments still stand.
jd1639 said:
Good job, not knowing what firmware he's on you could have caused him to brick his device. Listen to graydiggy, he knows what he's taking about.
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My bad. I did suggest researching TWRP before doing anything though. Regardless, I apologize.
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Hi all. ..I had an issue last night trying to restore my s4 back to stock mf3.i am currently safe strap 4.2.2.My thinking is go stock....root....update to mk2 with super su survival mode...the new safestrap seems to be coming soon so we can flash newer roms.
I Tried the Adam outler thread...downloaded odin...unzipped file and thru pda I got an error message saying unsuccessful.
I then downloaded the tar files complete from mega and tried uploading all 4 being bootloader etc...and tried that. It said in the first box complete..but restarted right back to odin...no changes.
I do have to add I am one of those idiots who tried to flash twrp from goo manager intially so my stock recovery is gone right now.
Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks for reading
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jasas212 said:
Hi all. ..I had an issue last night trying to restore my s4 back to stock mf3.i am currently safe strap 4.2.2.My thinking is go stock....root....update to mk2 with super su survival mode...the new safestrap seems to be coming soon so we can flash newer roms.
I Tried the Adam outler thread...downloaded odin...unzipped file and thru pda I got an error message saying unsuccessful.
I then downloaded the tar files complete from mega and tried uploading all 4 being bootloader etc...and tried that. It said in the first box complete..but restarted right back to odin...no changes.
I do have to add I am one of those idiots who tried to flash twrp from goo manager intially so my stock recovery is gone right now.
Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks for reading
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you have to flash the boot loader, phone and all of the files that come in the package if they didnt then.......i am uploading some files to google drive it is taking awhile because im at school (bandwidth cap) it is at 70 precent.....i will send a link to you for it or i will edit this post when it is complete but i think your problem is you just used the pda file but you have to use all but the pit file....... i just dont think you are doing it correct i will also rename the files so it is noob friendly
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jasas212 said:
Hi all. ..I had an issue last night trying to restore my s4 back to stock mf3.i am currently safe strap 4.2.2.My thinking is go stock....root....update to mk2 with super su survival mode...the new safestrap seems to be coming soon so we can flash newer roms.
I Tried the Adam outler thread...downloaded odin...unzipped file and thru pda I got an error message saying unsuccessful.
I then downloaded the tar files complete from mega and tried uploading all 4 being bootloader etc...and tried that. It said in the first box complete..but restarted right back to odin...no changes.
I do have to add I am one of those idiots who tried to flash twrp from goo manager intially so my stock recovery is gone right now.
Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks for reading
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the files might be bad i know mine are good so you can use them when it is done uploading
Thanks so much my friend!!
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jasas212 said:
Thanks so much my friend!!
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https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxvbskbifwY4bWoyVU9hbzNwLWs/edit?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxvbskbifwY4d2ZiOEFfLVpHVW8/edit?usp=sharing
there are the read me (instructions) and the rar file that contains the tars............extract them to desktop then flash them to your phone make sure you put each file in the designated spot
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https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxvbskbifwY4bWoyVU9hbzNwLWs/edit?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxvbskbifwY4d2ZiOEFfLVpHVW8/edit?usp=sharing
there are the read me (instructions) and the rar file that contains the tars............extract them to desktop then flash them to your phone make sure you put each file in the designated spot
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Thanks a million you rule...im trying tonight:good:
No problem
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So I've had this problem for a while and I think at one point I knew what the issue was, but things came up and I guess I lost my place. I have a GS4 running 4.3 on AT&T, but if I recall correctly it took a long time (longer than it was supposed to in US) for even that update to become available to me. I'm not sure if this phone is set as a different country or something, but I seem to think that had something to do with it when I checked last time. Now when I check for updates, it does say I have an available update (KitKat?) but fails when attempting to update. Download is successful, but install is not. Baseband is I337ucuemk2 if that helps anything. Any help here would be appreciated, thanks.
Install is failing as some of the files it is trying to update has been modified. You would have to be on stock for the update to work.
Remember that there is no direct root method for KitKat yet.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2616221 for more info
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jmjoyas said:
Install is failing as some of the files it is trying to update has been modified. You would have to be on stock for the update to work.
Remember that there is no direct root method for KitKat yet.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2616221 for more info
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I'm actually not rooted, already stock and still having errors still...any idea why that would be?
Anyone have any advice?
Anyone have any advice?
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Have you changed any system files and do you have xposed running? They'll break the ota.
Edit, I should have read closer. I think there is an update.zip file you could flash in the general forum. I'll look and see if I can find it.
See post 2 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=50667360
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jd1639 said:
Have you changed any system files and do you have xposed running? They'll break the ota.
Edit, I should have read closer. I think there is an update.zip file you could flash in the general forum. I'll look and see if I can find it.
See post 2 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=50667360
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Thanks for the link, so I should just flash the md5 with Odin? Appreciate the help.
Imnice777 said:
Thanks for the link, so I should just flash the md5 with Odin? Appreciate the help.
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No, flash the update.zip in the stock recovery
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jd1639 said:
No, flash the update.zip in the stock recovery
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Ok cool, thanks again...however now another issue. I've tried several times, I can not boot into recovery. Any time I try to the phone just goes black until I let go and then reboots. Even if I get the blue print in the top left, the phone does not boot into recovery. Any idea why this would be?
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Ok cool, thanks again...however now another issue. I've tried several times, I can not boot into recovery. Any time I try to the phone just goes black until I let go and then reboots. Even if I get the blue print in the top left, the phone does not boot into recovery. Any idea why this would be?
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If you can get into download mode you may be better off flashing the md5 and Odin. Don't know why you can't get into recovery
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If you can get into download mode you may be better off flashing the md5 and Odin. Don't know why you can't get into recovery
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Me either, guess I'd just flash normally like I would a rom? Or would an update be different. I haven't done this in a while.
Imnice777 said:
Me either, guess I'd just flash normally like I would a rom? Or would an update be different. I haven't done this in a while.
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If you flash the tar in Odin it's going to wipe your device so backup what you can. You'll need to download the tar file to your pc and download Odin to it too if you don't already have it. You run Odin from the pc
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jd1639 said:
If you flash the tar in Odin it's going to wipe your device so backup what you can. You'll need to download the tar file to your pc and download Odin to it too if you don't already have it. You run Odin from the pc
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Ok so I finally got into recovery, but am I supposed to rename the file or anything? It keeps telling me:
"-- Verify the file type of MD5, Before Install /sdcard ...
-- Install /sdcard"
Imnice777 said:
Ok so I finally got into recovery, but am I supposed to rename the file or anything? It keeps telling me:
"-- Verify the file type of MD5, Before Install /sdcard ...
-- Install /sdcard"
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Anyone ever see that error before?
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Anyone ever see that error before?
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Are you trying to flash the update.zip? I'd re-download it. It could be a bad download
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Are you trying to flash the update.zip? I'd re-download it. It could be a bad download
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So... pretty unhappy. Downloaded the update.zip and flashed in stock recovery, it wiped my whole phone and still didn't update. I saw a couple error messages appear as it was "updating" so now I'm still on old firmware and lost everything on my phone. Luckily I did a Kies backup but still pretty ridiculous. I still lose all save data from apps and all convenience that there was from using my phone for as long as I did. Just wanted to update, shouldn't be this big of a mess. Not sure what to do next.
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So... pretty unhappy. Downloaded the update.zip and flashed in stock recovery, it wiped my whole phone and still didn't update. I saw a couple error messages appear as it was "updating" so now I'm still on old firmware and lost everything on my phone. Luckily I did a Kies backup but still pretty ridiculous. I still lose all save data from apps and all convenience that there was from using my phone for as long as I did. Just wanted to update, shouldn't be this big of a mess. Not sure what to do next.
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Well that sucks. No idea how it works wipe you're device. It shouldn't touch the userdata. If it's truly wiped I'd Odin the nb1 tar at this point. Get it updated and start over
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Well that sucks. No idea how it works wipe you're device. It shouldn't touch the userdata. If it's truly wiped I'd Odin the nb1 tar at this point. Get it updated and start over
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That's what I did and I'm finally updated, but pretty disappointed that it took all that just for an update. Hopefully things like that don't continue in future updates...