I'm giving up my GS4 and need to wipe absolutely everything and put it back to complete stock, however I only have access to a Mac. What's the safest and easiest way to do so and reset the flash counter on the way?
EggosEvo said:
I'm giving up my GS4 and need to wipe absolutely everything and put it back to complete stock, however I only have access to a Mac. What's the safest and easiest way to do so and reset the flash counter on the way?
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Need more info. What baseband are you on?
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Thankfully, still on MDL, currently running CM11
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Go to DL mode and use Kies to do an emergency recovery.
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Will that reset the flash counter?
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No. If you need to reset that, you will need to root on stock, and then use triangle triangle away to reset it, then use SuperSu to unroot.
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Is kies the easiest way? It's terrible software, and is rather avoid it if I can.
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EggosEvo said:
Is kies the easiest way? It's terrible software, and is rather avoid it if I can.
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You can go to sammobile.com look for the MDL tar file for odin and flash through Odin.
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The same that I said before goes for Odin as well.
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Looks like kies it is, since I'm stuck on Mac.
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Actually, is there a 100% stock ROM of the latest, or second to latest, that I could flash through TWRP, and then update to whatever the latest is through it?I can delete everything manually, but that would be an easy way to stock, right?
kies didn't play well on my iMac in as far as phone being recognized. you may fair better--
here is a mac thread where OP is fairly helpful and can you restore with heimdall--might take some learning of the commands
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1917237
heimdall--
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2374441
just giving options--do what feels best--:good:
rugmankc said:
kies didn't play well on my iMac in as far as phone being recognized. you may fair better--
here is a mac thread where OP is fairly helpful and can you restore with heimdall--might take some learning of the commands
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1917237
heimdall--
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2374441
just giving options--do what feels best--:good:
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It sounds like flashing files through ADB/fastboot on a Nexus. But man do I miss One-Click packages like they had back in my E4GT days. If only there was... I'd even do what I can and get to a Windows computer ASAP if I could get a One-click.
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EggosEvo said:
It sounds like flashing files through ADB/fastboot on a Nexus. But man do I miss One-Click packages like they had back in my E4GT days. If only there was... I'd even do what I can and get to a Windows computer ASAP if I could get a One-click.
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I liked adb/fastboot on my nexus one. Lots of versatility. I only have the iMac bc my daughter-in-law gave me one when my sony vaio crashed. kinda liking it though.
I did a full restore on a mac using Heimdall and I did not need to use the command line. I did not look at the linked thread very carefully so you may have found what you are looking for. If you'd prefer my method of using the Heimdall GUI, shoot me a PM and I'll post instructions here. I'd actually been meaning to work out how to make a Heimdall package...hmmm....
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Can someone point me into the right direction to going completely stock so I can catch the ota. Thanks.
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P1_e85 said:
Can someone point me into the right direction to going completely stock so I can catch the ota. Thanks.
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What OTA? Most all Roms now ate based on the latest MF9.
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P1_e85 said:
Can someone point me into the right direction to going completely stock so I can catch the ota. Thanks.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2375523
Here this is the newest update we have so far.
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Whatever ota my phone downloaded. But as you know I cannot just install and restart. Since I am modded.
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Whatever ota my phone downloaded. But as you know I cannot just install and restart. Since I am modded.
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That's why you flash a stock rooted MF9 ROM if you want to be on the latest and rooted.
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daniel4653 said:
That's why you flash a stock rooted MF9 ROM if you want to be on the latest and rooted.
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Ive tried this and still had problems. Hence I want to go back to stock and start unmodded.
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P1_e85 said:
Ive tried this and still had problems. Hence I want to go back to stock and start unmodded.
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Here's how I did it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2277480
S4 rebooting as soon as I boot it!?
Hi!
So I followed Djembeys guide to root my s4 back when ME2/MF2(or smthn in that matter)was the newest firmware avable. But now I wanted to go back to stock and update my phone and as stated in the guide that would be no problem, well OTA didn't work so i did it via Kies. It worked as expected for a while before my phone started freezing and rebooting itself forever, like as soon as i get into the launcher.
Things I've tryed to do:
*Checking in download mode that everything is official, it is, and the phone doesn't seem to reboot while in download mode, should I flash a stock rom, I mean, what if the phone shuts off in the middle of the process?
*Doing a factory data reset via stock recovery, the "android" in recovery falls down and a triangle at his stomach. However the data reset worked, but it didn't solve the problem, still reboots but now when the phone is trying to set itself up.
What can i do guys? You think i can send it back to the store seeing everything is official in download mode?
I rooted MF3 and all I have is root, is there anyway I can return back to stick with complete restore? If not, I can just back everything up. I will do it no matter what. My phone is working just fine, just wanted to go back to stock?
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If you mean unroot, then you unfortunately cannot do that at the moment. There is no MF3 factory image to flash back to, as of now at least.
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What do you mean, back to stock? The way it came out of the box? The way it is now unrooted? Not sure what you want to do. And how are you backing it up?
Apps don't matter to me. I can send all my pictures and text messages etc. To the computer. I mean unroot, sorry. But since there isn't any, I will just have to wait it out. Thanks for the information.
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tmac42 said:
Apps don't matter to me. I can send all my pictures and text messages etc. To the computer. I mean unroot, sorry. But since there isn't any, I will just have to wait it out. Thanks for the information.
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It's probable that you can unroot. Do you have super su? You can do an unroot in settings within it.
Yes, I have super su, is that safe? Then I will do it?
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tmac42 said:
Yes, I have super su, is that safe? Then I will do it?
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I've never tried it with mf3 so I can't answer that. It works on other firmware. Why do you want to unroot?
Because, I've always had bad luck with root and everything never works for me when I try it. Once a stable rom comes out, I will try my luck, but not at this moment.
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tmac42 said:
Because, I've always had bad luck with root and everything never works for me when I try it. Once a stable rom comes out, I will try my luck, but not at this moment.
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Good choice. Sorry I can't be of more help
I don't think just rooting is going to cause issues. Keep it and enjoy those benefits for now.
My BackUp Pro is good for backing up most things on phone. Of course you got Titanium BackUp too.
I didn't even want to flash roms on this phone. After years of doing it I was getting tired. But, did it anyway. I like TW, so don't care about aosp etc. All I really gained from flashing was some theming and nandroids. Phone, I thought, was exceptional even unrooted.
There is now stock available which was taken from Samsung Kies. Just download the file and you'll be able to flash it in odin!
Can you provide a screen shot... Last anyone knew there is no MF3 on Kies.
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graydiggy said:
Can you provide a screen shot... Last anyone knew there is no MF3 on Kies.
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Not on sammobile, mdb and mdl only
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There is now stock available which was taken from Samsung Kies. Just download the file and you'll be able to flash it in odin!
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Can you link us? I haven't seen anyway to flash back to mf3
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Andrew149 said:
Can you link us? I haven't seen anyway to flash back to mf3
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Sorry about that, just saw it was for mdb.
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Sorry about that, just saw it was for mdb.
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Thats for mdl I just read a couple pages nothing successful for mf3
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Sorry about that, just saw it was for mdb.
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Wow--watch your links--
Your unedited post made it sound like you already ran it--
"Just make sure you're on windows and it'll work beautifully! It was only til recently that mf3 started to show up through Kies. Thank AdamOuler, he's the real genius behind all of this!:
I don't know about complete restore, but some people where successful on unrooting on mf3. I didn't try it. If anybody is interested, here it is:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2396258&page=4
Update: just did the unroot method on mf3,and it fully unroot when I used root checker, it said sorry. So I guess it gone. Still runny fine five minutes after.
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I just purchased a Nexus 4 and upon checking out the device I noticed the model number says Full JellyBean on Mako. What does this mean?
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I just purchased a Nexus 4 and upon checking out the device I noticed the model number says Full JellyBean on Mako. What does this mean?
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Mako is the code name given for the nexus 4 device. Jelly Bean is an Android release.
Mine said: Nexus 4. Did you buy it new or used. If used and you're worried, just flash the factory stock 4.3 image which will erase everything previously.
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Mako is the code name given for the nexus 4 device. Jelly Bean is an Android release.
Mine said: Nexus 4. Did you buy it new or used. If used and you're worried, just flash the factory stock 4.3 image which will erase everything previously.
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I bought it off of Craigslist. Person listed it as new, still had the plastic on it.
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Most likely a custom rom. It doesn't look like the kernel is stock kernel to me. It's safest to do a full wipe and factory reset. You should update to 4.3 anyway, use this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312
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Most likely a custom rom. It doesn't look like the kernel is stock kernel to me. It's safest to do a full wipe and factory reset. You should update to 4.3 anyway, use this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312
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I wasn't able to update to 4.3, and my computer wasn't recognizing the phone either. However, after booting the phone into bootloader, my computer recognized it. So I unlocked it and am currently flash stock 4.3 onto it via Nexus Toolkit.
Hopefully it works out for you. However, try not to use toolkits in the future. If something goes wrong at some point you won't know what to do if you rely on toolkits. Learn the manual method of flashing.
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Hopefully it works out for you. However, try not to use toolkits in the future. If something goes wrong at some point you won't know what to do if you rely on toolkits. Learn the manual method of flashing.
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I know how to manually flash and all that. It's just I already had Toolkit installed and just thought it would be quicker.
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I know how to manually flash and all that. It's just I already had Toolkit installed and just thought it would be quicker.
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10-4.
Good luck
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After a frustrating ordeal with my computer not recognizing my phone, I finally installed CyanogenMod and am loving this phone.
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Zombienaut said:
After a frustrating ordeal with my computer not recognizing my phone, I finally installed CyanogenMod and am loving this phone.
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Yeah, just enable USB debugging and it should recognize. If USB debugging doesn't work (it should), try installing drivers again (manually).
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I was pretty big into XDA under my Original Note
I now have AT&T S4 and would like to root it.
Is there a way to root the S4 without a PC?
I would like to use TWRP I have goo installed but it wont root my device from Goo so was just curious.
I did browse the forums really didn't find this so I am posting it
Many thanks
What firmware are you on?
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What firmware are you on?
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4.2.2
baseband I337UCUAMF3
kernel
3,4,0-812098
build JDQ39.I337UCUAMF3
Korvan30 said:
I was pretty big into XDA under my Original Note
I now have AT&T S4 and would like to root it.
Is there a way to root the S4 without a PC?
I would like to use TWRP I have goo installed but it wont root my device from Goo so was just curious.
I did browse the forums really didn't find this so I am posting it
Many thanks
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You need a PC to format the card, the rest you can do from Terminal Emulator: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2387577
If you browsed the forums you would know that you cant install a custom recovery on an S4 running MF3 firmware. Meaning no TWRP or CWR. But you can root with the above method.
I did look so your saying no matter what cdm and twrp cannot be on s4. Thats fkd if so
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Korvan30 said:
I did look so your saying no matter what cdm and twrp cannot be on s4. Thats fkd if so
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Do yourself a favor and look harder. There is a lot of information available about this and you WILL brick your phone if you don't take the time to read and learn about it. Good luck.
Look man I looked I will look again. But I have only bricked my phone once back when first Google phone came out not a noob. Just didn't want to spend hours looking if it took someone 30 sec to respond. Admin please close my thread due to lack of assistance will look elsewhere thanks
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Look man I looked I will look again. But I have only bricked my phone once back when first Google phone came out not a noob. Just didn't want to spend hours looking if it took someone 30 sec to respond. Admin please close my thread due to lack of assistance will look elsewhere thanks
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Dude, chill. Google "mf3 root xda" and you'll find you need a pc during some steps of the root process
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This is probably the worst thing that has happened but i rooted my gs4 and was trying to install a custom recovery but knowing my smart self i forgot to safestrap and like bricked my gs4. I am dealing with SECURE FAIL: KERNEL any suggestions??
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This is probably the worst thing that has happened but i rooted my gs4 and was trying to install a custom recovery but knowing my smart self i forgot to safestrap and like bricked my gs4. I am dealing with SECURE FAIL: KERNEL any suggestions??
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If you see this while booting into stock recovery, that can be ignored as we don't use the stock recovery for anything other than ota.
If you see this during normal boot, you would have to Odin back to stock and start over.
Well I can't boot into recovery I get this all the time
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No, not recovery, ODIN mode. Volume down and power.
Even after Odin restoring I still get this screen
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Thanks for helping out, I have found a solution.
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R800x_user said:
Thanks for helping out, I have found a solution.
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What was it, in case others have similar problem--