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I rooted my S4 SGH-1337 AT&T and then put safestrap on to flash custom ROMS. it was working good until i decided to flash another rom. We'll i flashed a bad one and it bricked my phone. I tried ging to the stock rom using safestrap but it just stops at the AT&T logo. I need help with this. do i need to unroot my phone to fix this or is there another method. Im a noob here so please help guys!

skateman274 said:
I rooted my S4 SGH-1337 AT&T and then put safestrap on to flash custom ROMS. it was working good until i decided to flash another rom. We'll i flashed a bad one and it bricked my phone. I tried ging to the stock rom using safestrap but it just stops at the AT&T logo. I need help with this. do i need to unroot my phone to fix this or is there another method. Im a noob here so please help guys!
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Your best bet is to start over by flashing the stock MF3 files using ODIN. From there, re-root your phone, reinstall SafeStrap, and try again. You most likely flashed a non-TW based ROM... remember only TW roms work with SS right now.
If you have any other questions, I'll try to explain it in more detail.

NighthawkXL said:
Your best bet is to start over by flashing the stock MF3 files using ODIN. From there, re-root your phone, reinstall SafeStrap, and try again. You most likely flashed a non-TW based ROM... remember only TW roms work with SS right now.
If you have any other questions, I'll try to explain it in more detail.
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Can you take me through the steps to flash the files in ODIN?

skateman274 said:
Can you take me through the steps to flash the files in ODIN?
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First off, download ODIN 1.85 it seems to be the one that most people have the best luck with.
Grab the MF3 TAR files
Extract the MF3 files to a folder, say on your desktop. ie. MF3
Open ODIN and refer to this picture...
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For more information about how to use ODIN you can refer to here, and here.
I've personally never had to use it, so my steps are only from general observation. You might want to double check yourself. So if anyone has has any other info to help him feel free to post.

NighthawkXL said:
First off, download ODIN 1.85 it seems to be the one that most people have the best luck with.
Grab the MF3 TAR files
Extract the MF3 files to a folder, say on your desktop. ie. MF3
Open ODIN and refer to this picture...
For more information about how to use ODIN you can refer to here, and here.
I've personally never had to use it, so my steps are only from general observation. You might want to double check yourself. So if anyone has has any other info to help him feel free to post.
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What you have here looks good. I use Odin every once in awhile just so I remember how to use it.

NighthawkXL said:
First off, download ODIN 1.85 it seems to be the one that most people have the best luck with.
Grab the MF3 TAR files
Extract the MF3 files to a folder, say on your desktop. ie. MF3
Open ODIN and refer to this picture...
For more information about how to use ODIN you can refer to here, and here.
I've personally never had to use it, so my steps are only from general observation. You might want to double check yourself. So if anyone has has any other info to help him feel free to post.
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ODIN becomes unresponsive when I hit start. I read you have to disable kies? do you know how to do that? thanks for the resposes though!

skateman274 said:
ODIN becomes unresponsive when I hit start. I read you have to disable kies? do you know how to do that? thanks for the resposes though!
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Uninstall it. You'll find kies is pretty useless anyway.

I got it thanks a bench man!!
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skateman274 said:
I got it thanks a bench man!!
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Glad to be of a service, here's to your future endeavors with your S4.

NighthawkXL said:
Glad to be of a service, here's to your future endeavors with your S4.
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you da man, Nighthawk.....good job sir...more patience than me for sure, nice of you to help.

[Q] Is there a way to root MK2 yet?

Like the title says. Also if there is, what ROMs would work. Because I remember that when I was rooted on MF3 that not all ROMs worked with it. Sorry if it's a stupid question. I appreciate all helpful and/or useful answers!

Nannos1412 said:
Like the title says. Also if there is, what ROMs would work. Because I remember that when I was rooted on MF3 that not all ROMs worked with it. Sorry if it's a stupid question. I appreciate all helpful and/or useful answers!
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Yes, you can root. Take a look at this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2565758
Very easy.
No ROMs at this point because safestrap doesn't work with MK2.

Think so? Hmmmm. Wonder how I'm on mk2 running darthstalker X 4.3 then?
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Check it....
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DevilDog512 said:
Check it....
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@DevilDog512 I stand corrected. What did you have to do to get that working?

Safestrap 3.70 in the android development section. Have only flashed this rom so far but have 0 issues. There's a kernelmodules.zip in that thread too that you flash just like you've been doing on 3.65. Can't adjust the system partition size but I don't use more than rom slot 1 anyway so no big deal to me. I'm sure it'll be fixed when it becomes official. Maybe today or tomorrow, but it's damn close to being ready.
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Thanks!
Thanks everyone! I appreciate it very much! But I have one more question. (I know this is sort of a noob question and I apologize in advanced) How does one flash a kernel? I have never needed to do it before. Do you use Odin?

Nannos1412 said:
Thanks everyone! I appreciate it very much! But I have one more question. (I know this is sort of a noob question and I apologize in advanced) How does one flash a kernel? I have never needed to do it before. Do you use Odin?
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You flash a kernel through recovery (not stock recovery) either cwm or safestrap.
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Nannos1412 said:
Thanks everyone! I appreciate it very much! But I have one more question. (I know this is sort of a noob question and I apologize in advanced) How does one flash a kernel? I have never needed to do it before. Do you use Odin?
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Read up on the forums or you'll be using Odin all right. I would not flash any 4.3 roms if you don't know what you're doing. Use Xposed with wanam till safe strap can be perfected.
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DevilDog512 said:
Read up on the forums or you'll be using Odin all right. I would not flash any 4.3 roms if you don't know what you're doing. Use Xposed with wanam till safe strap can be perfected.
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I just used Odin today. I'm on mk2 but I installed safestrap 3.70 and had darthstalker but decided I didn't really like it much.. Installed the modules and went back to stock ROM but it felt like my 4g download speeds were slow less than 1mb. So I odin the mf3 recovery files than side loaded back to mk2 because I tried factory resetting and 4g wasn't working that good.
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I used the update.zip in Stock recovery to go from mf3 to mk2. Not sure how that'll work out if i screw something up. I have the mf3 stock tar files and hash has said he has mk2 tars. I figure there's enough out there to get me back up. I tried flashing every ge rom i could find to no avail. Apparently it's pretty hit or miss right now. I read that they may have found a way to flash some custom kernels on mf3. The same day i upgrade. Hopefully they can get that sorted out and we can pretend like we own our $500 phones.
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Help with my GALAxy S4

My phone is S4 mk2 with 4.3 jelly bean. I used Odin3 v3.07 with CF-Auto-Root-jfltecan-jfltevl-sghi337m.tar.md5 to root my phone. Once its rooted when I restart my phone I see Samsung Custom with a unlock icon. I then install safestrap 3.72 on my phone and restarted into safestrap. I first created the recovery(I dont know where it put the recovery file but I assume my SD card). It shows recovery is installed successfully. I then wiped all the data except SD card. and restarted. I thought it will restart into SafeStrap but it doesnt. now My phone stuck on Samsung Screen with unlock icon or I can still go to Odin downloading mode. Is there a way I can get back to my android OS? please help

Do you have I337 or I337M? With i337, you can replace recovery; safestrap is the working recovery for you. With i337m, you don't need safestrap; you can use custom recovery directly.
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winwin888 said:
My phone is S4 mk2 with 4.3 jelly bean. I used Odin3 v3.07 with CF-Auto-Root-jfltecan-jfltevl-sghi337m.tar.md5 to root my phone. Once its rooted when I restart my phone I see Samsung Custom with a unlock icon. I then install safestrap 3.72 on my phone and restarted into safestrap. I first created the recovery(I dont know where it put the recovery file but I assume my SD card). It shows recovery is installed successfully. I then wiped all the data except SD card. and restarted. I thought it will restart into SafeStrap but it doesnt. now My phone stuck on Samsung Screen with unlock icon or I can still go to Odin downloading mode. Is there a way I can get back to my android OS? please help
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Sounds like you need to Odin back to stock if you wiped everything except SD Card. Here you go.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2621279
Once back on MK2 stock, read the following guide. Please thank the op in the threads that help you. Good luck.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2616221

jmjoyas said:
Do you have I337 or I337M? With i337, you can replace recovery; safestrap is the working recovery for you. With i337m, you don't need safestrap; you can use custom recovery directly.
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I dont know, I think its 1337. Its ATT phone

Thanks
John The Rhino said:
Sounds like you need to Odin back to stock if you wiped everything except SD Card. Here you go.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2621279
Once back on MK2 stock, read the following guide. Please thank the op in the threads that help you. Good luck.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2616221
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IM gonna try it now. Downloading will report back .

You are on MK2. The guide will help you. Take your time and read it throughly. Help is here on XDA if you need it.
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John The Rhino said:
You are on MK2. The guide will help you. Take your time and read it throughly. Help is here on XDA if you need it.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using XDA Free mobile app
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does Odin version matter? I cant seem to find a Odin from that post. or i can use any Odin?

flashing to Stock MK2. meanwhile I have question, is it possible for S4 to get S5 stock rom with kitkat 4.4? thanks again! for help

John The Rhino said:
You are on MK2. The guide will help you. Take your time and read it throughly. Help is here on XDA if you need it.
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I finally got it back to stock. But when I boot up my phone it still says custom with unlock icon. what does that mean?

Mod Comment: Moved to Q&A.

winwin888 said:
flashing to Stock MK2. meanwhile I have question, is it possible for S4 to get S5 stock rom with kitkat 4.4? thanks again! for help
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You do have a ROM that has the look and feel of S5 ROM. Search for "Samy Deluxe ROM S5" in the All things AT&T thread.

Few Things I Want to Ask Before Flashing a Custom Rom, Please Help

Hello there,
I am currently found an interesting ROM in this forum called Phronesis Rom v3.0
(Link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...om-phronesis-rom-v1-0-stable-feature-t3241910)
Currently I have an unrooted Note 3 with the Custom Recovery (TWRP). I know a root is required before flashing any custom ROMs. Before flashing this ROM, I have a few things that is not sure and want to confirm it...
Since I don't have permission to post a reply in that forum so I just post my questions here and hope someone can answer...
1. Since my Note 3 is different from the other countries (16GB version) while other countries have 32GB version, does this matter?
2. My current Baseband version is N9005ZSUGOK2. But I found the baseband version and kernel version in that custom ROM is different from mine (N9005XXUGBXXX) Can I flash this ROM into my Note 3? Will I brick my device if I'm doing so? (N9005ZSUG != N9005XXUGB)
<If the answer of question 2 is no, then skip the question 3>
3. Can I use the stock baseband version and stock kernel version (that is come from my region N9005ZSUG instead of using N9005XXUGB) after installed this custom ROM?
I hope someone can help me, thanks..

I also have the same problem
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...but my baseband doesn't exist as I searched for it everywhere
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shergrief said:
I also have the same problem
...but my baseband doesn't exist as I searched for it everywhere
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Maybe the info. on the website is not correct? Just guess..

This is what I get
...but I also have the same question that will it affect my phone if I flash another rom with different baseband?
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shergrief said:
This is what I get
...but I also have the same question that will it affect my phone if I flash another rom with different baseband?
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I found a link but don't know if it also apply on Samsung phones.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26855916&postcount=9

Nah it doesnt
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Can anyone help me?:crying::crying::crying:

Jacky_Chua said:
Can anyone help me?:crying::crying::crying:
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As far as i remember during kit kat those with 16gb able to use custom rom made for 32gb version. Theoritically it's the same with lollipop. Just don't odin modem/baseband specifically for 32gb.
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Rosli59564 said:
As far as i remember during kit kat those with 16gb able to use custom rom made for 32gb version. Theoritically it's the same with lollipop. Just don't odin modem/baseband specifically for 32gb.
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Thanks for the answer! But I'm just don't understand the concept between the Bootloader, Kernel, Baseband
1. Does Custom ROM brings with the Baseband? Can I use my original Baseband when using custom ROMs?
2. I have search some posts stated that the Kernel I've choose that need to be compatible with the that custom ROM. What will happen if I'm doing it wrong way? (Bootloop? Brick?... or anything esle)
3. Do I always need to upgrade to the latest bootloader?
Thanks again for helping. I'm really a noob..

Can anyone help me?........

Jacky_Chua said:
Can anyone help me?........
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FAQS and GUIDES
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/general/samsung-galaxy-note-3-sticky-roll-t3237249
1. Does Custom ROM brings with the Baseband? Can I use my original Baseband when using custom ROMs?
>>>Baseband yes and sometimes no >> Use original yes if its compatable .
2. I have search some posts stated that the Kernel I've choose that need to be compatible with the that custom ROM. What will happen if I'm doing it wrong way? (Bootloop? Brick?... or anything esle)
>> probable bootloop .
3. Do I always need to upgrade to the latest bootloader?
Always no

Samsung Galaxy S4 atnt Philztouch recovery

so i tried flashing Philz touch recovery on my galaxy s4 ATNT using this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=61496716&postcount=4479. I am on 4.4.2 NB1. Fresh format, Rooted after Format. so when i tried flashing philz touch, this is the result:
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so how to fix this? can someone take me to the correct one? i have Samsung S4 ATnT rooted. 4.4.2 NB1.
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i have another Question, is Albe95's LolliROM 8.0 official works on samsung s4 atnt? Can i flash it using Safestrap? can i flash it while im on 4.4.2? Can i flash it using stock recovery? can someone teach me the easiest way? skype? i need a VERY CLEAR explanation please I NEED GOOD DEV to explain it to me.
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Johnalexis69 said:
so i tried flashing Philz touch recovery on my galaxy s4 ATNT using this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=61496716&postcount=4479. I am on 4.4.2 NB1. Fresh format, Rooted after Format. so when i tried flashing philz touch, this is the result:
so how to fix this? can someone take me to the correct one? i have Samsung S4 ATnT rooted. 4.4.2 NB1.
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i have another Question, is Albe95's LolliROM 8.0 official works on samsung s4 atnt? Can i flash it using Safestrap? can i flash it while im on 4.4.2? Can i flash it using stock recovery? can someone teach me the easiest way? skype? i need a VERY CLEAR explanation please I NEED GOOD DEV to explain it to me.
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That phiztouch thread is for international S4 . If your phone is AT&T S4 SGH-i337, the forum you should be looking is here.
I can not see the image that you post but based on your writing your phone must be bricked since you flash the custom recovery on bootloader locked phone.
To unbrick your phone go here and follow the instructions.
I have not tried Albe95's LolliROM 8.0 official rom on AT&T S4. But somebody tried with SS though. You can read it here. However, he did not mentioned that his phone is AT&T S4 though.
To flash Albe's rom you need to be on lollipop and you can not flash with stock recovery. You have to use SS. I am using Albe rom that made for AT&T S4.

sway8966 said:
That phiztouch thread is for international S4 . If your phone is AT&T S4 SGH-i337, the forum you should be looking is here.
I can not see the image that you post but based on your writing your phone must be bricked since you flash the custom recovery on bootloader locked phone.
To unbrick your phone go here and follow the instructions.
I have not tried Albe95's LolliROM 8.0 official rom on AT&T S4. But somebody tried with SS though. You can read it here. However, he did not mentioned that his phone is AT&T S4 though.
To flash Albe's rom you need to be on lollipop and you can not flash with stock recovery. You have to use SS. I am using Albe rom that made for AT&T S4.
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i can unbrick my phone, the problem is i cant flash my phone a custom recovery and a custom roms
EDIT: my phone is not bricked, the picture says that flashing the recovery failed

Johnalexis69 said:
i can unbrick my phone, the problem is i cant flash my phone a custom recovery and a custom roms
EDIT: my phone is not bricked, the picture says that flashing the recovery failed
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Ohh, I thought your phone was bricked.
Custom recovery could be installed only on the AT&T phone with older bootloader (MDL/MDB). You mentioned that you are on NB1 4.4.2. So your bootloader is locked.
Your option for flashing custom rom is either safestrap or flashfire. You can find the instructions here and here.
If you like to install Albe's rom, the one compatible to your phone is this one.