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Trouble with phone after flashing.

So I have been flashing Roms since this phone has had the ability to. But recently I decided to flash a Google 4.2.2 ROM. Well, I can't flash any ROM except for Google 4.2.2 or 4.3 and its frustrating because I want to go back to AOKP. Any ideas how to fix this?
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Also. To further clear it up. When I flash another ROM the phone sticks at the custom screen. Doesn't bootloop, doesn't shut off. Just sits there.
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Which rom have you tried to flash? Also which S4 do you have?
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mr_V1KaD3N said:
Also. To further clear it up. When I flash another ROM the phone sticks at the custom screen. Doesn't bootloop, doesn't shut off. Just sits there.
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Flash the rom back you wanted, and before you boot, FLASH THE AOSP ATT KERNEL FOR YOUR DEVICE. It will boot.
You did say aosp you wanted to go back to, if it is a TW rom, flash tw.
Thank you. Your Welcome.

doktor buknasty said:
Which rom have you tried to flash? Also which S4 do you have?
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Everything from Goldeneye to AOKP. But it just sits at the custom screen. And I have the I337 AT&T US.
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TheAxman said:
Flash the rom back you wanted, and before you boot, FLASH THE AOSP ATT KERNEL FOR YOUR DEVICE. It will boot.
You did say aosp you wanted to go back to, if it is a TW rom, flash tw.
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I flash AOKP with the stock underwear kernel. I don't think that flashing the AOSP att kernel would effect it though. I've never ran into this problem with my past 3 phones. EVO 4G, EVO 4G LTE, and my SIII
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mr_V1KaD3N said:
I flash AOKP with the stock underwear kernel. I don't think that flashing the AOSP att kernel would effect it though. I've never ran into this problem with my past 3 phones. EVO 4G, EVO 4G LTE, and my SIII
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You also didn't have locked bootloader on the others.
if you do not use loki doki or loki kernel, you will continue to hang at the boot screen.

Good point. I forgot about that.
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Mdl vs. Mf3???

Hey guys i just got my s4 yesterday and am wondering what the difference between the 2 firmwares is. Is one better then the other? My phone downloaded an update last nite but I havent installed it yet. Was going to root this afternoon.
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MF3 locks the boot loader, so if you want to flash ROMS, don't update. It also has some software tweaks and adds Knox and the ability to easily store apps on SD card. There is a root, but not a boot loader unlock, yet.
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Ahh, I do want to flash roms. This update wont install itself will it?
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gho5t82 said:
Ahh, I do want to flash roms. This update wont install itself will it?
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Do yourself a favor and search and read through the first page or so of the general and Q&A sub forums. The information you need is there, especially the "pinned" threads in the general section. Read the "software update" thread and the "new root method for MF3" thread also. Good luck.

Will do scott thanks! Im coming from an iphone and forgot how big the android world is! Had an inspire 4g prior to my 4s
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gho5t82 said:
Ahh, I do want to flash roms. This update wont install itself will it?
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Some say it has auto installed

It will auto install. You should root and put a custom Rom on asap. Check your firmware first though, if it's already installed you can brick your phone trying to root the way you would with mdl. If it's mf3 you've got the update and you'll have to use a different method.
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I had Knox on MDL, not sure what your talking about.
Mf3 locks the boot loader but fixes bugs and make the camera take sharper pictures. Plus better cell signal.
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I got lucky. It tried to auto instal so i yanked the battery and quickly rooted and threw a custom rom on it.
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What Version ROM am I on?

How or where do I look in this phone to see what version of a ROM I have installed?

Settings, more then about device
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mikel719 said:
Settings, more then about device
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It doesn't show me what custom software I am running.
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It should
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Take a screen shot of that and we will help you.
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ROMANTiC KiD said:
Take a screen shot of that and we will help you.
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Here you go...

What Rom did you install? Did you flash any mods after the Rom?
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I flashed Sacs Custom Rom no mods.
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clone1008 said:
I flashed Sacs Custom Rom no mods.
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Really ???
Go Into your sd card and find the ROM zip. That will tell you. You shouldn't be flashing if you don't even know what you are flashing.
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daniel4653 said:
Really ???
Go Into your sd card and find the ROM zip. That will tell you. You shouldn't be flashing if you don't even know what you are flashing.
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I know what I am flashing bro. The problem was that I had to do a nandroid restore and I couldn't remember if that restore was on version 5 or 6 of Sacs Rom. I figured it was something simple but I guess not. It always used to show up on HTC.
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If you read the thread before flashing, you should know what version of the rom you are on. Always pay attention to what version you are on. Take a mental note of it or write it down in the future. That rom has manyyy versions. I almost wonder if you skipped a step or flashed an update without the rom, but if you did, I wonder why you aren't bricked.

P1NK13P13 said:
If you read the thread before flashing, you should know what version of the rom you are on. Always pay attention to what version you are on. Take a mental note of it or write it down in the future. That rom has manyyy versions. I almost wonder if you skipped a step or flashed an update without the rom, but if you did, I wonder why you aren't bricked.
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The only thing I did was dirty flash from ver. 5 to ver. 6
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Regardless of knowing what rom you flashed, seriously humor us and look at your sd card. If you have to, sort the folder by date added.
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If the build prop wasn't modified to show the custom Rom version you can't tell from about device. The only real way to know is to look at version 5 to 6 change log. Find something that was added into version 6 and test it. If it works you are on 6. If not you are 5.
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Heading back to stock..

Sup guys, currently running running OctOs. Looking to head back to stock. Can any one be kind enough to provide me the correct tar file (link) so I can make that happen. Think I downloaded the wrong on.
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Search some more next time...
http://www.rwilco12.com/downloads.php?dir=Files/Devices/Samsung Galaxy S4 (SPH-L720)/Stock ROMs
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Long shift, but thank you very much.
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So you know this will unroot you aswell. Might delete internal also so backup anything important just in case.
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Is that 100% stock tar for Odin Samsung update is down.
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That will definitely delete all of your data I just odind back to stock yesterday and it's a good thing I backed up my internal storage or else I would have lost everything. How come you're going back to stock if you want a very stable rom I would recommend @sac23 sacs custom ROM v8 I am currently using it and I have not found any bugs I also have amazing battery life
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chadharrop said:
Is that 100% stock tar for Odin Samsung update is down.
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Yes it is. I used it to unroot MF9 and take MJA ota.
mpalomba3 said:
That will definitely delete all of your data I just odind back to stock yesterday and it's a good thing I backed up my internal storage or else I would have lost everything. How come you're going back to stock if you want a very stable rom I would recommend @sac23 sacs custom ROM v8 I am currently using it and I have not found any bugs I also have amazing battery life
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Not all the time. The ones from Samsung updates sometimes wipe my internal and other times it doesnt.
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daniel4653 said:
Yes it is. I used it to unroot MF9 and take MJA ota.
Not all the time. The ones from Samsung updates sometimes wipe my internal and other times it doesnt.
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Oh didnt know that I used the stock odin tar files from the GS4 for Android development section and it wiped my internal storage
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mpalomba3 said:
Oh didnt know that I used the stock odin tar files from the GS4 for Android development section and it wiped my internal storage
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I might have been using a modified tar to not wipe. I'm sorry its been a while since I used one so I'm not 100% sure.
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daniel4653 said:
So you know this will unroot you aswell. Might delete internal also so backup anything important just in case.
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Yes I understand..
mpalomba3 said:
That will definitely delete all of your data I just odind back to stock yesterday and it's a good thing I backed up my internal storage or else I would have lost everything. How come you're going back to stock if you want a very stable rom I would recommend @sac23 sacs custom ROM v8 I am currently using it and I have not found any bugs I also have amazing battery life
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No offense to any dev that may see this, but just can't find a rom the catches my eye. Only one MIUI, but there's no support for it anymore.
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Is there a way to temp boot tw in order to flash prl

I used to have e4gt and there was a way if you had a kexec kernel to temp boot a tw rom just to update prl and profile, and then on next boot just go back to aosp. Is there a way to do this on jflte?
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There is dual boot. But only works with certain Roms. You could make a current ROM backup then download a TW , flash it. Then update prrl/profile and then restore backup.
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