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[Q] Telus SG-I337M / I337MVLUAMG1 Baseband With Kangabean GE Romm Issues

This is my 1st post ever because every question I've ever needed answered I've been able to find.Unfortunately I cannot find the answer to this problem. Since my Post count is below 10 I cant post the question in Kangabeans thread.
This is the ROM I am using
I rooted and flashed my phone 4 days ago and ever since then my wifi or mobile connection never go above 2 bars. Everything works except data cuts in and out fairly often which never happened before while i was using stock. I can sometimes get LTE but it mostly just says H and is really slow. I live right in the middle of downtown Edmonton and always had an LTE connection before so I'm pretty sure it is an issue with my phone and the ROM. I can also be standing right next to my wireless router and i only have 2 bars showing up for wifi.
I know some people had mentioned similar problems in the Kangabean thread with poor LTE connections but almost all say it is working good which leads me to believe its something I've done. My initial thought to fix the issue was to flash a new modem, specifically this one modem_CWM_I337MVLUAMDJ.zip{4/22/2013}(Canada) from this thread because everyone that was saying their LTE and WIFI were working appeared to be on an MDJ baseband. I tried flashing the modem and nonhlos through Odin but it failed with odin saying: Failed, Receive response from LOKE. I figured my best course of action was to try and reflash the MG1 Baseband but again i recived the Failed, Receive response from LOKE. Thinking i screwed something up i decided to try and boot up my phone and sure enough i was stuck in a bootloop. Luckily all I had to do was load up recover and wipe the cache partion.
Everything is back as it was before i tried flashing the modems, even the poor connection to WIFI and Data.
Does anyone have any idea as to how I can fix this or what I did wrong that caused Odin to fail flashing??

Pretty sure I just found my answer for why I cant flash the modem. Im pretty sure MG1 is newer than MF3 (correct??) and if your on MF3 Odin wont work

I was doing some thinking..... I have mobile odin pro Can I try flashing the MDJ or MF3 Modem and nonhlos files with it or will it too end up failing??

Suyneej said:
I was doing some thinking..... I have mobile odin pro Can I try flashing the MDJ or MF3 Modem and nonhlos files with it or will it too end up failing??
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Wow hold on! Do you have telus sgh-i337m s4? If so then you don't need anything to do with mf3. Only att and sprint have lockedbootloader. If your baseband is MDB or MDJ then you don't need Loki and mf3 kernel, in fact you'll brick your phone if flash mf3 kernel on any s4 brought in Canada.

You shouldn't be going anywhere near MF3 on your i337m. MG1 or MDJ only for us Canadians

Thanks guys I wasnt sure If I could flash those without any problems so I was waiting for someone to reply to this thread before i tried going that route to fix my connectivity issue again.

Sorry guys,
I am a Canadian with a 1337m MDJ S4 running CM 10.2
I just wanted to double check that I am bound to ROMS made for MDJ. Cannot I not update to MDL?
There are a number of TW Roms that I would like to try to get my camera and multiwindow options back Like :
FoxHound GearEngine 1.3 AROMA OR Eclipse.
Your feedback would be amazing.
Thank you

Thank God im not the only one. Look at my thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2455955
maybe we can find a solution together. Im using CM 10.2 but i live in Mexico son i had to flash my carrier's modem and it seems its coming back to normal but im not totally shure... still testing this modem (all info is on my thread)
Let me know if you find a fix... thanks
Sent from my SGH-I337M using xda app-developers app

[Q] can i put andriod 4.3 onto an s4?

ok i used to own a google play and would often try out new roms etc, now i own a samsung s4
important facts
uk and locked to "three UK"
not rooted
model GT-I9505 (may be 19505?)
andriod version 4.2.2
baseband I9505xxubmea
kernal version 3.4.0-768421
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thu may 20 00:56:31 kst 2013
build number JDQ39.I9505XXubmea
SELinux status permissive
secure boot status Type samsung
i know andriod 4.3 has sd card writting issues (and i know the fix is here http://www.sammobile.com/2013/08/11...-breaks-sd-card-writing-for-apps-heres-a-fix/) and would need me to root my device
i did try to unlock it using a guide i have lost the link to, the *#0011# one, but it didnt work for me, after doing the key set to 1 no further menu popped up, from what i can tell my modem band is too high......however this is not so much of an issue for me as the sim card i use (the three one) is what i will continue to use for the next year and a half (im on the "ONE" plan so unlimited internet and tethering etc)
i cant find a straight forward guide on rooting the s4 and installing a custom rom (ie the google edition 4.3) for non factory unlocked phones, found one for factory unlocked phones (which mine sadly is not)
so is it possible? or am i stuffed as im not factory unlocked?
thanks in advance

mrgreaper said:
ok i used to own a google play and would often try out new roms etc, now i own a samsung s4
important facts
uk and locked to "three UK"
not rooted
model GT-I9505 (may be 19505?)
andriod version 4.2.2
baseband I9505xxubmea
kernal version 3.4.0-768421
[email protected] #1
thu may 20 00:56:31 kst 2013
build number JDQ39.I9505XXubmea
SELinux status permissive
secure boot status Type samsung
i know andriod 4.3 has sd card writting issues (and i know the fix is here http://www.sammobile.com/2013/08/11...-breaks-sd-card-writing-for-apps-heres-a-fix/) and would need me to root my device
i did try to unlock it using a guide i have lost the link to, the *#0011# one, but it didnt work for me, after doing the key set to 1 no further menu popped up, from what i can tell my modem band is too high......however this is not so much of an issue for me as the sim card i use (the three one) is what i will continue to use for the next year and a half (im on the "ONE" plan so unlimited internet and tethering etc)
i cant find a straight forward guide on rooting the s4 and installing a custom rom (ie the google edition 4.3) for non factory unlocked phones, found one for factory unlocked phones (which mine sadly is not)
so is it possible? or am i stuffed as im not factory unlocked?
thanks in advance
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Hi,
Yes you can have 4.3 on your 3 phone.
For root , look HERE
Then, install recovery from PhilZ. Look HERE
Make sure you have version 5.11 or later.
Then , choose one of many 4.3 Roms from HERE

malybru said:
Hi,
Yes you can have 4.3 on your 3 phone.
For root , look HERE
Then, install recovery from PhilZ. Look HERE
Make sure you have version 5.11 or later.
Then , choose one of many 4.3 Roms from HERE
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thank you, ill read through them now, though the first thread is a bit hard to follow seems to be missing a link to the odin it mentions but have only skimmed through it at mo

mrgreaper said:
thank you, ill read through them now, though the first thread is a bit hard to follow seems to be missing a link to the odin it mentions but have only skimmed through it at mo
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Hi,
As with anything like this,read very carefully and make sure you understand all the procedures.
You could end up with a brick , if you do not follow the thread to the letter.

malybru said:
Hi,
As with anything like this,read very carefully and make sure you understand all the procedures.
You could end up with a brick , if you do not follow the thread to the letter.
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yep, fully agree, read and re read the first link and that all makes sense.
but the second one has no instructions on how to install it, lol or even which one to download, very confusing

mrgreaper said:
yep, fully agree, read and re read the first link and that all makes sense.
but the second one has no instructions on how to install it, lol or even which one to download, very confusing
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Hi,
Third line of the post.
Then, installation on the 4th post.
Click on the i9505 link for the download.

malybru said:
Hi,
Third line of the post.
Then, installation on the 4th post.
Click on the i9505 link for the download.
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clearly im blind tonight,
read and re-read the threads, have now rooted and installed the recovery menu you recommanded.
looking at the roms, its hard to decide on one but i liked the look of this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2295673
that and google apps are downloading as i type this.
thank you very much for your help its greatly appreciated!

malybru said:
Hi,
Third line of the post.
Then, installation on the 4th post.
Click on the i9505 link for the download.
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hmmm seems philz may be bad, my flash of the pac man rom failed badly, phone cant get signal, imei says unknown etc, just found while looking through the roms posts http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=44851342&postcount=2149
quote "DO NOT USE PHILZ KERNEL TO FLASH! "
i do not say this to blame you or anything like that, im gutted my phone may be dead but were theres a recovery menu there may well be hope (oh the irony of a recovery menu that caused the flash to be bad may be my salvation to fix it lol) I put it here incase others have the same questions as me and take the same route

mrgreaper said:
hmmm seems philz may be bad, my flash of the pac man rom failed badly, phone cant get signal, imei says unknown etc, just found while looking through the roms posts http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=44851342&postcount=2149
quote "DO NOT USE PHILZ KERNEL TO FLASH! "
i do not say this to blame you or anything like that, im gutted my phone may be dead but were theres a recovery menu there may well be hope (oh the irony of a recovery menu that caused the flash to be bad may be my salvation to fix it lol) I put it here incase others have the same questions as me and take the same route
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If you have your recovery you should be ok. Just flash a new kernal and a new rom, or restore your nandroid backup... you did make one right?
Two things worth repeating:
1) You can never read too much before/during rooting. The more you know, the more you will be able to deal with hiccups.
2) BACKUP BACKUP BACKUP everything, then copy the backup on your PC! nandoid backups will save you in a bind.
Just start again, from the start, do a full wipe, flash a new kernel and a new ROM. Take it slowly and don't panic just yet, I've been there before and I always managed to claw the phone back to life! Best of luck with it!

mrgreaper said:
hmmm seems philz may be bad, my flash of the pac man rom failed badly, phone cant get signal, imei says unknown etc, just found while looking through the roms posts http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=44851342&postcount=2149
quote "DO NOT USE PHILZ KERNEL TO FLASH! "
i do not say this to blame you or anything like that, im gutted my phone may be dead but were theres a recovery menu there may well be hope (oh the irony of a recovery menu that caused the flash to be bad may be my salvation to fix it lol) I put it here incase others have the same questions as me and take the same route
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Hi,
As RossFixxed says,do not panic.
I used PhilZ to flash that ROM, and it worked fine.
You can use the recovery to flash another CWM recovery,or TWRP.
Or you can try to go back to square one.
Look HERE
This will remove root and custom recovery.

[Q]sprint Galaxy s4 l720

hello everyone hope someone can help I did the update for the 4.3 and a few days I realized that sometime I'm trying to make calls or receive calls and there's no sound no out And no in on the other side is answering but no sound either he doesn't hear me I don't hear him either and what I have to do is reset the phone mains take the battery off and put it back and turn it back on And it works again and tell it's happening again this is driving me nuts because it can happen twice a day by the way my phone is flashed to boost mobile and this is a sprin Phone Everything works beautiful until the last update: thank you guys hope someone can help

Not nearly enough info to help.
you say you
did the update for the 4.3
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Question is HOW? - via OTA? via flashing ROM from dev section? If you flashed a ROM, which one? And how did you do it - steps you took.

leaderbuilder said:
Not nearly enough info to help.
you say you .
Question is HOW? - via OTA? via flashing ROM from dev section? If you flashed a ROM, which one? And how did you do it - steps you took.
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I didn't do anything or changing the Rom the phone was flashed 7 months ago I never have problems I just lately I did the update for the 4.3 and I start having those problems that's why I was checking if there is any issue with the update and if you recommend to do anything I would love to know thank you for the response
and if you think to go back to the 4.2 will Help and how can I do it thanks

eli7477 said:
I didn't do anything or changing the Rom the phone was flashed 7 months ago I never have problems I just lately I did the update for the 4.3 and I start having those problems that's why I was checking if there is any issue with the update and if you recommend to do anything I would love to know thank you for the response
and if you think to go back to the 4.2 will Help and how can I do it thanks
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Okay.
Again I'm still not quite getting what you did.
So I'll assume that when you say,
I did the update for the 4.3
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you mean you took the Over The Air update - the one from Sprint; your phone says Firmware update available.... etc.
IS THAT CORRECT?
If so you CANNOT go back to 4.2 period. End of story on that route.
You can however, If my above assumption is correct, and you didn't apply the update in some other way re-flash MJA or flash a custom ROM. For that you'll need to root your phone (CF-Autoroot works), install custom recovery (for 4.3 Philz is the one to use) and then flash the ROM as per the developers instructions.

leaderbuilder said:
Okay.
Again I'm still not quite getting what you did.
So I'll assume that when you say, you mean you took the Over The Air update - the one from Sprint; your phone says Firmware update available.... etc.
IS THAT CORRECT?
If so you CANNOT go back to 4.2 period. End of story on that route.
You can however, If my above assumption is correct, and you didn't apply the update in some other way re-flash MJA or flash a custom ROM. For that you'll need to root your phone (CF-Autoroot works), install custom recovery (for 4.3 Philz is the one to use) and then flash the ROM as per the developers instructions.
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Thank you I will work on it I will let u know

[Q] Tried to downgrade to MF9 after upgrading to MJA.

So... I did the stupid thing. I attempted to go back to my old MF9 backup through TWRP after upgrading to MJA, and now my wifi won't even turn on. I've been trying to figure this out for a few hours now, trying various fixes. I've tried to use ODIN to flash back to complete stock, but that just destroys my phone until I flash a recovery through ODIN. Everything I've seen on the forums so far has made it seem as though there is no hope since Samsung added in Knox.
I'm sorry if this has been resolved elsewhere, but I've literally been searching the General. Q&A, Android Development, Original Android Development, and Developer forums for several hours today with no luck. Can someone please help me with this? I just want my phone to be fully functional again...
EDIT:
Here's the deal; my main problem was with Wifi not working. The Stock MF9 Kernel was not working, but the 4.2.2 TW Kernel found here finally did.

did you try this?

leaderbuilder said:
did you try this?
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Yes. Nothing changed when I did that. I suppose that I should call out that I am currently on MF9.

dante042 said:
So... I did the stupid thing. I attempted to go back to my old MF9 backup through TWRP after upgrading to MJA, and now my wifi won't even turn on. I've been trying to figure this out for a few hours now, trying various fixes. I've tried to use ODIN to flash back to complete stock, but that just destroys my phone until I flash a recovery through ODIN. Everything I've seen on the forums so far has made it seem as though there is no hope since Samsung added in Knox.
I'm sorry if this has been resolved elsewhere, but I've literally been searching the General. Q&A, Android Development, Original Android Development, and Developer forums for several hours today with no luck. Can someone please help me with this? I just want my phone to be fully functional again...
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i just gave up on trying to do a restore. I actually used Titanium to get as much information from my old backup as possible then just rolled with it. I know that probably isn't what you wanted to hear but that what worked for me.. hope that helps

I have read that the WiFi issue may be a Kernel issue.. Did you try a different TouchWiz kernel and see if it worked out?
Sent from my SPH-L720 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

lmayes69 said:
i just gave up on trying to do a restore. I actually used Titanium to get as much information from my old backup as possible then just rolled with it. I know that probably isn't what you wanted to hear but that what worked for me.. hope that helps
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This is actually what I was trying to do, sadly. Titanium was backing up my info to the phone storage rather than the SD card, and I had to do a data wipe to get to MJA, so I lost them. I figured I could restore to my MF9 backup to redo them, and that's when the trouble started.

I finally got it working. I had to try several different kernels until one finally worked. Now about flashing a new ROM...

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dante042 said:
I finally got it working. I had to try several different kernels until one finally worked. Now about flashing a new ROM...
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What kernel did you use and how did you install it? I'm having a similar issue and can't find a fix.

Scott02 said:
What kernel did you use and how did you install it? I'm having a similar issue and can't find a fix.
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Scott, check my first post. I edited it with a link to the page with the kernel I used. Make sure that you choose the correct kernel for your Android version. The MF9 and MJA designators have nothing to do with which kernel you need, so make sure to check in your "aboout phone" section to find out what android version you're running. Using the 4.3 kernel on 4.2.2 will cause a bootloop, which is easily fixed by flashing the correct kernel.

Verizon Note 3 Wifi Problem (Greyed Out)

I have Verizon Galaxy Note 3, and my problem is that Wifi button is greyed out and simply wouldnt turn on.
I have done a lot of homework so far, and before, I had 4.3 Jelly Bean, and Wifi being greyed out started around 2 weeks ago (early Dec/2014 - until then, it worked fine).
So I updated to 4.4.2 Kitkat thinking software issue, but wifi is still not working.
I had already searched for hours, and did many things to try to isolate the problem.
*I tried Safe mode
*Reset Cache/Factory several times
*Battery in-n-out, SD card in-n-out, any external peripherals i had alrdy taken everything off and tried
*Tried Alliance/Jasmine/Eclipse ROMs, but still same
*Not router issue @ home since Phone Wifi simply wouldn' turn on
I thought of downgrading back to 4.3 Jelly Bean, but there were many articles saying I can not downgrade, so I think it's out of option.
I now think it's hardware issue, but can not confirm... went to Verizon store too, and the guy just feels it's more software by 51/49, but the ultimate problem is that I just can not 100% ID what the exact problem is - software or hardware.
I really don't want to spend $ for another phone... I also feel it is Kitkat since I also found many articles with Note 3 Kitkat wifi problem, and I read a lot of them, but couldn't really find any solution to my specific issue.
My understanding is that I have 2 options - wait for proper fix by Dev/Samsung for Kitkat firmware or get a new phone
I really did everything I can within my power, and making this post is my last resort...
Hope I can shed some light from experts or anyone who knows any more beneficial details so that @ least i can try to sort my options and situation more clearly...
Thanks much in advance!

Have you tried using Samsung Kies to return to complete stock? Why didn't the Verizon tech offer this choice and flash stock firmware?
My guess is you have a baseband/firmware mismatch somewhere. 4.4.2 firmware and baseband can be found in this thread.

Or flash nc4 in odin.

KennyG123 said:
Have you tried using Samsung Kies to return to complete stock? Why didn't the Verizon tech offer this choice and flash stock firmware?
My guess is you have a baseband/firmware mismatch somewhere. 4.4.2 firmware and baseband can be found in this thread.
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mmm no, and i got this phone from Amazon (not from Store), and the store workers really didnt know how to Root nor XDA forum, so it was talking to a wall...
Lemme check our your link and see

Gl2u81 said:
mmm no, and i got this phone from Amazon (not from Store), and the store workers really didnt know how to Root nor XDA forum, so it was talking to a wall...
Lemme check our your link and see
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ok, i did already check out your thread before, and when i had tried to download 4.3 (1st one), it had me download like .exe file, and these kind of files tend to be virus/spyware so i just didn't... i also read many posts about how i can NOT downgrade to 4.3 from 4.4 so software wise, my current understanding is that I am **** out of luck until someone fixes firmware... or am i wrong? I guess I am trying to be proven wrong, and hope someone can show me a solution to my weird unique problem...
Btw, already on NC4 (I had updated to NC2 firstly, and Jasmine got stuck on bootloop, so I got NC4 and used Odin, then it fixed the bootloop)
Merry Xmas, huh?
P.S. Thanks for replying on Xmas day, lol

Correct you can not downgrade. Flash nc4 in odin.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23487008491963309

Gl2u81 said:
mmm no, and i got this phone from Amazon (not from Store), and the store workers really didnt know how to Root nor XDA forum, so it was talking to a wall...
Lemme check our your link and see
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You specifically stated in the OP that you went to the Verizon store. They should have just flashed the most recent firmware/OS at that time.
You need to just Odin the latest stock tar or use Kies to do the same. Somewhere along the way the baseband, firmware and ROM OS have been mixed which causes the wifi problem.

drewcam888 said:
Correct you can not downgrade. Flash nc4 in odin.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23487008491963309
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Yes, running nc4 right now
KennyG123 said:
You specifically stated in the OP that you went to the Verizon store. They should have just flashed the most recent firmware/OS at that time.
You need to just Odin the latest stock tar or use Kies to do the same. Somewhere along the way the baseband, firmware and ROM OS have been mixed which causes the wifi problem.
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Yes i did go, and i feel we are getting somewhere...
iam not like total expert on micro details on flashing, but from what i understand, baseband version and firmware are same, and firmware is like BIOS for computer while ROM is like Windows, Linux or an Operating System.
so wut i understood is that u are saying that my firmware (BIOS) and ROM (OS) are incompatible?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2553357
I am running this Alliance rom, and also NC4 i got from XDA forum for my phone... so i think I am on Kitkat firmware running ROM that was made to run on this firmware?
Please point anything out to me if i had something wrong - open to anything to try to resolve this so that i dont have to dump $ for another phone...

Gl2u81 said:
Yes, running nc4 right now
Yes i did go, and i feel we are getting somewhere...
iam not like total expert on micro details on flashing, but from what i understand, baseband version and firmware are same, and firmware is like BIOS for computer while ROM is like Windows, Linux or an Operating System.
so wut i understood is that u are saying that my firmware (BIOS) and ROM (OS) are incompatible?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2553357
I am running this Alliance rom, and also NC4 i got from XDA forum for my phone... so i think I am on Kitkat firmware running ROM that was made to run on this firmware?
Please point anything out to me if i had something wrong - open to anything to try to resolve this so that i dont have to dump $ for another phone...
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In your phone settings, what does it say in about phone for baseband and software versions? It should all end in NC4 then.

I directed you to a link for nc4 then flash in odin. That is the correct step to try right now

Gl2u81 said:
Yes, running nc4 right now
Yes i did go, and i feel we are getting somewhere...
iam not like total expert on micro details on flashing, but from what i understand, baseband version and firmware are same, and firmware is like BIOS for computer while ROM is like Windows, Linux or an Operating System.
so wut i understood is that u are saying that my firmware (BIOS) and ROM (OS) are incompatible?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2553357
I am running this Alliance rom, and also NC4 i got from XDA forum for my phone... so i think I am on Kitkat firmware running ROM that was made to run on this firmware?
Please point anything out to me if i had something wrong - open to anything to try to resolve this so that i dont have to dump $ for another phone...
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You have lots of things wrong in the above. So to keep it simple just get OFF of the alliance ROM, get back on the NC4 ROM and modem. If nothing else...go back to the Verizon store and have them totally wipe and reflash the phone. You can also do that at the Samsung section of a Best Buy store.
Sent from my Note 3 via Tapatalk

KennyG123 said:
In your phone settings, what does it say in about phone for baseband and software versions? It should all end in NC4 then.
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baseband ends in nc4 and base version also nc4...

drewcam888 said:
I directed you to a link for nc4 then flash in odin. That is the correct step to try right now
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I successfully flashed this via Odin, but wifi is still an issue... and safestrap 3.75 doesnt work any more

Gl2u81 said:
I successfully flashed this via Odin, but wifi is still an issue... and safestrap 3.75 doesnt work any more
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If you successfully flashed Odin and factory reset the phone (important), and tried wifi immediately after and it still will not turn on (without adding anything else) then it must be some hardware failure.

KennyG123 said:
If you successfully flashed Odin and factory reset the phone (important), and tried wifi immediately after and it still will not turn on (without adding anything else) then it must be some hardware failure.
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yeah... wifi doesnt turn on... i'll settle as hardware issue, not software and move on with my life...

Warranty replace it and be done.