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GT-I9505 Post custom rom problems. Want stock back!!

So here i am with a brand new GS4 GT-I9505 and i thought it would be clever to do what i did with my GS2 and root and flash a custom rom to it (Cyanogenmod 10.1 through TWRP)
Clever me forgot to back it up !!!NOOB!!! (but thats beside the point)
Now im stuck with this rom with wifi doesnt work or mobile data and a host of other problems (Such as every time i turn the device off i have to reset the time and date!)
I have looked on the net for weeks and cannot find a way to revert back to the original stock version of my phone as i wish to have this back with all of its features. Main problem being is that every video or text help that i find is for other versions of the phone. Really frustrating as i do not want to destroy/brick the phone.
Would appreciate if anyone could help me in restoring my phone to its original state/factory state. Am pulling my hair out over this. Im not new to this however step by step would be also appreciated
Details of the device:
Device - GT-I9505 (Orange/EE) Android 4.2.2
Cyanogenmod -10.1-20130509-UNOFFICAL-i9505
Custom Recovery - TWRP
Baseband Version - I9505XXUBMG7

FFFreak666 said:
So here i am with a brand new GS4 GT-I9505 and i thought it would be clever to do what i did with my GS2 and root and flash a custom rom to it (Cyanogenmod 10.1 through TWRP)
Clever me forgot to back it up !!!NOOB!!! (but thats beside the point)
Now im stuck with this rom with wifi doesnt work or mobile data and a host of other problems (Such as every time i turn the device off i have to reset the time and date!)
I have looked on the net for weeks and cannot find a way to revert back to the original stock version of my phone as i wish to have this back with all of its features. Main problem being is that every video or text help that i find is for other versions of the phone. Really frustrating as i do not want to destroy/brick the phone.
Would appreciate if anyone could help me in restoring my phone to its original state/factory state. Am pulling my hair out over this. Im not new to this however step by step would be also appreciated
Details of the device:
Device - GT-I9505 (Orange/EE) Android 4.2.2
Cyanogenmod -10.1-20130509-UNOFFICAL-i9505
Custom Recovery - TWRP
Baseband Version - I9505XXUBMG7
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2250824
[ROM] WORLD PREMIERE: I9505 XXUBMGA DEODEX [4.2.2] - Pre-Rooted Stock ROM's Odin/CWM
Download latest firmware from the link above its pre rooted and flash it using odin ur device will be pre rooted and as good as stock just root extra
And I suggest philz recovery incase u wanna flash roms etc in future that's most stable I suppose
Sent from my GT-I9505 using xda premium

123hiten said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2250824
[ROM] WORLD PREMIERE: I9505 XXUBMGA DEODEX [4.2.2] - Pre-Rooted Stock ROM's Odin/CWM
Download latest firmware from the link above its pre rooted and flash it using odin ur device will be pre rooted and as good as stock just root extra
And I suggest philz recovery incase u wanna flash roms etc in future that's most stable I suppose
Sent from my GT-I9505 using xda premium
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This will work even though my Baseband version is different and it wont affect the phone? (Or am i being stupid)

FFFreak666 said:
This will work even though my Baseband version is different and it wont affect the phone? (Or am i being stupid)
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Yes this will work no plm even if u have diffrnt baseband
for example u can flash any latest firmware which is available for any region without any issues "Not China" there some language is diffrnt if I m not wrng
But make sure its only for the variant u have like i9505 etc
Edit I always suggest take a back up of EFS of your device for safety
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2379400 Efs Backup

123hiten said:
Yes this will work no plm even if u have diffrnt baseband
for example u can flash any latest firmware which is available for any region without any issues "Not China" there some language is diffrnt if I m not wrng
But make sure its only for the variant u have like i9505 etc
Edit I always suggest take a back up of EFS of your device for safety
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2379400 Efs Backup
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Am currently downloading I9505XXUBMGA-prerooted-odex-full.rar file.
Will flash later as i have to sleep will let you know if it works and comment back again so i can send some more thanks your way if this so works....if so you are a life saver. Was going to go as far as buying a new i9505. :laugh: :highfive:

FFFreak666 said:
Am currently downloading I9505XXUBMGA-prerooted-odex-full.rar file.
Will flash later as i have to sleep will let you know if it works and comment back again so i can send some more thanks your way if this so works....if so you are a life saver. Was going to go as far as buying a new i9505. :laugh: :highfive:
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Don't worry u take a good sleep this thing will work :good:

Installing a pre rooted ROM won't give you stock/factory state.
If you really want your Official EE ROM go to Sammobile and download it.
Download triangle away to reset flash counter and as soon as its reset boot to download mode and flash Official stock EE ROM. No root.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA Premium HD app

[Q] Telstra S4 i9505 stock not working

Hi, so i've got a few problems going with my i9505 Telstra S4.
I flashed to 4.3 trying it out then went back to original stock rom 4.2.2 from sam mobile but it's not registering a simcard in the device
at all.I have flashed modem a few times and it picks it up for a bit then drops it again. When I go to reflash the new rom
I go and flash philz and completely data, cache and dalvik wipe the phone befor doing it but after wards when the phone is on the main screen
after putting in the info and plugging into a computer, it comes up with the same name as it did before for the device even though i changed it, not sure if that means anything.
Not sure where to go from here and sorry for the terrible grammar

You can't go back to 4.2.2 stock once you flashed the 4.3 stock rom. The reasons are related to the new bootloader.
I suggest you instead flash a 4.3 rom.. perhaps the BTU one.

xyzulu said:
You can't go back to 4.2.2 stock once you flashed the 4.3 stock rom. The reasons are related to the new bootloader.
I suggest you instead flash a 4.3 rom.. perhaps the BTU one.
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Okay Thanks
You wouldn't be able to provide a link could you?
Thanks again

xyzulu said:
You can't go back to 4.2.2 stock once you flashed the 4.3 stock rom. The reasons are related to the new bootloader.
I suggest you instead flash a 4.3 rom.. perhaps the BTU one.
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Sorry i found one on Sam MObile, but would I need to flash modem's or anything?
Cheers

nibregnig1 said:
Sorry i found one on Sam MObile, but would I need to flash modem's or anything?
Cheers
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You would need to flash the entire package. Please take the time to read up on this process... and make sure the phone you are flashing suits the firmware you flash. In this forum your will find clear instructions on how to flash 4.3 for the i9505 from Sammobile.

[Q] Help, can't start after update to android 4.3

Hi,
Today I flash my sgh-i337m via odin to android 4.3 stock firmware and after install, the phone just hold in the restart screen, what can I do? I try two times and same thing...
Thank You and appreciate Your help.

joaquinsimenthal said:
Hi,
Today I flash my sgh-i337m via odin to android 4.3 stock firmware and after install, the phone just hold in the restart screen, what can I do? I try two times and same thing...
Thank You and appreciate Your help.
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Welp, you can try going back to your old firmware through Odin, but if you can't (I own i337 not m), then you might want to consider taking it to best buy or something. Also, are you sure that the 4.3 was for i337M and not regular i337? *That's probably not it buuuut it's worth looking into, yeah?*

joaquinsimenthal said:
Hi,
Today I flash my sgh-i337m via odin to android 4.3 stock firmware and after install, the phone just hold in the restart screen, what can I do? I try two times and same thing...
Thank You and appreciate Your help.
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I have M919V (the other canadian variant). How did u flash it exactly (odin settings), what odin version, and where did u get the I337M 4.3 rom? can u paste the label of it? what carrier is ur phone for (originally) and the rom??

SkyAttacksX said:
Welp, you can try going back to your old firmware through Odin, but if you can't (I own i337 not m), then you might want to consider taking it to best buy or something. Also, are you sure that the 4.3 was for i337M and not regular i337? *That's probably not it buuuut it's worth looking into, yeah?*
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Thank You for your answer and help, Yes I sure that I have an sgh-i337m and the firmware was android 4.3 for the sgh-i337m TCE, and also I downloaded the 4.2 and try in odin and same thing...

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LimitsX said:
I have M919V (the other canadian variant). How did u flash it exactly (odin settings), what odin version, and where did u get the I337M 4.3 rom? can u paste the label of it? what carrier is ur phone for (originally) and the rom??
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Hi,
Thank You for Your help, I flash over ODIN ver 3.09 I got the Rom on samsung-updatesDOTcom my carrier is TELCEL MEXICO
This is the download zone
I had choose this one
Galaxy S 4 (Canada) SGH-I337M TCE I337MUMUEMK6 Android 4.3 19.11.2013 2159617 Unlock Download File
Today I downloaded two different versions 4.2 and try to Install and Odin says Installation Succeed but the phone can't start....
Thank You for Your help in advance... is really appreciate it!

4.3 introduced new bootloader. You must only flash 4.3. Try Canadian 4.3

Thank You for your help, I had try 4.2 and 4.3 and nothing
SaHiLzZ said:
4.3 introduced new bootloader. You must only flash 4.3. Try Canadian 4.3
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Fix it!
Hey Guy's thank You for your help, after try almost everything the solution was so easy, take a look.
http://www.samsung.com/us/support/faq/FAQ00048586/52928

how to flash Stock Rom using ODIN?!?!

I have owned samsung phones since the original s1 and it's always been easy to flash a stock rom using odin.whenever I had a problem with my current rom or soft bricked I just downloaded the tar odin file flashed pda in odin and went back to 100% stock. But I cannot for the love of God seem to find this easy on at&t s4. A buddy gave me his s4 to update it to latest 4.3 but cannot find any odin tars for any of the 4.3 updates..and when I find it why is it split up by recovery/bootloader etc? So my question is how do i go from 4.2.2 to 4.3 using odin, because he cannot do it via kies or ota

euklid said:
I have owned samsung phones since the original s1 and it's always been easy to flash a stock rom using odin.whenever I had a problem with my current rom or soft bricked I just downloaded the tar odin file flashed pda in odin and went back to 100% stock. But I cannot for the love of God seem to find this easy on at&t s4. A buddy gave me his s4 to update it to latest 4.3 but cannot find any odin tars for any of the 4.3 updates..and when I find it why is it split up by recovery/bootloader etc? So my question is how do i go from 4.2.2 to 4.3 using odin, because he cannot do it via kies or ota
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There is no 4.3. First off, if he's on MDL then you should root and get recovery and use the StockUp ROM, because that way he'll get 4.3 MK2 but also be able to change ROMs to something like Cyanogemnod. If he already has MF3 then there's a nice clear thread with "UPDATE.ZIP" in the title you can find in the general section with all the information you should need.

DeadlySin9 said:
There is no 4.3. First off, if he's on MDL then you should root and get recovery and use the StockUp ROM, because that way he'll get 4.3 MK2 but also be able to change ROMs to something like Cyanogemnod. If he already has MF3 then there's a nice clear thread with "UPDATE.ZIP" in the title you can find in the general section with all the information you should need.
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what do you mean there's no 4.3, you mean an odin image of 4.3?? thats what I meant why is it that on my t-mobile s4 they have the complete image of the stock rom, is it because att version has a locked bootloader?? I never had to mess with update.zip files ever on a samsung phone, excuse my ignorance.

euklid said:
what do you mean there's no 4.3, you mean an odin image of 4.3?? thats what I meant why is it that on my t-mobile s4 they have the complete image of the stock rom, is it because att version has a locked bootloader?? I never had to mess with update.zip files ever on a samsung phone, excuse my ignorance.
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He told you where to look.

scott14719 said:
He told you where to look.
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I know where to look now thanks, my originally question is why we even have to bother with update.zip instead of just flashing 1 odin file that has complete stock rom like in all other samsung phones.

euklid said:
I know where to look now thanks, my originally question is why we even have to bother with update.zip instead of just flashing 1 odin file that has complete stock rom like in all other samsung phones.
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Locked bootloader. There is tons of informative threads about it in the general, q&a, development, original development. and developer's only sub-forums.

euklid said:
what do you mean there's no 4.3, you mean an odin image of 4.3?? thats what I meant why is it that on my t-mobile s4 they have the complete image of the stock rom, is it because att version has a locked bootloader?? I never had to mess with update.zip files ever on a samsung phone, excuse my ignorance.
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Yes, i meant no ODIN image. There's a locked bootloader and they're trying so hard to keep us from modifying it they make it so you can only get repairs through the Samsung centers and such where they check if you tried to mod it and are supposed to not do anything to help you if you did. As scott said, you can find plenty more information around and probably better explanations than my theories.

I think the last full stock rom was I337UCUAMDL or just MDL. Since then though, each update has been just merely that, an update or patch. So there isnt a full rom of 4.3 MK2. Your best bet, which i just did yesterday, is to use Ted77USA's thread on the bricked MK2, third post in his thread. Follow this link. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2573080&nocache=1 Again pay attention to it all. Worked out very well for me and my issue. Sure it should be as easy for you.

[Q] Help!!! Flashed my S4 to Danvdh GE 4.4.2 and it keeps rebooting!!!

First of all, thanks for reading this...
Here goes the story. I have a Galaxy S4 SGH-I337 AT&T. Yesterday I updated to 4.4.2 OTA. The idea of flashing to google edition ROM came into my mind so I did some research. I found 4.4.2 with NB1 baseband cannot be rooted and it has to downgrade to 4.3 first. So I followed this link:
[NB1►DOWNGRADE★UPDATE◄MK2] ★ [NB1 FULL ODIN] ★ [100% SS ROOTED STOCK] ★ [Mar.23.2014]
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2663545
to do so. Everything worked fine. I installed Safestrap-v3.71. Then, I downloaded GOOGLE EDITION 4.4.2 BY Danvdh from (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2537495) and followed this link:
http://www.teamandroid.com/2014/01/...42-kitkat-danvdh-google-edition-custom-rom/2/
to install Danvdh GE 4.4.2. The post said it needs CWM however I was unable to install CWM on my phone so I assume Safestrap should work the same. I used Safestrap to install the zip and got a successful message.
HOWEVER, when I reboot the phone, it just keeps rebooting (i.e., power on, Samsung logo, black, vibrate and reboot again)!!
Please help!!

Oh, I did not flash Loki doki. Is that causing the problem???

I don't think that rom will work with ss. If you have an i337 I think you need a mdl firmware.
Edit, looking at the rom I know it won't work with ss.
Edit, see this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49562527
Sent from my Nexus 5

jd1639 said:
I don't think that rom will work with ss. If you have an i337 I think you need a mdl firmware.
Edit, looking at the rom I know it won't work with ss.
Edit, see this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49562527
Sent from my Nexus 5
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OK... if that doesn't work, is there a pure 4.4.2 Android ROM that works with my phone?
Glad I have Safestrap installed and just bought a microSD card reader. I'll try to flash the ROMs from that list...

jd1639 said:
I don't think that rom will work with ss. If you have an i337 I think you need a mdl firmware.
Edit, looking at the rom I know it won't work with ss.
Edit, see this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49562527
Sent from my Nexus 5
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Oh, just realize by "ss" you mean Safestrap?
Given my phone's current status, is there a way to install this ROM? Flash with stock ROM and try to install CWM?

wangweixun said:
Oh, just realize by "ss" you mean Safestrap?
Given my phone's current status, is there a way to install this ROM? Flash with stock ROM and try to install CWM?
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Yes, safestrap. You can not install cwm on your device. You can only use ss and touch wiz based roms. You might have to Odin back to mk2 and start over
Sent from my Nexus 5

jd1639 said:
Yes, safestrap. You can not install cwm on your device. You can only use ss and touch wiz based roms. You might have to Odin back to mk2 and start over
Sent from my Nexus 5
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Thanks. That is sad .
My device won't boot now so Odin is not possible I assume? I'm trying to use ss to install the "I337UCUFNB1 100% Stock Rooted ROM" and start from there. Am I on the right track?

wangweixun said:
Thanks. That is sad .
My device won't boot now so Odin is not possible I assume? I'm trying to use ss to install the "I337UCUFNB1 100% Stock Rooted ROM" and start from there. Am I on the right track?
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I would flash the all in one tar from from this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49687770
Sent from my Nexus 5

jd1639 said:
I would flash the all in one tar from from this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49687770
Sent from my Nexus 5
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Sorry I'm a newbie but...
1. what is that all in one tar for? Is it a ROM?
2. my device won't boot so I could not use Odin. The only thing I can use is SS. Is there a workaround?

wangweixun said:
Sorry I'm a newbie but...
1. what is that all in one tar for? Is it a ROM?
2. my device won't boot so I could not use Odin. The only thing I can use is SS. Is there a workaround?
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Your device only boots into ss? Can you boot into download mode? Power, home, vol down
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727

jd1639 said:
Your device only boots into ss? Can you boot into download mode? Power, home, vol down
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727
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Actually, I am able to get into download mode.
I'm downloading the full odin tar files file however... I still could not understand what it is. Is it the MK2 ROM?

nvm. Got it. It'll turn my device back to stock image.
If that works, there is a way I can flash a pure 4.4.2 KitKat on my phone? Or "I337UCUFNB1 100% Stock Rooted ROM" is my best bet?
Thanks!!!

wangweixun said:
nvm. Got it. It'll turn my device back to stock image.
If that works, there is a way I can flash a pure 4.4.2 KitKat on my phone? Or "I337UCUFNB1 100% Stock Rooted ROM" is my best bet?
Thanks!!!
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There is a guide below with all the answers you seek young Android flashing apprentice. Please slow down & read it thoroughly before flashing anything. Reading saves phones! If the method or rom you want isn't posted in the guide, it can't be done on your MK2 S4. All the roms that will work on MK2 firmware are listed as well as the way to flash the listed Kit Kat roms too. I recommend you try the At&t roms 1st instead of the international versions. Please thank the op in the threads that help you. Good luck. :fingers-crossed:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2616221

wangweixun said:
nvm. Got it. It'll turn my device back to stock image.
If that works, there is a way I can flash a pure 4.4.2 KitKat on my phone? Or "I337UCUFNB1 100% Stock Rooted ROM" is my best bet?
Thanks!!!
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You can't flash any AOSP roms with safestrap, only Touchwiz based ones. Your bootloader is locked so it's impossible for you to flash any vanilla android or google edition roms.
The "I337UCUFNB1 100% Stock Rooted ROM" is basically stock GS4 Touchwiz firmware that is rooted.