Hello everyone,
I unfortunately installed the OTA US Sprint 4.4.2 update over the weekend, not realizing that it would essentially making it impossible for me to use my most frequented app, Backcountry Navigator (GPS mapping software), due to 4.4.2 not allowing apps to write or read data on a secondary external sd card. The reason being is that with this app, you typically download and store map files, which I previously had around 25 GB saved on my external card. Now with 4.4.2. it's requiring me to use the internal storage. So, this makes the phone useless for my needs. Is there anyway I can revert to 4.2.2 or install a custom rom based on 4.2.2 so that I can regain the app permission of Write_External_Storage?
Sure....just flash Stockist v6...it's mk2.....are you rooted?
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No, phone isn't rooted yet. I'm actually quite new to learning about custom roms - I guess it's time to learn! Thanks for the reply.
chris-allen said:
Sure....just flash Stockist v6...it's mk2.....are you rooted?
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hello. I had upgraded to 4.4 via ota nae. I could revert to 4.3 by Stockist mk2 v6. the problem is that now I have 4.3 but the baseband version appears as nae version of the software and also as nae. any ideas? can now flash it with the stock rom mk2?
Custom roms do not come with modems (baseband) you have to flash that separately. Unknownforce has a thread where all the modems are located.
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but I can now revert to stock rom mk2?
ltindi32 said:
but I can now revert to stock rom mk2?
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Are meaning that you want your baseband to be mk2?
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not. what I want is to put it back to factory
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or whatever. lower it to factory mk2
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not. what I want is to put it back to factory
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or whatever. lower it to factory mk2
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Well once you took that NAE OTA your phone is now stuck there. You can only root it , install custom recovery, and then flash an mk2 based ROM like I think you already have.
But you cannot get your phone back to how it was prior to that update, stock mk2 with no root no custom recovery... Follow me?
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ok. thank you very much
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if you upgrade to 4.4 stock rom again, there will be a way to activate the hotspot?
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ok. thank you very much
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if you upgrade to 4.4 stock rom again, there will be a way to activate the hotspot?
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You'll have to ask someone else or do some searching... I'm usually on my Verizon S4 I'm not 100% with the Sprint one as that's my girls phone.
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ok. thank you very much
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Hi guys,
I'm pulling my hair out at this point. 1 week, no cellular data, I've tried everything but uncovered I might need to install a nonhlos.bin file?
Can someone point me to the nonhlos.bin file I need for these stats:
TELUS S4
I337M
4.3
Baseband: I337MVLUEMK6
Kernel: 3.4.69-KT-SGS4-JG4.3-TW-INTL-11.14.2013--GC59DFA
Build Number: GoldenEye 14 XXUEMK9
Edit: Baseband says MK6, Build Number says MK9. Is this a problem?
Edit: $5 via Paypal to whomever can get me up and running
Here is a link to my pcloud with modem and nonhlos
Just extracted from telus 4.3 rom
Hope that helps
http://pc.cd/pFJ
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crzygrmn said:
Here is a link to my pcloud with modem and nonhlos
Just extracted from telus 4.3 rom
Hope that helps
http://pc.cd/pFJ
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Thanks crzy - what to do with both .bin files exactly?
Aprentis said:
Thanks crzy - what to do with both .bin files exactly?
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Dude, just flash the stock firmware with odin
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Thanks crzy - what to do with both .bin files exactly?
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You'll need mobile odin if you want to flash them. There's one or two threads in the general subforum that describe the process.
crzygrmn said:
Here is a link to my pcloud with modem and nonhlos
Just extracted from telus 4.3 rom
Hope that helps
http://pc.cd/pFJ
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Is that for the I337M MK6 baseband/modem?
Yes mxpxboi. it's for mk6 i337m canada
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Dude, just flash the stock firmware with odin
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That's what I had to do recently in the end. All is working fine again. Don't repartion and decline fw upgrade from Samsung upon first boot or you'll get Knox heck turn on alpine mode asap!
Be sure to picl stock that same as baseband.
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Then I re-rooted with chainfire su. Then I bought cwm from play to install custom recovery, then I flashed philz recovery from cwm recovery.
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Aprentis said:
Hi guys,
I'm pulling my hair out at this point. 1 week, no cellular data, I've tried everything but uncovered I might need to install a nonhlos.bin file?
Can someone point me to the nonhlos.bin file I need for these stats:
TELUS S4
I337M
4.3
Baseband: I337MVLUEMK6
Kernel: 3.4.69-KT-SGS4-JG4.3-TW-INTL-11.14.2013--GC59DFA
Build Number: GoldenEye 14 XXUEMK9
Edit: Baseband says MK6, Build Number says MK9. Is this a problem?
Edit: $5 via Paypal to whomever can get me up and running
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What's your boot loader ver.
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getprop ro.bootloader in terminal will tell you boot loader version
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Holy crap Batman!, this thread is three months old.
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I know, it works, just used it again yesterday. Odin is very picky from I learned from using it. Different versions of Odin flash different things. This worked for me, in fact its the only thing that would work for me on my hardware.
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I spent 20 plus hours fixing my phone after a bad modem flash. This is one of the things I did to fix
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Here is where to go after to return to stock, you need to used the odin version here or else stock f/w dont flash. Make sure you do not re-partition. Follow the guide perfectly and make sure your current bootloader is same version of stock fw your returning to. I didnt bother resetting flash counter with triangle away, just adds more brick risk. after that I re-rooted with chainfire su for canada, installed cwm recovery via playstore, upgraded to philz recovery. Next i installed infamous 10.1 R2 rom *make sure your phone is compatible with this rom. From there i followed tutorial to upgrade to mk6 modem from above. Finally i wiped factory resest via philz recovery and installed a kitkat build that require mk6 modem. All working great!!
see
http://www.androidrootz.com/2013/06/how-to-unroot-unbrick-galaxy-s4.html
My bootloader is MDJ so i returned to MDJ stock! I did not have knox and still do not. Be carful not to accidentally install knox know upon first boot with stock fw.
I believe if you have an MK6 bootloader then it means you have knox.
Another safer option is to restore via samsung tool but then you may loose some root functionality
i need unroot and revert to stock recovery and rom and then update to lastest stock everything. anyone help me out with this? where to begin?
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Hint. Odin MJA.
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i have. i have found how to unroot tmo s4. will that work for me? and i havent found anything on gettin back stock recovery though or what order i need to do this all in. was looking to see if anyone could link a few things that might help...
found this. http://www.androidrootz.com/2013/06/how-to-unroot-unbrick-galaxy-s4.html looks like what im looking for. will it reset everything to a completely new phone? even the stock rom?
Here is a link to the TAR file.
http://www.rwilco12.com/downloads.php?dir=Files/Devices/Samsung Galaxy S4 (SPH-L720)/Stock ROMs/MJA
I don't think you have to reset the binary counter in order to take the OTA.
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This tar will make everything stock. And it will wipe your internal memory. So backup anything important.
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daniel4653 said:
Here is a link to the TAR file.
http://www.rwilco12.com/downloads.php?dir=Files/Devices/Samsung Galaxy S4 (SPH-L720)/Stock ROMs/MJA
I don't think you have to reset the binary counter in order to take the OTA.
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This tar will make everything stock. And it will wipe your internal memory. So backup anything important.
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thank you! thats what i was looking for, everything completely stock, ill reset the binary counter for good measure. and then flash the tar with odin and run the OTA updates. appreciate it
I flashed the NAE tar from the Mega site. It seemed to work okay, but then it just did a random reboot without any prompt from me and now it won't boot info recovery. It also won't flash ODIN tars. Well.. It flashes them but it doesn't boot up. On KIES it says that its not compatible wiht my device
You are probably trying to odin other tars that are 4.3 or 4.2.2 which are not compatible with 4.4 as you can't go backwards thanks to Knox.
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And if your phone boots up then you are not bricked.
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You are probably trying to odin other tars that are 4.3 or 4.2.2 which are not compatible with 4.4 as you can't go backwards thanks to Knox.
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And if your phone boots up then you are not bricked.
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No. I'm aware that yu can't go back. Nothing that I flash sticks. Nothign loads. It just gives a quick glimpse of the bootloader screen then turns off. I"ve tried flashing recoveries and CF auto root. Nothing is working.
if u have insurance.......use it
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chris-allen said:
if u have insurance.......use it
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I don't have insurance.
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You are probably trying to odin other tars that are 4.3 or 4.2.2 which are not compatible with 4.4 as you can't go backwards thanks to Knox.
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And if your phone boots up then you are not bricked.
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Okay, well... I've flashed more than a thousand times between my last two phones. I've never seen this before. I've used PIT files with the Tar and it still doesn't work. I'm fairly familiar with how ODIN works, but I'm wondering if I need to do something in a special order or something. I'm wondering if I can look at the partitions manually with ADB. I've used that before with my Evo 4G, but never on this S4. I need some fresh ideas... I'm all out. I've done everything that I know to do.
I would find a stock file for the s4 sprint version. And try flashing that, do a search for unrooting and returning to stock on the sprint galaxy s4. Then reroot etc.
Go to qbking77.com and you'll find your solution there. Good Luck.
The problem is you already upgraded to NAE which means none of the current stock tar files will work since there isn't an NAE stock tar file yet. You could try to odin the philz or twrp recovery and then install one of the NAE roms in the development section. Hopefully, the NAE stock tar will be available soon which would definitely fix your problem.
I am currently running 4.3 root SPH-L720, when I try to install the OTA update it says it fails but can work and lose root.
I want to know if go with the update it will unroot, and/or wipe phone or brick.
You have to be on a stock recovery even then it might fail if you have custom apps or mods. Best thing is to Odin NAE tar and re root.
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And this way it will not brick or wipe data
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daniel4653 said:
You have to be on a stock recovery even then it might fail if you have custom apps or mods. Best thing is to Odin NAE tar and re root.
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And this way it will not brick or wipe data
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Completely agree with Daniel, he has given excellent advice!
dear all ,
any luck for rooting Samsung s5 Verizon i waiting for this for time , so is there any succeeded method for rooting my phone.
thanks.
Yes all the way up to bok3 now. Boc4 has been rooted for quite sometime now if your ever planning to go to kit kat don't go past bod5
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Look under general working root method for boe1 and bok3
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ahmad83it said:
dear all ,
any luck for rooting Samsung s5 Verizon i waiting for this for time , so is there any succeeded method for rooting my phone.
thanks.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3290370
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sean19661 said:
Yes all the way up to bok3 now. Boc4 has been rooted for quite sometime now if your ever planning to go to kit kat don't go past bod5
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Look under general working root method for boe1 and bok3
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3290370
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If he's on OC4, then he can Odin back to NCG and root from there and flash any VZW S5 TouchWiz ROM that he'd like. Following the OP's instructions of course. I got this S5 on the OC4 version and haven't "officially" updated to newer versions yet. Just update the proper "flashable" firmware as needed for the ROM I'm running
I'm not sure but the new root method that JrKrsue has developed is for one's that are on OE1 and up. Due to those were the one's that were unable to gain root. I could be wrong but if you're on OD5 and below, you can get root by Odin back to NCG. Please feel free to chime in if I'm wrong or mistaken
I have used jrkruse method to root Boc4 also there are two different methods now for rooting as I will never go beyond bod5 on the bootloader so I will always have the choice to go back to 100% kit kat witch includes kit kat bootloader
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