I'm almost too embarrassed to post this question, but... I accidentally formatted my data partition and as a result, deleted my nandroid back up of my stock ROM. I'm on a SG4 i337 with the MDL boot loader. I have no intention of taking the phone back to AT&T for service or anything like that, but in the off chance that I may want to sell the phone, or simply go back to stock, what are my options? Obviously I don't want to update my bootloader, so is there a stock image that I can flash that will allow me to keep my current bootloader?
Thanks,
Mike
mmcneil said:
I'm almost too embarrassed to post this question, but... I accidentally formatted my data partition and as a result, deleted my nandroid back up of my stock ROM. I'm on a SG4 i337 with the MDL boot loader. I have no intention of taking the phone back to AT&T for service or anything like that, but in the off chance that I may want to sell the phone, or simply go back to stock, what are my options? Obviously I don't want to update my bootloader, so is there a stock image that I can flash that will allow me to keep my current bootloader?
Thanks,
Mike
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Go to Sammobile and get the MDL firmware. Flash it through Odin. If you don't know what I am talking about, make sure you do some research and reading before you do it.
scott14719 said:
Go to Sammobile and get the MDL firmware. Flash it through Odin. If you don't know what I am talking about, make sure you do some research and reading before you do it.
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Thanks Scott. And I'm a flash junkie, so I know what your're talking about So just clarify, I can flash the stock Sammy MDL and it won't screw up my boot loader?
Thanks again,
Mike
mmcneil said:
Thanks Scott. And I'm a flash junkie, so I know what your're talking about So just clarify, I can flash the stock Sammy MDL and it won't screw up my boot loader?
Thanks again,
Mike
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No it won't but you're going to want to keep WiFi off until you can freeze the att update app because it's going to want to up date you. Root and put a custom recovery and rom on as soon as you can. Make sure you plan ahead on this before flashing the firmware.
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Just a few questions about the phone before I make the jump. Say I unlock it and put on desire rom and want to go back to sell or want stock can i just flash the original image without computer or do I have to use fast boot? And if I put back like that with stock recovery will I get ota again.
Think I should be able just to flash original shipping rom with bootloader or not?
Is this correct?
Sorry for such a newbie question but this seems different from mytouch and I do not know why instructions for going back to stock are so long. And yes I know I cant re lock bootloader. don't care about that all. Just want to know if I can get ota again.
Basically just want to know if I can flash original from the phone and if i do will I get ota again.
There is no way to recieve OTA updates anymore since you have flashed a custom recovery
M9x3mos said:
Just a few questions about the phone before I make the jump. Say I unlock it and put on desire rom and want to go back to sell or want stock can i just flash the original image without computer or do I have to use fast boot? And if I put back like that with stock recovery will I get ota again.
Think I should be able just to flash original shipping rom with bootloader or not?
Is this correct?
Sorry for such a newbie question but this seems different from mytouch and I do not know why instructions for going back to stock are so long. And yes I know I cant re lock bootloader. don't care about that all. Just want to know if I can get ota again.
Basically just want to know if I can flash original from the phone and if i do will I get ota again.
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yes. put back recovery.img boot.img system.img radio.img by fastboot then you'll be fine.
i've got OTA right away after i flashed the original ERD firmware.
I need the install-recovery.sh file found here on your I337-UCUAMF3. Must have root access.
/system/etc/install-recovery.sh
like an idiot, i didnt make a backup of that file, and I deleted it not realizing that there is no recovery for UCUAMF3 and tried to install a custom recovery.
Now I cant get into the normal recovery mode and gets stuck in odin mode, in order to boot up i have to do the restart option when i do a physical button boot into odin. its annoying and i want to go back to stock and wait until there is a bootloader unlock and recovery for UCUAMF3.
unfortunately I cant do a factory reset because during the reset process it boots back into odin mode, and recovery doesnt work.
my thinking is if i can get back this install-recovery.sh it will be able to do a factory reset? Also do I need to unroot to go back to factory settings? Any thoughts? Thanks again for any help, and yes ive learned my lesson, spend at least 20 minutes searching the EXACT model/baseband and make sure the guide is for your device..
You can't return to stock, there is no odin flashable firmware. Don't do anymore messing with your phone. You'll just make it worse. Your going to have to live with it the way it is until there is firmware available. As an alternative, best buy can flash it back to stock.
Edit, see this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45359306
i cant just do a factory reset in settings? im pretty sure the problem is that it cant boot into the stock recovery because of the deletion of 'install-recovery.sh'
my phone once, already had the odin bootloop thing, then i fixed it so it could boot up normally, but thats because i still had the 'install-recovery.sh' on there...any chance you send that file my way? once i have that im pretty sure ill be able to do a factory reset and remove root.
jd1639 said:
Edit, see this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45359306
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read that, but their problem seems like their devices wont boot at all. mines does boot, and did normally when i had 'install-recovery.sh'
im pretty sure that file is device specific and varies from device, ive found the file but not one that was from an ATT S4 running UCUAMF3, there is already root access for UCUAMF3 so it someone should be able to copy that file since i was able to delete it?
I don't have mf3. What the f are you messing with stuff like that for when you're on mf3. You need to do some more research on the limitations of returning your device to stock if you mess something up. You're going to end up with an expensive brick.
jd1639 said:
You can't return to stock, there is no odin flashable firmware. Don't do anymore messing with your phone. You'll just make it worse. Your going to have to live with it the way it is until there is firmware available. As an alternative, best buy can flash it back to stock.
Edit, see this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45359306
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jd1639 said:
I don't have mf3. What the f are you messing with stuff like that for when you're on mf3. You need to do some more research on the limitations of returning your device to stock if you mess something up. You're going to end up with an expensive brick.
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yeah it was an accident on my part....do you have i337? is there a difference at all between the 'install-recovery.sh' on i337 and i337 with mf3?
UPDATE: just did a power off and a reboot, phone booted fine into android, none of the odin-mode stuff..
also go here, it could help...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2413746
Anyone have a set of instructions or a link to returning my phone to completely bone stock? I know I can flash an unrooted and stock firmware, but the bootloader will still be unlocked. I need to RMA my phone and the store has turned me away in the past for having a modified firmware or bootloader.
wotan2525 said:
Anyone have a set of instructions or a link to returning my phone to completely bone stock? I know I can flash an unrooted and stock firmware, but the bootloader will still be unlocked. I need to RMA my phone and the store has turned me away in the past for having a modified firmware or bootloader.
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The boot loader is not locked stock, so that's not a problem. Simply download the MF9 firmware and install using odin. Perform a factory reset in the stock recovery. Then use Triangleaway to reset the flash counter and you will be stock with no signs of tampering.
cruise350 said:
The boot loader is not locked stock, so that's not a problem. Simply download the MF9 firmware and install using odin. Perform a factory reset in the stock recovery. Then use Triangleaway to reset the flash counter and you will be stock with no signs of tampering.
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dont you have to be rooted to use TriangleAway? I would assume that using Odin to go back to MF9 would cause you to lose root, no?
Correct. You need to be rooted for TA.
What I'd do is use TA first. Then use Odin to install MF9 (or one of the older stock rom's). If the download screen still says custom, do another RTN/Factory Reset. That should clean it all up.
You could also try to just flash the stock recovery. Then run TA and see if that resets it all to Official on the Download screen. If it does, all you should need to do from there is Full Unroot from the SuperUser app.
wotan2525 said:
Anyone have a set of instructions or a link to returning my phone to completely bone stock? I know I can flash an unrooted and stock firmware, but the bootloader will still be unlocked. I need to RMA my phone and the store has turned me away in the past for having a modified firmware or bootloader.
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Go here: http://www.sxtpdevelopers.com/showthread.php?t=231
Download the ODIN one click for SPH-L720_MDC_Stock_Restore.exe and follow the instructions on that site.
Puts you back at original release and then if you want, you can update through Sprint for the two upgrades you'll need to get back to MF9. You'll have everything back to stock, no counter trips and everything back at zero. I wish they made the ODIN one clicks for MF9, they're so easy.
mmark27 said:
Go here: http://www.sxtpdevelopers.com/showthread.php?t=231
Download the ODIN one click for SPH-L720_MDC_Stock_Restore.exe and follow the instructions on that site.
Puts you back at original release and then if you want, you can update through Sprint for the two upgrades you'll need to get back to MF9. You'll have everything back to stock, no counter trips and everything back at zero. I wish they made the ODIN one clicks for MF9, they're so easy.
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Thank you! This is what I needed....
Coming from the Galaxy S2, it seemed like there were a million 1-click ODINS. Any idea why the S4 doesn't have these?
wotan2525 said:
Thank you! This is what I needed....
Coming from the Galaxy S2, it seemed like there were a million 1-click ODINS. Any idea why the S4 doesn't have these?
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Well, I think that answer is complicated because there was some sort of fall out between users here at XDA and people that were part of the SXTP forums or they started their own forums or whatever. I don't really get into those politic things, I just look for resources that are useful and thank all those that are involved. That and there really aren't as many builds coming out for the S4 like there were for the S2 and the S3 for that matter.
I'm using MF3 now. i don't want to root again after update. so i'm asking if SuperSU's survival mode will prevent unrooting during the update, and also I'm thinking of staying MF3 until KitKat, unless MK2 is very important or fabulous update (such as bootloader unlock).
ryujeff said:
I have no idea how AT&T can get benefit by locking bootloaders. Why do they want it locked? They also said they are going to lock bootloaders for further devices. Does that mean AT&T will lock KitKat's bootloader? KitKat's my only hope unless Dan Rosenberg releases unlocking method. When is he gonna release the method? It's been a while. I really want custom ROMs. Safestrap's choices are too limited and eats up my storage.
Sadly, I bought the device right after MF3. I'm not updating to MK2 in order to not encounter another bootloader problem.
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AT&T locks bootloaders so that they can guarantee everyone will have and use exactly what they give access to. It makes it harder for us to get rid of their restrictions such as locking tethering and using apps they hide in the play store. It keeps us on their stock system where they can have more control basically. KitKat will be locked, just like everything else was/is. Don Rosenberg's unlock method has been out for a while, it's only an exploit known as loki and was patched by MF3. It was never a full unlock.
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AT&T locks bootloaders so that they can guarantee everyone will have and use exactly what they give access to. It makes it harder for us to get rid of their restrictions such as locking tethering and using apps they hide in the play store. It keeps us on their stock system where they can have more control basically. KitKat will be locked, just like everything else was/is. Don Rosenberg's unlock method has been out for a while, it's only an exploit known as loki and was patched by MF3. It was never a full unlock.
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thanks for spending your precious time on answering such a stupid question.
now i edited my question into another question:laugh:
ryujeff said:
thanks for spending your precious time on answering such a stupid question.
now i edited my question into another question:laugh:
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For me.....alot of users hanging on MF3 because we have MF3 FULL TAR FILES, but not Mk2. Last night my buddy @muniz_ri shared mk2 files and now we have ......MK2 FULL TAR FILES .....it mean u can go back to stock MK2 firmware just in case something goes wrong....i think u should now.... plus we confirmed more than 20 custom roms worked with MK2 + SafeStrap v3.71 Recovery .....check this MK2_INDEX_ROMS_LIST thread by @guut13 ......anything u need to know for MK2.....get your READING MODE ON..........GOODLUCK.....:good::good:
ted77usa said:
For me.....alot of users hanging on MF3 because we have MF3 FULL TAR FILES, but not Mk2. Last night my buddy @muniz_ri shared mk2 files and now we have ......MK2 FULL TAR FILES .....it mean u can go back to stock MK2 firmware just in case something goes wrong....i think u should now.... plus we confirmed more than 20 custom roms worked with MK2 + SafeStrap v3.71 Recovery .....check this MK2_INDEX_ROMS_LIST thread by @guut13 ......anything u need to know for MK2.....get your READING MODE ON..........GOODLUCK.....:good::good:
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Thanks for making time to reply my question. I've got a little problem. I used survive mode in supersu and tried to update into MK2, but at 25% during the installation, it goes off and fails everytime. I uninstalled safestrap recovery just in case but the installation fails. Is there a way to flash MK2 on MF3 with Odin? What if i cant update forever? So im planning to factory reset and unroot if there is no other way
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Thanks for making time to reply my question. I've got a little problem. I used survive mode in supersu and tried to update into MK2, but at 25% during the installation, it goes off and fails everytime. I uninstalled safestrap recovery just in case but the installation fails. Is there a way to flash MK2 on MF3 with Odin? What if i cant update forever? So im planning to factory reset and unroot if there is no other way
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SuperSu known for updating failure... so It work better if you coming from mf3 .... u need to flash to mf3 stock firmware by flashing mf3.tar from my update. Zip thread. ... Or u can just flash the mk2 full tar files. ... u would end up on mk2.....If you check my other thread about update.zip.....u would see couples peoples confirmed work ......... Goodluck
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My apology if this has been asked as I've scanned through a few with not much luck.
Came across this and i went to sammobile and dl the TELUS 4.4.2 firmware and judging by this article, this is an non-wipe install via Odin3.
I know it is best to wipe and start fresh but hoping someone might be able to point me in the right direction as I would like to upgrade without wiping.
Thanks a bunch!
http://www.howtoroot.mobi/2014/04/install-i337mvlufnc1-442-for-galaxy-s4.html
shuweee said:
My apology if this has been asked as I've scanned through a few with not much luck.
Came across this and i went to sammobile and dl the TELUS 4.4.2 firmware and judging by this article, this is an non-wipe install via Odin3.
I know it is best to wipe and start fresh but hoping someone might be able to point me in the right direction as I would like to upgrade without wiping.
Thanks a bunch!
http://www.howtoroot.mobi/2014/04/install-i337mvlufnc1-442-for-galaxy-s4.html
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You cant update your phone without whipping your device if using odin unless its an OTA cause if you do you will most like end up in boot llop thus just backup and then flash using odin, what i assume from the article is that it wont wipe your internal sd card but will wipe your data i.e applications and settings etc.
Depends where you are trying to get to..... if you are not rooted on 4.3 and just want to go to 4.4.2, I would just use Kies. If you are rooted and want to go to 4.4.2 then yes this looks like the right method. Things to concider are.... do you want to be able to go back to 4.3 at anytime is so, you really shouldn't use this method as I believe it is going to update your bootloader which means no going back... If you intend on rooting anyway, I would suggest using CF- auto root, added a custom recovery and flashing Mapleleaf rom..... plus the NC1 modem... this is mostly stock, you will have root access and retain the 4.3 bootloader should you want to revert back to 4.3.......this will trip you Knox so if you want to keep warrenty well this isn't a good way to go either... unless of course you have already tripped it...