I was installing a custom ROM onto my ATT GS4 with little experience and It ended up soft bricking my device. I was running MF3 firmware before I tried installing the custom ROM. I was trying to install the Gummi ROM with the custom ROM app and now my phone is soft bricked and will not fully boot. I have tried flashing many things and tried Kies and nothing will work. I don't even have a recovery. I have tried flashing MF3 stock to it and it still won't work.
JustSoHyper said:
I was installing a custom ROM onto my ATT GS4 with little experience and It ended up soft bricking my device. I was running MF3 firmware before I tried installing the custom ROM. I was trying to install the Gummi ROM with the custom ROM app and now my phone is soft bricked and will not fully boot. I have tried flashing many things and tried Kies and nothing will work. I don't even have a recovery. I have tried flashing MF3 stock to it and it still won't work.
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ODIN the MF3 firmware and then use Safestrap. Use the search function to find info and threads about it. And make sure you do a lot of reading so you know what to do. Good luck.
scott14719 said:
ODIN the MF3 firmware and then use Safestrap. Use the search function to find info and threads about it. And make sure you do a lot of reading so you know what to do. Good luck.
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I've tried installing MF3 firmware but it always fails at the very end with the "FAIL! (Auth)" message
JustSoHyper said:
I've tried installing MF3 firmware but it always fails at the very end with the "FAIL! (Auth)" message
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Do you know what firmware you were on before you tried to flash a custom recovery? Flash that firmware with odin.
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jd1639 said:
Do you know what firmware you were on before you tried to flash a custom recovery? Flash that firmware with odin.
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It still won't work... :/
JustSoHyper said:
It still won't work... :/
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Usually it's a usb port/cable issue. Use the value that came with your device and use the usb ports on the back of the pc. Make sure they're usb 2.0 not 3.0
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jd1639 said:
Do you know what firmware you were on before you tried to flash a custom recovery? Flash that firmware with odin.
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I was on 4.3 when i tried installing the custom ROM
JustSoHyper said:
I was on 4.3 when i tried installing the custom ROM
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Try the mk2 tar file in Odin then.
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jd1639 said:
Usually it's a usb port/cable issue. Use the value that came with your device and use the usb ports on the back of the pc. Make sure they're usb 2.0 not 3.0
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I've tried all of my ports and i don't have the original cable :/
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Try the mk2 tar file in Odin then.
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Where can i find that mk2 tar file And btw im on an ATT gs4 so it's and SGH-I337.
JustSoHyper said:
Where can i find that mk2 tar file And btw im on an ATT gs4 so it's and SGH-I337.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49687770
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49687770
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IT WORKED! Idk if I could ever thank you enough! I have spent 3 months trying to get it to work! You're a life saver!!!!
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I've always used Teamepic root and then flashed my rom, that didn't work with the S4, at least for me.... I couldn't get into recovery.
So I tried many other ways, every way I have found on the internet and if it's not one thing it's another. SSU will either say binary not available or when I am installing from recovery (cfroot) it says install aborted. I've flashed to the stock rom so many times since yesterday I'm about to go nuts, but nothing will get this phone rooted, please help!
April
aprilx said:
I've always used Teamepic root and then flashed my rom, that didn't work with the S4, at least for me.... I couldn't get into recovery.
So I tried many other ways, every way I have found on the internet and if it's not one thing it's another. SSU will either say binary not available or when I am installing from recovery (cfroot) it says install aborted. I've flashed to the stock rom so many times since yesterday I'm about to go nuts, but nothing will get this phone rooted, please help!
April
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What firmware are you on? Mf9, mja, ect...
I am on mf9
What version of Odin are you using?
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I had two. One was an older one so I updated and tried a few times earlier. 3.195 I believe Im not home to check at the moment.
aprilx said:
I had two. One was an older one so I updated and tried a few times earlier. 3.195 I believe Im not home to check at the moment.
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Easiest way to root.Use odin to flash the tar file of agats kernel. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2260536
This kernel has a script that will root for you. After that reboot and your rooted.you still will have to odin a recovery to flash a rom but this is the best way . Any time you need help pm me
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shizkoff777 said:
Easiest way to root.Use odin to flash the tar file of agats kernel. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2260536
This kernel has a script that will root for you. After that reboot and your rooted.you still will have to odin a recovery to flash a rom but this is the best way . Any time you need help pm me
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Thanks
Do I have to wipe the phone again and reinstall the stock firmware first?
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
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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
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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...
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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
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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
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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
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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
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I would flash the all in one tar from from this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49687770
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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?
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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?
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Your device only boots into ss? Can you boot into download mode? Power, home, vol down
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jd1639 said:
Your device only boots into ss? Can you boot into download mode? Power, home, vol down
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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.
Hi everyone,
I am new to android mods and such and I may very well sound like an idiot. However, even though I know little to nothing of what I am talking about I am in dire need of help. I never did any heavy modifications like custom ROMS but I merely rooted it and installed some tweaks via the xda installer. After toying around with one of the tweaks I seemed to cause an annoying random reboot which would happen when I would sometimes go to unlock my phone. Fine, I could deal with a few reboots here and there. However, my phone recently got stuck on the AT&T loading emblem and stood in my pocket for 2 hours draining a lot of battery and has not been resolved since. I am unable to enter safe mode and I tried a few guides to flash it to stock but I honestly have NO IDEA what I am doing. I am aimlessly following guides here but there is so much variability therefore I feel as if I would have the most success with personalized help.
What do I do? Please use simplified terms along with (relatively) full steps. For example, if I were to flash something I would go into recovery mode with home + vol up button factory reset, and the AT&T logo would still be there, frozen.
Things I have tried but have probably done wrong:
Factory reset
Install custom ROM
All and ANY help is appreciated at this point, I am desperate.
Thank you,
Suprr
Also, my ultimate goal is to install http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2520418 this mod, or at the very least get the stock ROM working so my phone is usable.
Suprr said:
Hi everyone,
I am new to android mods and such and I may very well sound like an idiot. However, even though I know little to nothing of what I am talking about I am in dire need of help. I never did any heavy modifications like custom ROMS but I merely rooted it and installed some tweaks via the xda installer. After toying around with one of the tweaks I seemed to cause an annoying random reboot which would happen when I would sometimes go to unlock my phone. Fine, I could deal with a few reboots here and there. However, my phone recently got stuck on the AT&T loading emblem and stood in my pocket for 2 hours draining a lot of battery and has not been resolved since. I am unable to enter safe mode and I tried a few guides to flash it to stock but I honestly have NO IDEA what I am doing. I am aimlessly following guides here but there is so much variability therefore I feel as if I would have the most success with personalized help.
What do I do? Please use simplified terms along with (relatively) full steps. For example, if I were to flash something I would go into recovery mode with home + vol up button factory reset, and the AT&T logo would still be there, frozen.
Things I have tried but have probably done wrong:
Factory reset
Install custom ROM
All and ANY help is appreciated at this point, I am desperate.
Thank you,
Suprr
Also, my ultimate goal is to install http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2520418 this mod, or at the very least get the stock ROM working so my phone is usable.
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I am assuming that you havent yet taken the OTA update to NB1 and your base is MK2. Or, do you have a MDB/MDL bootloader?
If MK2: You have to flash the full stock Mk2 firmware using odin. Download the "Full odin tar files" from the All things ATT thread
if MDB/MDL: Download the stock firmware from sammobile and flash using Odin.
jmjoyas said:
I am assuming that you havent yet taken the OTA update to NB1 and your base is MK2. Or, do you have a MDB/MDL bootloader?
If MK2: You have to flash the full stock Mk2 firmware using odin. Download the "Full odin tar files" from the All things ATT thread
if MDB/MDL: Download the stock firmware from sammobile and flash using Odin.
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Are you talking about this? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2700726
Suprr said:
Are you talking about this? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2700726
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No, wrong firmware to flash. Do you know what version you're currently on?
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jd1639 said:
No, wrong firmware to flash. Do you know what version you're currently on?
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Jmjoyas told me to flash the full tar version and No I do not.
Suprr said:
Jmjoyas told me to flash the full tar version and No I do not.
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He must have determined you are not on mdl/mdl firmware. Those firmwares would allow you to easily flash custom roms, nb1 is not as easy and limited to touch wiz based roms. Do you know if you had a custom recovery, twrp or cwm?
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jd1639 said:
He must have determined you are not on mdl/mdl firmware. Those firmwares would allow you to easily flash custom roms, nb1 is not as easy and limited to touch wiz based roms. Do you know if you had a custom recovery, twrp or cwm?
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To be frank, I have not a clue of what any of those are.
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To be frank, I have not a clue of what any of those are.
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Alright, then the link you posted to the nb1 firmware should be ok for you to flash in Odin
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jd1639 said:
Alright, then the link you posted to the nb1 firmware should be ok for you to flash in Odin
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I am flashing it right now. Let's hope it works.
EDIT:
Flashed the full tar version for mk2 to no avail via Odin
Flashing the MK2 full tar file from here in Odin 1.85 says it was successful (green box) and when I went to restart the phone it was still stuck on the AT&T logo.
I flashed from this thread and this line:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2700726
To return to factory stock MK2 flash the I337_MK2_Full_Odin tar
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Suprr said:
Flashing the MK2 full tar file from here in Odin 1.85 says it was successful (green box) and when I went to restart the phone it was still stuck on the AT&T logo.
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Boot into recovery and do a factory reset. That should get you past the bootloop
Ps, the first boot is going to take longer than normal. Give it a good 10 minutes
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jd1639 said:
Boot into recovery and do a factory reset. That should get you past the bootloop
Ps, the first boot is going to take longer than normal. Give it a good 10 minutes
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I love you. thank you so much.
jd1639 said:
Boot into recovery and do a factory reset. That should get you past the bootloop
Ps, the first boot is going to take longer than normal. Give it a good 10 minutes
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Now that my phone is operational, how would I go about installing this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2520418
Suprr said:
Now that my phone is operational, how would I go about installing this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2520418
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You're on mk2 firmware now. You'll need to root it using safe root and then put safestrap on in order to flash that rom. Look in the general forum for index, all thing mk2 and nb1. There's a lot of info there so read it carefully
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Dear friends, I need your help.
I dicide to install custom ROM (Omega 38) to my device. But I made it over stock Android 4.3, I forgot to update to 4.4.2. So now id does not work/ I can only turn on Odin Mode.
But all Stock ROMs I tried to flash does not want to flash to my device. Installation stops at the beginning.After NAND Write! the error Complete (Write) operation FAILed! appears. I can do nothing. Please, help to solve that. How to flash stock ROM?
Flash the nb1 tar file in Odin. You can find it in the general forum
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Flash the nb1 tar file in Odin. You can find it in the general forum
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I already tried that, but result is the same.
I had version MJ6, but I cannot find it.
Paul-Maestro said:
I already tried that, but result is the same.
I had version MJ6, but I cannot find it.
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So you have an i337m? Get the Odin file from sammobile.com
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So you have an i337m? Get the Odin file from sammobile.com
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No, I have i337 AT&T, but I have problems with flashing ROMs, and I do not know the reason.
I downloaded already 12 ROMs, but only one flashed good, but still without result. I can see onle screen with "Galaxy S4"
It seems to me tha this version is suitable for me http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=46804713&postcount=2 but is was deleted from filehost
Make sure you have kies and the correct odin version. Maybe use another computer or reinstall windows on your computer and start from the clean slate if desperate. I have experienced that. It happens when your computer has some problems.
Omega ROM isn't made for AT&T variant S4.
If you did not flash a kernel compatible for AT&T after you flash the rom then you will not be able to boot up into the system.
Go back to your custom recovery, and install a ROM that's specifically made for AT&T like Golden Eye and so on then it should boot up fine. Also make sure you do a wipe before you install the Rom.
i root my gs4 with odin, everything went fine but I wanted to get my gs faster so i downloaded kernel for gs4 and flashed it. mistake here. i didnt check if it supports 4.4.4. it only support devices under 4.3 so.. no wifi. that was the problem i had other than that, all was good. than I downloaded some OTA file for my gs4 and when i tried to flash it with safestrap, it kept said fail. so i thought it's maybe because i already have OS installed... so i wiped system,data and i tried to flash that OTA file, fail again. now im screwd. there is no OS on my gs4. when i trun it on, it vibrates, than reboots and than goes into Odinmode and say something like "nornal boot not possible" in red.
so i spent couple days searching how to get my phone work again but everything i tried didnt work. and for galaxy s4 sgh i337 nj4 version 4.4.4 it even made me think it was made just for me.
i tried kies, failed it told me to do emergency recovery but my phone does not show on list.
can anyone please help me.. Im new to Samsung Galaxy..
im thinking about following this guide since there are no options
http://www.androidrootz.com/2014/03/how-to-unrootunbrick-at-galaxy-s4-sgh.html
is this okay?
JustinBushke said:
im thinking about following this guide since there are no options
http://www.androidrootz.com/2014/03/how-to-unrootunbrick-at-galaxy-s4-sgh.html
is this okay?
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You'll have to use the ODIN file from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2674223
Flash that in ODIN, use the rootable version if you want to root it using towelroot.
Besides that, you can't flash any custom kernels on the S4 unless you're on the 4.2.2 MDL bootloader, and there's no way to get back to that from 4.4.
DeadlySin9 said:
You'll have to use the ODIN file from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2674223
Flash that in ODIN, use the rootable version if you want to root it using towelroot.
Besides that, you can't flash any custom kernels on the S4 unless you're on the 4.2.2 MDL bootloader, and there's no way to get back to that from 4.4.
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Thank you so much for your reply. i will try that after couple hours.
but I am curious if i can use I337UCUFNB on NJ4 bootloader. i have nj4 bootloader
JustinBushke said:
Thank you so much for your reply. i will try that after couple hours.
but I am curious if i can use I337UCUFNB on NJ4 bootloader. i have nj4 bootloader
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Yes, it will work.
DeadlySin9 said:
Yes, it will work.
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Thank you so much! You saved my life!
I want to be just like you helping other people
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