My friend wants to get rid of root and all that and just get the stock gs4 rom so he can get OTA updates and stuff. I cannot seem to find 4.4 of the touchwiz rom anywhere.
Anyone know where I can find it?
Thanks!
Grab this and flash using Odin. Its a tar file. Be sure to backup anything important as it wont wipe data but there are times where after successfully flashing and rebooting it will hang on the sprint yellow splash screen which will require a factory reset on stock recovery which means it will wipe the entire internal memory.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2663619
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Grab this and flash using Odin. Its a tar file. Be sure to backup anything important as it wont wipe data but there are times where after successfully flashing and rebooting it will hang on the sprint yellow splash screen which will require a factory reset on stock recovery which means it will wipe the entire internal memory.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2663619
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Thanks! It worked.
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I rooted my s4 sgh i337m and try to install a font and bam boot loops,try to factory reset and still bootloop....
Odin back stock firmware....
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Odin back stock firmware....
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Sorry to say but unless you can get into Recovery, then I agree with this.
I've had to do the same thing when I installed icons or something that did not agree with my system framework.
If you can get into recovery, then try clearing cache & dalvik and fix permissions.
If that doesn't work, then do a factory reset. You'll lose a bunch of stuff but it'll be better than Odin.
I think odin would be the best option it will give you a clean slate. Its not hard to reroot the device. But do as you please.
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Ok I'm having a lot of problem with my new samsung sg4. It came with the MDL firmware. I followed qbking direction on how to root with cf auto root. I have done the root and I installed TWRP for my recovery. I tried flashing sacs and also triforce and I get the sg4 splash screen nothing else. Though when I flash sacs of triforce inside TWRP it come up and says that supersu is not installed and I need to install it to have root but superuser is installed. The only the one to fix it is to use odin and go back to stock.MDL firmware. Any suggestions. Thanks
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Ok I'm having a lot of problem with my new samsung sg4. It came with the MDL firmware. I followed qbking direction on how to root with cf auto root. I have done the root and I installed TWRP for my recovery. I tried flashing sacs and also triforce and I get the sg4 splash screen nothing else. Though when I flash sacs of triforce inside TWRP it come up and says that supersu is not installed and I need to install it to have root but superuser is installed. The only the one to fix it is to use odin and go back to stock.MDL firmware. Any suggestions. Thanks
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Sounds like you were bricked at one point, if you were stuck at the S4 boot. Play it safe. Do a full factory reset & use odin. Also, use the new stock image (MF9: http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SPH-L720 or http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/?model=SPH-L720&pcode=0#firmware). When you do, make sure it's set to PDA. Always clear cache & wipe calvik (Advanced > Wipe Dalvik) before installing a new rom
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I would flash the selected rom again, flash a verizon kernel, wipe dalvik and cache, it will boot.
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TheAxman said:
I would flash the selected rom again, flash a verizon kernel, wipe dalvik and cache, it will boot.
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Dont flash a verizon kernel, it will totally brick your phone, flash a sprint kernel.
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Sounds like you were bricked at one point, if you were stuck at the S4 boot. Play it safe. Do a full factory reset & use odin. Also, use the new stock image (MF9: http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SPH-L720 or http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/?model=SPH-L720&pcode=0#firmware). When you do, make sure it's set to PDA. Always clear cache & wipe calvik (Advanced > Wipe Dalvik) before installing a new rom
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used odin, but still stuck at splash screen. what can i do now?
s.lee1993 said:
used odin, but still stuck at splash screen. what can i do now?
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Go to recovery, format data, wipe dalvik cache and cache reboot
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Dont flash a verizon kernel, it will totally brick your phone, flash a sprint kernel.
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From what i know a Verizon kernel would not brick. Back on gs2 and gs3 sprint users would flash Verizon kernels.
One thing that would be funky was screen rotation was inverted.
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daniel4653 said:
From what i know a Verizon kernel would not brick. Back on gs2 and gs3 sprint users would flash Verizon kernels.
One thing that would be funky was screen rotation was inverted.
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No, I'm pretty sure they only flashed Verizon PRL's so they could force roam. I've never seen any talk of flashing Verizon kernels in gs2 forum.
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I can't seem to get a stable rom on my phone anymore. I noticed when I upgraded to triforce rom 3.0 some of my apps were disappearing randomly on reboot (all installed on internal mind you). After doing a full complete wipe and reinstall I cannot reboot my device anymore. I install the rom go into it once and that's it. If I reboot my phone for any reason it wont go past the samsung galaxy s4 logo. I even restored a nandroid of my forcerom 2.0 that I had backed up. It's showing the same issue of not being able to restart. Does anyone have any ideas? or is my hardware screwed.
To make clear of what is happening
wipe
install rom
boot into rom (everything is cool/works)
restart phone
stuck at black screen with galaxy s4 logo
can still boot into TWRP, but not the rom
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I can't seem to get a stable rom on my phone anymore. I noticed when I upgraded to triforce rom 3.0 some of my apps were disappearing randomly on reboot (all installed on internal mind you). After doing a full complete wipe and reinstall I cannot reboot my device anymore. I install the rom go into it once and that's it. If I reboot my phone for any reason it wont go past the samsung galaxy s4 logo. I even restored a nandroid of my forcerom 2.0 that I had backed up. It's showing the same issue of not being able to restart. Does anyone have any ideas? or is my hardware screwed.
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To update right now, in TWRP Internal Storage (0MB)
When I format in TWRP the internal storage went back to (9673 MB)
Once I format the storage and restart the phone I'm able to get past the Black galaxy s4 screen and get to the boot screen, but since there obviously isnt a rom installed it wont go past that.
It looks like after the reboot (where I can't boot into the rom anymore) the internal storage is labeled as "(0MB)"
Something must have gotten corrupted and your best bet is to star new, I would download the stock mf9 tar. Do a factory reset and then install the tar through Odin. That way you are starting from scratch with everything working , hopefully. Then use cf-autoroot to root the phone and install whatever recovery you prefer. At that point, I would make a nandroid of your stock rooted rom so its easier to restore if you run into problems again.
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Im having the same exact problem... I did a mdc full restore in odin. Wiped internal storage and my sdcard and im going to try to root and flash again...its got me stumped.
Also when u try to install rom after u flash does it say ur device does not appear to be rooted?
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Im having the same exact problem... I did a mdc full restore in odin. Wiped internal storage and my sdcard and im going to try to root and flash again...its got me stumped.
Also when u try to install rom after u flash does it say ur device does not appear to be rooted?
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didn't have that issue of "device does not appear to be rooted"
I was able to fix my issue. I downloaded the rooted stock rom listed below along with stock kernal and recovery.
Download Odexed With Data Wipe Zip
MD5: 6700c52d8a9f7d6c0ff8d6cb453b74a1
Download Stock MF9 Kernel
MD5: ae6e8712be9492d4de374ade043851b5
Download Stock MF9 Recovery
MD5: f843028f419e68aedda2742ce65405a9
from thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2357471
I formatted everything in TWRP, I then installed the odexed with data wipe zip, followed by the kernal, followed by the mf9 recovery. I then booted into the new recovery after flashing (stock recovery) and did a factory reset. I booted into the stock rom and did a reboot. It worked. Once I verified I was back by restarting a few more times, I installed goo manager and installed twrp from there. After that, I went into TWRP and continued along my merry way of flashing back to my custom rom.
Throwing out all details I can for anyone else that experiences this problem. Thanks!
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Something must have gotten corrupted and your best bet is to star new, I would download the stock mf9 tar. Do a factory reset and then install the tar through Odin. That way you are starting from scratch with everything working , hopefully. Then use cf-autoroot to root the phone and install whatever recovery you prefer. At that point, I would make a nandroid of your stock rooted rom so its easier to restore if you run into problems again.
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Thanks for the help!
I have had several custom roms using TWRP with no problems. Today I decided to try pacman rom and nandroid backed up my negalite wonderom. downloaded pacman to external card, rebooted to TWRP. I formatted internal storage and did full wipes on everything but external sd. I tried installing pacman zip and get FAILED unzipping and updating partition. so I then try flashing my old rom and get same error. I then nandroid back to previous rom and boots as expected. If i reboot again, I get stuck on samsung galaxy s4 boot screen. I've tried repeating all these steps but now I am without a phone until one of you nice people help me. What can I do? Please help.
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I have had several custom roms using TWRP with no problems. Today I decided to try pacman rom and nandroid backed up my negalite wonderom. downloaded pacman to external card, rebooted to TWRP. I formatted internal storage and did full wipes on everything but external sd. I tried installing pacman zip and get FAILED unzipping and updating partition. so I then try flashing my old rom and get same error. I then nandroid back to previous rom and boots as expected. If i reboot again, I get stuck on samsung galaxy s4 boot screen. I've tried repeating all these steps but now I am without a phone until one of you nice people help me. What can I do? Please help.
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Odin back to stock.
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Odin back to stock.
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I did odin back to stock, ut i am stuck on galaxy s4 boot screen. What can I do to fix? Thanks
During this whole ordeal, I was trying to install CWM over TWRP and accidentally checked repartition in ODIN, it didn't seem to do anything ..just hanged and I pulled battery. I am now wondering if this screwed anything up and if so, what can I do?
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I did odin back to stock, ut i am stuck on galaxy s4 boot screen. What can I do to fix? Thanks
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Take out battery. Put in back in. Go to stock recovery (by pressing volume up and power button and letting go when you see tiny blue letters) from there just do a factory reset then reboot. Dont worry if you a dead android its ok. Then you should be ok.
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During this whole ordeal, I was trying to install CWM over TWRP and accidentally checked repartition in ODIN, it didn't seem to do anything ..just hanged and I pulled battery. I am now wondering if this screwed anything up and if so, what can I do?
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Well from my understanding we should not have repartition checked. Dont know the outcomes tho but im pretty sure now you need pit files for gs4 sprint to remap the partitions for your phone back the way it was. Should be here in xda but if you cant find them then just odin again a stock tar and do a factory reset in stock recovery. See if that works.
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So I was able to successfully odin back to stock. I am confused about format data vs wipes. I had some issues on a ROM and someone in a forum advised to format to truly erase any junk left behind by other roms. I did this in TWRP and installed a rom and it fixed the former issues I had on that rom. So I thought I had a new strategy, to format not just wipe.
So now I have CWM and don't even see the option to format data. If I want to make sure I erase everything, how do I ? Just doing factory reset, wipe data, cache and dalvik seems to leave files behind including personal files on internal storage. Just want to learn the best practices to avoid issues. I am kinda glad this happened, been a learning lesson. Thanks to all!
Software/Baseband Version MDC to MF9
After ODIN back to stock I am on MDC and want to get back to MF9. This is the procedure I used a few months ago HERE Is this the best way? Thanks.
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So I was able to successfully odin back to stock. I am confused about format data vs wipes. I had some issues on a ROM and someone in a forum advised to format to truly erase any junk left behind by other roms. I did this in TWRP and installed a rom and it fixed the former issues I had on that rom. So I thought I had a new strategy, to format not just wipe.
So now I have CWM and don't even see the option to format data. If I want to make sure I erase everything, how do I ? Just doing factory reset, wipe data, cache and dalvik seems to leave files behind including personal files on internal storage. Just want to learn the best practices to avoid issues. I am kinda glad this happened, been a learning lesson. Thanks to all!
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Im not so sure on CWM since ive been using twrp so I can help you there.
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After ODIN back to stock I am on MDC and want to get back to MF9. This is the procedure I used a few months ago HERE Is this the best way? Thanks.
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Its better if you just accept ota (*optional* do a factory reset when already at mf9.) Or just get the mf9 stock tar and just odin that when you have problems
You can download the mf9 tar here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2375523
ROMANTiC KiD said:
Im not so sure on CWM since ive been using twrp so I can help you there.
Its better if you just accept ota (*optional* do a factory reset when already at mf9.) Or just get the mf9 stock tar and just odin that when you have problems
You can download the mf9 tar here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2375523
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OK, I am confused but eager to learn. I just did a ODIN back to stock, I am now unrooted. I did a factory reset in stock recovery. Now I think I should be able to click update firmware to get to MF9 but it says no updates found or I am up to date. I don't get this. Why is it not finding any updates?
Even More Confused!
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Ok, it is downloading MF9 in background now. Not sure why it initially said no updates found. I should be good now. Thanks!
Hello Everyone,
This is my situation.... I want Unrooting my Sprint S4 using Mobile Odin .... and now my phone only boots up to the Samsung Logo. On that screen it also says Recovery Booting however it turns off after 10 Secs. I can get my phone into download/odin mode but that is about it. I can not boot into recovery.
I would imagine someone either has experience or expertise on this matter.
PLEASE HELP
Thank you in advance,
V.E.
If possible what bootloader, modem and ROM were/are you on, also do you care about tripping knox (or is it already).
You have to wipe data to get it to boot. This will wipe EVERYTHING on internal memory. Or you could reroot and install install recovery over Odin and boot into recovery and wipe data which will be like wiping to do a clean Install for custom ROM install. Which wknr wipe everything. Once it boots up apply the stock unrooted tar via Odin with a COMPUTER.
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I HAD Twrp recover... Had CWM recovery... phones acting like it doesn't have custom recovery (pain in my ass.)..... thought i used rom manger to put cwm back on it.
IDK the modem
I was on a Slim ROM (which was giving me problem as well; Great Rom but it just recently kept crashing.)
I already tripped knox forsure ..... and dont care..... i wanted to get it on a stock kernel by unrooting (Wasnt as brillant as I thought)
Don't even know if thats it possible (If it is show me the promise land! :angel: I wanted root again so I could get triangle away working on root.
However that is how I got here. So getting my phone operational would be a win, start; challenge accepted! :good:
s4 problems unite
daniel4653 said:
You have to wipe data to get it to boot. This will wipe EVERYTHING on internal memory. Or you could reroot and install install recovery over Odin and boot into recovery and wipe data which will be like wiping to do a clean Install for custom ROM install. Which wknr wipe everything. Once it boots up apply the stock unrooted tar via Odin with a COMPUTER.
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Oh and I dont mind if it deletes the internal memory..... I live on my external brah. :cyclops:
Then if your phone is still stuck right now, boot into stock recovery and perform a factory reset and it should boot up. drink up!
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ruh roh.
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Then if your phone is still stuck right now, boot into stock recovery and perform a factory reset and it should boot up. drink up!
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How would i go about that ? How do i get into stock recovery? (Magical Recovery Combo GIVE ME THE SECRET! )
I cant boot into customer recovery mode(Volume UP+ Power +Home.. Combo...phone shuts off when i do that)
I can only get download mode.
Its only volume down and power when the phone is shut off.
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