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Root samsung galaxy s 4

Hi there
I just tried to root my samsung galaxy s4.
I tried the Odin Way it looks like my phone is rooted but when I run application that needs root access then nothing happens
Also when I run root checker then its checking in checking in checking in checking in checking in checking but nothing happened
does anyone have the same or a solution
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Have you installed the superSU app from Play ?
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No it came with odin.
When ik rooted the phone i got the message passed in odin
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AppO said:
No it came with odin.
When ik rooted the phone i got the message passed in odin
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Oke, i had to install it manualy after flashing the file from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2255190. CF-Auto-Root only works for the MDM rom, all ME ones and newer need the file in the link. You are probably not rooted.

Wijchen one
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AppO said:
Wijchen one
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What do you mean? can you open a app that requires root, open it and then does the superuser window pop up to ask for permissions?

It want workshop. I get a message after a while but nothing happens.
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AppO said:
It want workshop. I get a message after a while but nothing happens.
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Flash the modified CF Auto root file from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2255190, unzip it and flash it with Odin that will install root. Install the superSU app afterwards from Play.

It wont work. in odin i get the message passed but when i open superUS i get the mesage there no SU binatie installed en supeSU connot instal this
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Flash the modified CF Auto root file from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2255190, unzip it and flash it with Odin that will install root. Install the superSU app afterwards from Play.
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AppO said:
It wont work. in odin i get the message passed but when i open superUS i get the mesage there no SU binatie installed en supeSU connot instal this
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Try flashing this superuser zip from clockworkmod, it also includes the required binaries
http://downloads.clockworkmod.com/superuser/superuser.zip

Not installed CWR yet
droidiser said:
Try flashing this superuser zip from clockworkmod, it also includes the required binaries
http://downloads.clockworkmod.com/superuser/superuser.zip
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AppO said:
It wont work. in odin i get the message passed but when i open superUS i get the mesage there no SU binatie installed en supeSU connot instal this
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Here is the link http://d-h.st/Cda , extract it and flash with Odin. Read the whole OP here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2255190 first.

didi this a few times and now Odin get the message Fail. i use odin3 V3.7
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Here is the link http://d-h.st/Cda , extract it and flash with Odin. Read the whole OP here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2255190 first.
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AppO said:
didi this a few times and now Odin get the message Fail. i use odin3 V3.7
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3.07 doesn`t work for some reason, use 3.04 from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1168422&d=1341114468.

Yes it worked for me.
For today you are my Hero.
gee2012 said:
3.07 doesn`t work for some reason, use 3.04 from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1168422&d=1341114468.
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AppO said:
Yes it worked for me.
For today you are my Hero.
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Thank the ones that help you by pressing the thanks button Glad it worked out for you.

[Q] SPH-L720 stuck in Kies Recovery mode

Hi friends,
I had bought Sprint Galaxy S4 SPH-L720 and i tried to unlock to us world gsm sim card
i this process i lock my phone to kies recovery mode
And i tries to recover from kies which ask for S/N no which i don't know.
And also tried via ODIN With stock MF9 F.W it give a error of (There is no pit partition)
Do any one any idea to solve this issue
Please help...................................:crying:

i found this pit file... not sure if it will help
http://www.sxtpdevelopers.com/showthread.php?t=235

I tried it no luck
I tried it no luck

What window version you running? Odin version? What mf9 firmware did you download? And more info on the error you get on odin plz.
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ROMANTiC KiD said:
What window version you running? Odin version? What mf9 firmware did you download? And more info on the error you get on odin plz.
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Window 7 odin 3.0 above SPR-L720VPUAMF9-20130626162512.zip only one error in odin (Their is no pit partition)
thank you.

vikramanananda said:
Window 7 odin 3.0 above SPR-L720VPUAMF9-20130626162512.zip only one error in odin (Their is no pit partition)
thank you.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2375523
If you downloaded from that thread (which I pressume you did) you need to extract the file from that zip file. You should get a file with .tar.md5 extension. Just odin that. If you get any error just delete the .md5 extension and leave it with the .tar extension.
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ROMANTiC KiD said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2375523
If you downloaded from that thread (which I pressume you did) you need to extract the file from that zip file. You should get a file with .tar.md5 extension. Just odin that. If you get any error just delete the .md5 extension and leave it with the .tar extension.
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Do ^that^ just make sure you don't have 'repartition' checked!

leaderbuilder said:
Do ^that^ just make sure you don't have 'repartition' checked!
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Hi i tried to download from the link but download stop at 1058 mb i dont why
i tried 3 times from morning
please can u post another link other then hotfile
thanks

vikramanananda said:
Hi i tried to download from the link but download stop at 1058 mb i dont why
i tried 3 times from morning
please can u post another link other then hotfile
thanks
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http://premium.caribe.net/~makpr/Odin Firmwares/MF9/
Here a link @makpr provided. Just download the zip file and extract whats inside. Get the .tar.md5 and odin that. Again if you get any error just delete the .md5 extension.
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Thanks man
i will download and try to recover fro odin
and i will let u know the result
thanks you once again

vikramanananda said:
Thanks man
i will download and try to recover fro odin
and i will let u know the result
thanks you once again
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Your welcome. Btw if you are able to recover back to stock and the phone gets stuck at sprint boot then just turn off your phone, go to recovery (you should have stock recovery now) and just do a factory reset. Then reboot then you should be fine.
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ROMANTiC KiD said:
Your welcome. Btw if you are able to recover back to stock and the phone gets stuck at sprint boot then just turn off your phone, go to recovery (you should have stock recovery now) and just do a factory reset. Then reboot then you should be fine.
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Hi
I had managed to download the files
But still i am getting the same error THERE is no PIT partition
Pls i don't know what to do
And one more think how to find the S/N of sprint S4 phone
which i can't find in my SPRINT S4
Thanks
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vikramanananda said:
Hi
I had managed to download the files
But still i am getting the same error THERE is no PIT partition
Pls i don't know what to do
And one more think how to find the S/N of sprint S4 phone
which i can't find in my SPRINT S4
Thanks
Note: I Have attached the screen shot of odin error
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Try deleting the .md5 extension and also only have auto reboot check
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ROMANTiC KiD said:
Try deleting the .md5 extension and also only have auto reboot check
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I did try that to no luck
if possible to recover from kies software

vikramanananda said:
I did try that to no luck
if possible to recover from kies software
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Try this link http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23060877489997319 it's a mf9 tar of you have problems flashing delete the .md5 extension and make sure only auto reboot is selected.
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vikramanananda said:
I did try that to no luck
if possible to recover from kies software
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Yeah its possible to restore with kies but unfortunately i dont know the steps towards that because i do it by odin. But try rebooting your computer sometimes that works and use other usb ports
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ROMANTiC KiD said:
Yeah its possible to restore with kies but unfortunately i dont know the steps towards that because i do it by odin. But try rebooting your computer sometimes that works and use other usb ports
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Boss i did it
I have uninstalled the kies and tried to recover from odin it worked fine
thank you for your help

vikramanananda said:
Boss i did it
I have uninstalled the kies and tried to recover from odin it worked fine
thank you for your help
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Well that awesome to hear! Tell us your ways on how you got this working just incase someone has the same problem
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ROMANTiC KiD said:
Well that awesome to hear! Tell us your ways on how you got this working just incase someone has the same problem
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I did uninstall kies & samsung usb drivers from computer and restart my computer to
install new samsung drivers from samsung site and connected my s4 and recoverd from odin that it
I am back on track my s4 working stock mf9 firmware.
thank you for your support.

vikramanananda said:
I did uninstall kies & samsung usb drivers from computer and restart my computer to
install new samsung drivers from samsung site and connected my s4 and recoverd from odin that it
I am back on track my s4 working stock mf9 firmware.
thank you for your support.
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Using the back USB ports on my desktop instead of the front ones finally allowed me to unbrick my phone. I was getting a similar message about the PIT mapping and finally found this information, that got me past the error.

[Q] Reverting from CyanogenMOD back to stock touchwiz?

So, not TOO long ago I used the CyanogenMOD installer app to put CyanogenMOD on my Galaxy S4(Sprint).
I've searched all over the place, perhaps I'm just not looking in the right direction.. Now I'm turning to you guys.
While I like CyanogenMOD I really don't feel as if all of the features you give up with stock TouchWIZ is worth it.
I would love to be pointed in the direction on how to revert back to pure stock.

You flash a tw ROM. It really can't get any easier than that.
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daniel4653 said:
You flash a tw ROM. It really can't get any easier than that.
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How do you do that if the phone isn't recognized by ODIN? I installed CM using their auto-installer and now Odin doesn't see it.
My phone wont boot now and I am trying to re-flash stock but I can't find anything but .tar files for ODIN.

Try reinstalling the drivers. There isn't suppose to be anything but tar files for Odin. Like there aren't suppose to be anything but zip files for recoveries.
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daniel4653 said:
Try reinstalling the drivers. There isn't suppose to be anything but tar files for Odin. Like there aren't suppose to be anything but zip files for recoveries.
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Would I be able to do this in Clockwork Recovery? Flashing with ODIN always leaves me with a FAILED since I moved over to Cyanogenmod.

UEGVIRUSXO said:
Would I be able to do this in Clockwork Recovery? Flashing with ODIN always leaves me with a FAILED since I moved over to Cyanogenmod.
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On Odin are you trying to use MF9 or MDL or MDC while it is failing. I think you are trying to Odin an4.2 tar when you were on 4.3 previously which is impossible.
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daniel4653 said:
On Odin are you trying to use MF9 or MDL or MDC while it is failing. I think you are trying to Odin an4.2 tar when you were on 4.3 previously which is impossible.
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Yes, I did OTA the 4.3 update, and yes I was trying to use a 4.2 ROM. If I'm understanding what you're trying to convey correctly.
Right now I'm downloading this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2567353
I shouldn't have any issues in this scenario right? I'm on sprint if that matters at all.

Well there your problem lol. You will be fine flashing that ROM, but didnt you say you wanted to go back to complete stock as in no root? You would need to Odin the MK2 tar to archive that.
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daniel4653 said:
Well there your problem lol. You will be fine flashing that ROM, but didnt you say you wanted to go back to complete stock as in no root? You would need to Odin the MK2 tar to archive that.
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Yeah, it has the MK2 file in the posting, so I should be all set from there on out, right?

It only has a custom debloated ROM in that thread. To get the full stock unroooted MK2 you need the file from this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2601443
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daniel4653 said:
It only has a custom debloated ROM in that thread. To get the full stock unroooted MK2 you need the file from this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2601443
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Well, thank you for your help!

Well you would think so but when I installed CM it changed my device number somehow, or how ever it is recognized in download mode and I can no longer use ODIN. Is there a way to get it back to being recognized?

gpgtp2005 said:
Well you would think so but when I installed CM it changed my device number somehow, or how ever it is recognized in download mode and I can no longer use ODIN. Is there a way to get it back to being recognized?
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Flash a touchwix ROM if possible then try Odin again.
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daniel4653 said:
Flash a touchwix ROM if possible then try Odin again.
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I have tried that already, I managed after some work to get a rom to flash through the recovery but it still isn't recognized through ODIN when in download mode, it is seen when the ROM is active though.

Have you tried to install your Samsung drivers
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daniel4653 said:
Have you tried to install your Samsung drivers
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Yes I have, three times in fact. It's just not seeing the phone as an S4 while in download mode.

That's weird. Try different USB cables and different USB ports
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daniel4653 said:
That's weird. Try different USB cables and different USB ports
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I have tried that as well. I have been trying to find something in the forums but haven't found anything.

sprint s4 probloms

Hello all so I bricked my s4 when trying to flash my modem back to the one I had before.... Well I tryed to fix it after fail after fail well after flashing a pit file it failed but my phone started to boot well I thought was good ... Until I went to use the dailer and nothing showedup' Apollo don't play music, and DSP manager force close... Any ideas how to fix this

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2678871

My bootloader ends with NAE
My baseband version ends with MDC
So my question now is how should I go forward so I don't make it worse
Thanks in advance

So what's the problem now? Seems like your phone is working.
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daniel4653 said:
So what's the problem now? Seems like your phone is working.
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Sorta but not really ... Soft bricked my s4 and then got it alive again some how after using Odin to flash a pit file and it fails but I pulled the battery then it booted up fine .... But my audio, dialer, video player, music player, DSP, manager don't work just force close.....
So I'm afried which file to download and it will cause more damage ..... With my boot and baseband different

Since you're already on NAE bootlaoder which means you have Knox. I would recommend to Odin NAE tar and that should solve all problems. Especially after performing a factory reset.
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Since you're already on NAE bootlaoder which means you have Knox. I would recommend to Odin NAE tar and that should solve all problems. Especially after performing a factory reset.
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OK thank you I will try when I get a chance

Back up any important files and you will have to re root with this method.
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Back up any important files and you will have to re root with this method.
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thank you its back to normal

Lost sound after flashing various modems

I'm baffled and have no idea what to do next
I flashed an mdj modem IIRC, and lost sound.
Running stable CM11
Current modem is MK6 currently.
I tried to flash through Odin back to stock but it failed twice - even though it was for my Rogers device 4.4.2
Im lost
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Anyone know what the solution is?.
Do I need the stock kernel? Do I need to reflash modems?
If not and you guys think I need to Odin to stock can someone link me to the proper file and some steps?
I can't seem to ever get any stock roms to flash in odin
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shawnj0 said:
Anyone know what the solution is?.
Do I need the stock kernel? Do I need to reflash modems?
If not and you guys think I need to Odin to stock can someone link me to the proper file and some steps?
I can't seem to ever get any stock roms to flash in odin
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Odin can be finicky. Try different usb cables and ports. You should be able to get the firmware for your device at sammobile.com
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It's not a connection port issue it's a Fail Auth when the stock firmware is almost done installing
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shawnj0 said:
It's not a connection port issue it's a Fail Auth when the stock firmware is almost done installing
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Yep, try the different cables and ports.
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