Philz Recovery MF9 bootloader and was on a stock rooted MK2 ROM. Going to be selling the phone so I wanted to reset it and bam it went into some upgrade looking android screen and then rebooted in my ROM but now on MK2 bootloader.
Is that right? Did my phone try to do the OTA update and fail but my bootloader updated?
Thanks
Sounds possible.
But if you're now on MK2 and you want to sell it, you can just use the MK2 .tar and Odin it to completely wipe everything.
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I am currently rooted, safestrap, and running Hyperdrive 3. To get to an MJE based rom can I just flash the MJE Tar in odin or do I need to remove safestrap, flash stock MJ7, then flash MJE?
The full MJE tar will be fine. It'll flash the newest radios, upgrade the kernel and newest firmware. You can then simply re-root and ROM away. You don't NEED to be on MJ7. It'll probably be best to do a factory reset after flashing MJE in ODIN after the phone boots up the first time. I've noticed ODIN doesn't always remove data or added system files previously in the folder. Not sure if ODIN flashes /userdata.img
carlz28 said:
The full MJE tar will be fine. It'll flash the newest radios, upgrade the kernel and newest firmware. You can then simply re-root and ROM away. You don't NEED to be on MJ7. It'll probably be best to do a factory reset after flashing MJE in ODIN after the phone boots up the first time. I've noticed ODIN doesn't always remove data or added system files previously in the folder. Not sure if ODIN flashes /userdata.img
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Yeah I almost always clean flash so in this case it is a no brainer. Thanks for the info
Hello everyone I have a weird issue here and I am in need of some help. I was running a stock MK2 rooted rom, with the modem/firmware MK2 with the MF9 bootloader. When the first NAE (4.4) ROM popped up I decided to give it a try and installed it without getting the NAE modem first. The ROM wouldn't get past the splash screen and other users experienced this too, I figured I should get the NAE modem so I installed it and rebooted hoping it would get past the splash screen. I came to a conclusion that it probably isnt going to work right now so I did a nandroid restore back to my stock MK2 ROM. Upon booting it up I had no data, signal bars with a red X and in About Device section it says baseband unknown and in the status section everything is unknown or has no field. I thought my modem was broken so I tried a 4.4 kitkat ROM OctOS which worked perfectly and I got signal on that ROM. So this brings to me another hypothesis that my modem is fine as I could make calls and what not, no issues. However I tried reinstalling stock MK2 and for some reason I get no signal...
I am not sure whats going on here, I tried a MF9 Stock Tar and formatted the whole phone, tried installing MK2 and MF9 modem and I get no signal on the stock MK2 ROM. I am a little lost here and asking the XDA community for help, I really want to go back to my old setup. Please help me out here.
My situation is kinda similar to yours. I also had no service and got an Unknown baseband message in Settings when I went from stock rooted MK2 (with stock MK2 kernel and MF9 bootloader) to the new NAE ROM and NAE baseband.
I suspect that NAE requires a Knox bootloader for service to work.
Anyhow, to go back to a fully functional MK2 state, here's what I did:
1. Restored my MK2 Nandroid using Philz's recovery.
2. Booted directly into Download mode from Philz and flashed back the MK2 modem with Odin 3.07.
3. Rebooted phone and everything fully works again.
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modem didn't stick maybe?
Had issues playing with the new modem and nae ROMs. Unknown baseband and no days. Even a ##72786# led to a blank screen with no option to reset. So I played around with different install techniques and got a ROM to fully function.
Unknownforces stock rooted nae. From android development forum.
1. Clean to install new ROM using Philz 6.0.8.9(what I used) said any can be used
2. Even of you have already flashed new modern do it again now
A. Power completely off
B. Go into download mode
C. Odin new NAE modem(auto reboot and freset unchecked)
D. After Pass reboot into recovery
3. Clean wipe for new install
4. Install unknown forces ROM
5. Reboot and enjoy data working and WiFi working
Im trying to go back to stock.. im using odin 3.09 and ive flashed \I337UCUAMDL_I337ATTAMDL_I337UCUAMDL_HOME.tar.md5
I had twrp installed and Slimkat which i used for over 6 months.. I forgot that i updated to the latest radio .. NI1 I believe.. would ths make the phone hang and sit at the att screen?
If this is why im having issues.. what can i do?
Flash NB1 first and then flash back to MDL if you want. Tell me if it worked
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Flash NB1 first and then flash back to MDL if you want. Tell me if it worked
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On a SGH-1337? Will NB1 lock my bootloader? I dont see NB1 on sammobile.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2616221 use this thread yes it will lock your bootloader. In the thread is all things you need
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On a SGH-1337? Will NB1 lock my bootloader? I dont see NB1 on sammobile.
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Do NOT flash NB1. KEEP MDL. NB1 WILL LOCK YOU FROM SLIMKAT AND ANYTHING.
Make sure you wiped data in recovery before you tried booting. The modem would mess it up but it should have been flashed over with the full tar. Just try wiping in the stock recovery first.
Sent from my SGH-I337
DeadlySin9 said:
Do NOT flash NB1. KEEP MDL. NB1 WILL LOCK YOU FROM SLIMKAT AND ANYTHING.
Make sure you wiped data in recovery before you tried booting. The modem would mess it up but it should have been flashed over with the full tar. Just try wiping in the stock recovery first.
Sent from my SGH-I337
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Yeah im good to go now.. back on MDL. Thanks
I have the s4 sgh l337 with the mdl bootloader from way back. was running Goldeneye rom and it started giving me issues. so i thought id flash the Albe s6 port rom and thought i needed safestrap for it. so i installed safestrap by installing the apk and busybox and the nc1 flasher and rebooted.
now i get the SYSTEM SOFTWARE NOT AUTHORIZED FOR AT&T and i have no recover either! its the stock recovery and im not sure how i can flash another kernel or recovery back to just reset the whole phone.
any help would be much appreciated
param.006 said:
I have the s4 sgh l337 with the mdl bootloader from way back. was running Goldeneye rom and it started giving me issues. so i thought id flash the Albe s6 port rom and thought i needed safestrap for it. so i installed safestrap by installing the apk and busybox and the nc1 flasher and rebooted.
now i get the SYSTEM SOFTWARE NOT AUTHORIZED FOR AT&T and i have no recover either! its the stock recovery and im not sure how i can flash another kernel or recovery back to just reset the whole phone.
any help would be much appreciated
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If you'd sure you are still on MDL bootloader then you need to odin the stock MDL firmware.
Bear in mind that if your bootloader is no longer MDL then flashing the MDL firmware could trip the knox counter.
Safestrap is for the i337 with newer bootloader. It works on NC1 bootloader as such you need NC1 flasher.
Golden eye has an option to choose between old bootloaders (MDL/MDB) and Safestrap users. Albe S6 port does not appear to have that option.
sway8966 said:
If you'd sure you are still on MDL bootloader then you need to odin the stock MDL firmware.
Bear in mind that if your bootloader is no longer MDL then flashing the MDL firmware could trip the knox counter.
Safestrap is for the i337 with newer bootloader. It works on NC1 bootloader as such you need NC1 flasher.
Golden eye has an option to choose between old bootloaders (MDL/MDB) and Safestrap users. Albe S6 port does not appear to have that option.
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never mind. i had another issue after Odin back to stock but i just had to wipe data/cache through the stock recovery. now good to go!
thanks for the help bro!
param.006 said:
never mind. i had another issue after Odin back to stock but i just had to wipe data/cache through the stock recovery. now good to go!
thanks for the help bro!
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Glad to hear it.
It did happen to me when I odin the MDB firmware on my MDL phone three years back. The MDL firmware I downloaded had checksum error so I had to use the MDB firmware instead.
Hello
I need to sell my S4, and it is rooted. I'd like to do a factory reset on it, but I ask if doing so will lose root. I rooted it back in 2017, so I don't remember what I did to it, but I assume that I unlocked the bootloader so that I could root.
I can erase all data and pictures and apps manually, and leave it clean AND rooted, but I might prefer to do a factory reset. If I lose root, it won't be a big deal since any potential buyer of this phone might not even know what root is.
Thanks and be safe
Rooting the S4 has nothing to do with the bootloader, if you have a custom recovery installed then you're on the MDL or MDB bootloader which is a rare exploited bootloader. If you want to reset the phone, I would use Odin to do it by flashing the stock firmware you're currently on.
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Rooting the S4 has nothing to do with the bootloader, if you have a custom recovery installed then you're on the MDL or MDB bootloader which is a rare exploited bootloader. If you want to reset the phone, I would use Odin to do it by flashing the stock firmware you're currently on.
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Thanks Stoney.. Might you know where I can find the latest stock odin file?
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That depends on your current bootloader. You can flash the one you're on or flash a newer one. You can't flash an older one after a newer one though. Check your bootloader, if you're on MDL then you need the MDL firmware. If you're on anything else aside MDL then you will need other firmware.
Try here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2616221
And
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4/general/s4-unified-guides-collection-t3966126