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Hi everyone,
I Want to roll back to the stock firmware... So a friend a mine is coming this evening, and he hasnt flashed his phone. So my question is, how can I flash his firmware on my phone?
TIA
hiraj

there is no need to... just download stock firmware from samsungfirmwareworld.com and flash with odin or try this...it worked for me..
1. connect ur fone with kies...
2. open regedit.
3.[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Samsung\Kies\DeviceDB\X]
"SoftwareRevision"="I9000DDJF3/I9000ODDJF3/I9000DDJF3/I9000DDJF3"
"ProductCode"="GT-I9000HKAINU"
"HIDSWVER"="I9000DDJF3/I9000ODDJF3/I9000DDJF3/I9000DDJF3"
"DEVCONINFO"=""
X = Device Number
4. then when you go back to kies and update firmware.. u will c upgrade option turned on.. just press it and u r back on original...

I know i did that before but I want to roll back to the real stock Ifi sell my phone my customer won't be satisfied since it s kinda unofficial
Does any one know how I can save the rom?
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

Ok I tried what you d said but unfortunately it didnt work, (i think because i have a european i9000)
Does anyone have a suggestion how I can get back to the original Dutch stock rom with the telegraaf app and fileindex app?

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tonyjansen said:
You may want to look into using ROM manager on your friends phone to make a backup and then do a restore on your phone using the same program. Mind you: I don't know the implications considering serial numbers, product numbers and IMEI of using this route. Maybe someone else can chime in on that and be of help.
Good luck (and who reads De Telegraaf anyway )
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First of all thanks for your tip! I hope someone else can add some more info about the implications.
And I dont read the telegraaf XD but I want to roll back to my original rom, my gps sucks right now, and with the original dutch firmware it worked great :S
I still think there must be a way to get the original dutch firmware through KIES with the right changes in Regedit can someone confirm this???

[Q] Need "Infomation" for "Solution"

Hello everyone,
Down below you will see the attachments, it's from my phone Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-I9500. I still have problem with it... can't make any call... though the easiest solution that Samsung service told me is to change the board, but...paying 200 US.Dollars is not a happy moment I think...so, I just wanna make sure that there is no other solution for this problem... so please, give me some more info...
The phone is root now... on stock firmware, can connect to WiFi but can't make any call... will pop-up "Not registered on network" the Samsung technician told me that one of the shop that I sent my phone to repair must have erased the EFS from my phone. He said in that EFS there's a thing he call "CAL" which can make the phone can make call normally. I'm not sure what this "CAL" is and I don't know if there's anything can build new "CAL" for my phone...
I searched on my phone and found this "cal_data.bin" in folder data with RootExplorer... which I really don't know what it is... is it something relevant to the "CAL" the Samsung guy told me???...
If you know what this means please, share with me... Thank you so much for your interests. :good:
Best regards,
Angel S.

Have you tried a stock ROM? Or on what ROM are you on?
What I suggest (if everything else fails) is to install a stock ROM (maybe use Triangle Away to clear all signs of 'underground' installs), and send the phone for repair. I don't see why they ask you to pay, as the phone should be in warranty..

okty2k said:
Have you tried a stock ROM? Or on what ROM are you on?
What I suggest (if everything else fails) is to install a stock ROM (maybe use Triangle Away to clear all signs of 'underground' installs), and send the phone for repair. I don't see why they ask you to pay, as the phone should be in warranty..
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Dude 9500 has no triangle away and his phone is rooted, so obviously he must pay because no warranty left
Sent from my iPotato

You are right, I did not knew 9500 has no working TA.
Anyway, as far as I know, if you download and install any official firmware, this will reset the binary counter. You can find your exact firmware on sammobile.com

okty2k said:
You are right, I did not knew 9500 has no working TA.
Anyway, as far as I know, if you download and install any official firmware, this will reset the binary counter. You can find your exact firmware on sammobile.com
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Its reset the device status from custom the official, but sadly samsung has an binary counter reader to read the hidden partition that an end user can't read ~_~
Sent from my iPotato

end of story then...
Well, just like that... So, my phone is not in warranty... means I have to pay if there is really no solution...
Now... anyone has some idea to save my money??...

[Q] i337M Wifi/Network problems after flashing back to factory rom in ODIN

Can anyone Help me out here or try and lead me in the correct direction? So I tried to flash my Galaxy S4 i337M on BELL back to factory in odin. I used the I337MVLUAMDJ_I337MOYAAMDJ_I337MVLUAMDJ_HOME.tar.md5 But after flashing and booting up the phone Wi-Fi no longer works along with the phone either says "emergency calls only" or different SIM errors. I'm 100% sure the SIM works perfect I tested it in both or my other phones my Blackberry 9300 and my galaxy S3 and no problems. I have also downloaded that same bell rom from 3 different locations to see if rom downloaded incorrectly. The Phone is also rooted and has the philz_touch_5.18.2-jfltecan.tar.md5 recovery. Any help would be much appreciated.

vipergeis said:
Can anyone Help me out here or try and lead me in the correct direction? So I tried to flash my Galaxy S4 i337M on BELL back to factory in odin. I used the I337MVLUAMDJ_I337MOYAAMDJ_I337MVLUAMDJ_HOME.tar.md5 But after flashing and booting up the phone Wi-Fi no longer works along with the phone either says "emergency calls only" or different SIM errors. I'm 100% sure the SIM works perfect I tested it in both or my other phones my Blackberry 9300 and my galaxy S3 and no problems. I have also downloaded that same bell rom from 3 different locations to see if rom downloaded incorrectly. The Phone is also rooted and has the philz_touch_5.18.2-jfltecan.tar.md5 recovery. Any help would be much appreciated.
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cant say about the wifi issue, im having my own issues too..but download and flash the correct or compatible kernel for that rom .. that usually fixes sim errors or no signal

Do you have Knox issued in download mode? If so, you need to install 4.3 firmware only

SaHiLzZ said:
Do you have Knox issued in download mode? If so, you need to install 4.3 firmware only
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How can I tell if Knox is issued?

vipergeis said:
How can I tell if Knox is issued?
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I found this....
knox kernal lock: 0x0
knox warranty void : 0x1
does this mean it is issued?

vipergeis said:
I found this....
knox kernal lock: 0x0
knox warranty void : 0x1
does this mean it is issued?
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Means you tripped knox. Warranty is now void, and knox itself cannot be used, which has some corporate implications, but if you dont use active sync then it doesn't matter. Now that youve done that, enjoy flashing whatever you want. Cf auto root will give you root, then id install clockworkmod myself via rom manager, and look for a rom to flash. If you wanna keep stock can use xposed to tweak.
Sent from my SGH-I337M

lojak29 said:
cant say about the WiFi issue, I'm having my own issues too..but download and flash the correct or compatible kernel for that ROM .. that usually fixes Sim errors or no signal
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so last night i flashed the bell 4.3 ROM and WiFi did start working. I do have signal however I'm still getting a unregistered Sim error. is there any kernel you would recommend? I'm willing to try anything at this point. I bought this phone and not more then a few days after getting it I screw my self out of using it.

vipergeis said:
so last night i flashed the bell 4.3 ROM and WiFi did start working. I do have signal however I'm still getting a unregistered Sim error. is there any kernel you would recommend? I'm willing to try anything at this point. I bought this phone and not more then a few days after getting it I screw my self out of using it.
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If you flashed the stock rom, you'll already have the stock kernel. Did you perform factory resets after you flashed stock? You'll want to, i find it help. If you flashed back to odin with stock, and didn't unlock at some point, should auto assign apn, etc.
Can you confirm eimi and apn are correct? Did you clean flash? Wiping davlik, cache, and factory reset?
Sent from my SGH-I337M

So guys i figured out my problem..... Which really sucks... so I bought this phone off of kijiji. the reason why my phone shows up as unrecognized sim is because apparently the phone is stolen.... after just getting off the phone with bell I found this out. so I'm out $450 bucks... I don't know if its possible but is there maybe anyway for me to revive this phone still? change the imei # maybe? idk...

You could unlock it i suppose and use on another carrier, you'd need to purchase a new sim or get one on a plan from a new carrier, unless it gets listed somehow. Not much experience with stolen handset. Maybe go back thru kijiji support and push for a refund.
Sent from my SGH-I337M

azuziel said:
You could unlock it i suppose and use on another carrier, you'd need to purchase a new sim or get one on a plan from a new carrier, unless it gets listed somehow. Not much experience with stolen handset. Maybe go back thru kijiji support and push for a refund.
Sent from my SGH-I337M
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I don't really wanna put anymore money into this phone if unlocking it doesn't work. and I tried to get a hold of the guy that sold the galaxy to me but no such luck. I think I just have a mini tablet on my hands? either that or a paper weight.

Sim card is like 50 bucks at most. Id unlock it (understand you'll lose LTE) and use a sim from another carrier. Can get them for travel or even online.
Sent from my SGH-I337M

azuziel said:
Sim card is like 50 bucks at most. Id unlock it (understand you'll lose LTE) and use a sim from another carrier. Can get them for travel or even online.
Sent from my SGH-I337M
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Ill get it unlocked later today just phoned around someone will unlock it for $40. so ill give it a try. I will message back later with the results.

vipergeis said:
Ill get it unlocked later today just phoned around someone will unlock it for $40. so ill give it a try. I will message back later with the results.
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. I would unlock, and see if you can borrow a friends sim on a different carrier to make a few calls. If it works, try and get the new carrier to sell you a SIM. they may or may not, depends if the device comes back stolen for them too.
there are guides here you can use to unlock. Usually just a code and combination of presses to unlock. Don't need to pay for it. Search out a few guides. Isn't all that hard, and theres a few apps that do it too.

azuziel said:
. I would unlock, and see if you can borrow a friends sim on a different carrier to make a few calls. If it works, try and get the new carrier to sell you a SIM. they may or may not, depends if the device comes back stolen for them too.
there are guides here you can use to unlock. Usually just a code and combination of presses to unlock. Don't need to pay for it. Search out a few guides. Isn't all that hard, and theres a few apps that do it too.
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so just as you recommended I went on you tube and found a free way to unlock my phone. but even after unlocking it and using both a valid Koodo and Fido sims from my friends neither of them worked. both left with the same problem "unregistered sim / emergency calls only" So is there any real way to get my phone fixed? I dont think its possible to change the IMEI? not to imagine that its probably not legal... Any idea if I was to get a smashed s4 even if it was the i337M and say it was the US i337main motherboard would swapping it work?

Firmware Cross-compatibility

was just wondering... since G900I and G900F have the same specs would it work if i flash the G900I firmware onto a G900F handset? just asking because i live in australia and i have the european handset G900F

p2nv said:
was just wondering... since G900I and G900F have the same specs would it work if i flash the G900I firmware onto a G900F handset? just asking because i live in australia and i have the european handset G900F
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I think you have to take the lead, bro. Try it and share us with your result as it seems to me noone has done this before.

babygau said:
I think you have to take the lead, bro. Try it and share us with your result as it seems to me noone has done this before.
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im just a little worried if anything could go wrong. i mean i have backed up everything... EFS, nandroid backup etc.
So worst case scenario it just wont boot yeh? i can install a G900F stock rom back on through odin and everything will be ok?

You will never know mate. The worst case is your device will be bricked ? it all depends on your nerve mate. There are still chances you could restore your bricked phone to normal by using odin, make sure you have a back up of your stock rom
My advice is to use custom rom

babygau said:
You will never know mate. The worst case is your device will be bricked ? it all depends on your nerve mate. There are still chances you could restore your bricked phone to normal by using odin, make sure you have a back up of your stock rom
My advice is to use custom rom
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I tried it tonight. wouldnt allow the installation. must detect a different variant through odin. I did restore my backup.
Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk

p2nv said:
I tried it tonight. wouldnt allow the installation. must detect a different variant through odin. I did restore my backup.
Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk
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only thing that is pissing me off is that I think my handset got shipped with a faulty gps module and now that my knox counter is 1 my warranty is void. so basically everything on my phone works except for gps
Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk

That sucks. I feel for you bro. But just to make sure it is defective. Flash the original region of your phone brand to test before jumping to that unfortunate conclusion

I live in australia and I bought a g900f which I believe is for uk or europe. For australia its g900i and I cannot install the firmware onto g900f. But when I installed gps toolbox it didn't even give me anything. I can understand its one thing to take a long time to get a lock but not seeing any satellites at all is another thing. Ive tried around 10 different gps.conf files designed for australia satellites
Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk

p2nv said:
I live in australia and I bought a g900f which I believe is for uk or europe. For australia its g900i and I cannot install the firmware onto g900f. But when I installed gps toolbox it didn't even give me anything. I can understand its one thing to take a long time to get a lock but not seeing any satellites at all is another thing. Ive tried around 10 different gps.conf files designed for australia satellites
Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk
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Ok, you can do it.
I intended to test it myself first coz I wanted to flash G900F on my G900I in reverse.
Now it's impossible for me coz unfortunately I have been ended up with downloading corrupted firmware due to unreliable internet connection (5 times 2day so far)
If you're desparate to flash G900I, you MUST back up your current firmware PIT file. In case you fail to flash G900I firmware, that PIT file will be used along with your stock firmware to recover your phone to its pristine state.
To do it, please follow this guide , if you're using G900I 16Gb, you could download the PIT file from the OP immediately.
Hope it could help you, please let me know with your attempt. I'd like to help you out in case any thing goes wrong with your phone

babygau said:
Ok, you can do it.
I intended to test it myself first coz I wanted to flash G900F on my G900I in reverse.
Now it's impossible for me coz unfortunately I have been ended up with downloading corrupted firmware due to unreliable internet connection (5 times 2day so far)
If you're desparate to flash G900I, you MUST back up your current firmware PIT file. In case you fail to flash G900I firmware, that PIT file will be used along with your stock firmware to recover your phone to its pristine state.
To do it, please follow this guide , if you're using G900I 16Gb, you could download the PIT file from the OP immediately.
Hope it could help you, please let me know with your attempt. I'd like to help you out in case any thing goes wrong with your phone
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ok, so here is the update. since installing G900I firmware failed through odin due to bootloader incompatibility i managed to install it through mobile odin. worked like a charm and even had the telstra bootanimation lol. wifi, bluetooth and everything seemed to be working fine. however my gps is still not working and the G900I seems to have the same gps.conf file as the euro version. i definately believe my gps module is either faulty or not connected to the board properly. is there any app that can tell if the gps module is even there or turned on as no one else is having this problem.

p2nv said:
ok, so here is the update. since installing G900I firmware failed through odin due to bootloader incompatibility i managed to install it through mobile odin. worked like a charm and even had the telstra bootanimation lol. wifi, bluetooth and everything seemed to be working fine. however my gps is still not working and the G900I seems to have the same gps.conf file as the euro version. i definately believe my gps module is either faulty or not connected to the board properly. is there any app that can tell if the gps module is even there or turned on as no one else is having this problem.
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I'm glad you could pull it off
I think you should send your phone to your carrier customer service, they will sort out your gps issue

babygau said:
I'm glad you could pull it off
I think you should send your phone to your carrier customer service, they will sort out your gps issue
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how? my knox counter is 0x1
i rang samsung service centre today and they said no because you have tripped knox. i even offered to pay for them to fix the gps module and they said no. i was like wtf?

p2nv said:
how? my knox counter is 0x1
i rang samsung service centre today and they said no because you have tripped knox. i even offered to pay for them to fix the gps module and they said no. i was like wtf?
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Call them again, said you don't know anything but GPS is faulty
Try this link as well: http://cybersvc2.samsungcsportal.com/cyberservice/csc/account/login01.jsp?locale_id=au_nz

babygau said:
Call them again, said you don't know anything but GPS is faulty
Try this link as well: http://cybersvc2.samsungcsportal.com/cyberservice/csc/account/login01.jsp?locale_id=au_nz
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they said i couldnt anyway because i bought phone from kogan. they said i have to go through kogan.
i can't remember if gps was working before i rooted phone. couldn't have been because everyone else running alliance rom said they havent got problems with gps so it must be a fault unit. im going to take it to a phone repair shop and see if they can fix the gps module.

Fingerprint Not Responding

I updated my SmG935a to the latest firmware (pl2) via Odin, and when my phone booted up, I got a message saying that my "fingerprint scanner is not responding try again later" I've tried everything. Hopefully someone knows what is happening I really want that feature back. PLEASE HELP!!!!!!

To elaborate more, I am fully stock and on a clean factory reset state. If I need to get my phone replaced, does anybody know if I would get a new or refurbished one? I really don't want to give up my new phone for some refurbished one because the software broke

RileyIssKing said:
To elaborate more, I am fully stock and on a clean factory reset state. If I need to get my phone replaced, does anybody know if I would get a new or refurbished one? I really don't want to give up my new phone for some refurbished one because the software broke
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If you are fully stock, unrooted. Clean flash. And the problem still persists. You could try a custom rom. See if the problem is still there. If it is. Go back to stock unrooted and claim your warranty.
Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk

Michel habets said:
If you are fully stock, unrooted. Clean flash. And the problem still persists. You could try a custom rom. See if the problem is still there. If it is. Go back to stock unrooted and claim your warranty.
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Would my warranty replace my phone with a brand new one? What custom roms would you suggest? I know that there is very little development for the AT&T version and I would get cyanogen but I don't believe it's exists for my phone yet. Anything helps! THANKS!!!

RileyIssKing said:
Would my warranty replace my phone with a brand new one? What custom roms would you suggest? I know that there is very little development for the AT&T version and I would get cyanogen but I don't believe it's exists for my phone yet. Anything helps! THANKS!!!
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Your bootloader is locked. So that would mean you can't get a custom rom. You could however go back to a previous version of stock firmware. Install that one. And see upon setup if the fingerprint my works when setting up the lock screen. If it doesn't respond it's probably a hardware fault.
Would you get a new or refurbished one. Don't know. Call Sammy and ask
Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk

Michel habets said:
Your bootloader is locked. So that would mean you can't get a custom rom. You could however go back to a previous version of stock firmware. Install that one. And see upon setup if the fingerprint my works when setting up the lock screen. If it doesn't respond it's probably a hardware fault.
Would you get a new or refurbished one. Don't know. Call Sammy and ask
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Thank you. I do not believe i can downgrade firmwares because the latest update updated the bootloader to rev4...

Michel habets said:
Your bootloader is locked. So that would mean you can't get a custom rom. You could however go back to a previous version of stock firmware. Install that one. And see upon setup if the fingerprint my works when setting up the lock screen. If it doesn't respond it's probably a hardware fault.
Would you get a new or refurbished one. Don't know. Call Sammy and ask
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So I went to best buy where they had a Samsung center and the guy three ran a diagnostic and he got nothing wiring with the device and refused to let me have my phone replaced under a warranty. Should I try the AT&T store?

RileyIssKing said:
So I went to best buy where they had a Samsung center and the guy three ran a diagnostic and he got nothing wiring with the device and refused to let me have my phone replaced under a warranty. Should I try the AT&T store?
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If Knox has not been tripped. So of it says 0x0 instead of 0x1. And you are in your warranty period. Then you should do a clean install. Totally clean. Just to be sure. Remove the SD card. And try again. If it still says failed. Then I should contact the retail store where you got it. If device says faulty finger print sensor I would get it fixed. u bought a expensive phone. It should work. An error is en error for a reason.
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