[Q] Help updating to 4.4 - Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot

I am currently running 4.3 root SPH-L720, when I try to install the OTA update it says it fails but can work and lose root.
I want to know if go with the update it will unroot, and/or wipe phone or brick.

You have to be on a stock recovery even then it might fail if you have custom apps or mods. Best thing is to Odin NAE tar and re root.
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And this way it will not brick or wipe data
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daniel4653 said:
You have to be on a stock recovery even then it might fail if you have custom apps or mods. Best thing is to Odin NAE tar and re root.
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And this way it will not brick or wipe data
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Completely agree with Daniel, he has given excellent advice!

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[q] help unroot and revert to stock

i need unroot and revert to stock recovery and rom and then update to lastest stock everything. anyone help me out with this? where to begin?
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Hint. Odin MJA.
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i have. i have found how to unroot tmo s4. will that work for me? and i havent found anything on gettin back stock recovery though or what order i need to do this all in. was looking to see if anyone could link a few things that might help...
found this. http://www.androidrootz.com/2013/06/how-to-unroot-unbrick-galaxy-s4.html looks like what im looking for. will it reset everything to a completely new phone? even the stock rom?
Here is a link to the TAR file.
http://www.rwilco12.com/downloads.php?dir=Files/Devices/Samsung Galaxy S4 (SPH-L720)/Stock ROMs/MJA
I don't think you have to reset the binary counter in order to take the OTA.
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This tar will make everything stock. And it will wipe your internal memory. So backup anything important.
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daniel4653 said:
Here is a link to the TAR file.
http://www.rwilco12.com/downloads.php?dir=Files/Devices/Samsung Galaxy S4 (SPH-L720)/Stock ROMs/MJA
I don't think you have to reset the binary counter in order to take the OTA.
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This tar will make everything stock. And it will wipe your internal memory. So backup anything important.
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thank you! thats what i was looking for, everything completely stock, ill reset the binary counter for good measure. and then flash the tar with odin and run the OTA updates. appreciate it

[Q] How to revert from 4.4.2 to 4.2.2

Hello everyone,
I unfortunately installed the OTA US Sprint 4.4.2 update over the weekend, not realizing that it would essentially making it impossible for me to use my most frequented app, Backcountry Navigator (GPS mapping software), due to 4.4.2 not allowing apps to write or read data on a secondary external sd card. The reason being is that with this app, you typically download and store map files, which I previously had around 25 GB saved on my external card. Now with 4.4.2. it's requiring me to use the internal storage. So, this makes the phone useless for my needs. Is there anyway I can revert to 4.2.2 or install a custom rom based on 4.2.2 so that I can regain the app permission of Write_External_Storage?
Sure....just flash Stockist v6...it's mk2.....are you rooted?
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No, phone isn't rooted yet. I'm actually quite new to learning about custom roms - I guess it's time to learn! Thanks for the reply.
chris-allen said:
Sure....just flash Stockist v6...it's mk2.....are you rooted?
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hello. I had upgraded to 4.4 via ota nae. I could revert to 4.3 by Stockist mk2 v6. the problem is that now I have 4.3 but the baseband version appears as nae version of the software and also as nae. any ideas? can now flash it with the stock rom mk2?
Custom roms do not come with modems (baseband) you have to flash that separately. Unknownforce has a thread where all the modems are located.
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but I can now revert to stock rom mk2?
ltindi32 said:
but I can now revert to stock rom mk2?
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Are meaning that you want your baseband to be mk2?
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not. what I want is to put it back to factory
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or whatever. lower it to factory mk2
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not. what I want is to put it back to factory
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or whatever. lower it to factory mk2
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Well once you took that NAE OTA your phone is now stuck there. You can only root it , install custom recovery, and then flash an mk2 based ROM like I think you already have.
But you cannot get your phone back to how it was prior to that update, stock mk2 with no root no custom recovery... Follow me?
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ok. thank you very much
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if you upgrade to 4.4 stock rom again, there will be a way to activate the hotspot?
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ok. thank you very much
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if you upgrade to 4.4 stock rom again, there will be a way to activate the hotspot?
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You'll have to ask someone else or do some searching... I'm usually on my Verizon S4 I'm not 100% with the Sprint one as that's my girls phone.
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ok. thank you very much

[Q] Upgrading from 4.2 to 4.4

My Google powers are wearing out, so I figure I will ask directly.
I am currently rooted, running the stock ROM on my L720. The android version is 4.2.2 and the build is JDQ39.L720VPUAMDL. I want to upgrade to 4.4, but I want to either keep it rooted or be able to reroot the phone.
Currently I can turn on my Hotspot with no additional app. I want to be able to continue using my phone as a HS. This is essential. A functionality my phone doesn't have is the ability to move apps to SD.
Any help or insight would be greatly appreciated. (And I'm sure this question is asked a thousand times a day, but google and search are failing me ) Thank you so much!
Odin NAE tar, root, flash hotspot mod. Done.
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Also this will give you Knox. If you don't want Knox there is a thread to keep your older bootlaoder
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daniel4653 said:
Odin NAE tar, root, flash hotspot mod. Done.
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Also this will give you Knox. If you don't want Knox there is a thread to keep your older bootlaoder
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Is this like Sprint's android version of herpes?
I admit that I am a bit confused. Do I need to unroot my phone before I do this? I hate asking for help, but I really don't want to screw up my hotspot
callysta said:
Is this like Sprint's android version of herpes?
I admit that I am a bit confused. Do I need to unroot my phone before I do this? I hate asking for help, but I really don't want to screw up my hotspot
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Hahah it can be compared to that , although I swear I wouldn't know.
To understand Knox, Google it and read up on it. Its just a Samsung warranty /security thing. Most of us don't care having it or tripping the Knox flag.
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You don't need to unroot to Odin a tar file.
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If you decide you don't want Knox, this would be the thread you want. Follow the directions correctly and you should be up and running. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2277480
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And here is the thread for hotspot mod for NAE odex and deodex.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2653666
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daniel4653 said:
Hahah it can be compared to that , although I swear I wouldn't know.
To understand Knox, Google it and read up on it. Its just a Samsung warranty /security thing. Most of us don't care having it or tripping the Knox flag.
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You don't need to unroot to Odin a tar file.
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If you decide you don't want Knox, this would be the thread you want. Follow the directions correctly and you should be up and running. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2277480
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And here is the thread for hotspot mod for NAE odex and deodex.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2653666
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Wish me luck! I will have to do this during recess tomorrow! I'm a little nervous about bricking my phone
callysta said:
Wish me luck! I will have to do this during recess tomorrow! I'm a little nervous about bricking my phone
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How did it go?
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Not good he can't use his phone to login lol jk

sm-n900v note 3 stock verizon lolipop rom to jasmine v6.1 help

hello all, i have just found out about the new root method for the verizon note 3, i have rooted using team yemen Note 3 Verizon 5.0 ROOT Tool, i fallowed this tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjxIrsfT2Lo&feature=youtu.be for installing the jasmine v6.1 rom, my phone will not boot into recovery after flashing with odin, i had to reflash the stock verizon rom with odin and try again, still not working, can anyone help me out with flashing the jasmine rom?
How did you flash jasmine ?
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davekaz said:
How did you flash jasmine ?
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I flashed jasmine with flash fire . Then i had to flash a partial firmware with odin. After the flash I couldn't enter recovery mode to clear the cash and factory reset it wouldn't boot. So I had to flash the stock Verizon 5.0 rom to get the phone working again
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No don't flash partial. What stage is your phone now
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Are you on 0B6 or 0F1.? Just root reinstall su and busybox . Once that's done download jasmine 6.1 and flash with flashfire. .then it takes a long time booting with 4 icons across screen. Be patient. Then you could have fun
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No don't flash partial. What stage is your phone now
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Are you on 0B6 or 0F1.? Just root reinstall su and busybox . Once that's done download jasmine 6.1 and flash with flashfire. .then it takes a long time booting with 4 icons across screen. Be patient. Then you could have fun
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I went back to stock.
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Ok. 0B6 firmware?
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If your in Verizon account update should come right away
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davekaz said:
Ok. 0B6 firmware?
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If your in Verizon account update should come right away
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No the OF1 version
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Good. Did you download 6.1
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davekaz said:
Good. Did you download 6.1
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Yes I have 6.1
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Ok. Root su busybox flash with flashfire. Long wait don't freak and it should go to set up
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davekaz said:
Ok. Root su busybox flash with flashfire. Long wait don't freak and it should go to set up
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its just frozen on the samsung boot screen, on the bottom is an unlocked lock icon that says custom
Pull battery reboot
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davekaz said:
Pull battery reboot
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tried that, let it sit for like 5 minutes on the boot screen, never changes
That's not good. Can you reboot into recovery and clear cache?
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That partial firmware screws things up. You might have to odin recovery tar for 0f1
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Even after you Odin stock ..I seen this before where it won't come out of custom screen
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davekaz said:
That's not good. Can you reboot into recovery and clear cache?
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That partial firmware screws things up. You might have to odin recovery tar for 0f1
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yes i can boot to recovery, should i wipe data/factory reset to?
No. Not after flashing jasmine. Could get into trouble. Just cach
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davekaz said:
No. Not after flashing jasmine. Could get into trouble. Just cach
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okay its still not booting, im going to flash the factory rom back to the phone with odin for the 4 time lol and i guess ill find a better way to install jasmine, my guess is either i have a corrupt .zip or something weird is going on with flashfire, or the way i rooted this phone is causing conflicts
Well I've been there. At least you can get back to stock now and root it....I helped another guy where he could not get out of custom boot screen
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3338506
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davekaz said:
Well I've been there. At least you can get back to stock now and root it....I helped another guy where he could not get out of custom boot screen
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3338506
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davekaz, can you give me the exact tutorial you used to get jasmine v6.1 installed on the verizon note 3, my note 3 has the OF1 firmware, could you tell me what version of flashfire you used ? its bugging me that i cant get this installed, when some people can
V0.30 I think flashfire..Do you have verizon account? I allowed people to get files from my dropbox but now they limited my account.. have you been on rooted 5 for a bit? Jasmine is no big difference except for xposed
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And they are in the midst of unlocking the phone so maybe just enjoy being rooted have you seen the thread for xposed? If you can put that on its the same as jasmine...I gave you all the steps earlier. .the only I could think of...can you screenshot your phone settings after you root and all?
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Just Rooted 5.0/Jasmine, now I wanna go back.

The Jasmine mod makes it so I cannot play the only game I use this phone for. How do I go about removing the Jasmine mod completely so I can return to my game? I'm downloading the OB6 stock firmware and I plan on flashing that with Odin in a minute. Will that do the trick?
Yes. But need to update to 0F1
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Then Yemen hat trick
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