Is it possible to downgrade to 4.3 - Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot

I bought a s4 and it comes with version 4.4.2. Is it possible to downgrade back to 4.3???
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Odin the 4.3 tar. Your data will be wiped when you flash the tar so backup what you need to hang onto first.

Beezer80 said:
Odin the 4.3 tar. Your data will be wiped when you flash the tar so backup what you need to hang onto first.
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If son rise tool the ota to 4.4.2 or odined 4.4.2 then he CANNOT go back to 4.3 with using Odin.

Yea follow post number 2 if you want a $500.00 plastic brick.. lol

What if he installs a custom recovery then data wipes the phone stock ROM and Odin's the 4.3 tar ?

Where can I find this 4.3 tar. I look everywhere and most of the download links are dead
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Did you even read what @daniel4653 & @Daisflaque posted? You CAN NOT revert back to 4.3 once your on 4.4

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Can't update OTR after flashing back original

I rooted my phone and install a custome rom but today I tried to flash back my original rom I backup and tried to update my phone through kies and it says my firmware can't update due to a change in my firmware. My phone is still rooted and I still have a custome recovery install. Is that causing the problem? Sorry I'm new to all this. Thanks.
shinryu204 said:
I rooted my phone and install a custome rom but today I tried to flash back my original rom I backup and tried to update my phone through kies and it says my firmware can't update due to a change in my firmware. My phone is still rooted and I still have a custome recovery install. Is that causing the problem? Sorry I'm new to all this. Thanks.
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That's exactly the issue. If your device status is listed as modified, then Kies will not work. You basically forfeit your option to update through that program. I think unrooting would help, or just wait and flash the new 4.3 ROM that will be available soon.
This should have been posted in q&a. It would be helpful to know what specific phone you have. You say you've flashed back to the stock Rom but you still have a custom recovery? How did you flash back to stock?
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I have a Samsung galaxy s4 Im377. What I did was, I used twrp to restore back my original firmware I don't think that will restore back Odin back to my phone.
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jd1639 said:
This should have been posted in q&a. It would be helpful to know what specific phone you have. You say you've flashed back to the stock Rom but you still have a custom recovery? How did you flash back to stock?
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If you want to restore back to stock and remove the custom recovery you should use Odin. That should let you get the ota firmware upgrade.
So I have to use Odin to put back my original firmware? Also I'm not to sure how to put back Odin to stock recovery.
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jd1639 said:
If you want to restore back to stock and remove the custom recovery you should use Odin. That should let you get the ota firmware upgrade.
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When you flash the stock firmware with odin it'll put the stock recovery back on at the time. You don't have to do anything special.
shinryu204 said:
So I have to use Odin to put back my original firmware? Also I'm not to sure how to put back Odin to stock recovery.
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Sorry for the newbie question. How do I use Odin to flash my original backup which I use trwp to create?
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jd1639 said:
When you flash the stock firmware with odin it'll put the stock recovery back on at the time. You don't have to do anything special.
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You don't flash the backup with odin. Get the stock firmware from sammobile.com for your specific device and carrier.
So I would download Odin to my pc than download and install the original firmware with odin? Do you have a step by step on flashing with odin? Thanks!
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shinryu204 said:
So I would download Odin to my pc than download and install the original firmware with odin? Do you have a step by step on flashing with odin? Thanks!
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The attached guide is not for the i337 but the process is the same. Just don't use any linked files, except for Odin. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26056924
Thank you all for all your help. Awesome forum.
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shinryu204 said:
Thank you all for all your help. Awesome forum.
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You're welcome

Unroot AT&T S4 with MF3

I am trying to unroot my AT&T Galaxy S4 back to stock so I can apply the OTA updates. Currently I am rooted and running MF3 and cannot apply any of the OTA updates, fails at 25%
So if I want to unroot do I Odin the MF3 tar files or would it be better to Odin back to the MDL version? Then I should be able to apply the updates?
Why don't you just Odin the nb1 tar files and forget the ota?
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I thought about doing that but was not sure if it was possible since since I was rooted. Was afraid of bricking the phone. So if I Odin NB1, how do I unroot the phone? Do I need to do anything before flashing that tar file?
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niravs82 said:
I thought about doing that but was not sure if it was possible since since I was rooted. Was afraid of bricking the phone. So if I Odin NB1, how do I unroot the phone? Do I need to do anything before flashing that tar file?
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Just flash in Odin. It'll put the new firmware on and remove root. You don't have to unroot first
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jd1639 said:
Just flash in Odin. It'll put the new firmware on and remove root. You don't have to unroot first
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Thanks that worked!! I have the NB1 on the phone now.

[Q] [H]Recovery Issue

Hi
I just want to ask some help.
So fitst of all I live in Philippines but my phone is SGS4 AT&T i337.
So I planned to install custom recovery and I have searched some bids and I came up to goomanager.
I'd follow the instruction very well and it was success.. But when I boot to recovery mode. It was directly on download mode. Lately I found out that my recovery was destroyed etc.
So now I don't have a recovery mode and my root access was also gone.
So does anyone help me how to fix it?
Please help. I've search soany thread non of it help..
I think I also tried the terminal emulator thing..
You need to use Odin. Do you know what firmware version your on? You need to use that version in Odin
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Its mf3 sir.. What will I do to Odin?
FoxxYou said:
Its mf3 sir.. What will I do to Odin?
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If you're sure you have an i337 and not an i337m if it were my device I'd update to nb1 firmware by flashing the nb1 tar file in Odin
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=50912149
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jd1639 said:
If you're sure you have an i337 and not an i337m if it were my device I'd update to nb1 firmware by flashing the nb1 tar file in Odin
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=50912149
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Thank you for your reply..
Do I need to install all the necessary files?I'll check it soon..
Can I use mobile Odin?

[Q] About MF3 and updating

I'm on 4.2.2 mf3 with root and safestrap installed. Just wondering if there was anyway I could update my phone to 4.3+ maybe by flashing a custom ROM? I don't have access to a computer so I can't flash Odin files to update. Am I forever stuck with 4.2 until I can get access to a computer?
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ajinator said:
I'm on 4.2.2 mf3 with root and safestrap installed. Just wondering if there was anyway I could update my phone to 4.3+ maybe by flashing a custom ROM? I don't have access to a computer so I can't flash Odin files to update. Am I forever stuck with 4.2 until I can get access to a computer?
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You can always go with the stock touch wiz Golden Eye custom Rom to get you to 4.4.x. It works with safe strap.
Since you are rooted, you can probably use Mobile ODIN to flash ODIN files without a PC, if it will work with safestrap, I am not sure or not.
You might want to check the General Forum too, there might be an update .zip file you can use with safe strap to get you to 4.4.x
Wouldn't I have to update my MF3 baseband? And would I have to flash it over my stock ROM slot? AFAIK mobile Odin doesn't work with the att variant of the s4. So I can flash any ROM compatible with safestrap regardless of whether its 4.2 or 4.4?
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[Q] i337 4.4.4 Rooted. How to Unroot and return to factory

I saw a thread on how to unroot s4 on 4.4.4, but I can't find it anywhere. It's my wife's phone so I just want it to be returned to stock if possible so she can update to any new updates that come out soon. I used the odin towelroot method to root. I'm using safestrap as well. Any help would be great
adamd1979 said:
I saw a thread on how to unroot s4 on 4.4.4, but I can't find it anywhere. It's my wife's phone so I just want it to be returned to stock if possible so she can update to any new updates that come out soon. I used the odin towelroot method to root. I'm using safestrap as well. Any help would be great
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Flash the nb1 tar file in Odin. Back up first off the internal sd card. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=56453100
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jd1639 said:
Flash the nb1 tar file in Odin. Back up first off the internal sd card. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=56453100
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Thats the thread I was looking for: ) Thanks

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