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I was the stock ROM with my epic rooted ( so i could use wifi hotspot). I got a notice saying 2.2 was finally available, clicked install now and my phone downloaded and then restarted. Then it said install failed and gave me the option to reboot now.
thoughts on how to get froyo working?
Bj
Supposedly , it might be because the root deleted thbe bloatware. I reinstalled all te bloatware ad tried themanual install and it failed. I think you have to remove root and reset phone to stock
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Samsung.exe
Its a pain...but once it updates the phone and you unplug it, its root galore!
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will I lose all my apps and date files on my phone?
Yeah. That's why I said its a pain
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Its basically odin
It puts it into factory settings and th flashes for a clean install
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If you used one click root, and it deleted the Asphalt Demo, give this a shot. Also take a look at richse's post. This will keep you from having to wipe off your phone completely.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=11539382#post11539382
Use Backup to gmail to save your phone log and sms. Use tb or my backup to save your files and data. Odin to eb13 (get .exe file from samsung, install on windows, find .tar file in folder) and do your restores. Restoring data across different firmware is sometimes eventful.
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as Klownin says, it's probably the asphalt demo missing. Why they have it set to remove that app when it's known to cause issues in the future with updates is beyond me. Should be left there for the user to back it up and remove it much like all the other crap is left!
99.999% sure the missing demo is your issue, and it can be fixed
To be fair, having clockworkmod in the one-click also breaks updates. If the updates are going to be broken already, why not remove useless files?
Get the cwm flashable eb13 from this thread and flash it with clockworkmod. It will update you from di18->eb13. You don't need to reinstall asphalt. You won't lose your apps and settings.
I just rooted my Sprint S4 (MF9 FW) using CF-AutoRoot. Everything appeared to work - SU was installed, my file browser had root access, and I was able to turn on free wifi tethering.
However, literally every single application I have installed (sideloaded or through Play) since rooting is force closing. I even tried something really standard - the official Facebook app. No dice.
The only applications that work are those that I installed prior to rooting.
I used Titanium Backup to remove a handful of things - Sprint Zone, Sprint International, TripAdvisor, FlipBoard, and some of the preinstalled games. I haven't touched any system stuff or even any of the Samsung apps.
Help!
Best thing to do is start from scratch. DIAL ##786# and reset everything. After that if you still have problems, download latest firmware and Odin install it.
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Best thing to do is start from scratch. DIAL ##786# and reset everything. After that if you still have problems, download latest firmware and Odin install it.
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What should I use for MSL?
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What should I use for MSL?
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Before you did the root did everything work okay?
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Before you did the root did everything work okay?
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Yep. Any app that I installed prior to running CF-AutoRoot loads just fine. The only application that I installed after rooting that DOESN'T force close is Titanium Backup.
First try this, reboot into recovery, twrp or cwm, and wipe just dalvik and cache but not data. This will force your phone to rebuild its app index and cache and should fix your problem. If that doesn't help see below.
Sounds like you may have deleted the wrong file using TB. You may want to download one of the stock rooted roms either odex or deodex (your choice) and dirty flash it. In other words don't wipe anything but cache and dalvik, don't wipe data. This way the install will replace the files you deleted and you should be up and running.
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First try this, reboot into recovery, twrp or cwm, and wipe just dalvik and cache but not data. This will force your phone to rebuild its app index and cache and should fix your problem. If that doesn't help see below.
Sounds like you may have deleted the wrong file using TB. You may want to download one of the stock rooted roms either odex or deodex (your choice) and dirty flash it. In other words don't wipe anything but cache and dalvik, don't wipe data. This way the install will replace the files you deleted and you should be up and running.
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Well, crap. I don't have CWM installed yet. Since I just got the phone yesterday, I don't really have anything on it - I'm fine with wiping it completely back to factory defaults.
I made backups of everything I uninstalled in TB. Should I restore all that first?
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I cleared my davlik cache via ADB. Rebooted, and now EVERYTHING - including system processes, like com.android.phone - is FCing.
You can try restoring, but I bet wiping cache and dalvik might be the problem. If you have the pro version of TB I believe you can do it from TB without installing a custom recovery. Also, make sure you do a reboot since that will often fix force closing apps.
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Odin install the latest firmware.
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Odin install the latest firmware.
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That's what I'm doing now. Still trying to find a copy of the official MF9 firmware that will actually download, though.
Try here...
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/
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Try here...
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/
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Yeah, I accidentally cancelled my hotfile download, so I couldn't restart it.
Is there a reason why these firmware files aren't on Bittorrent? It seems like a significantly faster and more efficient way to access such large files.
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Yeah, I accidentally cancelled my hotfile download, so I couldn't restart it.
Is there a reason why these firmware files aren't on Bittorrent? It seems like a significantly faster and more efficient way to access such large files.
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Just wait 30 minutes..... it should refresh. A torrent download of the firmware may be tampered with, so I would not mess with a firmware from there. It could potentially brick your phone.
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Just wait 30 minutes..... it should refresh. A torrent download of the firmware may be tampered with, so I would not mess with a firmware from there. It could potentially brick your phone.
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No moreso than downloading Ubuntu off Bittorrent.
It's pretty easy to verify that a file on BT hasn't been tampered with - verify the hash of the file. If it doesn't match the original file, it's not valid. Hosting on a crappy site like Hotfile with ungodly slow download speeds in no way verifies that the file hasn't been tampered with. Since these firmware files aren't coming from Samsung or the carrier directly, you can never be completely certain that the file is valid and untouched.
I'd much rather see this stuff on BT where downloads don't take two hours. It's no less trustworthy than downloading from a horrible file upload site with ridiculous limitations.
ETA: the root I downloaded from XDA bricked my phone (even though the thread said multiple times that my version of the stock FW wouldn't brick). Can't trust anything on the Internet...
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No moreso than downloading Ubuntu off Bittorrent.
It's pretty easy to verify that a file on BT hasn't been tampered with - verify the hash of the file. If it doesn't match the original file, it's not valid. Hosting on a crappy site like Hotfile with ungodly slow download speeds in no way verifies that the file hasn't been tampered with. Since these firmware files aren't coming from Samsung or the carrier directly, you can never be completely certain that the file is valid and untouched.
I'd much rather see this stuff on BT where downloads don't take two hours. It's no less trustworthy than downloading from a horrible file upload site with ridiculous limitations.
ETA: the root I downloaded from XDA bricked my phone (even though the thread said multiple times that my version of the stock FW wouldn't brick). Can't trust anything on the Internet...
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Sorry to here that....... my reasoning for the torrent answer was to provide an explanation, I also would like a faster download speed but we are in, how shall I say, shady areas of the internet and taking a download from a familiar site and wait a while than a questionable download that takes 5 minutes especially when you could possibly permanently brick your phone (or worst..... do something that has you wondering what the hell is going on.)
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Sorry to here that....... my reasoning for the torrent answer was to provide an explanation, I also would like a faster download speed but we are in, how shall I say, shady areas of the internet and taking a download from a familiar site and wait a while than a questionable download that takes 5 minutes especially when you could possibly permanently brick your phone (or worst..... do something that has you wondering what the hell is going on.)
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I guess what I'm getting at is that if the community used BT, it wouldn't be a questionable source.
Content on BT is not inherently questionable or risky. Canonical uses Bittorrent as both the official and the preferred method of downloading Ubuntu LiveCDs because it is so much more efficient and low-cost than traditional direct downloads over HTTP.
I get the feeling that the XDA community has developed the misconception that Bittorrent is only used for porn and pirated media, and has no legitimate or safe purpose - that's just not true at all. You also aren't required to use TPB as a tracker for a torrent you create.
Most major torrent clients include file hash checking as part of the standard download process, for the very purpose of preventing people from changing files mid-download or during seeding.
It would make quite a difference in how ROMs are distributed. I can guarantee you that downloading off Hotfile is no more secure than using BT. Just because you've download files off one of these "stock ROM" sites before doesn't mean that all their ROMs are clean and safe, and it doesn't in any way guarantee that the files they're hosting came from a reliable source.
OK, so for anyone with this issue:
You're pretty much SOL on trying to retain the rooted ROM as-is. The only thing I was able to do successfully was use Odin3 to reflash my phone with a stock Sprint ROM. For the record, my phone was running MF9 when I attempted to root it. I was able to reflash it with stock, unrooted MDC, and basic stuff appeared to work (I didn't test much; I was just trying to make sure the phone worked before flashing with a custom ROM).
I originally had no plans to install a custom ROM right away, because I wanted to mess around with the special "features" in the Samsung firmware. After this fiasco I didn't want to risk the same problems rooting stock, so I just flashed CWM in Odin3 and upgraded to the latest CM10 nightly. It's been stable so far.
You could have tried to fix permissions too.
Definitely tried that multiple times. I've noticed in other threads that CF-AutoRoot is unreliable on MF9, too.
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Definitely tried that multiple times. I've noticed in other threads that CF-AutoRoot is unreliable on MF9, too.
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So whats the best way to root the s4 on mf9?
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Hello, today i wanted to flash a new rom on my galaxy s4, rooted it a while ago but hadn't flashed a rom. Went to Rom Manager and was gonna do a backup but it was giving me an error so I could not do the backup. Since I had saved all my pictures and everything on dropbox I just went ahead and went to recovery mode and wiped my data so I could flash the new rom. When I tried to wipe the cache partition it just rebooted my phone. When the phone started up I get all the usual setup from TouchWiz. I started setting it all up as usual but when I get to the final screen (learn about key features) I hit finish and then i get the "Unfortunately, Settings has stopped." not allowing me to continue on to my home screen. So as of right now my phone is basically a paper weight because I can not to anything. Has anyone else encountered this ? Is there a work around ? Will appreciate all help.
P.s. Sorry if there is already a post about this, I just don't frequent this page very often and don't quite understand how all the search functions and all that work.
abyxjohnson said:
Hello, today i wanted to flash a new rom on my galaxy s4, rooted it a while ago but hadn't flashed a rom. Went to Rom Manager and was gonna do a backup but it was giving me an error so I could not do the backup. Since I had saved all my pictures and everything on dropbox I just went ahead and went to recovery mode and wiped my data so I could flash the new rom. When I tried to wipe the cache partition it just rebooted my phone. When the phone started up I get all the usual setup from TouchWiz. I started setting it all up as usual but when I get to the final screen (learn about key features) I hit finish and then i get the "Unfortunately, Settings has stopped." not allowing me to continue on to my home screen. So as of right now my phone is basically a paper weight because I can not to anything. Has anyone else encountered this ? Is there a work around ? Will appreciate all help.
P.s. Sorry if there is already a post about this, I just don't frequent this page very often and don't quite understand how all the search functions and all that work.
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First off what firmware are you on. MDL, mf3, mj6, mj9? To check go to settings - more - about device and check build number. If it is mf3 than you need to go to the general section and read how to odin the md5 file same as other build numbers. You just have to take your time and read.
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Never use rom manage to flash a rom. As stated, we need to know the firmware you're on to help you.
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First off what firmware are you on. MDL, mf3, mj6, mj9? To check go to settings - more - about device and check build number. If it is mf3 than you need to go to the general section and read how to odin the md5 file same as other build numbers. You just have to take your time and read.
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I cant check because I cannot get into the phone. I cannot complete the initial setup of the phone.
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I cant check because I cannot get into the phone. I cannot complete the initial setup of the phone.
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Can you boot it into download mode?
Edit, do you have a custom recovery on it and did you make a nandroid?
Do you have safestrap or how do you flash roms? Because if you have safestrap than your on mf3.. If you can install Roms without safestrap than you must be on MDL.
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Never use rom manage to flash a rom. As stated, we need to know the firmware you're on to help you.
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I didnt use rom manager to flash the rom, I was trying to create a backup of my stock rom with it. I went to recovery mode to try and flash the rom.
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Do you have safestrap or how do you flash roms? Because if you have safestrap than your on mf3.. If you can install Roms without safestrap than you must be on MDL.
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I dont have safestrap, and I hadn't installed any roms on my S4 yet, this was going to be the first time. I use to flash rome on my S2 a while back and was gonna do it for the first time with my S4 through recovery mode. Sorry if im not really giving you key information, I just don't know it. I learned the basics of flashing roms and that was about it. Obviously the wrong thing to do because I might have just rendered my phone useless.
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Can you boot it into download mode?
Edit, do you have a custom recovery on it and did you make a nandroid?
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Yes I can boot into download mode. Yes, I have clockworkmod installed. No I could not make a backup, It kept crashing and would not allow me.
I would try to odin the mdl firmware in download mode. You can get the firmware at sammobile.com. You'll have to register but it's free. You'll download a zip file. Use 7-zip to extract the .tar.md5 file from it. Use that in odin, PDA.
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I would try to odin the mdl firmware in download mode. You can get the firmware at sammobile.com. You'll have to register but it's free. You'll download a zip file. Use 7-zip to extract the .tar.md5 file from it. Use that in odin, PDA.
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Is there a place I can get a step by step of how to do this somewhere ? Really sorry, Im just not very knowledgeable about all this stuff.
abyxjohnson said:
Is there a place I can get a step by step of how to do this somewhere ? Really sorry, Im just not very knowledgeable about all this stuff.
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You can try this guide. It's not for the s4 but all the steps are the same. Just don't use any files except for Odin linked in it. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26056924
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You can try this guide. It's not for the s4 but all the steps are the same. Just don't use any files except for Odin linked in it. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26056924
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Did everything with Odin and downloaded the file I needed but when I try to flash with Odin it says Fail. And at the messages you get at the bottom it says "Cant open the serial (COM) port."
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Did everything with Odin and downloaded the file I needed but when I try to flash with Odin it says Fail. And at the messages you get at the bottom it says "Cant open the serial (COM) port."
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You doing it on a Windows pc? Use the usb ports in the back, not the front. You the usb cable that came with your phone.
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You doing it on a Windows pc? Use the usb ports in the back, not the front. You the usb cable that came with your phone.
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Im using a laptop. Trying all the USB ports with the original cable that came with the phone.
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Did everything with Odin and downloaded the file I needed but when I try to flash with Odin it says Fail. And at the messages you get at the bottom it says "Cant open the serial (COM) port."
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Check to see if there are any popups that you have to allow before a connection can be made. Sometimes they appear behind the ODIN screen (on the PC). Also, make sure you have the proper drivers installed.
If you can get to clockwork, just copy a new rom to your SD card and flash it. You'll be up and running in 5 minutes.
So, like an idiot I am, i ****ing failed.
I was trying to install Rom Toolbox Pro, and then installed Lucky Patcher. So I patched the play store, it rebooted, did its thing.
Now, every 5 seconds is says "Unfortunately, Samsung keyboard has stopped." and I don't know how to fix it....
Also, I want that stupid Lucky Patcher off of my Play Store.....
The sad thing is, I forgot to make a backup of my play store......
PLEASE HELP.....
Shouldn't have messed around with lucky patcher. Don't know how to get that off of play store, but if you tell me what firmware you're on I can probably get your phone back to normal.
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jd1639 said:
Shouldn't have messed around with lucky patcher. Don't know how to get that off of play store, but if you tell me what firmware you're on I can probably get your phone back to normal.
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My phone is a Rooted Samsung Galaxy SGH-I337m (On Rogers Carrier)
Its running on Android 4.4.2
Baseband is on 1337MVLUFNC1
Just help me please...Im so scared....
Pellisco said:
My phone is a Rooted Samsung Galaxy SGH-I337m (On Rogers Carrier)
Its running on Android 4.4.2
Baseband is on 1337MVLUFNC1
Just help me please...Im so scared....
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Backup everything, use titanium backup and Google. Then use Odin to flash the nc1 firmware. You can get it from sammobile.com. It's a zip file, use 7-zip to extract the.tar.md5 file from it. Use that in Odin 1.85, PDA slot.
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Backup everything, use titanium backup and Google. Then use Odin to flash the nc1 firmware. You can get it from sammobile.com. It's a zip file, use 7-zip to extract the.tar.md5 file from it. Use that in Odin 1.85, PDA slot.
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But my phone is rooted? Should it matter if this happens or not? And what should I backup in titanium backup?
Pellisco said:
But my phone is rooted? Should it matter if this happens or not? And what should I backup in titanium backup?
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You don't need to worry. Everything can be fixed. Titanium backup will backup your apps and their data.
Do you have titanium backup? If you do go into backup and restore and see if lucky patcher is there. If it is freeze it and that may solve your problem
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jd1639 said:
You don't need to worry. Everything can be fixed. Titanium backup will backup your apps and their data.
Do you have titanium backup? If you do go into backup and restore and see if lucky patcher is there. If it is freeze it and that may solve your problem
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I can't freeze things as I only have the lite version currently.....
Also, I removed Lucky Patcher....But it didn't fix...
So even if my phone is rooted, and I install a file over this one, will I not brick my phone?
Pellisco said:
I can't freeze things as I only have the lite version currently.....
Also, I removed Lucky Patcher....But it didn't fix...
So even if my phone is rooted, and I install a file over this one, will I not brick my phone?
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You are not going to brick your phone.
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You are not going to brick your phone.
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Okay. I also got another question....
Will flashing it back with the firmware I am downloading, will it have like google play store back and such? And will my keyboard be fixed?
Yes
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Okay, Well Ill download this now....See if I can get this to work....I don't wanna **** up this phone.....
Damn why was I so stupid to play with things I don't know what they do.....
jd1639 said:
You are not going to brick your phone.
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Here are your options, you can flash with Odin which will return you to a like new condition. It will wipe your phone and you'll have to reinstall all your apps and data. Anything on your external sd card will be ok
Your other option is to see if you can uninstall lucky patcher and all the changes it has done. I don't know how to do that.
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Here are your options, you can flash with Odin which will return you to a like new condition. It will wipe your phone and you'll have to reinstall all your apps and data. Anything on your external sd card will be ok
Your other option is to see if you can uninstall lucky patcher and all the changes it has done. I don't know how to do that.
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I don't think there is a way to undo the mistakes I did....
I am backing up all my files, and I gotta backup messages and such....I have an external SD card of 25GB that I can move stuff over to if I need to....
I'm just scared its going to break or some ****.
Also, which way would you do? The ODIN way?
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I don't think there is a way to undo the mistakes I did....
I am backing up all my files, and I gotta backup messages and such....I have an external SD card of 25GB that I can move stuff over to if I need to....
I'm just scared its going to break or some ****.
Also, which way would you do? The ODIN way?
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If it was me, I'd Odin. But I do it often so it's easy and I know how to restore things easily and have backups. I dint know what you have on your device so it's hard to tell how easy it will be for you.
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If it was me, I'd Odin. But I do it often so it's easy and I know how to restore things easily and have backups. I dint know what you have on your device so it's hard to tell how easy it will be for you.
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What do you mean by like what I have on my device?
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What do you mean by like what I have on my device?
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All the stuff you want to backup and don't want to lose. I don't what you have and where it is so you're going to have to make sure you backup what you want because Odin will delete it
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We don't know what exactly you instead on your device when you installed lucky patcher.
Take a big breath and everything will be fine. Backup all your data with TB then flash back to stock with Odin.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...08-2013-odin-3-09-odin-1-85-versions-t2189539
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All the stuff you want to backup and don't want to lose. I don't what you have and where it is so you're going to have to make sure you backup what you want because Odin will delete it
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Oh okay. I am in the process of backing up all apps and such, as well as other system stuff.
I am going to back up my messages and all also cause I need them all...
Also, should I move the Titanium Backups to my SD card so they don't get deleted?
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What do you mean by like what I have on my device?
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Here is what you're going to want to do:
1 goto sammobile.com and download the nc1 firmware to your pc. You'll have to register, but it's free. Extract the zip with 7-zip, you get a .tar.md5 file
2 download Odin 1.85 to your pc. Google it.
3 open Odin, then boot for device into download mode, power + home + vol down. Plug your usb cable into your device and pc.
4 Odin should recognize your device, com should be yellow, upper left hand corner on Odin
5 in PDA slot browse to where you extracted the firmware
6 hit start
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Oh okay. I am in the process of backing up all apps and such, as well as other system stuff.
I am going to back up my messages and all also cause I need them all...
Also, should I move the Titanium Backups to my SD card so they don't get deleted?
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Yes move backups to your external card
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Here is what you're going to want to do:
1 goto sammobile.com and download the nc1 firmware to your pc. You'll have to register, but it's free. Extract the zip with 7-zip, you get a .tar.md5 file
2 download Odin 1.85 to your pc. Google it.
3 open Odin, then boot for device into download mode, power + home + vol down. Plug your usb cable into your device and pc.
4 Odin should recognize your device, com should be yellow, upper left hand corner on Odin
5 in PDA slot browse to where you extracted the firmware
6 hit start
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Yes move backups to your external card
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Oh my god. You are such a life saver. So I flashed that correct software onto my phone, now I don't have the problems anymore! Also, it seemed to not wipe my data, apps, or anything else......Was it suppose to?
I have an S4, Bell. I had installed CM11 via their application that you download, was pretty slick.
But then I wanted to try and unlock my phone, but don't get the service menu out of the dialer, so was trying to flash a vanilla rom.
It said status 7 abort. I thought no problem and went to just use the restore I had created and saved to the SD card. But it couldn't find the sd card, and when I put it in my computer it says it is corrupt and can not be read.
So I got a different sd card and put CM11 on it, status 7, so I put a nightly on, status 7. Tried the vanilla again, status 7. Tried the Pac rom, status 7. Tried the Chaos rom, status 7.
Downloaded philz recovery 6.15.4, and man that is a slick recovery, but again everything was status 7.
If I leave the phone to just reboot, it just goes into recovery.
Any ideas on how to fix? Seems like an odd issue to be having.
EDIT
Trying to install TWRP zip I get status 7 too.
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Ok I made a backup from another s4 and got it back working. But still can not flash anything without status 7, and can not get TWRP to install, even from the goo app, it says sytem error or something.
I really just want to be able to get into the service menu so I can unlock this phone.
Should I put this somewhere else maybe?
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No, you are OK here just no one with a solution yet. I am at work and only scanned your post. Are you in a position to reformat your internal card. You said ext is now ok?
Can you Odin back to stock--never used Odin so not much help there
What recovery is working for you--Philz
After you flash a rom did you flash your carriers kernel?
Hopefully someone can get you sorted--:good:
I would definitely try to Odin back to stock. What firmware are you on? It'll make a difference if and what to flash to get back to stock.
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Jeffrey000 said:
I have an S4, Bell. I had installed CM11 via their application that you download, was pretty slick.
But then I wanted to try and unlock my phone, but don't get the service menu out of the dialer, so was trying to flash a vanilla rom.
It said status 7 abort. I thought no problem and went to just use the restore I had created and saved to the SD card. But it couldn't find the sd card, and when I put it in my computer it says it is corrupt and can not be read.
So I got a different sd card and put CM11 on it, status 7, so I put a nightly on, status 7. Tried the vanilla again, status 7. Tried the Pac rom, status 7. Tried the Chaos rom, status 7.
Downloaded philz recovery 6.15.4, and man that is a slick recovery, but again everything was status 7.
If I leave the phone to just reboot, it just goes into recovery.
Any ideas on how to fix? Seems like an odd issue to be having.
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Trying to install TWRP zip I get status 7 too.
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Ok I made a backup from another s4 and got it back working. But still can not flash anything without status 7, and can not get TWRP to install, even from the goo app, it says sytem error or something.
I really just want to be able to get into the service menu so I can unlock this phone.
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Is a youtube video how to fix this issue, did worked for me last time.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QW1znjDLe-k
jd1639 said:
I would definitely try to Odin back to stock. What firmware are you on? It'll make a difference if and what to flash to get back to stock.
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How do I find out what firmware?
I've never used Odin before.
Thanks
Joe-Tech said:
Is a youtube video how to fix this issue, did worked for me last time.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QW1znjDLe-k
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I'll have to try that tonight.
Thanks.
Jeffrey000 said:
How do I find out what firmware?
I've never used Odin
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From a terminal emulator (from play store) on your phone type getprop ro.bootloader. What does it give you?
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jd1639 said:
From a terminal emulator (from play store) on your phone type getprop ro.bootloader. What does it give you?
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Says I337MVLUAMDJ
Trying to install Odin (And damn they try and get you to install a lot of garbage... wtf) and it says click here to finish and it opens up a new window in chrome, but nothing ever show up, and I can't find anywhere on my computer to open the program.
Jeffrey000 said:
Trying to install Odin (And damn they try and get you to install a lot of garbage... wtf) and it says click here to finish and it opens up a new window in chrome, but nothing ever show up, and I can't find anywhere on my computer to open the program.
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Google Odin 1.85. You shouldn't be getting a lot of crap installed
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jd1639 said:
Google Odin 1.85. You shouldn't be getting a lot of crap installed
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That worked perfect. But now that I have it, what do I do?
Jeffrey000 said:
That worked perfect. But now that I have it, what do I do?
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Download the firmware for your device from sammobile.com. it's a zip file, use 7-zip to extract a .tar.md5 file. Use that file in Odin, PDA slot. Boot your device into download mode and connect it to your pc with Odin running. Odin should detect your device. Hit start
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jd1639 said:
Download the firmware for your device from sammobile.com. it's a zip file, use 7-zip to extract a .tar.md5 file. Use that file in Odin, PDA slot. Boot your device into download mode and connect it to your pc with Odin running. Odin should detect your device. Hit start
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That site is down for updating. I tried looking on samsung-updates.com but there are a lot of different ones, and none of them look to be Canada.
Odin doesn't find the phone in download mode, although my computer does find the phone. Odin finds the phone if I boot it normally though.
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That site is down for updating. I tried looking on samsung-updates.com but there are a lot of different ones, and none of them look to be Canada.
Odin doesn't find the phone in download mode, although my computer does find the phone. Odin finds the phone if I boot it normally though.
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Did you register on sammobile? Its free. I just checked the site and I can download the firmware
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Did you register on sammobile? Its free. I just checked the site and I can download the firmware
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It's not up for me???
https://www.dropbox.com/s/edeahrb1j47be18/IMG_20140417_165929.jpg
Ok, site is back up, but I can not find Canada in the list anywhere??? Or USA for that matter.
And how come I can't unlock the phone from a custom rom?