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Ok so i have been working on this for hours now. I have never rooted a my phone before and i decided to try. I rooted it no problem and set up a nandroid recovery with goomanager. Then i tried to enable hotspot using QBKing77's tutorial on youtube by adding custom files in the system folder. when i restarted i was stuck at the sprint yellow screen. I started recovery mode and tried to recover my previous back up. It did not work and i think it made things worse. Now my custom recovery is gone and i tried to install the original sprint rom in adin and it keeps failing at when i gets to nand write. I have no clue whats wrong. Is there any way to erase the entire phone are reinstall everything similar to a wipe and load on a computer?
We need a little more info, what software version were you on? MF9 MJA, MK2??? This is important because once you are on MJA or MK2 you cannot go back to the older versions because of the knox bootloader. The odin error you are reporting usually happens when you are trying to install an older than MJA version on an MJA or newer phone. Make sure you download either the MJA full tar file or the MK2 full tar file and try again. It's very important that you know what version you are on before you start installing mods, this is why your phone failed to boot after installing the hotspot mod.
TheHoboSlayer said:
Ok so i have been working on this for hours now. I have never rooted a my phone before and i decided to try. I rooted it no problem and set up a nandroid recovery with goomanager. Then i tried to enable hotspot using QBKing77's tutorial on youtube by adding custom files in the system folder. when i restarted i was stuck at the sprint yellow screen. I started recovery mode and tried to recover my previous back up. It did not work and i think it made things worse. Now my custom recovery is gone and i tried to install the original sprint rom in adin and it keeps failing at when i gets to nand write. I have no clue whats wrong. Is there any way to erase the entire phone are reinstall everything similar to a wipe and load on a computer?
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i have the same issue, please if anyone can offer some guidance we'd both really appreciate it!
Thank you that was the issue. I downloaded the android 4.3 tar from samsung-updates.com and flashed the PIT files and it started back up.
TheHoboSlayer said:
Thank you that was the issue. I downloaded the android 4.3 tar from samsung-updates.com and flashed the PIT files and it started back up.
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how do you flash the PIT files and where did you get them?
vcao333 said:
how do you flash the PIT files and where did you get them?
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You may not need the pit file I would try it with out it first. This is where i got got my pit sxtpdevelopers . com /showthread.php?t=235
This is for the sprint galaxy s4 though. Don't use if you have a different carrier. Put the pit file in the in Odin in the pit tab and the Android 4.3 tar file in the pda tab. It should work then. Again I would try without the pit file first.
bootloop
I've also tried flashing for the first time, followed the ROM developers directions, and now I have a bootloop with the message at the top of the splash screen "Set binary bit: kernel".
Any guidance?
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The ROM I was installing is Stock(ish), but I can't post in that thread since it's a developer thread, and I'm a newbie on this site, so that's why I'm asking here.
same here.. please help
pcknox said:
I've also tried flashing for the first time, followed the ROM developers directions, and now I have a bootloop with the message at the top of the splash screen "Set binary bit: kernel".
Any guidance?
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The ROM I was installing is Stock(ish), but I can't post in that thread since it's a developer thread, and I'm a newbie on this site, so that's why I'm asking here.
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i'm also getting the same thing when I turn my phone on and it keeps on rebooting please any1 out there help we would really appreciate it thanks in advance..
I've been looking so I could link you but I'm outta time! If you can still get to download mode you need a tar file of either mk2 or mja stock and then use Odin 3.07 and push it back in! Rooted or unrooted shouldn't matter but from what all I've seen and read this is about the only option you have!! Now this being if you were on mja or mk2 before you started!
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Try this thread for the tar file
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2509605
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bignick1215 said:
I've been looking so I could link you but I'm outta time! If you can still get to download mode you need a tar file of either mk2 or mja stock and then use Odin 3.07 and push it back in! Rooted or unrooted shouldn't matter but from what all I've seen and read this is about the only option you have!! Now this being if you were on mja or mk2 before you started!
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Try this thread for the tar file
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2509605
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thanks for your advice ill look into it, I believe I have done all your steps but I'll try again and look into the link you posted up thanks one again for your help..
bignick1215 said:
I've been looking so I could link you but I'm outta time! If you can still get to download mode you need a tar file of either mk2 or mja stock and then use Odin 3.07 and push it back in! Rooted or unrooted shouldn't matter but from what all I've seen and read this is about the only option you have!! Now this being if you were on mja or mk2 before you started!
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Try this thread for the tar file
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2509605
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i fallowed the steps from the link and i was able to get out of reboot loop now im stuck with the Samsung logo and a blue light at the top of my phone any ideas thanks...
The blue light probably says rebooting recovery! If so this worked for me. Pull battery then boot into download mode press up to continue wait for a minute then pull battery and try to reboot!
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bignick1215 said:
The blue light probably says rebooting recovery! If so this worked for me. Pull battery then boot into download mode press up to continue wait for a minute then pull battery and try to reboot!
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i was able to get it working again, i downloaded the tar file from the link you put up and used odin to flash theni got stuck on the Samsung logo so i took the battery out and put it on recovery mode and did a factory reset and rebooted and it did the trick thanks alot. if this helps you or any1 else out there remember to give thumbs up.
I just picked up an S4 SGH-i337. It is running 4.3.
I tried rooting it with the Lokifyed tool. It installed Superuser, but I don't think it rooted the phone because I could not install SuperSU and it could not install CWM either.
After that did not work, I tried using Odin with Chainfire auto-root, but it kept on failing.
I tried using Odin to put the stock firmware unroot file and failed too.
Sometimes it will shut off when I plug it in.
Any ideas on getting my phone to work?
Here is an update.
I got it rooted successfully. I used Lokifyed 3-way tool to install TWRP, now the phone only boots into download mode. It will not boot into recovery nor normal mode.
Your phone has a locked bootloader. So, you cannot install custom recovery.
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jmjoyas said:
Your phone has a locked bootloader. So, you cannot install custom recovery.
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Is there a way I can unlock the bootloader to get it to work? It's running MK2 build
you can put safestrap on and flash roms that way,
i successfully flashed deadly venom running kitkat 4.4.2
i also had to use deadly venom magic tool with it but it worked.
now my second rom sort of bricked my phone so idk wtf happened, im trying to get it fixed now but i dont think it is because of the custom recovery.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2291956
follow the instructions to get a custom recovery installed
hit thanks if i helped you please, if you clicked the link above you too should hit thanks
mejakola said:
you can put safestrap on and flash roms that way,
i successfully flashed deadly venom running kitkat 4.4.2
i also had to use deadly venom magic tool with it but it worked.
now my second rom sort of bricked my phone so idk wtf happened, im trying to get it fixed now but i dont think it is because of the custom recovery.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2291956
follow the instructions to get a custom recovery installed
hit thanks if i helped you please, if you clicked the link above you too should hit thanks
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I installed safetrap and flashed the shostock rom, but now it's stuck in the samsung boot screen. It will not go past that.
miamimuffin said:
I installed safetrap and flashed the shostock rom, but now it's stuck in the samsung boot screen. It will not go past that.
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The ROM that you are flashing should match the base version on your phone.
If you havent yet used Deadly Venom Kitkat Magic tool (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2680868), you should be flashing a ROM that is based on Android 4.3 and NOT Android 4.4.2.
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mejakola said:
now my second rom sort of bricked my phone so idk wtf happened, im trying to get it fixed now but i dont think it is because of the custom recovery.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2291956
follow the instructions to get a custom recovery installed
hit thanks if i helped you please, if you clicked the link above you too should hit thanks
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You cannot flash a custom recovery on the phones with the locked bootloader (from MF3 onwards). The phone will still work but you will not be able to get to recovery mode.
Incorrect, you flash safe strap then there is another file posted by shabbypenguin
I'll get you the links to the forums that have everything one I get home, I'm running errands with my dad right now.
by the way I successfully Flashed deadly venom, but what you had to do is flash the venom Rom and Thenusing the deadly venoms magic tool, also flash the MDL zip file and lastly I had to flash 3 MDL files using Odin. So I flashed a 4.4.2 Rom on 4.3 mk2 and was still able to get to the custom recovery.
I tried to flash shostock and it doesn't load also the first time I flashed it, I flashed it in the stock Rom profile instead of the other profiles, It got stuck in an infinite boot loop going from SS to the stock recovery then back to SS
Give me a few hours and I'll figure out how to flash shostock after I help you fix your phones stuck booting process, I'm running errands with my dad but I should be home soon.
miamimuffin said:
I installed safetrap and flashed the shostock rom, but now it's stuck in the samsung boot screen. It will not go past that.
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ok so you have safestrap installed good, now check this forum out and you need to flash this as well before flashing shostock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2291956
then im still trying to figure out how to flash shostock ill get back to you as soon as i find out how. im not sure if we need to use deadly venom magic tool or not...
next question, is your phone working at all? did you flash shostock in the stock profile or did you create another and flash it in like the rom 1 profile?
if your phone isnt working at all meaning you cant get it to fully boot but it still turns on and tries to boot, then you may have to Odin back to mk2. or whatever you had before.
if you want to go ahead and flash back to mk2 or mf3 stock heres some instructions.
you need Odin on your computer. you can find it by googleing it or it is in deadly venoms magic tool
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2680868
all you need from the magic tool is odin and the configuration file which are right next to each other.
i suggest using peazip to extract rar files btw...
peazip.sourceforge.net/peazip-portable.html
then you can find the stock files here
mf3, (4.2.2 the tar file download)
mk2 (4.3)
on the 4.3 thread, at the end of post 2 there is actually a dowload for odin availible.
now just flash it back. P.s. this WILL wipe your phone completely, if you dont have titanium backup, i strongly suggest getting it from the app store afterwards
hit the thanks button if i helped you, it'll be my second thanks.
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jmjoyas said:
Your phone has a locked bootloader. So, you cannot install custom recovery.
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that is false you can use safestrap and then flashOUDHS Touch CWM-based Recovery 1.0.3.4
for your AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4
mejakola said:
that is false you can use safestrap and then flashOUDHS Touch CWM-based Recovery 1.0.3.4
for your AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4
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Are you sure it works on ATT S4 running 4.3 firmware? It might work on the older bootloaders but will definitely not work on the newer ones.
From this thread - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2616221
RECOVERY
Safestrap is the ONLY recovery we can use. Don't even try flashing another one. HUGE thanks @Hashcode.
Development thread (which contains the downloads)...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2448925
Q&A thread...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2428254
MK2 -- Safestrap v3.71
(To flash an 4.3 ROM, you will also need the MK2 Kernel Module... jflteatt-MK2-modules.zip)
NB1 -- Nothing directly for NB1, yet. (You have to use the NB1 to MK2 Downgrade Method first)
mejakola said:
ok so you have safestrap installed good, now check this forum out and you need to flash this as well before flashing shostock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2291956
then im still trying to figure out how to flash shostock ill get back to you as soon as i find out how. im not sure if we need to use deadly venom magic tool or not...
next question, is your phone working at all? did you flash shostock in the stock profile or did you create another and flash it in like the rom 1 profile?
if your phone isnt working at all meaning you cant get it to fully boot but it still turns on and tries to boot, then you may have to Odin back to mk2. or whatever you had before.
if you want to go ahead and flash back to mk2 or mf3 stock heres some instructions.
you need Odin on your computer. you can find it by googleing it or it is in deadly venoms magic tool
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2680868
all you need from the magic tool is odin and the configuration file which are right next to each other.
i suggest using peazip to extract rar files btw...
peazip.sourceforge.net/peazip-portable.html
then you can find the stock files here
mf3, (4.2.2 the tar file download)
mk2 (4.3)
on the 4.3 thread, at the end of post 2 there is actually a dowload for odin availible.
now just flash it back. P.s. this WILL wipe your phone completely, if you dont have titanium backup, i strongly suggest getting it from the app store afterwards
hit the thanks button if i helped you, it'll be my second thanks.
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that is false you can use safestrap and then flashOUDHS Touch CWM-based Recovery 1.0.3.4
for your AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4
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No my phone is not working at all. It just gets stuck in the boot samsung screen. I can get it into the download mode or the stock recovery screen, nothing else.
I believe I flashed shostock into the stock profile.
How long is deadly venom supposed to take? It seems to just get stuck at SBL2 and does not go any further.
I'm not worried about anything on the phone, I would rather go back to stock and start all over.
miamimuffin said:
No my phone is not working at all. It just gets stuck in the boot samsung screen. I can get it into the download mode or the stock recovery screen, nothing else.
I believe I flashed shostock into the stock profile.
How long is deadly venom supposed to take? It seems to just get stuck at SBL2 and does not go any further.
I'm not worried about anything on the phone, I would rather go back to stock and start all over.
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You're going to have to flash the mk2 tar file in Odin. Check the general forum for the tar
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jd1639 said:
You're going to have to flash the mk2 tar file in Odin. Check the general forum for the tar
Sent from my Nexus 5
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Odin keeps failing whenever I try to flash anything on it. Do you have an exact link to the file I need?
miamimuffin said:
Odin keeps failing whenever I try to flash anything on it. Do you have an exact link to the file I need?
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Here's the link to the thread that has the Odin tar - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2621279
Does it fail when writing aboot?
Did you by any chance update to NB1 before? If so, you can flash only NB1 stock.
Link to NB1 stock - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2674223
jmjoyas said:
Here's the link to the thread that has the Odin tar - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2621279
Does it fail when writing aboot?
Did you by any chance update to NB1 before? If so, you can flash only NB1 stock.
Link to NB1 stock - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2674223
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It would usually fail at sbl1 or aboot. I just tried it again and this time failed at XmitData
It just stays in aboot for a long time and then fails after hours.
mejakola said:
ok so you have safestrap installed good, now check this forum out and you need to flash this as well before flashing shostock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2291956
then im still trying to figure out how to flash shostock ill get back to you as soon as i find out how. im not sure if we need to use deadly venom magic tool or not...
next question, is your phone working at all? did you flash shostock in the stock profile or did you create another and flash it in like the rom 1 profile?
if your phone isnt working at all meaning you cant get it to fully boot but it still turns on and tries to boot, then you may have to Odin back to mk2. or whatever you had before.
if you want to go ahead and flash back to mk2 or mf3 stock heres some instructions.
you need Odin on your computer. you can find it by googleing it or it is in deadly venoms magic tool
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2680868
all you need from the magic tool is odin and the configuration file which are right next to each other.
i suggest using peazip to extract rar files btw...
peazip.sourceforge.net/peazip-portable.html
then you can find the stock files here
mf3, (4.2.2 the tar file download)
mk2 (4.3)
on the 4.3 thread, at the end of post 2 there is actually a dowload for odin availible.
now just flash it back. P.s. this WILL wipe your phone completely, if you dont have titanium backup, i strongly suggest getting it from the app store afterwards
hit the thanks button if i helped you, it'll be my second thanks.
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that is false you can use safestrap and then flashOUDHS Touch CWM-based Recovery 1.0.3.4
for your AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4
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Please do a lot more reading as your above incorrect statement will cause problems for anybody trying to install any recovery other than SafeStrap for MK2 based firmwares. If other methods worked for MK2 then there would be a thread for it. There isn't, cause nothing works as a custom recovery for MK2 except Safestrap. Reading saves phones!
miamimuffin said:
It would usually fail at sbl1 or aboot. I just tried it again and this time failed at XmitData
It just stays in aboot for a long time and then fails after hours.
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The typical suspect in this case is either the USB port or the cable. It works best when the stock cable is used.
jmjoyas said:
Are you sure it works on ATT S4 running 4.3 firmware? It might work on the older bootloaders but will definitely not work on the newer ones.
From this thread - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2616221
RECOVERY
Safestrap is the ONLY recovery we can use. Don't even try flashing another one. HUGE thanks @Hashcode.
Development thread (which contains the downloads)...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2448925
Q&A thread...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2428254
MK2 -- Safestrap v3.71
(To flash an 4.3 ROM, you will also need the MK2 Kernel Module... jflteatt-MK2-modules.zip)
NB1 -- Nothing directly for NB1, yet. (You have to use the NB1 to MK2 Downgrade Method first)
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yes i am running 4.3 mk2 stock rooted with flashed SS and then the cwm listed above by shabbypenguin.
i successfully flashed deadly venom kitkat version however i had to use the deadly venoms magic tool, to do so.
i have heard people say they are on shostock with i337...
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miamimuffin said:
Odin keeps failing whenever I try to flash anything on it. Do you have an exact link to the file I need?
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do you have usb debugging enabled?
jmjoyas said:
The typical suspect in this case is either the USB port or the cable. It works best when the stock cable is used.
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I got it working now with a new cable. Thanks for all the help! I'm on Safestrap now, how would I be able to get shostock-i on my phone? Or do I change to NB1? If so, how would I do that?
Thanks for helping me out, I'm a noob at this. I came from an S2 and it was simpler.
mejakola said:
yes i am running 4.3 mk2 stock rooted with flashed SS and then the cwm listed above by shabbypenguin.
i successfully flashed deadly venom kitkat version however i had to use the deadly venoms magic tool, to do so.
i have heard people say they are on shostock with i337...
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do you have usb debugging enabled?
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After flashing CWM, are you able to boot into recovery? If so, please do confirm you have a I337 and not I337M phone. If you have I337 and you are able to boot into CWM recovery, you should start a new thread. Because, no one here at XDA has succeeded in doing this.
What has usb debugging got to do with Odin? When flashing using Odin, the phone is in download mode.
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miamimuffin said:
I got it working now with a new cable. Thanks for all the help! I'm on Safestrap now, how would I be able to get shostock-i on my phone? Or do I change to NB1? If so, how would I do that?
Thanks for helping me out, I'm a noob at this. I came from an S2 and it was simpler.
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You need to use the Deady Venom Kitkat Magic Tool - http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...php?p=51067706
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2616221 has the following info.
SHOstock-i v5 -- XXUFNB8 -- ATT -- 3.1.14
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2468860
Note: Replace the updater-script from the ROM install file with the one from Post #3 in @rebel1699's Magic Tool thread.
Note: Flash SuperSU with ROM
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Read the magic tool thread on how to replace the updater-script.
My S4 is the i9505 (i think I got that right) M919 T-Mobile Version. It is currently running on CyanogenMod 11 M10 (latest stable release). I saved the latest 4.4.4 firmware (from SamMobile) and extracted the Modem.bin and NON-HOLS.bin (hindsight, should have just flashed the Modem.bin). And now my sound doesn't work. (Note: I flashed two kernels afterwards, not realizing the problem, but I reverted with a nandroid backup and in the about phone, it is the stock kernel of Cyanogenmod, so I don't think that had an effect)
So now that my sound doesn't work, I searched and realized that the NON-HOLS requires the same version Bootloader to work, so I first tried flashing the bootloader from the file mentioned above (aboot,rpm,sbl1 - sbl3). But I go and check my bootloader afterwards and it says that it was still the old one even through the flash passed. Next, I tried the NON-HOLS that matched the version of my bootloader, but again, still nothing.
So now I think it is something with my S4 that is not letting me flash. My phone's bootloader is unlocked (T-Mobile), and I don't have the Knox counter (probably because I switch to CyanogenMod before the 4.3 update from Carrier). I don't know what I should do now.
Brinith said:
My S4 is the i9505 (i think I got that right) M919 T-Mobile Version. It is currently running on CyanogenMod 11 M10 (latest stable release). I saved the latest 4.4.4 firmware (from SamMobile) and extracted the Modem.bin and NON-HOLS.bin (hindsight, should have just flashed the Modem.bin). And now my sound doesn't work. (Note: I flashed two kernels afterwards, not realizing the problem, but I reverted with a nandroid backup and in the about phone, it is the stock kernel of Cyanogenmod, so I don't think that had an effect)
So now that my sound doesn't work, I searched and realized that the NON-HOLS requires the same version Bootloader to work, so I first tried flashing the bootloader from the file mentioned above (aboot,rpm,sbl1 - sbl3). But I go and check my bootloader afterwards and it says that it was still the old one even through the flash passed. Next, I tried the NON-HOLS that matched the version of my bootloader, but again, still nothing.
So now I think it is something with my S4 that is not letting me flash. My phone's bootloader is unlocked (T-Mobile), and I don't have the Knox counter (probably because I switch to CyanogenMod before the 4.3 update from Carrier). I don't know what I should do now.
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I would flash the full stock 4.2.2 .tar file in Odin from SamMobile. You should still be able to do that because you never upgraded to 4.3 with the knox protections.
That should restore your bootloader and modem back to exactly what it was when you bought the phone, overwriting the mismosh blend of 4.2 bootlaoder with 4.4 firmware parts.
You MAY have to flash it twice in Odin to get it to stick. Sometimes that's an issue when you try to use Odin to overwrite non stock firmware.
Once you get it flashed boot it and make sure it works properly in TouchWiz.
If it does, then go right back to Odin and flash whatever recovery you want to use and from there you should be able to flash whatever you want in recovery like normal.
You should NOT have to extract and push any audio files to make CM11 work like you said started this problem. That should not be a thing. I've still got the 4.2 bootloader and I'm running the latest CarbonROM (an offshoot of CM) and everything works fine. So something else must have been screwy to start.
Skipjacks said:
I would flash the full stock 4.2.2 .tar file in Odin from SamMobile. You should still be able to do that because you never upgraded to 4.3 with the knox protections.
That should restore your bootloader and modem back to exactly what it was when you bought the phone, overwriting the mismosh blend of 4.2 bootlaoder with 4.4 firmware parts.
You MAY have to flash it twice in Odin to get it to stick. Sometimes that's an issue when you try to use Odin to overwrite non stock firmware.
Once you get it flashed boot it and make sure it works properly in TouchWiz.
If it does, then go right back to Odin and flash whatever recovery you want to use and from there you should be able to flash whatever you want in recovery like normal.
You should NOT have to extract and push any audio files to make CM11 work like you said started this problem. That should not be a thing. I've still got the 4.2 bootloader and I'm running the latest CarbonROM (an offshoot of CM) and everything works fine. So something else must have been screwy to start.
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Would a nandroid backup save the bootloader. I was thinking of installing the stock rom and then using the backup to revert to CyanogenMod.
Damn I flashed the stock ROM (pre 4.3) and I still got KNOX. Now it says "System software not authorized by Samsung has been found on your phone"
What should I do?
EDIT: I flashed the latest 4.4.4 Stock ROM since I already got KNOX (T_T, oh well warranty already over)
But what is the deal with the warning (shown above) and is there any way to prevent it from happening again other than reverting to stock everytime I want to flash something?
Brinith said:
Would a nandroid backup save the bootloader. I was thinking of installing the stock rom and then using the backup to revert to CyanogenMod.
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No. The bootloader is not packaged with a nandroid.
And you do not need to mess with the bootloader. Just get it working and leave your bootloader alone forever.
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Brinith said:
Damn I flashed the stock ROM (pre 4.3) and I still got KNOX. Now it says "System software not authorized by Samsung has been found on your phone"
What should I do?
EDIT: I flashed the latest 4.4.4 Stock ROM since I already got KNOX (T_T, oh well warranty already over)
But what is the deal with the warning (shown above) and is there any way to prevent it from happening again other than reverting to stock everytime I want to flash something?
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Are you sure its knox? Knox doesnt say that. Knox says 00x01 in the download screen.
Where are you seeing that message?
Skipjacks said:
No. The bootloader is not packago$h a nandroid.
And you do not need to mess with the bootloader. Just get it working and leave your bootloader alone forever.
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Are you sure its knox? Knox doesnt say that. Knox says 00x01 in the download screen.
Where are you seeing that message?
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Im not sure if its Knox,but Knox is definitely now installed onto my phone. (KNOX warrenty void 0x1). Oh well my warranty is over so i don't really mind. But still, i want to know what that error (in above post) was as it didn't let me boot or go into recovery and only worked again once I reflashed.
And the reason why i flashed was that people say that updating the modem.bin and NON-HLOS would improve cell reception, and such. Which so far seems to be true, getting better signal in general (for wifi, uped by 10db than before so pretty significant), since i just flashed 4.4.4 for updated bootloader and modem since i already have Knox now.
i need help for my s4 gt-i9505
Anyone come up with a root method for the new 4.4.4 yet?
GoNavyMike said:
Anyone come up with a root method for the new 4.4.4 yet?
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Nope.
root
Its definately a serious need... and SRSRoot claims it works, but doesnt..Goes all the way through all of the processes, and in the end, it says successful..but NO ROOT!!!
pitbull8265 said:
Its definately a serious need... and SRSRoot claims it works, but doesnt..Goes all the way through all of the processes, and in the end, it says successful..but NO ROOT!!!
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I have a SM-N900V Note 3 that was previously rooted on 4.4.2 to gain full RW access on my SD Card for BTSync usage. I began having the "stuck in the middle" constant update attempt issues and decided to flash the N900VVRUDNK1_N900VVZWDNK1_VZW tar.md5 to take care of the constant pestering from Verizon.
The manual update to 4.4.4 worked great - but I lost root. Every method I have tried to regain root has failed. I've tried towel root, SRSroot, etc with no luck.
Does anybody know of a method to obtain root on SM-N900V Verizon Note 3 running 4.4.4???
psilospiral said:
I have a SM-N900V Note 3 that was previously rooted on 4.4.2 to gain full RW access on my SD Card for BTSync usage. I began having the "stuck in the middle" constant update attempt issues and decided to flash the N900VVRUDNK1_N900VVZWDNK1_VZW tar.md5 to take care of the constant pestering from Verizon.
The manual update to 4.4.4 worked great - but I lost root. Every method I have tried to regain root has failed. I've tried towel root, SRSroot, etc with no luck.
Does anybody know of a method to obtain root on SM-N900V Verizon Note 3 running 4.4.4???
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so far there IS no way, and once you go up to 4.4.4, you cant go back................
WE NEED TO POST A BOUNTY
psilospiral said:
I have a SM-N900V Note 3 that was previously rooted on 4.4.2 to gain full RW access on my SD Card for BTSync usage. I began having the "stuck in the middle" constant update attempt issues and decided to flash the N900VVRUDNK1_N900VVZWDNK1_VZW tar.md5 to take care of the constant pestering from Verizon.
The manual update to 4.4.4 worked great - but I lost root. Every method I have tried to regain root has failed. I've tried towel root, SRSroot, etc with no luck.
Does anybody know of a method to obtain root on SM-N900V Verizon Note 3 running 4.4.4???
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On Verizon 4.4.4 NK1 there is no way to get root and no way to downgrade to any of the root able roms it is very likely any exploits not patched for getting root are going to be saved for the 5.0 release at this point so anyone that takes 4.4.4 is going to be stuck without root possibly for good.
???
I was told there is a possibility of a rollback if you completely erase the phone and repartition....using ODIN...
ANYONE???
What about using Sammobiles NJ6 firmware file?? It is 4.4.4.. same baseband... Im going to give it all a shot, including Full erase and repart
HA!!!!!
I went to Sammobile and downloaded the firmware, and tried it out.. No success.
I then decided to try using the little box that says Nand Erase all
Used the AP tab and tried NJ6 again, and what do you think happened??? Successful Downgrade
pitbull8265 said:
I went to Sammobile and downloaded the firmware, and tried it out.. No success.
I then decided to try using the little box that says Nand Erase all
Used the AP tab and tried NJ6 again, and what do you think happened??? Successful Downgrade
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you try downgrade to NC4 let us know if work
4.4.4 is not rootable, you can not downgrade, you are stuck. It will probably never be rooted either...the N4 has been out 3-4 months and there is not root. Want root, want roms, buy a Developer device and never get updates or buy a Nexus.
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ok.. first of all, this is a thread in the Verizon section..so keep it to Verizon.. Secondly, it is for the NOTE 3...not the Nexus or any other device for that matter.. I have all of these devices, and I am aware that there are other Threads and sections pertaining to them..When I am dealing with those devices I go there. That being said, apply it.
I am sick of messing around with Odin and getting softbricks, so I will make a final attempt.. It always hangs up when it gets to the ABOOT section of the firmware flash.
I am going to try manipulationg the md5 by taking these trouble sections from previous firmware files and see what can be done with it.. a little cut and paste... I believe these to be the parts that Verizon is using to keep it from happening.. We shall see.
pitbull8265 said:
ok.. first of all, this is a thread in the Verizon section..so keep it to Verizon.. Secondly, it is for the NOTE 3...not the Nexus or any other device for that matter.. I have all of these devices, and I am aware that there are other Threads and sections pertaining to them..When I am dealing with those devices I go there. That being said, apply it.
I am sick of messing around with Odin and getting softbricks, so I will make a final attempt.. It always hangs up when it gets to the ABOOT section of the firmware flash.
I am going to try manipulationg the md5 by taking these trouble sections from previous firmware files and see what can be done with it.. a little cut and paste... I believe these to be the parts that Verizon is using to keep it from happening.. We shall see.
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you think if I downgrade to NC4 is work using the step you use to downgrade to NJ6?
pitbull8265 said:
ok.. first of all, this is a thread in the Verizon section..so keep it to Verizon.. Secondly, it is for the NOTE 3...not the Nexus or any other device for that matter.. I have all of these devices, and I am aware that there are other Threads and sections pertaining to them..When I am dealing with those devices I go there. That being said, apply it.
I am sick of messing around with Odin and getting softbricks, so I will make a final attempt.. It always hangs up when it gets to the ABOOT section of the firmware flash.
I am going to try manipulationg the md5 by taking these trouble sections from previous firmware files and see what can be done with it.. a little cut and paste... I believe these to be the parts that Verizon is using to keep it from happening.. We shall see.
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The downgrade path will always fail at Aboot in Odin because of the signature checks. Previous bootloader versions are black listed in the update. Trust me you are not the first person to try this stuff. Kernel modules are no longer enabled so you will not be able to modify anything...cut and paste is not going to work. I wish you the best though!!
jmontalvo248 said:
you think if I downgrade to NC4 is work using the step you use to downgrade to NJ6?
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The following file only contains the NC4 System, Kernel, and Cache. Those that took the NK1 OTA and lost root can try to see if it flashes successfully using Odin: N900VVRUCNC4_System_Cache_Kernel.rar
If it flashes successfully do a factory reset from recovery and see if the phone boots. If the phone boots then you can root with Towelroot, install Safestrap and re-update to NK1 using this method and keep root:http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-galaxy-note-3/general/how-to-update-to-nk1-root-t3013630 (if the downgrade fails, this thread also contains the NK1 Full Odin .tar file to get back to stock, unrooted NK1).
The above may be a shot in the dark but if you updated to NK1, and regret losing root, it is worth a try. For the benefit of all please report back if you decide to try.
pitbull8265 said:
I went to Sammobile and downloaded the firmware, and tried it out.. No success.
I then decided to try using the little box that says Nand Erase all
Used the AP tab and tried NJ6 again, and what do you think happened??? Successful Downgrade
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So to be clear, you went from N900VVRUDNK1_N900VVZWDNK1_VZW (4.4.4) to N900VVRUDNJ6_N900VVZWDNJ6_VZW (4.4.4) by ticking Nand Erase all???
Next step - have your tried from your current N900VVRUDNJ6_N900VVZWDNJ6_VZW (4.4.4) to N900VVRUCNC4_N900VVZWCNC4_VZW (4.4.2) ???
I have tried to go back to 4.4.2 using the same method, and it did not work, it failed at ABOOT
I am downloading the file posted with just the kernel and system files to see if that works
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muniz_ri said:
The following file only contains the NC4 System, Kernel, and Cache. Those that took the NK1 OTA and lost root can try to see if it flashes successfully using Odin: N900VVRUCNC4_System_Cache_Kernel.rar
If it flashes successfully do a factory reset from recovery and see if the phone boots. If the phone boots then you can root with Towelroot, install Safestrap and re-update to NK1 using this method and keep root:http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-galaxy-note-3/general/how-to-update-to-nk1-root-t3013630 (if the downgrade fails, this thread also contains the NK1 Full Odin .tar file to get back to stock, unrooted NK1).
The above may be a shot in the dark but if you updated to NK1, and regret losing root, it is worth a try. For the benefit of all please report back if you decide to try.
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Downloading now, will flash and report back
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This method fails due to "Kernel is not seandroid enforcing" then you get "Secure fail: Kernel" i think the kernel cannot be permissive...which is a problem
Tried now going back and flashing a 4.4.2 md5, and no luck
pitbull8265 said:
I have tried to go back to 4.4.2 using the same method, and it did not work, it failed at ABOOT
I am downloading the file posted with just the kernel and system files to see if that works
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Downloading now, will flash and report back
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This method fails due to "Kernel is not seandroid enforcing" then you get "Secure fail: Kernel" i think the kernel cannot be permissive...which is a problem
Tried now going back and flashing a 4.4.2 md5, and no luck
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NC4 not work; am going to try with Unified KK Firmware Kernel
pitbull8265 said:
I have tried to go back to 4.4.2 using the same method, and it did not work, it failed at ABOOT
I am downloading the file posted with just the kernel and system files to see if that works
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Downloading now, will flash and report back
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This method fails due to "Kernel is not seandroid enforcing" then you get "Secure fail: Kernel" i think the kernel cannot be permissive...which is a problem
Tried now going back and flashing a 4.4.2 md5, and no luck
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Thanks for trying.
pitbull8265 said:
I have tried to go back to 4.4.2 using the same method, and it did not work, it failed at ABOOT
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I also tried this and can confirm the same results: failed at ABOOT. I'm back to N900VVRUDNK1_N900VVZWDNK1_VZW.
jmontalvo248 said:
NC4 not work; am going to try with Unified KK Firmware Kernel
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Also tried, block at ABoot step
Ok, so I got a wild hair and decided I wanted to try lollipop. So I updated my bootloader and modem to EPJ2 and everything was good. This was on my 5.1.1 ROM. Once I made sure everything was fine, I created a backup in TWRP and selected all partitions, everything it would let me choose for the backup.
Then I used ODIN to go to stock 6.0.
Played with it for a bit a decided I wanted to go back.
Rebooted into TWRP and wiped everything, factory reset, typed yes, etc. Did this 2x.
Then I loaded my backup.
Almost everything is fine. 4G LTE works, I can make calls, send texts, etc. But my WIFI refuses to turn on. In the settings -> Wifi it does show the MAC address so I'm pretty sure I didn't fry my wifi chip or anything like that (I hope).
So what do I need to do to get my wifi working? I've backed up everything to my SD card in case I need to downgrade to the modem/bootloader and go back to a 5.1.1 stock.
Any help would be appreciated. I've googled and searched and tried a stock DOK2 ROM from Sammobile, got (pit file not found) about **** myself and pulled battery. Rebooted, phone still works. Went in to TWRP did the erase, restore backup dance again, still no wifi. At this point I'm very tired (stayed up all night trying to fix this) and could really use some help.
Thanks in advance, hope everyone is doing ok.
EPJ2 is 6.0.1 MM. A lollipop rom won't run on marshmallow BL and modem. Either flash this DOK2 BL and Modem https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=37084 or your gonna need to install a MM rom. But if you choose to install the MM rom your gonna need to flash the whole firmware first because I think your storage needs to be formatted for MM. Anytime jumping from a OS build....(KK,LP,MM).....it's best to always flash full firmware because ART is different. That might also be your pit file issue if you are coming from KK and didnt flash the entire LP firmware first. And I recommend EPE3 or EPG2 because most MM rom are built on one those two firmware....
EPE3
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24651430732235456
EPG2
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24651442761499080
And here is the link to the MM rom thread where you can find everything
http://forum.xda-developers.com/not...-maximum-ovrdrive-6-0-1-mm-beta-4-13-t3358326
So this is what I get when attempting to flash the COG2 you linked me to.
Pulled battery and rebooted into my mostly working setup.
Also one more very important thing. Do all the research you can on any firmware build you ever flash. Sometimes you can't go back to a previous build. DOK2 is locked and some say EPJ2 is locked. But since you never flashed the whole EPJ2 firmware you might want to try flashing whatever you were on before and start over.....but I think now you might only be able to flash EPJ2 or if you are lucky DOK2. If you are need advice or help let me know before you flash anything. You can PM me If you need help quick..
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Damn bro. That's the wrong link. I'm sorry. It must been wrong in the thread I got it from. Grab them from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-tmobile/development/mirror-stock-tw-t3260858
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Try renaming the tar.md5 to .tar only from Coj2 file before you try to flash dok2. Coj2 isn't locked
Don't mess w/ROM's when tired.
So I totally forgot to install the Samsung USB Drivers, so ODIN wasn't working right. I'm flashing stock 6.01 now.
Can anyone recommend a good ROM for me? I like TouchWiz and all I really want is a 5x6 launcher. Anything extra is cake.
EDIT: Just thought I'd update this. I have stock 6.01 installed and everything works. I also have TWRP and root as well. So this is solved.