I was on MK2 rooted, wanting to upgrade to NC1 via Safestrap method. Something went wrong after I wiped everything except EXSD in Safestrap recovery. The SGS4 rebooted and is now stuck in a softbrick. I can get into download mode and stock recovery, however, I cannot bring my phone back to life. I've tried flashing stock firmware with ODIN, sammobile only has MDL and MDB -- neither of these work for me. I have spent the past few hours reading posts and have not found a solution.
any help is greatly appreciated!
Since you're on a newer version you aren't able to downgrade it to MDL or MDB, if you download the MK2 tar file from here you may be able to get it back.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2621279
maDIEmG said:
Since you're on a newer version you aren't able to downgrade it to MDL or MDB, if you download the MK2 tar file from here you may be able to get it back.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2621279
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Thanks, I was able to get my phone back with odin and the files located on that thread!
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Hello everybody im in a little bit of a crisis.
I tried to update my modem to MK2 and I used odin to do so. It turns out that it failed for some reason.
After that whenever I boot my phone it gives me a black screen and says Firmware Upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again.
After that I followed this youtube video right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1jyZ5QafAQ and downloaded this file to go back to stock: http://downloadandroidfiles.org/download-l720vpuamdc_l720sptamdc_spr-zip/
But yet it still gave me a Fail in odin. Any help would be appreciated as I am Freaking out right now
Here is the message log directly from odin when it starts
Firmware update starts
aboot.mbn
NAND write start
Complete(Write) Operation Failed
I switched USB ports now Odin is saying there is no PIT partition
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Hello everybody im in a little bit of a crisis.
I tried to update my modem to MK2 and I used odin to do so. It turns out that it failed for some reason.
After that whenever I boot my phone it gives me a black screen and says Firmware Upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again.
After that I followed this youtube video right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1jyZ5QafAQ and downloaded this file to go back to stock: http://downloadandroidfiles.org/download-l720vpuamdc_l720sptamdc_spr-zip/
But yet it still gave me a Fail in odin. Any help would be appreciated as I am Freaking out right now
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If your on MJA/MK2 firmware (bootloader) you cannot go back to MDC (the file you showed).
Also did you run PC Odin 'As Administrator'?
You can find the link to the MK2 here.
leaderbuilder said:
If your on MJA/MK2 firmware (bootloader) you cannot go back to MDC (the file you showed).
Also did you run PC Odin 'As Administrator'?
You can find the link to the MK2 here.
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I am on MDC bootloader. What I did was download the tar file from stockroms.net for MDC. And I ran the 3.07 odin as adimistrator and it worked. Thank you cause I think that it was me not clicking run as administrator. Another question: Is it worth upgrading to MK2 if I wanna root again or should I just keep MK2. I have the geeksquad warrenty from bestbuy so it shouldn't matter if it trips the knox flag because I give them rooted phones all the time.
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I am on MDC bootloader. What I did was download the tar file from stockroms.net for MDC. And I ran the 3.07 odin as adimistrator and it worked. Thank you cause I think that it was me not clicking run as administrator. Another question: Is it worth upgrading to MK2 if I wanna root again or should I just keep MK2. I have the geeksquad warrenty from bestbuy so it shouldn't matter if it trips the knox flag because I give them rooted phones all the time.
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I wouldn't update to the knox bootloader (take the OTA or flash the full .tar) but that's me, for now.
Since you're on the earlier bootloader you can still update to any number of ROMs that have the knox bootloader removed.
Also I would definitely update the modem firmware - Unknownforce has a thread for that here.
Spend some time and read and you'll find loads of stuff you can do.
Good luck.
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I wouldn't update to the knox bootloader (take the OTA or flash the full .tar) but that's me, for now.
Since you're on the earlier bootloader you can still update to any number of ROMs that have the knox bootloader removed.
Also I would definitely update the modem firmware - Unknownforce has a thread for that here.
Spend some time and read and you'll find loads of stuff you can do.
Good luck.
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So I can use the files http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2338919 in odin to update. Also since I am on mdc could I just use the latest in odin or do I have to go incrementaly.
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If you truly are on MDC and did not trip the knox bootloader you can Odin back to stock MDC. That will wipe the phone completely, giving you an all MDC phone - bootloader, recovery (stock), kernel, modem and ROM.
But I would just jump to MF9. It was the last official without the Knox bootloader. You can grab that here.
This is the FULL system tar. All stock, kernel, recovery, ROM Modem.
Extract the .tar.md5 and place that in the PDA slot and that's it. Make sure you don't check 'repartition'!.
Then use CF-Autoroot to root and again be careful NOT to check anything like repartition etc.
Once rooted you can then open up supersu, update the binaries. Go to playstore and download GooManager. User that to install custom recovery and then you can flash away.
I do suggest you spend some time here reading a whole bunch. You'll learn a lot about these methods and how and what you can do.
Good luck.
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If you truly are on MDC and did not trip the knox bootloader you can Odin back to stock MDC. That will wipe the phone completely, giving you an all MDC phone - bootloader, recovery (stock), kernel, modem and ROM.
But I would just jump to MF9. It was the last official without the Knox bootloader. You can grab that here.
This is the FULL system tar. All stock, kernel, recovery, ROM Modem.
Extract the .tar.md5 and place that in the PDA slot and that's it. Make sure you don't check 'repartition'!.
Then use CF-Autoroot to root and again be careful NOT to check anything like repartition etc.
Once rooted you can then open up supersu, update the binaries. Go to playstore and download GooManager. User that to install custom recovery and then you can flash away.
I do suggest you spend some time here reading a whole bunch. You'll learn a lot about these methods and how and what you can do.
Good luck.
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Hey man, just wanted to say thanks for continuing your tradition of quality posting. It is responses like this that made the E4GT forums such a great place to be.
leaderbuilder said:
If you truly are on MDC and did not trip the knox bootloader you can Odin back to stock MDC. That will wipe the phone completely, giving you an all MDC phone - bootloader, recovery (stock), kernel, modem and ROM.
But I would just jump to MF9. It was the last official without the Knox bootloader. You can grab that here.
This is the FULL system tar. All stock, kernel, recovery, ROM Modem.
Extract the .tar.md5 and place that in the PDA slot and that's it. Make sure you don't check 'repartition'!.
Then use CF-Autoroot to root and again be careful NOT to check anything like repartition etc.
Once rooted you can then open up supersu, update the binaries. Go to playstore and download GooManager. User that to install custom recovery and then you can flash away.
I do suggest you spend some time here reading a whole bunch. You'll learn a lot about these methods and how and what you can do.
Good luck.
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Ok I have upgraded to MF9 now should I use Unkown Forces links: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2338919 to upgrade the firmware and modem?
And when I try to root with CF auto root on MF9 it fails on complete write operation failed.
Strike that its all good
If you're on MF9 full rooted you can update your firmware/modem following Unknownforce's instructions.
HOWEVER PLEASE take heed about the MJA(MK2 too) Notes: ...
some people report better success with turning Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time unchecked. Do the same flash, but when you see PASS on Odin, unplug the phone and Hold the Power key for 10 seconds to reboot.
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And read through the whole post not just the OP. Some people had to flash it a few times to get it to show up (in system info) properly - mainly because they didn't follow directions precisely and skipped the note part on MJA/MK2.
Since you're now on MF9 fully rooted (stock) you can install yourself a custom recovery (Philz or TWRP - the latest Philz;philz_touch_6.08.9-jfltespr, seems to be the most reliable for now) and flash some ROMs. Virtually all of the 4.3/4.4 ROMs require the MK2 modem so know that too.
One thing I would highly recommend is to spend some time reading through the sections to get a clearer understanding of how this device behaves vs others (HTC, Moto etc.). Every device has it's peculiarities and caveats and not paying attention to them could ruin you day.
i have a different problem. i think my sprint sph-l720 bricked because my screen is stuck on kernel is not seandroid enforcing and it also says set warrant bit: kernel. need help as soon as possible
Tonymontana2421 said:
i have a different problem. i think my sprint sph-l720 bricked because my screen is stuck on kernel is not seandroid enforcing and it also says set warrant bit: kernel. need help as soon as possible
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People need to know the difference between soft bricked and hard bricked. Most say bricked and they mean soft. Hard is nearly impossible to get the phone back up and running. I have that same problem when I try to install a kernel. You need to reflash a ROM.
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daniel4653 said:
People need to know the difference between soft bricked and hard bricked. Most say bricked and they mean soft. Hard is nearly impossible to get the phone back up and running. I have that same problem when I try to install a kernel. You need to reflash a ROM.
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can you tell me which rom i need to flash because i cant figure out what rom i need to use in odin
I am currently on Sacs custom rom 4.3_v5.6 (latest build) trying to get back to stock 4.4.2 NAE. I have been flashing roms on a pretty consistent basis for about 2 years not but I am stumped this time. I open ODIN and run as an administrator as always, load my stock .tar file into the PDA slot and let it go through the checking process and then I hit start. It starts going for 2 seconds and then fails. I then have to do a battery pull to restart the phone and then my phone hangs up on the "Firmware update was interrupted, please connect to kies screen and that's as far as I can get. I have factory reset phone at least 10 times today. Like I said, I am stumped...any advice would be appreciated.
omahaguy said:
I am currently on Sacs custom rom 4.3_v5.6 (latest build) trying to get back to stock 4.4.2 NAE. I have been flashing roms on a pretty consistent basis for about 2 years not but I am stumped this time. I open ODIN and run as an administrator as always, load my stock .tar file into the PDA slot and let it go through the checking process and then I hit start. It starts going for 2 seconds and then fails. I then have to do a battery pull to restart the phone and then my phone hangs up on the "Firmware update was interrupted, please connect to kies screen and that's as far as I can get. I have factory reset phone at least 10 times today. Like I said, I am stumped...any advice would be appreciated.
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You need to get back to compete stock to take ota. Go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2660607
Read that thread on how to get to mja stock, then run system/fitness update on the phone: in settings. And take the ota
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omahaguy said:
I am currently on Sacs custom rom 4.3_v5.6 (latest build) trying to get back to stock 4.4.2 NAE. I have been flashing roms on a pretty consistent basis for about 2 years not but I am stumped this time. I open ODIN and run as an administrator as always, load my stock .tar file into the PDA slot and let it go through the checking process and then I hit start. It starts going for 2 seconds and then fails. I then have to do a battery pull to restart the phone and then my phone hangs up on the "Firmware update was interrupted, please connect to kies screen and that's as far as I can get. I have factory reset phone at least 10 times today. Like I said, I am stumped...any advice would be appreciated.
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Were you already on NAE from the OTA before you installed Sacs rom?? If you were, then you can't go back to NAE stock until we have a full tar file for NAE. You can try to install one of the Stock NAE roms in the development section, but until we have the full tar file for NAE you can't odin back to stock, If you weren't already on the NAE OTA, and still have the MK2 bootloader, then odin the full MK2 tar and apply the NAE OTA.
Here is a good place to download MK2: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2601443
Remember, if you already are on NAE, you cannot odin older tar files so you have to wait until the full NAE tar is available.
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Were you already on NAE from the OTA before you installed Sacs rom?? If you were, then you can't go back to NAE stock until we have a full tar file for NAE. You can try to install one of the Stock NAE roms in the development section, but until we have the full tar file for NAE you can't odin back to stock, If you weren't already on the NAE OTA, and still have the MK2 bootloader, then odin the full MK2 tar and apply the NAE OTA.
Here is a good place to download MK2: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2601443
Remember, if you already are on NAE, you cannot odin older tar files so you have to wait until the full NAE tar is available.
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I was on the stock NAE update, so I guess I am stuck until then, not a big problem.
Sacs 4.4.2
Hi all,
Noobie here,
So I couldn't wait either- a junkie per say for a half a dozen Roms but find Sacs Rom to be most impressed with. As Sacs pointed out in the step by steps instructions- when quite successful, as others have pointed out with the camera issue which is a very small and all most not relevant at this time, with wifi I had no issues at all- did run across a small blurb about android.- something was crashing---- But I'm still enjoying it- don't plan to fall back- I am noticing the battery drains a little faster on use- did fix the toggle battery size through 3mint- awesome... Now I'm just waiting on to mods/themes as previous Sacs roms- I've tried loading the pervious versions but found it crashed the Samsung keyboard- so I reflashed 4.4.2------ Thanks for being ahead on this Sacs- great work...
I just put my AT&T s4 back to stock with ODIN. I am on the MDL version. I now can't get any custom recoveries to load. Have tried goomanager and rom manager with no luck. Can't seem to find the right .tar files for ODIN - they all fail. Any help would greatly be appreciated! I am afraid to do the OTA from AT&T as I don't want the MK2.
capti2 said:
I just put my AT&T s4 back to stock with ODIN. I am on the MDL version. I now can't get any custom recoveries to load. Have tried goomanager and rom manager with no luck. Can't seem to find the right .tar files for ODIN - they all fail. Any help would greatly be appreciated! I am afraid to do the OTA from AT&T as I don't want the MK2.
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Root using CASUAL. It will automatically flash a working TWRP and then you can use flashable zips to update to the latest.
I have a Verizon Note 3 on NC4 4.4.2 rooted and unlocked and I was trying to load Jazmine 2.0 ROM with S5 features. It got stuck on the Verizon logo and I was able to get it back to stock using Safestrap. Next I tried to load the NC2 MD file on Odin and since then it is bricked. Tried to download the NC4 md5 file on Odin but still no luck. I am a bit of a n00b so I could use some help from some XDA vets here! Have flashed into Stock Rom slot, slot 1 and 2 with stock backed up ROM and still no luck at all.
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I have a Verizon Note 3 on NC4 4.4.2 rooted and unlocked and I was trying to load Jazmine 2.0 ROM with S5 features. It got stuck on the Verizon logo and I was able to get it back to stock using Safestrap. Next I tried to load the NC2 MD file on Odin and since then it is bricked. Tried to download the NC4 md5 file on Odin but still no luck. I am a bit of a n00b so I could use some help from some XDA vets here! Have flashed into Stock Rom slot, slot 1 and 2 with stock backed up ROM and still no luck at all.
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Did you take the NC4 OTA or were you on the NC2 leak? If you're on the NC2 leak you can use this guide here to go back to stock and reroot and install safestrap,etc. It's done by @droidstyle
Link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2483380
If you were on the NC4 OTA you can't downgrade to MJE. I'm not sure if you can just flash the NC4 tar file in Odin that Beans has provided here :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47400062&postcount=1
If you took the NC4 OTA, I'd see if someone else can chime in as I'm not sure if what I told you will work.
But as long as you boot and you can get into download mode you should be able to recover I think.
thread: [Q] HELP! Stuck on Verizon logo on NC4
Can get into download mode or recovery but it will not load safestrap for me. Trying to download the TAR file to try on Odin but nothing seems to get me past the Note 3 Custom screen after flashing a file.
Have you tried flashing just the Nc4 pit file ? If so then just flash NC4 TAR and start fresh with towel root and then safestrap 3.75
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Have you tried flashing just the Nc4 pit file ? If so then just flash NC4 TAR and start fresh with towel root and then safestrap 3.75
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Yes the PIT file did not get me anywhere. loading the NC4 TAR right now. The biggest problem seems to be I cant get SAfestrap to work. I can boot into download mode or recovery but when I load something it doesnt load up right. Can figure out how to get into Safestrap now.
Can someone please tell me how to do this? I've read several different methods and im just not getting it. i know i gotta use odin, but i have to go back to stock? im already rooted and have twrp. thanks for any help.
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Can someone please tell me how to do this? I've read several different methods and im just not getting it. i know i gotta use odin, but i have to go back to stock? im already rooted and have twrp. thanks for any help.
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Download the NG2 tar from Sammobile or from another source. Put the phone in download mode and put the tar in the correct spot and Odin the phone . its quite simple. Just a heads up back up anything on your internal memory as you may have to perform a factory reset to get the phone not boot up.
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Download the NG2 tar from Sammobile or from another source. Put the phone in download mode and put the tar in the correct spot and Odin the phone . its quite simple. Just a heads up back up anything on your internal memory as you may have to perform a factory reset to get the phone not boot up.
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so i got the tar from [ROM][NG2] Stock Rooted NG2 | Stock Rooted NG2 Refitted | Mostly Stock NG2 v1.3. im going to odin the tar, then reset into recovery, then flash say sacs v4 ng2 rom, restart? i actually found the post where you posted for sammoblie but i didnt want to sign up for it.
I just did it but it still says im on mf9. i noticed on my phone it said write protection was on?
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so i got the tar from [ROM][NG2] Stock Rooted NG2 | Stock Rooted NG2 Refitted | Mostly Stock NG2 v1.3. im going to odin the tar, then reset into recovery, then flash say sacs v4 ng2 rom, restart? i actually found the post where you posted for sammoblie but i didnt want to sign up for it.
I just did it but it still says im on mf9. i noticed on my phone it said write protection was on?
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That thread only had a tar for the modem and not the software.
To download the tar you do not need to he signed up.
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That thread only had a tar for the modem and not the software.
To download the tar you do not need to he signed up.
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Man there was nothing easy about that. i had to odin the ng2, reboot, then odin ng2 again. now its working, but now im getting a write access denied on my internal storage??
nvm, used foldermount to fix the issue.