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[Q] Help rogers Galaxy S4 stock roms

I tried to unroot and put a stock rom on my sgh i337m but the one I flashed does not allow me to use wifi and I cant restore from kies. It should be a rogers rom with 4.3.

plansta said:
I tried to unroot and put a stock rom on my sgh i337m but the one I flashed does not allow me to use wifi and I cant restore from kies. It should be a rogers rom with 4.3.
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Dial *#1234# and make and screenshot. Conect it to Kies (android 4.2.2) or Kies 3 (android 4.3) and make other screenshot pls :highfive:

Joku1981 said:
Dial *#1234# and make and screenshot. Conect it to Kies (android 4.2.2) or Kies 3 (android 4.3) and make other screenshot pls :highfive:
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I didn't really explain my situation well sorry. I went through all the steps to unroot my s4 but I ended up with slightly different firmware than what I originally had so wifi wont even turn on and kies does not detect the device at all. Right now I am reflashing to see if that helps.

plansta said:
I didn't really explain my situation well sorry. I went through all the steps to unroot my s4 but I ended up with slightly different firmware than what I originally had so wifi wont even turn on and kies does not detect the device at all. Right now I am reflashing to see if that helps.
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Well when I reflashed kies started working but still no luck with wifi. The rom I got was from galaxys4root
Android 4.2.2
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plansta said:
Well when I reflashed kies started working but still no luck with wifi. The rom I got was from galaxys4root
Android 4.2.2
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Android 4.3
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Extract TAR and place Modem file on computer
Put your phone into download mode (Volume down + Home button + Power button. Volume Up then)
Open Odin
Connect your phone to your computer
Place Modem file in PHONE section
Make sure to untick autoreboot
Flash modem
Reboot
Done
- If it no works, try again and make sure that you:
Untick Autoreboot
Flash modem
Reboot once again into Download Mode using (Vol Down plus Home button combi)
Flash Modem once more
Once done,
Unplug then reboot device manually.
*EDIT: Dial *#1234# and make new screenshot when u finish the process

The flash came up as fail on odin 3 times and I seem to be in the same place with no wifi. I found out the rom I got was not the correct rom because this one comes with alot more bloatware and some of the icons are different but it was the only one I could find that didnt fail when I downloaded it (I got suckered into trying to get a different one from the sites that have you pay for download speed).

plansta said:
The flash came up as fail on odin 3 times and I seem to be in the same place with no wifi. I found out the rom I got was not the correct rom because this one comes with alot more bloatware and some of the icons are different but it was the only one I could find that didnt fail when I downloaded it (I got suckered into trying to get a different one from the sites that have you pay for download speed).
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Heres the screenshot with modem file

plansta said:
I tried to unroot and put a stock rom on my sgh i337m but the one I flashed does not allow me to use wifi and I cant restore from kies. It should be a rogers rom with 4.3.
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Ok i got a different rom from a site and now everything is back to normal thanks for your help.

N900W8 Downgrade to 4.3

So I flashed 4.4.2 successfully and it was booting and everything was working. Now I'm trying to get back to 4.3 but I am unable to do so.
In ODIN, I selected only the 4.3 AP file -
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It just keeps trying to boot for a very long time. What am i doing wrong?

bleuwave said:
So I flashed 4.4.2 successfully and it was booting and everything was working. Now I'm trying to get back to 4.3 but I am unable to do so.
In ODIN, I selected only the 4.3 AP file -
It just keeps trying to boot for a very long time. What am i doing wrong?
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The 4.4.2 bootloader would stop you from downgrading, in other words, you 'CANNOT' go back to 4.3. You have to use 4.4.2 mate.

stanley08 said:
The 4.4.2 bootloader would stop you from downgrading, in other words, you 'CANNOT' go back to 4.3. You have to use 4.4.2 mate.
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I have the Canadian version! which allows downgrading...
Can anyone help...i see many people have been successful with downgrading the Canadian version on the forums...

bleuwave said:
I have the Canadian version! which allows downgrading...
Can anyone help...i see many people have been successful with downgrading the Canadian version on the forums...
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Okay, I know normally, 4.4.2 bootloader stops you from downgrading to 4.3. Maybe those people didn't flash the 4.4.2 bootloader. Anyway!
Then maybe you need a factory reset. Do in stock recovery (It will delete all files in internal sd).
Better still, maybe flash custom recovery then Wipe there and not lose files in Internal SD. Cheers!

bleuwave said:
I have the Canadian version! which allows downgrading...
Can anyone help...i see many people have been successful with downgrading the Canadian version on the forums...
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Are you running a custom rom right now? If you are, follow the steps below;
- if you flashed a custom rom ( x-note, omega, etc...) after flashing stock firmware, you have to flash back to stock KK same way when you upgrade
- flash your original 4.3 firmware, for example in my case I have MJ4 before flashing then I have to flash MJ4 back because MJ1 will fail.
- if after flashing of original 4.3 firmware and it's getting stuck at the samsung flash screen, take battery out and put it back in, boot to recovery ( press vol up + power + home button at the same time till recovery appears then let go ) and do factory reset then reboot and it should boot up all the way to setup
edit: I haven't seen your last post below the picture, in this case just reboot to recovery and factory reset and it'll boot up all the way to setup.

stanley08 said:
Okay, I know normally, 4.4.2 bootloader stops you from downgrading to 4.3. Maybe those people didn't flash the 4.4.2 bootloader. Anyway!
Then maybe you need a factory reset. Do in stock recovery (It will delete all files in internal sd).
Better still, maybe flash custom recovery then Wipe there and not lose files in Internal SD. Cheers!
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Thanks! that is what worked...i just saw your post now....
thanks for responding. appreciate how kind people go out of your way to help noobs like us
hey_joe said:
Are you running a custom rom right now? If you are, follow the steps below;
- if you flashed a custom rom ( x-note, omega, etc...) after flashing stock firmware, you have to flash back to stock KK same way when you upgrade
- flash your original 4.3 firmware, for example in my case I have MJ4 before flashing then I have to flash MJ4 back because MJ1 will fail.
- if after flashing of original 4.3 firmware and it's getting stuck at the samsung flash screen, take battery out and put it back in, boot to recovery ( press vol up + power + home button at the same time till recovery appears then let go ) and do factory reset then reboot and it should boot up all the way to setup
edit: I haven't seen your last post below the picture, in this case just reboot to recovery and factory reset and it'll boot up all the way to setup.
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yeah it was the factory reset that did it after flashing via odin....thanks a bunch for browsing this q/a threads and helping us noobs out! Feels great when someone responds with kind help when all you want to do is bash your head against a wall lol

bleuwave said:
Thanks! that is what worked...i just saw your post now....
thanks for responding. appreciate how kind people go out of your way to help noobs like us
yeah it was the factory reset that did it after flashing via odin....thanks a bunch for browsing this q/a threads and helping us noobs out! Feels great when someone responds with kind help when all you want to do is bash your head against a wall lol
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Lucky Users of Canadian version. It seems no other version can revert from 4.4 to 4.3 OR 4.3 to 4.2.

Firmware Upgrade encountered an issue

Hi,
I need some help im farily new to any sort of android dev or hacking my phone etc etc.. I am geting the following error after trying to update my phone to a leaked version of kitkat this happend months ago and i finally have time now to get this phone going.
I tried this : http://androidcentral.us/2013/09/how-to-fix-firmware-upgrade-encountered-an-issue-on-kies/
Keis did not reconize the phone.
I want to try this : http://androidcentral.us/2014/02/how-to-flash-firmware-using-odin-samsung-devices/
But i went to samsung-update and downloaded the latest firmware but its been downloading for 2 days. If this is the right path to go down the above instructions does anyone have a faster download link to the file I need?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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minusbfold said:
Hi,
I need some help im farily new to any sort of android dev or hacking my phone etc etc.. I am geting the following error after trying to update my phone to a leaked version of kitkat this happend months ago and i finally have time now to get this phone going.
I tried this : http://androidcentral.us/2013/09/how-to-fix-firmware-upgrade-encountered-an-issue-on-kies/
Keis did not reconize the phone.
I want to try this : http://androidcentral.us/2014/02/how-to-flash-firmware-using-odin-samsung-devices/
But i went to samsung-update and downloaded the latest firmware but its been downloading for 2 days. If this is the right path to go down the above instructions does anyone have a faster download link to the file I need?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Try going to sammobile.com and download the Kies software. The article you cite is from 2013 and I know the software has been updated since then. You should search in the Q&A section on how to update using Kies. (http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-sprint/help) Not sure if there will be anything there or not but you will not finding anything in this section about it. There are several ways to update to KitKat in that section. I have never really used Kies so I cannot help you with using the software itself.

minusbfold said:
Hi,
I need some help im farily new to any sort of android dev or hacking my phone etc etc.. I am geting the following error after trying to update my phone to a leaked version of kitkat this happend months ago and i finally have time now to get this phone going.
I tried this : http://androidcentral.us/2013/09/how-to-fix-firmware-upgrade-encountered-an-issue-on-kies/
Keis did not reconize the phone.
I want to try this : http://androidcentral.us/2014/02/how-to-flash-firmware-using-odin-samsung-devices/
But i went to samsung-update and downloaded the latest firmware but its been downloading for 2 days. If this is the right path to go down the above instructions does anyone have a faster download link to the file I need?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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You are in the wrong department, but I wold try MDL on odin and go from there. (if not on Knox bootloader)

As mentioned you are in the wrong thread. But here's a bone - start here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2663619

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2594055
Or check out this tread.

dyandell said:
Try going to sammobile.com and download the Kies software. The article you cite is from 2013 and I know the software has been updated since then. You should search in the Q&A section on how to update using Kies. (http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-sprint/help) Not sure if there will be anything there or not but you will not finding anything in this section about it. There are several ways to update to KitKat in that section. I have never really used Kies so I cannot help you with using the software itself.
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I tried using the few versions of keis and it says its not supported so no luck there

minusbfold said:
I tried using the few versions of keis and it says its not supported so no luck there
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You can't use kies, that is for official releases direct from Samsung. You need to download Odin, preferably 3.07 or 3.09 since you are installing Kit Kat. Download the NAE Stock Tar file from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2663619 it is a fast download. Extract the tar file from the zip you downloaded. Open Odin with administration privileges and load the TAR file into the PDA slot (3.07) or AP slot (3.09). Place your phone in Download mode and connect it to your computer. Once the phone is recognized by odin click the start button and let it run. You can get Odin here: http://odindownload.com/

I will try that tonight thanks again

cruise350 said:
You can't use kies, that is for official releases direct from Samsung. You need to download Odin, preferably 3.07 or 3.09 since you are installing Kit Kat. Download the NAE Stock Tar file from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2663619 it is a fast download. Extract the tar file from the zip you downloaded. Open Odin with administration privileges and load the TAR file into the PDA slot (3.07) or AP slot (3.09). Place your phone in Download mode and connect it to your computer. Once the phone is recognized by odin click the start button and let it run. You can get Odin here: http://odindownload.com/
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Thanks allot that worked phone is running great now :laugh:

[Q] Flashing 4.4.2, or Custom ROM?

Hey Y'all,
So I've been trying to root my 5.0.1 S4, but could not do it for the life of me. I figured since the CF Auto Root file was made for 4.4.2, I would try flashing back to that with Odin. After getting the correct build for my device, I've been trying to get it to flash, but it got to system, and then stalled forever. I let it run overnight, and it hadn't progressed, so I tried restarting. Now, it fails in a matter of seconds, but I keep seeing progress on the phone's blue bar.
[Q] AM I wasting my time trying to flash an old build? If so, should I just use a custom rom so I get my root? And if so, which one should I use (I'm new to this phone mod stuff.)
Thanks in advance!

F13Bubba said:
Hey Y'all,
So I've been trying to root my 5.0.1 S4, but could not do it for the life of me. I figured since the CF Auto Root file was made for 4.4.2, I would try flashing back to that with Odin. After getting the correct build for my device, I've been trying to get it to flash, but it got to system, and then stalled forever. I let it run overnight, and it hadn't progressed, so I tried restarting. Now, it fails in a matter of seconds, but I keep seeing progress on the phone's blue bar.
[Q] AM I wasting my time trying to flash an old build? If so, should I just use a custom rom so I get my root? And if so, which one should I use (I'm new to this phone mod stuff.)
Thanks in advance!
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Yes, stop before you brick your device. CF Auto Root works for Lollipop. Or Odin TWRP and flash SuperSU zip. Or just flash a rooted ROM. Read the OPs and decide which one sounds like the best fit for you.
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bilgerryan said:
Yes, stop before you brick your device. CF Auto Root works for Lollipop. Or Odin TWRP and flash SuperSU zip. Or just flash a rooted ROM. Read the OPs and decide which one sounds like the best fit for you.
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KK, thanks. I could not get CF to root my device, trying 3 different versions of Odin. I'll go the custom rom route, methinks.

F13Bubba said:
KK, thanks. I could not get CF to root my device, trying 3 different versions of Odin. I'll go the custom rom route, methinks.
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Uncheck Auto Reboot and F Reset (everything) when using Odin. And wait a minute after it says PASS before unplugging. Also try different ports and cables.

I can only find .img files for TWRP, I haven't yet been able to find any .tar files. Any tips on where to get a recovery file to use with Odin?
Yeah, definitely cannot restart my phone at the point, it's referring me to Kies to recover. Kies won't connect, either 3.0 or 2.6. So At this point I guess I'm hoping flashing a custom ROM will work...otherwise, is my phone bricked?

F13Bubba said:
I can only find .img files for TWRP, I haven't yet been able to find any .tar files. Any tips on where to get a recovery file to use with Odin?
Yeah, definitely cannot restart my phone at the point, it's referring me to Kies to recover. Kies won't connect, either 3.0 or 2.6. So At this point I guess I'm hoping flashing a custom ROM will work...otherwise, is my phone bricked?
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TWRP can flash images now.
Flash this build of TWRP first. (It's a .tar for Odin)
https://dl.twrp.me/jfltespr/twrp-2.8.4.0-jfltespr.tar
Copy this build to your device somewhere. (You might as well go ahead and copy a ROM you want to install on your device also.)
https://dl.twrp.me/jfltespr/twrp-2.8.7.0-jfltespr.img
Boot into TWRP and go to install. Select images button at the bottom right and select the build you copied to your device. You will now be running the current version of TWRP.

WOOOOOO!
After a ton of troubleshooting and grief, I finally got 5.0.1 back on, and working. I also discovered that my front usb port was not working correctly. I guess I'll try to root it now!
Aaaaaand, it seems to have worked flawlessly. Thanks for all the help guys!

Error

I'm trying to install the factory rom of my samsumg j320m device, I'm using Odin in the current version (I already tested other previous versions) well in Odin no appears no error says that the rom was successfully installed the problem happens when the device it restarts, it goes to the screen that appears the robot of the android and begins to proceed with the installation but when it arrives in 15% or so it goes to that screen of which I can not leave again, I gave several hard reset, I searched the internet and I did not find anything that could solve this problem if someone can help me thank you very much
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hollyxerecas said:
I'm trying to install the factory rom of my samsumg j320m device, I'm using Odin in the current version (I already tested other previous versions) well in Odin no appears no error says that the rom was successfully installed the problem happens when the device it restarts, it goes to the screen that appears the robot of the android and begins to proceed with the installation but when it arrives in 15% or so it goes to that screen of which I can not leave again, I gave several hard reset, I searched the internet and I did not find anything that could solve this problem if someone can help me thank you very much
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How did you set up Odin? Send a pic of the settings tab

ffpp.2003 said:
How did you set up Odin? Send a pic of the settings tab
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All seem to be ok. I see that it's a TAR file. Personally, I recommend you that use a .tar.md5 file, other than it takes longer, it's safer, because the file could be corrupted, and using the md5 extension, it makes a full revision of the file, looking for corruptions in the file, or information that is incorrect. I also have a j320m, and that never happened to me. Try redownloading the file, without deleting the .md5 extension. And if still getting that error, I'll give you the Odin version that i use with the j320m and other devices that are working perfectly fine.

ffpp.2003 said:
All seem to be ok. I see that it's a TAR file. Personally, I recommend you that use a .tar.md5 file, other than it takes longer, it's safer, because the file could be corrupted, and using the md5 extension, it makes a full revision of the file, looking for corruptions in the file, or information that is incorrect. I also have a j320m, and that never happened to me. Try redownloading the file, without deleting the .md5 extension. And if still getting that error, I'll give you the Odin version that i use with the j320m and other devices that are working perfectly fine.
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I recorded a video trying to install the rom and then the error, take a look please. I downloaded the original firmware of the device directly from this site: https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/galaxy-j3/SM-J320M/ZTO/
I downloaded almost everything from the first rom to the most current and nothing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bOHrvyJaB4
I also tried installing TWRP to install a custom rom, without success: /

hollyxerecas said:
I recorded a video trying to install the rom and then the error, take a look please. I downloaded the original firmware of the device directly from this site: https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/galaxy-j3/SM-J320M/ZTO/
I downloaded almost everything from the first rom to the most current and nothing
I also tried installing TWRP to install a custom rom, without success: /
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Hmmmmmm...
It's so rare...
I don't know why it's doing that. When I get home, I'll give you my Odin version, stock rom, and probably drivers, if I still having it. Other than that... I don't know what is generating that problem.
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ffpp.2003 said:
Hmmmmmm...
It's so rare...
I don't know why it's doing that. When I get home, I'll give you my Odin version, stock rom, and probably drivers, if I still having it. Other than that... I don't know what is generating that problem.
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Well, I uploaded the file in OneDrive
https://1drv.ms/u/s!AvJ6DFiBtFQij12NYeyKycNa2VG7
There is a zip, wich contains:
-Drivers
-Latest stock ARO rom (Argentina, without carrier, so, it's basically the same as all other clean ROMs)
-Odin (don't remember what version)
-A tool to download the correct and latest firmware for your device (with correct codes for making your "Firmware status" original again)
The only thing it's that when you install the rom, the status of the phone probably will be modified, 'cause the location of the phone is different than the firmware.
Sent from my Samsung SM-J320M using XDA Labs

ffpp.2003 said:
Well, I uploaded the file in OneDrive
https://1drv.ms/u/s!AvJ6DFiBtFQij12NYeyKycNa2VG7
There is a zip, wich contains:
-Drivers
-Latest stock ARO rom (Argentina, without carrier, so, it's basically the same as all other clean ROMs)
-Odin (don't remember what version)
-A tool to download the correct and latest firmware for your device (with correct codes for making your "Firmware status" original again)
The only thing it's that when you install the rom, the status of the phone probably will be modified, 'cause the location of the phone is different than the firmware.
Sent from my Samsung SM-J320M using XDA Labs
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Ok, I thank you very much :fingers-crossed:

Tell me if it worked!:laugh:
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