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I just did legend fail.
Been on stock MK2 (MF3 sideloaded to upgrade MK2), then i decided to go back to 4.2.2 stock since i really did not like the 4.3, did not make any research, so i odin the MF3 files and tried to flaash, but got an error in first 5 sec. Now every time i switch on the phone its saying i have to make upgrade through KIES, what sounds work w/o luck.
I know we dont have 4.3 odin files yet and not sure we will have them, but is there any way still to get this device to work ? Or its absolutely broke ?
Would appriciate any help ty
If Samsung experience at best buy has the new update, you could try to see if they could help. If not, I feel you are in for a wait.
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I did the same thing on my SGH-I337M. Kies was a waste of time. I used Odin, downloaded the newest 4,3 firmware and reflashed it in update bootloader section only. Took about 8 minutes but saved my phone. Knox won't let us downgrade so we are sad at the moment.
can any1 please share this file bootloader of MK2 so i can flash it throu odin to make the device to work, would appriciate any further info or help ty. w/o phone for 3 days already
HiTideBlastoise said:
If Samsung experience at best buy has the new update, you could try to see if they could help. If not, I feel you are in for a wait.
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I know you used the xda app so you probably didn't notice the OP is located in Athens, Greece. So no dice
Yeap got the phone from my bro he is leaving in Rochester, if i would know that he sent me At&T and its as block as it is now, i would spent money to buy it from Amazon Germany, internatioonal fully functional =) but my luck
Since we got the 4.3 update closing our download funtion in phone, will we be able to flash through odin the stock 4.3 MK2 to re-stock bricked sgs4 ? like you can do with MF3?
I am asking since currently i am w/o phone and waiting for someone to post the stock MK2, but will that for sure make it work normal excluding its blocked downlaod etc. ? just curious
Same thing happened to me.. I worked for hours and finally just tried flashing the I337 PIT file thru Odin in the Pit option.. It said failed but I pulled the battery and rebooted into recovery then restarted.. Google for the pit file.... I have the full zip MK2 file but you have to have the MD5 files for Odin
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If i will flash PIT file i will be able to enter recovery ? since know the only option i have is download mode, and kies recovery (what is useless)
When u flash PIT with fail and enter recovery what did you do next ? the device booted normally ?
Where can i find this PIT ?
Ty for the help
So let me ask this so I do not make a similar mistake. Yesterday I used odin to go to mf3 then sideloaded mj9,. If I have the file for mk2. Can I just side load it even though im on mj9?
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If i will flash PIT file i will be able to enter recovery ? since know the only option i have is download mode, and kies recovery (what is useless)
When u flash PIT with fail and enter recovery what did you do next ? the device booted normally ?
Where can i find this PIT ?
Ty for the help
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When I flashed the PIT file, I just took a chance and tried to boot it, and it allowed me to boot normally. It also allowed me to enter recovery
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blackguy101 said:
So let me ask this so I do not make a similar mistake. Yesterday I used odin to go to mf3 then sideloaded mj9,. If I have the file for mk2. Can I just side load it even though im on mj9?
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Yes, you should be able to sideload or flash the zip through recovery.. With all these fails at updates, I wish I would have stayed at what I had and not messed with it..lol.. It seems nothing is guaranteed and it's always a risky chance when you flash something..
I decided to update to 4.3 and didnt like it so i stock flash 4.2 back via odin. flash said "pass" but now i have knox on recovery. Im guessing i have the new bootloader. 4.2 flash on but with errors like wifi wont toggle on & on every reboot i get an erro "kernel seandroid is not reonforsing" or something like that...so now im stock on 4.3 :/
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So let me ask this so I do not make a similar mistake. Yesterday I used odin to go to mf3 then sideloaded mj9,. If I have the file for mk2. Can I just side load it even though im on mj9?
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The mistake i made was to go downgrade from 4.3 to 4.2.2 do not make it since we do not have files for ODIN flash 4.3.
There is full 700 mb file witch you can easily sideload, if u get any error just go back to odin to flash stock MF3 and then sideload MK2, worked for me w/o problem but pls do not downgrade !
If i were you i would not go 4.3, TW is much more bugged for me, and phone feels way different thats why i wanted to go back to 4.2.2
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When I flashed the PIT file, I just took a chance and tried to boot it, and it allowed me to boot normally. It also allowed me to enter recovery
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Did not get it, i need to get the PIT file, but when can i get it to flash through ODIN if we do not have files for odin yet ?
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I was able to downgrade... kinda..
I had my own epic fail when bell's update came out.
Flashed stock/counter reset.
Got OTA update no prob.
Rooted - Deleted too much bloat... (didnt backup) MY EPIC MISTAKE.
Thought "oh ill just start again"
Odin Back to 4.2.2 FAIL!!!
Stuck.. kinda
found someone with the international version in the same issue that odin flashed files from another carrier and was able to fix his situation...
so i went to http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/ and downloaded the NEWEST date 4.2.2 rom for my 337m, which happened to be Dominican Republic carrier.
Flashed the DR version successfully in odin, and had no sound, no mic, no wifi.
I was then able to Odin flash 4.2.2 from bell... but still had no sound, no mic, no wifi....
the only real fix was LUCKILY within 24 hours of the OTA release, the odin file was posted to sammobile and saved my ass... all works now.
Played with the 4.3 update for a couple hours, then went back to 4.4 builds... LOL
At least i got to use my captivate again for a few calls for a day. that was nice.
Really have no idea how i an fix this w/o odin files.
umm you cant.
Problems solved, any1 who will have the same issue as me:
Had MK2 update installed and wanted to downgrade to 4.2.2 and failed to kies update, just flash the attached filed, it will fail you in download mode, but after 2-3 tried, just restart the device, and it will normally boot into 4.3 =)
Ty for all the help, and info best regards !
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Problems solved, any1 who will have the same issue as me:
Had MK2 update installed and wanted to downgrade to 4.2.2 and failed to kies update, just flash the attached filed, it will fail you in download mode, but after 2-3 tried, just restart the device, and it will normally boot into 4.3 =)
Ty for all the help, and info best regards !
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That's the file I had used before too.. I posted it on another guys post.. Glad it worked for you
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47586777
This is the complete guide on how to flash back from 4.2.2. Even that 16 gig pit file won't even work on some peoples phone. Use this guide and it will help you get back to 4.3. First mj9 than you can sideload mk2.
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nomikSqash said:
Problems solved, any1 who will have the same issue as me:
Had MK2 update installed and wanted to downgrade to 4.2.2 and failed to kies update, just flash the attached filed, it will fail you in download mode, but after 2-3 tried, just restart the device, and it will normally boot into 4.3 =)
Ty for all the help, and info best regards !
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That file I gave you won't help if your stuck with incomplete flashes. For people who were experiencing the problem I had use that guide posted by gtj0 and you'll get your phone back to normal.
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This issue was solved for myself and another member here by tracking down the appropriate latest stock firmware for our regions and flashing it with Odin. Note that it took multiple flashes of the same firmware in Odin before it was actually fixed.
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Hi All,
I have a SGH-I337M from Rogers (Canada) and I'm having a hell of a time getting my phone working again. Here's the complete history. I originally took it from stock 4.2.2 to 4.4 Gummy ROM. Everything was working fine with that. I then found out about the easy sim unlock with the stock touchwiz ROM, so I plugged it into Kies to restore it to factory. However, I didn't realize (about a week ago) that they were rolling out the 4.3 update, so lo and behold I wound up with 4.3.
The unlock method was not working on this, so I got hold of the 4.2.2 official ROM and flashed it with Odin. It was at this time that I realized the 4.3 update included the knox bootloader (I think that's the bootloader? I'm still pretty green with this stuff), so of course I wind up with persisting flags showing warranty void, kernel is not seapermissive or whatever the error is, etc etc. ALSO, it was at the time of the 4.3 update that I realized wifi and sound do not work anymore. I flashed back to the Gummy rom, wifi starts working again but not sound.
PHEW, if you made it through that, thanks for your time! Anyway I'm now back at 4.2.2 because I figured I'd try the unlocking at least and... it doesn't work. I read from others that the wifi and sound not working had to do with the modem firmware not matching what the kernel expects, so I took my wifes phone (which is still running 4.2.2 and the unlock worked, also a SGH-I337M), ran the following:
Code:
su
cd mnt/sdcard/
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 of=backup-NON-HLOS.bin
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 of=backup-modem.bin
Copied those dumps, wrote them to my busted phone with:
Code:
su
dd if=NON-HLOS.bin of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p1
dd if=modem.bin of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p2
reboot
And.... all that to no avail. I'm literally just fumbling through this now because this stuff is going beyond the scope of what I know. Anyone who can help or point me in the right direction would be most appreciated! Thanks for your time!
Fixed
Alright so, as I mentioned the official rogers 4.3 update over Kies is what I believe caused these problems in the first place. What I did however was get hold of the latest official build from this link (RWC-I337MVLUEMK6-20131125124040) and flash it in Odin. Oddly enough after the flash, all is working. Perhaps there is a broken version being pushed out over Kies.
Stock Kernel After Install Cyanogenmod 11 | Kitkat | Build 8 | 29 Nov ]
I have many problems with my phone after install CM11, i follow the instructions step by step and the installation complete without any problems but,
First. I have, at turn on the phone in the first screen "Samsung Galaxy S4" there is something written in red at the top left corner : "KERNEL IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING" In yellow just above : "Set Warranty Bit : kernel"
I investigate that and this is call, stock kernel.
Second. The Wifi is tethering i can´t active, don´t work.
Third. the sound is @%&)*, i can hear nothing.
Fourth. The mic on the phone is dead too, i can do calls on my phone because the other person don´t hear me nothing.
Somebody knows how fix all of this problems or my phone is @%&)* forever?
Thanks anyway, i appreciated any kind of help. Merry Christmas and Happy holidays for all. God bless you.
Y4kk=_Sp4rr0w said:
I have many problems with my phone after install CM11, i follow the instructions step by step and the installation complete without any problems but,
First. I have, at turn on the phone in the first screen "Samsung Galaxy S4" there is something written in red at the top left corner : "KERNEL IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING" In yellow just above : "Set Warranty Bit : kernel"
I investigate that and this is call, stock kernel.
Second. The Wifi is tethering i can´t active, don´t work.
Third. the sound is @%&)*, i can hear nothing.
Fourth. The mic on the phone is dead too, i can do calls on my phone because the other person don´t hear me nothing.
Somebody knows how fix all of this problems or my phone is @%&)* forever?
Thanks anyway, i appreciated any kind of help. Merry Christmas and Happy holidays for all. God bless you.
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Buddy! You're having the exact same problems I had. Can you tell me what carrier you are with and post your exact model here (like mine is SGH-i337M). The solution for me was to end up flashing (for the 4th or 5th time) the original stock touchwiz from branded by my carrier. The kernel warnings and such all went away, all sound and wifi works again (see my above posts). You might also be able to just flash the modem file for your phone, the CM version. Anyway post that stuff (exact model, carrier etc) and I'll see if I can help!
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Buddy! You're having the exact same problems I had. Can you tell me what carrier you are with and post your exact model here (like mine is SGH-i337M). The solution for me was to end up flashing (for the 4th or 5th time) the original stock touchwiz from branded by my carrier. The kernel warnings and such all went away, all sound and wifi works again (see my above posts). You might also be able to just flash the modem file for your phone, the CM version. Anyway post that stuff (exact model, carrier etc) and I'll see if I can help!
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Thanks Furinax, i appreciated all the help could you give me, my phone is a Samsung Galaxy S4 SGH-I337M, mi carrier is Telcel in México, i tried to download the original ROM, the android version 4.3.3, but that you know, the FBI goes down Hotfile and SamMobile still upload all the ROM´s in Terafile, if you know another site where i can download this original ROM i thank you so much, my best regards.
Found it!
Y4kk=_Sp4rr0w said:
Thanks Furinax, i appreciated all the help could you give me, my phone is a Samsung Galaxy S4 SGH-I337M, mi carrier is Telcel in México, i tried to download the original ROM, the android version 4.3.3, but that you know, the FBI goes down Hotfile and SamMobile still upload all the ROM´s in Terafile, if you know another site where i can download this original ROM i thank you so much, my best regards.
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Here ya go buddy, found it on terafile. Click this link here. ProTip! Use Bitcomet to do the HTTP download (copy the link once it starts downloading) and set the max connections to 20. This way you'll bypass the download throttle and download at full speed. Follow up and let me know if it works out for you!
In case you don't know, extract the zip, open Odin, click "PDA" and select the .md5 file you extracted. Put your phone into download mode by powering off and then powering on while holding the volume down rocker. It'll ask you to press volume up to confirm. Plug the phone in now and Odin will recognize the phone is ready for flashing (will say added! in the text field). Go ahead and click start. Note that this is a very big file so after you select it in Odin it will freeze for a while while it calculates the MD5 sum.
TCE-I337MUMUEMK6-20131128165859.zip
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If anyone else is looking for their stock roms for SG4, most of them can be found at this link.
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Here ya go buddy, found it on terafile. Click this link here. ProTip! Use Bitcomet to do the HTTP download (copy the link once it starts downloading) and set the max connections to 20. This way you'll bypass the download throttle and download at full speed. Follow up and let me know if it works out for you!
In case you don't know, extract the zip, open Odin, click "PDA" and select the .md5 file you extracted. Put your phone into download mode by powering off and then powering on while holding the volume down rocker. It'll ask you to press volume up to confirm. Plug the phone in now and Odin will recognize the phone is ready for flashing (will say added! in the text field). Go ahead and click start. Note that this is a very big file so after you select it in Odin it will freeze for a while while it calculates the MD5 sum.
Thanks Furinax, i really appreciated your time and your help, i´m downloading already, i have philz recovery in the phone, do you reccomends do the flashing from philz or is better with Odin? i have the Odin v3.09, i hope fix my phone with this Original ROM, i will inform what happen, thanks again, my best regards, take care you.
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If anyone else is looking for their stock roms for SG4, most of them can be found at
Thanks again Furinax, i will keep in contact, i will see what happens, my best regards.
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Y4kk=_Sp4rr0w said:
Thanks Furinax, i really appreciated your time and your help, i´m downloading already, i have philz recovery in the phone, do you reccomends do the flashing from philz or is better with Odin? i have the Odin v3.09, i hope fix my phone with this Original ROM, i will inform what happen, thanks again, my best regards, take care you.
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You can't flash it through recovery you have to use Odin and yes 3.09 should work fine. Make sure you extract the zip first and select the .md5 file that gets extracted from the zip. ALSO note that this will replace your custom recovery. I have not yet attempted to replace the stock recovery after flashing and fixing my phone, so I cannot tell you if it will work or not. At this point I'm just happy to have my phone working again so I'm not tampering and leaving it at stock. Also note that once you flash 4.3 the boot loader will be replaced so that if you tamper with the phone (flash anything new etc) it will permanently set a flag that you cannot change which indicates that your warranty is now void.
Stock Kernel Fix It but ....
Hello Furinax, i download and flash the original ROM with Odin v3.09, the stock Kernel fix it, but the Wifi and the sound still tethering, don´t work both of them, do you recommend flashing again? Or what can i do? Thanks and we keep in contact.
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Furinax said:
You can't flash it through recovery you have to use Odin and yes 3.09 should work fine. Make sure you extract the zip first and select the .md5 file that gets extracted from the zip. ALSO note that this will replace your custom recovery. I have not yet attempted to replace the stock recovery after flashing and fixing my phone, so I cannot tell you if it will work or not. At this point I'm just happy to have my phone working again so I'm not tampering and leaving it at stock. Also note that once you flash 4.3 the boot loader will be replaced so that if you tamper with the phone (flash anything new etc) it will permanently set a flag that you cannot change which indicates that your warranty is now void.
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Hello Furinax, i download and flash the original ROM with Odin v3.09, the stock Kernel fix it, but the Wifi and the sound still tethering, don´t work both of them, do you recommend flashing again? Or what can i do? Thanks and we keep in contact.
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Hello Furinax, i download and flash the original ROM with Odin v3.09, the stock Kernel fix it, but the Wifi and the sound still tethering, don´t work both of them, do you recommend flashing again? Or what can i do? Thanks and we keep in contact.[/QUOTE]
What happen Furinax, i´m very happy, after flashing my phone for second time, it fix all, my phone is back, i have WiFi, sound, and calls again, i learn the lesson, i will never flashing again with Customs RoM´s and i recommend to everyone don´t do it, thanks for helping me, have a great Christmas and a very vary happy new year, my best regards, salutes from Guadalajara, México, take care you, and god bless you.:good:
Y4kk=_Sp4rr0w said:
Hello Furinax, i download and flash the original ROM with Odin v3.09, the stock Kernel fix it, but the Wifi and the sound still tethering, don´t work both of them, do you recommend flashing again? Or what can i do? Thanks and we keep in contact.
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Hello Furinax, i download and flash the original ROM with Odin v3.09, the stock Kernel fix it, but the Wifi and the sound still tethering, don´t work both of them, do you recommend flashing again? Or what can i do? Thanks and we keep in contact.
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Hello Furinax, i download and flash the original ROM with Odin v3.09, the stock Kernel fix it, but the Wifi and the sound still tethering, don´t work both of them, do you recommend flashing again? Or what can i do? Thanks and we keep in contact.
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What happen Furinax, i´m very happy, after flashing my phone for second time, it fix all, my phone is back, i have WiFi, sound, and calls again, i learn the lesson, i will never flashing again with Customs RoM´s and i recommend to everyone don´t do it, thanks for helping me, have a great Christmas and a very vary happy new year, my best regards, salutes from Guadalajara, México, take care you, and god bless you.:good:[/QUOTE]
Yay! Glad to hear it. Just gotta watch and read lots before flashing custom roms. Some phones are a pain in the rear, some are fine. Usually stick to flagship phones for this. For example the Nexus series from Google, never had an issue flashing any of those phones. Anyway buddy I'm glad to hear it's all working, merry Christmas and happy new year to you too and God bless you as well. Take care!
I am going through this right now as we speak. I bought a S4 I337M tonight locked to Telus and am trying to unlock it for bell.....it was on 4.3 so yeah I tripped the knox bootloader which is ok because I do not have warranty on the phone BUT I installed 4.2.2 and tried the unlocking and of course it does not seem possible on the Telus i337m .....I followed all suggestions to a T so we must have to pay for codes....
Anyways I lost wifi and sound so i used odin to push back telus factory firmware mk6 and still have no wifi and sound ? Any ideas?
I am currently using odin and pushing it once again , fingers crossed
Any tips on both the unlocking and regaining sound and wifi ? thanks
stevenca said:
I am going through this right now as we speak. I bought a S4 I337M tonight locked to Telus and am trying to unlock it for bell.....it was on 4.3 so yeah I tripped the knox bootloader which is ok because I do not have warranty on the phone BUT I installed 4.2.2 and tried the unlocking and of course it does not seem possible on the Telus i337m .....I followed all suggestions to a T so we must have to pay for codes....
Anyways I lost wifi and sound so i used odin to push back telus factory firmware mk6 and still have no wifi and sound ? Any ideas?
I am currently using odin and pushing it once again , fingers crossed
Any tips on both the unlocking and regaining sound and wifi ? thanks
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Hey. So a couple of things. First, if you did the unlock process with the 4.2.2 rom, you unfortunately have to re flash the 4.2.2 rom and this time in the menu turn sim lock back on. Then, you can proceed to flash 4.3.3 and buy an unlock code. The reason you have to re flash and explicitly re - enable sim lock using the 4.2.2 menu is that once it fails, if you don't do that then even your purchased unlock code won't work!
So make sure you do that. I believe it's #*0101 then hit menu key, select back. Hit menu again, select number input, enter 1. Get the ddms main menu or whatever it's called where you can see network lock options and then select on instead of off. There is actually a video on YouTube of this exact issue and fix, I've just been moving for 4 days and am beat so if you get really stuck here I can find it tomorrow.
Once you do that re flash 4.3.3 with Odin but before you do, enter recover mode and wipe/factory reset/cache everything and of course ensure you are backed up first.
It has been my experience and others experience that you may need to re flash 4.3.3 multiple times before the wifi and other issues will be fixed. Don't panic, it'll work. Once you've got that all sorted, I bought my unlock codes (did this painful process on three sgh-1337m's) from cellunlocker.net and all went perfect. Let me know if you have any more questions!
Thanks! took 3 times to get back wifi and sound.....so odd.
I am now flashing 4.2 again and i will change the settings you mentioned back to locked than clear cache/factory wipe before going back to 4.3 and ordering my unlock code online....I dont understand why it works for some and not [email protected]!!!
stevenca said:
Thanks! took 3 times to get back wifi and sound.....so odd.
I am now flashing 4.2 again and i will change the settings you mentioned back to locked than clear cache/factory wipe before going back to 4.3 and ordering my unlock code online....I dont understand why it works for some and not [email protected]!!!
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Glad you got sound/wifi back! As far as why it sometimes works, phone had to be shipped with 4.2.2. Once they get upgraded to 4.3, the functionality is gone for reasons I'm not 100% on so I won't shoot my mouth off like I'm an expert. Lol enjoy your unlocked phone once you get it all sorted!
After the second flashing works, be patient
Furinax said:
Hey. So a couple of things. First, if you did the unlock process with the 4.2.2 rom, you unfortunately have to re flash the 4.2.2 rom and this time in the menu turn sim lock back on. Then, you can proceed to flash 4.3.3 and buy an unlock code. The reason you have to re flash and explicitly re - enable sim lock using the 4.2.2 menu is that once it fails, if you don't do that then even your purchased unlock code won't work!
So make sure you do that. I believe it's #*0101 then hit menu key, select back. Hit menu again, select number input, enter 1. Get the ddms main menu or whatever it's called where you can see network lock options and then select on instead of off. There is actually a video on YouTube of this exact issue and fix, I've just been moving for 4 days and am beat so if you get really stuck here I can find it tomorrow.
Once you do that re flash 4.3.3 with Odin but before you do, enter recover mode and wipe/factory reset/cache everything and of course ensure you are backed up first.
It has been my experience and others experience that you may need to re flash 4.3.3 multiple times before the wifi and other issues will be fixed. Don't panic, it'll work. Once you've got that all sorted, I bought my unlock codes (did this painful process on three sgh-1337m's) from cellunlocker.net and all went perfect. Let me know if you have any more questions!
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Hello stevenca, i reflash a second time with the original ROM and normalized, do the reflash for a second or third time with the original ROM of your phone and I guarantee it will work, Furinax help me a lot, have a happy new year. I will keep in contact if i can help you.
I need help. ASAP
ok heres the deal I upgraded to 4.3 via wifi on the phone then i rooted using cf autoroot and i restored my data,cache, and boot that i had from 4.2.2 and then it went to a black screen when booting with the led functioning. so i flashed to stock using odin and it worked but wifi sound and sd card did not work so i tried to upgrade via kies thinking it would solve my problem, it didnt it crashed at 43% and put me in firmware encountered issue mode so i went to download mode and flshed 4.2.2 stock multiple times but no success with wifi or sound please help. it is all stock i erased all memory and restored to stock. 4.2.2 stock Bell Canadian i337m. Please help i'm a noob. also when i turn on my phone it says in red text KERNEL IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING and underneath in yellow text it says SET WARRANTY BIT: KERNEL
Pavandeep Dhillon said:
ok heres the deal I upgraded to 4.3 via wifi on the phone then i rooted using cf autoroot and i restored my data,cache, and boot that i had from 4.2.2 and then it went to a black screen when booting with the led functioning. so i flashed to stock using odin and it worked but wifi sound and sd card did not work so i tried to upgrade via kies thinking it would solve my problem, it didnt it crashed at 43% and put me in firmware encountered issue mode so i went to download mode and flshed 4.2.2 stock multiple times but no success with wifi or sound please help. it is all stock i erased all memory and restored to stock. 4.2.2 stock Bell Canadian i337m. Please help i'm a noob. also when i turn on my phone it says in red text KERNEL IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING and underneath in yellow text it says SET WARRANTY BIT: KERNEL
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- U cant come back of 4.3 to 4.2.2. And u cant restore ur DATA/boot of 4.2.2 to one new firmware 4.3 either
- U will have to install now TWRP for ex.
- Go to Recovery and wipe all (data, system, cache and dalvik cache)
- Reboot in Download Mode
- Flash this firmware by ODIN
- Take a look in XDA the terms im writing u (TWRP, Recovery, Download mode, ODIN, Flashing firmware). They are very important steps for solve ur problems :highfive:
Thank you very much i'll come back with the results.
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How do i get TWRP on to my phone?
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Nevermind, i got TWRP through goomanager but the link you gave me for 4.3 partially works, the link itself is working but when im on the page and click download it creates a download link that doesnt work
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Pavandeep Dhillon said:
Thank you very much i'll come back with the results.
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How do i get TWRP on to my phone?
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Nevermind, i got TWRP through goomanager but the link you gave me for 4.3 partially works, the link itself is working but when im on the page and click download it creates a download link that doesnt work
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ok i have to be the most annoying poster, sorry. TWRP through goomanager didnt work so im stuck with no download and no TWRP.
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OK i got TWRP and wiped everything just waiting on link, thank you.
I did everything you said still doesnt work.
Can someone please help me. I attempted to root my wifes i9505 (already done my own with no issues). It failed during flashing cf-root (CF-Auto-Root-jflte-jfltexx-gti9505.tar.md5)
I had no choice but to reboot the phone and now it's stuck in odin mode - Firmware upgrade encountered an issue! Kies won't connect to the phone for the recovery either? What should I do, please help!!!
EDIT: Doesn't matter, tried a different usb lead and re-tried the process and it's working now. Very strange, could have only been the lead I was using
tim132 said:
mode - Firmware upgrade encountered an issue! Kies won't connect to the phone for the recovery either? What should I do, please help!!!
EDIT: Doesn't matter, tried a different usb lead and re-tried the process and it's working now. Very strange, could have only been the lead I was using
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Mate, I have 3 (THREE) sammy's galaxy phones [connection cables], I had two wife and, to be honest, form all of that, only one wrks without problems
spamtrash said:
Mate, I have 3 (THREE) sammy's galaxy phones [connection cables], I had two wife and, to be honest, form all of that, only one wrks without problems
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thanks a lot.
re: try this.
tim132 said:
Can someone please help me. I attempted to root my wifes i9505 (already done my own with no issues). It failed during flashing cf-root (CF-Auto-Root-jflte-jfltexx-gti9505.tar.md5)
I had no choice but to reboot the phone and now it's stuck in odin mode - Firmware upgrade encountered an issue! Kies won't connect to the phone for the recovery either? What should I do, please help!!!
EDIT: Doesn't matter, tried a different usb lead and re-tried the process and it's working now. Very strange, could have only been the lead I was using
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Download the cf-auto-root again, just in case it was a bad download.
Then power off the phone then power it back on into download mode
and close Odin, re-open odin and place the cf-auto root.tar file into
the PDA slot in Odin.
Then plug usb cable into the computer and phone and be sure that the [COM:xx] lights up & start odin.
Chances are good it will flash without errors.
Good luck!
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Yeah thanks. I've flashed my phones ever since having the s2 and never had a problem as I research properly before doing anything.
I used the same downloaded cf-root for my own phone so knew that wasn't the problem. I obviously used a different lead for flashing my own phone.
Once I used the same lead on my wifes phone it worked fine. Just had to put the phone back into download mode and run through the odin process again.
I guess if that hadn't have worked I would have to flash a new rom using odin. Wouldn't have been ideal, I hadn't backed up any data - I needed to root before I got full functionality with titanium backup.
Anyway all worked out fine in the end. Hopefully, this post will help someone the future.
Sent from my GT-I9505G using xda app-developers app
Guys, I need a hand here, as I hit a solid brick wall and no amount of scouring the forums helped me find a suitable solution.
Hardware involved:
Galaxy Note 3 N9005 that was running 4.4.2 (bought unlocked)
iMac with Yosemite and Parallels with Ubuntu and Windows 10 with Heimdall and Odin 3.09 installed
What I set out to do: root & install clockworkmod recovery with the ultimate goal to install Linux on Android. I had my previous Note 2 and LG P990 rooted too, so I was not entirely new to the procedure.
What I "achieved": Heimdall would not work at all due to a problem that apparently affects all Samsung 4.4.2 devices. So I got Parallels on my Mac and installed Windows 10 Technical Preview to run Odin. After several attempts I finally managed to got Odin to say "PASS" on the CF Auto-Root procedure. However, the phone would not boot anymore and always return to it's ODIN state. But I also succeeded to get Clockworkmod installed.
With that I installed Cyanogen, thinking to be able to get around the booting problem. I wasn't. Now when booting Cyanogen, I get a message that encryption was unsuccesful and the device needs to be restored.
I would like to comply and downloaded the stock files for restoring through Odin, but now even with the device in the proper ODIN download state, the phone is no longer recognized by the Software. Tried about a hundred times now with reboot etc. and nothing seems to work. Even KIES does note recognize the phone anymore.
I can enter CWM and Odin modes just fine. I just can't boot and I can't get it recognized by my Mac anymore. My best guess is I unintentionally screwed up the partition table / PIT file and now I can't restore it anymore.
I am at the end of the rope here and getting desperate, any suggestions (preferably step by step) would be most welcome!
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Guys, I need a hand here, as I hit a solid brick wall and no amount of scouring the forums helped me find a suitable solution.
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It's very weird that in Download Mode Odin don't recognize your device. Remember that you need Kies 3 for android 4.4.2 and Kies 3 has to be completely closed for use ODIN.
Joku1981 said:
It's very weird that in Download Mode Odin don't recognize your device. Remember that you need Kies 3 for android 4.4.2 and Kies 3 has to be completely closed for use ODIN.
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Ok, I tried on my Win Laptop from work now and Odin can recognize the Smartphone there. I will take it home on the weekend to go further.
However, a hasty try to flash the stock rom (Vodafone NL Lollipop) resulted in the same "encryption failed" error I had before. Any ideas what I am doing wrong?
psearcher said:
Ok, I tried on my Win Laptop from work now and Odin can recognize the Smartphone there. I will take it home on the weekend to go further.
However, a hasty try to flash the stock rom (Vodafone NL Lollipop) resulted in the same "encryption failed" error I had before. Any ideas what I am doing wrong?
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Your phone is unlocked. You had to try the POLAND Lollipop firmware or wait till future udpates.
Joku1981 said:
Your phone is unlocked. You had to try the POLAND Lollipop firmware or wait till future udpates.
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Hi there Joku!
Just tried the Polish Lollipop Firmware and it still keeps displaying the "Encryption failed" error. It looks like it does not matter which file I flash, it will keep showing the same error.
Like I said, I believe I somehow broke the PIT file of the phone. Any ideas how to fix this?
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Rene
Try this pit file.
https://meocloud.pt/link/4ebb315a-867c-4469-bfdf-c234ca9f4d1e/PIT-File-DBT VFG-UK-MSM8974.zip/
Put it on pit field. Set repartition on and auto reboot. If all goes well then try to flash the Vodafone NL 4.4.2 rom (it's the one I use so I know that this pit file works with it).
Sent from my SM-N9005
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If it doesn't work try to go in TWRP and wipe the /data partition and then reflash the stock rom.
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Question solved!
DeuXGod said:
Try this pit file.
Put it on pit field. Set repartition on and auto reboot. If all goes well then try to flash the Vodafone NL 4.4.2 rom (it's the one I use so I know that this pit file works with it).
Sent from my SM-N9005
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If it doesn't work try to go in TWRP and wipe the /data partition and then reflash the stock rom.
Sent from my SM-N9005
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Thanks DeuXGod, but by now I more or less stumbled on the solution by trial and error. I'll post it here, hoping that somebody may benefit from my endeavours in the future. As a n00b I can't post links though. Sorry for that.
I do not know if all the steps are necessary or correct, but in the end they did lead me back to a working device. :fingers-crossed:
After trying a few PIT files here in the forums, the problems did not go away. Some of them would lead to a phone that just got stuck at the "Samsung" screen and would not fully boot up.
So I got the idea to flash back the "old" Dutch 4.4.2 ROM, which I downloaded from Sammobile and flashed in ODIN. After booting it showed a bit of a different error message, saying the file system was corrupted
I googled for this and stumbled on a small ZIP file that is supposed to fix "cannot mount DATA / EFS errors". I loaded this on my SDXC.
Flashed aforementioned ZIP file through the recovery from the SDXC.
After rebooting it still showed the same error, so I got back to recovery, did a factory reset and a cache wipe.
Another reboot and much to my surprise (and great relief) the phone booted up normally again!
From there I thought that if this worked, the Polish 5.0 should work too. I flashed it. Flashed CF Auto Root after that and everything seems to be working fine!
I set everything up and the phone is now restoring the apps etc. So far looking very good!
Hello everyone - I attempted to root my phone today ended up bricking it. Originally I was unable to boot into recovery, I was getting a boot loop with a red message - only official binaries are allowed to be flashed. I tried flashing twrp but no luck. I tried flashing original firmware back to my phone using Odin which was failing every time. I have also tried the restarting the phone method and then quickly going back into download mode to proceed with Odin which also isn't working. Currently - I can only go into download mode and if I restart it just brings me to a giant message and exclamation mark that says - "An error has occurred while updating the device software. Use the emergency recovery function in the Smart Switch PC software." (i have never used smart switch before). At this point - I'm not sure how to proceed - any help is appreciated. Thank you
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Hello everyone - I attempted to root my phone today ended up bricking it. Originally I was unable to boot into recovery, I was getting a boot loop with a red message - only official binaries are allowed to be flashed. I tried flashing twrp but no luck. I tried flashing original firmware back to my phone using Odin which was failing every time. I have also tried the restarting the phone method and then quickly going back into download mode to proceed with Odin which also isn't working. Currently - I can only go into download mode and if I restart it just brings me to a giant message and exclamation mark that says - "An error has occurred while updating the device software. Use the emergency recovery function in the Smart Switch PC software." (i have never used smart switch before). At this point - I'm not sure how to proceed - any help is appreciated. Thank you
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I would try using smart switch method first to restore your phone. Link below is a start
http://www.blogtechtips.com/2017/06/24/easily-restore-samsung-device-firmware-with-smart-switch/
Odin errors can range. Without knowing what error Odin is telling you it's a bit hard to say.
try latest firmware with july patches...it will work use odin 3.13.1 or prince comsy odin
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8+/help/help-potential-softbrick-g955f-t3747425 read this carefully
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I would try using smart switch method first to restore your phone. Link below is a start
http://www.blogtechtips.com/2017/06/24/easily-restore-samsung-device-firmware-with-smart-switch/
Odin errors can range. Without knowing what error Odin is telling you it's a bit hard to say.
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I just tried this out.. had to download an older version of smart switch - unfortunately I get the message that my device model the 950F is not supported for initializing on smart switch. Any other suggestions? Thanks!
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try latest firmware with july patches...it will work use odin 3.13.1 or prince comsy odin
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8+/help/help-potential-softbrick-g955f-t3747425 read this carefully
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I've been using the 3.13.1 Odin - but I will try with some different firmware - i have a couple different versions maybe they are not the latest firmware. Thank you.
no problem man
If you have any issues or errors with Odin make a note of it and post.
same problem here what was the firmware you use ?
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same problem here what was the firmware you use ?
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cezhartac said:
same problem here what was the firmware you use ?
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As long as you can enter download mode you just need the latest firmware which I was able to find on Sammobile.com. I was using some older versions which was why I couldn't get out of being bricked. Thanks to Khawarjaved on this thread who pointed out the major change in the newer firmware.
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try latest firmware with july patches...it will work use odin 3.13.1 or prince comsy odin
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8+/help/help-potential-softbrick-g955f-t3747425 read this carefully
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Thanks again! I was using older firmware the whole time which was the problem.