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4.3 downgrade -> 4.2.2 epic fal

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?

nomikSqash said:
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 :/

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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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

nerdyblonde said:
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 !

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'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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Cannot activate phone with Cyanogenmod 11

I have a sprint galaxy s4 running cyanogenmod 11. I just bought the phone from someone. I went and got a new SIM for the device and tried to activate online. Did not work. I opened chat window with sprint and they put in the device's numbers and sim card number and asked me to make a test call, which did not work. They then asked me to type in ##72786#. They said it would auto reboot the device. It did nothing. They then started asking questions about if this was a used device. Obviously I don't want to have to go to the sprint store, I'm sure they would tell me they cannot activate a modded device.
Can anyone tell me how to activate?
edit: also had me enter ##659143# and said it should bring up a menu screen. It did nothing

Pretty sure those codes won't do anything unless you're on a TW based rom. I would flash the stock rom, then call and try to activate.
(And please remember questions go in the Q&A section)
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As said above you'll need a touchwiz rom to get activated. I had the same problem when I got my phone.

Beezer80 said:
As said above you'll need a touchwiz rom to get activated. I had the same problem when I got my phone.
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Thanks. I really like this rom and how its performing... can you please point me to a tutorial on how to bring back to stock, then to reinstall the same rom after activation? Person I got it from said the files are on the sd card

Download a touchwiz rom to your SD card. Boot into recovery and make a backup of your current setup. Then flash the touhwiz ROM. Activate your phone then boot back into recovery and restore your CM11 ROM.

Beezer80 said:
Download a touchwiz rom to your SD card. Boot into recovery and make a backup of your current setup. Then flash the touhwiz ROM. Activate your phone then boot back into recovery and restore your CM11 ROM.
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Where do I get touchwiz? Cannot find it on google or xda.

You really need to learn ALOT before you start using a rooted phone. And flashing.
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Touch wiz refers to any Samsung bloated ROM. There are numerous ones in the development section.
Sent from my SPH-L720 using Tapatalk

daniel4653 said:
You really need to learn ALOT before you start using a rooted phone. And flashing.
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Touch wiz refers to any Samsung bloated ROM. There are numerous ones in the development section.
Sent from my SPH-L720 using Tapatalk
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What's done is done, I have a rooted phone. At this point I need to get through this. All help is appreciated.
I used a youtube tutorial, downloaded touchwiz and odin. Tried to install but it hung up in the middle and failed install. Now won't install through odin and I get the error 'firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in kies & try again".
Installed Kies, went to tools>firmware upgrade initialization... but it keeps saying incorrect serial.
Any ideas?

Boot into Download Mode, post what the text is in the upper-left-hand corner. (after saying "yes" to the warning.) As long as you don't do anything with Odin nothing will download.
There's nothing in that text that has any personally identifiable information.

guyrelax said:
What's done is done, I have a rooted phone. At this point I need to get through this. All help is appreciated.
I used a youtube tutorial, downloaded touchwiz and odin. Tried to install but it hung up in the middle and failed install. Now won't install through odin and I get the error 'firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in kies & try again".
Installed Kies, went to tools>firmware upgrade initialization... but it keeps saying incorrect serial.
Any ideas?
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First of all, what baseband version are you on? Mdc, mdl, mf9,mk2, mja? That is important to know. If on say mf9, then flash with odin a stock mf9, therevare plenty of videos on youtube as to how to use odin. As for the kies error page or wathever justbpull the battery and go into download mode again and start over again. If it only goes half way and stops try a different usb port and make sure you are using the factory original usb cable, I had that same problem you describe of the kies error and itvwas the usb port. Give it a try, just take your time and don't loose your patience. Odin is pretty safe but at the same time you do not want to mess up. Triple check your settings and make surebyou have the right files. Good luck sorry about the typos.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2303917
Link to all roms, just scroll down to the stock touchwiz roms and choose the one you need.

matraca said:
First of all, what baseband version are you on? Mdc, mdl, mf9,mk2, mja? That is important to know. If on say mf9, then flash with odin a stock mf9, therevare plenty of videos on youtube as to how to use odin. As for the kies error page or wathever justbpull the battery and go into download mode again and start over again. If it only goes half way and stops try a different usb port and make sure you are using the factory original usb cable, I had that same problem you describe of the kies error and itvwas the usb port. Give it a try, just take your time and don't loose your patience. Odin is pretty safe but at the same time you do not want to mess up. Triple check your settings and make surebyou have the right files. Good luck sorry about the typos.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2303917
Link to all roms, just scroll down to the stock touchwiz roms and choose the one you need.
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I also have the same issue with my secondary phone line that is an S4. I wasn't quite sure what the heck the issue was with my device since it was working perfectly fine in one month and then all of a sudden I can no longer dial out anymore! I was puzzled as all hell and was wondering whats going on? So i had thought instantly that its either needing a PRL Update or it has to upgrade the radio and at the time i had just literally updated the radio from MF9 i believe. everything worked BUT the phone line kept saying that wonderful "we are sorry but your account could NOT be validated" line and again and again didnt realize that untill reading this post that i didnt remember to upgrade to the latest firmware update. So your saying that is the issue? Doesn't a PRL update help some of those issues with connectivity as well right? that way if you wanted to downgrade your firmware in your radio you could still do so and just update your PRL correct me if i am wrong but i haven't messed with the issue in about 4-5 months so im a lil dusty and need some clarification. I also CANT find an option to Update the PRL in CM 11 at all and sprint had told me that was what i needed to do and i couldnt find that anywhere when i changed my number i basically got data connectivity ONLY... has the Update PRL option in CM11 become obsolete or removed? does just a radio firmware update solve all the connectivity issues? or i should say just most not all... Thank you too by the way I have been stumped and just needed another head to miss what was so an obvious issue if this works out to be the problem that has agitated me time and time again!

[Q] (for me) unrecoverable softbrick

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?
Regards,
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).
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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

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).
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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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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!

Can't get back into SafeStrap. I'm stuck please help

Was running BPB1, and tried to decrypt my phone. It got stuck, so I did a reset, and rebooted into Safestrap. Tried to restore a backup, which seemed to go by quick (I thought it took a bit, but this was done within seconds). I FORGOT to flash teh BPB1 SS kernel....
So I got into Download mode and tried flashing the NK2 kernel. I get stuck on the Samsung Galaxy S5 Custom screen. I then tried flashing the NI2 kernel...same thing.
What the hell do I do now?

Even performed factory reset..and same thing, it won't get past the Samsung Galaxy s5 Custom Powered by Android screen.

bryank29 said:
Even performed factory reset..and same thing, it won't get past the Samsung Galaxy s5 Custom Powered by Android screen.
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Did you try odin back the pb1 kernel ?

alin919 said:
Did you try odin back the pb1 kernel ?
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I don't know when the TAR version of the kernel is. These are all ZIPS and one is the full tar, I think http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/development/vzwstock-based-tw-rom-3-4-16-t3329029
Edit - just found this: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24438995911969780 will try flashing it.
I just tried the header partiion fix here (even if it was for bok) but that didn't help either: http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/development/safestrap-5-0-lollipop-t3313800

Just flashed the BPB1 Kernel via Odin. Same Samsung powered by Android screen...

bryank29 said:
Just flashed the BPB1 Kernel via Odin. Same Samsung powered by Android screen...
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Well , the only think you can do now is to odin full pb1 rom and reroot again . Sorry for the bad news !

alin919 said:
Well , the only think you can do now is to odin full pb1 rom and reroot again . Sorry for the bad news !
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I am fine doing that if that is what it takes. I hate to ask this..because there is so many links, but could you provide the URL's to the re-root process? My head has been swimming in pages/links for the last 3 hours.
I assume I can use this PB1 download? https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24438995911970571

bryank29 said:
I am fine doing that if that is what it takes. I hate to ask this..because there is so many links, but could you provide the URL's to the re-root process? My head has been swimming in pages/links for the last 3 hours.
I assume I can use this PB1 download? https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24438995911970571
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Use this one , or you can compare the one from root tred with the one you got...... here :http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/general/root-method-og5-ok3-t3290370
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bryank29 said:
I am fine doing that if that is what it takes. I hate to ask this..because there is so many links, but could you provide the URL's to the re-root process? My head has been swimming in pages/links for the last 3 hours.
I assume I can use this PB1 download? https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24438995911970571
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I think you got the wright one .

alin919 said:
Use this one , or you can compare the one from root tred with the one you got...... here :http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/general/root-method-og5-ok3-t3290370
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I think you got the wright one .
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I previously installed the one with his PROPS file and deodexed....but if I can get back to my nandroid backup, that would solve that issue correct?

alin919 said:
Well , the only think you can do now is to odin full pb1 rom and reroot again . Sorry for the bad news !
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So reading that rooting thread you posted..the instructions are a bit unclear. Because I am going to odin the BPB1 file, it is mentioned
If Your Not On BPB1 Build then Proceed too Prepare Your Phone ------------------------V RIGHT THERE V
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Should I look at my situation as if I am NOT on BPB1 then, despite that I 'was'? And then it says 'proceed to rooting instructions' ....but if I install the BPB1, do I still need to unzip "OK3_ROOT_V5.exe " ?

bryank29 said:
So reading that rooting thread you posted..the instructions are a bit unclear. Because I am going to odin the BPB1 file, it is mentioned
Should I look at my situation as if I am NOT on BPB1 then, despite that I 'was'? And then it says 'proceed to rooting instructions' ....but if I install the BPB1, do I still need to unzip "OK3_ROOT_V5.exe " ?
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Yes , just unzip on same folder on desktop . Prepare phone is about heaving a function pb1 rom before you root .

alin919 said:
Yes , just unzip on same folder on desktop . Prepare phone is about heaving a function pb1 rom before you root .
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Got it. thanks. Will report back.

Ok so I am going for round 2. Screwed up apparently.
I followed all the steps, and even rebooted into SafeStrap. I thought, after wiping cache, data, etc.. like the instructions said prior to installing a ROM, I could just restore my backup. That process went fine, but then I went to flash the G900V_Fix+Safestrap and it said "FAILED". WTF. I've never had a fail on flashing a zip before. Said it couldn't open the file.
I wonder if part of the SD card is corrupted because it was encrypted, but I can still see my files after I told the phone to decrypt earlier. I mean I got no error flashing my August 26 nandroid...
Any clue why flashing zips would barf? I was definitely rooted and busybox and SS installed. Though after installing SS a 2nd time (per the instructions) I got a verizon notification that said unauthorized something....

Confirmed...my files on my SD card were corrupt. So formatting card, copying over the fresh backups I made before **** hit the fan, and giving this another go.

//SM-J727P 2017\\ **Stock Odin J727PVPU1AQB9**

I couldn't find the correct thread to upload this, its a newer model of the J700P it could be from Sprint or Boostmobile either way here is the stock odin firmware i seen it in the Samsung kitchen so why not share it
This is Nougat firmware
AP_J727PVPU1AQB9_REPAIR_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT_meta.tar.md5
BL_J727PVPU1AQB9_REPAIR_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5
CP_J727PVPU1AQB9_REPAIR_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5
CSC_SPT_J727PSPT1AQB9_REPAIR_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=745425885120715469
Note:
This is either for Sprint or Boostmobile

Has anyone used this???
Sent from my SM-J727P using XDA-Developers Legacy app

JeepinxJosh said:
Has anyone used this???
Sent from my SM-J727P using XDA-Developers Legacy app
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yes, quite afew times

will this work for Virgin mobile as well? I haven 't had a need yet...but knowing meeee...eventually.

Worked for my VM version of the phone. I think the phone sets itself from the network(Sprint, Boost, Virgin) when you activate it.

Very well ,Confirmed Works on boost mobile only method. helps me get off or bypass screen massage Blocked by FRP ,flashed with Odin thanks

Thank you very much! Also for the confirmation it works..... (i did hit the thanks button)
Downloading now,....... Just got this device due to a insurance claim so this is a completelt new phone to me and I really want to either start or add to one specific form till we get a complete spot on the fourms.... Any way my ideal or a good ideal for us is to add everthing that is confirmed working as on today and add it to one fourm and reserve like 10 entrys for specific problems and the solutions. Or just in a easy format so everything is not so confusing till we get our device a Fourm started instead of a thread thats confusing and hard to follow.... Anyone with me???? Its a new device and we need development so bad.. im stuck in a bootloop as of now and cant find the info to help me and its so aggervating.... someone will have to maintain it of course
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quick question...... downloaded the stock firmware but not sure about something....
do I add every file to odin or just the AP file??? or what? cause im use to just flashing in the AP spot in odin. Do I just load the AP REPAIR file i downloaded in the zip file? or do I add all files to odin??? Im alil confused.... PLEASE AND THANK YOU FOR THE HELP
just never really had to flash any other files but the AP slot....
Easy instruction would be very helpfull please
UPDATE UPDATE
I just went ahead and added all dled files in the folder to Odin and everythings good! Thanks again
FLASH ALL FILES

still getting error
XxTeXx07xX said:
Thank you very much! Also for the confirmation it works..... (i did hit the thanks button)
Downloading now,....... Just got this device due to a insurance claim so this is a completelt new phone to me and I really want to either start or add to one specific form till we get a complete spot on the fourms.... Any way my ideal or a good ideal for us is to add everthing that is confirmed working as on today and add it to one fourm and reserve like 10 entrys for specific problems and the solutions. Or just in a easy format so everything is not so confusing till we get our device a Fourm started instead of a thread thats confusing and hard to follow.... Anyone with me???? Its a new device and we need development so bad.. im stuck in a bootloop as of now and cant find the info to help me and its so aggervating.... someone will have to maintain it of course
---------- Post added at 09:01 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:33 PM ----------
quick question...... downloaded the stock firmware but not sure about something....
do I add every file to odin or just the AP file??? or what? cause im use to just flashing in the AP spot in odin. Do I just load the AP REPAIR file i downloaded in the zip file? or do I add all files to odin??? Im alil confused.... PLEASE AND THANK YOU FOR THE HELP
just never really had to flash any other files but the AP slot....
Easy instruction would be very helpfull please
UPDATE UPDATE
I just went ahead and added all dled files in the folder to Odin and everythings good! Thanks again
FLASH ALL FILES
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OK, so i flashed all 4 files in odin with my Boost mobile samsung galaxy SM-J727P and im still getting an error...im stuck in boot loop as well.someone please help. thanks

Does anyone knows if it's possible to unlock it with Z3X?

The extra csc file or the other so file named home-ap
AtlasTheGod said:
OK, so i flashed all 4 files in odin with my Boost mobile samsung galaxy SM-J727P and im still getting an error...im stuck in boot loop as well.someone please help. thanks
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Flash the home ap file I believe instead....
You see the file?
UPDATE UPDATE
I just went ahead and added all dled files in the folder to Odin and everythings good! Thanks again
FLASH ALL FILES

I have followed all steps. I am using the J727p for boost. It turned on loaded up normally for me then when I restarted the phone it is now stuck in a boot load it gets to the Samsung screen then shuts off and repeats.

XxTeXx07xX said:
Flash the home ap file I believe instead....
You see the file?
UPDATE UPDATE
I just went ahead and added all dled files in the folder to Odin and everythings good! Thanks again
FLASH ALL FILES
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What build were you on when flashed it ???
If you were on J727PVPU2AQI3 YOUR STUCK TILL YOU GET THE NEW FIRMWARE FILE !!

JUSMEJOSE said:
I couldn't find the correct thread to upload this, its a newer model of the J700P it could be from Sprint or Boostmobile either way here is the stock odin firmware i seen it in the Samsung kitchen so why not share it
This is Nougat firmware
AP_J727PVPU1AQB9_REPAIR_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT_meta.tar.md5
BL_J727PVPU1AQB9_REPAIR_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5
CP_J727PVPU1AQB9_REPAIR_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5
CSC_SPT_J727PSPT1AQB9_REPAIR_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=745425885120715469
Note:
This is either for Sprint or Boostmobile
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this fixed my blinking:
rpmb provisioned ...pink
rpmb fuse: 1 ...yellow
recovery booting ...blue

This does not work. I've tried it multiple times on multiple versions of Odin. This will not work if you use Boost Mobile. It either fails, hangs at flashing boot.img, or hangs at SetupConnection.

Galaxy J727P
spc_hicks09 said:
This does not work. I've tried it multiple times on multiple versions of Odin. This will not work if you use Boost Mobile. It either fails, hangs at flashing boot.img, or hangs at SetupConnection.
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Here try these four file ! Don't use the fifth file if your not on Sprint it not needed in most cases !
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=244089

peter couniaz said:
Here try these four file ! Don't use the fifth file if your not on Sprint it not needed in most cases !
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=244089
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Thank you, I will try them now and see what happens.

XxTeXx07xX said:
Flash the home ap file I believe instead....
You see the file?
UPDATE UPDATE
I just went ahead and added all dled files in the folder to Odin and everythings good! Thanks again
FLASH ALL FILES
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Anyone have any luck with these? I'd really like to bypass frp on this

spc_hicks09 said:
Thank you, I will try them now and see what happens.
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So do you have any luck? trying to get stock firmware on my device to bypass FRP boot.img error

Almost bricked...and then this post saved my friggin day!
peter couniaz said:
Here try these four file ! Don't use the fifth file if your not on Sprint it not needed in most cases !
This works to get you back to stock from bootloop. I tried my hand at rooting this little SOB (TWRP,Magisk) and tripped the Knox counter bc I forgot to wipe it. Reboot came up with "Validation Failure" and I was stuck. I stumbled over this post and with nothing to lose other than $130.
First piece of advice...Use Odin 3.12.3 ONLY!! I tried the latest version and it didn't work. Download the files, place them in the appropriate boxes and flash. reboot into recovery, wipe the cache/data and you should be good. Mine took quite a while after hanging on the Boost mobile splash screen, but about 3 reboots later, it brought me to the configuration screen. It's up, running and I even got the OTA software update, but then again, it is stock.
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J727P
ListlessSpectre said:
peter couniaz said:
Here try these four file ! Don't use the fifth file if your not on Sprint it not needed in most cases !
This works to get you back to stock from bootloop. I tried my hand at rooting this little SOB (TWRP,Magisk) and tripped the Knox counter bc I forgot to wipe it. Reboot came up with "Validation Failure" and I was stuck. I stumbled over this post and with nothing to lose other than $130.
First piece of advice...Use Odin 3.12.3 ONLY!! I tried the latest version and it didn't work. Download the files, place them in the appropriate boxes and flash. reboot into recovery, wipe the cache/data and you should be good. Mine took quite a while after hanging on the Boost mobile splash screen, but about 3 reboots later, it brought me to the configuration screen. It's up, running and I even got the OTA software update, but then again, it is stock.
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You may want to look at this link if you haven't already the last Rom there is my daily drive but you should read threw it let me know if you need any help !
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-j7/development/updated-tweaked-deodexed-rom-galaxy-t3773219
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