Was rooted now I'm on stock - Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answers

Recently had my s7 edge rooted with the guide that says root and knox still good.
Just used the part of the guide where it says unroot I'm back on stock firmware but now I can't take an Ota it fails and I can't use samsung pay. I was wondering if I did something wrong or there is a step in missed and need to do ?
Thanks in advance for any and all help.

You have to Odin a stock firmware.

That's what I did

What does Settings - About phone - Status - "Phone status" say? It should say "Official".
Also booting to Download Mode (phone off, hold Power/Vol Down/Home at same time, then press Vol Up when prompted) to confirm that "System Status" should read "Samsung Official" or "Official".
You can also install this app, KNOX Status Samsung, and it'll tell you your Knox Status.
If Knox is not valid, you will not be able to use Samsung Pay, and once Knox is tripped, there is no undoing that.

Only reason I can't be on root either is because even with all the power saving functions I've had enabled through root, it didn't have as good battery saving as stock unrooted.
But yeah, try to make sure you didn't do something to trip KNOX.

Yeah that's the odd thing I downloaded the knox checker and it says the warranty is valid

RMarkwald said:
What does Settings - About phone - Status - "Phone status" say? It should say "Official".
Also booting to Download Mode (phone off, hold Power/Vol Down/Home at same time, then press Vol Up when prompted) to confirm that "System Status" should read "Samsung Official" or "Official".
You can also install this app, KNOX Status Samsung, and it'll tell you your Knox Status.
If Knox is not valid, you will not be able to use Samsung Pay, and once Knox is tripped, there is no undoing that.
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Yeah I don't know what I did wrong knox app says my warranty is valid and both of what to u told me to check say offacial and Samsung official so I truly don't know what the heck I did wrong

Yup just tried one more time taking a system update I'm able to do but it fails in the installation process and when I try to use samsung pay I get access denied.

JSDragon said:
Yup just tried one more time taking a system update I'm able to do but it fails in the installation process and when I try to use samsung pay I get access denied.
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I'm not seeing anything in the Verizon Root Guide w/ Knox Good where it says anything about unrooting, so I assume you flashed the official phone firmware via ODIN? What version firmware did you flash? Did you get the stock firmware files from this thread here?

My apologies this was the thread that I used for unroot
http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...-to-notes-root-install-xposed-unroot-t3411039

JSDragon said:
My apologies this was the thread that I used for unroot
http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...-to-notes-root-install-xposed-unroot-t3411039
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Does your baseband version match your build number? You only need to look at the last 3 digits. If they don't match then you flashed the wrong update file onto your phone.

RMarkwald said:
What does Settings - About phone - Status - "Phone status" say? It should say "Official".
Also booting to Download Mode (phone off, hold Power/Vol Down/Home at same time, then press Vol Up when prompted) to confirm that "System Status" should read "Samsung Official" or "Official".
You can also install this app, KNOX Status Samsung, and it'll tell you your Knox Status.
If Knox is not valid, you will not be able to use Samsung Pay, and once Knox is tripped, there is no undoing that.
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Outbreak444 said:
Does your baseband version match your build number? You only need to look at the last 3 digits. If they don't match then you flashed the wrong update file onto your phone.
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Just looked they do match up.

JSDragon said:
Just looked they do match up.
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Install this app here:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.vndnguyen.phoneinfo
Check General, CSC, and Firmware and make sure it all matches up similar to mine.
For example, mine says:
General:
Manufacturer/Brand:
samsung / Verizon
Phone Model:
SM-G935V
Device Type/Product Name:
hero2qlte
Knox Warranty Void:
0x0
CSC Code:
Firmware's CSC Code/Active CSC Code:
VZW
Mobile Operator:
Verizon Wireless
Firmware:
Bootloader Version:
G935VVRU2APB5
PDA Version:
G935VVRU2APB5 / G935VVRU2APB5_PB6
CSC Version:
G935VVZW2APB5
Baseband Version:
G935VVRU2APB5

Here you go this might work I found this on the regular s7 forum........
For those of you who want to go back to stock and are having trouble with any updates i have found a fix.
(only do this if u want to go 100% back to stock and want to update to current software and future updated software. If u want to stay on PG2 software and never update, then ignore this post)
In the instructions on how to flash back to stock, the OP only included 3 files u had to flash using Odin (AP, CP and CSC). follow those steps up to the point where everything is flashed back to stock and your phone has rebooted to home screen. After that,power off your phone and restart to download screen (hold home, power button and volume down at same time)
once u are booted to the download mode screen, open odin and select BL and find the BL file that came with your stock folder. Once its loaded, hit start and let Odin flash it. Your phone will reboot and you will be able to update your phone to any new software released.
I had a problem trying to update to PG1 after reflashing to stock. My update would crash at 32%. This will fix that issue.

live2playloud said:
Here you go this might work I found this on the regular s7 forum........
For those of you who want to go back to stock and are having trouble with any updates i have found a fix.
(only do this if u want to go 100% back to stock and want to update to current software and future updated software. If u want to stay on PG2 software and never update, then ignore this post)
In the instructions on how to flash back to stock, the OP only included 3 files u had to flash using Odin (AP, CP and CSC). follow those steps up to the point where everything is flashed back to stock and your phone has rebooted to home screen. After that,power off your phone and restart to download screen (hold home, power button and volume down at same time)
once u are booted to the download mode screen, open odin and select BL and find the BL file that came with your stock folder. Once its loaded, hit start and let Odin flash it. Your phone will reboot and you will be able to update your phone to any new software released.
I had a problem trying to update to PG1 after reflashing to stock. My update would crash at 32%. This will fix that issue.
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I will try this and report back thank you for your time.

live2playloud said:
Here you go this might work I found this on the regular s7 forum........
For those of you who want to go back to stock and are having trouble with any updates i have found a fix.
(only do this if u want to go 100% back to stock and want to update to current software and future updated software. If u want to stay on PG2 software and never update, then ignore this post)
In the instructions on how to flash back to stock, the OP only included 3 files u had to flash using Odin (AP, CP and CSC). follow those steps up to the point where everything is flashed back to stock and your phone has rebooted to home screen. After that,power off your phone and restart to download screen (hold home, power button and volume down at same time)
once u are booted to the download mode screen, open odin and select BL and find the BL file that came with your stock folder. Once its loaded, hit start and let Odin flash it. Your phone will reboot and you will be able to update your phone to any new software released.
I had a problem trying to update to PG1 after reflashing to stock. My update would crash at 32%. This will fix that issue.
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Live2playloud you are awesome ! it worked perfectly I can now take system updates and samsung pay is back working perfectly ! Thank you very much for your time!!!!

JSDragon said:
Live2playloud you are awesome ! it worked perfectly I can now take system updates and samsung pay is back working perfectly ! Thank you very much for your time!!!!
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Glad to hear but just so you know I did not write this is just found it and provided it to you but I am glad your up and running

live2playloud said:
Glad to hear but just so you know I did not write this is just found it and provided it to you but I am glad your up and running
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That is ok for me you were still a huge help and I really appreciate it.

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[Q] galaxy s4 gti9505 WAS rooted but cant change status back to normal

hi all, as you can tell, im a noob well, I have a samsung galaxy s4 gti9505 that I rooted with odin WHEN I had a pc, and it just so happens, whenever I root an android, it works but then things start to go wrong like lagging, freezing, drainage of the battery really fast ect. So this time I decided to google how to unroot my phone without a pc to fix my problem. I did that using super su or something which had the unroot option witch I did successfully. But just a few moments ago, I was just checking to see if there were any updates available for my phone because my camera decided to stop working, (well the camera works but when trying to record, a pop-up box appears saying camera failed). So when I tried to update, it said that I cant update because my phone is modified, now as stated above, I am a noob to this subject so please be patient with me trying to comprehend the technical terms use will use hahaha. Can someone please explain to me if it is possible to change the status from custom to normal without the help of a computer? Thanks in advance
help meeh please
Can anyone help?
I don't understand why you want to return back to stock without computer/laptop. In any case following instruction will help you to return your S4 back to stock:
1.First you need to download official firmware for your region from this site: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/
2. Second upload it to phone with Odin http://www.andromint.com/download-odin-latest-version/
If needed you can also use Triangle away to reset custom flash count.
That's all...
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Dear all,
I have a similar question.
I've rooted my i9500. I wonder is there any way to roll back my phone like Triangel Away etc. I mean in case of any guarantee situation.
As far as understand, as of now no way to reset.
I hope someone can find a way to reset everyhing to get warranty back.
[email protected] said:
As far as understand, as of now no way to reset.
I hope someone can find a way to reset everyhing to get warranty back.
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Flash official firmware with Odin PC should do the job. I pretty sure counter will be reset too.
Mittaa said:
Flash official firmware with Odin PC should do the job. I pretty sure counter will be reset too.
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I will try.
First i will unroot phone than flash original firmware with Odin as you say.
If it works, i will add ss here.
Thanks
[email protected] said:
I will try.
First i will unroot phone than flash original firmware with Odin as you say.
If it works, i will add ss here.
Thanks
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You don't need to un-root before flash ... you will for sure lose root anyway
romrak said:
I don't understand why you want to return back to stock without computer/laptop. In any case following instruction will help you to return your S4 back to stock:
1.First you need to download official firmware for your region from this site: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/
2. Second upload it to phone with Odin http://www.andromint.com/download-odin-latest-version/
If needed you can also use Triangle away to reset custom flash count.
That's all...
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Is there any way i can download at more than 200KB's?
http://puu.sh/4YTbL.png
Cause the captcha for the rom download on the link says it's wrong even when i type it right..
I must do something wrong here, because it's not working for me.
I followed the instructions and device still says it is modified and it will not check for updates from samsung.
What is my next step?
Procedure so far:
Gained root acces with ODIN
I did not flash a custom rom.
Used Triangle away to reset counter (counter checked 0 afterwards)
Flashed Galaxy stock firmware downloaded from internet (PHN-I9505XXUDMHB-20130922121848.zip unpacked this once) with ODIN
Furthermore, regarding KNOX reading:
KNOX KERNEL LOCK: 0X0
KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 0X1
(I suppose the latter means Samsung still is able to see I did something)
Would a hard reset solve this issue do you think?

[Q] Firmware Upgrade Encountered an Issue

My sgh-i337 was stuck in a bootloop where twrp wasn't working, but using Odin didn't work either. What I ended up doing was upgrading the firmware in Kies, which worked, but it stayed on mdl firmware. It completely wiped my system. No data whatsoever (except my external sd card) and no root. I stupidly upgraded to mf3, because I didn't know that AT&T had locked down the bootloader. When I realized this, I went straight back to Kies and tried to do the upgrade again, but I didn't realize that it was solely for mdl. So my phone got stuck in "Firmware upgrade an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again." There is a yellow caution sign in the middle, with two dots going to the left with a phone at the end, and two dots to the right of the sign with a computer at the end. In the upper left-hand corner, there is the Odin Mode dialogue:
"ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: SGH-I337
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: Official
CSB-CONFIG-LSB: 0x30
WRITE PROTECTION: Enable
The only thing I can boot to other than the above mode is Odin Mode, but because my phone is no longer rooted, this does me no good. I can't boot to recovery mode, either. When the phone is off (from taking the battery out or holding the power button), by pressing the power button, it goes to the firmware upgrade issue screen. In another thread, it mentioned booting to the confirmation to boot to Odin, and pressing the volume down button to restart, but this takes me right back to the firmware upgrade issue screen.
Please help me!!!!!
P.S. Someone mentioned taking it to the AT&T retailer because it is no longer rooted, but I want to see if I can avoid this because the warranty might be voided because it was rooted.
You'll have to flash the mf3 firmware now. Use Odin. Google mf3 tar files xda
jd1639 said:
You'll have to flash the mf3 firmware now. Use Odin. Google mf3 tar files xda
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Odin doesn't work because it is no longer rooted. Thanks for the reply though.
txk623 said:
Odin doesn't work because it is no longer rooted. Thanks for the reply though.
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You don't need to be rooted to use odin
jd1639 said:
You don't need to be rooted to use odin
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Thanks a lot.
I added MF3.tar mirror on my thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2573080 . And u don't need to be root to use Odin..... if u would like to upgrade to 4.3 mk2 this thread might also help you .......goodluck.....
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[Q] WiFi not working after update via Kies from 4.3. to 4.4.2

Hi there,
i have a rooted S4 i9505 with cwm installed.
yesterday i did an update from stock rom 4.3 to 4.4.2 (I9505XXUEMKE) via KIES.
the problem now....I cant turn on the wifi anymore. whenever i try to use the on/off switch for the wifi it instandly switches back to off.
is anyone else experiencing the same problem? has someone already a solution for that, before i will do a factory reset.
SDA1979 said:
Hi there,
i have a rooted S4 i9505 with cwm installed.
yesterday i did an update from stock rom 4.3 to 4.4.2 (I9505XXUEMKE) via KIES.
the problem now....I cant turn on the wifi anymore. whenever i try to use the on/off switch for the wifi it instandly switches back to off.
is anyone else experiencing the same problem? has someone already a solution for that, before i will do a factory reset.
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hmm - shouldn't really be a problem if you flashed stock, but broken wifi is a symptom reported when flashing old modem on new bootloader, if you have new stock sammy 4.4 then you will surely have new bootloader (check though by putting your phone into download mode and then check for KNOX references - if you got them you got new bootloader, if no then you are on the old one)
Click on the link in my sig for modem - that will take you to a thread that has all the newest modems - have a look through the most recent last 3-4 pages and you will find packages for modems for new bootloader, flash one of these and see what happens - BTW you need to flash in odin with 'reboot' unchecked, then when its finished power off your phone manually then put back into download mode and flash again, then repeat the procedure but this time tick 'reboot' and that should be done. BTW - the tar file goes into 'phone' not csc. You may need to unzip the modem package to get the tar file.
Let us know how you got on
Jimsilver73 said:
hmm - shouldn't really be a problem if you flashed stock, but broken wifi is a symptom reported when flashing old modem on new bootloader, if you have new stock sammy 4.4 then you will surely have new bootloader (check though by putting your phone into download mode and then check for KNOX references - if you got them you got new bootloader, if no then you are on the old one)
Click on the link in my sig for modem - that will take you to a thread that has all the newest modems - have a look through the most recent last 3-4 pages and you will find packages for modems for new bootloader, flash one of these and see what happens - BTW you need to flash in odin with 'reboot' unchecked, then when its finished power off your phone manually then put back into download mode and flash again, then repeat the procedure but this time tick 'reboot' and that should be done. BTW - the tar file goes into 'phone' not csc. You may need to unzip the modem package to get the tar file.
Let us know how you got on
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ok just to be sure and not bricking my phone..
i went into download mode and it says:
odin mode
product name gt-i9505
current binary custom
system status official
knox kernel lock 0x0
knox warranty void 0x1csb-config-lsb 0x30
write protection enabled
eMMC burst mode enabled
now if i understood right, i have to download
Wifi fix/NON-HLOS - I9505_XXUFNB8_WiFi_FIX
and flash it with odin with the instruction above....
is that correct?
i also found XXUFNB8.... should i rather use this one?
SDA1979 said:
ok just to be sure and not bricking my phone..
i went into download mode and it says:
odin mode
product name gt-i9505
current binary custom
system status official
knox kernel lock 0x0
knox warranty void 0x1csb-config-lsb 0x30
write protection enabled
eMMC burst mode enabled
now if i understood right, i have to download
Wifi fix/NON-HLOS - I9505_XXUFNB8_WiFi_FIX
and flash it with odin with the instruction above....
is that correct?
i also found XXUFNB8.... should i rather use this one?
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Its correct
SDA1979 said:
ok just to be sure and not bricking my phone..
i went into download mode and it says:
odin mode
product name gt-i9505
current binary custom
system status official
knox kernel lock 0x0
knox warranty void 0x1csb-config-lsb 0x30
write protection enabled
eMMC burst mode enabled
now if i understood right, i have to download
Wifi fix/NON-HLOS - I9505_XXUFNB8_WiFi_FIX
and flash it with odin with the instruction above....
is that correct?
i also found XXUFNB8.... should i rather use this one?
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you are on the new bootloader so you can flash the complete package - it has everything in it all in one package! - you won't brick your phone even if you flash the wrong modem, that is unless you did some thing real dumb like flash i9500 modem and even then I think its recoverable not that I suggest you try!!
depends where you are in the world - I used NB8 and it worked well for me in the UK - I'm on NB9 now and that seems nice also.
so to be clear flash this:
Combined package
For NewBootloader
GSM_Modem_XXUFNB8_and_LTE_Modem_XXUFNB8
https://mega.co.nz/#!3dR30JiT!cP5WrUCfz9L4h8doY7KTTV6fq4pFL85EkJBG6T-Gqhc
Jimsilver73 said:
you are on the new bootloader so you can flash the complete package - it has everything in it all in one package! - you won't brick your phone even if you flash the wrong modem, that is unless you did some thing real dumb like flash i9500 modem and even then I think its recoverable not that I suggest you try!!
depends where you are in the world - I used NB8 and it worked well for me in the UK - I'm on NB9 now and that seems nice also.
so to be clear flash this:
Combined package
For NewBootloader
GSM_Modem_XXUFNB8_and_LTE_Modem_XXUFNB8
https://mega.co.nz/#!3dR30JiT!cP5WrUCfz9L4h8doY7KTTV6fq4pFL85EkJBG6T-Gqhc
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hey guys, thank you!!!
the Wi-Fi is working again.
Nonetheless i still have one problem remaining, which i thought it would have been fixed as well.
but, when GPS is turned on, it tries to find the GPS position and the icon on the status bar continues appearing and disappearing permanently (every half of a second).
Beside the fact that it is really annoying having this icon flashing all the time it also causes the display to freeze.
Especially when scrolling from top to the bottom to open the notification area.
It sometimes also lets the system crush completely.
any idea what this could be?
thanks for your effort so far.
SDA1979 said:
hey guys, thank you!!!
the Wi-Fi is working again.
Nonetheless i still have one problem remaining, which i thought it would have been fixed as well.
but, when GPS is turned on, it tries to find the GPS position and the icon on the status bar continues appearing and disappearing permanently (every half of a second).
Beside the fact that it is really annoying having this icon flashing all the time it also causes the display to freeze.
Especially when scrolling from top to the bottom to open the notification area.
It sometimes also lets the system crush completely.
any idea what this could be?
thanks for your effort so far.
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hmmm......... thats not right!
Suggest you find a stock sammy ROM and flash anew in odin - then root using cf root, then flash recovery - (TWRP is very good :good then go into recovery and wipe cache, dalvik, system and data - reboot and see what happens on nice new shiny sammy stock - if all is good pick the ROM/kernel you want (if you want) and go back to odin to reflash modem.
The only other thing I can think is that you have an app that is messing with gps?? Do the above though and you should be golden :good:
EDIT: don't wipe system unless you planning flashing a different ROM through recovery!
Jimsilver73 said:
hmmm......... thats not right!
Suggest you find a stock sammy ROM and flash anew in odin - then root using cf root, then flash recovery - (TWRP is very good :good then go into recovery and wipe cache, dalvik, system and data - reboot and see what happens on nice new shiny sammy stock - if all is good pick the ROM/kernel you want (if you want) and go back to odin to reflash modem.
The only other thing I can think is that you have an app that is messing with gps?? Do the above though and you should be golden :good:
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Hi, right way to flash the stock Samsung package, but after flashing a custom recovery, do not wipe system. There's no ROM after that so phone will not boot. And the newest modem is integrated in the stock package, so no need to flash it again.
And another advice: NEVER use Kies to update your phone. It has bricked 3 of mines.:cyclops:
speedwayfan75 said:
Hi, right way to flash the stock Samsung package, but after flashing a custom recovery, do not wipe system. There's no ROM after that so phone will not boot. And the newest modem is integrated in the stock package, so no need to flash it again.
And another advice: NEVER use Kies to update your phone. It has bricked 3 of mines.:cyclops:
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Oops, well spotted! Yes, don't wipe system unless you have another ROM to flash through recovery. 3 phones bricked from kies huh? I never used it SVD don't think I ever will lol. Good old Sammy stock stuff, tbh that's why I steer well clear of anything stock Sammy unless absolutely necessary and last resort - I look at the farce they have made by forcing us to accept Knox pox!
Jimsilver73 said:
Oops, well spotted! Yes, don't wipe system unless you have another ROM to flash through recovery. 3 phones bricked from kies huh? I never used it SVD don't think I ever will lol. Good old Sammy stock stuff, tbh that's why I steer well clear of anything stock Sammy unless absolutely necessary and last resort - I look at the farce they have made by forcing us to accept Knox pox!
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my thought was to go into recovery mode and wipe everything and start from beginning in order to exclude that it could depends on some wrong settings or any software already installed....
I updated to 4.4.2 using Mobile Odin and my wifi was borked too.
I did notice after the update that there was a mismatch between my Baseband version (still the old 4.3 XXUEMKE) and the Build number XXUFNB8, and I recall seeing some message during the flashing process that security had blocked the kernel update and Triangle Away might help solve it.
I therefore ran Triangle Away to reset my flash counter, and then used Mobile Odin to have a second go at flashing just the Kernel, Recovery and Modem parts.
This was successful and I now have matching Baseband and Build, both XXUFNB8.
And my wifi now works again...
ok.. after making a factory reset wifi and gps are working fine again.
guess there was some missconfigured third party app...
but now, with a fresh system i do not understand why i am not able to assign a PIN for my lockscreen...
everything is greyed out except PIN and Password.
but even though setting up a PIN, the screen lock is always set to use Swipe......
damn, i shouldnt have updated to 4.4.2.... until now.. only problems with this new build....
SDA1979 said:
ok.. after making a factory reset wifi and gps are working fine again.
guess there was some missconfigured third party app...
but now, with a fresh system i do not understand why i am not able to assign a PIN for my lockscreen...
everything is greyed out except PIN and Password.
but even though setting up a PIN, the screen lock is always set to use Swipe......
damn, i shouldnt have updated to 4.4.2.... until now.. only problems with this new build....
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Try slimkat 3.2 from here http://www.slimroms.net/index.php/downloads/dlsearch/viewcategory/909-jfltexx remember to download gapps and flash after you have flashed ROM. You won't be disappointed
Jimsilver73 said:
Try slimkat 3.2 from here http://www.slimroms.net/index.php/downloads/dlsearch/viewcategory/909-jfltexx remember to download gapps and flash after you have flashed ROM. You won't be disappointed
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hey thanks for your suggestion. but i want to keep using the stock rom. sufficent for my needs....
anyway.. finally i was able to get everything working after flashing the rom with odin again.
Jimsilver73 said:
hmm - shouldn't really be a problem if you flashed stock, but broken wifi is a symptom reported when flashing old modem on new bootloader, if you have new stock sammy 4.4 then you will surely have new bootloader (check though by putting your phone into download mode and then check for KNOX references - if you got them you got new bootloader, if no then you are on the old one)
Click on the link in my sig for modem - that will take you to a thread that has all the newest modems - have a look through the most recent last 3-4 pages and you will find packages for modems for new bootloader, flash one of these and see what happens - BTW you need to flash in odin with 'reboot' unchecked, then when its finished power off your phone manually then put back into download mode and flash again, then repeat the procedure but this time tick 'reboot' and that should be done. BTW - the tar file goes into 'phone' not csc. You may need to unzip the modem package to get the tar file.
Let us know how you got on
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I feel compelled to express my gratitude for the post. Two days ago i updated from 4.3 to 4.4.2 on my rooted gt-i9505 via KIES and just like that no more wifi. This solution works like charm!!!
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[Q] Confused about my specific device

Heya guys,
I've read through so many websites and forum posts but always when I think I have found the right thing for me, the model number, baseband version and/or build number varies...
All I want to do is root my phone. If there's a safe way to do this without tripping that KNOX whatever, that would be great but not even the most important to me.
And if it is possible I would also like to get Android 4.4.4 installed. Strangely, my phone says it is up to date (4.4.2) but I'm seeing people having 4.4.4 on theirs...
If there's something like a pack to get both, the update and the root, that would be mint!
Either way, I would be very thankful if someone could point me to a place where my exact device could get its appropriate files.
Model number: GT-I9301I
Baseband version: I9301IXXUANF2
Build number: KOT49H.I9301IXCUANJ4
you have the gt-i9301i so latest version for your device is 4.4.2 , but 4.4.4 is available for dual sim variant gt-i9300i you can root it i'll post the link below and navigate through the android devloppement section and find a rom that suits you then install it
link for root : http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...overy-t-r-p-samsung-galaxy-s3-neo-gt-t2906840
Heya, thanks for the answer!
Ah, so there's also a dual sim variant. Mean that only they get the 4.4.4 update
So, on that link you gave me... do I need that stuff in the first post or is it enough for me to load and process the stuff in the second post (under 2nd Method I guess?)?
you choose which method you want to use then you're good to go
Yeah, but lets say I choose that "2nd Method ( Odin method )" - do I ALSO need that stuff from the first post (TWRP) or is that not needed then?
no just from 2nd post (odin mode)
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no just from 2nd post (odin mode)
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Wuaaah, when I go into download mode, it says "Product Name: GT-i9300i"
Now which one is right? O_O
Also, are you sure the second post stuff is all I need? It looks like all I'm getting there is a new recovery, it doesn't say anything about root...?
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Wuaaah, when I go into download mode, it says "Product Name: GT-i9300i"
Now which one is right? O_O
Also, are you sure the second post stuff is all I need? It looks like all I'm getting there is a new recovery, it doesn't say anything about root...?
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look dude download recovery.tar and the 2 zips supersu and knox removal then put them in your phone then put recovery.tar on odin then got to download mode on your phone then plug it to your computer then click start after it's done boot in recovery (lock key + home key + volume up key ) then flash the two zips and you're done mate
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look dude download recovery.tar and the 2 zips supersu and knox removal then put them in your phone then put recovery.tar on odin then got to download mode on your phone then plug it to your computer then click start after it's done boot in recovery (lock key + home key + volume up key ) then flash the two zips and you're done mate
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So I do need the two zips from the first post, you didn't say that before
I'm still confused, though, about the download mode telling me my device is a GT-i9300i. Is that just a bug or something?
Check about device
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Check about device
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Yeah, there it says "GT-I9301I", that's why I'm confused. I don't know which is right.
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Yeah, there it says "GT-I9301I", that's why I'm confused. I don't know which is right.
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You have the i9301i then. Trust me.
Alright, thanks! I'll try this then... I hope there won't be any brickage O_O
Yay, everything worked as it should.
Since I applied the KNOX removal, is it also necessary to use TriangleAway?
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Yay, everything worked as it should.
Since I applied the KNOX removal, is it also necessary to use TriangleAway?
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No . I personally rooted my device with cf auto root. After I launched the SuperSU it removed KNOX
Hm, I think you misunderstood my question. KNOX seems to be removed already.
But there's still that other thing with the yellow triangle (years ago, one needed 'Triangle Away' to remove it), right? Or has Samsung given up on that when they introduced KNOX?
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Hm, I think you misunderstood my question. KNOX seems to be removed already.
But there's still that other thing with the yellow triangle (years ago, one needed 'Triangle Away' to remove it), right? Or has Samsung given up on that when they introduced KNOX?
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Yeah, considering I have never heard about it, it probably doesn't exist anymore.

Trying to flash back to stock.....Model mismatch

I get model mismatch every single time, I have downloaded the right firmware.. Downloaded the one said to do 5 DIFFERENT ONES that are all essentially the same, I rooted succesffully, then tried to flash xposed and failed obv.
.."Stock-S7-EDGE-ATT_G935AATT2APG1.zip"
"AP_G935AUCS2APF2_CL7617530_QB9897831_REV02_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5"
Etc. Idk what to do anymore, stuck in download or recovery mode.
"Downloaded the one said to do 5 DIFFERENT ONES that are essentially the same," what does that mean? You downloaded the firmware zip file that had 5 seperate files in it, and they're all essentially the same? See how you quoted one of the files inside? Notice how it starts with "AP"? In odin, you click the AP button, then add that file in that AP slot. Then the one that starts with "BL" in the BL slot, and so on and so forth, until you have all 5 files in their respective slots. THEN you start the flashing process. Did you do that? If that didn't work, did you make sure the md5 number listed at the download screen match after you downloaded the zip file? Do you have an md5 checksum program on your computer? You can easily find a free one by doing a quick google search. You could also maybe try downloading and flashing a different/newer stock AT&T firmware.
As for xposed, you first need to download and install this version of the xposed apk from the xposed website: XposedInstaller_3.0_alpha4.apk
Then, if/when rooted find and flash this version of xposed framework in flashfire:
xposed-v85.1-sdk23-arm64-custom-build-by-wanam-20160530.zip
If you're not having any luck, and your phone is still stuck in download or recovery mode, you can still power it off for the time being using the following steps:
If it's in recovery mode, you'll have options listed, like "reboot system now," and, "power off device." You can toggle through each choice using the volume up and down buttons, and once you highlight the one you want, hit the power button to select it. You can go to "power off device" in recovery mode and turn your phone off for now if you don't want to have to worry about it. If your phone is in download mode, it'll either be at the warning screen where you can hit volume up to continue, or volume down to cancel and restart the phone. If it is all the way in download mode, it'll say "downloading... do not turn off target !!" If it is on the warning screen, just continue into into download mode. If it is in download mode already, or you just continued into download mode, and you want to turn the phone off, press and hold volume up, volume down, power, and home button and hold them all down at the same time until the phone shuts off. Immediately after, let go of all the buttons, and then press and hold the volume up, home, and power buttons until the phone comes back on, and in the top left corner, in blue, it'll say "Recovery booting." It is then that you let go of all the buttons. You will enter recovery there and be able to power the device off.
Anyway, I hope you already got it fixed, and if not, I hope this information helped. I'm not trying to be mean, but you really need to search through all of the forums, read everything, read people's comments for information on how to do these sort of things properly, and how to fix the problems. Rooting, installing custom roms and xposed is a little different on newer devices now. Mistakes can be much more costly now than they used to be, so unless you've read thoroughly on such processes, and/or have found a youtube video that helps and you're feeling confident about it, you might want to reconsider attempting to apply these kinds of changes to your phone. If you have any friends that are good at this stuff, maybe that would be another way as well. Anyway, best of luck to you.
Try Odin 3.12.3 or PrinceComsy version It work for me. My case was that I upgrade to the firmware 935u version bootloader v4 and I wanted go back to PH1 that the bootloader is v2. Make sure to do factory reset before do any flash with odin (I don't know if that matter but works for me). Hope this work for you.
xjimmy said:
"Downloaded the one said to do 5 DIFFERENT ONES that are essentially the same," what does that mean? You downloaded the firmware zip file that had 5 seperate files in it, and they're all essentially the same? See how you quoted one of the files inside? Notice how it starts with "AP"? In odin, you click the AP button, then add that file in that AP slot. Then the one that starts with "BL" in the BL slot, and so on and so forth, until you have all 5 files in their respective slots. THEN you start the flashing process. Did you do that? If that didn't work, did you make sure the md5 number listed at the download screen match after you downloaded the zip file? Do you have an md5 checksum program on your computer? You can easily find a free one by doing a quick google search. You could also maybe try downloading and flashing a different/newer stock AT&T firmware.
As for xposed, you first need to download and install this version of the xposed apk from the xposed website: XposedInstaller_3.0_alpha4.apk
Then, if/when rooted find and flash this version of xposed framework in flashfire:
xposed-v85.1-sdk23-arm64-custom-build-by-wanam-20160530.zip
If you're not having any luck, and your phone is still stuck in download or recovery mode, you can still power it off for the time being using the following steps:
If it's in recovery mode, you'll have options listed, like "reboot system now," and, "power off device." You can toggle through each choice using the volume up and down buttons, and once you highlight the one you want, hit the power button to select it. You can go to "power off device" in recovery mode and turn your phone off for now if you don't want to have to worry about it. If your phone is in download mode, it'll either be at the warning screen where you can hit volume up to continue, or volume down to cancel and restart the phone. If it is all the way in download mode, it'll say "downloading... do not turn off target !!" If it is on the warning screen, just continue into into download mode. If it is in download mode already, or you just continued into download mode, and you want to turn the phone off, press and hold volume up, volume down, power, and home button and hold them all down at the same time until the phone shuts off. Immediately after, let go of all the buttons, and then press and hold the volume up, home, and power buttons until the phone comes back on, and in the top left corner, in blue, it'll say "Recovery booting." It is then that you let go of all the buttons. You will enter recovery there and be able to power the device off.
Anyway, I hope you already got it fixed, and if not, I hope this information helped. I'm not trying to be mean, but you really need to search through all of the forums, read everything, read people's comments for information on how to do these sort of things properly, and how to fix the problems. Rooting, installing custom roms and xposed is a little different on newer devices now. Mistakes can be much more costly now than they used to be, so unless you've read thoroughly on such processes, and/or have found a youtube video that helps and you're feeling confident about it, you might want to reconsider attempting to apply these kinds of changes to your phone. If you have any friends that are good at this stuff, maybe that would be another way as well. Anyway, best of luck to you.
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I did all of this, except for the check md5thing, will try this today.
Yeah so im pretty sure my phone is done for good, I have literally tried to flash every stock firmware, blah blah there is. ik to put Bl with bl ap with ap etc. lol it used to be so easy...
brandonjames1212 said:
Yeah so im pretty sure my phone is done for good, I have literally tried to flash every stock firmware, blah blah there is. ik to put Bl with bl ap with ap etc. lol it used to be so easy...
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What are you flashing FROM? From what you listed in the OP, you are trying to flash to APG1? What the device is on now could be on a newer firmware
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What are you flashing FROM? From what you listed in the OP, you are trying to flash to APG1? What the device is on now could be on a newer firmware
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I honestly dnt knnow what the phone originally was, I forgot, but i have tried pg1 Pf2 pb4.. atleast those are some of the files i have tried.. cant find any others.. currently about to try ph1
Ph1 failed too.
idk if this helps anything, but Here is exactly what it says on my download mode
"ODIN MODE (HIGH SPEED)
PRODUCT NAME: SM-G935A
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: Custom
FAP LOCK: ON
WARRANTY VOID: 0x0
QUALCOM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE
AP SWREV: B4(2,1,1,1,1) K1 S3
SECURE DOWNLOAD: ENABLE
brandonjames1212 said:
I honestly dnt knnow what the phone originally was, I forgot, but i have tried pg1 Pf2 pb4.. atleast those are some of the files i have tried.. cant find any others.. currently about to try ph1
Ph1 failed too.
idk if this helps anything, but Here is exactly what it says on my download mode
"ODIN MODE (HIGH SPEED)
PRODUCT NAME: SM-G935A
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: Custom
FAP LOCK: ON
WARRANTY VOID: 0x0
QUALCOM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE
AP SWREV: B4(2,1,1,1,1) K1 S3
SECURE DOWNLOAD: ENABLE
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If you are trying to flash the stock ROM and you are on different bootloaders you are going to run into issues. I THINK (and could be wrong), you may be on version 4 (based off of the "AP SWREV: B4(2,1,1,1,1) K1 S3") again, I'm not positive on my assumption here, but, if that's the case you need to flash a stock ROM that is on version 4 of the bootloaders, something like G935AUCS4API2 (BL4)
kangi26 said:
If you are trying to flash the stock ROM and you are on different bootloaders you are going to run into issues. I THINK (and could be wrong), you may be on version 4 (based off of the "AP SWREV: B4(2,1,1,1,1) K1 S3") again, I'm not positive on my assumption here, but, if that's the case you need to flash a stock ROM that is on version 4 of the bootloaders, something like G935AUCS4API2 (BL4)
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Thank you for responding, but I did download that one yesterday and tried that one too.. got the same error sadly ;/
brandonjames1212 said:
Thank you for responding, but I did download that one yesterday and tried that one too.. got the same error sadly ;/
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If you go into Recovery Mode, you should be able to see what ROM you are on. From there, I'd do a system wipe like xjimmy suggested, power off, boot to Download mode, and try to flash the ROM that has matching bootloader
kangi26 said:
If you go into Recovery Mode, you should be able to see what ROM you are on. From there, I'd do a system wipe like xjimmy suggested, power off, boot to Download mode, and try to flash the ROM that has matching bootloader
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Android recovery
MMB29M.G935AUCS4API2
samsung/hero2qlteuc/hero2qlteatt
6.0.1/MMB29M/G935AUCS4API2
I factory reset, But can you refer me to what i should download for the above.. tired of downloading wrong file and all.. lol have downloaded over 13gb worth of files.. dnt wanna fail again
Lol i see pi2... ive already done that one tho, but as he said before, i reset this time and gonna try again.. already have files for that one.. so about to try
brandonjames1212 said:
Android recovery
MMB29M.G935AUCS4API2
samsung/hero2qlteuc/hero2qlteatt
6.0.1/MMB29M/G935AUCS4API2
I factory reset, But can you refer me to what i should download for the above.. tired of downloading wrong file and all.. lol have downloaded over 13gb worth of files.. dnt wanna fail again
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So you are on V4 Bootloaders, and API2, which is the current stock release.
I would
Download the stock API2 ROM from HERE and put them all on your desktop
Open Odin
In Recovery mode, wipe the device
Restart the phone in Download Mode then plug the phone into the PC
Put the downloaded files to their slots in Odin, and hit start
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So you are on V4 Bootloaders, and API2, which is the current stock release.
I would
Download the stock API2 ROM from HERE and put them all on your desktop
Open Odin
In Recovery mode, wipe the device
Restart the phone in Download Mode then plug the phone into the PC
Put the downloaded files to their slots in Odin, and hit start
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That is the exactly files i have currently trying again now that i reset phone.
OMG thank you guys so much, after a thousand tries.. it ended up being the files you linked (Which were the original files i used the very first time) I just never did the factory reset!!! after doing the reset and trying again!! its currently started actually through the process, instead of saying model mismatch ! hopefully it does the entire thing with no errrors!! THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH...
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OMG thank you guys so much, after a thousand tries.. it ended up being the files you linked (Which were the original files i used the very first time) I just never did the factory reset!!! after doing the reset and trying again!! its currently started actually through the process, instead of saying model mismatch ! hopefully it does the entire thing with no errrors!! THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH...
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Excellent!
kangi26 said:
If you are trying to flash the stock ROM and you are on different bootloaders you are going to run into issues. I THINK (and could be wrong), you may be on version 4 (based off of the "AP SWREV: B4(2,1,1,1,1) K1 S3") again, I'm not positive on my assumption here, but, if that's the case you need to flash a stock ROM that is on version 4 of the bootloaders, something like G935AUCS4API2 (BL4)
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Yes I'm trying to flash the stock firmware but I flashed the rooted bootloader in Odin I think, lol so that may be why I'm having issues. Cause mine fails every single time for the att version and it's driving me nuts and I can't find any video tutorial on it at all, and smart switch won't work with the att one lol Dicks
kshansen7692 said:
Yes I'm trying to flash the stock firmware but I flashed the rooted bootloader in Odin I think, lol so that may be why I'm having issues. Cause mine fails every single time for the att version and it's driving me nuts and I can't find any video tutorial on it at all, and smart switch won't work with the att one lol Dicks
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Did you do a Factory Reset in Recovery first?
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Did you do a Factory Reset in Recovery first?
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No I haven't I'm about to and I'll let you know what happens
kangi26 said:
Did you do a Factory Reset in Recovery first?
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OK did a reset wiped her out set it up and wallllllaaaa it's fixed golden!! You sir helped a bunch thanks again this thread saved my nuggets
kshansen7692 said:
OK did a reset wiped her out set it up and wallllllaaaa it's fixed golden!! You sir helped a bunch thanks again this thread saved my nuggets
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Sorry to come back to the party so late. Things have been hectic here. I'm glad these guys were able to get you all fixed up.

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