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[Q] SGH-I337M No Sound Or Wifi

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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!

Furinax said:
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.

Furinax said:
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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Furinax said:
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.

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)
Sent from my SPH-L720 using Tapatalk 2

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.
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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!

Remove ftp lock

Hi,
I just wanted to flash a theme for my rom. But when I tried to reboot in recovery... My phone says custom binary blocked by frp lock!
How do i fix this? I didnt even try to factory reset it. I just tried booting in recovery.
Where have i selected this lock and how do i remove it? What THE hell is this?
Pls heeeelp

liobeir said:
Hi,
I just wanted to flash a theme for my rom. But when I tried to reboot in recovery... My phone says custom binary blocked by frp lock!
How do i fix this? I didnt even try to factory reset it. I just tried booting in recovery.
Where have i selected this lock and how do i remove it? What THE hell is this?
Pls heeeelp
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Go to settings>developers options
Then make sure the OEM unlock is ENABLED.
Never disable it.
Good luck,
Have a very happy new year.
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Misterjunky said:
Go to settings>developers options
Then make sure the OEM unlock is ENABLED.
Never disable it.
Good luck,
Have a very happy new year.
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Thats THE problem....i cant boot up my phone. It is Locked. I read about THE lock and I'm Locked out of my phone for 72 houres? But If I flash stock rom through odin...Will this reset my device or is it Locked for that? Cause that's what it says.... Factory reset lock....

liobeir said:
Thats THE problem....i cant boot up my phone. It is Locked. I read about THE lock and I'm Locked out of my phone for 72 houres? But If I flash stock rom through odin...Will this reset my device or is it Locked for that? Cause that's what it says.... Factory reset lock....
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If it cannot boot you need to Odin flash the official stock firmware in download mode before you can do anything else.
Good luck.
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liobeir said:
Thats THE problem....i cant boot up my phone. It is Locked. I read about THE lock and I'm Locked out of my phone for 72 houres? But If I flash stock rom through odin...Will this reset my device or is it Locked for that? Cause that's what it says.... Factory reset lock....
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Odin flashing will not delete anything in your internal sdcard, it will delete the current rom.
For best results do a full wipe in recovery mode before Odin flashing the Samsung official firmware.
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Misterjunky said:
If it cannot boot you need to Odin flash the official stock firmware in download mode before you can do anything else.
Good luck.
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Odin flashing will not delete anything in your internal sdcard, it will delete the current rom.
For best results do a full wipe in recovery mode before Odin flashing the Samsung official firmware.
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I can only boot in download mode.... I Will try to flash stock rom tonight. But i think THE lock Will prevent me from doing it. pfffffff

liobeir said:
Hi,
I just wanted to flash a theme for my rom. But when I tried to reboot in recovery... My phone says custom binary blocked by frp lock!
How do i fix this? I didnt even try to factory reset it. I just tried booting in recovery.
Where have i selected this lock and how do i remove it? What THE hell is this?
Pls heeeelp
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Before flashing do as Misterjunky said, but also you need to DELETE google account.on device.Only then in download mode it will show message FTP OFF.
Every time you flash ROM you need to delete google account.

tin2404 said:
Before flashing do as Misterjunky said, but also you need to DELETE google account.on device.Only then in download mode it will show message FTP OFF.
Every time you flash ROM you need to delete google account.
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the problem is I can't boot in recovery. I can't wipe. just tried flashing tarp recovery with odin but it fails.... I really hope I can flash the stockrom!!!! I DON'T GET IT ! I didn't do a factory reset. but i guess I disbabled it somehow and then when I tried to boot in recovery...I directly got the message saying: custom binary blocked by frp lock.

tried to flash firmware from samfirmware but..... fails at the end.... I'm hopeless!!! should I keep trying to flash stock firmwares??

liobeir said:
tried to flash firmware from samfirmware but..... fails at the end.... I'm hopeless!!! should I keep trying to flash stock firmwares??
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Hey. If you show which firmware did you try, Odin fail's screenshoot and more detail of your problem, someone can help easily.. Good luck.
BtW: Did you ever try to flash ''hidden.img(not tar) before or after flashing the firmware?

Konsstantine34 said:
Hey. If you show which firmware did you try, Odin fail's screenshoot and more detail of your problem, someone can help easily.. Good luck.
BtW: Did you ever try to flash ''hidden.img(not tar) before or after flashing the firmware?
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I managed to fix it by flashing the firmware, then rebooting my phone, restarted odin also and then flash the Hidden.img.tar. Omg! I was starting to get worried! Thanks for all the help guys!

Konsstantine34 said:
Hey. If you show which firmware did you try, Odin fail's screenshoot and more detail of your problem, someone can help easily.. Good luck.
BtW: Did you ever try to flash ''hidden.img(not tar) before or after flashing the firmware?
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Good info... what's is hidden.img? And where is?

jah2110 said:
Good info... what's is hidden.img? And where is?
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In the firmware.tar.md5, I just saw that some guys crossed over the fail(soft brick) with flashing hidden.img etc, (or fail after cm.bin).. Hidden.img contains \\assets, Meta-Inf, org, res, AndroidManifest.xml, classex.odex, resorces.odex files// I think phone's fonts, banners, properties etc..
@liobeir Did you solve or not, I dont get it..

Konsstantine34 said:
In the firmware.tar.md5, I just saw that some guys crossed over the fail(soft brick) with flashing hidden.img etc, (or fail after cm.bin).. Hidden.img contains \\assets, Meta-Inf, org, res, AndroidManifest.xml, classex.odex, resorces.odex files// I think phone's fonts, banners, properties etc..
@liobeir Did you solve or not, I dont get it..
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I solved it! So glad!

liobeir said:
I solved it! So glad!
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hello guys i jst stumble upon the same problem.
not even with stock samfirmware i canbt fix this... some help please

liobeir said:
Hi,
I just wanted to flash a theme for my rom. But when I tried to reboot in recovery... My phone says custom binary blocked by frp lock!
How do i fix this? I didnt even try to factory reset it. I just tried booting in recovery.
Where have i selected this lock and how do i remove it? What THE hell is this?
Pls heeeelp
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Flash stock rom with odin, factory reset and you are done. do not set up the phone with google account to turn it again on. flash recovery and your favorite rom.
Enable oem unlock so it prevents this from happening again.

Frp lock and Recovery not Seandroid enforced.
So I bought this S6 edge plus two days ago. Set up my google account, fingerprint lock and pin.
Inserted the pin 24 hours ago and I'm locked out. Stuck on the animation screen with a red inscription saying Custom Binary Blocked by FRP lock.
Pressing the home+ power + lower volume button takes me to this interface I have noidea of.
Pressing the up button+ power+ home says Recovery Is Not Seandroid Enforced.
Ps...It's been a while since I used android.
So my questions are
1. Which one is the hard reset and when does the 24 hours start?
2.What's with that interface?
3.WHat happens after my 24/72 hours?

[Samsung A8] Phone UI won't boot after changing DPI

Hi guys,
So I was messing around in the developer menu settings (big mistake) on my galaxy A8 when I found an option to change the DPI of my phone. I changed the value from 360 to 800 and inmediately a 'UI stopped working' message popped up and the whole screen went black. I quickly restarted my phone but the boot up animation ends everything is still black (if i a hold the power button a very small version of the Power off, Restart, Emergency alerts show up but they are not responsive). I had not enabled USB debugging before, and I tried to make a backup with KIES but it won't work since it says the phone screen is locked.
I looked around on some forums and found out adb, but all the methods involved having USB Debugging turned on (since adb does not recognize my phone).
Everything on my phone is stock and android version was up to date.
Is there anything you guys think I can do? I have a lot of info I would hate to lose on that phone :crying:

Unfortunately you have compromised the phones bootloader and Samsung has banned the bootloader and currupted ur kernel...... Bad luck
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Cheemaa said:
Unfortunately you have compromised the phones bootloader and Samsung has banned the bootloader and currupted ur kernel...... Bad luck
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I'm just kidding. Learn how to put your phone in download mode and download Odin and your firmware and flash your firmware in download mode in Odin (on ur computer)

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Cheemaa said:
Unfortunately you have compromised the phones bootloader and Samsung has banned the bootloader and currupted ur kernel...... Bad luck
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Almost gave me a heart attack :laugh:.
Thanks for your reply! So I already have Odin installed and I'm currently looking for my firmware. I noticed that most have country name followed by a phone carrier. My phone was factory unlocked, so I guess this should be the one? sammobile.com/firmwares/galaxy-a8/SM-A530F/BAT/ (can't post a url since I'm new here)

Flash didn't work?
I downloaded the XEU firmware for my phone and followed the steps to flash it. Odin gave a PASS! message, but it took a really short amount of time (0:02). After that it rebooted the phone, but after putting my password the screen went black again just as it did before. Did I do something wrong? I used the HOME_CSC since it said that it wouldn't wipe my data (I haven't been able to make a backup)

dinartec said:
I downloaded the XEU firmware for my phone and followed the steps to flash it. Odin gave a PASS! message, but it took a really short amount of time (0:02). After that it rebooted the phone, but after putting my password the screen went black again just as it did before. Did I do something wrong? I used the HOME_CSC since it said that it wouldn't wipe my data (I haven't been able to make a backup)
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Did it work? I can still help you. Took a time off

Cheemaa said:
Did it work? I can still help you. Took a time off
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Because you flashed the HOME_CSC version, the system ui was also saved, therefore dpi changes stayed with the new stock flash. I don't think you can get your phone back without losing data.

Galaxy J7 (2015)(SM-J700F) FRP Lock

Hello Everyone....
Yesterday, I installed a custom rom on my Galaxy J7 using TWRP and Odin.
The Stock version had Android 6.0.1 but I wanted to use the latest One UI.
So I went for the PhoneZippy Rom which supported One UI and Android 9.0.1
Later the next day, I restarted my phone only to find that it showed "Custom Binary blocked by FRP Lock"
I tried various ways like flashing the stock rom again but there was no luck.
Every time I try to load TWRP or Stock android it would block the transfer.
Is there some way by which I can turn the OEM unlock on again without actually booting into android becaise the screen lights up and turns off nor does it allow me to download anything it just blocks it.
Is there any other "free" method by which I can get my OS back??
Plz help.

Look for some videos on YouTube; search for "bypass frp lock"
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Thankyou but I already tried that. My Android, recovery and Sownload mode all are not working. The download mode blocks any 3rd party install.
On YT it only has the google or binary lock but I feel that the new rom re-enabled the OEM unlock in the settings.....

I had the same situation. But it happened because I turned off OEM Unlock))) I just downloaded stock rom
(By SamFirm, if what), and flashed it via Odin. By the way, are you sure that you have new drivers??
It is impossible to turn on OEM Unlock in this state.
The only mode in which you can boot your phone, is download mode. Another method exists, but you need to dissasable your phone.

Thankyou, I think I saw the OEM unlock off on the new rom. Thanks, I'll try flashing the stock rom again.?

And also can you tell the other way..because I once tried flashing the stock rom which I got from Pangu.com, but it didn't work..

Kello12012 said:
And also can you tell the other way..because I once tried flashing the stock rom which I got from Pangu.com, but it didn't work..
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Try to use SamFirm. This programm download official firmware of Samsung (i dunno, actually, from where it takes official roms). With this programm you can download firmware for each Samsung model))
But it is really works. Also, you can try Samsung Smart Switch. It will erase your phone. But it's offiicial Samsung Software, and it will use official rom.

Samsung Switch does not detect my device it says unsupported device.

Nonono. Enter in download mode, than in top of programm look for restore or something similiar (cannot remember). Enter model and S/N of your phone. And click recover, or something similiar (really cannot remember )
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Or just use SamFirm with odin
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And how it can say that your device is unsupported, if galaxy s4 mini (gt-i9195) from 2013 year support Smart Switch.

How are you there??? Restored phone??

Germoon said:
How are you there??? Restored phone??
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Thanks for your concern but no luck yet .... I'll try again.?

Thankyou
Thanks your SamFirm idea saved my phone. I got the Stock Android back and then enabled OEM Unlock again and now I'm back on Android 9.0. Thanks again

Congs! ?
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Thanks✌?

Try chimera a pc software that unlocks frp lock and tells u which stock rom is suitable for your version