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Unroot my gs4

If I unroot my sprint gs4 and flash stock mdc firmware will I be able to update to mf9 through an ota update. Ive searched high and low for the stock mf9 download files to no avail. Thanks id like to get this unrooted and returned to stock asap.
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jmlape said:
If I unroot my sprint gs4 and flash stock mdc firmware will I be able to update to mf9 through an ota update. Ive searched high and low for the stock mf9 download files to no avail. Thanks id like to get this unrooted and returned to stock asap.
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Somebody has it in a softbrick thread all you have to do is use Odin and load tar file in PDA and start. Sorry don't know which exactly try googling it saw it while looking for faulty battery stuff

You haven't search much if you haven't found it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2485502
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jmlape said:
If I unroot my sprint gs4 and flash stock mdc firmware will I be able to update to mf9 through an ota update. Ive searched high and low for the stock mf9 download files to no avail. Thanks id like to get this unrooted and returned to stock asap.
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Just look for a thread called " mf9 tar is up" will get you mf9 stock unrooted

http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SPH-L720
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Can't update OTR after flashing back original

I rooted my phone and install a custome rom but today I tried to flash back my original rom I backup and tried to update my phone through kies and it says my firmware can't update due to a change in my firmware. My phone is still rooted and I still have a custome recovery install. Is that causing the problem? Sorry I'm new to all this. Thanks.

shinryu204 said:
I rooted my phone and install a custome rom but today I tried to flash back my original rom I backup and tried to update my phone through kies and it says my firmware can't update due to a change in my firmware. My phone is still rooted and I still have a custome recovery install. Is that causing the problem? Sorry I'm new to all this. Thanks.
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That's exactly the issue. If your device status is listed as modified, then Kies will not work. You basically forfeit your option to update through that program. I think unrooting would help, or just wait and flash the new 4.3 ROM that will be available soon.

This should have been posted in q&a. It would be helpful to know what specific phone you have. You say you've flashed back to the stock Rom but you still have a custom recovery? How did you flash back to stock?
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I have a Samsung galaxy s4 Im377. What I did was, I used twrp to restore back my original firmware I don't think that will restore back Odin back to my phone.
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jd1639 said:
This should have been posted in q&a. It would be helpful to know what specific phone you have. You say you've flashed back to the stock Rom but you still have a custom recovery? How did you flash back to stock?
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If you want to restore back to stock and remove the custom recovery you should use Odin. That should let you get the ota firmware upgrade.

So I have to use Odin to put back my original firmware? Also I'm not to sure how to put back Odin to stock recovery.
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jd1639 said:
If you want to restore back to stock and remove the custom recovery you should use Odin. That should let you get the ota firmware upgrade.
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When you flash the stock firmware with odin it'll put the stock recovery back on at the time. You don't have to do anything special.

shinryu204 said:
So I have to use Odin to put back my original firmware? Also I'm not to sure how to put back Odin to stock recovery.
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Sorry for the newbie question. How do I use Odin to flash my original backup which I use trwp to create?
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jd1639 said:
When you flash the stock firmware with odin it'll put the stock recovery back on at the time. You don't have to do anything special.
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You don't flash the backup with odin. Get the stock firmware from sammobile.com for your specific device and carrier.

So I would download Odin to my pc than download and install the original firmware with odin? Do you have a step by step on flashing with odin? Thanks!
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shinryu204 said:
So I would download Odin to my pc than download and install the original firmware with odin? Do you have a step by step on flashing with odin? Thanks!
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The attached guide is not for the i337 but the process is the same. Just don't use any linked files, except for Odin. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26056924

Thank you all for all your help. Awesome forum.
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shinryu204 said:
Thank you all for all your help. Awesome forum.
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You're welcome

Need to send S4 back to Samsung, What is required to make sure my warranty is valid?

So, my S4 wont read my simcard anymore, and I have to send it back.
What do I need to do to make sure that Samsung accepts and replaces my device.
It's Rooted, has a custom recovery and ROM.
Thanks.
EDIT: Its a Canadian S4.

Remove flash back via Odin find stock factory image for YOUR DEVICE (I337m) I take it you didn't update it so find the Odin files that correspond with the fw that your phone officially came with
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Supreme Dynamite said:
Remove flash back via Odin find stock factory image for YOUR DEVICE (I337m) I take it you didn't update it so find the Odin files that correspond with the fw that your phone officially came with
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So I went back to the Official Samsung firmware, and used triangle away. Now when I boot into download, both say official. However, when I check device status, it still says custom.
I have removed Root and have a custom recovery installed. Found a Sprint S4 recovery, but I can't find the Canadian. Will the sprint one work?

Only other method I could think of is using Kies (if you don't have it downloaded it) to restore it completely.
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Supreme Dynamite said:
Only other method I could think of is using Kies (if you don't have it downloaded it) to restore it completely.
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Well, Can I not just flash the stock recovery with ODIN?

I'm not too sure. You could search it
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QuickSkope said:
Well, Can I not just flash the stock recovery with ODIN?
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If you have an i337m you can flash the stock firmware with odin.

jd1639 said:
If you have an i337m you can flash the stock firmware with odin.
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See, I cannot go back to stock and do the triangle away method as SIM card is required to activate the phone, which currently won't read a simcard. Can I not just flash the recovery? Or is there a way to bypass simcard activation? Thanks

Wanting stock back

I'm running a custom rom 4.3 MJA an wanting to get back to stock unrooted an bin. cleaned an stock recovery. I have the tar. Files but now that I'm on MJA 4.3 Odin won't work can someone help or please make a zip. That will work lol. Thanks
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sdsdqbam said:
I'm running a custom rom 4.3 MJA an wanting to get back to stock unrooted an bin. cleaned an stock recovery. I have the tar. Files but now that I'm on MJA 4.3 Odin won't work can someone help or please make a zip. That will work lol. Thanks
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Would you mind mirroring that stock Odin file of MJA for me?!

Device status remains custom after flashing stock ROM via ODIN

Hey peeps.
Having a small issue,
So I decided to go back to stock, I download the latest firmware from Sam firmware.
After flashing the firmware I go into the stock recovery to clear cache and wipe data factory reset. I then setup my phone like I would and after checking the status it says that it's custom.
Some background info - I was using a AOSP ROM before flashing the stock firmware and had my SD card during the flashing process.
Anyone have issues like this? Or any solutions?
Thanks.
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I had it after updating from German stock rom (DBT) to Xuenc2 (ETL). When I installed the Xuend rom, status came back to official.

So do I have to root and install a NB7 custom ROM before flashing the stock BTU NB7 firmware?
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shaazzaarr said:
So do I have to root and install a NB7 custom ROM before flashing the stock BTU NB7 firmware?
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No need.
Just flash back again. Sometimes like that if u came from aosp.
Btw, latest firmware is not nb7... it is nd3.
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try with your SD Card Unpluged
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Try Traingle away app then after reseting the counter and binary to official boot directly to download mod then flash stock rom via odin. if didn't work factory reset your device and flash the rom one more time. Hope it helps
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