rooted mf9 start up - Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot

Rooted with mf9 stock, twin custom recovery and hotspot mod odex. When phone starts every time it says android updating and starting apps. Is this they way it should do every time it starts? Everything seems to be working OK.
Thanks

lakemann said:
Rooted with mf9 stock, twin custom recovery and hotspot mod odex. When phone starts every time it says android updating and starting apps. Is this they way it should do every time it starts? Everything seems to be working OK.
Thanks
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No it shouldn't. It does it for me when I delete the app cache. Do you have a setting somewhere that will clean the app cache on every reboot? I had that option somewhere on a different rooted android device.
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GeneticJim said:
No it shouldn't. It does it for me when I delete the app cache. Do you have a setting somewhere that will clean the app cache on every reboot? I had that option somewhere on a different rooted android device.
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If I do I can't find it.

lakemann said:
If I do I can't find it.
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What is twin custom recovery?
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GeneticJim said:
What is twin custom recovery?
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It is TWRP recovery. It takes the place of the stock recovery. That is what the instructions that I followed to root the phone said to do. It said to use that one or CWM.

lakemann said:
It is TWRP recovery. It takes the place of the stock recovery. That is what the instructions that I followed to root the phone said to do. It said to use that one or CWM.
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Lol *duh* sorry I didnt realize it was called that. I use that and cwm.
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Need help *urgent*

Okay I flashed Blackhole and worked fine then I went to clean and now I'm still on Blackhole with FCs all over the place. I'm new to the Facsinate.
Try wiping data in recovery. That should get rid of the fc's.
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ktez said:
Try wiping data in recovery. That should get rid of the fc's.
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Did that a few times just in case. It still sends me back to Blackhole with FCs. I can't move without a fc can't even get passed the language select lol.
cstrife999 said:
Did that a few times just in case. It still sends me back to Blackhole with FCs. I can't move without a fc can't even get passed the language select lol.
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Found a stock image for Odin. If this works I'm really dumb and sorry for wasting your time lol... I'd just like to know what happened to make it FC like crazy so I learn from my mistake.
Hope that will work - usually its not good to flash a ROM over another one without wiping data and cache first. That could be why you're having issues. Odin should do the trick though to get you back to stock.
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ktez said:
Hope that will work - usually its not good to flash a ROM over another one without wiping data and cache first. That could be why you're having issues. Odin should do the trick though to get you back to stock.
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Okay back to stock but still getting FCs like crazy. Now I'm gonna whipe again and see.
Seems like every app is force closing as soon as I unlock the screen. Including TWLAUNCHER
I installed the Voodoo kernal right before this all started happening.
cstrife999 said:
I installed the Voodoo kernal right before this all started happening.
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You must uninstall Voodoo before you flash anything new or create a backup. Go to the development section to the "how to remove voodoo" sticky, Download the uninstaller and follow directions.
Redwing said:
You must uninstall Voodoo before you flash anything new or create a backup. Go to the development section to the "how to remove voodoo" sticky, Download the uninstaller and follow directions.
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Yea where would I drop that on my SD card? Just in the root? I have it there now I can't do much with it. I only have the normal recovery not clockwork I can't get into clockwork.
http://forum.androidcentral.com/fascinate-roms-hacks/38029-how-escape-force-close-loop-hell.html
Back to normal. Everything is fixed. Anyone else having this problem check this link. Thanks everyone!

[Solved] get back to stock firmware

[Solved] Need some help..
I want to get my ATT galaxy s4 back to stock. I searched for a lot online. Basically it needs Odin and a downloaded stock firmware.
My question is does it work even for my phone currently is CWRP recovery and custom rom flashed? Does the Odin flash the stock recovery to the phone?
Thank you so much!
LingBo said:
Need some help..
I want to get my ATT galaxy s4 back to stock. I searched for a lot online. Basically it needs Odin and a downloaded stock firmware.
My question is does it work even for my phone currently is CWRP recovery and custom rom flashed? Does the Odin flash the stock recovery to the phone?
Thank you so much!
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CWRP recovery? is that new? You have the 2 recoveries mixed, hehe good one though. I like that name. Anywaz...use ODIN, get the stock image and flash.
TheAxman said:
CWRP recovery? is that new? You have the 2 recoveries mixed, hehe good one though. I like that name. Anywaz...use ODIN, get the stock image and flash.
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TWRP..typo..:laugh:
So it can remove the TWRP and flash stock recovery automatically by ODIN, right?
LingBo said:
TWRP..typo..:laugh:
So it can remove the TWRP and flash stock recovery automatically by ODIN, right?
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heh we cool, um, it does not remove the recovery, but a hint here, odin back to stock, go into recovery after and factory reset. If you are wanting to remove everything including recovery, there is a thread or 2 with info on that.
Good luck.
TheAxman said:
heh we cool, um, it does not remove the recovery, but a hint here, odin back to stock, go into recovery after and factory reset. If you are wanting to remove everything including recovery, there is a thread or 2 with info on that.
Good luck.
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Thank you very much! Still have a question..After I go to recovery and factory reset, can I get OTA update?
since the OTA update would check for system integrity like recovery.
LingBo said:
Thank you very much! Still have a question..After I go to recovery and factory reset, can I get OTA update?
since the OTA update would check for system integrity like recovery.
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I have heard different stories on that, the one that I think is if you are rooted and recovery installed, your status would show custom, so no updates.
Anyone have any input on this?
TheAxman said:
I have heard different stories on that, the one that I think is if you are rooted and recovery installed, your status would show custom, so no updates.
Anyone have any input on this?
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Asked someone if OTA is available after, he just said "should be" which is risky for me...
The goal is to get everything back to stock and question is can "Odin+stock firmware" achieve... I am so confused..
LingBo said:
Asked someone if OTA is available after, he just said "should be" which is risky for me...
The goal is to get everything back to stock and question is can "Odin+stock firmware" achieve... I am so confused..
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Yes, ODIN BACK TO STOCK.
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Yes, ODIN BACK TO STOCK.
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Hello,Sir~ Thanks for advice!
Do you have any idea about the boot unlock image with word "custom"? I found something online saying that even if you flashed a stock firmware
by Odin and reset factory in recovery, it could be still there and probably related to some files be signed or not by samsung.. Any suggestion?
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Hello,Sir~ Thanks for advice!
Do you have any idea about the boot unlock image with word "custom"? I found something online saying that even if you flashed a stock firmware
by Odin and reset factory in recovery, it could be still there and probably related to some files be signed or not by samsung.. Any suggestion?
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There is a way to get that to read normal, but you must first get back to stock. Start there, and we will get the other taken care of.
good luck.
LingBo said:
Hello,Sir~ Thanks for advice!
Do you have any idea about the boot unlock image with word "custom"? I found something online saying that even if you flashed a stock firmware
by Odin and reset factory in recovery, it could be still there and probably related to some files be signed or not by samsung.. Any suggestion?
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You can find more about the process by reading this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2261573
If you want to be 100% stock like you were out of the box, you can do a factory reset/wipe in TWRP and then ODIN back to stock.
Factory reset will wipe all of your data - some of which is causing the custom icon at boot. You can wipe the cache and davlik cache as well to be sure.
Next, ODIN will remove root and custom recovery afterwards, leaving you completely stock.
My understand is that if you don't want to wipe all your apps and data, you can ODIN back to stock and then manually remove the files that are causing the custom icon, but I have not tried that.
jeffreii said:
You can find more about the process by reading this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2261573
If you want to be 100% stock like you were out of the box, you can do a factory reset/wipe in TWRP and then ODIN back to stock.
Factory reset will wipe all of your data - some of which is causing the custom icon at boot. You can wipe the cache and davlik cache as well to be sure.
Next, ODIN will remove root and custom recovery afterwards, leaving you completely stock.
My understand is that if you don't want to wipe all your apps and data, you can ODIN back to stock and then manually remove the files that are causing the custom icon, but I have not tried that.
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I am not the one seeking this info.
It is for the OP. Good info though.
TheAxman said:
I am not the one seeking this info.
It is for the OP. Good info though.
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My bad - clicked on the wrong reply button!
TheAxman said:
I am not the one seeking this info.
It is for the OP. Good info though.
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Yeah! I got everything back to stock 4.2.2 UCUAMDL. The lock custom logo is gone. I checked for OTA update, but it said the software was up to date. Obviously it is not the latest. What can I do to get the latest update?
Thank you!
Man, I got everything back to stock and installed the latest OTA manually. Thank you so much!
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Problem solved ! Thank you!
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LingBo said:
Problem solved ! Thank you!
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Glad to hear.
Edit your header to say problem solved, so others will see that if they need this info, there is a fix.
LingBo said:
Man, I got everything back to stock and installed the latest OTA manually. Thank you so much!
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Did you use Odin to do the OTA update manually? I was rooted and had custom recovery and used Kies to get back to "stock" but only to MDL. Phone checks for updates and it says im on the latest as well.. I want to update the phone to MF3 but I cant find it anywhere... Can you me out?
tiptoekirk said:
Did you use Odin to do the OTA update manually? I was rooted and had custom recovery and used Kies to get back to "stock" but only to MDL. Phone checks for updates and it says im on the latest as well.. I want to update the phone to MF3 but I cant find it anywhere... Can you me out?
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I would use this one, if you are rooted...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2364635
Follow the instructions there...
Thanks you
Good luck.
TheAxman said:
I would use this one, if you are rooted...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2364635
Follow the instructions there...
Thanks you
Good luck.
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I want it stock as stock gets if possible.. I don't want to deal with recovery's and such.. I have to warranty the phone once I come up with the $$ for the deductible because the screen is cracked and I don't want them saying my warranty its void...
Will getting to MF3 this way cause me to have the custom unlocked symbol on the startup screen again??

uninstall twrp custom recovery and unroot and factory restore.

hello, I need help understanding how to uninstall twrp custom recovery and going back to stock custom recovery. i want to unroot and factory restore so I can update my s4. I really never took a lot of advantage of root with roms and stuff. I guess I really don't need it. but I don't want to brick my phone. exactly what do I do?
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ahura999 said:
hello, I need help understanding how to uninstall twrp custom recovery and going back to stock custom recovery. i want to unroot and factory restore so I can update my s4. I really never took a lot of advantage of root with roms and stuff. I guess I really don't need it. but I don't want to brick my phone. exactly what do I do?
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Just odin and install stock rom
Lo
polish_pat said:
Just odin and install stock rom
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Yes, use Odin. I assume you have an i337 and you don't have mf3 installed. Get the mdl stock firmware from sammobile.com. You'll have to register but its free. You'll download a zip file. Use 7-zip to extract the .tar.md5 file. Use that file in Odin, PDA. Only have auto-reboot and f.reset checked in Odin. That will install the stock firmware and recovery on your phone.
Edit, a word of caution. As of now, there is no way to reverse your decision of wanting the mf3 update. Once you update you will not be able to put a custom Rom or recovery on your phone. There is limited benefit, my opinion no benefit, to the up grade. Yes you can put apps on your ad card, but only the apps and not the data do you don't save much space. It also take about a gig of additional space just for the update.
so it will be as if you just took it out of the box brand new, right? I don't want any files from twrp or anything to stay on the phone. I accidentally factory restored one time when rooted.... then after starting up the "new" device, the setup worked until one step which didn't allow me to surpass it... i used Odin and followed a youtube vídeo to unroot. also, will it restore my SD card...? if I take out the SD, will it be readable after I put it back in after the startup of the "new" device? thanks. and lastly, does it matter if ive freezes any apps via titanium backup? I've freezed the att updater so the update wouldn't remove root. thanks for your help guys. (yes I'm using the att i337 model.)
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ahura999 said:
so it will be as if you just took it out of the box brand new, right? I don't want any files from twrp or anything to stay on the phone. I accidentally factory restored one time when rooted.... then after starting up the "new" device, the setup worked until one step which didn't allow me to surpass it... i used Odin and followed a youtube vídeo to unroot. also, will it restore my SD card...? if I take out the SD, will it be readable after I put it back in after the startup of the "new" device? thanks. and lastly, does it matter if ive freezes any apps via titanium backup? I've freezed the att updater so the update wouldn't remove root. thanks for your help guys. (yes I'm using the att i337 model.)
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It will not factory reset your phone, it will simply reinstall stock firmware, stock recovery and rom. You'll have to factory reset once youre done to wipe everything
ahura999 said:
so it will be as if you just took it out of the box brand new, right? I don't want any files from twrp or anything to stay on the phone. I accidentally factory restored one time when rooted.... then after starting up the "new" device, the setup worked until one step which didn't allow me to surpass it... i used Odin and followed a youtube vídeo to unroot. also, will it restore my SD card...? if I take out the SD, will it be readable after I put it back in after the startup of the "new" device? thanks. and lastly, does it matter if ive freezes any apps via titanium backup? I've freezed the att updater so the update wouldn't remove root. thanks for your help guys. (yes I'm using the att i337 model.)
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Odin will over write any of your frozen files you froze to avoid the upgrade. Factory reset will also delete your apps. Any pics, music, etc will not be deleted.
And yes to your sd card, it should still be readable. Odin shouldn't touch the external card.
jd1639 said:
Odin will over write any of your frozen files you froze to avoid the upgrade. Factory reset will also delete your apps. Any pics, music, etc will not be deleted.
And yes to your sd card, it should still be readable. Odin shouldn't touch the external card.
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and to unroot? another question, once I factory restore, and it starts up brand new, can I root, delete all bloatware, and unroot to use phone e normally? and isn't there a thing you're supposed to do to clear how many times you've rooted or not? I remember doing something with a tutorial I used that reset the count.
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ahura999 said:
and isn't there a thing you're supposed to do to clear how many times you've rooted or not? I remember doing something with a tutorial I used that reset the count.
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I believe you're referring to Triangle Away?
bo8 said:
I believe you're referring to Triangle Away?
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yes thank you
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jd1639 said:
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Yes, use Odin. I assume you have an i337 and you don't have mf3 installed. Get the mdl stock firmware from sammobile.com. You'll have to register but its free. You'll download a zip file. Use 7-zip to extract the .tar.md5 file. Use that file in Odin, PDA. Only have auto-reboot and f.reset checked in Odin. That will install the stock firmware and recovery on your phone.
Edit, a word of caution. As of now, there is no way to reverse your decision of wanting the mf3 update. Once you update you will not be able to put a custom Rom or recovery on your phone. There is limited benefit, my opinion no benefit, to the up grade. Yes you can put apps on your ad card, but only the apps and not the data do you don't save much space. It also take about a gig of additional space just for the update.
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Correct file?
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Correct file?
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If you're trying to Odin back to stock, the .tar.md5 file is correct.
jd1639 said:
If you're trying to Odin back to stock, the .tar.md5 file is correct.
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this will delete twrp files right? I have a folder named twrp with a backup... should i delete it? and is there any chance of bricking my phone by flashing stock rom?
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ahura999 said:
this will delete twrp files right? I have a folder named twrp with a backup... should i delete it? and is there any chance of bricking my phone by flashing stock rom?
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It will delete twrp and put the stock recovery on. There is always a chance of a brick when you flash. If you do flash it it'll probably take 10 to 20 minutes so let it do it's thing. Don't panic and unplug anything. Time goes by real show while you're waiting. I just flashed Odin today on my device and it seemed to take forever.
jd1639 said:
It will delete twrp and put the stock recovery on. There is always a chance of a brick when you flash. If you do flash it it'll probably take 10 to 20 minutes so let it do it's thing. Don't panic and unplug anything. Time goes by real show while you're waiting. I just flashed Odin today on my device and it seemed to take forever.
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is there an easier way to unroot my device and go back to stock everything... i DO want all data deleted off of my phone. it doesn't matter to me... all I need are my photos. I don't care about apps or data
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ahura999 said:
is there an easier way to unroot my device and go back to stock everything... i DO want all data deleted off of my phone. it doesn't matter to me... all I need are my photos. I don't care about apps or data
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This is the only way to put the stock firmware and recovery on and return it to stock. Your pictures should still be there, but I'd back them up to some where else.
jd1639 said:
This is the only way to put the stock firmware and recovery on and return it to stock. Your pictures should still be there, but I'd back them up to some where else.
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so anything to specifically do... step by step instructions? do I put the phone on download mode or something? I'm sorry. I'm watching tutorials and trying to put piece by piece together
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anybody? please help. I know I'm being a pest and impatient but I just want my phone fixed.
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ahura999 said:
anybody? please help. I know I'm being a pest and impatient but I just want my phone fixed.
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Here's a guide it's not specifically for the i337 but hopefully helps http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26056924
ahura999 said:
anybody? please help. I know I'm being a pest and impatient but I just want my phone fixed.
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jd1639 said:
Here's a guide it's not specifically for the i337 but hopefully helps http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26056924
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understand that you will likely have to boot into stock recovery and factory reset after the odin flash in order to boot past the samsung splash screen.
I would like to thank everyone from the bottom of my heart. I'm back on stock everything, unrooted. I want to remove bloatware first though. If I root, and delete all the bliarware I dont want through tibu, and later unroot, will the ota for i337 bring back the bloatware? Once again thanks everybody
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Hey i need help with boot animations for galaxy s4

my device is is rooted so i already have that.. i have tried to install boot animations and then i reboot the device and it doesnt work.. ive searched on youtube for videos and havent been successful so can someone please help me from the start? thanks:good:
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wahlmart said:
my device is is rooted so i already have that.. i have tried to install boot animations and then i reboot the device and it doesnt work.. ive searched on youtube for videos and havent been successful so can someone please help me from the start? thanks:good:
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What thread did you get your boot animations from?
Flashable zips or pushed with a file explorer?
What firmware are you on as well?
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upndwn4par said:
What thread did you get your boot animations from?
Flashable zips or pushed with a file explorer?
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i got the boot animation from omega.. the app
when im in recovery mode i only get 6 options... reboot system now, apply system update from ADB, apply update from external storage, wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache partiation, and apply update from cache.. idk what to do...
wahlmart said:
when im in recovery mode i only get 6 options... reboot system now, apply system update from ADB, apply update from external storage, wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache partiation, and apply update from cache.. idk what to do...
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Sounds like you have a stock recovery installed so you can't flash anything. If you are on the MDL firmware install a custom recovery from Goo Manager. If you are on MF3 you can't install a custom recovery and can't flash anything.
From MF3 you can copy and paste from a root level file explorer. Use extreme caution since there is no firmware available to flash with Odin should you get yourself in trouble.
I'm sorryi have no coy how to get a custom recovery. . Do I need me computer to get a new custom recovery? What is the mdl and mf3? Sorry im new to all this stuff
I suggest finding out what firmware you have first, then reading as much as possible about custom recoveries and the like.
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Download goomanager and under settings select install openrecoveryscript after it installs it should ask you if you want to reboot into recovery (TWRP). Your should also research TWRP before doing this
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Jeezus! Does no one listen to me? OP has not even specified what firmware he is on... That could lead to a bricked phone. There is more important stuff to figure out first. OP is obviously new at this and needs to read up on the more important stuff before messing with anything else, including system files.
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Alvie03 said:
Download goomanager and under settings select install openrecoveryscript after it installs it should ask you if you want to reboot into recovery (TWRP). Your should also research TWRP before doing this
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when i go to settings on goomanager, there is no "open recovery" I NEED SOMEONE TO HELP ME FROM THE START AGAIN CAUSE I DO NOT WANT A BRICKED PHONE.... Please text me idc if i put number on here... 559-313-2489 or private message me how to do this.. .thanks:good:
graydiggy said:
What firmware are you on as well?
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i am on android 4.2.2 jelly bean? is that what the firmware is? thats what my phone says i have..
wahlmart said:
when i go to settings on goomanager, there is no "open recovery" I NEED SOMEONE TO HELP ME FROM THE START AGAIN CAUSE I DO NOT WANT A BRICKED PHONE.... Please text me idc if i put number on here... 559-313-2489 or private message me how to do this.. .thanks:good:
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Ok Stop DO NOT FLASH anything my friend, First Thing you need to do go to your settings on phone then go to where it say's "More" it's on top the right hand
corner then on the very bottom You will see it Say About device click that see where it says Baseband version tell us what it say there then we can tell you if you
can root or not and flash roms!
Venom0642 said:
Ok Stop DO NOT FLASH anything my friend, First Thing you need to do go to your settings on phone then go to where it say's "More" it's on top the right hand
corner then on the very bottom You will see it Say About device click that see where it says Baseband version tell us what it say there then we can tell you if you
can root or not and flash roms!
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lololol i dont even know how to flash stuff yet so my baseband is I337UCAUMDL
You are lucky! Do you know what to do to stop the OTA files from updating to MF3?
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I honestly do not know what I am doing... so PM me please on how to do this stuff correctly... so am I able to customize everything etc with my baseband version...
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Venom0642 said:
Ok Stop DO NOT FLASH anything my friend, First Thing you need to do go to your settings on phone then go to where it say's "More" it's on top the right hand
corner then on the very bottom You will see it Say About device click that see where it says Baseband version tell us what it say there then we can tell you if you
can root or not and flash roms!
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I337UCUAMDL
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Alvie03 said:
Download goomanager and under settings select install openrecoveryscript after it installs it should ask you if you want to reboot into recovery (TWRP). Your should also research TWRP before doing this
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Good job, not knowing what firmware he's on you could have caused him to brick his device. Listen to graydiggy, he knows what he's taking about.
Edit, didn't see the second page of the posts so I'm late to the party but my comments still stand.
jd1639 said:
Good job, not knowing what firmware he's on you could have caused him to brick his device. Listen to graydiggy, he knows what he's taking about.
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My bad. I did suggest researching TWRP before doing anything though. Regardless, I apologize.
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Trouble Updating S4 AT&T

So I've had this problem for a while and I think at one point I knew what the issue was, but things came up and I guess I lost my place. I have a GS4 running 4.3 on AT&T, but if I recall correctly it took a long time (longer than it was supposed to in US) for even that update to become available to me. I'm not sure if this phone is set as a different country or something, but I seem to think that had something to do with it when I checked last time. Now when I check for updates, it does say I have an available update (KitKat?) but fails when attempting to update. Download is successful, but install is not. Baseband is I337ucuemk2 if that helps anything. Any help here would be appreciated, thanks.
Install is failing as some of the files it is trying to update has been modified. You would have to be on stock for the update to work.
Remember that there is no direct root method for KitKat yet.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2616221 for more info
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jmjoyas said:
Install is failing as some of the files it is trying to update has been modified. You would have to be on stock for the update to work.
Remember that there is no direct root method for KitKat yet.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2616221 for more info
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I'm actually not rooted, already stock and still having errors still...any idea why that would be?
Anyone have any advice?
Anyone have any advice?
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Have you changed any system files and do you have xposed running? They'll break the ota.
Edit, I should have read closer. I think there is an update.zip file you could flash in the general forum. I'll look and see if I can find it.
See post 2 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=50667360
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jd1639 said:
Have you changed any system files and do you have xposed running? They'll break the ota.
Edit, I should have read closer. I think there is an update.zip file you could flash in the general forum. I'll look and see if I can find it.
See post 2 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=50667360
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Thanks for the link, so I should just flash the md5 with Odin? Appreciate the help.
Imnice777 said:
Thanks for the link, so I should just flash the md5 with Odin? Appreciate the help.
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No, flash the update.zip in the stock recovery
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jd1639 said:
No, flash the update.zip in the stock recovery
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Ok cool, thanks again...however now another issue. I've tried several times, I can not boot into recovery. Any time I try to the phone just goes black until I let go and then reboots. Even if I get the blue print in the top left, the phone does not boot into recovery. Any idea why this would be?
Imnice777 said:
Ok cool, thanks again...however now another issue. I've tried several times, I can not boot into recovery. Any time I try to the phone just goes black until I let go and then reboots. Even if I get the blue print in the top left, the phone does not boot into recovery. Any idea why this would be?
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If you can get into download mode you may be better off flashing the md5 and Odin. Don't know why you can't get into recovery
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jd1639 said:
If you can get into download mode you may be better off flashing the md5 and Odin. Don't know why you can't get into recovery
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Me either, guess I'd just flash normally like I would a rom? Or would an update be different. I haven't done this in a while.
Imnice777 said:
Me either, guess I'd just flash normally like I would a rom? Or would an update be different. I haven't done this in a while.
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If you flash the tar in Odin it's going to wipe your device so backup what you can. You'll need to download the tar file to your pc and download Odin to it too if you don't already have it. You run Odin from the pc
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jd1639 said:
If you flash the tar in Odin it's going to wipe your device so backup what you can. You'll need to download the tar file to your pc and download Odin to it too if you don't already have it. You run Odin from the pc
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Ok so I finally got into recovery, but am I supposed to rename the file or anything? It keeps telling me:
"-- Verify the file type of MD5, Before Install /sdcard ...
-- Install /sdcard"
Imnice777 said:
Ok so I finally got into recovery, but am I supposed to rename the file or anything? It keeps telling me:
"-- Verify the file type of MD5, Before Install /sdcard ...
-- Install /sdcard"
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Anyone ever see that error before?
Imnice777 said:
Anyone ever see that error before?
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Are you trying to flash the update.zip? I'd re-download it. It could be a bad download
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jd1639 said:
Are you trying to flash the update.zip? I'd re-download it. It could be a bad download
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So... pretty unhappy. Downloaded the update.zip and flashed in stock recovery, it wiped my whole phone and still didn't update. I saw a couple error messages appear as it was "updating" so now I'm still on old firmware and lost everything on my phone. Luckily I did a Kies backup but still pretty ridiculous. I still lose all save data from apps and all convenience that there was from using my phone for as long as I did. Just wanted to update, shouldn't be this big of a mess. Not sure what to do next.
Imnice777 said:
So... pretty unhappy. Downloaded the update.zip and flashed in stock recovery, it wiped my whole phone and still didn't update. I saw a couple error messages appear as it was "updating" so now I'm still on old firmware and lost everything on my phone. Luckily I did a Kies backup but still pretty ridiculous. I still lose all save data from apps and all convenience that there was from using my phone for as long as I did. Just wanted to update, shouldn't be this big of a mess. Not sure what to do next.
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Well that sucks. No idea how it works wipe you're device. It shouldn't touch the userdata. If it's truly wiped I'd Odin the nb1 tar at this point. Get it updated and start over
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jd1639 said:
Well that sucks. No idea how it works wipe you're device. It shouldn't touch the userdata. If it's truly wiped I'd Odin the nb1 tar at this point. Get it updated and start over
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That's what I did and I'm finally updated, but pretty disappointed that it took all that just for an update. Hopefully things like that don't continue in future updates...

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