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I was on Baseband MF3 on Firmware 4.2.2 and rooted with Geohot's activeroot.apk, I wanted to upgrade to KitKat but I read I have to update to 4.3. I only renamed the Knoxfiles and the wcss updater odex and apk's and renamed them back to their original names. I fully unrooted the phone and did a factory restore. I tried downloading the 4.3 cfg file and putting it on the sd card and installing in recovery mode. I also tried flashing it wish Odin. Odin (3.07) always failed so I tried renaming the .cfg to update.zip it would fail the verification so I read deeper into the thread you can use ada and update it that way. I tried that and it failed both the 685MB file and the 721MB file. Then after browsing this section it said that since your phone has a locked bootloader a one click solution may help. I tried that it got a little further then it failed. So now I cannot get to emergency recovery and it says to connect to skies. I tried the 2.6 Kies and the 3.0 Kies. But on 4.2.2 its not recognized by Kies and I am at the emergency firmware screen. I can still access the Odin downloader though. I took it to Best Buy but their Samsung rep wen't home for the night, then I tried AT&T and they can't help. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Oh I also had safestrap installed but I removed it. However I did make a backup with Safestrap and it's on my ext SD card which has been removed from the phone.
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I brought my phone to Best Buy to the Samsung Representative and because I could not get into Recovery Mode, and Download mode said Custom they would not help me. I went to the AT&T Authorized repair center and they had the tool that was described over the forum and they flashed and wiped the phone. I went back to Best Buy and the warranty is good now. Just thought this might be helpful to anyone having a similar experience trying to update from 4.2.2 to 4.3 after rooting, factory reset, dba, odin flashing, & oneclick.
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Just so everybody is aware, in order to get from 4.2.2 to 4.3, all you have to do is flash the ML2 Odin package regardless of if you're rooted or not. It will wipe your phone, but you shouldn't have any problems. If you've rooted or changed your system in any way, you will not be able to take the OTA no matter what.
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Alright so here goes, I was rooted on GB and I didn't get an OTA notification, so I unrooted (using the latest Open Europe GB stock rom) and I still didn't get an OTA notification. So i went into Kies, updated the it to the latest version before plugging my phone in, and now it says that my device does not support updating via Kies. Is there any way to get official ICS without rooting again (I'm giving the phone to my mom, and when I was rooted there were one too many issues with stability and usability).
You can use PC Odin to get ICS.
Okay, where can I get the rom for it, and will it void the warranty (I know that rooting also does, but I unrooted and I want to have my mom just be able to send it off for repair rather than having me go over there, unroot or do whatever needs to be done before sending it away).
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Okay, where can I get the rom for it, and will it void the warranty (I know that rooting also does, but I unrooted and I want to have my mom just be able to send it off for repair rather than having me go over there, unroot or do whatever needs to be done before sending it away).
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Look under the Android Development category for DrKetan's thread with stock ROMs. You can download a non-rooted ICS, I think. And if its not rooted it won't put a triangle on the screen or mess with the binary counter.
Sorry, i know this is a noobish question, but i got kind of confused. When I odin the rom, should I unzip it or not? When I unzip it, then it gives me the md5 (which I know how to flash) but also a .dll so what should I do with that?
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Try to reinstall the kies with the update version in the official site.
just follow the instructions in Dr. ketan's thread, he even has screen shots for the procedure.
Hey guys so recently I had rooted my i537 S4 active and have been researching and modifying here and there until i decided to get a custom ROM. I found WickedROM via this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2491762 and considering it had worked on this person's i537 I decided to flash the ROM. After flashing I had become stuck in a bootloop and I can't get to anything besides DOWNLOAD MODE. Due to this problem I decided to run a stock firmware via Odin with this one_click http://rootzwiki.com/topic/44121-sgh...axy-s4-active/ ... this filled up until the bar was about 90% and then all of a sudden fails at <ID:0/003> system.img.ext4. I've tried other firmwares with no luck and have resorted to posting about this problem. please help and guide me in the right direction, my phone's been bricked for 3 days now. Trying to boot into recovery gives me the "there's been a problem with your firmware update, please run in Kies recovery" and Kies doesn't recognize my phone.
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After flashing I had become stuck in a bootloop and I can't get to anything besides DOWNLOAD MODE.
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You forgot to flash the masterpatch which makes roms designed for the AT&T S4 (not active) work for our phone. If I understand correctly it needs to be flashed immediately after the rom is installed (i.e. still in SafeStrap, before you attempt to boot up).
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Due to this problem I decided to run a stock firmware via Odin with this one_click http://rootzwiki.com/topic/44121-sgh...axy-s4-active/ ... this filled up until the bar was about 90% and then all of a sudden fails at <ID:0/003> system.img.ext4 and Kies doesn't recognize my phone.
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That link is for MF1, an outdated firmware. Here is a collection of stock i537 firmwares. I can personally confirm the NH3 file is usable since I used it to upgrade to the most recent firmware without losing root.
This thread will provide you instructions on how to use Odin to flash any stock firmware. I can only add I recommend using Odin v3.07, as I've used it with the most success and fewest issues. Also use NH3 firmware or at the very least NE3, because anything else is outdated, assuming you were on stock KitKat originally, and you will encounter similar issues if trying to downgrade to jellybean.
Also flashing with Odin deletes all your saved files/user info etc. on your phone. From the sound of it, fixing your phone is going to involve inevitably wiping it one way or the other, so I hope you have a backup saved somewhere other than your phone's internal memory.
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Hey guys so recently I had rooted my i537 S4 active and have been researching and modifying here and there until i decided to get a custom ROM. I found WickedROM via this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2491762 and considering it had worked on this person's i537 I decided to flash the ROM. After flashing I had become stuck in a bootloop and I can't get to anything besides DOWNLOAD MODE. Due to this problem I decided to run a stock firmware via Odin with this one_click http://rootzwiki.com/topic/44121-sgh...axy-s4-active/ ... this filled up until the bar was about 90% and then all of a sudden fails at <ID:0/003> system.img.ext4. I've tried other firmwares with no luck and have resorted to posting about this problem. please help and guide me in the right direction, my phone's been bricked for 3 days now. Trying to boot into recovery gives me the "there's been a problem with your firmware update, please run in Kies recovery" and Kies doesn't recognize my phone.
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When you flash back to stock, you can only flash a version that is equal to or greater than the version you were already on. So if you were originally on 4.4.2 you can only flash a 4.4.2 stock ROM, any other ROM will fail to flash.
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You forgot to flash the masterpatch which makes roms designed for the AT&T S4 (not active) work for our phone. If I understand correctly it needs to be flashed immediately after the rom is installed (i.e. still in SafeStrap, before you attempt to boot up).
That link is for MF1, an outdated firmware. Here is a collection of stock i537 firmwares. I can personally confirm the NH3 file is usable since I used it to upgrade to the most recent firmware without losing root.
This thread will provide you instructions on how to use Odin to flash any stock firmware. I can only add I recommend using Odin v3.07, as I've used it with the most success and fewest issues. Also use NH3 firmware or at the very least NE3, because anything else is outdated, assuming you were on stock KitKat originally, and you will encounter similar issues if trying to downgrade to jellybean.
Also flashing with Odin deletes all your saved files/user info etc. on your phone. From the sound of it, fixing your phone is going to involve inevitably wiping it one way or the other, so I hope you have a backup saved somewhere other than your phone's internal memory.
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Thanks very much for this! I flashed an NE3 firmware and was able to get my phone in working condition. So if I wanted to flash a rom on my phone I would have to masterpatch AFTER the rom flash via Safestrap?
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Thanks very much for this! I flashed an NE3 firmware and was able to get my phone in working condition. So if I wanted to flash a rom on my phone I would have to masterpatch AFTER the rom flash via Safestrap?
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Yes, but make sure the phone doesn't reboot in between flashing the ROM and flashing the Masterpatch.
Forgive me I am a noob. I recently rooted my AT&T S5 cause was waiting for the 5.0 update to come out. I decided to go back to stock and upgrade and removed the root all except the bootloader still appears with custom when starting phone and is only trace of root is all can seem to find but is keeping me from installing new 5.0 as it gets to 28% and restarts says unable to install instillation interrupted. How can I replace bootloader with stock one and where may I find one? Any and all help appreciated. I am running 4.4.4 android and is a SM-G900 AT&T S5 with kernel G900AUCU2AOA1.
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Install Samsung Kies on your PC/MAC, and try flashing a new firmware with Kies. Follow the on screen instructions
I have tried that and tell me that my software is up to date have also tried a few different stock roms which were supposed to work with my phone with Odin and they all fail.
Flash the file in this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/att...w-to-unbrick-flash-to-stocknce-g900a-t3077652
Thank you very much for the help and sorry has taken so long to get back and let you know it worked great. Thank you so much
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Alright so in order to not bore you all, ill get to the point. I messed up trying to do impossible things with my I537 because I didn't read any forums before trying... stupid I know. That being said I now have a "soft bricked" phone stuck in download mode. I have been looking around (I assume not hard enough) for the right file to flash with ODIN to get me back up and running so I can actually do my research this time before playing with different stock roms.
Can anyone point me in the right direction to get the right files to unbrick this thing?
First things first: this forum is for the SGH-I537 AT&T Galaxy S4 Active, not the I527 Galaxy Mega. I just want to make sure you have the right device. If you have the Mega (I527), you want this forum, and ignore the rest of this post.
If you do in fact have the Galaxy S4 Active (I537), then check out this thread, it has all the official firmware files that have been released for this device. I would recommend using the firmware files for NE3 (KitKat) to flash in Odin. The NE3 build is the easiest to root, and you can always use the keep-root method to upgrade to lollipop if you so desire.
Oh yes sorry that was a mistype. I did indeed mean to type I537. Ok Ill give this a shot and update on how it goes.
Ok so Im currently downloading the Full Odin package, but I have already rooted the phone with towelroot. Is that going to be an issue?
Nah it won't be a problem. Flashing firmware files with Odin will unroot your phone (it resets everything to original factory settings). You can always reroot with towel root again
Ok new problem though, I was able to get everything flashed through ODIN, it restarts; then I get the Samsung boot screen, att boot screen and then it just goes black. I put it back into download mode and tried to re-flash it a couple times but it keeps doing the same thing. Thoughts? This Is the section I got the file from;
I537UCUCNE3 (4.4.2) Released 2014-06-06 - OFFICIAL
Issue has been solved, I just had a battery issue but after changing that and letting the phone charge up it started up great. Thanks for all your help "thisisapoorusernamechoice"
I bought a new Note 4 yesterday from T-Mobile. I rooted it, flashed TWRP, loaded ViSXN910T3UVU1DOG1_v1 rom and all was well, untill I signed into the samsung account, and rebooted. The phone shows a yellow triangle with Custom Binary Blocked by FRP and refuses to boot.I cannot access recovery, I accidentally erased the stock backup, and when I go into download mode and try to flash with Odin, everything fails. Can someone please help? I tried taking it back to tmo but they want to give me a refurb. I dont want a refurb. From what Im reading I need the stock FW which was 5.1.1 and my model is N910T3 I am having a hell of a time finding it. Can anyone post a link to it or something else I need to do? Thanks in advance!
Quick question, Did you enabled the Activation Lock from Samsung?. If so then that is the reason why you are unable to load a custom rom. If this is the case just restore the phone to the original firmware through Odin and once up disable the Activation Lock before loading the custom rom again. Before all this also try to restore using KIES or see if you can get the firmware from sammobile as I am sure they should have it.