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[ROM][TAR] Stock MK2 Odin flashable

You will get the KNOX bootloader if you flash this.
YOU CANNOT UNDO THIS, ITS PERMANENT. FLASHING ANYTHING UNOFFICIAL AFTER FLASHING THIS TAR WILL VOID YOUR WARRANTY​
Just the MK2 FULL stock tar extracted from Kies. Very hard to find online, and only extremely SLOW downloads available, so here it is.
md5 of the Tar: b90c2a1b5b32dca4edc56a3e6a8a3522
Do NOT rename the tar file. Even though it may be convenient to do so, Odin may fail the md5 check for no reason.
(L720VPUEMK2_L720SPTEMK2_L720VPUEMK2_HOME.tar.md5)
This is NOT ROOTED. Its the original TAR file for people who need an Emergency Recovery for their phones, and dont want to wait hours for it to download from slow file hosts.
Mediafire
FileDropper
Instructions:
1. Download tar.md5 from above and download Odin
2. Put phone into download mode (power off, then power button + Volume Down, then volume up when prompted)
3. Open Odin (right click > open as administrator)
4. Load stock tar into the PDA slot
5. Start flashing
6. Grab some popcorn because it will take a while
7. Profit

Danger......Read carefully before flashing.

so if im on stock unrooted mja or mk2 and for any reason i want to flash this file it will cause knox to trip?
i dont understand.
you say it will cause knox to trip!

en11gma said:
so if im on stock unrooted mja or mk2 and for any reason i want to flash this file it will cause knox to trip?
i dont understand.
you say it will cause knox to trip!
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You will be alright. You have already upgraded to stock 4.3, so you already have the knox bootloader.
If you flash something unofficial, such as CF autoroot or a different recovery, you will trip the warranty void. The tar file I posted are Official, and will not trip the warranty.
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what happens if i am rooted or have a custom recovery and my knox counter = 1 and i want to flash this with odin?

en11gma said:
what happens if i am rooted or have a custom recovery and my knox counter = 1 and i want to flash this with odin?
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Well you have already voided your warranty then and currently there is no way to get the knox counter back to 0.
If you flash this, you will be going back to full stock, like you would expect. You are safe to do this.
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random45 said:
Well you have already voided your warranty then and currently there is no way to get the knox counter back to 0.
If you flash this, you will be going back to full stock, like you would expect. You are safe to do this.
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i have been reading over and over if you try to flash an mk2 or mja over a rooted or custom recovery that you can brick the phone?
are you sure odin would flash this when it detects there is a knox = 1 and custum recovery or root?
dont think it is as simple as you say when you are knox = 1 with custum recovery or root.
hope your right. but i dont think so.

en11gma said:
i have been reading over and over if you try to flash an mk2 or mja over a rooted or custom recovery that you can brick the phone?
are you sure odin would flash this when it detects there is a knox = 1 and custum recovery or root?
dont think it is as simple as you say when you are knox = 1 with custum recovery or root.
hope your right. but i dont think so.
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I've used Odin to go back to MJA a couple times with a tripped knox counter and custom recovery. It works every time. Why wouldn't it? It just doesn't reset the counter.
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xanaxdroid said:
I've used Odin to go back to MJA a couple times with a tripped knox counter and custom recovery. It works every time. Why wouldn't it? It just doesn't reset the counter.
Sent from my Galaxy S4 using Tapatalk 4
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i would assume something is stripped from the MJA and MK2 we get for odin files
kies and ota definately do checks and WIPES better
for some reason the MJA and MK2 i been flashing (stock mja/mk2) on me no root or cust reoovery (knox = 0x0)
those files are not wiping like they should
why are we always having to do wipes 2 and 3x like alot of these instructions say????
something not right
anyhow yea usually i would think just odin over a stock and everything ok.
knox is wierd and i dont know alot about.
people are talking about OTA and KIES screwing their phones up
i see alot of diff stuff being posted and its moving fast.
why are we still having problems with rooting?
isnt cf-auto-root working 100% now for mja and mk2?
are both twrp and cwmr/philz working 100% as far as functioning correctly and not messing anything up in the rom or firmware they go on top of or happen to install with?
seems like alot of people in those channels/forums dont like talking about it to much.
i thin what i will do is stick with stock firmwares (rooted) and then disable the hands free activation and the android system update
then i will just keep those roms to restore to in case it gets bad

en11gma said:
i would assume something is stripped from the MJA and MK2 we get for odin files
kies and ota definately do checks and WIPES better
for some reason the MJA and MK2 i been flashing (stock mja/mk2) on me no root or cust reoovery (knox = 0x0)
those files are not wiping like they should
why are we always having to do wipes 2 and 3x like alot of these instructions say????
something not right
anyhow yea usually i would think just odin over a stock and everything ok.
knox is wierd and i dont know alot about.
people are talking about OTA and KIES screwing their phones up
i see alot of diff stuff being posted and its moving fast.
why are we still having problems with rooting?
isnt cf-auto-root working 100% now for mja and mk2?
are both twrp and cwmr/philz working 100% as far as functioning correctly and not messing anything up in the rom or firmware they go on top of or happen to install with?
seems like alot of people in those channels/forums dont like talking about it to much.
i thin what i will do is stick with stock firmwares (rooted) and then disable the hands free activation and the android system update
then i will just keep those roms to restore to in case it gets bad
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Sorry I don't understand. Who's having trouble rooting? And that wipe 2 or 3 times stuff is bs. You only have to wipe once. As for the other stuff I don't know. All I know is my phone has worked fine and has never bricked. I don't use KIES either though and mostly run aosp roms.
Sent from my Galaxy S4 using Tapatalk 4

xanaxdroid said:
Sorry I don't understand. Who's having trouble rooting? And that wipe 2 or 3 times stuff is bs. You only have to wipe once. As for the other stuff I don't know. All I know is my phone has worked fine and has never bricked. I don't use KIES either though and mostly run aosp roms.
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i can verify the wiping/erasing from installing that mja or mk2 is not doing what it usually did with other fully stock rom
i think this phone has 2 firmwares and when you mod one the other one boots the next boot that is why you have to wipe it there too
there is DEFINATELY some double booting going on here
that is also why you tell cf-auto-root, twrp and cwmr NOT to reboot
pull battery and boot directly into recovery
i have had to do 2 and 3 wipes and its not just that
i was on mk2 firmware and i downflashed the modem to mdc
i had to reboot at desktop to get it to show in "about" settings
i then flashed the mk2 firmware (stock 2GB) and when i got in ui AGAIN it still showing MDC.....WTF???
ok so i boot into android recovery and wipe again and reboot and its now MK2
sometimes i just reboot and it will show it next time
its not just there either.
settings in ##3424# and *#9090# are also not getting erased with new official rom installs
really wierd stuff
yea i prob only used kies once in mylife and that was just to test it
usually im on CMnightly whatever is the latest
im not new and i most likely above avg on phone stuff
this KNOX stuff is wierd
even if you do an OTA the phone resets 2x during the install process and i think even with odin too

en11gma said:
i can verify the wiping/erasing from installing that mja or mk2 is not doing what it usually did with other fully stock rom
i think this phone has 2 firmwares and when you mod one the other one boots the next boot that is why you have to wipe it there too
there is DEFINATELY some double booting going on here
that is also why you tell cf-auto-root, twrp and cwmr NOT to reboot
pull battery and boot directly into recovery
i have had to do 2 and 3 wipes and its not just that
i was on mk2 firmware and i downflashed the modem to mdc
i had to reboot at desktop to get it to show in "about" settings
i then flashed the mk2 firmware (stock 2GB) and when i got in ui AGAIN it still showing MDC.....WTF???
ok so i boot into android recovery and wipe again and reboot and its now MK2
sometimes i just reboot and it will show it next time
its not just there either.
settings in ##3424# and *#9090# are also not getting erased with new official rom installs
really wierd stuff
yea i prob only used kies once in mylife and that was just to test it
usually im on CMnightly whatever is the latest
im not new and i most likely above avg on phone stuff
this KNOX stuff is wierd
even if you do an OTA the phone resets 2x during the install process and i think even with odin too
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I let c.f. auto root reboot itself after odining to mk2 and it worked fine. And why are you mixing and matching firmwares and basebands? Also are you using "official" files or files that some guy with one post puts up? I'd say decide what you want to use and stick with it. Anyway good luck.
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Hey man. I wanted to let you know I appreciate the crap out of you doing this. The slow downloads are awful. However, I've flashed this .tar file twice now using 2 different version numbers of Odin and the phone boots up but hangs on the SAMSUNG screen. Not the very first boot screen that says samsung galaxy s4 but the next one that begins with the purple and blue swirl and turns into the samsung logo while the led pulses blue. The phone doesn't freeze per se, it just never moves beyond this screen. Unless it's supposed to take 20-30 minutes, which I doubt is the case. Did I possibly get a bad download?

FlowingAway said:
Hey man. I wanted to let you know I appreciate the crap out of you doing this. The slow downloads are awful. However, I've flashed this .tar file twice now using 2 different version numbers of Odin and the phone boots up but hangs on the SAMSUNG screen. Not the very first boot screen that says samsung galaxy s4 but the next one that begins with the purple and blue swirl and turns into the samsung logo while the led pulses blue. The phone doesn't freeze per se, it just never moves beyond this screen. Unless it's supposed to take 20-30 minutes, which I doubt is the case. Did I possibly get a bad download?
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As with any rom when you first boot up, yes it's supposed to take a while. ("android is upgrading" in disguise maybe?)
Did you do a factory reset before booting up?
Let it do its thing for 10 min at least, and longer than that if you didn't factory reset. If it doesn't boot, then do a factory reset.
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random45 said:
As with any rom when you first boot up, yes it's supposed to take a while. (android is upgrading in disguise maybe?)
Did you do a factory reset before booting up?
Let it do its thing for 10 min at least, and longer than that if you didn't factory reset. If it doesn't boot, then do a factory reset.
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Just saw your reply, thank you. That was the one thing I didn't try. Right after I posted that last message I got into recovery (finally after 3 or 4 tries) and did the factory reset and it booted up perfectly! So handy having this file around. Thanks again for uploading.

I'm happy I found this post. I was able to help my friend with his phone. THANKS!

en11gma said:
i have been reading over and over if you try to flash an mk2 or mja over a rooted or custom recovery that you can brick the phone?
are you sure odin would flash this when it detects there is a knox = 1 and custum recovery or root?
dont think it is as simple as you say when you are knox = 1 with custum recovery or root.
hope your right. but i dont think so.
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Just for reference, I just did this and it worked just fine. I downgraded the modem to MDC and had SACS installed on it, wifi was not working so did this and it works
i dont care about warranty -

its been over 10 minutes and im still on the yellow sprint screen

I understand that if your flash this MK2 tar you'll end up with the knox bootloader. But if someone wanted to get rid of knox, couldn't they just flash the MJA tar then re-root and update to an knox free MK2 firmware that unknownforce provided and you'd be all set?

LouRock said:
I understand that if your flash this MK2 tar you'll end up with the knox bootloader. But if someone wanted to get rid of knox, couldn't they just flash the MJA tar then re-root and update to an knox free MK2 firmware that unknownforce provided and you'd be all set?
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There is no known method of removing the knox bootloader, to my knowledge.

Android 4.4 KitKat now available for S4 Active

Downloading now...

For at&t or international version?
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6783 said:
For at&t or international version?
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Well it does indeed say AT&T here
AT&T changelog blog here

Thanks for the heads up. Now waiting for rooted version..

can't get the update ...
im rooted on ML2 its matters ? (i use xposed to do a change from custom to offical)
its says :
DIM initialization not ready check network or sim card

sagi232123 said:
can't get the update ...
im rooted on ML2 its matters ? (i use xposed to do a change from custom to offical)
its says :
DIM initialization not ready check network or sim card
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You'll have to uninstall your root apps, then flash under ODIN the official stock firmware, download from here
I first deactivate my modules under Xposed framework, then uninstall them, then I defrost all apps in TiBU, then I use the prepare for full unroot in SuperSU and then I uninstall the root apps. Finally I do a full wipe of SD (back your stuff up of course) and reset the phone, then I turn it off and flash the stock fw.

jkeuclid said:
You'll have to uninstall your root apps, then flash under ODIN the official stock firmware, download from here
I first deactivate my modules under Xposed framework, then uninstall them, then I defrost all apps in TiBU, then I use the prepare for full unroot in SuperSU and then I uninstall the root apps. Finally I do a full wipe of SD (back your stuff up of course) and reset the phone, then I turn it off and flash the stock fw.
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Or you can flash only the stock fw .. its deletes all

sagi232123 said:
Or you can flash only the stock fw .. its deletes all
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Probably but I just double cover myself this way
I rooted from here and hopefully sooner we'll have root for KK than it was for JB

jkeuclid said:
You'll have to uninstall your root apps, then flash under ODIN the official stock firmware, download from here
I first deactivate my modules under Xposed framework, then uninstall them, then I defrost all apps in TiBU, then I use the prepare for full unroot in SuperSU and then I uninstall the root apps. Finally I do a full wipe of SD (back your stuff up of course) and reset the phone, then I turn it off and flash the stock fw.
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jkeuclid said:
Probably but I just double cover myself this way
I rooted from here and hopefully sooner we'll have root for KK than it was for JB
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Your rooted 4.3? or 4.4 ?

sagi232123 said:
Your rooted 4.3? or 4.4 ?
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4.3 ML2 from the link I gave...
currently updating to KK, 40% done...

jkeuclid said:
4.3 ML2 from the link I gave...
currently updating to KK, 40% done...
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So you can root and update? ..
now i do full unrooted and when i click software update its do nothing..
need to back to stock fw?
Edit:Still same problem after back to stock ... what i need to do ?!

Any one knows what about the international version??

Some one can please upload the cfg file ? :'(

sagi232123 said:
So you can root and update? ..
now i do full unrooted and when i click software update its do nothing..
need to back to stock fw?
Edit:Still same problem after back to stock ... what i need to do ?!
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Try turning it off and back on, do another full reset, repeat and then flash stock fw once again...
I managed to successfully update to KK from having rooted my SGS4A SGH-i537 JB 4.3 with Sunderwear's method, flashing with ODIN 3.09 back to stock from the official FW here, downloaded from here [I537UCUBML2 (includes all files).7z]

jkeuclid said:
Try turning it off and back on, do another full reset, repeat and then flash stock fw once again...
I managed to successfully update to KK from having rooted my SGS4A SGH-i537 JB 4.3 with Sunderwear's method, flashing with ODIN 3.09 back to stock from the official FW here, downloaded from here [I537UCUBML2 (includes all files).7z]
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what is your carrier ? at&t ?

sagi232123 said:
what is your carrier ? at&t ?
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Yes AT&T Galaxy S4 Active SGH-i537

jkeuclid said:
Yes AT&T Galaxy S4 Active SGH-i537
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i dont have the at&t sim card its matter ?
still the fking same problem ,tired of trying everything..

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sagi232123 said:
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Yeah I left my sim card in, wiped my SD card with the reset etc. Now, did you do the uninstall "prepare for full unroot" option in SuperSU, generally doing what I did to double cover myself? I'm thinking, though this may be a tedious way of doing it but make sure you're all reset to stock as you may be, then do a full reset including the formatting the SD card, then do a re-root, then unroot as I do and try that.

jkeuclid said:
Yeah I left my sim card in, wiped my SD card with the reset etc. Now, did you do the uninstall "prepare for full unroot" option in SuperSU, generally doing what I did to double cover myself? I'm thinking, though this may be a tedious way of doing it but make sure you're all reset to stock as you may be, then do a full reset including the formatting the SD card, then do a re-root, then unroot as I do and try that.
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i did all these things , before i flash stock i did full unroot too , and flashed stock try to do that again and still nothing , after that i wipe everything again still nothing .. DM Init..

[Q][ODIN][FIRMWARE][4.4.2][i537]Odin files request

I'm requesting someone find the Odin files to flash to an i537 model for KitKat 4.4.2, as I can't find it anywhere. If I can't, I'll go to Samsung at Best Buy and uh..... Ask for the Odin files(they use Odin there XD)
Please help as ODIN is the only way I have been able to update, OTAs fail and recovery install from cache, external SD fails. Everything but Odin fails, so anybody help?
Device details-
SGH-i537 AT&T running 4.3 Official Unrooted Stock
Thanks!!!

Have you tried flashing the 4.3 firmware then flashing the OTA? At this time I don't think they have released a full Odin 4.4.2

popfan said:
Have you tried flashing the 4.3 firmware then flashing the OTA? At this time I don't think they have released a full Odin 4.4.2
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Yeah, I tried it all my friend, I need the Odin files.

yes i too in fact need the odin files asap. I know nobody likes being asked for ETA's but how long does it usually take to get the ODIN files?

jimmietilt said:
yes i too in fact need the odin files asap. I know nobody likes being asked for ETA's but how long does it usually take to get the ODIN files?
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Considering we never got the Odin files for MF2 or MF3, we may never get Odin files for NC9.

Just do a hard reset (VOL+/HOME/POWER), boot your phone then do a Factory reset from within the phone with selecting format SD card option (back your stuff up!). Then go back, enable USB debugging and flash the stock ML2 firmware EXCEPT for the BL file! then re-enable USB debugging and download the 2400258.cfg file from here, rename it to update.zip and flash it via stock recovery, problem solved. As for the ODIN files, here's a good read on why @Devo7v is right with his assessment on not ever seeing them. More info on the stock SGH-i537 firmware here.

jkeuclid said:
Just do a hard reset (VOL+/HOME/POWER), boot your phone then do a Factory reset from within the phone with selecting format SD card option (back your stuff up!). Then go back, enable USB debugging and flash the stock ML2 firmware EXCEPT for the BL file! then re-enable USB debugging and download the 2400258.cfg file from here, rename it to update.zip and flash it via stock recovery, problem solved. As for the ODIN files, here's a good read on why @Devo7v is right with his assessment on not ever seeing them. More info on the stock SGH-i537 firmware here.
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I tried that. Didn't work XD The only thing that works for me is forcing the update through ODIN.

Devildude24 said:
I tried that. Didn't work XD The only thing that works for me is forcing the update through ODIN.
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How are you forcing the update through Odin? We don't have the Odin files for 4.4.2, so I'm not sure what you mean. Do you mean you can only flash the 4.3 files with Odin and you cannot get the cfg file to flash through stock recovery?

Devo7v said:
How are you forcing the update through Odin? We don't have the Odin files for 4.4.2, so I'm not sure what you mean. Do you mean you can only flash the 4.3 files with Odin and you cannot get the cfg file to flash through stock recovery?
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Yes, sorry for the confusion. I forced 4.3 through ODIN and the cfg file doesn't work, in all possible ways. And it won't work when renamed to update.zip either.

Devildude24 said:
Yes, sorry for the confusion. I forced 4.3 through ODIN and the cfg file doesn't work, in all possible ways. And it won't work when renamed to update.zip either.
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Did you check the MD5 to make sure that it downloaded properly? My suggestion would be to download it with a computer, rename it to "update.zip" on a computer, copy it to your internal memory on the phone, and flash it through stock recovery. This should work, what errors do you get when you try to flash it? You're on stock 4.3 when you try to update, correct? In order to flash the OTA you cannot be rooted or have modified the system in any way.

Devo7v said:
Did you check the MD5 to make sure that it downloaded properly? My suggestion would be to download it with a computer, rename it to "update.zip" on a computer, copy it to your internal memory on the phone, and flash it through stock recovery. This should work, what errors do you get when you try to flash it? You're on stock 4.3 when you try to update, correct? In order to flash the OTA you cannot be rooted or have modified the system in any way.
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Good advice and I'll further add make sure when you rename the 2400258.cfg that you have known file extensions enabled and then right click and highlight the entire file "2400258.cfg" and then rename that to "update.zip"
Trust us, this will work.
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jkeuclid said:
Good advice and I'll further add make sure when you rename the 2400258.cfg that you have known file extensions enabled and then right click and highlight the entire file "2400258.cfg" and then rename that to "update.zip"
Trust us, this will work.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I537 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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Yeah, I tried that. I tried everything, literally everything. Like Samsung told me they couldn't help me unless I sent it in. (Probably just send a replacement or do a full reset with a new partition and data)

Devildude24 said:
Yeah, I tried that. I tried everything, literally everything. Like Samsung told me they couldn't help me unless I sent it in. (Probably just send a replacement or do a full reset with a new partition and data)
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I'm almost positive you're doing something wrong since you're the only one that is having this problem. I know @jkeuclid has already walked one person through this process step-by-step, I don't want to speak for him but he'd probably be willing to do the same for you.

Devo7v said:
I'm almost positive you're doing something wrong since you're the only one that is having this problem. I know @jkeuclid has already walked one person through this process step-by-step, I don't want to speak for him but he'd probably be willing to do the same for you.
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Thank you. UPDATE-
I checked, my Baseband version and Build Number don't match.... MF1 vs. ML2. So that could be presenting some of the problem. I'm going to try to find a partition file for stick 4.3 then rehash everything through ODIN and attempt an update. Any other suggestions anyone?

Devildude24 said:
Thank you. UPDATE-
I checked, my Baseband version and Build Number don't match.... MF1 vs. ML2. So that could be presenting some of the problem. I'm going to try to find a partition file for stick 4.3 then rehash everything through ODIN and attempt an update. Any other suggestions anyone?
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Did you ever figured this out? I'm having the same issue. Can't update using the cfg file.

Just my quess but the OP and others in this thread have possibly problem understanding relationship of Odin with Stock Recovery
If your phone is stock 4.3 and you have the 444 MB update renamed to update.zip already moved over to microSD card.....
See if this little video helps you
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8TOJkBOZfs

Please Help
Devildude24 said:
I'm requesting someone find the Odin files to flash to an i537 model for KitKat 4.4.2, as I can't find it anywhere. If I can't, I'll go to Samsung at Best Buy and uh..... Ask for the Odin files(they use Odin there XD)
Please help as ODIN is the only way I have been able to update, OTAs fail and recovery install from cache, external SD fails. Everything but Odin fails, so anybody help?
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SGH-i537 AT&T running 4.3 Official Unrooted Stock
Thanks!!!
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Please I need your help, I was trying to upgrade to 4.4 from 4.3 ML2, on i537, but when i did, I lost my wifi and camera and media, (I mean , I cant play any song, show me a message that cant play, "File not Suppoted') anyways, the help that I need is if you can help me with your stock rom, so I can flash my phone with your files, please. Im downgrade to 4.3 again and I used one backup that I did before upgrade, but still not work wifi and media, I already flashed the moden.bin from xda to fix wifi, but still not work, I want to try to flash a Real stock rom, and see what happen, cause Im very stress...

[ROM][TAR] Stock NG2 Odin flashable

You will get the KNOX bootloader if you flash this.
YOU CANNOT UNDO THIS, ITS PERMANENT. FLASHING ANYTHING UNOFFICIAL AFTER FLASHING THIS TAR WILL VOID YOUR WARRANTY​
Just the NG2 FULL stock tar.
Do NOT rename the tar file. Even though it may be convenient to do so, Odin may fail the md5 check for no reason.
(L720VPUFNG2_L720SPTFNG2_L720VPUFNG2_HOME.tar.md5)
This is NOT ROOTED. Its the original TAR file for people who need an Emergency Recovery for their phones, and dont want to wait hours for it to download from slow file hosts.
Mediafire
Instructions:
1. Download and Extract tar above and download Odin
2. Put phone into download mode (power off, then power button + Volume Down, then volume up when prompted)
3. Open Odin (right click > open as administrator)
4. Load stock tar into the PDA slot
5. Start flashing
6. Grab some popcorn because it will take a while
7. Profit

Is this going to update bootloader into NG2?
Is NG2 bootloader unlocked?
Thank you so much,

will this work on rooted phone?
im looking to put my phone back to unrooted stock. will this flash right on a rooted phone? im guessing it will but just want to make sure.

jam97 said:
Is this going to update bootloader into NG2?
Is NG2 bootloader unlocked?
Thank you so much,
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Yes this will update you to the new update NG2 and no the bootloader is still locked.
chriseboy said:
im looking to put my phone back to unrooted stock. will this flash right on a rooted phone? im guessing it will but just want to make sure.
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Yes this will flash right on a rooted phone. The purpose of this is to go back to stock from either rooted or custom rom.
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ROMANTiC KiD said:
Yes this will update you to the new update NG2 and no the bootloader is still locked.
Yes this will flash right on a rooted phone. The purpose of this is to go back to stock from either rooted or custom rom.
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sorry for this stupid question , but will I be able to flash a custom recovery after flashing this image?
Thank you,
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jam97 said:
sorry for this stupid quastion , but will I be able to flash a custom recovery after flashing this image?
Thank you,
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You will need to re-root the phone after installing this file! Then you will be able to install a custom recovery..

Thanks for putting this on a speedy host. I just downloaded it tonight in under half an hour at my daughter's house, and she doesn't have a particularly fast internet connection.
A quick question - does this file leave your programs intact? Sometimes I like a total wipe (except for my SD card), and start fresh.
Thanks again

my wifi is broken after flashing. won't turn on

rtwrobert10 said:
my wifi is broken after flashing. won't turn on
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same problem let me know if you find how to fix it

rtwrobert10 said:
my wifi is broken after flashing. won't turn on
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biscojams said:
same problem let me know if you find how to fix it
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Reflash it again
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rtwrobert10 said:
my wifi is broken after flashing. won't turn on
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biscojams said:
same problem let me know if you find how to fix it
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ROMANTiC KiD said:
Reflash it again
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Same here, I wiped then installed twice, no wifi. I'll try one more time,

DAFTEK said:
Same here, I wiped then installed twice, no wifi. I'll try one more time,
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Try flashing the ng2 kernel after the install. Thru custom recovery.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23622183712458388
Thanks to @ g_ding84

DAFTEK said:
Same here, I wiped then installed twice, no wifi. I'll try one more time,
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That's odd.
I have installed this NG2 tar file with Odin on 2 different phones and WiFi works perfect on both..

2WhiteWolves said:
Try flashing the ng2 kernel after the install. Thru custom recovery.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23622183712458388
Thanks to @ g_ding84
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Thanks for the reply. I did try one more time and this time I went back in recovery and did the two wipes, went back in to download, opened odin3 3.09 via administrator and removed the auto reboot check. after it finished i manually rebooted and wifi worked.
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Now I have another problem. I am no longer with sprint and my phone is unlocked from sprint. I have been using the GOLDENEYE rom on Walmart Family Mobile and all was warning well except for sometimes not connecting calls so I thought i go back to stock with this rom. Problem now is I can make calls with the Walmart sim card, put in the APN settings but i am unable to remove the Hands Free Activation nagging.. Is there anyway to make it go away?

DAFTEK said:
[/COLOR]Now I have another problem. I am no longer with sprint and my phone is unlocked from sprint. I have been using the GOLDENEYE rom on Walmart Family Mobile and all was warning well except for sometimes not connecting calls so I thought i go back to stock with this rom. Problem now is I can make calls with the Walmart sim card, put in the APN settings but i am unable to remove the Hands Free Activation nagging.. Is there anyway to make it go away?
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Have you tried to pull down the notification bar with two fingers > long press on Hands Free icon to see if something is turned on to make it show up on notification bar? If turned on, shut it off. Hopefully it is that simple. If not that simple, I have no clue how to make it stop. Maybe someone else does.
I haven't heard of anyone having that problem.

Yeah, I tried everything, it's part of the rom I think, nothing worked to make it go away..
I just went back to goldeneye rom, all working perfect again. Thanks.

I just flashed this rom through odin and it didn't wipe any of my programs, isn't is supposed to?

RTbar said:
I just flashed this rom through odin and it didn't wipe any of my programs, isn't is supposed to?
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also I confirm that everything is working great.

RTbar said:
I just flashed this rom through odin and it didn't wipe any of my programs, isn't is supposed to?
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Nope. it doesn't wipe data unless stated by the OP that it does. It only restores any apps deleted, or reverses any mods made. Example if you are running Aosp and Odin back to stock. You will get bootloop. After Odin always go to stock recovery and do a factory reset to have a clean install.
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Wifi didn't work for me on this rom, coming from a custom mf9 rom. So I odin mf9 bootloader package, and then flashed stock mf9 odexed rooted rom, then odin the mf9 kernel. And did NG2 upgrade through Kies. Now Wi-Fi finally works for me but it's impossible to root. But at least now I got everything working, when I get off of work I can flash the OP version of NG2 cuz at least I could root that 1.

[Q] Unable to download any new software updates

Whenever I used to try to update my phone from 4.4.2 to 4.4.4, my phone would say the installation was interrupted, and kies would say my firmware is up to date. At the time I didnt care much, but now that 5.0 is out, I want to figure this out. When I got my phone in September I flashed the original software to root, then reflashed 4.4.2. Since then I unrooted and restores my phone to try and resolve the problem, but neither have helped. Does anyone know a solution? If any more information is needed I can definitely provide it.

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Whenever I used to try to update my phone from 4.4.2 to 4.4.4, my phone would say the installation was interrupted, and kies would say my firmware is up to date. At the time I didnt care much, but now that 5.0 is out, I want to figure this out. When I got my phone in September I flashed the original software to root, then reflashed 4.4.2. Since then I unrooted and restores my phone to try and resolve the problem, but neither have helped. Does anyone know a solution? If any more information is needed I can definitely provide it.
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I have the same problem on my side. I haven't even ever rooted the phone. Always the same error. I have posted this issue here, lets see if some one replies.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/att...ipop-coming-soon-t3030721/page18#post59986756

SyslogPlease said:
Whenever I used to try to update my phone from 4.4.2 to 4.4.4, my phone would say the installation was interrupted, and kies would say my firmware is up to date. At the time I didnt care much, but now that 5.0 is out, I want to figure this out. When I got my phone in September I flashed the original software to root, then reflashed 4.4.2. Since then I unrooted and restores my phone to try and resolve the problem, but neither have helped. Does anyone know a solution? If any more information is needed I can definitely provide it.
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I had the same issue I used the files from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-galaxy-s5/general/how-to-root-g900aucu2aoa1-4-4-4-2-3-2015-t3021120 under troubleshooting I first downloaded and then flashed the file to downgrade to nce. Then downloaded the nce to ng3 ota file and sideloaded and flashed in stock recovery after that I have been able to download and update via the ota. hope this helps

doing that process
I can manage the first flash but I'm not really that good at this so how would I go about doing that second flash?

SyslogPlease said:
I can manage the first flash but I'm not really that good at this so how would I go about doing that second flash?
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You need to place the update file on your ext sdcard then boot into stock recovery and update from ext sdcard.

wildcard30 said:
I had the same issue I used the files from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-galaxy-s5/general/how-to-root-g900aucu2aoa1-4-4-4-2-3-2015-t3021120 under troubleshooting I first downloaded and then flashed the file to downgrade to nce. Then downloaded the nce to ng3 ota file and sideloaded and flashed in stock recovery after that I have been able to download and update via the ota. hope this helps
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Last questions are how to go into stock recovery and once I do that its all normal again?

How to boot Samsung Galaxy S5 Recovery Mode:
Power off your device completely.
Boot recovery mode by pressing and holding Volume Up, Home and Power, all at the same time.
Release all buttons when the Galaxy S5 screen flickers and the main Recovery screen will appear.
Once I updated to ng3 through the stock recovery I was able to take the ota updates for 4.4.4 and 5.0 normally.

Thanks, I'm going to try this now. Hope I don't lose any data!

SyslogPlease said:
Thanks, I'm going to try this now. Hope I don't lose any data!
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you will when you flash through stock recovery.
Back up your data

It all went smoothly and I can update again! Thanks so much!

You are welcome.

I tried the instructions in that thread but I get an error when I try to install the first update.
The error mentions unexpected contents
What I did is copy the file to the SD card, booted into recovery and then selected install from external
What did I do wrong?

Hi there. Thank you so much for this. Question is that I am already on NG3 and I still dont have the update option! Would I need to go to OA1 one? Which I believe is 4.4.4? Then get the update for lollipop? A little confusion. And if that is the case, where can I get the file thing for OA1?

juliusgy said:
I tried the instructions in that thread but I get an error when I try to install the first update.
The error mentions unexpected contents
What I did is copy the file to the SD card, booted into recovery and then selected install from external
What did I do wrong?
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I have the same problem, except I used adb sidoload

juliusgy said:
I tried the instructions in that thread but I get an error when I try to install the first update.
The error mentions unexpected contents
What I did is copy the file to the SD card, booted into recovery and then selected install from external
What did I do wrong?
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Did you do the downgrade to NCE through Odin first?

Yes I did. I tried it again and I see that I'm on NG3 now, I guess I have to do the other one Now.

juliusgy said:
Yes I did. I tried it again and I see that I'm on NG3 now, I guess I have to do the other one Now.
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Once I was on NG3 I was able to upgrade using the OTA.

wildcard30 said:
Once I was on NG3 I was able to upgrade using the OTA.
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I am on NG3 and I am not getting any OTA for OA1 which is 4.4.4! I need that to go to 5.0? How can I manually update it? Dont care for root and other gimmicks. Completely stock!

ThuGzta said:
I am on NG3 and I am not getting any OTA for OA1 which is 4.4.4! I need that to go to 5.0? How can I manually update it? Dont care for root and other gimmicks. Completely stock!
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You could always try sideloading the NG3 to OA1 update then flashing through stock recovery from the other thread I mentioned.