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Return to stock ?

guys, is there any way to go back to stock international rom, without CWM and root, i mean totally stock international ?

ipguy said:
guys, is there any way to go back to stock international rom, without CWM and root, i mean totally stock international ?
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Maybe This could help you. Sorry i am new, i hope it´ll help u
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2182823

[LINK][ROM][ODIN][TAR]SPH-L720 MDL (MDL Modem/Kernel/ROM - Stock)

I didn't see this posted anywhere yet.
Samsung-Updates now has the full Stock MDL ROM available if anyone needs it.
http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SPH-L720&details=Galaxy_S_4_Sprint

Drumrocker said:
I didn't see this posted anywhere yet.
Samsung-Updates now has the full Stock MDL ROM available if anyone needs it.
http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SPH-L720&details=Galaxy_S_4_Sprint
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What does this mean?

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Drumrocker said:
I didn't see this posted anywhere yet.
Samsung-Updates now has the full Stock MDL ROM available if anyone needs it.
http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SPH-L720&details=Galaxy_S_4_Sprint
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Do I download the "Stock Firmware" and flash it and then I will be 100% stock with no traces of root?!? Going to Best Buy tomorrow so I need to know this. Thanks!! :good:

Joe0113 said:
Do I download the "Stock Firmware" and flash it and then I will be 100% stock with no traces of root?!? Going to Best Buy tomorrow so I need to know this. Thanks!! :good:
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How to unroot the S4:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEJSv9MrVAg
You can thank qbking77 for this.

PwnCloud said:
What does this mean?
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This means you can perform a restore to the most recent official Stock Sprint configuration without having to worry about downloading and applying the OTA update.

Joe0113 said:
Do I download the "Stock Firmware" and flash it and then I will be 100% stock with no traces of root?!? Going to Best Buy tomorrow so I need to know this. Thanks!! :good:
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Yes, just flash with ODIN and you will be 100% stock. You may also want to use Triangle Away first to reset your flash counter if you are needing to use the warranty

Drumrocker said:
This means you can perform a restore to the most recent official Stock Sprint configuration without having to worry about downloading and applying the OTA update.
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Damn, right after I did this the hard way.

This would go in General
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I was hoping someone could answer a question for me. .. if I was running a touchwiz rom and twrp recovery and I wanted to go back to stock would I use the link in the OP and flash that with Odin. Would I then be completely stock with a stock recovery? And would I be unrooted?
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Whew.. I just came over from the NS4G. Rooted and installed TWRP and everything was happy.
Then got ahead of myself and wiped system......without a rom to install.
Using the link above I was able to get the stock MDL rom and followed the video. I'm back. My nerves are shot but thats besides the point. :good:
Thank you!

Is this able to be flashed through mobile odin on a stock and semi rooted. Semi rooted meaning I tried cf rooting my phone not realizing I was already on MDL and did the wrong one. Anyways, can I do it on Mobile Odin?
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Spectra20 said:
Whew.. I just came over from the NS4G. Rooted and installed TWRP and everything was happy.
Then got ahead of myself and wiped system......without a rom to install.
Using the link above I was able to get the stock MDL rom and followed the video. I'm back. My nerves are shot but thats besides the point. :good:
Thank you!
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Nerves are shot eh? Lol one time I had to force my usb into a jig to actually make download mode pop up then I had to use adb to put a recovery back ><

Been there, done that. Went thru quite a few USB cords that night, too.

[ROM][9/21] - Verizon Stock Rooted ROM - VS98011A

This is just that... A Verizon Stock Rooted ROM based on Build VS98011A (OTA Build)!
A stock rooted ROM
Pre-rooted
Busybox
zipaligned
Odex. De-Odex later!
Must be on latest OTA!
Includes boot.img that is pre-lokied.
You dont not need to worry about loki or OTA's.
Thanks
Jparasita and mbroseAI for helping test it, djrbliss, dees_troy, chainfire, Anonymous Donator!
MOD EDIT: Link removed as domain has expired. Thread closed until new links can be installed
Please Hit Thanks!
Its just as easy as hitting download!
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Sharing Policy
The spirit of Open Source is to share your knowledge and files with the rest of the world so they can improve on what you do when possible. This is also my philosophy and I would never compromise that!
You are free to use this ROM or any part of this ROM any way you like as long as you give proper credits!
Do not use my work if you cannot give proper credits!
Consider this your permission! Please do not PM me asking if its OK to build off this ROM. Permission granted!
However this does not include my CleanROM series of ROMS. Please do not use those without contacting me first!
This ROM is not a CleanROM. Its a stock rooted and all yours!
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General Info
It takes a LONG TIME to flash this ROM. Accept it. ITS HUGE! Biggest stock ROM I have ever seen!
Wiping in recovery can take near 3 to 5 minutes... Let it go. Dont stop it!

You Sir are my hero. Nuff said.
Sent from my VS980 4G using Tapatalk 4

Thanks for all your hard work on this!

just wondering, what is the difference between flashing this, and rooting after the OTA update? i assume you bypass any pushed OTA's and thats all

nice, scott! thanks for getting to work on the verizon version

Viper76269 said:
just wondering, what is the difference between flashing this, and rooting after the OTA update? i assume you bypass any pushed OTA's and thats all
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This may not be for you...
This ROM is for someone...
Who wants to tinker and build there own personal ROM from the stock base.
Another developer that may not have the ability to get a stock base (Like me, I only have the AT&T phone)
When you hose your phone trying to "modify" things because you "read it on the internet" somewhere you can then use this ROM to get your anus out of trouble.
You flash someone else ROM and realize its not what you were expecting, you didn't make nandroid back up, and your rebooting every time you try to make a phone call. This ROM would come in real handy
You see where I am going with this?

tombepa said:
You Sir are my hero. Nuff said.
Sent from my VS980 4G using Tapatalk 4
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inkdrink said:
Thanks for all your hard work on this!
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jayochs said:
nice, scott! thanks for getting to work on the verizon version
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You are all welcome!
Glad I could help get it started off for Verizon!

scrosler said:
You are all welcome!
Glad I could help get it started off for Verizon!
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haha i always downloaded cleanrom, or your stock rooted roms, on every phone i had that you dev'ed for..which was every phone i had lol..and they're all under each phones specific folder on my hard drive as my just-in-case i mess something up and need a fresh clean flash back to stock. it's helped numerous times lol so i've got this bad boy downloading right now..
2 gigs, that's crazy. i can't believe the roms are bigger than samsungs!

scrosler said:
This may not be for you...
This ROM is for someone...
Who wants to tinker and build there own personal ROM from the stock base.
Another developer that may not have the ability to get a stock base (Like me, I only have the AT&T phone)
When you hose your phone trying to "modify" things because you "read it on the internet" somewhere you can then use this ROM to get your anus out of trouble.
You flash someone else ROM and realize its not what you were expecting, you didn't make nandroid back up, and your rebooting every time you try to make a phone call. This ROM would come in real handy
You see where I am going with this?
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gotcha. just making sure. wouldn't be bad to have it on the computer just in case. i was just curious. i'm personally waiting for a deodexed AOSP ROM, but i can keep this in case i screw anything up. thanks for the info!

jayochs said:
haha i always downloaded cleanrom, or your stock rooted roms, on every phone i had that you dev'ed for..which was every phone i had lol..and they're all under each phones specific folder on my hard drive as my just-in-case i mess something up and need a fresh clean flash back to stock. it's helped numerous times lol so i've got this bad boy downloading right now..
2 gigs, that's crazy. i can't believe the roms are bigger than samsungs!
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Dude, tell me about it!
Do you know how long it takes to upload this isht?
I had to TeamView into jparista's PC, dump his phone, build the ROM, then upload it all using his internet connection because he has twice the upload speed I did.
I would still be uploading now!

you say must be on latest OTA, what happens if we flash this on non OTA?

Scott,
In the OP you say we need to be on the latest OTA?
I had flashed TWRP and have not been able to get the OTA.
I was surprised when I read we needed to be on the latest OTA to flash your ROM.
I have been holding off getting the OTA because I figured I would just flash a ROM to get the on the latest OTA is there a reason we need to be on it to flash your ROM?
Do you happen to have a Stock Recovery IMG and I get in order to get the OTA if I am going to need the OTA I will have to get it through stock recovery

neckbonest said:
you say must be on latest OTA, what happens if we flash this on non OTA?
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I would like to know this as well.

Walter21026 said:
I would like to know this as well.
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Because its built from the OTA and I didn't include a boot image. I don't have the phone so I didn't want to risk bricking someone else's trying to flash a boot image.
In all reality it will prolly be 100% fine on the non OTA but I cannot say for sure... Havent tried it.
So nandroid, flash and report results and all questions will be answered.

scrosler said:
Because its built from the OTA and I didnt include a but image.
In all reality it will prolly be 100% fine on the non OTA but I cannot say for sure...
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looks like im going to be your beta tester on this. will report back after flashing

scrosler said:
Because its built from the OTA and I didn't include a boot image. I don't have the phone so I didn't want to risk bricking someone else's trying to flash a boot image.
In all reality it will prolly be 100% fine on the non OTA but I cannot say for sure... Havent tried it.
So nandroid, flash and report results and all questions will be answered.
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Thanks for chiming in on this Scott, however I won't test this till someone else has. Already went through hell yesterday with TWRP loops

neckbonest said:
looks like im going to be your beta tester on this. will report back after flashing
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Sounds good!
Let us know!
Good luck!

neckbonest said:
looks like im going to be your beta tester on this. will report back after flashing
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Let us know how it goes. Thanks
Sent from my VS980 4G using Tapatalk 2

Retrieve Deleted Apps

After I rooted the phone I deleted some blotware. Now I am having problems with the phone freezing. Is there a way to recover the delete apps?

You can always restore your backup. Unless you didn't create a backup before you went and deleted everything. That's a noob thing not to do.
Your best bet is to follow the "return to stock" tutorial. It's in the sticky threads.
Or wait for the next update to roll out.

Thewiskeydude said:
After I rooted the phone I deleted some blotware. Now I am having problems with the phone freezing. Is there a way to recover the delete apps?
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I know how it happened.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/search.php?searchid=251981980

I kinda thought that was my only option but i guess wanted someone to tell me. Hey Thanks alot.

Thewiskeydude said:
I kinda thought that was my only option but i guess wanted someone to tell me. Hey Thanks alot.
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Could always just say to heck with it and install safestrap. Use a custom ROM.

yes i could but not ready to trip the knox yet

Thewiskeydude said:
yes i could but not ready to trip the knox yet
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it doesnt trip knox

I was under the impression from what i read that a custom rom would set the knox sensor!

Thewiskeydude said:
I was under the impression from what i read that a custom rom would set the knox sensor!
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nope

Thewiskeydude said:
I was under the impression from what i read that a custom rom would set the knox sensor!
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No it does not if you follow the guide here on XDA
Sent from my SM-N9005 using Tapatalk

What guide?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N900A using Tapatalk

New to the note 3 came from iphone 5 are there different rom's or bootstrap.

Thewiskeydude said:
New to the note 3 came from iphone 5 are there different rom's or bootstrap.
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boot strap is like a recovery you can download roms from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-3-att/development

Quick question i saw this [ROM][1-28-14][KITKAT ROM is this a good custome rom?

Thewiskeydude said:
Quick question i saw this [ROM][1-28-14][KITKAT ROM is this a good custome rom?
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you will have to try it and see but it involves more than flashing with bootstrap to use it

Ok thanks it seems like this rom thing can be a whole lot of work!! Dont know if i am up to the task THANK YOU.

Before installing sense 6 ota??

Hello guys and devs,
I want to ask a simple question.
I have downloaded sense 6 ota directly through wifi.
I need to know what all should i flash before installing the ota. I am s-off and on software version 4.06.651.9.
I know i need to flash stock recovery first but i dont know what more i have to flash?
Thanks!!

jayas.mayank said:
Hello guys and devs,
I want to ask a simple question.
I have downloaded sense 6 ota directly through wifi.
I need to know what all should i flash before installing the ota. I am s-off and on software version 4.06.651.9.
I know i need to flash stock recovery first but i dont know what more i have to flash?
Thanks!!
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Why not just flash a stock rooted rom?

wtfdic said:
Why not just flash a stock rooted rom?
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THIS. I remember seeing one somewhere. I'll post a link if I find it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2766604
Done. Remember to thank the guy.

wtfdic said:
Why not just flash a stock rooted rom?
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Bro this is a good idea...but i want to experience the pros and cons of stock 6th sense...thats why!!

jayas.mayank said:
Bro this is a good idea...but i want to experience the pros and cons of stock 6th sense...thats why!!
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He's not your bro, dude.
//please excuse the internet reference if you dont get it
Jokes aside, a stock rooted ROM allows you to do just that, only there's less hassle. Even though it's. a rooted ROM, it will behave exactly the same as stock Sense unless you want to install root apps. Please please please don't RUU to stock. Just use the Stock ROM and save yourself some trouble.

sauprankul said:
He's not your bro, dude.
//please excuse the internet reference if you dont get it
Jokes aside, a stock rooted ROM allows you to do just that, only there's less hassle. Even though it's. a rooted ROM, it will behave exactly the same as stock Sense unless you want to install root apps. Please please please don't RUU to stock. Just use the Stock ROM and save yourself some trouble.
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will my data be lost if i install the rom???..