You can download the official Sprint Galaxy S4 MF9 update tar files here~!! :good::laugh:
http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SPH-L720
Here as well.
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/?model=SPH-L720&pcode=0#firmware
I haven't finished downloading yet or unzipping to see if the file is correct but the zipped file size sends a bit small for an official ROM. Also, they package the kernel separately? That's weird.
Has anyone used these?
Flash the SPR-L720VPUAMF9-20130626162512.zip via TWRP ?
Then the KERNEL-SPR-L720VPUAMF9-1372121308.tar is flashed via Odin?
buggz2k said:
Has anyone used these?
Flash the SPR-L720VPUAMF9-20130626162512.zip via TWRP ?
Then the KERNEL-SPR-L720VPUAMF9-1372121308.tar is flashed via Odin?
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I used it myself and it worked very well. For me, a fresh MF9 flash via PC Odin was more stable and smoother than doing the MDL to MF9 update.
If you flash the full MF9 tar, you don't need to go back and flash the kernel tar.
Thank you!
I am on MDL w/ many mods.
I guess I am gonna have to go this route, although, phone is working as I like.
But, I guess I have to continue to move forward?
Sigh, I also will guess after doing this will wipe out everything, and I have to start all over.
Definitely gonna perform a fullbackup first, and then remove my ext. sdram.
optimummind said:
I used it myself and it worked very well. For me, a fresh MF9 flash via PC Odin was more stable and smoother than doing the MDL to MF9 update.
If you flash the full MF9 tar, you don't need to go back and flash the kernel tar.
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Does one lose root and custom recovery if flashed either via odin or via cwm/twrp?
I should say, can i still flash supersu if i flash this file or do i have to reroot/unlock my phone again?
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Androidious said:
Does one lose root and custom recovery if flashed either via odin or via cwm/twrp?
I should say, can i still flash supersu if i flash this file or do i have to reroot/unlock my phone again?
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Yes, you'll lose root and custom recovery. After flashing this, use Odin again to flash a custom recovery then flash SuperSU within custom recovery to gain back root.
Is it possible for someone to make a NOData version. (Got kind of spoiled from the E4GT)
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optimummind said:
Yes, you'll lose root and custom recovery. After flashing this, use Odin again to flash a custom recovery then flash SuperSU within custom recovery to gain back root.
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I noticed the link you posted is for a stock mf9 firmware zip and kernel is a tar, where do I get the stock mf9 firmware tar?
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Extract the zip it's inside
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Can someone give me the noob guide? Can I flash this over rooted stock and have a "legit" binary when I go into download mode? If so, what's the simplest way to flash?
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ChristianPreachr said:
Can someone give me the noob guide? Can I flash this over rooted stock and have a "legit" binary when I go into download mode? If so, what's the simplest way to flash?
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It's pretty simple. First, backup all your data and media then perform a factory reset from the phone's Setting menu.
Shut the phone down and enter the stock recovery mode. Open Odin on your laptop or desktop, connect your phone, select the tar file, and flash your phone. You'll be back to 100% stock.
optimummind said:
It's pretty simple. First, backup all your data and media then perform a factory reset from the phone's Setting menu.
Shut the phone down and enter the stock recovery mode. Open Odin on your laptop or desktop, connect your phone, select the tar file, and flash your phone. You'll be back to 100% stock.
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What if you're rooted w/ custom ROM?
billyman said:
What of you're rooted w/ custom ROM?
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Then you will need to reroot using odin and then reflash a ROM.
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Can someone please please please torrent this? These download sites are ungodly slow, and since I accidentally cancelled the download on hotfile, I can't redownload it again for awhile.
shifuimam said:
Can someone please please please torrent this? These download sites are ungodly slow, and since I accidentally cancelled the download on hotfile, I can't redownload it again for awhile.
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Agreed. Holy cow this is a slow download.
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shifuimam said:
Can someone please please please torrent this? These download sites are ungodly slow, and since I accidentally cancelled the download on hotfile, I can't redownload it again for awhile.
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i uploaded the files here Link
hope it's better,
good luck!
optimummind said:
I used it myself and it worked very well. For me, a fresh MF9 flash via PC Odin was more stable and smoother than doing the MDL to MF9 update.
If you flash the full MF9 tar, you don't need to go back and flash the kernel tar.
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I am not very good with the S4 since it is my friends phone I have a note 2. If I flash the full MF9 via odin then all I have to do is CF auto root again and my friend it rooted again?
If I use ODIN do I have to edit ODIN to show phone bootloader update checked before I flash the MF9 tar?
Anyone have a suggestion on how to rooted back once the update to MF9 is done beside CF auto root method?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2291827
thanks
Tungsten c said:
I am not very good with the S4 since it is my friends phone I have a note 2. If I flash the full MF9 via odin then all I have to do is CF auto root again and my friend it rooted again?
If I use ODIN do I have to edit ODIN to show phone bootloader update checked before I flash the MF9 tar?
Anyone have a suggestion on how to rooted back once the update to MF9 is done beside CF auto root method?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2291827
thanks
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Yes! Use CF-Autoroot to root and be careful NOT to check anything like repartition etc. or you'll kill your phone.
Check this out for what it should look like.
i want to flash a new rom and to do this i need to get the twrp recovery..
i downloaded to maclaw studio's twrp and when i tried to flash it with odin i saw that i cant flash it because its not tar.md5 file.. i've tried to convert the file to .tar and when i flashed it, it broke my galaxy.. i want to flash twrp 2.7.0.0 but im afraid that it will broke my phone:crying::crying:.. can somebody help my figure out how to convert that zip\img file and make it a tar.md5 so that i could flash my rom??
The zip file is used to flash it through recovery (e.g. CWM or TWRP). You'll need the Odin file. You can also find it on Maclaw's site. Next to most download links, you can also click 'Odin' which gives you the Odin package.
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I followed everything via this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2147852 and successfully flashed CWM to my GT-I8190.
The problem arises when I attempt to boot into recovery mode. Every time I attempt it, I am taken to the stock android recovery screen and not CWM. I've tried different versions of Odin... the touch version of CWM.. using a different computer... all to no avail.
I even downloaded Rom Manager thru Google Play and attempted to flash/update CWM from there (as it said it was, indeed, installed on my phone) but it wouldn't let me reboot the phone into recovery from Rom Manager - I imagine because I am not rooted.
I'm attempting to root my phone and flashing CWM is the first step. Like I said, the flash was, indeed, successful but the problem is that it always takes me into stock recovery instead of CWM.
Thanks in advanced, guys!
try another custom recovery, for example this one.
Wait until Odin says "success" and then reboot into recovery via Vol+ Home and Power
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moonryder said:
try another custom recovery, for example this one.
Wait until Odin says "success" and then reboot into recovery via Vol+ Home and Power
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Thanks! I downloaded the TWRP .zip file and extracted it only to find that there is no .tar file... only an image file... This won't work with Odin, will it?
AffectiveEffect said:
Thanks! I downloaded the TWRP .zip file and extracted it only to find that there is no .tar file... only an image file... This won't work with Odin, will it?
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This zip file is a flashable zip for custom recoveries here for odin : http://get.novafusion.pl/?id=863
Good luck!
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xXPR0T0TYPEXx said:
This zip file is a flashable zip for custom recoveries here for odin : http://get.novafusion.pl/?id=863
Good luck!
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Thanks, guys! I'll post back with my results.
Same deal, xXPR0T0TYPEXx... I extract the .zip to find merely an image file.. I tried it with Odin anyway but Odin will not recognize it.
Hmmmmm.... I may have to go with vROOT if you tell me it's safe to use.
Another way of root is by flashing unsecure kernel. You can do it easily by Android Toolkit.
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Same deal, xXPR0T0TYPEXx... I extract the .zip to find merely an image file.. I tried it with Odin anyway but Odin will not recognize it.
Hmmmmm.... I may have to go with vROOT if you tell me it's safe to use.
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don´t extract it, just flash the .tar via odin
moonryder said:
don´t extract it, just flash the .tar via odin
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The file that you download is a .zip file, not a .tar file.
Can this be done using this link?
http://androidhost.org/lofNs
Then ODIN a custom recovery like TWRP.
TIA.
You can Odin a custom recovery, but you cannot root with cf-auto-root. You need to flash a custom kernel
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Thank You sir.
I can flash a custom recovery via odin then flash a custom rom with the same base band I currently have?
highlander07422 said:
Thank You sir.
I can flash a custom recovery via odin then flash a custom rom with the same base band I currently have?
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Yes
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Kinda nervous about this. I took all the OTA's up to DOJ7.
I just downloaded an ODIN flashable twrp-2.8.7.2-zeroflte.img.tar.
Flash that in AP and it should re-boot i hope? Or will I need to have the custom rom on the phone befor I flash.
TIA!
highlander07422 said:
Kinda nervous about this. I took all the OTA's up to DOJ7.
I just downloaded an ODIN flashable twrp-2.8.7.2-zeroflte.img.tar.
Flash that in AP and it should re-boot i hope? Or will I need to have the custom rom on the phone befor I flash.
TIA!
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You don't need to have the rom on device, just flash recovery, but before you do that go into developer options and enable OEM Unlocking
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want to downgrade but cant find a zip of the kitkat bootloader or nk4 kernal
You can't flash the bootloader through recovery, at least not the last time I checked. The bootloader has to be flased through odin but Odin doesn't flash bootloaders, modems, etc.. We're you possibly referring to the boot.img? If so, that's a kernel.
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yea i kinda need the kernal so i can boot kitkat
liljay18 said:
want to downgrade but cant find a zip of the kitkat bootloader or nk4 kernal
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Nk4 bootloader
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24665509702140905
Nk4 modem
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24665509702140904
Nk4 all files
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95784891001616562
liljay18 said:
yea i kinda need the kernal so i can boot kitkat
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You can grab a kernal from nearly any KitKat firmware. Download a stock rom to get a stock kernal or a custom rom for a custom kernal. Extract the rom using winrar,winzip, 7zip, or your favorite unzipping utility and you should find a "boot.img" in the root of the extracted folder. Flash the boot.img in Odin in the third slot down (i think it is labelled "PDA"). You can't use the second slot (kernal) because that slot will only allow "md5" files and the boot.img has no md5 in it. I hope this helps because I couldn't find anything KitKat related on my PC, sorry. Good luck and let us know if you have any more questions or problems, okay?
EDIT: I didn't realize when I posted this but Trex888 uploaded it for you in the post before this one (third link) has your boot.img in the download. Grab that one
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