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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Frank Hilario:
MOTOCHOPER FAIL (4.1.2) stock with all the carriers updates .....

Hi guys , First of all .. huge thanks to all the devs / programmers that had invested their time and efforts making these possible ! :victory:

i got an AT&T sim unlocked (from factory) SGH-I437 , the phone came with ICS , 2 days later it downloaded the large OTA update (399 MB) and upgraded to JB 4.1.2 ... 2 days later it downloaded yet another small OTA update (91 MB) and now it runs on stock 4.1.2 with the before-mentioned upgrades .......:rolleyes:

I want to remove AT&T and samsung bloatware apps, to free more system resources to the stuff that really matters to me ( OS performance and battery LIFEtime ) thus the need for the root procedure / method ... motochopper DOES NOT work for me , i run WIN 8 X64 , i already took all the steps required and the program connects to the phone , send the commands and the corresponding file to the phone ... the phone resets and "superuser" gets installed but reads that it couldn't find the required files/permissions , if i run motochopper again in the DOS prompt it states that it has found a "previous failed attempt" ... any idea whats going on here ? debuggin mode is enabled btw ... :confused:

Since the development for alternative roms is going slow as hell for this phone ( just one dev, working on Cyanogenmod 10.2 / JB 4.3 based) i will keep using the stock firmware till someday if we are lucky , some brilliant minds get combined and pull out a clean , fully working "major bugs" free cyanogen port for it .... :highfive:

Sadly im in the motochopper blacklist of no goers , any suggestion on what may be going wrong :confused: or any other root method available :confused: to root the phone will be really appreciated :laugh:

Thanks to all for your efforts and time ! god bless ya all :angel:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aureljared:
There are two other methods for rooting the I437.

1. Get CWM recovery via ODIN and flash SuperSU. Complete instructions are in the first post of this thread.

2. Try unlockroot (dot) com. There have been reports of the program working for the I437.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ismethajametovic:
Anyone know how to force a download from ICS to Jellybean? I can't get it to update via OTA even when I change the time and date to speed things up.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MkVsTheWorld:
You know, I had the same problem a month ago. I ultimately downloaded the files and did it manually. I'd call up AT&T and report this, it's been going on for way too long. If you look in this thread, you should see links for the files.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] caine0001:
AT&T already knows about it. I talked to them about 2 or 3 weeks ago and they told me, as I mentioned in another post, that they were having problems with their servers. You might be able to do an update now, but in 5 minutes you won't. It is up and down. They had no idea at the time what the problem was or when it would be fixed. I called them because I couldn't get mine to update. I called and was told that and when I got off the phone I tried again and it was working. Shortly after that, it wasn't working again. I am not saying not to report it, but if you have to wait on the phone to talk to someone, it probably isn't worth it since they already know about it.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ismethajametovic:
Sweet! Thanks for the info. I didn't think it would be an external problem coinciding with AT&T. I thought the phone was bunk. Good info! :o
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jlee123:
I am having problems with my i437 after rooting ect.. My wifi and bluetooth are not working.

Maybe someone here has also had this problem and could help me out.

I will show the steps I have done:

first got the phone it had stock att jelly bean 4.1.2 update on it WIFI/Bluetooth working good..

- I downgraded the firmware through ODIN to ICS 4.0.4 so I could unlock it for free with *#197328640# menu

- unlocked phone for my t-mobile sim with *#197328640#

- installed shabbypenguin CWM with ODIN

- flashed [UNOFFICIAL] CyanogenMod 10.1

- rooted with SuperSU-v1.25+

- flashed [UNOFFICIAL] CyanogenMod 10.2 update (3 times updated)

- updated newer CWM 6.0.3.7-i437 with ODIN in i437 rom thread.

- flashed [UNOFFICIAL] CyanogenMod 10.2 update 8/27

Phone is working great with ROM besides the WIFI and Bluetooth not working issue. Very fast speeds on T-mobile LTE!

I have wiped, wiped factory, cleared cache, formated sd card many times thinking that could be the problem, also have read over and over through all the xda threads and it seems that It could be a radio issue when I downgraded to 4.0.4 and never did an OTA update before rooting/flashing rom/recovery.

Can anyone confirm this could be the problem?

Is it possible for me to unroot/uninstall CWM and put stock att 4.1.2 update (new Radio) then CWM,ROOT,ROM again?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] caine0001:
Unfortunately I have seen this happen on at least 3 phones. If you flash back to 4.0.4 and then try to flash back to 4.1.2 you lose wifi. It has nothing to do with rooting. The only way we were able to fix this problem was to flash a 4.1.2 nandroid backup that was made on that same phone. If you use any from another phone it will not allow wifi to activate. So in our experience (me and 2 friends), the only way to fix this is you hopefully made a backup from your own phone with the stock 4.1.2 firmware on it. Flash that back onto the phone and you will get wifi back. If you don't have a nandroid backup from your own phone with stock 4.1.2 firmware, our experience was that there was no way to get the wifi back to working. If you can find an official 4.1.2 firmware from Samsung or AT&T that is officially signed it might work. But we were never able to find one. The latest official signed stock firmware we could find was the 4.0.4. Others may have a different experience but that is what we found about a month ago. Luckily we had created a nandroid backup on each individual phone so we were able to save them. I hope that you can too.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MkVsTheWorld:
I had the same problem with wifi, but I got it working. This is what I did...

-Use ODIN to flash ICS (WiFi and Bluetooth breaks).

-Factory reset.

-Use Kies to flash ICS again (WiFi and Bluetooth work).

-Allow phone to OTA to current build.

I think the firmware from Kies has WiFi or Bluetooth drivers that work better. Please let us know if this works.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] caine0001:
MkVSTheWorld is very knowledgeable and has helped me more than once. Please let us know if this works. I hope it does because if it so, it will be a big help to know there is an alternate way to get wifi back. I just wish I had known about this and been able to tell you. But that is why I am here is to learn as well as offer help when I can. So don't forget to let us know if it works please. The only difference I see between his experience and mine is that his wifi breaks when going back to ICS and when I went back to ICS my wifi worked still. It didn't break until I tried to flash back to 4.1.2. So if you can do the OTA and have it work that would be great. No matter how I got back to 4.1.2 the wifi always was disabled. As long as I stayed at ICS everything would work. Did your wifi work when you were on ICS or did it stop when you went back to 4.1.2? I am anxious to hear details about how this works for you.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oldnoob:
How were you able to update the Express via Kies? When I tried it detected the phone correctly as the SGH-I437 and said that model couldn't be updated/flashed with Kies.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] caine0001:
That is what happened when I tried.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MkVsTheWorld:
You don't. All it allows is a recovery to the original firmware (ICS). Samsung told me that they won't provide the firmware for JB until AT&T gives it to them, which I found to be really odd. To update past ICS, you can do one of the following:

-Use the native OTA feature within the phone.

-Update using firmware updates left scattered in this thread. You'd have to use the stock recovery to run them.

-Take your phone to an AT&T device support center (they've done it for me before).

I forgot to ask the poster, did he/she confirm if the free SIM unlock worked on ICS?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jlee123:
thanks everyone for the help. I got my WIFI working again with the flash-able bootloader in rom thread. Wifi worked on stock ics but when I updated to 4.1.2 it stopped working. the only reason i downgraded to ics 4.0.4 was to sim unlock for free.

UCDMG3 bootloader and Baseband.

For future reference if anyone needs to free sim unlock with *#197328640#, I have learned that you can only do this on stock 4.0 ICS.

the *#197328640# menu changes when upgrading to 4.1.2 and it is unable to unlock.

I am still rooted, SIM unlocked, and WIFI is working, thanks again everyone!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] G7Baker:
Hey you guys I just picked up a sgh i437p and I need to unlock it for Tmobile. I tried the service menu but it didn't work because I'm on 4.1.2. Can anyone let me know where is the cheapest place to unlock. PM me pls
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Samkitpalecha:
Revert back to ics ! It will help you !

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Hit Thanks If I Helped ! :P
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MkVsTheWorld:
Has anyone else confirmed that?

EDIT: It works! I reverted back to ICS because my GPS apps kept crashing. So, I repeated the same steps for the free unlock for the Galaxy S3 and it works! My phone was able to connect to T-Mobile with a prepaid SIM. Of course my T-Mobile prepaid account is deactivate so I couldn't use the web, but it didn't say it was network locked. Also, the unlock has stayed even after factory resets and updates.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wjgranda:
There...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] secretasianman:
The melkis provided cached file was the only way I was able to update my I437P to Jelly Bean.

I compared my I437P with my wife's untouched I437P and noticed flashing the I437UCALI6_I437ATTALI6_ATT file via ODIN does two things:

In "About device", it's listed as a I437 instead of I437P.

In Download mode, it's listed as an I437 instead of I437P.

I am curious if those of you who have problems with OTA updates have I437P device and flashed the I437 stock ROM via ODIN?

* Or did I miss a post discussing this already?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jt1134:
You've flashed the technically incorrect firmware. The files floating around are specifically for the i437 not i437p. This really only matters in the sense of official updates and repair. You'll never receive a new update and a repair tech will notice due to mismatching firmware and hardware.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] secretasianman:
Yeah. I unfortunately realized there were TWO models AT&T was selling only after I flashed the ICS stock ROM and then discovering this thread.

There are no I437P recovery ROMs that I'm aware of so doing anything to the I437P phones appear to be a one way street to voiding the warranty at the moment. Some day I'll have to try making an ODIN restore tarball using my wife's phone.

*On the positive side: I did manage to unlock my phone while shortly on ICS :D

---------- Post added at 05:45 AM ---------- Previous post was at 05:08 AM ----------

Does anyone have a copy of the OTA update file to get to build JZ054K.I437UCDMG3?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jt1134:
I also have a "p" device. I've made dd copies of everything, but haven't tested all of it. All of the recoveries and ROMs I've posted have been developed on this device. Only the model/version numbers are different. There is a link to a copy of the MG3 update in my cm-10.2 thread.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] secretasianman:
Thanks for those files. I updated my boot loader and modem over the weekend. I think the new modem fixed the stuttering Bluetooth audio problem I had with my vehicle audio system.

Was the small JB update just a new bootloader and modem?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MkVsTheWorld:
Well, what do you know, I also have the i437p model. I checked behind the battery and that's what it says. I wonder if that's why I've never been able to OTA. What's weird is everything works fine though despite me having flashed i437 updates and such. What's also strange is when I bought this phone, it had i437 (NOT i437p) firmware on it.

Anyone know where to find ICS firmware for the i437p model?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] secretasianman:
Mine came with the ucame2 firmware as did my wife's. They both indicate i437p behind the battery and her's still shows i437p on the screens I mentioned above. Her's did an OTA update to the latest JB update without a hitch while mine wouldn't because it was rooted (the reason I flashed the ICS firmware in the first place) and had OUHS CWM.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jt1134:
The MG3 update included full bootloaders, modem, patches to system files, everything. As far as what actually _changed_, no idea. My guess is probably security related bug fixes.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aureljared:
Hey do you guys think the Express will get 4.2.2? Galaxy Grand DUOS got it earlier this month.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Samkitpalecha:
I'll be waiting for it if it will ..... Also for my I727

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aries2010:
Need help

does anyone know how to swap my internal with my external on the i437? becuz i have the 5gb model and i dont have room for games step by step would be appreciated
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Samkitpalecha:
I don't think you can !

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727

Hit Thanks if I helped! :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aries2010:
well other devices can so i don't see why ours cannot but i was just wondering if anyone would know how to thank you for the response
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xsenman:
you need to look for the vold.fstab like this

Check this out!You , YES! you are an " Android ". Not your phone but U.

You Must watch this documentary concerning your privacy Terms & Conditions we had agreed to, by using a PC or Smartphone

How to say Thank you? If you find any post helpful on XDA, please click on the Thanks button

If you are using XDA App or Tapatalk, long press on the post and select :good: Thanks Its easier to give "Feedback" in this manner than make an additional post.​
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MkVsTheWorld:
Anyone have a flashable stock ROM for the i437p?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Samkitpalecha:
Hi guys, I have a big problem! My phone is not showing sd cards now! It used to do it for sometime and got fixed after a reboot but now its not even showing it up ??? Any help would be appreciated !
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aureljared:
Are you saying that it becomes "unexpectedly removed" all on its own or the file manager doesn't show the sdcard?

Are you using CM or stock?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Samkitpalecha:
At first, it was removing unexpectedly before, but now it is not being detected ! I am using Cm10.2 and I switched to cm because of this issue, it worked fine for some days and now this !

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727

Hit Thanks if I helped! :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aureljared:
Have you tried other SD cards?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Samkitpalecha:
Tried but not working !!

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Hit Thanks if I helped! :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MkVsTheWorld:
Have you tried a factory reset or a restore to stock?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MJBLACKEND:
Thanks

Thanks a lot guys
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MkVsTheWorld:
Not sure if anyone else is having this issue, but I'd been noticing periodic freezing on the i437p. It got so bad that I went into AT&T and they replaced my phone with the i437. It still periodically freezes but I think it's an app, likely one that requires root, I suspect.

Side note: I went in with the i437 firmware on the i437p and the technician didn't even notice. In fact, she reflashed it again with i437 firmware (I still had issues so the phone was swapped). So, I think the i437/i437p are one in the same and you can probably get away with flashing i437 firmware on the i437p in case of warranty and be OK. If you have the i437p then you can probably play dumb and say you flashed with Samsung Kies, if they ever ask.

Did anyone get an OTA update notice this morning? I did and launched it but it failed.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Samkitpalecha:
I'll try it tomorrow night !

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727

Hit Thanks if I helped! :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MkVsTheWorld:
[MENTION=436663]caine[/MENTION] I think I found the issue with the signature error. AT&T swapped my i437p with the i437 model last night and when I restored to ICS to unlock it, I ran into the same issues with CWM and even using stock recovery. The issue for me had something to do with how I copied over the OTA files to the SDCARD. For some reason, this phone doesn't like you copying the files via USB cable. If I ejected the SDCARD and put it in my SDCARD reader then copied the files over, it worked with stock recovery. I also ran Triangle Away as well for good luck.

But, I'm really thinking it's a file permission issue or the zip gets messed up over USB copying. This has never been an issue before with other phones or even the i437p I had.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] caine0001:
that was an old post you quoted from me. For me the whole answer was to just revert back to the stock recovery instead of CWM. Once i did that, it installed perfectly then i reinstalled CWM. Easy-peezy!

---------- Post added at 12:58 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:54 PM ----------

I did mine completely OTA. Absolutely no connections to a computer at all. No USB and no using the SDCARD. Did it the old fashioned way. Like I said I just had to go back to stock recovery. I realize you are saying that doesn't work for the i437p, but it did with my i437 just fine. Thank you though.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MkVsTheWorld:
I went fully stock (via Kies and ODIN) and still got the error. I also STILL have OTA issues, gotta love AT&T haha. So, I had to load the update via stock recovery. I was quoting your post in case anyone else had the same predicament as myself and I found a way through it. I imagined you got it fixed by now :).

Regardless, this phone is so bizarre sometimes.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wjgranda:
¿Unroot without flashing?

Hi ppl!

I just want to remove all of those AT&T stuff... I really do not need it because I´ll take that phone out of US, I saw that there is a way to root the I437, but, anyone knows a way to unroot it without flashing (Odin)? Or any clue to take apart those apps without rooting? Any app for that?

In overall I like my phone, I got the basic social networking apps, plus some others and I always have more than 300mb of free ram, no freeze, no hangs. The only one is sometimes with the Swype keyboard, it has a slightly delay sometimes to appear when I´m using whatsapp, but that is not always and maybe it is a software issue.

Ty ppl for any help! :D
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Samkitpalecha:
Just rename the su file in etc something (as I remember)

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727

Hit Thanks if I helped! :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MkVsTheWorld:
Has anyone tried using a larger SDCARD in this phone than officially supported? Such as a 64 GB card?

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I437
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] secretasianman:
I tried a Sandisk 64GB card. Didn't work.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MkVsTheWorld:
What happened?

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I437
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] secretasianman:
I went ahead and tried again tonight to post pics but now it's working. Previously I copied all my files from my 32GB card onto the 64GB card. It was formatted to exFAT. The phone didn't recognize the card.

Tonight I reformatted the card in my Win8 tablet, tossed it into the i437... and it recognized it. I was even able to transfer files via FTP onto it. I will try copying all my files over to it and give a report.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MkVsTheWorld:
Nice! I've heard of issues with exFAT and Android. I got a 64 GB card off Amazon on their Gold Box deal and was hoping it would work when it arrives tomorrow night.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I437
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] secretasianman:
Just got a hiccup with the card. System knew the card was there in the Settings/Storage screen but couldn't read any files. ES File Explorer showed an empty card and the Samsung music player kept looking for songs.

A reboot fixed the trouble.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sarmenhb:
Hi, I have the Samsung Galaxy Express (i437) with Cyanogenmod 10.2 I would like to go back to stock. I am using a mac with Heimdall.

Under the Flash tab

I have created the pit file and set it in

as for the rest of the information what do i need to put into heimdall to get it to stock android? I assume i need the recovery image would there be anythign else? sorry i am completely new to this, I had a friend install cyanogenmod and he wont be around for a while so i am stuck figuring this out myself.

any help would be greatly greatly appreciated.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aries2010:
Tethering app

i need some help I am having a hard time finding a tethering app that works with my express anyone have any suggestions?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MkVsTheWorld:
Any chance you can use a Windows desktop? It's really simple to restore to stock using ODIN and the factory image file from sammobile.com. My expertise on Heimdall is nonexistent. But, if you really need to go that route, this thread looks really helpful and general enough to help you...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2118100

I don't know about free apps that work. But, I've used EasyTether Pro (requires USB) on this phone.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I437
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] secretasianman:
Once again the 64GB exFAT formatted sdcard disappeared. It has caused the phone to reboot several twice throughout yesterday. Going back to a 32GB card.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MkVsTheWorld:
I think the issue is it's format is in exFAT. I read some thread on here that breaks down the issue. In a nutshell, you probably need to reformat it to FAT32, On a Mac, this is easy. But, on a Windows machine and since it's over 32GB, you'll need to use a 3rd party program to reformat it. No matter how often you reformat the card in Android, you'll still be stuck on exFAT, despite that FAT32 works better.

I've been using the Transcend microSDXC card and it works great. I was able to format it to FAT32 via Mac. View attachment 2284436

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I437
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MkVsTheWorld:
Just to give some feedback regarding using a 64 GB microSDXC, it works great for me. I kept the formatting to FAT32 as all of things that I need to store on my phone are mp3s, pics, etc. If you have to store anything that is bigger than 4 GB, then this won't work for you. But, it's been running without a hitch since my last posting.

Oh, I had to buy a new SD card reader because the one I had couldn't read microSDXC or SDXC. Luckily, Best Buy had a sale on SDXC readers and I got one for $5. Very helpful if you don't have an embedded SD card reader in your PC/Mac.

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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] candy.chiu.ad:
unlock i437

Hi,

I followed the instruction for unlocking Galaxy S III to try to unlock my i437. The first few steps were fine until refreshing NV data. I couldn't find the option [4] NW Lock NV Data INITIALLIZ anywhere. Did anybody successfully unlock their Express i437?

Thanks.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MkVsTheWorld:
Yes, I have. You have to revert to ICS and do it there.

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