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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Susasama:
Ok, well, i followed those steps exactly, however, i still have baseband MDL. Therefore, no Wi-Fi... I'll try again, but all i wanna do is just get to a "stable" MDB version, to start flashing the wicked ROM.... :crying: I'll go through the steps one last time though... see if anything changes.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] :
Oh... that's because they don't include the modem. Just flash the MDB modem with ODIN. That should work.

EDIT:

If you can find it. I just did a quick search through forums and couldn't find the MDB modem posted anywhere.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Susasama:
I had done that (several times) and upon rebooting, no wifi. So, i should just continue and flash Wicked, after i flash mdb via odin? Wifi will work ones that's all done?

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I had flashed the "SGH-M919-UVUAMDB-k0nane.7z from the odin thread. my phone shows Baseband MDL, but buildnumber MDB. Wifi is a no go. I think I'm stuck.... not sure how to progress forward.. :/
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] :
Hit up koKane and mrvirginia. One of those guys has might have the modem.bin for the MDB firmware. Maybe.

Although, I must add that I'm not sure why you want to go back to the shipped MDB firmware when an update has been released. It is more logical to flash the deodexed MDL update and flash the modified MDL kernel. Then you will have wifi, root, and be on the latest software.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Susasama:
According to Wicked's ROM page, you cant use his ROM unless on MDB. I mean, going to MDL seems to be the best choice for now and wait for wicked to update, i guess....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] k0nane:
Congrats (?) on being the first in this forum to do that.

The MDB TAR is not official, and thus does not contain the modem. I have the stock modem.bin - it's in the dumps I posted in general - but I can't say for certain that flashing it would be safe. In general, it's okay to flash dumped GSM modems.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] dannyyyyy:
I had the same problem, but i flashed something on one of these threads and it fixed it. I think i flashed the stock rooted MDL rom on the android development forums

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Also, do you think we will ever get back to MDL if you updated already?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrvirginia:
you need to flash the MDL TAR via Odin. then flash whatever ROM is compatible with this or hang in there until whatever ROM you like is updated for MDL. i would recommend giving up on MDB. we just don't have a full packed TAR of this (although i could make one). it's old, outdated, and before you know it we'll have yet another new firmware.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] jvilla785:
anyone have a flashable baseband for MDL? after flashing the official MDL tar it still shows MDB baseband for me and won't turn on wifi.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] k0nane:
I'm not certain the MDL baseband is actually new other than a name change. I've tried flashing just certain bits, nothing. Keep in mind that radios sometimes need the updates libs to go with them, if you're on MDB's system, that may be why.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] jvilla785:
i just can't get the MDL baseband to show up in settings flash from odin or kies update. says buyild mdl but baseband still says mdb
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] style154:
I did ota and it worked fine... try flashing mdb through odin then go to settings and check for update that way and see if that does the trick
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] jvilla785:
i tried MDB and official MDL through odin and both times it says i have custom firmware so i am not able to OTA.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] style154:
Hmm well darn... are you having issues with calls?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrvirginia:
have you tried booting to a custom recovery and doing a format of /system, /cache and /data, then booting to download mode, flash MDL with Odin. let it boot. then factory reset via settings? i believe that's as close to "stock" as you can get.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] jvilla785:
thanks man! i totally forgot that odin does not format for you if it does not have a .pit file. booting into twrp and wiping all data then flashing the MDL tar fixed the baseband problem.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrvirginia:
you're welcome.

no problem, mate. always glad to help ;)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] pinoycrusader:
I need to send my phone for replacement but im rooted and running custom rom. I didnt do the ota so im still mdb. What steps should I follow to get my phone stock and "official"? Thanks in advance guys!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrvirginia:
you would need to flash the MDL TAR via Odin. right now it's a bit harder to go back to MDB. i could make modem TAR's for it but i think there may be more stuff missing. basically once you leave a stock image of MDB, there's no going back. if you use MDL, the bootloader will say Samsung Official.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] pinoycrusader:
Thanks for the quick reply. Even though I didnt OTA? Do you just recommend odin MDL?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrvirginia:
yeah. because there was an OTA, it's what everyone should actually be on pretty much. it's what i would think T-Mob would expect it's customers to be on now. you may have some issues getting it to boot, depending how you wipe. the last time i did it, it wouldn't boot past the SGS4 logo so i held power to turn it back off. then i did vol up + home + power to get into stock recovery and just wiped again there and then everything was fine.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] :
You can get Heimdall 1.4 for Win32 here:

https://bitbucket.org/benjamin_dobell/heimdall/downloads/heimdall-suite-1.4.0-win32.zip

Just wiped and returned to a completely virgin MDL install on my device. Then used Heimdall to grab the PIT file. You can download the file here:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21231693/gs4.pit

I then used the Heimdall to print the PIT information which you can download here:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21231693/gs4PIT_info.txt
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] hurtz777:
I have tried various methods to get MDL baseband but have failed. It looks like the only people that have gotten it were on the untouched MDB TMO stock rom that the phone shipped with and did the OTA update to MDL through software update on the phone only. Is there any way you or any other devs could make a MDL modem flashable zip through TWRP/CWM recovery or through Odin?

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Lucky does the pit file work flawlessly with stock MDL Odin image and did it give you MDL baseband and does download mode show official ROM instead of custom? Does the pit file properly wipe the phone like it should?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] MrBeatnut:
Keep getting "FAILED" in Odin v 3.07

Are you all using Odin 3.07 and getting "PASSED" results while flashing custom recovery of your choice using OP instructions off Mattlgroffs 5/7/13 OTA root method in general section? I have the right drivers as KIES can properly read my phone when I test it by connecting successfully to the KIES program (it recognizes the my device). I have a really old PC running windows XP, but its up to date. Wondering if I should use an older version of Odin that someone could recommend if that will help me get passed the "Get Pit Mapping" in the dialog box in Odin and on the phone the status bar at the bottom of the phone screen just sits at a tiny blue dot and doesn't go beyond that before getting a "FAILED" result over and over. Someone please help a dude out here???

Things I have not tried, have any of you tried or do these things while using ODIN?

- always run ODIN as admin (exactly how do you do that, just right clicking on desktop icon??)

- plugging phone USB cable to PC USB ports connected to the motherboard eg. USB ports on the backside of PC tower and not USB ports on the front side of the PC tower.

SUGGESTIONS??? Throw me a friggin bone!! :eek:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] :
I'm not sure what you are wanting? The modem.bin? If so, just pull it out of the official tar found HERE. That is the same as getting the OTA update. Or just download the modem directly from my dropbox HERE. Fire up ODIN, select "Phone" and fetch the modem file. Flash it with only "auto-reboot" selected.

And yes... if you used ^^this^^ MDL tar... your phone will read official in download mode. Just make sure you boot into Recovery and do a full wipe / factory reset before flashing with ODIN.

I don't understand what you're trying to do? Are you unable to flash the the official MDL firmware? Redownload it from this link HERE. While that is downloading fire up KIES and press the button that says "troubleshoot connection error". That will install the Samsung USB Driver v1.5.23.0. Once your download is finished.. extract the tar file from the zip. Boot into Recovery and do a full wipe / factory reset. Once wipe is finished, pull the battery before phone boots into android. Fire up ODIN and select PDA.. fetch the tar file. Flash it with only "auto-reboot" selected. If it fails.. you have bigger issues and may gawd have mercy on your soul.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] jntdroid:
Two questions -

#1 - Does Triangle Away apply to the S4? I tried it once and it said it fixed it, and within the app reported ok, but in DL mode, it still shows custom.

#2 - I'm currently flashing the latest (MDL) to see if that does the trick, but after flashing mdb, it won't take the OTA and still says my system is modified

Just trying to get this thing back to it's "factory" state, if that's possible at this stage. TIA!

edit: also after flashing either one, it still says "system: custom" in download mode
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] :
My download mode screen reads the following:

ODIN MODE

PRODUCT NAME: SGH-M919

CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official

SYSTEM STATUS: Official

CSB-OEM_CONFIG_LSB: 0x30

WRITE PROTECTION: Enable

Make sure you do a full wipe and factory reset via Recovery before flashing this tar file:

http://www.hotfile.com/dl/213469534/9ff06bd/M919UVUAMDL_M919TMBAMDL_TMB.zip.html
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] jntdroid:
Ok cool - I've got the right file but haven't wiped. By "full" - do you mean including /system, i.e. via custom recovery? Or will a regular FDR work?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] :
I execute a Factory Data Reset from within Android, pull the battery once complete, boot into Recovery and perform a Wipe/Factory Reset there as well.

Then flash the tar with ODIN. Works for me.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] cbbplanet:
trying to flash a recovery through odin.. however, after i checked PDA, selected my .tar file, odin doesn't do anything and the message box stays blank. except the added line. other than that, everything looks exactly the same as the first picture posted. does it have anything to do with having the OTA update already?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] jntdroid:
Thanks again... the FDR is all I needed, Triangle Away wasn't even necessary. All showing official now! :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] :
Yeah, I think it does have something to do with the the OTA. I ran into the same situation. I tried to flash the CWM Recovery (Touch Version) through ODIN like 6 times in a row. It never took on the phone. In fact, when I tried to reboot into Recovery... it wouldn't even let me. Then finally I tried a Full Data Reset inside of Android (settings menu) and flashed the normal (non touch) CWM Recovery and it took just fine. So I would recommend doing the Full Data Reset... then try flashing your Recovery again. Hope that helps.

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No problem. :good:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] cbbplanet:
thanks.. it actually did flash the recovery. what i had to do was hold power + volume up, then once i see samsung logo and it says recovery booting, i let go of the power button while still holding the volume up (for about 10sec) before the recovery logo booted up.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] :
:rolleyes:

:p
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] thatbimmerkid:
I downloaded the Download Stock TAR (original) it installed fine but when the S4 turned on it stayed on the screen that says T-mobile 4G LTE?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Madblaster6:
Wow, so I had a really hard time today. All I wanted was to flash the new modem only. That failed. So thenI was soft bricked. So I decided to do this fix. I'm pretty experience in this kind of stuff so I was really frustrated. I would get stuck at Complete(Write) operation failed. Apparently you have to use the stock USB cable for this to work. Anything else and it will fail. Kind of a bummer.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] :
Why were you flashing the MDB firmware? Just curious. I honestly think we should just remove all of the MDB stuff and make the MDL firmware our base. It is a major improvement.

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Did you use this Modem?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2282342
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] jmcandrews83:
so is this a whole rom or just new recovery
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Madblaster6:
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Did you use this Modem?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2282342[/QUOTE]

Yes, I got it to work when i changed the cable.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] puretone:
Any of you jive turkeys got the MD5 hash to be able to compare/file-check these downloads? I've noticed the MDL file, when I download it & it finalizes correctly, when I go to extract it (with WinRAR or built-in unzip...) it always fails. Curiously, the *.md5 file has "HOME" in the file name, not the original (I think...) file name before being compressed. Not sure what is going on here. I know back from the IRC 0day fxp days that messing with filenames could cause file-check errors....though I believe we are beyond these days.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] :
Filename: M919UVUAMDL_M919TMBAMDL_M919UVUAMDL_HOME.tar

md5: ecd3324ce1872b8d6618479917af4ec8

This is the official release.

http://www.droidgator.com/update-galaxy-s4-sgh-m919-uvuamdl-jelly-bean-422-official/
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] puretone:
I may have been hit by the n00b stick for a bit there. Although Firefox was reporting it downloaded properly, it was failing to do so. Just re-downloaded 3 times and finally got to a good download. File CRC check passed with flying colors. Thank you!

May I suggest the MD5 hashes be posted by the OP in the 1st post? Would save us geeks & other n00bs some time searching.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] brandlore:
nvvmmm
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] maxshah912:
What am I doing wrong ?

After going to stock my wifi wont turn on.

It says " Prevention information...... "

EDIT

Fixed IT

I probably got OTA Updated phone
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mreik:
Doesn't it say in the OP to use the stock TAR for your device, doesn't that mean if we have MDB we should use the MDB? All I'm trying to do is update my firmware but I'm not sure how to go about it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Misterjunky:
Rooting the Galaxy S4 M919

I just got a Galaxy S4 M919 with UVUAMDB baseband which I am sure is the original stock firmware and I would

like to flash this Wicked v2 rom but I have a rooting problem.

I would like to know if the original stock rom or the new UVUAMDL Official Odin flash TAR is easier to root?

Also is there such a thing as a pre-rooted stock Odin flash rom available yet for the S4 M919 phones?

I tried rooting my phone using the ADB methods but for some reason ADB tells me that my device is OFFLINE.

ADB start-server works fine.

ADB Shell tells me "error: device offline"

ADB devices display:

List of devices attached

0b8be445 offline

ADB does see my device but thinks its OFFLINE.

So what I am looking for is a Odin flashable rooted kernel or some other way

to get root using Odin with either the original or new UVUAMDL odin flash roms.

I already Odin flashed "CF-Auto-Root TAR file successfully, but did not get root.

Perhaps I need to odin flash the new "UVUAMDL" rom and then Odin flash the CF-Auto-Root TAR file get root?

- Before I do this though I just want to be sure that I will not make things even more difficult for me.

Thanks and any help would be much appreciated.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] dreamsforgotten:
I'm mobile but I used oudhs recovery. I flashed with Odin, it installs recovery and deleted the script that installs the stock recovery back. From there you need to flash the modded kernel to replace the one that stops root. I'm sure someone can link you to both.

My bad I reread, you using Windows or Linux with adb not working?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Misterjunky:
re: ADB

Yes I am using Windows 7 but my ADB is working just fine, I also have a Galaxy S3 and I can plug the usb cable into it

and ADB recognizes it just fine. (it is a rooted phone)

Thanks!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] dreamsforgotten:
No that's what I meant adb isn'tworking on the s4, are you accepting the rsa key when you plug it in? On the phone itself.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Misterjunky:
re: RSA key

There is no prompting to press any key or anything when I plug the usb cable in.

Perhaps under "settings" something needs to be changed?

The phone is connected as a MEDIA device.

Thanks, let me know........

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I forgot to mention, for some reason I cannot get into recovery, I can get into download mode fine.

With my galaxy s3 I never had a problem getting into recovery. Both the S4 and S3 use the same key combo for it.

Perhaps I should Odin flash the new official UVUAMDL stock rom before trying to root?

Thanks for your help.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] dreamsforgotten:
Hold volume up + power till it vibrates holding too much longer reboots
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] :
1. You MUST use the stock USB cable that came with the phone. Numerous people have cited connection problems using other cables.

2. Make sure USB Debugging is enabled in Options/More/About Device. Tap "Build Number" 7 times to access Developer Options.

3. You MUST use Samsung USB Driver v1.5.23.0 found HERE. (Be sure to remove ALL other drivers before installing these.

4. Try using a direct USB port physically located on your motherboard rear i/o panel. Make sure it is a USB 2.0 port.

If you have all of these things in place.. and your phone still is not being detected... you have something else going on. And we can't help you. But if there is something else going on... it is probably a driver conflict due to a setup for a previous device or something. So I would do a full fresh install of your OS and try it again. That seems drastic but it would def make sure that your device is defective if you are still unable to connect.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Misterjunky:
re: thanks!

Okay, thanks for the advice and the help, I did finally get the phone into recovery mode, it's not exactly like the S3 used to be.

This S4 uses the same keypress's vol-up and power but if I hold those two buttons for more than 1 or 2 seconds the phone

simply restarts unlike the S3 which took 5-10 seconds.

So after getting into recovery I had a chance to flash the suprsu+ or whatever it was called and the phone is rooted now.

But I still cannot get the ADB to reconize my phone as being online. All the other USB functions MTP and download mode

do work fine though. So I will take your advice and use the provided usb cable instead of the S3''s cable and I will

install the usb drivers from that link you posted.

Thanks for all the good help!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Misterjunky:
Rooting the MDL Odin flash rom

I was just wondering the correct process to Root the new MDL odin flash rom.

Right now I am using the original rom and I finally got it rooted after finally I learned to press the power and vol-up key

for a couple seconds only or it reboots the phone instead of going into recovery which is unlike the S3 that took a lot longer.

What is the best procedure for rooting the Odin flash MDL rom?

I would like to flash it seeing that this phone is so new that none of the custom or near custom roms which I tested really work

very well yet.

One has wifi and other issues like intermittent FC's, the other has missing files like the Playstore, Gmail and a bunch of others

which most people would not call bloatware.

So until the custom roms here mature a bit more, I would be satisfied with the stock rooted Samsung MDL Jellybean 4.2.2 Odin flash rom.

I read that the MD5 Odin flash rom is a bit tricky, it will revert back to the un-rooted state if the phone reboots but I am certain that

by now someone must have found a easy way to rooted it and stay rooted. :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] dreamsforgotten:
Use the mdb kernel with mdl, or flash the Rom missing play store etc and flash gapps separate. Cm10.1 is really nice
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Misterjunky:
re: kernel

Thats a great idea, I know that if using Mobile Odin I can un-check the kernel in the TAR MDL rom but

how would I get the kernel out of the MDB Odin flash rom or any of the pre-rooted custom cwm/twrp

flashable roms which are all mdl so I can flash it using Mobile Odin? (or windows odin)

I am not certain if the phone would fully boot or even boot to cwm/twrp recovery without a kernel so

another kernel can be flashed after booting the phone without a kernel, I never tried that.

Is there a link you might have for the original mb5 kernel which I can download, does not matter if its an

odin flash or cwm/twrp as long as it works..

Thanks for the info, now I can say to myself that I actually learned something today! :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] dreamsforgotten:
You don't need to flash the Rom minus the kernel Odin mdl then Odin oudhs recovery then flash this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2271976 <---mdl kernel minus root stopper, then flash root.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Misterjunky:
re: OUDHS Touch CWM-based Recovery 1.0.3.3

Where can I find the OUDHS Recovery, I googled it and I found it but it's in the XDA Sprint Galaxy S4 forum.

I am not sure if that's the right one though?

Here is what I found: OUDHS Touch CWM-based Recovery 1.0.3.3 and ODIN tar - OUDHS CWM-based Recovery 1.0.3.3

But both are in the Sprint Galaxy S4 xda forum.

I already have the MDB-SetUIDOff cwm/twrp flashable zip.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] dreamsforgotten:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2260031
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Misterjunky:
re: any suggestions?

I made a nandroid backup of the original rooted rom before I did anything else.

Then I odin flashed the MDL stock rom without any problem, then I odin flashed OUDHS-Recovery-jfltetmo-1.0.3.3

after that I booted into the recovery and flashed MDB-SetUIDOff then the phone rebooted no problem.

But now I don't have root. I even tried the motochopper's run.bat which displayed "success" when it got done

but still no root..............

Any suggestions?

Yesterday I was reading up on rooting the new MDL rom and I read that before starting to odin flash the MDL rom

a setting in Odin needs to be change so it won't reboot the phone until another ??? TAR file is flashed because

the MDL rom will over-write the the root if the phone reboots before some other TAR file is Odin flashed.

I don't know if I explained this right, but I do recall reading something to that effect.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Atmazzz:
Flash one of the superuser files in the MDB-SetUIDOff kernel OP.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] dreamsforgotten:
Download latest super su from play store