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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] jbarresi19:
I was actually in the process of following QBkings video and downloading MDC to flash in Odin...Im figuring it would be the same...if I got on MDC the zip should stick correct? Or do I need to do the MDL...I couldn't find the zip or should I say tar file

I am just going to re root and wait...Im afraid going to MDC will not work because the MF4 file says MDL to MD4....hopefully someone comes out with an easier process for idiots like me....not sure what I did wrong as I followed directions to a T
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] BigJPNut:
Go ahead and odin mdc, then follow op EXACTLY. Worked perfect for me...

After you odin MDC unrooted with stock recovery, put Mdl and mf9 updates on your sd card. Flash Mdl update and let reboot and the system update, check that ur on mdl, reboot to recocovery, flash mf9, profit.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] jbarresi19:
Can you point me where to get the MDL to flash...don't want to anything wrong..Lil.thank you
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] BigJPNut:
In the op of this thread...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] chenry944:
Is it possible to get a link for the .tar file to odin back please. This only takes me to the MDL. zip I would appreciate it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Mudavo:
http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SPH-L720&details=Galaxy_S_4_Sprint. This is in the OP also.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] chenry944:
Do me a favor, follow what you just gave me and try to find the tar MDL file. If you can find it my bad, if not then please do not give me something I can already see. Like I said I only could download a zip file, there were only the stock firmware zip and kernel zip. That is all! This is not part of the link.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Mudavo:
It's the first one in the list...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] chenry944:
Ok......you guys need to follow those links and try to download it yourselves and realize its only a zip file!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Mudavo:
Yes... download it... Then unzip it....tar is in the zip...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] chenry944:
Didn't realize this, its just been awhile since I have had to do a tar flash and I have had a horrible morning! To the guys I was rude to I am really sorry! I appreciate all the help given, and it won't happen again guys! My bad! I am usually the moderator between people getting all pissy, just having a bad day...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] jbarresi19:
I'm confused about something...I'm a lil slow...Lol....so I'm confused on how many times we need to Odin...I thought we only needed to Odin MDC and then let it update to MDL? Or could we just Odin to MDL and skip the MDC part? Or do we need to Odin both? So confused...tried this last night and couldn't get it so just restored to what I had but wanna try again.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] P.Mobile:
ok so i flashed MDC using odin then i updated to MDL from my phone.. so how do i kno update to MF9 i keep trying to see if i get the update on the phone but its not showing up?? also so if i update to MF9 and i want to root again.. i flash twrp using odin.. then how do i root the phone again?.. is there a supersu file i can flash in recovwery.. o yea twrp installs supersu for u!! lol im such a noob :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] cruise350:
I am running stock MDL odexed & rooted with twrp recovery and a couple of mods. The mods I have installed are the hotspot mod, prl writer, notach exposed, nexus animations, and international boot animation. If I install the stock recovery and unroot, can I just install the update or do I have to do the odin to stock mdl? If I have to run the mdl tar file will that wipe all my data or will it just wipe the system stuff?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] P.Mobile:
ok i have the recovery back! :) will twrp root my phone? rebooting now hope it worked.. yep im updated to new OTA got my twrp back and root.. sweet! thanks bro super su is saying i have no su binary installed and super su cannot install it for me??? can someone please help?? hello hello! anyone out there? Screw this im going back to MDL this sucks!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] ReggieTee:
Is anyone planning to upload a rooted update file with odin one-click? I'm stock rooted and don't want to unroot and install stock recovery.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] WhiteSRT69:
Anyone having a problem downloading the MDL zip from the OP....when i go to click on the firmware button nothing happens....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Wacky2bakky:
I am kinda confused with the instructions. Lol. Sorry. I am currently back on Stock MDL unrooted. Stock recovery. Stock Everything. Where Should I go from here to get on the New MF9 with Root?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] M3wThr33:
That's what I'm waiting for. I'd rather be patient, rather than mess with whatever is going to happen here.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] hads:
I'm a bit confused on how to update based on the status of my phone. I am stock rooted MDL, running a shabbypenguin kernel that was flashed as part of the root process. I also have TWRP installed. Can someone explain what I need to do to update? Sorry in advance for the noob question, but I wasn't quite sure based on the instructions.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] shotty53:
I was on MIUI rom.

I had this file lying around (SPH-L720_MDC_Stock_Restore.exe) and was able to rollback to MDC. (If you need wifi you will need to download the mdl kernel)

I allowed the phone to do the OTA to MDL.

After the phone rebooted and i confirmed the mdl, i rebooted and entered download mode and used Odin to flash twrp 2.6.0.0 (new one came out).

I rebooted the phone and made sure i was able to get into twrp. Twrp asked to apply SU. I allowed that and the phone rebooted. Once the phone started up i had a notice about SU. It then automatically downloaded the file and i selected to reboot.

The phone boots to twrp and flashes SU automatically for me.

Once all was done, i entered download mode again and used Odin to flash the MF9Modem.tar.md5 file fomr http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2338919

Make sure you completely shut off the phone. I tried off a restart twice and it wouldn't completely install/flash the MF9

I am on a fully updated/working stock galaxy.

Only problem i have is a notice about an application prevention info and i need to reboot. Did that 3 times and it's still there.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] boneman1:
Error flashing MF9 update

Everything works for me up until I attempt to flash the MF9 update. Recovery shows Official for CURRENT BINARY and SYSTEM STATUS before I attempt to flash. I get an error with a status 7 in red in the middle of the output at a getprop statement while flashing. After it reboots I'm still MDL and CURRENT BINARY shows Custom and SYSTEM STATUS shows Official.

I've tried this multiple times and re-downloaded to make sure the file was good. Same result each time. Any ideas?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] M3wThr33:
If I use Odin to flash to revert to stock MDL, what do I lose?

I expect recovery, root and the mods, of course.

Will I need to wipe data? I'd rather not.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] shotty53:
Everything is lost. Its basically a factory reset.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] M3wThr33:
Hrmm. It's a stock ROM, but I flashed in Playstation certs (no big deal), and tried using Titanium backup to integrate app updates into the ROM. That integration failed spectacularly. Crashed like crazy until I moved those files from system to user.

Guess I might as well do a full reflash just for safety.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] shotty53:
If you're on stock mdl, you can use odin to flash the mf9tar.md5 file directly. From my understanding, this way keeps everything as is.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] M3wThr33:
I saw that, but I also saw more than one person saying after doing that, they aren't getting any of the new software tweaks, like App2SD or Smart Stay Quick Toggle.

I've kinda wanted an excuse to do a full wipe anyway since that integration failed with TB.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Mudavo:
Sorry for all the confusion. Those having issues. As stated in the OP, for the CF9 update to work, you have to be on unmodified, non-rooted, stock MDL. If you are running ANY custom ROM the update will not take, and give you an error.

You can either start from scratch on MDC OR I recomend to download the stock MDL zip. (Cuts out one flash step) UNZIP it, and then flash the Stock MDL .tar in Odin PDA mode. (This factory resets you to full stock MDL, you WILL lose data) either titanium back up your apps (recommended) or nand backup data.

Download the MF9 update and place it on the root of your extSD card. Don't rename it. Boot into the stock MDL recovery and load the update. (Takes a while)

If you are still having issues, I would recommend being patient and waiting for a stock MF9 ROM to be released. Shouldn't be long. Once that is done you will start seeing the custom MDL ROM update to MF9.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Mudavo:
No problem dude. Thanks.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] BrandoKC:
I am receiving an invalid signature error when attempting to flash the update zip. I am back on stock MDL and showing official in download mode.

I have re downloaded the update and will try flashing the new download and report back.

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Still the same issue. Anyone have any ideas?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Mudavo:
Are you in stock recovery? Don't rename the MF9 update zip. Place on root of extSD card.

*edit MF9 not MDL lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] BrandoKC:
Yes, I am in stock recovery and I did not rename the MF9 update zip.

I was just able to perform the update from the thread with the tar. Thanks you!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] jj14:
[MENTION=2646044]Mudavo[/MENTION], thank you so much for this thread, and for providing this detail!

I think your 2nd post below answers my question. I am rooted on the stock (MDL) ROM, and have the hotspot mod (odex) installed. Since this is not deodex, I wasn't sure if this would be considered a modified stock ROM, and so, I was hoping that I'd be able to flash the MF9 tar without having to flash to stock MDL first.

Since I'm NOT on "unmodified", "non-rooted" stock MDL, I guess the MF9 update won't work for me in the current form.

Yep - that is an excellent suggestion :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Mudavo:
Yes you are correct. Hotspot mod is modified /system. Therefore the update won't work.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] noobnl:
tested from cyanogenmod build: just use this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2357171
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] jbarresi19:
Is anyone able to get the stock MDL firmware to download from the OP...am I doing something wrong?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] jj14:
So, flashing this using Odin will get my phone all set to flash the MF9 tar from this thread? (sorry, not sure what the RPM and TZ updates mean)

Is this only for CM users? or even for folks who are stock rooted?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] shotty53:
It's a very slow download. I have a 25Mb line and it took me 2 hours to download the file. Unless someone hosts the file on a different server, it wont be any faster.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] jbarresi19:
What i am saying is when i click the firmware download button nothing happens
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] jj14:
Just one more question - I had taken a nandroid backup right after I rooted (before I installed the hotspot mod), but after installing TWRP recovery of course.

Would restoring to that nandroid backup make a difference? Or do I still need to flash the MDL tar using Odin? (wondering if having TWRP installed would prevent me from flashing the MF9?)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] shotty53:
It should open another page.. Popup blocker maybe?

This is the direct link to the dl

http://hotfile.com/dl/229748597/17b009a/SPR-L720VPUAMDL-20130430113003.zip.html

Galaxy S 4 (Sprint)	SPH-L720	SPR	L720VPUAMDL	4.2.2	27.04.2013	529760	Unlock
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Mudavo:
I was successful ONLY with stock recovery, stock MDL system (non-root), stock MDL firmware.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] BrandoKC:
Identified my issue. I accidentally downloaded the zip twice. I had placed the second download on my sd card and the name had a (1) at the end. Once I finally figured this out and moved to the original download all went according to planned. Thank you for putting the work into this thread. I for one appreciate it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Mudavo:
Thanks! Glad you figured it out!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] jj14:
I found this - http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=42852516&postcount=16

The filename is different, but appears to be the MDL file to get back to stock. (it downloaded in a few minutes)

Can someone verify the MD5 for the file? I get E09F72D890A9719D9D213C7391E1B33A for this zip file
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] shotty53:
Wow, much faster. Wish i had that earlier today.

As for the MD5 i don't see anywhere i could match/verify with the one you posted. I also deleted the original zip after i extracted the data. Sorry.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] jj14:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2357471

Check this out... looks like the stock rooted ROM is on its way
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] jbarresi19:
Oh my god im about to go nuts....so i finnally odin'd to MDC...turned my phone on and updated to MDL OTA....now im trying to boot into recovery to flash MF9 zip and just cant get into recovery....i am pressing volume up, power and home until i see the blue lettering at top of phone but the phone just reboots...what the hell am i doing wrong...i could always do it in the past.

Nevermind i got it...im so quick to jump the gun
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Mudavo:
Crawrj released a Stock MF9 ROM and Firmware!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=43426426

And MF9 Hotspot Mod:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=40860639
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] jj14:
Thanks :)

I noticed that it states no kernel included. Did that mean that I would I need to flash a kernel after flashing the ROM?

I just want to get to a similar state as I am currently in... stock rooted, with hotspot mod and my root apps :)

Sorry about the "dumb" questions
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] ChicTek:
This is exactly what I want... Currently stock MDL rooted.. Just need the fastest and easiest way...

•Sent from my Sprint GS4 using Tapatalk •

•• Formerly "Evo_girl"
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Mudavo:
Choose "Rooted MF9 ROM" of choice, "MF9 Kernel" and "Stock MF9 Firmware No Boot Or Recovery" from:

http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=2357471

Download MF9 Modem from:

http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=2338919

In TWRP or CWM BACK UP! Then Do a FULL wipe. (system, data, cache, dalvik) Install ROM, kernel, firmware and modem.

Profit.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] jbarresi19:
Someone please help....so now i am on stock MF9 and I am trying to odin TWRP...im following the directions exactly and only F. Reset Time is clicked in Odin....after I get a pass or reset i unplug phone i press and hold volume up and power till phone off...i let go of power but the blue text never shows up.....what am i doing wrong?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] jj14:
Thank you! (You are a patient person) :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] mjs2011:
Any concerns if I choose to Odin MDC, then accept the MDL update, them flash the MF9 manually? I ask because the download seems to be taking forever. Lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Mudavo:
That should work. or try the one from here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=42852516&postcount=16
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] cruise350:
I installed the stock mdl via odin and when it rebooted all of my apps were still there. The mods of course were overwritten and the update to mf9 went off without a hitch. I just thought I would lose all my data when I odined. Saved me alot of time. Now I need to reinstall super su binaries and twrp and I am ready to mod away.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] hayabusa1300cc:
I took the ota, is there a way to root? I had twrp before but now completely stock.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] mjs2011:
Man....for whatever reason, I am having a heck of a time getting my system and binary to say "official". 3rd try now along with 2 Factory resets to try to trick it. If this doesn't work, I'm going to try to Odin stock MDC to see if that works.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] BigJPNut:
Thats what I finally did. Then took MDL update and flashed MF9...all good!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] mjs2011:
Looks like 3rd time was a charm. :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] travisw0204:
I had to do the same thing
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] maxpower7:
Same here. That worked for me.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Mudavo:
You can also use an app called Triangle Away on play store by Dev Chainfire. It resets the flash counter to 0 and binary and system to official.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] 88exp88:
Im running free gs4 with MDL and im looking to update to MF9. I also have TWRP custom recovery installed. Im kinda slow and with all the guides out its kinda confusing. So what would I do to update to MF9? Would I just follow the opp. Or do I restore back to stoc and update through that?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] maxpower7:
I did. Mine kept reverting to "custom." Regardless, I eventually got it to work by Odin'ing back to MDC, taking the MDL OTA, and manually installing MF9, so it's all good.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Mudavo:
Follow the isntructions for the Stock MF9 ROM flash at the very top of the OP.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Mudavo:
Updated and Cleaned up OP. Added index of guides. Hopefully less confusing :rolleyes:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] aFoodStampBaby:
Is this correct?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] aaron130:
I need some serious help. I tried updating from FreeGS4 by installing the rom and kernal together then going to download mode and odin the modem, no luck, Stuck on Samusung screen, so I odined the MDC i was gonna go that route, but im STILL stuck on the Samsung Galaxy Sscreen, can someone help?

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I did a reset in recovery and that worked

---------- Post added at 12:19 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:18 PM ----------

One thing I noticed is it says official Sprint in download mode then under that it says Custom. How do I make that official?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Mudavo:
If you are going to stay rooted it will say custom.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Mudavo:
Correct as in being updated to MF9?

Yes.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] aaron130:
Ok Im ive got MF( now im at the recovery stage and I CANT get the recovery to stick! I keep holding power and volume up and all it does is shut off, so I let go and repress and it just restarts, the I try again and it goes to stock recovery. How long do i gotta hold the buttons for?

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Nevermind I just pulled the battery when it passed and then went to recovery no problem.

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Ok one more thing I need help with. Ive got Super user installed but when i open the app it says problem, there is no SU Binarary installed. What do I do?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Mudavo:
Custom Recovery Flash UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.41.zip from here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1538053

Edit - Bad link
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] aaron130:
Thats taking me nowhere
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Mudavo:
Sorry bad link. Here ya go. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1538053

Flash version 1.41 in custom recovery for root.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Chiefho70:
Forgive my noobness but I have a question. I have odexed mdl with root and twrp boot menu mod and weather mod. I think I can follow the first set of directions labeled How to Install Stock MF9 ROM and Firmware but I am confused as to the difference between that method and How to Update From MDL to MF9 method and what the difference is.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Mudavo:
All you have to do is follow the first guide for installing the rom and firmware. How to update from MDL to MF9 is just another way of doing it. How ever you prefer. (Some people feel more comfortable letting official updates upgrade them)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Chiefho70:
Ok thank you
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Chiefho70:
I tried the first method it didn't work not sure what I did wrong. It first was stuck at the Sprint splash screen removed the battery and it booted wifi wouldn't turn on and it was a mix of mdl and mf9 so I restored my backup which leads to another question since I am new to this if after I do it correctly can I go into twrp and restore my data to bring back all my apps and contacts?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] buzzwyzr:
After using Odin to flash stock MDL, how long should it take to boot? I got a pass and it auto-rebooted, went into stock recovery for a moment, then started boot animation. It's been stuck at the yellow Sprint screen for 7 minutes now. The blue LED is pulsing though like it's trying to boot.

Am I able to do a battery pull safely and try to reboot?

Thanks...first go round with this and am still learning.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Mudavo:
Seems you didn't flash MF9 firmware. I posted a video by wwwjoshdew in the OP for how to do this.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Mudavo:
Yes. Bat pull. And reboot. If that doesn't work. Wipe and flash MDL again.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] buzzwyzr:
Thanks for the quick reply.

Wiping then flashing did the trick. :good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] 88exp88:
NVM its all good got updated and I'm all ready to go!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] acplayer:
Okay, after reading several threads, I am still a little confused...

I have a stock rooted MDL with TWRP...

What are the proper procedures to go to rooted stock MF9 odex'ed while keeping my custom TWRP? Do I need the download the one with wipe or without wipe? Will I be able to keep all the apps I have installed or will they all get wiped?

I am sorry if this question seems dumb. I am just really confused from reading all the different threads.

Thank you!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] trouthunter7:
Wifi Tether

Okay, so I installed the update MF9, and then went to install the Wifi Tether, and it locked up the phone and I had to recover to a Stock ROM and root it again. Is there a Native Wifi Tether hack for MF9?:confused: