yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] xBeerdroiDx:
i do this for free in whatever spare time i get. i have nothing to be embarrassed about. trust me.

i dont care about his warning

hahaha!

i know you mean well, you just come across wrong and rude. create your own material if what you find is lacking. those of us that have taken the time to put these guides together have done so with the best intentions. if you dont like our work and cant be respectful about making it better, go f**k yourself...biker style. cheers
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] fukenbiker:
I don't have time. I'm confronting paid media trolls in comment sections following news articles that define me aa a conspiracy theorist, gun rights wing nut, 9/11 truther, and a "birther". Important stuff, exposing tyranny, and explaining the fix. You're no hero here, like Snowden. You're nothing more than myself, just another honest citizen trying to help.

When I saw the multiple "help me! I can't get into recovery! I can only get to "download mode" posts in the Q & A Help and Troubleshooting section, I thought I better speak up and rant about fixing what's the matter, to save some frustration and grief.

I mean picture it... you've loved "serendipity" on your infuse for this long, waiting for your chance to cash in that two year eligible for upgrade, and clueless about the different basebands start flashing recoveries because YOU helped them figure out how to ROOT!

Your warning signs are upside down, is all I'm saying.

love ya bye
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] xBeerdroiDx:
--UPDATED OP--

added more reading material in step 1. thanks [MENTION=2978831]ronnie498[/MENTION] for putting together this FAQ. a great addition to the community.

new users: read up. :good:

cheers
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] fukenbiker:
The title

It's the title xBeerdroiDx. Take a look at it again, it still says there is a "step two". It's encouraging them to do what? Read step two! so they can flash a custom recovery is the motive for a reader. It's what they're looking for, a way to flash. And their eyes catch this snazzy title:

►►AT&T SGH-I337 USERS: DO NOT USE THIS GUIDE IF YOU ARE ON THE MF3 FIRMWARE.◄◄

Please refer to Post #2 for more information and further details.

And I already posted what I thought of step two, ya pied mf3 nm

How ya doin' there?

Ya I'm still trying to help.

Clumsiness is something I loathe and I got to laugh hard at myself yesterday (better than beating myself up).

I gotta peel this darn thing apart. I dropped it in the toilet and otter box didn't have the charge port door closed. And that's the part that just now quit working. No other symptom that I can see.

It actually charges while plugged in and powered off, but it vibrates in a cycle, displaying the big empty battery icon w/ no color just b&w, goes dark, then after a second it buzzes again, goes dark, displays a battery icon in a cycle and actually takes a charge. It also charges if I boot into recovery. But when I plug it into the computer, it's same as from wall charger, no response. I need to peel it apart and scrub the charging port free of any white powder deposits with a toothbrush under tap water, then stick it in a bag of rice overnight.

How was your day, fine I hope. Thanks for that op edit but as you read I see improvements can still be made. I trust you understand the pied piper story. I enjoyed your response. I tried a private message and picked you as my first recipient but I don't think it worked because it shows 0 sent. Clicked it twice, same result, I'm done. So here I am in public. I didn't want to be drunk in public, I wanted to be drunk in a bar. They threw me into public, arrest them." Ron White. One of my favorites right up there with fluffy and jef-fa-fa dun-ham dot com" peanut.

cheers!

PS the title would be great if you just eliminated the part about the second post.

►►AT&T SGH-I337 USERS: DO NOT USE THIS GUIDE IF YOU ARE ON THE MF3 FIRMWARE.◄◄

That would discourage anyone from trying to flash recovery that has the ever more common SGH-I337 with Baseband version ending in MF3. More and more of the new owners of these are going to come here looking to flash CWM or TWRP so they can get CyanogenMod, and they can't get there anywhere else, and if they take the road to achieve it they'll have a brick. My run over soggy beat up unit still has MDL, and I represent the dinosaurs. We are fast disappearing. More and more only thing you'll see is MF3 owners. And MF3 owners have ROOT available yes, but if you go further you BRICK.

Just trying to help.

That is all.

Lango out.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jd1639:
Wtf dude, we're not all dopes.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] navarr0:
someone has fix it??

i have the same issue and i can not back to the original rom or updates rom with kies or ordin, if someone has fix it please post it i need back to the original rom to unlock the s4 i337, im living in mexico and some of my parents ship the phone to me and i can not use with another carrier, the phone is locked, can not acces to umts main menu to unlock, or if someone knows another method to unlock the sim, please
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] pedromartinez1983:
HEY GUYS I HAVE AN ATT S4 and i rooted it using moto chopper the problem is i cant install no zip files , no roms, or kernals , i keep getting an error everytime . i tried CWM snd TWRP and i still cant install no zip files .. ANY HELP
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jrodsep:
Been thinking of rooting using the one click root for the i337. But I have one question:

What's the correct way to install Super SU and delete superuser?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Tachyon_1:
Well done!

This is the Gold Standard for first stop device posts. Other device forums take note and follow this lead.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] xxmiracle:
I just got my galaxy s4 and I followed the step by step guide..

I rooted the phone using the steps from here

I figured that my step 2 already included recovery so I skipped to step 4 but my cwm recovery didnt have the option to backup and restore?

I went back to step 3 and got rom manager to flash clockworkmod recovery but when it downloaded, it would say error..I couldnt get it to work and now I'm lost an confused..

any help would be great
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] xBeerdroiDx:
When you booted into recovery after rooting, was it actually cwm or was it stock recovery? At what point did you get the cwm error? While installing cwm or when trying to use it? I would also check out the guide you used to root to roof anyone else had that problem and, if so, what they did to correct it. You may have to start over.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] xxmiracle:
the guide says it installs CWM Touch 6.0.3.2 but now that I think of it, I think it is just stock recovery?

it says "android system recovery <3e>" rather than "cwm-based recovery"

This means I have to flash cwm recovery right? since rom manager didnt work, I tried flashing using flashboot. Something about pathways, flashboot wasting recognizing my phone connecting to the pc, I didnt understand how to fix the 'path' so I ditched that idea..

Reading up guides as to how to remove everything and start over now..

oh, and thanks for replying!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] xBeerdroiDx:
Yeah, 3e is stock recovery. At what point did rom manager fail to install cwm? Are you certain you have root at this point? Have you considered using goo manager to install twrp or perhaps running the one-click guide again?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bigcid10:
are you on amf3?

is yes ,you can't their is no recovery method yet
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jrodsep:
Does anyone know if CWM or TWRP are working for custom recovery for those that are rooted and running MF3? Or does it need a bootroom exploit like Loki to work first?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] xBeerdroiDx:
DO NOT FLASH A CUSTOM RECOVERY! This forum is filled with warnings about flashing anything onto MF3. It's posted several times on this guide as well, including the first 2 posts. Read up. Cheers
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jrodsep:
Thanks man. I know that, actually I'm still on MDL. I'm just curious to know if there has been any progress on the MF3 front. It seems like forever that AT&T rolled out MF3 and haven't seen any signs of custom recoveries or bootroom exploits.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] xBeerdroiDx:
I'm keeping my ear to the ground. :good:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] fukenbiker:
fixed my phone

The new charging port my wife ordered for me from Amazon for the SGH-I337 came in the mail today and I peeled apart my S4 handset as per the video tutorial at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5e3r_2N15c and it was less problematic than when I replaced the screen on my Samsung Infuse last year when I severed a cellophane strip that had three conductors in it with my thumbnail, rendering a light and the external speaker inoperative. Peeling the S4 apart and putting it back together was probably easier for me partly because of that experience so with that, although each device is unique, they all share a similar lego style construction. If you have an android phone that has a cracked screen stashed in a drawer, practice on it. Examine how small the connections are, and how gentleness is all that is needed to unplug and the dexterity required to line them back up and click it together again.

I am so glad to repair this unit that has a Baseband version ending in MDL instead of MF3.

Not that they would replace mine using warranty with water damage, and the downtime of shipping it off would have been longer than the two days I was down, unable to charge. The charging port cost $14.99 from Amazon and it fit perfectly, as they had my model number in stock. I don't think the SGH-I337 was displayed in that video because I only saw a wire one wire from the top to the bottom, not two. The handset peeled apart in the YouTube tutorial displayed two wires, one on each side.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] :
Just check in on the Bounty thread from time to time--
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jrodsep:
Thanks. I'll do that from time to time.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] :
:good:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Brouss:
Thanks for the walk-through... Berry berry easy. Gracias
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] xBeerdroiDx:
glad to help.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

grateful there's been a little MF3 silence over the last 48 hours. seems a few users are beginning to read before rooting. :highfive:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] yankeestom:
This thread saved me. Got my phone about 3 weeks ago, and this is my first android so I've never rooted/flashed/etc anything before. Checked my baseband shortly after seeing this thread, and sure enough I'm already on MF3. :crying: Anyway, just wanted to say thanks for saving me from myself.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] xBeerdroiDx:
Updated OP.

added [MENTION=631273]Chainfire[/MENTION]'s guide as many users were reporting issues with the previous method. cheers
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] toakster:
Thanks very much. Super informative. I had a quick question concerning formatting system. Would it be necessary to format system if not changing android versions, but you are upgrading firmwares? For example, I'm running Alpha S4 ROM v.7.2, and tried to upgrade to v8.5. When I first tried I wiped data/factory reset, wiped cache and dalvik, then selected the full wipe in the aroma installer which formatted system as well. Only problem was once the aroma finished (which went a lot faster than usual), I got hung up on the samsung custom screen and couldn't proceed. Out of fear I booted back into recovery and restored a nandroid and rebooted (everything's fine). Then I tried to flash the rom with just data/cache/dalvik and it actually took the usual amount of time to flash, and I was able to boot into the ROM, but I got all sorts of com.android errors that popped up and didn't have any data! I'm using shabby penquins CWM. Should I just try formatting system myself in the recovery and opt out of the aroma's full wipe or were they just coincidental bad flashes (I tried twice)? I'm without wifi for a few days and figure I'd ask here while I waited to try again. Sorry so wordy!

Thanks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] :
I usually only wipe in recovery not Aroma. Just habit from issues I had on another phone. Do System/Data/Both Caches. Not familiar with rom. But, if it is not loki'd did you flash your carrier's loki'd kernel or loki-doki right after rom/kernel. You can try twrp 2.5.0.2. Works very well. But, doubt that is your issue--:)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] colorchange:
May nkrayst

Thanks for the guide. I just took my att s4 on a tmobile network and loaded with Wicked tmobile rom and kt kernel. Works like a CHARM! Couldn't be happier and the guide was a huge help. Thanks you!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] xBeerdroiDx:
Glad it was helpful. Be sure to thank the awesome fellas who delivered these methods to us. Cheers
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] buggerritt:
Big sadness. I was enjoying custom ROMs but my camera started freezing on me. I flashed the stock MDL ROM via Odin and it was still jacked. I took it into the AT&T store and the jerk behind the counter updated it to MF3. The camera is still crappy and now, i hate the rest of the phone. They are sending a warranty replacement but it'll probably ship with MF3 as well. If there isn't some way to flash custom soon, I'm gonna want to swap phones or carriers.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Wii60:
That really sucks... sorry man!

I wish there was a way to see if anyone was working in mf3, hopefully the note3 will get someone on it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jimmydee62:
Where

Where is this #2 post located? Maybe I'm not to smart but I'm looking to unroot my phone and I can't locate the post #2. Could you please point me to the exact location? I would really appreciate it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Dallenn:
It's the second post in this thread. Go to page one

-Swyped from my Galaxy S4-
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] xBeerdroiDx:
i removed the link and steps for unrooting in that section of post #2 as they were redundant and Triangle Away doesnt apply on the S4. you can use Adam's thread here to grab the stock firmware. simply flash back to stock via odin. cheers
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Ms. K:
Kernels

Hi,

I hope this is a quick question for you. I downloaded both kernels that you suggested for ATT. The MDOB-KERNELSTOCK-LOKI-LIB-1 and

MDOB 1337-STOCK-UCUAMDL-KERNEL. Here is my phone info. Which is the best one for me and should I flash it after each new ROM?

ATT S4 powered by T-Moble network

Model Number

Samsung SGH-1337

Android Version

4.2.2

Baseband Version

1337UCUAMDL

Kernel Version

3.4.0-453947

se.infra@SEI-46 #1

Sat Apr 27 17:06 KST 2013

Build Version

JDQ391337UCUAMDL

I know you are busy. Thank you so much in advance.

Ms. K:angel:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] xBeerdroiDx:
i dont remember this conversation. :o

kernels come packaged with roms so there is no need to flash one each time that you install a different rom (unless there is a specific dev kernel that you favor).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] maulgandhi:
adb method to flash custom rom

hi guys, has anyone ever tried this method mentioned on this website. is it possible. anyone has ever done it before.

goo.gl/gS3cP7
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] sholsten:
My S4 that was rooted & showing custom status took the MF3 update after I had it on the shelf for almost a month. I didn't think they'd update being on custom.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jt1998:
AARGH...

Just got my Galaxy S4 today via FedEx and Walmart wireless. So pumped and fingers crossed for non MF3... no such luck.

What's the overall consensus - will developers be able to work around this so we unlucky souls will be able to have custom ROMs/recovery sometime in the future? or is it a lost cause??

Thanks all. And just switched for the 1st time from iPhone...bad taste in mouth already....

Samsung Galaxy S4 SGH-I337 AT&T Black - MF3'd as well.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] xBeerdroiDx:
There is root for MF3 but I do not recommend it for new users. Research "safestrap". There's a thread or 2 in the general section on it. it is currently still in the (Verizon S4) development stage but looks as though it's gaining solid ground. We may see it here in the at&t forums soon enough.

Welcome to Android. Don't judge it by this MF3 experience. Cheers.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jt1998:
Won't judge it all, just disappointed, but hopeful! I got an Asus Transformer Infinity TF700 a few months back and LOVE it. Love my android experience thus far b/c its been rooted, unlocked, custom ROMed, etc. Want to do the same for the S4 and get rid of the TouchWiz crap. UGH.

I hope they make progress on the "safestrap"!!

Thanks.

Samsung Galaxy S4 SGH-I337 AT&T Black 16 GB - MF3'd as well.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] xBeerdroiDx:
Tons of updates in Post #2. Check it out and be sure to thank guys like [MENTION=4243514]Hashcode[/MENTION] that have made these updates possible. Cheers!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] xerythul:
Im happy to say as a long time forum troll and new member account that this method worked great for me. All instructions are clear and concise. Root access was gained successfully. The only discrepancy I noticed is that it claims the .script command installs supersu for you, I had to manually download from the play store after running the exploit. No problems otherwise!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jt1998:
Same here. Just rooted last night and also had to download the supersu app from the Play store. Otherwise went flawless as did my first ROM install using safestrap!

:victory:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Ms. K:
Kernel for 1337, ATT

Hi Everyone,

I'm using the Graviton ROM with my kernel, i337UCUAMDL.

I see all these ROMS you have listed for ATT, like wicked or INFAMOUS. They all talk about their kernel. Does this mean I can't use them but I have to use the above kernel and not these others? Because of my boot loader , does that mean I can't use modifications until the locked bootloader is fixed?

I hope that was a clear question.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Ms. K:angel:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] :
Glad you got Graviton running. What recovery are you using now?

The roms like Wicked from the i9505 forum are not loki'd. Best to flash your carrier kernel, although kernels like Adam and Audism from i9505 Original Development Section will work, but need loki-doki flashed right after kernel. Remember if you flash a kernel you need to wipe caches and fix permissions before rebooting into System. Best to wipe all including System before flashing new roms.

Roms like GoldenEye here in att are loki'd. Just read OP carefully on flashing instructions and features and last 20 or so pages of thread.

If in doubt you can always flash loki-doki, it won't hurt. If you are running a auto loki recovery no need to loki-doki.

It is the kernel that needs loki'd or rom won't boot.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Ms. K:
Recovery question

Hi,

I have OUDHS-Recovery with TWRP and a LOKI'ed MDOB kernel. I have GOO Manager pro, ROM manager pro and Nandroid Manager.

Does that mean I can flash more then one kernel as long as I flash my LOKI'ed one afterwards?

Thanks

Ms. K:angel:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] :
Is OUDHS auto loki'd? I don't remember. I think it is. It would say in OP where you got it.

If it is you don't need loki-doki.

Otherwise flash rom then the kernel you want. Make sure it is for your phone. If your recovery is not auto loki the flash loki-doki. If it is auto loki you are good to go as is.

I don't use Goo Manager or Rom Manager. Prefer to do it all thru Recovery. Less issues.

Tried Nandroid Manager, didn't like it. Can do all I want with TWRP 2.5.0.2 and moving a copy of nandroids to pc as added backup in case I lose sdcard. I also prefer to download roms to pc then copy to sdcard to flash.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Ms. K:
It's loki'ed. I will delete nandroid. Don't use it
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] krzychnip:
just wanna say thanks to the OP. I unfortunately had to swap out my phone due to some hardware issue and had to go through the warranty dept and am now stuck with this mf3 firmware. I appreciate all your noob friendly guides and warnings for those of use who arent real familiar with everything. Looking forward to being able to flash normally like everyone else soon hopefull :fingers-crossed:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] xBeerdroiDx:
glad this guide was helpful. thanks for checking it out and to the to rest of you who clicked the guide link over 50 thousand times since its inception.

be sure to read up on the MF3 root method and safestrap recovery in post #2. its an option you can explore if you feel comfortable. cheers
[HTC One X] ouadah77:
How to fix bootloader tempered...plz
[HTC One X] vin4yak:
This is the international one x forum... This isn't the correct place for your device... You need to be in the atnt one x forum...

The tampered sign is there because you unlocked the Bootloader or flashed a leaked firmware.. No need to be worried.. But don't flash anything from this forum! Go to your phone's forum.

-Sent from my IceCold One X!
[Galaxy Note II Themes and Apps] dr.ketan:
Latest YouTube (4.5.17)Mod Download all qualities video + offscreen

Features:

Pause/Resume option

Download all available qualities

Download more than one video at the same time

4 Formats available to download 3GB, FLV, MP4 and MP3

Download videos as MP3 directly

All qualities playable *140p~1080p*

Screen off playback

Download - Delete youtube.apk from System/app first then copy downloaded file there, rename Youtube.apk, change permission rw-r-r

Edit :

Sorry for duplicate, just found original thread,also have non rooted version there. Credit goes to OP of original thread.
[Galaxy Note II Themes and Apps] trpi:
is there any way to make youtube app keep on playing when its not on screen, when i press back or home button that it keeps on playing... and stops only when i press stop in app itself

id like to listen music on youtube while using other functions of the phone..
[Galaxy Note II Themes and Apps] Tzarski:
Hi, every time I try to flash the ZIP file it says that the recovery can not open it.

Can you please confirm that the link is correct.

Thank you for your time in advance.
[Galaxy Note II Themes and Apps] dr.ketan:
There are 8 download and you are first who complained. Watch if someone else confirm, I have not tested in hurry.

Edit : I have check there is some issue,

Do this

Delete/move Youtube.apk from system/app

Extract downloaded zip and copy Youtube.apk to system /app
[Galaxy Note II Themes and Apps] x_x1_x:
I tried some modded version like this one but it's not working with other programs like falcon pro . When I try to open video in the program I get error

I think you will understand what I mean if you see this picture
[Galaxy Note II Themes and Apps] underlines:
Cool, but what's the difference to OG YouTube Mod?

The features seem identical:

Pause/Resume option

Download all available qualities

Download more than one video at the same time

4 Formats available to download 3GB, FLV, MP4 and MP3

Download videos as MP3 directly

All qualities playable *140p~1080p*

Screen off playback (thanks to [MENTION=3387304]theos0o[/MENTION])

And more

I don't understand the difference to your package.
[Galaxy Note II Themes and Apps] dr.ketan:
It's seems same, sorry if it is duplicate but i just find it today from non xda source so shared here.
[Galaxy Note II Themes and Apps] isa20340:
Delete youtube.apk from System/app first then copy downloaded file there, rename Yoiutube.apk, change permission rw-r-r

really rename Yoiutube.apk or Youtube.apk ??
[Galaxy Note II Themes and Apps] dr.ketan:
It was typo, corrected.
[Galaxy Note II Themes and Apps] Jaideepnegi:
Tubemate do d same..... is there any difference?
[Galaxy Note II Themes and Apps] _bacok:
sometimes frozen...