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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] greenja:
Internal storage eaten up by MISCELLANEOUS

very Nooby here:

1) Got L720 from SPRINT late May

2) Rooted MDL after much trouble with bootlocker

3) Got busy so never added custom ROM. I like cyanogenmod from my EVO days

4) Did OTA MF9 and lost root

5) after several attempts, got Chainfire's Root with Odin 3.07

6) I want to back up current rooted stock ROM ---->

So I'm getting a warning that the internal SD is out of memory, I've moved all movable apps to external SD, photos, music too.

Rooted and have TWRP (and clockwork) as recovery *BUT* before I install a custom ROM, I want a backup *BUT* there's no room as the backup wants to use internal SD (not external)

Somehow Miscellaneous Files show over 8GB but in My Files it only shows about 200MB addressable (erasable). I deleted all Dropbox files and saved 200MB.

Where the heck are the other 7.8GB of files? How can I see them please? Is there a hidden directory full of old backups from before I OTAed the MF9? There's got to be some trash in MISCELLANEOUS like 3-4 GB.

All help appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

PS> was reading another post about "mounting internal SD"....did so with clockworkMod (instead of TWRP) and found option to backup to external SD. That will allow me to flash a custom but I want to get rid of the trash in MISCELLANEOUS still....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] cruise350:
You are out of space because you already have several nandroid backups on your internal sd. Use a file explorer and look in twrp/backups/serial number and you will find several backups in there. If you used cwm then look for a backup there. By the way, twrp can backup to the external sd, you just select external on the backup page and you are all set.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Salil999:
You can get the stock ROM from this link: Factory Reset

Also, when you flash to a new ROM, make sure to clear dalvik and cache and factory reset through a recovery program (like CWM or TWRP)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Salil999:
I don't know how to remove that message (I've been getting the message too, but I just leave it in the notification bar), but here is a TW based ROM. It's nearly stock: Free GS4
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] barelynotlegal:
Thanx. I backed up data and app with Titanium but when I restored it on my rooted stock rom wonf show. Didnt try on a modded rom.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] churchey360:
Edit
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] xerrad:
What is the best way of using huge amounts of Data? I want to use 100+GB of data so Sprint cancels my contract. I want to get T mobile. They are a lot cheaper and have better service. I am planing on getting sprint to void my contract because I am using a huge amount of data. My question is what is the best way, besides illegal torrents. My only idea is to find a long YouTube video and download some macro that will press F5 every 5 minuets so it constantly is buffering the video. Is there a faster way?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] cwb1231:
You are asking for help on how to break your Sprint contract. Not appropriate for this forum, or any other.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] dewrust:
Have to agree your on your own.. why not just pay the termination fee?

Sent from my SPH-L720
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] exeleon:
As of 2 days ago T-mo will pay your termination fee if you switch to them. They call it "Contract Freedom".

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2429307,00.asp

Research first before using devs work for such reasons. This is why some carriers dislike the whole idea behind rooting and modding devices.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] churchey360:
Does anyone know if I make a backup of my aosp ROM then go to touchwiz and update my prl and profile then restore my aosp ROM will those updates carry over to my aosp ROM?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] daniel4653:
that should work. as that was an old trick on the epic touch to get GPS to stick on AOSP Roms.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] exeleon:
Worked for switching between roms for me in the past. Never tried with restoring a nandroid, but it should work. You can always check which prl version your on before and after- settings>about phone>status>prl version.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] dinaps86:
I am not 100% sure but I believe TMO's Term Fee Cover offer ONLY applies to AT&T (unless thats what they're just advertising. if they said all carriers they prob would go bankrupt) lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] bry68:
thats funny i also learned with the photon lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] exeleon:
According to the ny times article subscribers of at&t, Sprint and Verizon are eligible and T-Mobile will cover up to five lines or $650 per household. It is a bold move, but I think they are banking on the fact they will get a load of new customers.

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/01/0...-switchers.html?hpw&rref=technology&referrer=
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] @fantastic8:
Hi all....I'm very new to all of the different things that you can do with this beast of a phone. I do have my phone rooted so my question is what's next?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] exeleon:
Welcome! I'll basically suggest what I did, though a lot of people here can suggest other stuff.

-Make sure you have a custom recovery installed. I have found philz touch to be best

-Make a nandroid backup of your phones current state just in case something goes wrong. This is basically the same procedure in all recoveries but may vary slightly.

- If you are interested in custom roms, do a little research. If you prefer to stick with the stock TW look and feel look for Touch Wiz based roms. Sac's rom is a pretty popular choice- it is stable and has tons of features. If you prefer a vanilla android type rom like something rom the nexus device I would go with Gummy. This is what I have been running for the past couple of months and can tell you battery life is awesome and even though they are currently putting out nightlies, the rom is very stable and suitable as a daily driver. Really there are hundreds of roms here on xda so take a look around before you flash. If you are unfamiliar with the flash process, refer to the thread for whichever rom you decide on, usually the OP lists the suggested instructions.

-of course there are also plenty of apps in Google Play you can also use now that require root.

Like I said theres a lot that you can do. I may have missed some stuff, but others will probably point out whatever it is I missed.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] @fantastic8:
I've actually been reading some of Sacs custom rom thread and I might try that one out first.......I know that this is going to be a very good experience..... Thanks again for the info.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] dewrust:
He is updating 5.3 atm to fix a few bugs that came to light on the release

Sent from my SPH-L720
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] @fantastic8:
Sounds good. Guess I'll wait for the update. Are you currently running the rom yourself?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] dewrust:
Yes I am if you would like to know anything feel free to post in sac's thread or pm if you want

Sent from my SPH-L720
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] leonleonleon:
hello everyone again, i have an unlocked sprint s4 phone and i am using it fine in greece. but the problem is that at the apn settings that i am putting it only accepts the stock MCC and MNC, when i am putting MCC=”286″ the apn is not getting saved. does anyone knows any solution for that?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] silentdeath631:
Hey guys, I recently bought my phone from sprint, but I notice all these ROMS for the phone say MK2, but....my phone says it's MK5. I'm a tad confused as to what this means for me installing a custom rom. Last time I tried, the internet stopped working and I couldn't flash the MK2 Modem file. Any suggestions? Or explanation? Thanks :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] churchey360:
[MENTION=5667377]silentdeath631[/MENTION] You probably have the new version of the s4. Sprint started selling a new s4 that supports the spark network so I wouldn't flash any of these ROMs to it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] lcovel:
Hello everyone. A quick question. What kernels can I use in order to overclock and such using my current set-up?

I'm coming from the Epic 4g, so a lot of stuff on the galaxy is very new to me as far as what I can flash and what I cant.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] churchey360:
Nvm
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] cruise350:
Yes, you have the L720T which means that you may have to wait before flashing any of these roms until they are updated. You may be able to flash the roms but will definitely need a kernel that is compatible with your phone. Maybe someone on here can pull the stock kernel for the 720T version for you so you can flash the rom and then flash the correct kernel. Or you can pull the kernel from the custom rom before flashing it and then it won't overwrite your MK5 kernel.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] silentdeath631:
Yes I have no idea how to do that. I'll just wait until someone makes a detailed guide. :) thank you.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] cwb1231:
I am not sure where to ask this but i will try here. I have a Sprint s4 and I am on the KT kernel and wifi mod. I was wondering whether i can use Triangle Away with this configuration. Thanks if anyone can point me to the right answer
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] cruise350:
I believe you have to be on the stock kernel to use triangle away. Also it only works with MF9 or older.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] cwb1231:
Thanks but I know that's not correct. His most recent version works with KitKat and I have seen posters say it works with some custom kernels
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] fmrider:
Looking for help - tried to root without enabling debugging

I've been a long time lurker here and am desperate for some help. I used the one click root from qbking77 found in this forum. Two issues that I'm pretty sure caused my problems are not enabling debugging mode first, and the phone was encrypted. After trying this, I could get the phone to fully boot, the screen would turn black and it appeared dead after entering my encryption password. I did some digging and found some advice to use oding to load the stock rom to get it back to unroot. I now have two things I can do but I don't know how to fix it.

1. If I try and power normally I get "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again"

2. If I hold Volume Down and Power I get "the 'Warning' screen to load a custom OS by pressing Volume Up, or Cancel by pressing Volume down"

I've tried loading installing the Samsung drivers, verified they are working, and installing the stock OS. When I try to install the stock OS through Odin I get a Failure on the computer and my phone says:

ODIN MODE

PRODUCT NAME: SPH-L720

CURRENT BINARY: CUSTOM

SYSTEM STATUS: OFFICIAL

KNOX KERNEL LOCK: 0X0

KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 0X1

CSB-CONFIG-LSB: 0X30

WRITE PROTECTION: ENABLE

EMMC BURST MODE ENABLED

START [224,1440]

SW REV. CHECK FAIL : FOUND : 4, BINARY: 1

So, it seems like I'm loading the wrong stock file. I've tried both 4.2.2 and 4.3. Same results. I've been playing with this and reading for about 6hrs now and figured it's time to post because I'm about out of ideas. Any help is much appreciated!

fmrider
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] BIGSAMDA1ST:
Don't know which file your trying to load. But just know that once your on 4.3 there is no going back to 4.2. So if you like you can give this a shot and see if works for you

http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SPH-L720&details=Galaxy_S_4_Sprint
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Powerplayer1025:
How's it going im new around here I'm trying to figure out what rom I want to flash on my s4 I am looking for a TW rom that is highly customizable and fast with a wifi hotspot mod if possible oh and stable lol . I'm not trying to ruffle any feathers or get his/her roms better that's not what I want I am just trying to get some ideas. If someone can point me in the right places I would greatly appreciate it. TIA
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] @fantastic8:
I flashed Sacs rom...it's been good to me so far and the people in the thread is also friendly. I love the customizations in this Rom. I haven't had and major issues, all minor but not to worried.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] cruise350:
I was talking about the firmware not the software, besides, triangle away can't reset the knox flag so it has no purpose after MJA since your warranty status is void after root on MJA or newer. And the instructions say you must be on the stock samsung kernel to use it. Just saying!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] dewrust:
Only if you update your bootloader.. I stayed on mf9 boot but updated my baseband to mk2. So I do not have knox

Sent from my SPH-L720
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] @fantastic8:
Quick question.... What does it mean when you do a nandroid back up. Is it backing up your system. I'm a noob so I don't know. Much appreciated.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] cwb1231:
That is the same for me but I am still on mja

---------- Post added at 12:09 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:06 PM ----------

Quick question.... What does it mean when you do a nandroid back up. Is it backing up your system. I'm a noob so I don't know. Much appreciated.

Exactly
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] fmrider:
I've tried both 4.2 and 4.3 from the link you gave. 4.3 gets me to the encryption screen but after entering the password, I get the little Android gear guy for about 3 seconds before the screen blacks out. I know the phone is on but it doesn't respond to any screen or button presses. I do get an audible confirmation when I plug in or unplug the USB though. This is where I'm stuck.

Thank you for your reply! I'll keep scouring the forums, if anyone else has any idea please let me know.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] dewrust:
Yes it is a backup of your whole system so if something goes wrong as long as you can get into recovery you can reset back to that point you made the backup

Its a safety net if you will so you dont have to start from a fresh rom if something does not go as planned...

also good for if you are trying themes

Sent from my SPH-L720

---------- Post added at 04:34 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:32 PM ----------

Coming in late on this.....

Did you encrypt your device?

edit: found your previous post give me a few

edit: ok if you can get into download(which you said you can) you should be able to just flash a working rom with odin...try this link and odin it to your phone

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2522810

just not sure how flashing and encryption works with the phone

update for encryption: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2232716

Sent from my SPH-L720
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Powerplayer1025:
Thanks for the reply I actually stumbled across that one first I tried it and I love it so far thank you for the response and the suggestion it is much appreciated
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] fmrider:
So yes, here's where I'm at:

Encrypted

Didn't enable debugging before trying to root

Android 4.3 will successfully program now with Odin 3 v1.85

I can get to the first encryption password screen on boot, successfully get passed it but then my screen blacks out and the phone seems unresponsive.

I think my only option that I know of at this point is to completely try and wipe the internal card, install a recovery and have 4.3 waiting on my external card.

Thank you so much for guiding me and helping me with this. I'll see if I can figure out how to get recovery on there with the phone the state it's in!

fmrider
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] dewrust:
You MUST wipe EVERYTHING to remove the encryption so the new flash will work... its the double edged sword with encryption. .. the link I posted on encryption is for a different phone but it holds true for all androids... YOU WILL LOSE EVERYTHING SAVED ON INTERNAL MEMORY....sorry if you have anything you wanted to keep

Philz is in my signature

Or ill dig up TWRP if you prefer

just download the .tar instead if the .zip and flash with Odin

Wipe everything on internal

Edit: nvm seems like you got it when I was posting

Sent from my SPH-L720
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] @fantastic8:
Me again..... Just wanted to know if you flash to many things on your phone does it mess things up? I just want to learn about all the amazing things you can do. Thanks in advance:)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] クレイモア:
mk2

Hello,

I wonder if it is possible to unlock the sim of a sprint galaxy sph-L720 with mk2 baseband and android 4.3.?

What steps do I follow to unlock sim without being root?

you need to root first and change the rom? could you recommend some procedure.

sorry, use a translator to ask my question.

I hope you can help me.

Thank you for your attention.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] dewrust:
Not that im aware of and im a flashaholic

Sent from my SPH-L720
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] kelley b:
Unroot S4 using Mobile ODIN

I'm new to this forum (obviously), but not new to forums in general. I've done quite a few searches, but I guess my problem is not knowing the vernacular that I need to find an answer, or at least get pointed in the right direction. That said, I will pose my noob question. :fingers-crossed:

Just picked up a used Sprint S4 that is rooted. I'm pretty tech savvy, and have been an Android user for several years. The root is fine, and I can use it, but I'd really like to get back to the original, if possible.

I purchased (always support the developers!), and tried using, Mobile ODIN Pro to unroot the phone. During the process, I get the pop-up that says:

"You are using Android 4.4 on this device! Mobile ODIN is not yet compatible with 4.4 on this device! Please Close the app and report to the Mobile ODIN thread on XDA instead so this issue may be fixed"

Since I'm a noob on here, I can't post this issue in the developer forum, and I didn't see anything related since his last update:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1347899&page=374

I'd like to see if i can get some guidance and/or at least be able to update the developer with this info, so that maybe he can work on an update.

Here is the "About Phone" info I have on the phone that may be relevant.

Android Version

4.4.2

Baseband version

L720VPUEMJA

Kernel version

3.4.76--KT-SGS4-KK4.4-AOSP-SPR-01.13.2014--ge1d8eca

Gummy version

Gummy-2.1-01-10-14-NIGHTLY

Build number

KOT49H

Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] churchey360:
Check this thread out it might help you. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2303917
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] dewrust:
Ok just so I understand you.. you want to go completely stock?

You are going to have

1. pc odin

2. Stock rom mja .tar file

3. Stock mja .tar recovery

Flash both using pc odin instructions and it should revert you back to stock rom and recovery

SIDE NOTE: knox is most likely tripped and this will not reset it. There is no way to reset a knox trip

Sent from my SPH-L720
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] churchey360:
If you wanna go completely stock here is the stock .tar file but you have to sign up to download it. Then just flash with Odin on a computer. http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/?model=SPH-L720&pcode=SPR#firmware
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] dewrust:
I think stock rom can unlock sim. There are a few ways to unlock depending on version of phone and baseband

Need more information or you can search yourself for a method

Hope this translates well

Sent from my SPH-L720
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] kelley b:
Yes, I want to go completely stock.

1. I downloaded PC ODIN v3.07, and will follow the guide here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1671969

2/3. In the process of downloading the .tar file that churchey linked me to. I would assume that both files dewrust told me to use are included in this zip file.

I will give this a shot. I'm new to rooting, so this is all fresh to me. Worst case scenario, I will learn a bit, start to understand the vernacular a little bit, and have bit of fun in the process.

Any tips before I dive in!? Anything I should look out for?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] churchey360:
Make sure you have the correct drivers for your phone downloaded on the computer. And if you search on YouTube it'll help guide you through so you can watch it step by step.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] kelley b:
churchey360,

I know you've put in some legwork here already, and I thank you. However, I was wondering if you had a different link for the stock .tar file. I've tried the download twice, and each failed after 10-15 minutes due to network error. Don't think it's on my side. Not sure if I trust the site to pay them for expedited download, but I will if you tell me that it is a good idea.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] dewrust:
[MENTION=5674329]kelley b[/MENTION]

Try this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2601443

Its mk2 which is the next update but it should work

Sent from my SPH-L720
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] kelley b:
Update: Process completed successfully, however upon boot it got stuck in Yellow Sprint Logo screen for several minutes (actually broke through while I was typing this).

Seems that most everything is ok, however I cannot turn on WiFi. It keeps turning itself off. Odd...

Also, this keeps popping up:

"The device has detected an application attempting to perform actions that are not permitted. These actions have been blocked"

Could this "app" be the WiFi?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] dewrust:
Long first boot is normal

Can you go into "about device" in settings and confirm that baseband ends in mk2....

Did you try hard reboot?

Sent from my SPH-L720

---------- Post added at 09:46 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:38 PM ----------

That is knox

It could be blocking wifi... I dont have experience with knox since im still on mf9 bootloader maybe someone will chime with more experience..

Sent from my SPH-L720
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] kelley b:
Yah, sorry about the rookie moment with the long boot screen. I am not THAT rookie where I should have flinched about this. :eek:

I actually did a hard reset/wipe, then deactivated the phone from Sprint, then flashed it again using ODIN while I was waiting for a response here. Now that I am up and running again, I am actually able to connect WiFi, however each time I turn on WiFi, I still get that same security warning. Maybe this is just a setting somewhere?

I've attached a screenshot of my "about phone" settings. Yes, baseband ends in mk2.

As an extra side note, being an expert member in other forums, I know how much you put into this sort of thing. I know you understand it like the back of your hand, however I do not take for granted the time it takes to give this attention.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] ymf331:
if your wifi is working, then why not just disable knox?