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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] turtlefast:
SPH-L720 Warranty Prep on MJA

I inadvertently posted about this in the i9500 noob thread earlier today, instead of posting here. I'm a little further along and now want validation that my plan will work for my L720.

The phone needs to be evaluated for a warranty claim, so I want to return to as stock as possible.

Last fall I CF Auto Rooted my SPH-L720 and otherwise left it completely stock on MF9. I recently used Triangle Away to reset the flash counter and firmware status. Then I did a full wipe and after getting the device status to official, I installed the OTA MJA update.

Everything works properly, but download mode shows binary Official and system status custom. Knox is 0x0, and I need to keep it that way.

I plan to use Odin to flash the stock MJA ROM from the SamMobile repository (L720VPUEMJA_L720SPTEMJA_L720VPUEMJA_HOME.tar.md5). Should this get me back to fully Official status on all counts, while leaving my Knox flag at 0x0?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] turtlefast:
Success

Fwiw, this worked. I used Odin3 v3.07 to flash the SamMobile stock MJA ROM. The Odin flash failed the first time, but switching USB data ports on the PC led to success on the second attempt. After a full wipe, everything is back to official, and Knox is stil at 0x0. Yay!

Now I'm off to get my screen evaluated for a warranty replacement.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] eheilner:
try to find a sprint store that is out of reconditioned sgs4 that way your get a new one and not one that was fixed.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] turtlefast:
Cool, I'll look into that. Thanks for the tip!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] eheilner:
yup. you can call them and ask they will tell you. I broke mine and wanted a new one since I payed full Price, found a store that was out of stock on them drove about an hour but to me it was worth it at least to me xD.

sidenote if you don't know: to check in the phone to see if was remaned just ##RTN# then click view and scroll on down. it will have the date and time if it was if it wasn't it will be a lot of 0's
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] turtlefast:
Good to know. There are a few stores to choose from around me, so I'll definitely call a few. The ##RTN# tip is helpful too.

Thanks!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] ibcenu:
I was on stock 4.4.2 for about a week..everything worked fine

Yesterday I used cf auto root and lost ability to save to my internal storage ..external sd works fine. swiftkey languages..zedge or anything on the net just says downloads fail.

Programs install fine..root explorer reads and writes

Just wondering if there's a simple fix or if I should start over stock
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Samsungmobile:
I'm running Liquid smooth on my S4 and do I still have to flash the modem files for it? I noticed today that my LTE or 3G signal just drops out.. it seems more likely that 3G will drop more then the LTE.

So if I need to flash a modem file which is the most recent?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] dewrust:
Roms normally do not touch the modem so if It says it's a nae build it will have nae firmware but you will have to manually flash the modem using Odin

(Look in my sig for unknown force's modems)

As for dropping service that can be many different things besides the modem
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Samsungmobile:
Where on the phone do I see what firmware for the modem that I have?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] churchey360:
About device under Baseband Version
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Samsungmobile:
Ok it's MDL, hope it works.. odd the tower is on a building maybe 4-5k Ft away and the signal is pretty bad.. I got a text about a month ago saying they were doing upgrades but I can't say it's going to help.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] churchey360:
Yeah if you use Odin on a pc and flash the new NAE Kitkat modem it'll probably get better signal.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Samsungmobile:
I thought you can't mix & match like me having a MDL and putting NAE on it?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] churchey360:
No. Most people that don't wanna take the ota because of the KNOX bootloader will just flash the modem to their phone

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Just don't mix & match your kernel and ROM lol.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Samsungmobile:
As well I flashed it.. still same crappy signal it's at -103 dBm
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] churchey360:
Try updating your Prl and Profile then reboot and see if that helps at all.

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Also aosp roms don't get as good signal and data speeds as stock touchwiz roms do.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Samsungmobile:
My ROM I have (liquid smooth 3.0) I don't see a option for updating the PRL and profile.. if you know of a way let me know always been curious.

never had good signal on the stock TW rom anyways
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] churchey360:
No sorry I forgot you were on that ROM only touchwiz has that option.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Samsungmobile:
it's more of really poor placement of the cell tower.. I mean it's really on a 4 story office building with many things line of sight.. why Sprint never put up a larger tower or leased one is beyond me.. I've been with Sprint for 4 years now and it's always been poor..

when I get on the highway I see LTE.

I hate to see summer with all the trees.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Samsungmobile:
You know what I think flashing that new firmware did something to my sounds, all my phone does is just vibrate when I have a notification or phone call, and it's not on vibrate mode.

Another person here had the same issue but he is on Verizon.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2539046
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] churchey360:
Flash back to the other modem or try re flashing it to fix it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Samsungmobile:
To be safe I just downloaded it again and flashed it again and now it works fine :-/ I guess this has happened to others?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] churchey360:
Yeah sometimes it'll break sound or wifi and re flashing it will fix it lol.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] JerryGNYC:
I complained to Sprint and they sent me an Airave 2.5+, no charge... you have broadband internet there?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Samsungmobile:
When I last complained they were going by what the computer said (maps all dark green) I mean who wants to stand outside in 18F weather to make a 35 min long phone call?

I never got one but my mom who is not too far from me got one, I don't have internet yet so it would be unlikely to do me any good..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] JerryGNYC:
Yeah, it won't do any good without a broadband connection. Oh well...

EDIT: I worked with Sprint on the phone, and was actually able to tell them which tower was giving me a problem. Maybe you should try again... :eek:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Samsungmobile:
I'm sure my building is not helping as well.. it's from the early 50's with metal lathe and pretty thick walls. Oh and yeah that tower height as well..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] bgilles1:
Can't get past Unfortunately SAE has stopped

I have a sprint S4 SPH L720 that was running NAE that I rooted over the weekend with no issues. I added the odex service files for hotspot. I then installed TWRP but kept getting app stopped error when I tried to open it. Phone still worked fine until I downloaded google earth. Got the same error when I tried to open the app. Did a restart on the phone, came up with Android is updating apps, and then got an error that play has stopped. When I pressed ok or report, error returned, couldn't clear it. I booted into recovery and did factory reset. Now on boot I get past the yellow sprint screen then message Unfortunately SAE has stopped that won't clear.

Any advice before I f something else up?

thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] flacraker:
im running sacs v2 with kt and im looking for the stock samsungs splash screens location on the phone if anyone could help it be appreciated,,:laugh:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] dewrust:
Factory reset only clears personal settings and data.

At this point it would be easier to reflash stock and start again by using Odin

Hotspot mods are very specific to a version of the phone.. I have said this before xposed wanam has always worked when I was running stock rooted and wanted hotpot.. besides it allows other modding in the wanam module

I am on mobile or I would post the xposed thread for you to check it out
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] bgilles1:
forgive my noobness but I have a couple more questions

at this point would it make a difference if I went back to the original services file, I just renamed them .bak if I can get to them through usb connection?

If not and I have to reflash to stock the process would be as follows:

Flash stock TAR file with odin - version SPR-L720VPUFNAE-20140224205519.zip

Reroot with with appropriate TAR

Add hotspot functionality correctly this time

thanks for the help
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] gnarlyduck:
:confused:

Awhile ago I rooted with CWM recovery and SLIM rom.

I am off Sprint and tried to unlock with the ##3282# but nothing happens. I also tried using one of the kang proj roms dialer, but nothing.

Someone had mentioned to go to a stock rom, but Im not sure which one or guide to follow. :eek:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] JerryGNYC:
Well, we'll assume you're on Sprint. Now it may help to know the model of your phone and modem firmware as well. Then it may be more likely you'll get pointed in the right direction (no promises...).

HTH,

-Jerry
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] gnarlyduck:
Sprint Galaxy S4

L720VPUAMDL
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] JerryGNYC:
Take a look here for TW/MDL ROMS -

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2303917

HTH,

-Jerry
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] ciabatoni:
Need sum advice please, asap

Hey fellow sprinters, Recently I had a verizon s4 flashed to cricket, it died on my 3 days ago. Soo, I never liked the fact the I couldnt install a REAL cwm, do to the me7 bootloader being locked, and safestrap just wasnt cutting it... Now, Im about to meet with someone who lives an hour away from me to buy a Sprint model S4 to flash to cricket and have all the customizing we as android users love. However, Ive did a little research and I see there rolling out updates that lock down the bootloader and knox. I dont care about warranty and knox, I do care about a locked bootloader.. Can ANYONE please tell me what to look out for as far as..WHAT I DO NOT WANNA BUY DUE TO LOCK DOWN BLOADER OR NON-ROOT METHOD, in these cats Android version, kernal version, baseband version, build#, selinux status Thanx everyone
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] cruise350:
Sprint does not lock the bootloader so don't worry about that. Cf Autoroot worKs on all versions of the S4. You may want to stay away from the L720T triband version of the Sprint S4, don't know how well it would work on Cricket, and there aren't many mods for it yet.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] ciabatoni:
baseband

I just found out its on 4.4.2 NAE, Is that still good for ROOT, CWM, and FLASHING,
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] cruise350:
Yes, cf autoroot will root NAE and then you can flash whatever recovery you desire.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] stryfe2010:
I'm running stock rooted 4.4.2 NAE and want to do this mod to the SystemUI.apk http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2628560 so that I can change the battery format back to the way it was on 4.3 so I can use the Xposed battery themes listed on the forum. Following the tutorial doesn't look to difficult except my SystemUI.apk needs to be deodexed and mine is odexed. Is there a windows app the will convert the apk to deodexed so I can decompile it then convert it back to odexed after I recompile it?

TIA
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] ciabatoni:
God works in mysterious ways...

Ok, so this gs4 I was suppose to get for $150 an hour away from me, it turns out I drive an hour to him and he doesnt answer my calls or texts...I dont know why, he was young, and I can only assume that I came on to aggressive. ONLY, bc I wanted to know the build ver. baseband, if they matched. Basically everything besides the esn, So he didnt feel I was trying to scam him. Anyway, he couldnt really tell me anything. I do think I made him nervous... So Im headed home broken hearted, lol. And I try this other guy a mile from my house and what do u know, he sold. I got it for $190 perfect 10 in condition, I guess a 9 bc it was used, Anyway, its on 4.3 MK2, and already rooted and CWM'dded. Now I just need to flash it to cricket which im doing now...

There is one problem Ive encountered. he factory reset it, which is fine, however, I went to add my google account and it wont allow me to sign on, I tried over wifi, But from what I read it seems like I have to sign in over data connection and not wifi, But I dont see why, I never had to on any other devices. Anyone have an opinion???

COULDN"T SIGN IN Cant establish a reliable connection to the server,,,, This could be a temporary problem or your android device may not be provisisioned for data services. If it continues, Call customer Care...ANY THOUGHTS, Thanx
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] JerryGNYC:
[MENTION=4773184]ciabatoni[/MENTION] - I never had a problem with any of my HTC or Asus devices signing into Google over WiFi. Can you access anything on the web over WiFi?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] gnarlyduck:
Well, I tried the phoenix , but got aborted error with clockwork recovery.The original thread shows that CWM is used for recovery...

It doesnt even give an error, it just says aborted. Any idea? Installing from my sdcard, and it extracts fine on my pc so I dont suspect the file being an issue.

I'll have to wait to download another rom meanwhile (my isp sucks, im limited on bandwidth).
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Samsungmobile:
Anyone know where I can find the stock Samsung S-voice & Calendar apk?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] ciabatoni:
sure can

[MENTION=2696307]JerryGNYC[/MENTION] Yes I can... But since you mentioned it I tested a few things out, And I can search with google search bar on homepage, I can also use the stock google chrome app, and I didnt have to sign in...HOWEVER, I also tried the internet browser app Icon and it brought me right to sprints homepage asking me to sign in. Mind you, I dont have an account with them, but the guys email and phone number are still in the about phone info, So When it said log in, It said to use the phone number so I used his number thats still active, but currently on his upgrade which was a iphone 5... So, that brings me back to what I was wondering earlier, if Google wouldn't allow me to add my email bc maybe his info is still linked to the phone somehow...

I did a ESN check, and the phone says NOT blacklisted, NOT reported lost or stolen, and READY for activation... So Im assuming on sprints side the phone is not linked to his account still, but on the phone side it may be,lmao, Does that make any sense, hehe... Im about to flash to cricket now, Ive been doing a lot of research, maybe u can help with this, or any1...He said he did a factory reset, but usually whenever I did a reset on any phone, there wasnt a shred of my info left behing, Like there is of his... Now, If I do a factory reset, or hard reset, Will the root and custom recovery still be on the device, or will I have to redo all of that? Thanx
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] JerryGNYC:
Try using Philz Touch recovery (a version of CWM). I'm still stock and haven't tried it, but it's gotten great recommendations.

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You should be able to extract them from a stock TW ROM's zip file.

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@ciabatoni - I'm new to Samsung and have only factory reset HTC devices. I do find it odd that that info is left. Have you tried a factory reset from recovery? FWIW, the sign-in to Sprint via the browser is a Sprint thing and normal. I'd sign in to Google via Settings/Accounts/Add account. Try that and see if it works.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] cruise350:
Don't know why your google sign in isn't working. Are you sure you are using your correct password? I have 3 different Google accounts and can log into all 3, I also sign into my Google account on my wife's phone all the time. As far as a factory reset, it doesn't delete everything. It usually ignores the data\media partition.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] ciabatoni:
tried

Yeah I tried everything mention, I even tried to add account as a new user, with multiple names but it always said that name is taken. And I know it couldnt have been, bc its my full name, so to be sure I used my pc browser and the accounts I was trying to sign in with and create a new one as well, All worked... Ive been at this for a while as far as android, I never faced a problem I couldnt conquer myself, or with deep web searches... However, I didnt try a factory/hard reset via recovery or just regular thru settings/accounts/backup/reset... I havent attempted either one myself bc I didnt wanna lose root or cwm, but what the hell, im gonna do it. Its not like it takes long to get back to that state with the phone...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] cruise350:
If I were you I would factory reset and then install the NAE stock tar file through odin to bring your phone up to the current software version. Also try the reset dialer code, I think it is ##73738#. That should remove the past owners info. Verify that dialer code first, I've never used it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] eheilner:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2360026

##73738# will revert an unlock and re-lock the phone to sprint. It scrtn
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] ciabatoni:
No luck

I did that factory reset, but no luck with removing info as in settings/more/about phone/status/ Username, my phone #, and MIN, I understand the number and min should change with my info after flash... After further snooping I see the device is definitely rooted, but when I put it in recovery mode, its the stock recovery... Im thinking this stuff may change with the flash...Also the dialer code did not work...I still have to search stuff out before I feel comfortable trying to flash, verizon s4 was no prob, but something feels off here... Anyway, Im off to work now, 2-7pm shift, I'll check back when I get off. When I do attempt flash, Ill be going off the cricketusers info for the s3, Does any1 kno a better tutorial,/walkthrough thats s4 specific??? Thanx a lot fr everyones help. You guys are great....Heres link to tutorial Ill be using and used for my VZW S4 flash,

http://www.cricketusers.com/cdma-samsung-galaxy-s3/33485-[tutorial]-full-flash-verizon-sprint-samsung-galaxy-s3-cricket-talk-text-mms-internet.html
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] ciabatoni:
worked like a charm

[MENTION=731192]cruise350[/MENTION] Device reset

Only reset your phone if it was previously active using a different phone number (MDN).

From the home screen, tap Phone.

Dial ##72786#.

Your phone restarts.

After it restarts, your phone is ready to be used.

You've now reset your phone.

Worked like a charm to remove all previous user info, Now im getting a bunch of activation pop ups... And I still cant add google account to gain access to the market, I havent updated the baseband yet, as I wanna make sure Im not gonna have any problems, And since im running twrp 2.6.0.0 do I need the latest recovery version for kitkat 4.4?

Is there gonna be any negatives to updating to NAE, like with boot, roor, or anything in that entire...I seen u said no before, But has there been any problems at all, And if not, Im just wondering why this guy who owned it before me didnt update himself...I see on a particular BB think 4.2.2 you can dwngrade BL, that option is to late for me I assume beings im on 4.3 mk2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] exeleon:
Since developers starting putting out unified builds, is it possible to go to any s4 forum (verizon, at&t etc) and flash one of their jflte (unified) builds?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] churchey360:
Yeah lol that's what I do. I go to the nexus 5 or a newer phone and find a nice aosp Rom and see if they have a build for our device
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] exeleon:
Nice! You got any good aosp recommendations?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] churchey360:
I like aicp it's pretty nice good on battery too
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] dewrust:
If you are referring to philz CWM recovery he is only updating the unified build that work on all versions

I can't see the harm if they state it is a unified build but you should proceed with caution and do your research and ask questions before doing anything that you might regret
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] cbraiders:
Is it safe?

Downloaded sacs rom directly to my phone. I was in a strong 4G area. At home I'm lucky to get moderate 3g. Am I OK to flash since I didn't download to my pc?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] 440Magnum:
sph-l720 4.4.2 Gummy dropping mobile network

Hi. My first time rooting my S4 (new phone) Rooted fine, using Philz touch and Gummy ROM. All worked great other than it showing a kernel flag on boot. Woke up to find I had no mobile connection. It would flash a LTE connection on startup and drop it instantly. Reflashed ROM and was able to get to a 3g connection at least.

Only really after Wi-Fi tethering and don't plan on playing with a bunch of ROMs and such (though nice that I can), so am cool with a stock like ROM if that's the easy fix to my issue. Not stuck on using Gummy.

Model: SPH-L720

Android: 4.4.2

CWM Recovery: Philz Touch

Gummy ROM vers.: Gummy-1.1-11-21-13 unofficial

Kernel: 3.460-Elite-Kernel-ga7194cb

Baseband: L720TVPUBNAF

Hope I didn't miss anything. Appreciate any help as well as the work done here!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] exeleon:
From the looks of your baseband you most likely have the new tri-band s4 (SPH-L720T). Your model number doesn't reflect this because you flashed a ROM developed for the L720. I've read some roms work for both variants, but I def would do some research. Just as a side note, Gummy's WiFi tether has been broken for around a month
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] cbraiders:
No mobile data sacs rom 4.4.2

Flashed nae modem tar 1st. Flashed rom successfully. Wifi works. Mobile data doesn't. In about device, baseband unknown. Suggestions?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] leaderbuilder:
You probably flashed ROM with something OTHER than the CWM version recommended. Use the CWM in the OP.

And before you say you used TWRP becaus......, I don't care - the thread (if you read through it) is littered with people who had problems using it, and success with the CWM version listed.