yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Goat1378:
You need to be able to boot into your phone to install exposed. You have 2 options to get your phone working.

1. Download the full stock tar and use odin to install. This will reset your phone to stock. The key here is to know which tar file to download. What software were you on? If it was 4.3 aka MJA, then you need to make sure you install that tar. If you were on 4.2.2 then install MF9.

2. Odin a recovery like TWRP or Philz to your phone and install one of the many stock or custom roms available in the development section.

The reason why this occurred in the first place is you downloaded the wrong version of the hot-spot mod. Next time make sure you know what software you are on before installing a mod.

Hey I got a noob question. I recently hard bricked my s4 and got another s4. Long story... Anyway I put my sd card in my new unrooted s4 goo manager popped up if I install open script recovery will it still work? And if so could I just install a rom that has supersu with it would it root it? Or is this a long shot this would work like I think it should?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] dewrust:
All sprint firmwares can be found

[FIRMWARE][ODIN] All Sprint Firmwares {12/8/13}

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

[FIRMWARE][ODIN] All Sprint Firmwares {12/8/13}
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Danster840:
Deodex Wallet NFC Secure element fix for MK2?

Hi guys,

I was just wondering if there's some flash-able fix or set of instructions that you may know of, that will produce the same type of fix that many AT&T S4s are using on XDA, to fool the Secure Element on Deodexed roms to always return a value of True so the Element wont brick on Sprint S4s. I've confirmed that when i use Warboys MK2 Odexed my wallet works fine, so does the tap and pay element, but the moment i move to a deodexed rom, such as the fresh stock mk2 deodexed from [MENTION=1274198]rawintellect[/MENTION] it gives me the secure element 1 error which means it detects a tampering of the xml i think?

I'm also open to links of fixes that you guys know would work on an MK2 with newest wallet!

TY for listening community!

-Dan

P.S. here's an example thread

[MOD] i9505g 4.2.2/4.3 Google Wallet Fix + Nfc Secure Element fix even with deodex

[MOD] Google Wallet NFC fix (TW 4.3, wallet 2.0+) <-- this has that 'true' fix but for the S3. I know I'm in over my head beyond just data mining for leads. Any help out there? :oP
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] rawintellect:
Give this a try on my ROM.

Google Wallet Fix.zip

It flashed fine and to be honest when I Downloaded Google wallet and installed it I saw no error before this fix. I don't use Google Wallet so I have no real way of testing this. I modified the NfcNci.apk so it will always return a Boolean "true". It should work. I await your feedback. Either here, in PMs or in my thread.

Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Danster840:
Hey thanks for incredibly fast reply, though I am sad to report that my tap and pay setup still says failed. Still get the NFC secure element error 1 in my app settings. You may not see an error until you click on the setup your tap and pay card and go through the two slides right after the click.

Do you think I may need that special modified wallet that's floating on one of the posts?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] rawintellect:
Probably. The code looked the same though when I looked at it so maybe someone found a different way to fix the app? I'll give it another shot. There's another way I can do this.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Danster840:
I deeply appreciate all your efforts on this! If you can't get it easily don't worry too much. I can learn to be okay with not having tap n pay in return for da smoothness that is your rom! But don't let me stop you either if you find this to be a personal challenge lol. I'll be patiently waiting hehe.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] rawintellect:
Ok try this one:

Google Wallet Fix_v01.zip

I was able to go all the way through the "setup your tap and pay" slides with no error. Well it DID time out the first time but I saw no NFC insecure warning.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Danster840:
My friend it seems to have worked! About app screen shows NFC ready, tap and pay says setup went through fine!

Again, I appreciate your efforts on this especially such a fast turnaround and time invested.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] rawintellect:
Not a problem my friend! My ADHD kicked in. It bugged me that it was bugged. I'll add this to my next release of my ROM.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] sam151959:
I am on 4.22 rooted custom ROM how do I stop 4.3 Systems update from downloading. 4.3 update downloads on my phone 3 times per week need to stop it can anyone help thanks in advance
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] BIGSAMDA1ST:
One way is to long press on the notification then press app info and uncheck the show notification box..

GS4 Stock Rooted MJA 4.3,Philz Touch CWM,HotSpot Mod,Transparent Weather Widget...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] sam151959:
Thanks I have tried that but I still get the download. would not care but it is 1/2gig and it downloads 3 times a week without asking
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Goat1378:
Will this rid me of Knox?

Hello friends i came across this post in my travels since i just got a new updated Sprint s4 with Knox and wanna get rid of it. As most of you was smart enough to not get stuck with this problem. But for some of us this sucks. Im full stock MK2 with Knox and wanna re-root and rom my phone but don't know if i can. So here i am and found this post http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2572000 Has anyone tried this and has it worked? Does it mess up your phone? Whats the deal? Some feedback would be great . Thank you!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] dewrust:
There is no way of removing Knox because it is in the new bootloader with no way of going back to mf9s bootloader

You can still do anything you wanted but if something happens to break and Knox is tripped(flashing trips it) you will get no help from the warranty service
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Goat1378:
But if you can find all the files and delete them. Theres got to be a way.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Wolgast1:
You are too nice, I was on the forum for my phone, and I understand my phone is kinda old. so I started reading, and replying when I can actually relate my situation.. I just got my Samsung Captivate and I realized I was reading / replying to a thread that was 2years old. I am a noobie and I didnt realize that I already annoy other users. One of the users sent me a private message to stop and quit posting on those forums that are old. He also asked me to stop digging. I felt welcome here though! thanks!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] envioussob:
My wife's S4 is wanting to download the OTA, but she is rooted and I don't want to lose root. The only reason she is rooted is for camera in call and wifi hotspot. Can I get these features back if she takes the update?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Foulwx:
Is there any way to totally wipe the internal sdcard to get rid of all the folders left over from previous installs? I'd like to start from scratch with MK2 just like out of the box. I've tried ODINing the MJA tar, using Philz recovery to clean to install a new ROM, and several other methods. On the S2 and early versions on the S4 I could use a one-click that would wipe everything off. No such luck so far. Thanks in advance.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] churchey360:
I'm completely stock now and i have some folders in my internal storage that I wanna delete from some custom roms i used but it says that they are write protected
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] exeleon:
Have you tried, in philz - mounts and storage> format /data and /data/media (/sdcard) ? I do this along side some other stuff before flashing roms on occasion and notice no folders or data from previous installs.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Foulwx:
Crap, I'm on MK2, and now I've tried to ODIN Philz or OUHDS recovery, and they're not sticking. I want to try your suggestion and now I can't even install a recovery. My Nexus 7 is so simple and everything works so easy....this is getting frustrating.

Edit: OK, I used CFAutoRoot to root before using ODIN to add the custom recovery. All is well again.

BTW, where can I get a full MK2 tar?

Thanks l
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] exeleon:
If you odin'd the mk2 factory tar then you have to root again search for a safe method. If you already have root, try installing cwm via the ROM manager app.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] jennifer2181:
How to unlock galaxy s4 sprint

Hi, I have my galaxy s4 from sprint running on 4.3 MJA version, I would like to know if it can be gsm unlock to use it internationally, please I would appreciate some help!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] leaderbuilder:
Just a little searching is required to find this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=44867162
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] egomaster:
basic help

I'm a noob to the s4. Just picked it up. I have stock 4.3 mk2. I want to root and use philz recovery and rwaintellects http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=2567353 rom. Could someone give me a quick guide to root and install both. Before someone says read. I have been reading guides and threads for four hours and just want to be safe. I accept all help and comments. Thanks

After more reading and searching I think I have found the path to my question

odin: cf-autoroot

odin: philz

philz: rom

Is this correct? again any help is useful.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] leaderbuilder:
YEP that's all there is to it!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] egomaster:
Thank you
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] jennifer2181:
Unlocking galaxy s4 sprint

Thanks, but I did the reaserch and I unlock my phone when it was on 4.2.2 MDL, I could use it for calls but not for data, however when I actualized it to 4.3 MJA it locks again, now I need to know if it could be unlock with my actual settings..... Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] epi4gtn:
TWRP folder showed up on my SDcard out of nowhere?

Hi guys,

I have a folder named "TWRP" on my external SD card, and I'm fully stock, never rooted, and didn't install the TeamWin recovery, I'm wondering where the the folder came from? I never ran a back up (not that you can from the stock recover, but just saying)., and the card was empty until about an hour ago when I put it in the phone. I ran SMS Backup+Restore along with MyBackup to save data onto the external card, but those are under \SMSBackUpRestore and \rerware respectively.

I found it after removing the SD card and putting it into my PC, the path is:

TWRP\BACKUPS\501e4da6\1970-01-01--14-43-40

It has your standard recovery files in the lowest folder, "boot.emmc.win" data.ext4.win and system.ext4.win along with the md5 files for them.

I've never run a back up before and can't figure out why the folder showed up. Even stranger, the files have no Date attributes, no modified, created, moved dates can be seen from the files.

I did boot into the stock recovery once, but that was without an external SD in the phone.

Any insights? Thanks!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] dewrust:
Have you ever used the external sdcard with another phone that was rooted with twrp?

If not it is very strange
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Goat1378:
I got a dumb question. I tried to flash custom recovery before rooting and it didn't take. If I root will it mess my phone up? Im on mk2 with knox.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] dewrust:
If you use Odin you should be able to flash a custom recovery.. You can't use goo manager or ROM manager without root
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Goat1378:
I don't know about that I used Heimdall watched iran's download and it didn't take. Still on stock recovery . Im wondering if I root now with that flashed what would happen
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Goat1378:
Ok theres one for whoever....

I had an S4 with mf9 boot loader and firmware rooted and rom the whole deal. I had back ups with philz on Sd card. I hard Bricked the s4 got a new 1 which now I'm on mk2 with knox Rooted / Rom / Philz. My question is can i use my old saved back ups?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] rrbailey89:
If I flash mk2 firmware from unknownforce thread using Odin my baseband in about section should change correct?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] dannyconnected:
ROMs and Sprint MVNOs?

Hello. I've been trying out different ROMs for my Galaxy S4 and I really like a few of them. However some of them I can't seem to get data to work on.

Is there a way to do a carrier reset in custom roms? (I have trouble with OmniROM and recent versions of WondaROM but I have data just fine with TriForceROM)

Would a carrier reset fix my no data problem? Is there a way to manually force a PRL/Profile update with an original development ROM or a way to flash/patch PRL?

Thanks for any input. :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] dewrust:
Triforce has only minor tweaks but is mostly a stock ROM that the dev is making for himself and sharing

I don't have experience with the other ROMs

Are you sure the current builds that you installed have data coverage supported?

If they do you should post in the ROM thread and see if the dev or support team have a fix
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] frenchel:
[MENTION=4354678]Foulwx[/MENTION] yes u can flash the latest twrp and format tje internal storage but make sure u backup all your info because when its gone u can't get it back

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I'm completely stock now and i have some folders in my internal storage that I wanna delete from some custom roms i used but it says that they are write protected

Just flash the latest twrp and do a full system wipe or format

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You can just powerdown and put phone and download mood and use odin to flash back to stock unroot
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] dewrust:
It did for me I'm on mf9 bootloader but mk2 modem :)

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You might be able to restore data with wiping cache and davik cache

If that does not work they are worthless

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I dont have experience with heimdall so I can't comment on it sticking but rooting should have no effect on what recovery you have
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Brainfeederz:
Unlocking phone for domestic use

I'm on stock mk2 how can i unlock my gs4 for use on t mobile ?

i try using odin to flash to mdc modem but get FAIL all the time
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Bugherder:
1st time root have no clue what i am doing

been reading for the last two hrs, still not sure what information to give exactly so bear with me. i have a sprint SPH-L720 running 4.3 MK2 hardware version is L720.08 kernal version is 3.4.0-1927016 se.infra@R0301-10#1 sat Nov 16 11:05:09 KST 2013 i want to root my phone so i can use it as a hotspot for my house i have 4glte at home but not internet so this would be awesome. i believe that this device has knox but i can't figure out a safe method for root any advice is helpful at this point, ideally i want to backup what i have currently and proceed from there
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Foulwx:
Does anyone have a link to a high speed MK2 tar you don't have to sign up for? My attempts at a slow speed connection keep failing.

Thanks, and happy holidays to everyone!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] dewrust:
Check my signature
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] leaderbuilder:
Use CF-Autoroot to get root.

Download GooManager and then go to the menu and "install openrecoveryscript"

Then grab the mk2 hotspot mod from here (use Odex if you are on stock rooted!) and flash in recovery.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Nuenjin:
Hey fellas, I've got MF9 and I'm going to try to update without losing the bootloader. It seems straightforward but when I want to go back to stock, do I use the mf9 stock tar?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Bugherder:
ok everything appeared to go well except when i was flashing the hotspot mod it said signature failed? i the hotspot says i am not subscribed to hotspot service do i want to contact sprnt and pay for it any thoughts?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] leaderbuilder:
did you flash the right one, Odexed?

Also you can copy the 2 files (services.jar & services.odex) into system/framework using root Explorer (This is a paid application but allows for mounting of system as Read/Write) and reboot.

Sinc you now have a custom recovery make a nandroid/backup first too.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Bugherder:
reflashed the hotspot mod a few times and its working great thanks

this works awesome
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] dewrust:
Updated firmware can be found in my signature

To keep mf9 bootloader(you are correct) you would have to flash stock mf9

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Step 1

If your rooted you can install xposed(install its framwork)

Step 2

And wanam(system->disable tethering provision)

Step 3

Reboot

Step 4

Profit
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] leaderbuilder:
There is a thanks button too. ;)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] btoddweber:
Lol that's funny
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] roblob:
MK2 need Signed Pit File please

I get the error

E:Failed to mount /data (Invalid Argument)​

I think i need a pit file but when i try to re-partition using the pit files ive found i get a signature error and knox ignores it.

anyone able to get me a "knox" approved pit file so i can repartition this SPH-L720?

Thank you kindly for your time.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] jamesduen:
Unusual Hotspot Mod behavior

Ok, so this is a rather interesting issue. In regards to my previous post, I no longer have the "Unable to Establish a Wireless Data Connection" message with this mod. The more interesting thing now is, occasionally when I restart my phone, it gets stuck in a boot loop. I can get unstuck from this boot loop by pulling the battery, powering up, pulling the battery again, then powering up again, all within 20 seconds.

I do have stock MF9, rooted, with FOTAkill.apk installed (this prevents the OTA update notification, I found it in another thread - in addition to renaming the OTA certs zip.)

I do not have custom recovery

I know that I do have the proper framework files installed (odex) for MF9 as I've triple checked, the download zip for MF9 (odex), and the hotspot mod does work. It is just unusual that this only happens occasionally when I restart my phone, not every time. Unfortunately though it is beginning to happen more frequently. Anyone have some insight into this? Should I re-flash stock MF9 and start over again?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] dewrust:
Sounds like an app issue

Other then that no idea try getting rid of the OTA killer for a while and see what happens

Side note:

If you want stock but no OTA there are roms that are very close to stock
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] SMcTavish83:
Samsung Galaxy Victory S 4G LTE (Virgin Mobile)

Ok long story short I wiped my stock ROM from my phone.. Samung Galaxy S Victory 4G LTE Virgin Mobile I have been trying for half a day to get answers & step-by-step instructions on how to fix my phone without success.. I have attempted to fix the issue myself again with no success. These are the steps I have taken thus far

Downloaded the following TAR

COMBINATION_L300VPALH1_L300SPRALH1_934170_REV00_us er_low_ship.tar.md5

Started ODIN 3.4

Connected Device

Started the MD5 file following results

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> COMBINATION_L300VPALH1_L300SPRALH1_934170_REV00_us er_low_ship.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/004> Odin v.3 engine (ID:4)..

<ID:0/004> File analysis..

<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/004> Initialzation..

<ID:0/004> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/004> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/004> sbl1.mbn

<ID:0/004> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/004> sbl2.mbn

<ID:0/004> sbl3.mbn

<ID:0/004> aboot.mbn

<ID:0/004> rpm.mbn

<ID:0/004> tz.mbn

<ID:0/004> boot.img

<ID:0/004> recovery.img

<ID:0/004> system.img.ext4

<ID:0/004> userdata.img.ext4

<ID:0/004>

<ID:0/004> Complete(Write) operation failed.

<ID:0/004> Added!!

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

My phone says

ODIN MODE

Product Name: SPH-L300

Custom Binary: Download Yes (1)

Current Binary: Samsung Offical

System Status: Custom

Qualcom Secureboot Enable

ODIN: Invalid ext4 image

if anyone could please help, I just want my phone back so I can call my family for Christmas.

Thank You

McTavish
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] ulremember:
Hello to all and Happy Holidays.

I took the ota a while ago. I am on SAC's

4.3. Everything is working flawlessly. I have the mk2 update hanging on my notification bar. It downloaded but I did not install. I just made a backup to my sd card thru Philz. Should I apply the mk2 update? If not, how do I get rid of it?

Thank you in advance.

Blessings

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I took the mja update. Shucks.

Blessings
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] btoddweber:
You can search in Unknownforces thread and Odin mk2..I took the update then rooted and flashed it via Odin following his instructions.

The key is to power off before download mode. Don't just reboot to DL mode from power menu. Turn it all the way off...then boot into DL mode

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=42954144

Make sure to thank him while you're there:D:D:thumbup::thumbup:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] dewrust:
Look in my signature it has unknowns work
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] leonleonleon:
Hello everyone, I am from Greece and I am waiting a sprint s4 to get this week. I will make the phone gift to my girlfriend so I am searching a stable rom that has no problem, I don't care if it is still 4.3. Just want to be very stable. Are there any suggestions?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] churchey360:
I need some help lol im completely stock right now and im using the google experience launcher and was wondering is there a way i can get the kitkat icons on my phone because the stock ones look really ugly and big on this launcher

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Try negalite rom its a blue themed stock 4.3 rom and its really stable and never gives me any problems.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] dewrust:
I use sac 4.3 which is very stable and a good community