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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] semifast:
I'm looking for some guidance on stock firmware versions. I'm vaguely aware that some versions have changes that make rooting and/or using custom recovery set some Warranty Void setting, have someway of counting how many times its been rooted ?, some other possible irreversible stuff.

Is this the case ? If it is, is there an older version that doesn't do this ?

Here is my goal. I want to be able to root, mainly because I want to use my Sprint S4 on Pageplus which means it has to be flashed, which I think requires rooting.

But, I want to be able to turn it back into a completely stock Sprint phone in case I decide to sell it to someone who wants a stock Sprint S4.

I care more about those two things more than I care about customizing, or getting the latest firmware. Although if I could do those things too and still get back to stock, not "custom", that would be nice.

So is there a version of stock firmware I should stick with ? I mean MDC, MF9, etc.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] churchey360:
Any news on when the sprint s4 will be receiving 4.3?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] svicenty:
Just got my s4 been searching for a stable rom for the last 2 weeks but couldn't find one I think I read all of them on xda but they all seem to have something wrong with them need a stable rom with everything working, can anybody recommend a stable rom
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] churchey360:
Ive been using negalite its pretty nice and has an aroma installer with it :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] svicenty:
Thanks for info
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] churchey360:
Just make sure that you choose the safe wipe in the aroma installer or you can put your phone in a bootloop.

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Its one of the first questions itll ask you
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] svicenty:
Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Jocelyn:
When is the tri band LTE S4 (SPH-L720T) going to be released? :)

Link - http://s4gru.com/index.php?/blog/1/entry-356-teaser-samsung-galaxy-s4-2-3/
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] churchey360:
For some reason my stock browser always freezes on me. The page will load and ill scroll half way down and it freezes on every page every time. i can't even use it any more any help?

Welcome~to~the~new~age
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Jocelyn:
Sprint's going to launch an S4 with tri band LTE. I have a feeling they won't even mention selling a different device, especially because the internals will be the same as the original S4 sans LTE capabilities.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] AndroidUzer:
Difference between forum sections?

Hello all,

I don't have my S4 yet still using my old Gnex but I have been lurking.

I'm just about ready to pull the trigger on an S4...

My question is what is the difference between the two sections listed below?

Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development

&

Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Development

Nevermind, I figured it out...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] RogSeve:
GS4 problems

So I was trying to make my S4 SPH-L720 go back to complete stock everything. But when put it in odin mode and tried to make it stock it does not work. In odin mode in the top left corner it says, Model name:SPH-L720, Current Binary: Samsung official, System status: Custom, CSB-Config-LSB: 0x30. How do i get system status to be official or if someone could help me with at least getting my phone to boot up, because when i try it says Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again...but Kies does not recognize my phone so i dont know what to do.

-SPRINT S4 SPH-L720
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] leaderbuilder:
It looks like you tried to Odin the wrong .tar - from another S4 and not the Sprint variant.

Where did you get the tar file from?

Did you use one of rwilco12's one-clicks? If not you should at least try that. Grab the full restore (unrooted) and put the phone into download mode. and run that (make sure if you are using Win7 or Win8 to 'run as administrator' too).

Do a search and you will find it easily here.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] RogSeve:
I did not try that I will have to try that.

And i got the stock firmware from galaxys4root.c0m under my sprint varient SPH-L720 but still seems not to work i dont know what i am doing wrong?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] churchey360:
Definitely try the mf9-stock-factory-restore from rwilcos website and let me know if everything works fine. I wanna turn my phone back to stock when 4.3 update comes out and i wanna know if this will work i already have it downloaded i just haven't tried it yet. Lol

Welcome~to~the~new~age
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] RogSeve:
ok i am still downloading it at the moment still has an hour left it says i will update whether it worked or not in an hour or so.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] churchey360:
Ok thanks alot.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] RogSeve:
Might be a little longer now it had a download error so i have to restart
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] leaderbuilder:
Yes it will take you to stock; ROM, recovery, kernel and modem. Wiping/reseting all partitions.

Here is how I got to bone stock after having issues with at few new S4's.

rwilco12 has since created the super easy 'one-clicks' to all you have to do is just them. But essentially the same thing.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] RogSeve:
When downloading Rwilco12's I keep getting download error...any idea on what to do now?

SPH-L720
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] churchey360:
Are you using your computer to download it?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] RogSeve:
Yes i am using my computer to download this file its currently %70 downloaded but then towards the very end i get an download error.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] churchey360:
Yeah it does that on my computer too but my computer sucks lol. I just downloaded it on my phone then transfer it to my computer.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] RogSeve:
Yeah well i really cant do that since my phone wont turn on. But could you explain how i would transfer that file to my computer through downloading it on a phone first instead because i could just use my old phone to do that then right?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] churchey360:
Yeah as long as the computer can recognize the device. Just plug the phone into the computer and copy and paste from the phones storage to the computer. Thats all lol.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] RogSeve:
About how long did that take to download on your phone?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] churchey360:
Alot faster than when i was trying on my computer lol but my computer is sooo slow. But idk i would say like an hour at the most.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] RogSeve:
Never mind it finally downloaded correctly i just have to extract it then i will run it and let you guys know if it works!!

Wish me luck ha

SPH-L720
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] churchey360:
Sweet lol good luck!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] RogSeve:
I ran the SPH-L720 Mf9 stock recovery form rwilco12's one clicks and it says pass buy the system status still says custom and it will not boot up still? any idea on what i should do or am i pretty much screwed? I can still put it into odin mode.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] churchey360:
Did you flash it in the pda section with odin?

Welcome~To~The~New~Age
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] RogSeve:
There in no pda section in the rwilco12 one-click its just a odin version of stock mf9 firmware already built into the odin so all you do is press start and its suppose to do it for you...but it does it and says pass but at the end my phone is still in the same spot it was before.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] churchey360:
Download odin 1.85 then open it and click pda and search for the mf9 download and try to flash it that way.

Welcome~To~The~New~Age
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] RogSeve:
the mf9 is in the whole package its attactched to the odin that was downloaded with the package so there is no seperate mf9 file and ive downloaded other mf9.tar recoveries and flashed through pda and thats when i get complete write failure so im not sure how i would do what youre saying..im not very good with all of this so maybe i just dont really know what to do ha..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] churchey360:
http://www.rwilco12.com/downloads.p...PH-L720)/Stock ROMs/MF9/Full Restore/Unrooted

Welcome~To~The~New~Age

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Can you go to that link and tell me if that is what you downloaded

Welcome~To~The~New~Age
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] RogSeve:
Yes thats what i downloaded
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] churchey360:
Then idk what else to do sorry.

Welcome~To~The~New~Age
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] RogSeve:
Thanks for all the help, i just must have really messed up my phone..cause even after the stock recovery passes it still says system status is custom. But whatever ill just have to get a new phone
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] leaderbuilder:
Well if you're going to take it back try this.

Use the one-click (or tar in Odin) from here to get back to stock rooted MDC.

Then install Triangle Away to clear the 'custom/counter'.

Then if you want you can take the OTA update to MF9 or just take it back.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] RogSeve:
Never mind it finally worked after running it a few times, it finally booted up anything else i should do after all of that or is it all good now?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] leaderbuilder:
Should be all good.

If your on stock non rooted you can take it back. IF you want or need to.

But if your on stock MF9 now and all is working you can simply just use CF-Autoroot to root it and leave it as stock rooted for a while. Or jump right back in and then download goomanager, install a custom recovery and flash away - though I'd suggest spending a little time reading throug all the threads first.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] churchey360:
Thats awsome!!! Lol you should be good tho just go to about device in your settings and make sure everything is on mf9. I would even do all the system updates too then reboot your phone to save it.

Welcome~To~The~New~Age
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] RogSeve:
Yes thanks i do not want that happening again!!! ha thanks for all the help

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Yes i will def do so glad it finally worked i was about to freak! haha
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] RuckusDecay:
Okay so I have a question. Im not a Samsung kind of guy but a buddy of mine is. He has a s4 Sprint of course. I use chains CF-Autoroot on a stock MF9 so its basically a stock rooted MF9. Question is can I updated regular so it updates all, like the firmware and what not and then 're-rooted or just wait till a new root is out for the new update that's coming out. It's a little different than HTC of course maybe some experience Samsung guys could lend a hand here. Thanks guys in advance.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] leaderbuilder:
If ALL you do is root (and

not

add a custom recovery or kernel) you should be able to take the OTA.

HOWEVER if you do take the update you will lose root.

I'd recommend you just wait till the next update is out and rooted by the awesome devs and contributors here.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] RuckusDecay:
Alright awesome thanks man. Will wait, usually doesn't take that long when you guys have great devs on this phone.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] chris-allen:
Can i stop system apps from re-downloading themselfs afyer i root uninstall them????
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] leaderbuilder:
Go into the playstore settings and go to Auto-update apps, click on that and then click on do not autoupdate
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] chris-allen:
Makes sence.....i deleted all the bloat, but it seems to download itself moments after i delete it... :(
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] rferrier:
Pac-man ROM nightly 10-15-2013 file?

What a great thread! Thank you.

I am running the Pac-man rom nightly 9-13. It works great but I really want the new active notifications that are in pac-man rom 10-15 and later. Everyone seems to agree that the 10-15 build was pretty stable and good for a daily driver but the only issue is that I can't find a single place to download it. Everything else I have tried that is later than 10-15 is too buggy for a daily driver. I have searched google and I can't find a single place to down load this rom version. I also don't have a verified account so I can't post for a link on the forum page.

Does anyone have this ROM file and can post it somewhere for me or maybe even find it somewhere I couldn't find? OR perhaps some one can post on the developers forum page and ask for the link there because I know a bunch of those guys have it and are using it.

I really appreciate the help.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] churchey360:
I have 10-18 but ill look for 10-15 for you.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] rferrier:
Thank you SO much. Have you experienced any system UI force closes with 10-18?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] churchey360:
I only flashed it because i was stuck in a bootloop lol. It worked fine just the swipe feature on the keyboard would cause a foreclose but you could just use SwiftKey its better anyway.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] churchey360:
If you didnt see the link that was posted in the other forum its right here https://www.dropbox.com/s/bt7lgsyk6lrmqmz/pac_jfltespr-nightly-20131015.zip
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] rferrier:
That is it!!! Thank you so much! I can't wait to give this one a try!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] ObrienDave:
Neither does anyone else who is using the mod ;)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] FlyHighCrue:
So then I don't need to worry about my data plan?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] jbb2388:
I have a newly rooted Sprint GS4 which I updated to MF9 before rooting. I used Odin 1.85 to root it. I am now looking to install a custom recovery and kernel and eventually experiment with some different ROMs. I decided to go with the PHILZ Touch CWM based recovery and flashed the correct tar.md5 file based on his instructions listed here... http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=39433857&postcount=4. However, I am running into the issues that he addresses regarding the phone auto-rebooting back into the main system and not into the newly installed recovery. I did as he said and un-checked the "auto reboot" option and tried again a couple times. Once it seemed to get stuck on the downloading screen when i unplugged the device after successful install via Odin, then I tried the same leaving the phone plugged into the computer and it seemed to get stuck on the battery charging logo. I am deftly afraid of bricking this thing so I was hoping someone who's done this can explain exactly which step I am missing. Thanks very much and thanks for the noob thread. :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] ObrienDave:
Well, let's put it this way.

If your average data usage per month is, say, 2GB, and then, by enabling the hot spot mod, your usage goes up to 25GB per month, that would tend to raise a few eyebrows at Sprint.

Sprint has been known to disable accounts for excessive data usage.

They say their plans are "unlimited".

I was charged once for going over 5GB in a month using an aircard.

Cost me $127 extra for 6.27GB that month.

I don't believe the "unlimited" part.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] lymkb3:
Is there a way to pair my gs4 to my ps3 control to play games on it but without having to hardwire it? I am rooted already and the only methods I have been able to find require them to be wired to each other but i don't want to buy the cable for it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] joe.stay:
Is it possible to send picture text (MMS) through wifi only and not through the sprint network?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Salil999:
I think this should be a spate thread, but...

If the only methods you find require a cable, then I suggest you buy a cable. I have a PS3, and it's difficult to mess around with it because everything is locked... unless you're jail-broken.

Sent from my SPH-L720
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Salil999:
All MMS messages must go through the sprint network. I've never heard of them going through Wi-Fi.

Sent from my SPH-L720
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Salil999:
I've never used the touch recovery. If you're new to android, I'd suggest you get ROMManager and install CWM from there.

But specifically for your question, I don't have an answer, sorry. Try and post the issue on the PHILZ Touch Recovery thread you linked.

Sent from my SPH-L720
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] joe.stay:
If someone sends me an MMS and I have my network data off, what would happen? I'm traveling and don't want data roaming charges.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Salil999:
I believe then you just don't receive the mms then. But if you haven't already traveled yet, try it out before you do. But I think since the network data is off, you can't receive any mms because they must go through the network's data. Regular text messages your can still receive though, because those don't require data.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] ObrienDave:
Pay the extra 5 bucks a month for no roaming charges
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] GiantJay:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dancingpixelstudios.sixaxiscontroller

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Just turn on airplane mode until you get to where you are going.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] rdfelix28:
newly rooted galaxy s4 on mf9

I just rooted my phone and recently it's been running really hot but I haven't flashed any roms on it yet, could that be why?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] GiantJay:
If all you did was root it. No. All rooting does is give you permissions on your phone that you didn't have before. That's it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] HPferoxCraft:
Can you reinstall individual apps from a nandroid backup after installing a custom mod? Or what's the best way of doing this, I really don't want to re-download them as all from the play store.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] malybru:
Hi,

Yes.

Look HERE

:)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] rdfelix28:
Is there any reason for it running hotter than its supposed to be,?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] GiantJay:
Poor signal. High usage. Long time usage. A rogue app running in the background. Any of these are culprits.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] maduncan1:
error in MF9 update

Where to start? Sprint GS4 rooted running Forcerom + hotspot mod MDL

accidentally hit install for the MF9 update from sprint, install seemed ok but discovered wifi would not turn on then got error, Prevention information,

in build number MF9 but in baseband version still running MDL

also very limited memory 518MB

Hope someone can help,
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] leaderbuilder:
What did you use to delete the stuff? Titanium is the easiest (and best IMHO).

Also there is an app called Sprint Installer that starts at startup and then downloads crap.

You can use TB to Freeze apps like the installer and Sprint Zone 1st then if all works delete them.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] 0igo:
Please Help: Can I use Sprint Phone on T-Mobile?

I know about the cdma and gsm differences but I heard of people unlocking Sprint phones that have sim cards like HTC One, Iphone 4s or 5, Samsung Galaxy S 4 over to T-Mobile. Is this possible? please help i have been looking for links all over but cannot find any. thanks guys.

-One Love
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] leaderbuilder:
Uh, what about this?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] sdpluth:
I have been running CM nighties for a while and have a weird data issue but I can't post on the CM thread.

I lose my 3G connectivity when I am in range of a Wi-Fi I have previously connected to even if I don't log into it. We have tons of Wi-Fi connections at my work that require logins so I am constantly losing data unless I turn off Wi-Fi.

If this was TW I would blame the connection optimizer. Does CM also try to manage your connection? How can I prevent it?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] J5037:
Slim Bean Rom help

I was wondering if any body knows whether USB debugging can be enabled in the slim bean rom? I cant seem to find it anywhere in the settings where it normally is for other roms.

EDIT: Never mind, i figured it out.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Howie713:
No Hotspot

I have the Galaxy S4 it is through a company called Flash Wireless which runs off the Sprint network. They have removed the hotspot icon completely. I thought my installing a custom ROM it would put it back on there but it didn't. So Currently I have the TriForce 3.1 Custom Rom installed. I have installed other hotspot icons from google apps but when I try to use them it says its not supported. HELP!!

Phone Info

Software Version

L720VPUAMF9

Hardware Version

L720.08

Model Number

SPH-L720

Android Version

4.2.2

Baseband Version

L720VPUAMF9

Kernal Version

3.4.49_AGAT_GS4_v0.4.0+

Build Number

TriForceROM 3.1

SELinux Status

Permissive

Thanks in advance.

Chris
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] jj14:
If you want to use it on T-mo in the US, no. It is not possible.

You can get your phone unlocked by Sprint to use when you are traveling overseas with SIMs local to that country.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] wr3ck3dm1nd:
I have a Sprint Galaxy S4 (SPH L720) laying around (not active on any network) I was wondering which Sprint MVNO's currently support the SGS4. I am currently running a galaxy s3 with Ting, but I'm getting sick and tired of waiting for them to support the S4. Looking for responses from people who have first had experience with activating the S4 on a sprint mvno, not speculation. Thank you.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] bobwonderful:
I just recently moved to Ting as well with my Samsung SII Epic 4G Touch. I bought un-activated S4 but didn't know that the S4 is on the not on their white list. So I tried recently to clone my S4 to the SII ESN. However I couldn't change the IMEI on the S4, so I'm assuming that's preventing me from truly cloning the phone to work with Ting. I'm using CDMA Tool DFS. I've already tried the unlock the SIM card, though I don't think that's going to prevent anything, as that is for international GSM network unlock, right?

Anyone with more input on this would be great! Thanks!