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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] rhoadizzle:
Hi,

I just received a new s4 from Sprint after my old phone went kaput. This new one has 4.4.2 installed, and I just used CWM to root it.

Now, my issue is that native wi fi tethering will not work. When I first reboot the phone, it'll work for about 30 seconds, and then display a message that I don't have tethering in my plan and it asks me if I would like to see subscription options. From then on, when I try to activate the hotspot, it will display the same message every time without even turning the hotspot on. I verified that I had root using root checker, and I do have root access.

Is there a way around this, or has Sprint locked this down? I never had this problem when I was on Jelly bean.

Thanks in advance.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] 2WhiteWolves:
You either need a ROM that has the hotspot hacked/mod or get WiFi Tether Router from Play Store for $2.50 It works well.

Or try this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2816159
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] katodragon:
How do I block the ng2 update from downloading? I have nae root. I tried searching but everything I found doesnt seem to work.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] 2WhiteWolves:
Long press on the notification, clear cache and uncheck notification.

Then get Rom Toolbox lite from Play Store, Grant root permission, go into App Manager look for Security Policy Update short push then Freeze it. That should stop it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] rsngfrce:
IF it hasn't already downloaded, it may be fwupdate.apk that you need to delete or freeze, but I don't seem to be able to find that on my phone and I would have at least kept a Titanium Backup of it. I have frozen Sprint Installer, and I believe that prevents system updates from downloading. IF it has already downloaded, deleting or freezing these will not stop the notifications to update...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] katodragon:
Will try. I have tried everything else. Thank you!

Well the update came back. I deleted zip ftom cache like 20 times.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] rsngfrce:
As much as I find it difficult to believe that formatting the SD card could fix this issue, I DID read a thread either here or elsewhere that recommended a user to format the SD card to Fat32 ON THE PHONE, NOT ON A COMPUTER, and the user reported that this SOLVED the problem. SO... if your card is NOT formatted in Fat32 and if you can format it to Fat32 on the phone, that appears to be worth a try!

I'll also just throw in this very good link about SD cards (though no longer active): [GUIDE] [INFO] All about SD CARDS - which one, why and how! Posts 1-3.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] dewrust:
Have you tried the app "folder mount" root?

I had an issue a while ago with sac's rom and I just had to run the app and it found an issue and fixed it.. uninstalled after
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] shallmrt:
I have a Sprint SPH L720 running 4.4.2 with the newest update that hit in August. I haven't kept up because I was afraid of the flags. I'm done, don't care about the Knox flag . I had root but with a update a while ago it lost. I have used many Roms in the past with other phones and was thinking of going with Cyanogen but it seams like no one on their site answers questions anymore so... My issue is I'm confused on what I can and can't do to this phone beings I'm running 4.4.2 with all updates. The last time I installed and ran a custom Rom was with Moto Photon and now I see too many confusing options that brings me back to a compete noob.

I'm not looking for someone to hold my hand just info on what I can do and use for 4.4.2

Thanks.

Steve
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] JerryGNYC:
FWIW, you may want to look at the CM11 thread here - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2304936 (remember it's for nightlies), as a starting point. I haven't used anything but stock on my 720T (no custom recovery installed anyway) as Xposed modules are keeping me quite happy. From my EVO EG and EVO4G LTE experience - Slim ROMs were also quite nice. That's just off the top of my head, I was quite a flashaholic back then... :silly:

HTH,

-Jerry
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] rsngfrce:
I'm far from an expert on ROMs, but being currently in the market myself, neswii recommended this link to me in regards to CyanogenMod and sticking to the "M" Stable Release Channel, which I find myself much more comfortable with than the thought of nightlies...

http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Jflte_Info
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] shallmrt:
Thank You!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] JerryGNYC:
Sorry if I wasn't clear, but I was just recommending the thread as a starting point for research (I made sure it was an official build :D). And FWIW, I've used CM nightlies that were better than stable releases. Ciao4Now...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] rsngfrce:
I'm sure it's worth a lot, since I haven't used CM anything yet! ;)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Weston87:
Can someone please tell me how to get the Google camera to save pics on my SD card instead of my device storage? I'm ran out of space.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] exeleon:
Google cam doesn't support that. They seem to be moving away from external SD's. There's supposedly an exposed module you can use to make that happen though. I would look into that.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] socos:
What are my options?

I'm still at ancient MF9 firmware rooted with the hotspot mod. How do I go about getting to KitKat rooted with hotspot? I wouldn't mind going to CM but not sure how to go about it from where I'm at. I'm pretty sure I'm out of date on all the other firmwares (radio, etc) too. Do I need to unroot, reverse the hotspot mod, or what? What about this Knox thing? If that gets tripped I understand I basically blow out my warranty. Is there a way not to trip it?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] rsngfrce:
I went from MF9 to KitKat 4.4.2 NAE stock rooted, keeping the MF9 bootloader, so no Knox and that is where I still am currently. I followed the link below, which also includes a hotspot mod, so if you're looking to stay with a stock ROM, it seems to be everything you are asking for (follow the directions closely)...

[HOW TO]Update to 4.4.2 NAE w/Root while Keeping MF9 Bootloader w/ Lock Screen Fix

If you're interested in CM, check out the link below, but I know little about it, just started looking at it myself. It's generally recommended to stay with the M Channel stable builds...

http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Jflte_Info
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] socos:
Thank you! I ran across the wwjoshdew video just after posting. I am curious, in his description he says that he went back to MF9 because "It was less buggy than KitKat". What kind of bugs can I expect?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] rsngfrce:
I was worried about the same thing in his video! I find KitKat more stable than MF9 (BUT... I am JUST finding out that there MAY be issues with all the KitKat kernels... I use KT-SGS4 and I just learned it is apparently the cause of the issue I have with loosing my mobile connection and GPS, but this is breaking news to me and most don't seem to have issues from what I can tell...)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] apshel:
I have NC6 4.4.2 ROM L720T ,how can i downgrade to 4.3 ot other low rom?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Djemonic:
Need Help getting back to stock ROM

last December I connected my phone to my PC to back it up using Samsung KIES, but KIES notified me that there was an update for my STOCK firmware (I thought it was getting the new Android 4.4) so I clicked on it and let it update.after update was installed, & phone was restarted

everything was working fine but the Wi-Fi wasn't working AT ALL! it wouldn't even turn on/off!

and since Sprint service was really bad in my area so I had no choice but to research online on how to fix this problem.

I believe I followed QBKING77 blog/youtube videos and flashed my stock rom and installed Cyanogen Mod (using CM installer) and been using it since then.

I really want to get back to stock rom and use TouchWiz stuff so how can I do that without ruining my phone?

is it possible to keep Cyanogemod AND install Stock ROM?

I'd really appreciate it if someone can help me

Phone Model: SPH-L720

Android Version: 4.3.1

Baseband Version: L720VPUAMDL
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] leoblaze9:
unlocked, rooted sprint s4 trouble

hello everyone,

i have been frequenting xda for quite some time now and i forgot my old account due to forgetting my email address.. QQ

anyway, i recently bought a unlocked, rooted sprint s4 (l720) through swappa. and i used a tmobile prepaid sim. tmobile's 4g worked, tmobiles new number showed up in the About Device>Status screen and everything was sunshine and rainbows......

until i stupidly did a factory reset and screwed up everything. i lost the unlock, still had root and the phone number reverted to the original sprint number of the seller from swappa.

so i perused through the forums and managed to re-unlock the phone following the excellent international and domestic unlock guides.

however, i am still stuck with my new phone number not displaying on the About Device>Status screen. it now shows 000-8022.

and im unable to find any reasonable threads on the forum or on google so far. and thus, i have resigned to posting in this thread.

since it is a used phone, i do not have the original mdn or msid. i did google and found sprint's guide on it but it is of no help to me :(

http://support.sprint.com/support/a...xyS4NonsprintSpark:ProgramYourSamsungGalaxyS4

Can anyone help me resolve this issue? im trying to have my tmobile number show up in the status screen. im not worried about 4g right now since i get tmobiles HSPA+ right now.

NOTE: i did find this guide but it seems to be specifically for sprint and its affiliates and not for other carriers such as tmobile or straighttalk.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2628452
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Weston87:
How would I go about finding the exposed module?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] exeleon:
Here you go

You can also just go to downloads in the xposed menu scroll down to pictures2sd and install the module from there.

Either way, once you install it, activate it then reboot your phone and your done. Worked flawlessly with latest Vanir nightly. PM me if you have any problems.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] slbinkc:
Help. Sprint S4 thinks it is a T-Mobile S4

Okay, I am a complete newb in what I have done and I am normally not this stupid. I am the one people come to for help, and yet I have royally screwed up my S4 and have no one to ask for help. I have searched for 2 days and I can not find a solution so I apologize in advance if there is information on this out there.

I was under the impression (some how) that I could turn my Sprint SPHL720 into a phone that could work on the Brightspot network as a pay as you go phone. At this point, I will take any carrier that will make this phone pay as you go, as it is for my nephew (I upgraded to an LG G3 and have no need for my S4).

So here is what is wrong with the phone. In my endeavor to make this phone take a Brightspot SIM card, I have made it into a T-Mobile SGHM919. I don't know what I did but it had something to do with using Odin and downloading things from this site in what I thought was going to make it unlock from Sprint. I thought that getting the PIN1PUK1 number from Sprint was unlocking it and when I inserted the Brightspot SIM card I 'thought' it would ask me for an unlock code. I now realize that I did not thoroughly research this nonsense.

I honestly don't want to deal with Sprint people (so don't suggest I take it to the store), nor do I want to deal with T-Mobile people. I have rooted and unrooted my phone before (not this one but others), so normally I do know how to research and follow directions.

So it was stuck in Odin mode for a day and I was unable to get it to do anything. Now I have gotten it to actually load but, and it's a huge but, after every key press I receive a message "Unfortunately, the process com.android.phone has stopped. I have no idea what this is, but the things I am finding to try and fix it don't work because I am presuming that my phone doesn't even know who it is.

No matter what I do Kies does not work. I have used both Kies 2 and 3 and neither can do anything, though it 'says' it can see my phone is there, sort of (it always says 'connecting', but when I disconnect it, it knows nothing is there). I have downloaded the drivers, there were errors when I installed them but I have re-installed them 3 times and I don't know even know any more. I am using Windows 8. I have also tried to reset it with the volume up/home/power button, and that didn't do anything either.

I don't want to continue on if there is an easy solution that someone knows. I also don't know what information you would need from me to even begin to help with a solution and this post is already too long and I am scared of the meanies on these forums.

Thanks in advance for your time.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] BIGSAMDA1ST:
This is the latest official firmware from sammobile. Try this and see if it helps any.

I would also disable Kies.

http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=34368
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] BIGSAMDA1ST:
Glad you got it working.??
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] steveokinevo:
What is the best modem at the moment? I just got it hooked up with boost but it's a bit slow. I'm in the Tampa Bay area.

At the moment I have ng2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] spydc:
I'm on the Negalite 4.4.2 NAE rom with MF9 Bootloader. My phone is currently sim unlocked so I can use a AT&T or TMOBILE sim. I think I might switch from sprint to tmobile permanently. I've read that people have flashed TMobile specific roms on the sprint s4 with no problems.

Does flashing the tmobile rom activate Tmobile wifi calling?

Can anyone give me instructions on which tmobile rom to install given my kernel and bootloader?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] edween:
L720 NG2, How do i root?!

I want to root my phone and then flash new roms/kernals. How would i do such a thing? It seems like i cant root my phone the normal way because of the OTA update. It seems like you cant root the NG2? Can somebody help me with such matters and link me in the right direction?

Thank you!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] steveokinevo:
Just look for CF auto root

http://qbking77.com/development/how-to-root-the-sprint-and-international-exynos-samsung-galaxy-s4/
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] JerryGNYC:
It's right here -

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2291827

Worked fine for me on SPH-L720T with NC6. HTH...

EDIT: though I don't know of anyone using it on the latest 720T update.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] jayshocka:
Confirmed today on ng5 worked great
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] jayshocka:
Towel root did not work FYI [emoji20]
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] laisydayla:
Accidentally wiped boot and system from recovery mode

So, my friend rooted my phone. We moved to a new area that is out of the sprint network and the phone wouldnt roam. We werent sure if maybe we changed settings that disabled the roam antennae so we decided to do a factory wipe. I went into recovery mode and accidentally checked the wrong things and wiped the entire phone. Now when I turn it on, it just sits at the S4 logo screen and goes no where. I've tried flashing new ROMs and factory firmware and Odin fails every time. I even tried doing it from recovery mode with a zip. No joy. Any ideas? Anyone else make this idiotic mistake? :( :D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] churchey360:
You should be able to Odin back to stock. I could try to help guide you through it. Do you know what software version you was on?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] rsngfrce:
Well, one thing you have going for you is you picked the CORRECT Android forum and the CORRECT thread in that Android forum! :highfive:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] laisydayla:
LOL Thanks rsngfrce

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Churchey, thanks. All we remember was it was kitkat 4.4.2 :(
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] churchey360:
Which s4 do you have? Sph-l720 or Sph-l720T
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] laisydayla:
I dont know what my phone had before I killed it. The last tar I downloaded was L720VPUFNAE_L720SPTFNAE_SPR and it failed. I've tried so many different tar files trying to find one that will work and they all fail.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] jayshocka:
Check on the tag underneath the battery
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] laisydayla:
Ahhhh. Ok that says 720T. Thank you Jay
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] 2WhiteWolves:
Here is the thread for the Sprint L720t

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2621862

Also, Sammobile firmware

http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=34368 (this one has NC6, NAF ect... including the NG2 update)

Hope this helps.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] laisydayla:
OMG it freaking worked!!! You guys rock!!! Thank you so much! This even fixed the roaming problem we were having and now his phone works as it should!!! Thank you all SO MUCH! I cant even tell you how much that helped!! :D :D :D :D :D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] laisydayla:
OK next problem....lol

So, now that I've reinstalled the stock firmware on my phone and the phone works, I need to re root it and get a custom ROM going, :D I did the chainfire install and root checker says its rooted, but TWRP isnt on there. I attempted to download TWRP from the play store but that didnt seem to work. I watched qbking's video on getting TWRP on there and GooManager doesnt seem to exist anywhere anymore in order for me to follow his instructions. Any advice? Hope I'm still in the right forum :D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] churchey360:
Just download this .tar file (philz recovery) and flash it with Odin. Its really the same process as rooting your phone just dont unplug your phone from the computer until its COMPLETELY finished lol. https://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/jflte/philz_touch_6.57.5-jflte.tar.md5

Also you can root your phone through this recovery its a lot faster and more simple than flashing root and recovery separately.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] laisydayla:
OK Thank you. I'll try that later. I spent several hours on this today and I'm fried. I did try philz from one site and it didnt work, but I'll try your tar. Thanks!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] laisydayla:
Philz works but the ROM from sacs I tried wont open in Philz. Guess I'll keep looking for a ROM till one works :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] 2WhiteWolves:
Sometimes it matters which custom recovery you use. You could try TWRP or CWM. You can flash those thru Philz recovery.

Edit: CWM may not work, so you could try TWRP.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] edween:
Thank you much appreciate it, i just thought it wouldnt work with the version i had.

Thanks a bunch
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] TheBigRusch:
new ota

I woke up this morning to a newly downloaded ota update. I have not installed because idk what the updater is our if it will unroot me. I can't lose rot because I need wifi Tether. Anybody know anything about this update? I'm already 4.4.2 with nc6 firmware.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] 2WhiteWolves:
Probably the NG5 update. Here is a link for the L720t

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2621862

Another link

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2859994

Tested roms

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2660866
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] TheBigRusch:
re-root

Will I have to re-root? Can I use towelroot to re-root I'd I need to?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] 2WhiteWolves:
Yes, you will have to re-root. Read

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2859994

I think it is post 36. I don't know if wifi tether router will work or not work.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] jayshocka:
Towel root did not work for me... cf auto root worked flawlessly
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] TheBigRusch:
Just so I'm perfectly clear, the cf auto root file for sph-l720 will work perfectly for sph-l720t?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] laisydayla:
Hey Wolves,

We had TWRP installed on it before I accidentally deleted the OS and had to go back to stock. Now I cant get TWRP going again. I found it on the play store but it doesnt seem to take me to recovery mode when I install it that way. I was unable to locate GooManager anywhere. That's why I tried Philz. I'm told there's only two working custom ROMs for the triband s4. Anyone know if that's accurate? Sure appreciate everyone's help in here. Ya'll have helped me learn a TON so far.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] 2WhiteWolves:
Yes it will. But read, read, read [emoji6] before doing anything.

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Tested roms

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2660866
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] TheBigRusch:
Thanks!

CF Auto Root worked very quickly and easily, actually that's what I had used the first time I rooted the triband, and I bricked my phone when trying to install the workaround for other wifi tether apps because the workaround was for l720's only, and as it so happens, will brick an L720T... So when I reinstalled the stock NC6 firmware, and rerooted I used towelroot because I didn't know at first if it was my rooting file (labled only as L720 w/o the T at CF autoroot page) or the file for the wifi tether workaround. In any event, I rerooted now and wifi tether router works w/o the workaround, but does require root. Thanks for your help all.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] rastapapa:
I have TWRP v2.7.1.0 is this the same as KT TWRP?

Hello,

Booting into recovery on my device shows Team Win Recovery Project v2.7.1.0. Is this the same as KT TWRP, or for KT TWRP do I need to re-flash the TWRP-ALL-IN-1.zip file from my ext sd card?

Also, I purchased a new ext sd card (samsung 64G). Im having trouble finding a card reader, but wanted to see if anyone knew if the card might come formatted FAT32 and not exFAT. I read about TWRP not liking exFAT. Is there an easy way to check?