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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] dustyhughes:
Ok, I've looked around for the answer and from what I've ready, I don't think I can do this but I want to make sure I properly understand what I have read.

My phone came stock with AT&T's MF3, i was able to successfully root and debloat the phone without issues. I was very careful the entire process and everything works perfectly. But then what did I do? I modded the build.prop (it was late and I was tired... I shouldn't have done it) file without thinking "I don't have a recovery method if this fails"... I KNEW there was no MF3 firmware available for recovery in Kies, and I knew no one has found an workable solution in Odin... But these didn't cross my mind that night. So, when I rebooted my phone, it would go past the samsung boot logo but never show AT&T's logo. The screen goes black after the Samsung logo, the remains black. After about 10 - 20 seconds the LED at the top left of the phone will turn on blue and throb. If I plug my phone into a USB port, it will try to install drivers as "MTP USB Device" but fail. The longer I leave the phone the warmer it gets regardless of whether or not it's plugged in.

I can boot into Download Mode and Stock Recovery

I've tested the drivers with my wife's phone and everything works as expected

I can boot into Stock Recovery and sideload files (I tried to flash an OTA file another user hosted here, it was sent via ADB sideload but it failed due to my debloating the /system/apps folder)

I've tried using stock recovery to flash a zip file to replace build.prop, but failed (not signed by samsung)

I've successfully flashed the "MF3_BTL_FIX" file another user created to kick a person out of the yellow triangle, when Kies fails.

I've tried best buy, but the samsung specialist will not even plug my phone into their computer

I have a backup build.prop, I just can't figure out how to get it on my phone without a custom recovery.

So, is there any way to replace the build.prop file with Odin/Heimdall or flashing or sideloading something from stock recovery?

My wife has the same phone, so I can also get files from her phone if I need to.

Any help or advice (even if it's "you have to wait for MF3 to be released in kies") would be greatly appreciated.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jd1639:
I'd find another bestbuy and see if you have better luck there.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] dustyhughes:
I think this is my best option too, but the next closest best buy is 1.5 hours from this one.... Getting time to go there will be the hardest part for me... that's what I get for living in the middle of nowhere...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jd1639:
Road trip! :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] dustyhughes:
HAHAHA! seriously! :cowboy: "Come on Kids, we're going on a field trip for science... COMPUTER science!"

But really, I may be heading out there Friday. They actually have 2 full stores there and 2 "mobile" stores.... I guess I'll see if I can get someone in one of those places to help.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] graydiggy:
Did you try a factory reset in Stock recovery?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] dustyhughes:
Unfortunately, yes... It formats /data and /cache... it doesn't touch /system at all (from what I could tell), so the build.prop isn't restored to factory.

What stinks is, I believe ALL i have to do is replace that ONE file! Granted it's a major file... but still, ONE file, keeping me from booting to the OS. I've even been tempted to send it to one of the guys that does the jtag repairs, but to be honest I don't know enough about what they do to know if it would even help or if I could trust them (I assume I could from what little I've read)...

I may just have to go best buy hunting.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] HiTideBlastoise:
I assume you're referring to mobiletechvideos.com and I didn't use them for jtag however I used them to fix a power button and they are awesome!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] dustyhughes:
I know I've heard of mobiletechvideos before, and I know they would be trust worthy, I've heard GREAT things about them... The other place I saw unbricking phones I ran across on youtube, they have a link to an ebay store (if you search ebay for "Unbrick Service Hard Bricked Samsung Galaxy S4 i337" you'll find them). They are actually a whole lot cheaper than mobiletechvideos, which is one of the reasons I looked into them and also why I'm suspicious. Not to discredit them at all, because I personally don't know what kind of work they do.

I don't even know if Jtag will allow them to fix my build.prop file. The ebay place says if the phone doesn't boot normally after doing a repair, they will restore the latest stock ROM and since i'm on MF3, well... They couldn't do much. It also makes me suspicious that in their ebay description it says:

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By purchasing this auction you agree to the following.

1. Jtag service will avoid your warranty.

2. There is no guaranty 100% to fixed your phone, but we do our best.

3. If the phone can not fix, we will refund only $ 30.00, minus $5.80 for shipping cost.

4. If you claim for any problem after successful unbricked the phone, you need to send it back for inspection. Because we tested it before ship.

-------------------------------------------------------

I mean, some of the wording used makes me uncomfortable... :confused: I could just be paranoid, the address on the auction IS Carrollton, Texas after all ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] dustyhughes:
Just thought I'd update everyone... never found a fix myself, but I did drive to the next nearest best buy with my phone in the yellow triangle mode and the guy said he knew exactly what to do. He was very friendly, knowledgeable, and helpful... He even knew how to get the phone in download mode :eek: We talked a bit, he never asked about what I may have done to the phone, but during our conversation I had told him I had backed everything up and he kind of winked and said he would take care of me. It seemed like he knew what happened, but he didn't say anything, and the "head Samsung rep", his boss was right there talking with us too. He did a full restore, and I was up and running in 10 minutes. If you get a friendly and knowledgeable employee it's pretty painless.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jd1639:
This is great to hear. Glad you got it fixed. That road trip was worth it:)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] dustyhughes:
Thanks! I'm really glad to get it back. The road trip was well worth it. My wife and I decided to make a date out of it, we went to a nice restaurant while we were out without the kids, something they wouldn't have enjoyed and we wouldn't normally go to with them :)
[General Topics] SleepyJ:
Has anyone managed to get the exec to sync with Avantgo? I have had all sorts of sync problems which were down to Outlook and I have managed to resolve them but I can't find a way of getting Avantgo to sync despite re-loading the newest Avantgo client. Any help appreciated.
[General Topics] issie:
two methods that i use are....

1..when at work i tend to change the connections options on the avantgo pda side to include our proxy server..

when at home or gprs

i leave the proxy server blank

sadly there seems to be a problem with the desktop version, thats why i had to resort to the above from my pda, excluding the desktop program.
[General Topics] issie:
found this from avantgo website

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Question

Does AvantGo support Windows Mobile 5.0?

Answer

AvantGo is currently alpha status for Windows Mobile 5.0. AvantGo software version 5.7.53 or above is required. See our downloads page to update your software. Users may encounter the following:

- Problems syncing with Active Sync: If you experience problems syncing through Active Sync you may initiate an AvantGo synchronization from the AvantGo browser. Click here for instructions.

- VGA display issues: AvantGo optimization for VGA screens are not yet available. All content will be double-sized by the device.

- Options panel layout issues: The browser options panels and AvantGo Connect may not show text or buttons properly for the available screen width.

AvantGo optimization for Windows Mobile 5.0 features are not yet available. AvantGo is not pre-installed on Windows Mobile 5.0 devices.

Submit your email using the "Notify Me" button below to be notified when this status changes.
[General Topics] issie:
just tried mobipocket reader.. actually quite good

try it for now till avantgo sorts itself out

http://www.mobipocket.com/en/DownloadSoft/DownLoadReaderStep1.asp
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] topaz330:
not sure what happened but now my phone won't recognize my ringtones or notifications or my pictures in gallery. just happened out of the blue and not sure why. all the files are still there so thats not the problem. I'm on stock rooted now. any ideas? i tried wiping, clearing cache, etc...

on a side note this happened with my pictures first, then i tried to delete media storage to see if that fixed and thats what deleted my ringtones.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] adrenalinemotion:
I s-off'd and unlocked my bootloader with beaups' utility a few days ago. Today, I attempted to flash Vanir. The flash was successful, but once it booted I was roaming. No matter what I did, I couldn't get a cell signal. I rebooted, wiped, reflashed, and couldn't get it to work.

So I restored my stock rom and everything was fine, except I couldn't make calls. I had data, but no voice. I rebooted, wiped, and restored the backup to no avail.

Thinking I might have had a bad flash, I flashed Vanir again with the same results, only this time I wasn't roaming, I just didn't have a signal at all. So I again reverted back to my backup (stock rom). Now I don't have a signal at all.

Could someone point me in the right direction? Thank you.

EDIT: I'm using TWRP

UPDATE: I have a cell signal, and data, just no voice.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] sacnotsack:
I have seen others with the same problem. Does it work if you revert to a back up? If not then I have seen posts suggesting to flash the RUU. hope that helps, as I have not flashed any ROMs yet because I have been seeing people post these issued somewhat frequently.

Sent from the HTC One and only
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] Flyhalf205:
Flash stock recovery. http://goo.im/devs/Flyhalf205/M7VZW/m7vzw_stock_recovery.img

Boot into HBOOT and select Factory Reset

Usually fixes data/cell problems after going roaming.

This will erase everything on your phone
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] adrenalinemotion:
Do I need to flash a stock, rooted sense rom?

Also, what's the next course of action if this doesn't work?
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] Flyhalf205:
I'd recommend you being on Sense but If your on a AOSP rom that is working for others. It doesn't really matter then.

If it doesn't work, I'd get it back to fully stock and ask for a warranty replacement.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] adrenalinemotion:
UPDATED: FLYHALF KNOWS WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT! (I didn't doubt him)

I'm back up and running!

Flyhalf, if I could click thanks more than once, I would! You're AWESOME!
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] crazyg0od33:
if we do this, can we restore to a backup of a sense ROM afterwards?

I still have voice and data and all, but after AOSP, my cell signal almost never gets back to 4G. Always stuck on 1X or 3G.

I'm on BoneStock right now, but I want to check if I can just flash TWRP again and then restore from a backup that I've moved off of my phone?
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] Flyhalf205:
Yes. What you'll need to do is copy your backup(s) of sense or AOSP to your computer or usbdisk. Then follow the instructions above then copy back to phone and everything should be fine.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] crazyg0od33:
ok. It goes back to 4G every once in a while when I turn off wifi, but if it doesnt do it enough for my liking I'll attempt this this weekend.

Thanks for the help!
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cined:
Ok so in the past hour I've noticed that my phone has disconnected from my wifi a few times. It does connect straight away however when I try to load a page it won't load and I have to wait a little while longer until it works again.

Has anyone else had wifi issues with this device?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cined:
Any body have any wifi issues at all?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mortek:
Yeah I'm having the same issue with my home's wifi.

Doesn't seem to occure at work though(or maybe I haven't noticed it since I do work there).

Talking about the 4g version.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cined:
Hi, thanks for the reply.

Apparently this is a common issue with the S4 as well. I did update my routers firmware yesterday and it didn't disconnect at all last night however ill keep watch on it.

have you tried anything to fix it?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cined:
Wifi is still disconnecting even after router upgrade...
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cined:
No one else?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] przem00:
Just try reflash newest fw MH5 and test
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cined:
I don't want to void the warranty though... I'm thinking it maybe a router issuer and not a firmware one...
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mortek:
Haven't tried anything yet.

I'll probably try flashing the latest fw at some point - which I think doesn't void your warranty.

If you find something out, let us know. I'll do the same.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cined:
I've got a new router coming from Sky. (Sky Hub.) I'll see how that acts before I flash my phone.

Let me know how you get on. :)
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cined:
Can anyone explain how to get the MH5 Firmware and what steps need to be taken to flash it?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] strike3:
Yes I am too. I made another thread asking if people knew if the 9190, 9192 and 9195 have different wifi antennas. I am really bummed out over this.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cined:
Can you describe the wifi issue you have? What FM are you running?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicci:
No Wifi issues here.

So I did have issues, but that was the fail of Xposed-Framework, without that framework, there is no problem.

As a matter of fact you are able to stop the Wifi Power Safe Mode und the Service Mod (*#0011#) ... That stops a lot of Issues ;)
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cined:
Doing that will drain battery though. It isn't really an ideal fix...
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cined:
Anyone else?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicci:
Perhaps you should give back your phone and hope on a better one!
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cined:
Well I've had 2 now and it's still not staying connected.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ViolentR:
Yeah my wifi just turns off automatically, have it actually turn it off and on myself to make it work again, annoying.. ;/

Virgin Media superhub - Internet
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mar10o:
Try new dduamj2 firmware. WiFi is a lot more stable

Wysłane z mojego GT-I9192
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cined:
Wifi still disconnecting...
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manizand:
I have same problem on my GT-I9190, I think this problem increased from first days of use when I don't installed any app...
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cined:
That's fair to say because the first day of using the phone I didn't have any disconnects.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cined:
Can anyone else help?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bnight:
I have same problem on I-9195 with the Stock rom and it started a few days ago it reconnect to the wifi network randomly which is kind of anoing.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cined:
How can we fix it?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] axelpix:
Is the Router a D-Link? If yes, there's a known WLAN issue between D-Link Routers and S4 devices. Maybe the S4 mini is affected as well. Google for "S4 D-Link". There's a lot of information.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bnight:
My Home router is TP-Link however i didn`t know what the router at work is but I have disconnects on both ocations which really make playing fifa 14 tough !
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dtipuit:
I have tp link router and having wifi disconecting randomly too.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cined:
I just want to know what is causing this. It can't be a hardware problem with the phone as I've used 3 different phones now...
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manizand:
my problem solved

I found that GS4 has WiFi dropping problem when AES encryption selected for WPA mode, and this problem solve when you change it to TKIP. There is same problem with GS4 mini.

As my own medem don't support TKLP(only) mode, I activated virtual AP with WEP and added MAC filter to it (dou to low security of WEP only my phone able to connect it).

And for last 24h I have only one drop!

For more information you can search these keywords: galaxy s4, AES, WiFi problem
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saiprasadap92:
prevention information

hey guys

i have this error while connecting wifi . when i click on wifi button some prevention information appears on status bar and wifi doesnt even scan. does anyone have this issue ??
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Whosat:
I have no issues with Wifi on AES (WPA Personal) encryption for 2.4GHz band (b/g only).

There was a discussion before that TKIP encryption on 5GHz bands don't play well with the SGS4mini?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cined:
Yeah my router doesn't have a mode with just TKIP so I am stuck there.

I've tried my router set to 2.4GHz and 5GHz however the disconnects are still constant.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manizand:
This issues seen on some AP like d-link and don't affect all devices...
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redphoenix2k:
wifi disconnects on my home router quite alot as well

tried CM carbon ROM instead of stock and its still there

toggling off the 'wifi-optimization' in advanced wifi settings seems to make it slightly better i guess, but not by alot
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cined:
Anyone got any other feedback/advice/tips?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dtipuit:
Workaround that works for me: set the wifi on router to only "G" mode(54 Mb/s), security to wpa2 with TKIP encryption. No disconnection till now, 3 days already
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cined:
My router doesn't have a setting for just TKIP.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AtzeOnAcid:
I was recently in contact with AVM (FritzBox etc.) and this issue seems to originate from a (rather useless, at least for me;) )feature called Wireless Multimedia Extensions (WME or sometimes WMM). With my router (FritzBox Fon 7320) there isnt a possibility to turn it off.

To my knowledge, some TP-Link, D-Link and AVM devices seem to be affected...

Maybe with your routers theres a switch of any kind to turn WMM/WME off?

Since theres none with mine, Im still looking for another solution...
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SAngeli:
Hi,

I experience the same problem with Wi-Fi occasionally disconnecting and reconnecting. Actually, all I see on the display is "Connected with ..."

I have two Access Points.

1. First AP (the one I noticed this issue) "WAP4410N-E V02" I have the following settings:

WPA2-Personal

WPA Algorithm: AES

Mode: B/G/N-mixed

Channel: Auto

NOTE: I know I can apply a firmware update and will do so soon.

2. With the second AP (I failed to see as the phone is most of the time in idle mode) "TL-WA801ND" I have the following settings:

Channel:	Auto (Current channel 4)

Mode:	11bgn mixed

Channel Width:	40MHz

Max Tx Rate:	300Mbps

WPS Status:	Enabled

WPA/WPA2 - Personal

Encryption: AES

Does anyone have any of these two AP? Any comment or suggestion?

I know this might be a silly comment but why does not Samsung correct this issue? Should I report it to Samsung over the phone at Tech Support? Is it worth doing so hoping to get it fixed or is it just a waste of time?

thanks,

Spiro
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AtzeOnAcid:
Switching to another ROM did the trick for me.

Since I flashed proxuser's Carbon ROM, no wifi disconnections at all...
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] knuthamb:
for the life of me I cannot find usb debugging.

when I go to settings, I cannot find application-development-usb debugging.

View attachment 2313714

any idea?

thanks.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] junkyde:
to activate developer settings, you have to tap 7 times on the build number.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Snowgay:
Hi, to enable the developer menu you have to hit 5 times the build number in the "about device" tab.

then you can go one menu back and you will see second to the bottom the developer mode.

CU

Snow
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] knuthamb:
you're good. thanks very much.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Grobie13:
Hit the build number or something like that several times, about 10 times I think, I can't remember the correct number. Then the developer option will appear in settings, there you find the debugging option.

Sorry, tapatalk didn't show me the last few posts until I post mine. I can't delete it :)

Gesendet von meinem Ideapad K1 mit Tapatalk-4 now Free
[General Topics] trsix:
This thread is for all users who might be interested in using T-mobiles Unlimited $30 plan/

Had to cancel the plan. Anytime i go over my 100 minutes the system insists on charging me $80.

I have to call customer service each time and spend nearly an hour on the phone. I'm so sorry Mr. Customer and blah blah blah. They never fix it so adios tmobile!
[General Topics] veeman:
How much do you end up paying a month including taxes?
[General Topics] wideasleep1:
no tax!
[General Topics] veeman:
I wish. There has to be some service fees and stuff that gets added to the $30.
[General Topics] br0nx finest:
I don't think there is.

I also think people are paying about $28 or $29 for the refill, through refilmobi.com IIRC
[General Topics] wideasleep1:
Nope. Been covered in this massive thread.
[General Topics] Zainiak:
Been using on my N4 for a while, planning on putting my sim in the N5 when I get it
[General Topics] skinien:
I'm ditching Verizon and going with the $30/mo plan. Actually, I plan on going $45/mo and getting an extra 150 minutes.
[General Topics] LinuxScouser:
Yeah, it looks like I'm going to be ditching Verizon too and going with this plan. I don't use anywhere near the minutes to justify unlimited talk time and I'm tired of the crap they do. I'd rather put up with potentially worse coverage to go with a better deal. And if more people decide on that, then maybe the coverage will get better.
[General Topics] wideasleep1:
ATTABOY! :D
[General Topics] Cronis:
I will probably give the Tmo $30 plan a try and do a comparison with the straight talk $45 AT&T LTE plan just to see who has the best signal/speed in the area I work/travel.

Currently using a VM wildfire S as a backup phone, so man am I ready for the N5 lol.
[General Topics] LinuxScouser:
Although that Simple Choice plan became very very tempting.

http://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-9455
[General Topics] Lythandra:
I started using this plan while on the Nexus 1. I'm using the Galaxy Nexus now and plan on moving to the N5 when it comes out. I love it, saves me TONS of money. No tax, no service fees, just a straight $30 a month.