yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] some_douchebag:
Odin for me, I'm currently using Windows 8.1.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] tomy1986.nt:
Hey guys this is my Samsung Galaxy S4 I337 with official firmware 4.3
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] some_douchebag:
What were your odin settings?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bec48:
Did you use the odin file to install ?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] tomy1986.nt:
I have special tool to force the phone accept the firmware.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ChefAnt:
Official...hmm?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] some_douchebag:
What is the name of the special tool? can you pm me info and instructions?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] FrankJL_:
please help me!! 2 days without my phone
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] gtj0:
boot.img contains the kernel and an initrd. The initrd contains just enough drivers to get the kernel booted and the root filesystem mounted then it gets tossed. However, it's also possible that exfat is being loaded as a userspace library maybe by fuse. Anyway, it's working.

I pulled them from the device and also verified by mounting system.img.ext4.

shell@jflteatt:/ $ lsmod
dhd 523311 0 - Live 0x00000000

shell@jflteatt:/ $ cd /system/lib/modules
shell@jflteatt:/system/lib/modules $ ls -al
-rw-r--r-- root root 631080 2013-10-10 01:40 dhd.ko
-rw-r--r-- root root 3224 2013-10-10 01:40 scsi_wait_scan.ko
shell@jflteatt:/system/lib/modules $

It's easy enough to check for yourself...

isgtj0@ernie mj6$ mkdir system
isgtj0@ernie mj6$ simg2img system.img.ext4 system.raw.ext4
isgtj0@ernie mj6$ sudo mount -o loop system.raw.ext4 system
isgtj0@ernie mj6$ dir system/lib/modules
total 648
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Oct 10 01:40 .
drwxr-xr-x. 8 root root 20480 Oct 10 01:52 ..
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 631080 Oct 10 01:40 dhd.ko
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 3224 Oct 10 01:40 scsi_wait_scan.ko
isgtj0@ernie mj6$
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mused02:
Plz help i i cannt use my phone.

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Email it that tool. I need my phone back

Mused02@gmail.com
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] tomy1986.nt:
Yes it is official odin.

i can provide the video how i can flash the phone with that software.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] some_douchebag:
that would be great.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Radukk:
There are several critical bugs on 4.3 firmware for Korea variants so they are pulled off from Kies a day after release (MJA). I think it would be just better to wait official OTA
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bec48:
I also would like to know the special tool to push the file.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] tomy1986.nt:
Im busy to fix for my cuctomer phone now.

I will provide it late.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] some_douchebag:
understood, please provide after fixing your customers phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] E3SYLER:
i smell smoke. odd that you have an "official" odin file when no one else does BUT i hope you prove me wrong with an odin zip file to upload here along with a how to vid. you know a lot of people would be grateful for that.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] tomy1986.nt:
The guy provided the wrong zip file not me. I have same situation after reflash the file in post 1. it is failed when flash system or cache partition because the secure check fail: system show up on the screen.

After that the phone won't bootup into OS and stuck at Kies samsung firmware upgrade or sometime like that.

But i have special software force the phone complete flash the file.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] some_douchebag:
I believe you, just provide us with a fix.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mused02:
Please please help as. I wont go to sleep tell i see my phone back to life
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] upndwn4par:
Thanks, but I don't need the tutorial. :)

I looked in the system image myself, and when I only saw two modules I assumed they were packaged somewhere else. I was further convinced of this when I extracted the firmware with the kitchen. I assumed they would be installed from somewhere else when the firmware was flashed (hence my initial request). Clearly I was wrong.

Well, it certainly seems that MJ6 is fundamentally different from 4.2.2 and GT-I9505G 4.3 in that there are only two modules vs. about 20 for the other two. More so, I can't boot the MJ6 kernel when flashing a stock MJ6 ROM. But I can boot the ROM with a custom kernel that includes all the expected modules.

So, the big question is where is stock MJ6 pulling the info from that is normally provided by the modules? It's not in the system files, radio, or boot image. Bootloader maybe?

Smells like more sneaky Sammy BS to me.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bec48:
Ok i flashed the bad odin file and i finaly got phone to reboot after flashing Odin pull battery reset Odin put phone back into Download mode then download this file http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1766399 flash in pda it rebooted hope it helps you
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] tomy1986.nt:
That file you can not flash it with odin or kies .
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] some_douchebag:
worked for me via odin...

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also

EVERYONE DO THIS!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] tomy1986.nt:
Sorry i mean my file not the file the guy provided.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] some_douchebag:
oh, my apologies.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Andrew149:
I have a official heimdall you can use ....Troll
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bec48:
Also!!! i am on 4.3 let your phone reboot then put in recovery and wipe data/factory clean install so far everything is good but i did have to install new google play.apk to update play store and everything is downloading fine i hope everyones phone works.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] E3SYLER:
What operating system did you use to flash this? And is ther a faster download link b/c mega keeps freezing halfway through downloading.

Also I saw a report that said att i337 will get the 4.3 update on 11/13.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jball:
Now that's funny

sent from a I337 MF3 S4
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bec48:
I used the odin and the odin file in this section but kept getting a fail right at the end,and it wouldnt load but in download mode it showed Knox and emc enabled so i flashed the reboot .tar and it booted right up but i had some force close apps so i put in recovery did full wipe and everything is good google play needs to be updated with new .apk
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bbpham:
Samsung keyboard is keep crashing

Everything is working except samsung keyboard is keep crashing and I am using swype at the moment. Anyone know what's wrong with it? :rolleyes::confused::confused:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Andrew149:
Your flash is bad re flash it. I had the same issue on the first flash with heimdall
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Andrew149:
Pic of my keyboard working
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bec48:
Did you reboot into recovery and do a full wipe that fixed it for me plus apn isnt set
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bbpham:
Thanks Andy
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Andrew149:
OK so I'm waiting for someone to flash the international 4.3 gs4 root odin
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] blackwing182:
since im a old school type PkMn player... i say get that tyranitar over here bro, if not the a Gengar!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Andrew149:
OK so I'm waiting for someone to do this.. it's root for the international gs4 snapdragon 600 4.3

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/5...e-gti9505-root-android43-xxuemj5-official.htm
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] E3SYLER:
Okay here I go wish me luck im doing the odin method ill report back on the status once im done

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was your phone stuck on the downloading do not turn off target screen????

Edit.. disregard that i had to pull the battery and do the odin force boot. looks like its working waiting for the phone to finish set up.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] E3SYLER:
All done and I did not loose anything and I did not have to wipe either

It did it like an update settings and all are still the same.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Cozmo1:
Is the MJ6 bootloader locked? Can you install a custom recovery on it? If not on both I'm not seeing much benefit from leaving MF3, atm. Yes, it's 4.3, but official will be pushed soon enough.

I appreciate you making this image available, DesignGears. I remember you from my Captivate days :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] E3SYLER:
I'm not sure. I thought I saw something on xda saying chainfire was working on something dealing with 4.3 but I could be wrong as I'm starting to see double from lack of sleep. I gave up my safestrap for my galaxy gear so it would work better and everything does. If you use safestrap then I would stay with that until we know for sure that 4.3 can be bootloader free. If not then jump in the deep end with the rest of us lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] wilberatilioa:
You Sir, you deserve a beer :good:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] FrankJL_:
stuck att logo
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ACardAttack:
So if we are on mf3 and we decide to try and install this and it doesn't take, we are stuck with a brick until 4.3 official comes to kies?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jd1639:
You're pretty much correct, but kies may not fix it either. Unless you're prepared to have a bricked phone I wouldn't try it
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bec48:
As long as you do what it says in thred it wont brick as long as your att 1337 and once you install this you cant go back.

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yes after install it will be on att logo for a few min just let it install.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] FrankJL_:
WOO HOO. Finally got my phone back. I noticed that i cant transfer apps to sd and some apps are saying

coulndt install on usb storage or sd card

when i try to transfer an app to my sd card it says

unable to move app
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bec48:
Same here but the only app i cant get to install is xda app glad you got your phone back :good:

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I tried it and got a FAIL
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] FrankJL_:
Ive learned about android in the last 2 days hahaha

Having problem installing swtchr premium that is all. I can live without lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AxAtAx:
what is all of this about? this rom does not do anything to effect bootloader, reverting back to earlier base, and so on, this rom I cooked up for me to test worked perfectly, if you flash the rom, and flash YOUR device 4.3 kernel, it runs perfect. And everything works.....and I have reverted to 4.2.2 numerous times....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ACardAttack:
I don't think you can flash back if you're on MF3 though, thats the issue for some
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Tyler.Boston1:
[MENTION=2348906]designgears[/MENTION] how did you go about getting the leak? We over at t mobile forum have a 4.3 tmobile s4 system dump but they're pretty much stuck at that.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] gtj0:
If you're using the odin file I posted and had problems with system, try this system-only odin file. Something got messed up somewhere but I don't know how. The file I uploaded works but not when downloaded back. Sorry about that.

system.tar.md5.7z

This one I tested before uploading and again after re-downloading. Un7zip it and flash in Odin PDA.

I'm going to re-make the full package in a bit.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] tnosz:
What is the difference.between this file and the full version?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] gtj0:
This one only has the system partition in it. It's for those who had failures flashing the first time around.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] tnosz:
Right! thank you!. But what does the full version have that this one doesn't? Just a little confused.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] gtj0:
Bootloader, kernel, modem, recovery, cache.

Don't flash system by itself unless you're already flashed the full odin file previously.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bbpham:
gtj0, just let you know the corrupted file that you posted last night no only system problem but also samsung keyboard is not working as well.

Hope you fixed that as well.

Thanks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] gtj0:
I just noticed that myself. As I was testing the new package I realized I had the Samsung keyboard now as the default instead of Swype.

About 15 minutes for the new package.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] tnosz:
Awesome! Everything except the Samsung keyboard is working excellent!

Thank u again!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] gtj0:
Ok, this file has the partitions in the correct order and successfully flashes all partitions.

LINK REMOVED NOW THAT MJ9 IS AVAILABLE

Un7zip and flash with Odin PDA.

This package WILL WIPE the data partition and the internal SDCard. BACKUP EVERYTHING!

You can flash this package over the original one but it will still WILL WIPE the data partition and the internal SDCard.

Samsung keyboard now works.

No root.

Play Store still not loading some apps.

For those of you flashing individual partitions using heimdall, this is a working order FYI...

It mirrors the order in most other factory images I've looked at.

sbl1.mbn
sbl2.mbn
sbl3.mbn
rpm.mbn
aboot.mbn
tz.mbn
boot.img
recovery.img
persdata.img.ext4
system.img.ext4
modem.bin
NON-HLOS.bin
cache.img.ext4
hidden.img.ext4
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] tnosz:
Were you able to downgrade to 4.2 MDL from a OTA MF3 firmware, after upgrading to 4.3 via Odin?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Andrew149:
I don't think there is a correct order I did mine in alphabetical order and flashed system last and I have no issues but the play store.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] xuanphucn:
i havent tried that but highly doubt that
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] gtj0:
It's possible but I tried it several times and several ways. If system was last in the odin file it failed with the auth error. I also remember a few folks complaining about the auth failure when flashing the heimdall files directly with system last. Maybe it has to do with whether it's the 16 or 32g model or what the earlier firmware level was.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bec48:
To get keyboard fixed after you flash and it boots shut off and boot into recovery do full factory wipe and wipe catche to give clean install then reboot it will work.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Andrew149:
I came from MF3 16gb and used a OSX with heimdall.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jeboo:
You cannot downgrade period once you flash the 4.3 BLs via ODIN..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] E3SYLER:
Yes. Use the Odin method if you're not sure what that is then wait until the office update on the 17th.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] deadenz:
unless someone unlocks the bootloader on this we are going to have to wait for something like safestrap to be able to flash custom roms right?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jd1639:
Yep
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Andrew149:
Just to let everyone know the Google now bug is still there. It will drain your battery. Turn off wireless network to fix the bug
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jrod_15:
you guys are life savers thanxz ...i was finally able to fix my phone that was stuck for over a month
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Andrew149:
If anyone wants the torch light the screen is off this is how you do it.

http://androidforums.com/samsung-galaxy-s4/754302-no-app-required-flashlight.html

For the app shortcut method (this will work with stock Touchwiz), download xShortcut FREE.

Open the app, then: System Settings > Complete List (at bottom) > scroll to last entry, torchlight.TorchlightSettings

From there, the directions and menus are identical to the widget description above, and as illustrated below. Once you've set it up via either method, the desktop icon is no longer needed and may be deleted if desired.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] scott14719:
I can tell you for sure that the "App" method does not work for 4.22. Maybe it is different for 4.3 (after all, this is a 4.3 thread), but i thought it worth mentioning all the same. This is probably something that should have its own thread because I would like to be able to do this on 4.22, but don't want to go too off-topic in this thread. If anyone used the "app" to get the touchlight working via volume keys on 4.22 let me know. I do not want to try the other method because I want to stay with touchwiz. I don't even want or need to dl a different launcher at this point.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] dahlem:
Do I need to be rooted to run this? And if not which version of odin on windows 8.1 would you suggest?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] gtj0:
Are you asking about the torch light app andrew and scott are referring to or the rom itself? If it's the rom, then no, no root required and if you have it now, you'll lose it after the flash. I test with Odin 3.07.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] xuanphucn:
Jesus, no wonder why my battery drain like crazy:crying:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Andrew149:
Torch light works :) anyone can do it no root required
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ACardAttack:
where did you find your apk? I downloaded 4.3.11 but still can't install some apps because of some security warning
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] scott14719:
You might want to go back and read the thread you posted (from the other forum) when you first posted about this. Clearly, it does not work for everyone, and for some that it does work for it is qwerky at best. Others, it seems to work fine for. It is a good practice to not assume something will work for everyone just because it works on your phone. Even with the "mute" feature unchecked in the phone's settings, it does not work for me and others that posted in the thread on the other forum. Sure, I got the same screen you posted a picture of...and it looks the same way, but guess what? It still doesn't work! So saying it'll work for everyone, when clearly it doesn't just isn't a good thing to do.

But, like I said, this isn't the thread for this discussion. If you want to continue it (I'm not sure there is much more to say), please open a thread about it in the Apps forum. Maybe others can add tips and tricks to get it working for those that can't get it to work.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bec48:
I am still having same problem with some apps like xda app and here you can get the updated google play http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2405496 im not finding a way around the security.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Andrew149:
Dude it works. Thats the end of it. If it doesn't work for you than it's called user error.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] scott14719:
This tells me all I need to know about you. I guess the people in the thread (at the other forum) are all experiencing "user error" as well? Even the OP of the original thread stated it isn't working for everyone the way it should. But I guess you know better.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Andrew149:
OK big bully.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bec48:
I just installed it and works fine if i can help ill try.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] scott14719:
Are you on 4.2.2 or 4.3?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bec48:
4.3

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Its weird if i unmount the ext SdCard it allows me to install the apps that wouldnt install, im going to format the card through the phone and see what happens.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] FrankJL_:
anybody know a way around that stupid security? It is stopping me from installing some apps

Ive done the whole unmount sdcard etc
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] scott14719:
Thanks for the offer of help, but I am on 4.2.2 and it could be any one (or combination) of reason(s) why it isn't working for some.

This is a quote from the OP of the thread in the other forum:

"I guess we know now why Samsung didn't document it. They probably realized it would interact with other installed apps and enabled features."

So it will be difficult to determine the problem. Some got it to work (some only kind of) by disabling the mute feature in gestures. Others, couldn't get it to work at all no matter what they did and others it worked fine for.

I am thinking things like "call recorder apps" , "sound mods", or any other mod might interfere with it. Maybe even things such as being ODEXED or DEODEXED? So, really, it could be anything. I guess it just works for some, kind of works for others, and just doesn't work at all for still others.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] dahlem:
Same here...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] gtj0:
If you have the apks from a titanium backup or an adb backup you can install the problem apps with an "adb install".
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] dankify:
So am I able to update to this if im currently running 4.2 mf3 and have root and SS.

All I have is a windows 8.1 PC. Can I install this?

Im fine with losing everything. I just wanna get rid of MF3. I have the "i337ucuemj6_full_wipe.tar.md5.7z" downloaded.

So just unzip and flash? thats it?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] tnosz:
Yes. You flash that file thru ODIN not SS
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] CZ Eddie:
I don't think Odin works for his ROM. Only older builds.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ACardAttack:
Don't you need a root to use titanium backup?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] deadenz:
you'll be worse off with this than mf3. atleast we have safestrap lol.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] gtj0:
Correct, As a reminder, you till lose both root and SS. And after 2 days with MJ6 I can state that it's not worth it unless you're a developer looking for root or recovery.

Correct.

For the file I posted here... http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=46831980&postcount=280

Odin is correct. I test with 3.07 but 3.09 should also work.

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To do the initial backup, yes. Once backed up however, you can grab the apks from the TB download directory and load them back onto the updated device individually using "adb install". That part doesn't require root.

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I have to agree. I've been using MJ6 for 2 days now and there's nothing special about MJ6/4.3 that would warrant doing the upgrade now unless you're a developer looking to create customizations or root/recovery methods. Except for the Play Store issues, it's perfectly stable but just not worth the risk especially if you use root or Safestrap heavily.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] xuanphucn:
do u think that we will be able to downgrade if we bring it to bestbuy and have them flash the mf3 fw?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] hoangloi533:
oh

when we have final , sir ?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] gtj0:
Sorry, no idea.

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There's no such thing as final. That's why version numbers were invented. :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Tsuul:
1) I have not seen anyone answer the above question, but I'd like to know this as well.

or

2) Will this update leave my modem alone if I updated my i337 modem to work on AWS / T-mobiles network.

I'd like to know so that I can lock down my current mf3 if I need to.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jd1639:
If you flash the.tar.md5 it'll flash the modem. If you use heimdal and skip the modem it may or may not work. Some one would have to try that and see.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Russ77:
for those of you with the play store error, is it giving you "unknown error -110"?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] phobia09:
The new version of the play store leaked today (version 4.4.21). Those with Play Store issues may try installing it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Andrew149:
I have not received that one. Just cannot install to internal storage