yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] illyfilly:
so this morning I tried to install xposed on PacMan 4.3. I installed it and it said to do a soft reboot.

after the soft reboot i am now stuck on the PacMan boot graphic.

I can't get into recovery any which way.

I have tried the power down to get into recovery and it just reboots.

I am now in download mode connected to my computer but want to know what to do get back into the ROM and if its possible to do a nandroid so I don't lose my texts/phone logs/app data.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ceredics:
You may be forced to go back to stock and start from scratch. If recovery isn't working then you can't really do much to fix the issue. What's the model?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] illyfilly:
vs980

anyway to get into recovery via abd to backup info?

also why would xposed mess with recovery?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ceredics:
Getting into recovery will leave you with what options since your bootlooping? Wiping for a fresh install or trying to reboot for a another vicious cycle? Either way your going to lose texts app data and phone logs. Unless you have a backup your hiding from me? Lol
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clapper66:
To get into recover

Try holding volume down + power*

Immediately when LG appears let go of both and ONLY hold onto power, should boot into option to factory reset*

Hit power button 3 times to continue, then itll load into recovery
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mmm2010:
I got stuck in a bootloop last week as well and had to do a factory reset (on my Moto X). Good reminder to move my backups to my computer...

There was just an update (2.4.1) to the Xposed installer that says it "Fixed a bootloop which mainly occured on some x86 ROMs," so hopefully that fixes it.
[G Pad 8.3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AmirOG:
So I flashed the Malludus ROM and got Keyboard errors so I flashed his package again and now its consistently only booting to TWRP. I do have some data on the internal memory but I can't get passed TWRP. Have tried PC suite getting error code 43.I've tried other Roms but can't get passed TWRP.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] random45:
You will get the KNOX bootloader if you flash this.

YOU CANNOT UNDO THIS, ITS PERMANENT. FLASHING ANYTHING UNOFFICIAL AFTER FLASHING THIS TAR WILL VOID YOUR WARRANTY
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Just the MK2 FULL stock tar extracted from Kies. Very hard to find online, and only extremely SLOW downloads available, so here it is.

md5 of the Tar: b90c2a1b5b32dca4edc56a3e6a8a3522

Do NOT rename the tar file. Even though it may be convenient to do so, Odin may fail the md5 check for no reason.

(L720VPUEMK2_L720SPTEMK2_L720VPUEMK2_HOME.tar.md5)

This is NOT ROOTED. Its the original TAR file for people who need an Emergency Recovery for their phones, and dont want to wait hours for it to download from slow file hosts.

Mediafire

FileDropper

Instructions:

1. Download tar.md5 from above and download Odin

2. Put phone into download mode (power off, then power button + Volume Down, then volume up when prompted)

3. Open Odin (right click > open as administrator)

4. Load stock tar into the PDA slot

5. Start flashing

6. Grab some popcorn because it will take a while

7. Profit
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] anees02:
Danger......Read carefully before flashing.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] en11gma:
so if im on stock unrooted mja or mk2 and for any reason i want to flash this file it will cause knox to trip?

i dont understand.

you say it will cause knox to trip!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] random45:
You will be alright. You have already upgraded to stock 4.3, so you already have the knox bootloader.

If you flash something unofficial, such as CF autoroot or a different recovery, you will trip the warranty void. The tar file I posted are Official, and will not trip the warranty.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] en11gma:
what happens if i am rooted or have a custom recovery and my knox counter = 1 and i want to flash this with odin?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] random45:
Well you have already voided your warranty then and currently there is no way to get the knox counter back to 0.

If you flash this, you will be going back to full stock, like you would expect. You are safe to do this.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] en11gma:
i have been reading over and over if you try to flash an mk2 or mja over a rooted or custom recovery that you can brick the phone?

are you sure odin would flash this when it detects there is a knox = 1 and custum recovery or root?

dont think it is as simple as you say when you are knox = 1 with custum recovery or root.

hope your right. but i dont think so.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] xanaxdroid:
I've used Odin to go back to MJA a couple times with a tripped knox counter and custom recovery. It works every time. Why wouldn't it? It just doesn't reset the counter.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] en11gma:
i would assume something is stripped from the MJA and MK2 we get for odin files

kies and ota definately do checks and WIPES better

for some reason the MJA and MK2 i been flashing (stock mja/mk2) on me no root or cust reoovery (knox = 0x0)

those files are not wiping like they should

why are we always having to do wipes 2 and 3x like alot of these instructions say????

something not right

anyhow yea usually i would think just odin over a stock and everything ok.

knox is wierd and i dont know alot about.

people are talking about OTA and KIES screwing their phones up

i see alot of diff stuff being posted and its moving fast.

why are we still having problems with rooting?

isnt cf-auto-root working 100% now for mja and mk2?

are both twrp and cwmr/philz working 100% as far as functioning correctly and not messing anything up in the rom or firmware they go on top of or happen to install with?

seems like alot of people in those channels/forums dont like talking about it to much.

i thin what i will do is stick with stock firmwares (rooted) and then disable the hands free activation and the android system update

then i will just keep those roms to restore to in case it gets bad :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] xanaxdroid:
Sorry I don't understand. Who's having trouble rooting? And that wipe 2 or 3 times stuff is bs. You only have to wipe once. As for the other stuff I don't know. All I know is my phone has worked fine and has never bricked. I don't use KIES either though and mostly run aosp roms.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] en11gma:
i can verify the wiping/erasing from installing that mja or mk2 is not doing what it usually did with other fully stock rom

i think this phone has 2 firmwares and when you mod one the other one boots the next boot that is why you have to wipe it there too

there is DEFINATELY some double booting going on here

that is also why you tell cf-auto-root, twrp and cwmr NOT to reboot

pull battery and boot directly into recovery

i have had to do 2 and 3 wipes and its not just that

i was on mk2 firmware and i downflashed the modem to mdc

i had to reboot at desktop to get it to show in "about" settings

i then flashed the mk2 firmware (stock 2GB) and when i got in ui AGAIN it still showing MDC.....WTF???

ok so i boot into android recovery and wipe again and reboot and its now MK2

sometimes i just reboot and it will show it next time

its not just there either.

settings in ##3424# and *#9090# are also not getting erased with new official rom installs

really wierd stuff

yea i prob only used kies once in mylife and that was just to test it

usually im on CMnightly whatever is the latest

im not new and i most likely above avg on phone stuff

this KNOX stuff is wierd

even if you do an OTA the phone resets 2x during the install process and i think even with odin too
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] xanaxdroid:
I let c.f. auto root reboot itself after odining to mk2 and it worked fine. And why are you mixing and matching firmwares and basebands? Also are you using "official" files or files that some guy with one post puts up? I'd say decide what you want to use and stick with it. Anyway good luck.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] FlowingAway:
Hey man. I wanted to let you know I appreciate the crap out of you doing this. The slow downloads are awful. However, I've flashed this .tar file twice now using 2 different version numbers of Odin and the phone boots up but hangs on the SAMSUNG screen. Not the very first boot screen that says samsung galaxy s4 but the next one that begins with the purple and blue swirl and turns into the samsung logo while the led pulses blue. The phone doesn't freeze per se, it just never moves beyond this screen. Unless it's supposed to take 20-30 minutes, which I doubt is the case. Did I possibly get a bad download?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] random45:
As with any rom when you first boot up, yes it's supposed to take a while. ("android is upgrading" in disguise maybe?)

Did you do a factory reset before booting up?

Let it do its thing for 10 min at least, and longer than that if you didn't factory reset. If it doesn't boot, then do a factory reset.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] FlowingAway:
Just saw your reply, thank you. That was the one thing I didn't try. Right after I posted that last message I got into recovery (finally after 3 or 4 tries) and did the factory reset and it booted up perfectly! So handy having this file around. Thanks again for uploading.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] AceKing721:
I'm happy I found this post. I was able to help my friend with his phone. THANKS!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] ffr0zen:
Just for reference, I just did this and it worked just fine. I downgraded the modem to MDC and had SACS installed on it, wifi was not working so did this and it works

i dont care about warranty -
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] alexnaoumi:
its been over 10 minutes and im still on the yellow sprint screen
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] LouRock:
I understand that if your flash this MK2 tar you'll end up with the knox bootloader. But if someone wanted to get rid of knox, couldn't they just flash the MJA tar then re-root and update to an knox free MK2 firmware that unknownforce provided and you'd be all set?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Unknownforce:
There is no known method of removing the knox bootloader, to my knowledge.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] daniel4653:
Perform a factory reset. This will get you up .
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] troyboytn:
So, I am completely stock, no root MK2. I have a corrupted system file....specifically InteractiveTutorial.apk that I believe is causing verification failure while trying to update to KitKit NAE build. Failed the OTA this morning as well as the zip I downloaded from XDA.

If I understand correctly, flashing the MK2 tar through odin should replace the corrupted file with the proper, uncorrupted one....thereby letting the KitKat update verify and install?

InteractiveTutorial,apk or "Help" as it is listed in settings became corrupted after the MJA update. It has force closed on start-up since then. Looking through a file explorer it is the incorrect size compared to the .apk in the MK2 tar.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] JoeFCaputo113:
This tar includes kernel too, correct?! Thanks so much for this btw :D :good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] daniel4653:
Yes complete stock. 100%. I used it last night to take the NAE update this morning.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] JoeFCaputo113:
Which is exactly what I'm about to do! Mind if I PM or Hangout you (if you have Hangouts) to ask you a couple questions? Don't wanna fill this thread up with unrelated stuff lol.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] daniel4653:
Yeah go ahead and PM me.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] JoeFCaputo113:
Can someone else DL the mediafire link md5 to be: 32B609D65E442918C492857BC78D3C5F
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] dimm0k:
{~/documents/Android}$ md5sum SPR-L720VPUEMK2-20131212171424.zip

32b609d65e442918c492857bc78d3c5f SPR-L720VPUEMK2-20131212171424.zip
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] JoeFCaputo113:
Thanks brotha. OP should update the first post bc his MD5 sum is wrong!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] dimm0k:
No problem, however do note that the OP's MD5 sum was on the file inside the zip... I actually did unzip it just to md5 it a while back to verify...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] rtwrobert10:
this helped me a TON. i could not express how helpful this was
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] kevinsturf:
So from mk2...you downloaded that pulled update file listed in the other thread, named it to update.zip and placed in internal storage and update?

Please let me know asap as I'm about to go back to stock to do this.

Thank you in advance!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] daniel4653:
Correct . except I didn't have to change the name of the file. And its to the external storage not internal.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] kevinsturf:
Awesome!! Thank you kind sir! :D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] k2buckley:
After flashing this I was getting stuck at the sprint screen on boot. Like others, I had to boot to stock recovery and do a factory reset. Booted just fine after that. Just FYI
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] dougwhit167:
Also had to do factory reset. Worked fine after, Thanks! :good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] FlowingAway:
Once you take the NAE OTA, is flashing this TAR file out of the question? Would like to unroot.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] reesemtk60:
nae update failed

tried to ota the nae update failed verfry signature.

i am on 4.3 mk2 rooted with custom recovery

my question is can i flash the stock mk2 tar file to be completely stock to take the nae update

if so do i have to do a wipe first then flash mk2 tar file through odin
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] mpannen:
I was able to completely reflash a phone that had lost wifi.

The phone was stuck on the yellow sprint screen on first boot. I followed the advice of someone else and booted into recovery and selected factory wipe. The phone was up and running minutes later.

Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] random45:
you can if you would like, but I think the NAE tar already exists.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Ali1353:
So I was rooted on NAE 4.4.2 but the lock screen wasn't working due to the security and Knox (even thou I removed Know completely from the ROM before flashing it)

I changed my Modem back to MK2 , flashed this ROM via Odin, after the installation it got stock on the Sprint Yellow screen so I did a factory reset & now everything works.

The issue is once I go to my system update (in Sprint Zone ,My Device, Dashboard) it shows that there is an update available , once I go inside it shows there is a MK2 update is available (JSS15J.L720VPUEMK2). Basically this is the same MK2 Stock ROM which I just flashed. When I click on the update it says your system is up to date. I also tried from System Update but I get the same message.

I checked the Build numbers from the flashed ROM and the one which is waiting to install and they are both identical (JSS15J.L720VPUEMK2)

I called Sprint customer service and they said as long as your system shows there is an update waiting (in this case MK2) I won't be able to download KK 4.4.2. He said he cannot do anything about it since the OTA requires your phone to be on MK2 which you are but you still have the older update waiting. He said I need to take the phone to a Sprint store so then can Flash the KK manually.

I went to Stock recovery and flashed it again , this time I installed it from Zip which is saved on the external SD and same thing again , wiped cash and no luck.

What do you guys suggest ? Is there a NAE Stock KK ROM available so I can flash it ?

Edit : Just found the Stock NAE KK Unrooted Update ROM (389 MB) , flashed it and everything works , now its time to root the phone.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] TheKraken13:
Where did you find the Stock NAE KK Unrooted ROM? I've searched everywhere and can't seem to locate it. Thanks.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Ali1353:
OTA Update from MK2 4.3 to 4.4.2 KK (389 MB update file) You will get the knox bootloader after this update

You need to be on MK2 Stock ROM (which is in this OP) ,

1) Flash MK2 Modem if you have root access now

2) Flash this MK2 ROM from post #1 and make sure you are unrooted before going for the update (download root checker app from google play if you are not sure)

3) Save the file to your External SD card and Flash this NAE KK 4.4.2 Stock unrooted update (using Sprint stock recovery apply update from external storage )

4) After flashing this update you will get stock on Sprint logo Yellow Screen

5) After 1 or 2 minutes Turn Off the device

6) Hold Volume Up and press power , go to Sprint stock recovery and use Wipe Data/Factory reset

7) Profit

http://android.clients.google.com/p...CSB_user_RP_to_NAE_CSB_user_RP_Update_FWD.zip

Good luck :good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] daniel4653:
That's not really the full stock ROM. But rather the update zip. Just thought I would clarify.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Ali1353:
Correct , I forgot to mention that , its the OTA update from 4.3 MK2 to 4.4.2 KK.

Thanks for the note.

I just edited my post to be clear.

:good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Shardog:
Just so you know I did this and I still have the MF9 bootloader. I checked it with the terminal emulator, getprop ro.bootloader and it tells me MF9.

I came from 4.2.2 MK2 but kept the MF9 bootloader. Then I did the above to remove root and get full MK2. Then I took the OTA update. After that I still didn't have the NAE modem so I flashed that only with odin and now data and WiFi works and I am all NAE.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Ali1353:
II did not have that problem since I was on MK2 bootloader, Odin always helps :)

:good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] random45:
Im sorry. I was already on MK2, and was under the impression that TAR files contained the bootloader. I'm gonna keep the warning there regardless
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Shardog:
no problem, i was just passing on some info. Thanks for the tar. It helped me out.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] juniorr7710:
I'm sorry if I a noob.. But got a new replacement phone, and did CF Auto Root, it says it passed ROOT but when I enter recovery i get the SEANDROID message. So I'm okay to flash this TAR from your instruction at the very top? Just trying to get it straight and working

Thanks for your assistance
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] random45:
That message just means something was flashed that was unofficial. After you flash the tar, that message will disappear since it will be returned to stock.

You might need to factory reset if it doesn't boot up. Just go ahead and do it anyways after flashing the tar.

If the phone is on the newer NAE firmware (4.4.2), you will need that tar instead. This one won't work.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] juniorr7710:
I haven't taken the NAE update... I tried to root while phone was on MK2, good to know this will work

Now what can I use to ROOT it?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] random45:
You can download Cf autoroot. It's a tar that you can flash in Odin. Jfltespr is the name of our device. Google it and you should find it on chainfire's website.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] ulremember:
Odin to Stock

Worked Flawlessly! I also was stuck on yellow sprint screen. "Wiped Data/Factory Reset" in Recovery.

Booted up, reinstalled all of My apps thru Play Store.

Now I am installing update ota.

Thank you for al of the information here

Blesings
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] juniorr7710:
Got it ... one last thing, even though this will work Will it remove Bootloader?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] random45:
I'm not understanding your question.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] juniorr7710:
it was more toward your statement in first page on top, even though you stated that it will work but it also says that this will set bootloader.

just wanted to make sure. thanks for your assistance
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] juniorr7710:
Just got back home and trying this.. quick question. when Odin is on do i need to turn off Auto Reboot and Reset time?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] random45:
You can leave it as is
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] juniorr7710:
Got it having popcorn now, lol... and found chainfires root, now will I have to leave Odin the same with reboot and reset checked
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] juniorr7710:
Thank you Sir... Im now on MK2, ROOT and Philz Recovery, also installed a ROM

Glad to be up and running.

---------- Post added at 10:26 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:43 PM ----------

I thought all was fine, just ran into something new... playstore made some updates including SuperSU now it says SU binary installed and cannot install it this is problem! Any way to fix it?

Found the fix, never mind... SuperSU is good now
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] random45:
Can you take a screen shot and upload it? Or type up the exact message
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] spearoid:
Hey there, my phone took the OTA update to 4.4.2 and I am trying to downgrade to stock 4.3. Are you sure this file of yours won't work?

I've installed a custom recovery and flashed a rooted stock(ish) 4.3 ROM, and it installed fine as far as I could tell, but I would like to get straight stock Sprint 4.3 on here...and was planning on trying this when the download competes.

---------- Post added at 03:23 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:49 PM ----------

Okay, so nevermind. You were right. :)

Odin failed on that TAR file.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] random45:
its because of your bootloader. You can not downgrade your bootloader.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] spearoid:
yeah, I didn't really care that Samsung wanted to make their phones look like iPhones in the beginning, but this type of behavior recently with their software enforcement, mimicking Apple, makes me angry, and when Dr. Evil gets angry......
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] tinkleondabeach:
Failed for me :(

<ID:0/004> Added!!

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

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

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> L720VPUEMK2_L720SPTEMK2_L720VPUEMK2_HOME.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

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

<ID:0/004> File analysis..

<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/004> Initialzation..

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

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

<ID:0/004> SingleDownload.

<ID:0/004> sbl2.mbn

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

<ID:0/004> sbl3.mbn

<ID:0/004> rpm.mbn

<ID:0/004> aboot.mbn

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

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

<ID:0/004> Removed!!

<ID:0/004> Added!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] ROMANTiC KiD:
Looks like your on nae so you need to use nae tar file. Once you upgraded software you can't downgrade cause of the Knox bootloader.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] malicenfz:
I cant get my S4 to turn on and I tried to do this through ODIN and I get a fail message and this

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

<ID:0/004> sbl3.mbn

<ID:0/004> rpm.mbn

<ID:0/004> aboot.mbn

<ID:0/004> FAIL! (Auth)

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] random45:
are you trying to downgrade? MK2 is an older version than NG2.