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[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] JoaoMarcos:
[MENTION=4954352]mohamedrashad[/MENTION] It's a problem in power button. I have a friend and her SGY has the same problem.

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I was talking to my friend and he told me that the problem was that the power button was very sensitive and because of that, the button is pressed with minimal effort. Why, as you said, sometimes the menu appears off the phone and sometimes the phone turns off and turns on alone.

Thanks Google Translate :silly:
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] mohamedrashad:
if so I will changed it

One normal press and it reboots itself automatically seconds later
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] tony_stark_noob:
Well it's evident that power button is causing it.... When you actually press the power button it's probably getting jammed. And causing reboots..
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] mohamedrashad:
So no other options but to change it
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] cruise350:
I can answer 1 & 3 for you.

1. No, you won't be able to take an OTA because you removed or modified system files. This will cause the update file of the OTA to abort once it encounters the modded file or can't find the file your removed. The best process to take an OTA would be to return the phone to stock before taking the OTA. The easiest method is to use Odin and install the full stock tar file that you are currently on. In your case it would be the MK2 tar file. This will return your phone to stock with the stock recovery and allow your phone to update via OTA, then you can re root.

3. Odin is used to flash things like stock tar files, modems(basebands), recoveries & firmwares. If you are installing a custom rom, that is usually done using a custom recovery like Phillz's or TWRP. These recoveries can be installed via odin or TWRP via goomanager app in playstore. Once the custom recovery is installed you copy the rom file or other mod to your sdcard and install through recovery.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] mikeprius:
Thanks for the response....Does it matter what version of Odin I use if I were to restore the phone back to stock ? Also do I need to manually remove all rooted program and features, or can it be flashed back to stock ROM as is ? I have a lot of apps that I also don't want to lose and I've tried manually back up files on my SD card, but I didn't know if there was a way to back it up, so that it literally can be dumped right back in when stock is restored.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] cruise350:
I believe if you are on MK2 you will want to use the latest version of odin which is ver3 3.09. If you are using the MK2 complete stock tar file it will rewrite everything in system and restore all the apps that were removed or modded so you don't need to manually remove root. Currently, the stock files available to us do not wipe the data partition so anything you have in that partition will remain there unless you do a factory reset. One thing you will want to make sure you are doing is backing up to the external sdcard and not the internal. You can then use TB to replace any files if you did a factory reset.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] mikeprius:
I'm using Kies 3 and using the data back-up feature ? I assume this is backing up to the computer then I was planning on using the 'restore data' feature once they phone is back to stock. Will this revert it back to the way it was previously customized before root ? So if I understand correctly, once I download Odin 3.0, I load the MK2 .tar file into the phone, enbable download mode, then hit start and the phone will be like it was out of the box and ready to be OTA and restored with prior data ? I may be confusing flashing the stock firmware with factory reset ?

I also noticed there is an update firmware feature on Kies 3, if I try using this while SuperSU is present and the phone is rooted, will I also have a failed update/issues ? Again, thanks for your help. Do appreciate it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] cruise350:
I have never used Kies and heard that it doesn't work with the MJA or MK2 software yet. I don't believe Kies will work if your status is custom but I could be wrong on that. If you odin the MK2 full tar file your phone will be back to stock but your data should still be there. You will only lose your data if you do a factory reset in recovery. Remember, a factory reset is just wiping the data partition and does not restore any software or apps.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] mikeprius:
Ok, I think I have the general idea. It sounds similar to putting back on the stock 'image' nothing else.........I currently have the Odin 3.0 software, but I have been having a hard time finding the stock firmware online and downloading it. I will keep looking. Once I get the .tar and flash in download mode, will I just see all the bloatware back on, but everything else the same ? I was wondering what will happen if I kept Titanium Back-up, SuperSU, and Xposed Installer on when I do this ? Does it just render them all un-useable, but the new OTA will still install anyway ? Thanks.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] jeffreyjicha:
Every thing in the data partition(titanium backup) will remain and everything in the system partition (SuperSU & stuff modified via xposed installer) will be gone and replaced with the bloatware.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] mikeprius:
Ok, so it appears to have worked. I flashed the 4.3 prior version however it was hooked up to wifi and automatically downloaded the new version and removed root (not a big deal). My status says custom still, but I am assuming that I can OTA after the flash b/c it updated to the most recent 4.3 in Dec 2013. I re-rooted so it is back to prior, but I know now how to do it.

Is there anything that I may delete or uninstall that cannot be replaced by flashing the stock firmware ? For example I was thinking about getting rid of the 'help' on the phone and Titanium Back up said it is odexed or something to that extent and can only be replaced by using Titanium Backup and the exact same copy ?

I figured that I might as well just try deleting the bloatware and not back up b/c worse case scenario if something happens I can just flash back the stock ROM and all is well ?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] mikeprius:
Being able to flash the stock .tar through ODIN gives me peace of mind from screw ups, even if it removes root and takes time.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] nobody291:
If you haven't spent much time customizing, that'll work fine. Most of us use custom recoveries (like Philz or TWRP) to make "nandroid" backups of our setups. A nandroid is like a drive image on a computer, so restoring it will restore all of the customizations you've done (accounts, apps, app data, bloatware deletions, etc). Nandroids don't back up firmware (modem, bootloader,etc), but back up the ROM completely. A Titanium backup is almost as good, but requires a bit more work.

As for deciding what apps you can delete, most of the custom ROM creators post a list of the bloatware they remove. So, if it's on their list, it's almost certainly ok to delete it on your phone too.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] mikeprius:
Thanks being able to flash the stock .tar and use ODIN gives me peace of mind of any potential screw ups. So far I'm just using stock rom and toggling some of the features with xposed installer and titanium back up.

I'd like to explore more eventually with custom ROMs and I've heard of Clockwork mod and TWRP, Nandroid, Cyanogen, etc... but I don't know what any of that means or what it is.

Is TWRP/Philz like ODIN program then you download custom ROMS like Cyanogen the same way as the stock firmware. tar ?

As you can tell I am extremely new to this.....this is also my first time owning an Android phone as well, but I never messed with jailbreaking my past 2 iPhones in the past. I just have used VB 3.0 back in the day....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] mikeprius:
thanks for explaining this nobody-

The information does help quite a bit and I am still learning, however; I do enjoy the process of messing with the phone. My GS4 now runs the RAM at 750-800mg instead of a bloated 1.2GB which was happening quite a bit. I had to originally not use a lot of apps I wanted to like Facebook bc the programs themselves bloated up to accomidate the existing bloatware which was also running. I did flash my phone back with the stock firmware today and it looks like it installed all the stock software. My status said 'custom' when I looked at it however I was already connected to wifi and it went from 4.3 (Oct 2013 version which I flashed) to Dec 2013 version automatically so it appears that the OTA feature works.

I assumed if I accidently delete something from the phone that I really need to affects the phone, I can always flash the stock ROM to fix it. Losing the root is not that big of an issue, but I did lose Superuser and had to re-root the phone. I suppose I do have a few more questions, one was when I was reading another carrier provider thread.

1. Is there anything I can delete from the phone that I could not eventually recover by flashing the stock firmware ? When I uninstall for example the 'help' app on the phone Titanium Backup says this only copy can be replaced by using Titanium 5.1 and it's existing copy ? Could this just be replaced by flashing the stock firmware as well ? I like being able to flash the stockfirm ware rom at any point as a fail safe.

2. The other issue is the bootloader that I heard about ? It was on a Verizon thread where the person was able to flash the stock firmware on his phone, but then after an upgrade, he was not longer able to flash the rom b/c the carrier in the most recent upgrade he did blocked ODIN ? Is this something that I should possibly be concerned about in the future not being able to flash stock firmware via ODIN ? As you can tell, I'm pretty OCD about being able to have a failsafe for my phone. LOL. Thanks again for your help, I do appreciate it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] nobody291:
Yes, you can always flash the stock firmware to fix whatever you do to the ROM (just to the ROM, use ODIN very carefully). In the case of the Help file, you could also back it up using Titanium, then delete the app, and restore it later using Titanium if you want it back. This is probably obvious, but use Titanium to delete the app, but don't delete the backup.

Sprint is a lot more friendly toward its users modifying their phones than Verizon. But, they could change their minds any time. For now, there are no issues (other than the Knox warranty issue). But, don't presume that'll always be the case. The best precaution is to not take OTA (over the air) updates. OTAs are the ones that pop up as a notification on the phone saying "system update available, tap to install". Kit Kat should become available in the next month or two, who knows what'll come along with the OTA. Threads will start here almost immediately when the update rolls out; watch those threads and don't do the update until you're comfortable with what's inside. I will wait and flash something from the development section, even if it is just the stock ROM.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] mikeprius:
It was good that you mentioned the Knox bootloader issue with the 4.3 upgrade. When I purchased my cell phone back in Nov, I believe it had the 4.3 (1st) version loaded, but it already had Knox features as I do recall seeing them. If I were to try and flash 4.2.2 like the version you initially had, would the phone have a bootloop error or fail to flash because there were some free wifi tethering exploits that were not yet fixed in the 4.2.2 version ? This may have been the error I read about due to the new Knox feature.

I think since my phone is currently rooted and I altered some of the bloatware system files that the update if it were made available OTA should not update anyway due to the root. Will the stock ROM/firmware .tar files eventually be posted in the developers section that can just be flashed via ODIN later on ? With that, if I were to load 4.4 and not like it, could I flash back 4.3 ? I am guessing this is the part where you mentioned that the carrier may decide differently later on.....I suppose I will just keep an eye out in the meantime.

Good good............, I'm picking up this pretty well so far.............
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] nobody291:
I'm not sure what symptoms you'd see if you installed 4.2.2 with the 4.3 bootloader. Most likely the phone would fail to boot. ODIN will flash whatever you tell it to, I don't believe it does any compatibility checking on its own. You can still get the wifi hotspot feature to work even with Knox and the 4.3 bootloader, I don't think that was what they were trying to do with the update. There are threads discussing 4.3 and what changed, but there wasn't much obvious to the user. For now you can't go back if you're on 4.3, but there might be an exploit discovered down the road that lets you get the old bootloader and go back.

Yes, they won't be available immediately though. It can take some time for the community to re-obtain root too, depending on how big the changes are.

I think you alluded to the answer already, but it depends. It took a month or two before you could flash the stock 4.3 without the 4.3 bootloader. There were custom ROMs available that used custom kernels sooner, but there was a problem trying to use the stock kernel with the 4.2.2 bootloader. So, always read and read and read some more before flashing updates.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] mikeprius:
So far i think i got the hang of it. I have been modifying the phones original touchwhiz. I ended up freezing alot of files instead of deleting them so the ability to turn them back on is there. Some of the files while there are not meant to be frozen/disabled/turned off. I tried a few methods for keeping SuperSU over an ODIN with no luck. I do have a question though. If i turned off (but did not delete) alot of system files and were to run ODIN again will all of them including the bloatware be turned back on and restored? That would be bad if i flashed, lost root, then simultaneously had all the system files disabled with no way to turn them back on......

This also a dumb question but what exactly am i flashing with ODIN? Its a 1.5 GB file with Sprint and it is a tar that restores all bloatware and turns the phone status back to official so i can get OTA updates. Am i flashing the entire stock ROM or just the firmware? Its nice that i have not lost any existing apps or data. It just restores the bloatware and removes root
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] mikeprius:
Reading the above posts im guessing firmware....along the lines of the previous question will this restore system files and apps as well that have been shut off because ive been on a roll disabling and freezing a lot of files and apps and not sure what to turn back on to restore function to some of them. If the ODIN firmware flash resets all settings then that will also be very useful as well. Thanks much
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] imbmiller:
The .tar you are flashing from sprint is what we would call stock firmware image. This is the image that shipped on the phone from the factory. I'm an avid flasher and would highly recommend installing twrp or philz touch, creating a nandroid backup and giving some debloated touchwiz roms a shot. You'll see some significant improvement in battery life and performance and some really cool upstream features. I use odin as a last resort, when I need to go back to stock for whatever reason (ie domestic sim unlock) or have fubar'd my current setup past a point of no return.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] mikeprius:
I was watching a video and it looks like the .tar custom recovery (I was watching Clockwork Mod Recovery), is flashed with ODIN just like the stock firmware. What I find confusing is that if this Clockwork Custom Recovery is flashed, is it put over the stock ROM ? Once the custom recovery was put on in the video, it was very straightforward putting new ROMs on.

So with that being said, when you wipe data/cache/dalvik cache/ then flash the stock firmware .tar with ODIN, does this just 'lift' off clockwork mod recovery and now you just have the stock ROM with all stock files and everything wiped off ? After doing a factory reset as well ?

Also this is deviating from the original topic, but I have a question about 'pimp my rom' for anyone that used this. I was doing some tweaks, but it was not 100% clear to me how to restore back the tweaks....do you just flash the stock firmware, wipe cache/dalvik cache ? Will this delete my apps and information ?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] imbmiller:
The CWM Installation only writes over the portion that is called the bootloader, the rom itself stays intact. I would suggest using either TWRP OR PHILZ Touch recoveries for our phone, not cmw. Once you have installed a custom bootloader you no longer need to mess with odin or .tar files. New roms will come in the form of .zip files. Flashing these .zip roms will not affect the customer. Bootloader so unless you odin the stock firmware you should always have a custom recovery installed into your bootloader. Even if you factory reset or wipe anything it will persist. If you odin a stock image then your custom recovery will disappear and become the stock recovery, at which point you just reflashed TWRP or PHILZ touch and can start flashing away. When using odin you don't have to do a factory reset or wipe, all of your data will be wiped automatically.

Things you can flash with odin:

Full stock image (includes bootloader, modem, rom etc)

Modems or Basebands (to move the modem version up and down without affecting the bootloader)

Custom recoveries or bootloaders (doesn't affect roms or modem or data)

Use custom recovery to:

Make complete system backups

Flash custom roms

Flash custom kernels

Add rom mods

Add Google Apps in one package

Root using superuser.zip packeges
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] mikeprius:
So how exactly does Philz and TWRP differ from CMW ? The base ROM stays intact with CMW ?

CMW: Bootloader only: Still use ODIN and .tar ?

Philz/TWRP: .zip files from recovery screen ?

What are the difference again between the 2 ?

As what you stated above, if you load Cyanogen Mod, there should not be any issues with the phone service being set up still with the carrier ?

I guess where I am confused is what is actually happening when I flash that stock firmware file .tar on the phone in download mode ? Does this also kill the custom bootloader like CMW, Philz, TWRP ?

It completed disabled my SuperSU and I had to re-root.

I have messed around with my rooted phone and Wanam/Xposed Installer, so I think the next step is to start making Nandroids and flashing custom ROMs, but I am still pretty confused at this point. I am more visual so watching it via YouTube or something that been the best for me. I do appreciate the help, I am still trying to follow along.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] imbmiller:
Cmw is the same as TWRP and PHILZ but TWRP and PHILZ are optimized and actively developed for our phone. They all act in the same manner, they all flash zips of roms.

Loading new roms shouldn't affect your carrier service at all. That part is based in the modem files and won't be touched unless you odin stock firmware.

When you flash the stock firmware it makes the phone like it was when it left the Samsung factory, erases all data, removes root (remember you had to root the phone when you first got it) and writes over your custom recovery (ie. PHILZ TWRP or cwm) and restores the stock recover (from which you cannot flash custom roms) and the modem files.

Here is a video about twrp and installing roms. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiYSH64NpU8&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Keep the questions coming, I appreciate your eagerness to learn.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] mikeprius:
Ok, that makes more sense. What happened when I flashed the .tar from Sammobile is that it put back all the bloatware on my phone, but all my apps and icons and everything else stayed in tact. Are you saying that everything else was restored to factory from Samsung ?

Tonight, I may jump in and put on TWRP., I'd really like to try out Cyanogen Mod. I've read into the process and this is what I gather:

1. Find corresponding TWRP .tar and flash via ODIN in download mode.

2. There is a backup feature on TWRP now that it is on ? I use that and save a copy to my ext SD card which is a 'nandroid'.

3. Download corresponding Cyanogen Mod file, flash it via TWRP as a .zip, but first wipe cache/dalvik cache.

4. That's it ? If I wanted to go back to my previous set up, wipe cache/dalvik cache again, and load my back up which I am guessing is saved as a .zip file ?

Just wiping cache/dalvik cache, then flashing zip and new custom ROM ?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] imbmiller:
Yes, yes and yes. Almost.

Once you are in twrp select backup, no need to check any options that are unchecked.

Do a factory reset

Install cm11 or whatever

After the install you will see an option to wipe dalvik and cache, do that.

Reboot

Profit.

If you do a restore there is no need to wipe first as twrp will do it automatically.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] cruise350:
Actually, if he wants a full backup you should check all the boxes. Especially if you are going to switch between AOSP and Touchwiz roms. By backing up everything, you shouldn't need to install the kernel separately after restoring between AOSP and Touchwiz. Also, make sure you select the ext sdcard for backup location.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] mikeprius:
I posted a new thread on this, but here's what happened.....

I have TWRP 6.3.2.0 and flashed a 10.2 nightly version on my phone with Gapps.

Everything went fine, I did the wipe and then flashed both CM 10.2 and Gapps. It loaded no problem. Good so far.

I made several nandroid backups and used ALL the check boxes prior to doing this.

I went to restore and again used all the check boxes, wiped cache, dalvik chache, internal, then at one point later on did a complete format.

The phone boots up to Samsung, then goes to the yellow Sprint splash screen where it just hangs there. I waited for about 4-5 min and it sits on the splash screen. My nandroid uncompressed was about 3.3 GB.

At this point, everything is working, however; I cannot restore my nandroid. Is there a problem with TWRP 2.6.3.0 ? I used Goomanager to download it.

I eventually did a clean factory wipe and flashed stock firmware via ODIN, so the phone was just like it was out of the box. I then re-rooted got SuperSU, put TWRP via Goomanager again and tried to restore my nandroid. Same thing.

I like Cyanogen Mod and I pretty much have the whole process down, but I am very disappointed that TWRP is not working. What is going on ? I still have all copies of my nandroids....actually several of them.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] mikeprius:
btw, when it restores it says that it was 'successful', no fail or anything, not sure if that helps. I even toggled with 'Fix Permissions' and followed everything to the letter. Something about a kernel I read up above ? I am inclined to believe that there is a bug in this TWRP version....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] ymf331:
i've always used clockwork, but he was saying you shouldn't need to flash the appropriate kernel when restoring a touchwiz nandroid if you checked all the boxes. guessing twrp backs up your kernel too? just in case, if it were me, i'd grab up either a stock kernel or kt-sgs4 (in original development) and try flashing that after restoring. hopefully that helps.