yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] EngineManShawn:
I did read it and much much more. The instructions for being new to all this aren't exactly clear. I did everything that I was instructed to do. The su binary needs update was the message I received for a week or so. I guess what I didn't understand is the recovery portion. TWRP.. I could not get my device to open in Recovery. I needed root access to install it and I couldn't get it. Finally after flashing the md5tar file I used kingroot and it took and updated the su binary enough to install the recovery that I needed and then everything fell into place and made sense. It wasn't the correct update for the binary but it gave me root. After root I then installed twrp and was able to get the correct recovery and su binary update that I needed if that makes any sense.. Thanks for all the help!! :beer:

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Also purify App was the one that got me where I needed to be as far as the binary update.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] affineer:
I took my s4 to a technician, he said main IC was blown...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] bgmg:
That stinks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] EngineManShawn:
Can I use Samsung smart switch will a rooted phone for back up?

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*With a rooted phone?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] guho:
Update to give a data point for possibly updating OP: Got SPH-L720T from Ebay yesterday. Came stock unrooted OF1. Activated on RingPlus Future Phase 11 with 1GB/mo 1000mins 1150 SMS free plan. Updated to stock OH1 from Sammobile. CFAutoRoot works on OH1. NATIVE HOTSPOT SQLITE TELEPHONY.DB METHOD did not work on my rooted OH1 SPH-L720T. It still checked my hotspot subscription. But the Wifi Tether Router app works fine using default settings. Cost is $2.80 now in the play store.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] bilgerryan:
[MENTION=639707]guho[/MENTION] Have you noticed anything bad about RingPlus Service? I'm interested in lowering my bill and of the service is as good as Ting's I'd like to try it out.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] bgmg:
Thanks and wow, it's good to know WiFi tether router is back in play store.

OP already states cfautoroot works on OF1 and OH1.

As far as telephony.db method, it should still work, because galaxy tools tether method works with OH1, and GT uses the telephony.db method except it makes the changes for you.

The telephony.db method is a bit tricky and requires percision. Something as simple as an extra space at the end stops it from working.

After you apply the changes and exit, go back and in and see if anything on the part you modified was changed.

If you are doing a copy and paste, wierd things happen some times, especially if you captured an extra space at the end or before dun.

And if you perform a profile update or firmware update the charges are undone and you have to do it over.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] bgmg:
[MENTION=639707]guho[/MENTION] Here are pics from a OH1 720T device with the telephony.db modified automatically by galaxy tools, and the native tether works.

You will notice it is the same modifications as the telephony.db method. idone (the maker of galaxy tools) confirmed to me once that his tool uses the telephony.db method.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] bgmg:
Added guho OH1 WiFi tether confirmation to OP and updated WiFi tether intro in OP.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] EngineManShawn:
How can I turn my sph-l720t into a wifi Hotspot? None of the root apps are working. Phone just says user not subscribed. It's Sprint phone running on straight talk?.? Please help ???
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] bgmg:
If you have root, any of the Hotspot solutions mentioned in the OP (post 1) should work.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] negativerad:
bgmg, what app is that listing the carriers?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] bilgerryan:
Flash Wicked X, it's already built in.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] bgmg:
? I don't understand the question. Are you asking me about the screen shot pics I posted? If so, that is sql lite.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] negativerad:
Ah sqlite lite, thanks. Sorry the xda mobile app doesn't let me reply with quotes. At least I don't see the option if it does.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] bgmg:
And [MENTION=639707]guho[/MENTION] Don't forget you have to reboot after making the change for it to take effect.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] AArmin88:
Hi everyone,

My friend got a S4 and he wanted to switch the language to German, but only few are available and no German.

I tried the methods with the apps from playstore, also tried to flash cm11 and then got stuck at the sprint yellow boot animation after which I flashed another I think MK2 tar (1.5GB) and after flashing, did a factory reset, the phone finally booted the OS.

Now, please, can someone suggest what would me my option to install additional languages, especially german.

Can i flash a international stock ROM for S4 on a Sprint S4 phone?

Thank you in advance
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] EngineManShawn:
What twrp recovery should I use for sprint galaxy S4 sph-l720t. 2.1.8 etc. Which option please? Can't find anything on my device that states a number. Thank you
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] bilgerryan:
Those are just versions of the recovery just like every app has a version number, the highest number is the latest.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] EngineManShawn:
Ok that makes sense. It's just that it's taking me so long to find instructions on how to with all these applications. I just can't believe all the unnecessary bloatware and other options that I don't need or want on my device. Ex. I want to pick one music player and remove the other five. Also I don't need five photo viewers. So many options it's hard to find a starting point to start building. How and where should I put a recovery so I am able to recover if I do take a wrong turn?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] bilgerryan:
Recovery is flashed through Odin (download the tar.md5 file) even you are on stock recovery, it is a completely separate partition. That's why most people flash a custom ROM, less bloat ware, more features.

Once you have TWRP installed you can make an exact backup of your phone the way it is now, should anything go wrong you just hit Restore in Recovery. The option is called Backup.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] zarraza:
looking for STOCK rom L720TVPUCOH1

I have a GS4 720t that has a custom ROM from TEXT NOW (l720tvpubng5 on it and i switched to another MVNO and can't make calls - it craps out on contacts and shuts the phone APP down, so no calls can be made from the device, so I decided to try and do the factory settings from the device - unfortunately the TEXTNOW crap is "the default" - so I want to put it "back to stock" but with what looks like a lollipop update in L720TVPUCOH1 according to a couple of the posts here that lead to the sprint site.

problem is that I can't just do a system update it says no firmware update available and my samsung software is up to date - just checked.

WHERE can I download a stock rom and put it back to "new" so i can actually use the device?

I don' t like to root or use custom roms, not my thing, since "I mock what I don't understand"

I have used ODIN for recovery with success but that was a couple years ago so I'm a little out of practice.

ran root checker and and it says Sorry: Root access is not properly installed on this device Device sph-l720t Android Version 4.4.2.

so basically I'd just like the "official" lollipop rom for this - can someone point me to a download? I've looked at a link in this thread but didn't see the L720TVPUCOH1 ROM that is supposed to be the latest and greatest according to spring.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] bilgerryan:
www.sammobile.com
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] JerryGNYC:
Hi. Does anyone have a copy of the OH1 modem? The one that is linked to here in this thread is corrupt, and Google is not being very helpful finding another site (I trust) with it. TIA...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] EngineManShawn:
I suppose that twrp isn't responding to well because I did not flash a tar.md5 file through Odin? I's there a link with a zip tar.md5 file and Odin floating around somewhere? I am seriously having difficulty with twrp. I keep ending up wiping my device and sometimes I have to flash the firmware again. I so don't want to keep this up. I did get this far I can now root a device and reinstall original firmware like its my job. Like I stated before I just have a hard time getting there the first time and getting through it. I did actually have twrp installed at one point and then ended up with cyagenmod with no backup. I couldn't get a browser to work on that rom and the updates wouldn't install because cm installer wasn't available. Anyway I get need to get a stock recovery onto my device and have twrp installed? Thanks for the patience and support. I have been purchasing a few devs apps and donations for the work.

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Unfortunately I don't know how to find Wicked X?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] ulremember:
Hello to all!

I just recieved a replacement Sprint S4 720T. I see the bootloader and baseband is OH1.

What I am looking to do to start is Root with Hotspot Mod added. I will decide on a ROM after some investigation on Stable VersionI have read that I should be on OD1 baseband and or firmware.

Is this correct? I am going to use CF-Auto Root. I had a S4 in the past before I upgraded to Note 4. I need a refresher course on the s4.

I need to run and get an external sd card, so I will be delayed, but would like a heads up.

Thank you in Advance!

Blessings
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] bilgerryan:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3115583

There's a link to Odin on the first post, TWRP thread is in Original Development section, links to everything are there.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] EngineManShawn:
TY
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] TheHumansAreDead:
Working 5.1.1 ROMs for sph-l720t ?

I'm trying to get a working 5.1.1 ROM on my sph-l720t. I don't see a list of working 5.1.1 Lollipop ROMs in this thread.

I have tried several and none provide me with LTE, and most with no data service at all. (CM, Exodus, Dirty Unicorns, Octo OS, Blisspop) In fact the only 5.1.1 ROM I get data with is Dirty Unicorns Final 9.8 and that is only 3G for me.

I just recently discovered that Blisspop has a 5.1.1 ROM jfltespr for the Sprint S4 and it looks beautiful. But again, no data for me. This would be my ROM of choice if I could get the data working.

I'm at a loss as to why I am unable to get LTE data working with any of the 5.1.1 ROMs. I've tried all kinds of proposed "solutions" but none solve the issue.

Currently my service is with Ring+ and everything works as it should with my rooted stock OH1 firmware 5.0.1 Lollipop.

After 2 weeks of futzing around, I figured it's time to post. Any insight that might get me where I want to be would be greatly appreciated.

Also, it would be nice if there were a list of working 5.1.1 ROMs at the beginning of this thread.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] mattzeller:
I've had data issues with the newest ROMs as well even after applying the BoostMobile APN fix, what worked for me was BlissPop Experimental from 9/28
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] TheHumansAreDead:
I tried to replicate your success. The closest I could find was 10/05 Experimental and it never found cellular service.

Are you on BoostMobile? Did you apply the BoostMobile APN fix on the Blisspop Experimental you are running? The APN's are showing in both versions of Blisspop v4..0.3 I've tried. (Official 11/12 and Experimental 10/05) so I didn't suspect APNs as the failure.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] mattzeller:
Yeah I applied the fix, that's how I got data to work, but no go on anything newer
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] bilgerryan:
Have either one of you tried with OH1 baseband? That is what is needed for Sacs 5.1.1 ROM to have data... Just a thought.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Flying_NEB:
I too am interested in a lollipop root. I'm a pretty much a noob, but want to get it rooted so I can get rid of useless stock apps and make things run a little better. I want to make sure I root it the best way and if anyone else has done some trial and error, it'd be great to hear. And yes, I have the 720T
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] TheHumansAreDead:
I am OH1 baseband. I'm running OH1 Stock firmware 5.0.1, Rooted, with TWRP Recovery v2.8.7.0

Thank you for refocusing me on the APNs. I had presumed because they were showing up and not magically disappearing like they have been known to do, that that wasn't the problem.

Problem solved. As you can see I'm rocking LTE on Blisspop v4.0.3 Official. I'm so happy I could s*** a screaming squirrel. (L4D2) :D (Not sure how you posted the thumbnail, but I was going to post one showing my working LTE)

What I did was mimic the working Ring+ APN settings from my OH1 Stock 5.0.1. The two settings I changed were:

APN Type: default,supl,mms

Bearer: LTE

I can confirm for this thread, Blisspop v4.0.3 Official 20151112 jfltespr runs as smooth as butter on our sph-l720t, with LTE service on Ring+.

If you aren't concerned about tripping the KNOX counter, and voiding warranty, then using Odin 3.0.9 to flash TWRP 2.8.4.0 method works great. You can find the detailed instructions on this method referenced at the beginning of this wonderful thread.

Basically, you backup your phone data put it somewhere safe, use Odin to flash TWRP 2.8.4.0 zip, then boot into Recovery and flash the TWRP 2.8.7.0 image to bring TWRP up to 2.8.7.0, then flash SuperSU v2.46.zip and you're rooted and ready to load your ROM of choice. I would recommend wiping your Dalvik Cache and Cache after each flash for good measure.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] mattzeller:
For BlissPop, from what I can tell and have read, you just have to be on at least OD2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] zarraza:
Thanks, got it downloaded and flashed and made a call instantl, so my problem is resolved and I'm as current as I can be!!

Appreciate the link.... Now I'm gonna see if I can find a new ROM for my note 2 that seems to be on the fritz on that same site!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Galane:
Is there a site with the stock OF1 recovery for an SPH-L720T? I unrooted with SuperSU then flashed the stock OD2 recovery to replace TWRP. Then the OTA to OH1 worked fine on another phone of this same model.

But this one is balking at doing the OTA to OH1. If I can get the OF1 recovery I'm hoping it'll go ahead with it. I don't want to wait for bloody hours for Kies to download the whole bleeping OH1 ROM when it only needs the 340 meg stagefright/OH1 patch.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] bilgerryan:
Never use Kies, it's useless. Download Odin and the stock OH1 from www.sammobile.com
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Galane:
Downloading the full OH1 firmware from androidayos.com Sammobile is extremely slow (unless you pay!) and rapidgator nearly always fails on anything over a gig (unless you pay!).

Doesn't anyone torrent these files?

I'd much rather just have the stock OF1 recovery to flash so the OH1 OTA update patch will work. The latest Odin flashable stock L720T recovery I've been able to find is OD2. That one worked for the OTA to OF1, then I reinstalled TWRP.

Being able to directly download the OH1 patch zip would also be nice. Could have a phone done in minutes instead of hours.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] jayshocka:
Bilgerryan created a flash able stage fright patch. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3115583
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Galane:
That does not leave the phone in a stock condition so there will still be issues with later OTA updates.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] messy9867:
Noob question

I have boost mobile S4 Version OH1 . Is this the right forum to get me started on rooting? If successful rooted will my LTE be working? :confused:

Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] mattzeller:
Rooting will not effect LTE, I'm on Boost custom rooted ROM no issue. Flash TWRP in download mode, boot right into TWRP before booting phone normally and flash latest SuperSU.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] messy9867:
Also can you inform me if their is a way to root back to stock if somehow I bricked phone?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] mattzeller:
You just flash stock from sammobile.com
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] messy9867:
One more question would this apply if an OTA gets released. Rooting stops OTAs?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] mattzeller:
Rooting and custom recovery will stop any OTA. Though I highly doubt there will be any more OTAs for this device. All OH1 was, was the Stagefright patch.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] messy9867:
i rooted with (TWRP SUPERSU METHOD) but it seems settings contacts etc keep crashing. i used twrp 2.8.4.0 and supersu v2.46 did i forget a step? should i have wiped? do i need to go back to stock from odin and try again?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] mattzeller:
First go into app manager and wipe data and cache, see if that clears it up. If not boot into TWRP and clear delvik and cache. If that doesn't work then flashing either stock or another ROM will take care of it. Though having TWRP and rooting have nothing to do with your contacts
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] messy9867:
its settings, contacts, s memo, contacts storage, android.process.media, google play newsstand have stopped. phone is being unresponsive pretty much
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] mattzeller:
Boot into recovery wipe caches
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] messy9867:
trying right now... can you stay on and help me thru this please
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] bthorne79:
There is always someone around to help

BTW I built out CM13 for jfltespr

:D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] messy9867:
well as you can tell im having trouble after rooting with TWRP SUPER Su. ive tried to delete all caches but problem still exists. im going to try again. so my steps are to flash back to stock and use ODIN. the tar file goes in "AP" sections correct? with everything UNchecked and NOT auto reboot?

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so i think what i did wrong was of course didnt wipe Dalvik cache and cache and while trying to get to the recovery it may have let it reboot
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] bthorne79:
Ap(PDA) I think I remember the second slot on right under the BL(bootloader) yes unchecked all three boxes on top left load file plug in phone while in download mode wait for the com# than flash once passed unplug phone pull battery hook up battery and hold the power and volume up boot to recovery wipe cache and dalvik reboot recovery should be all cleaned up

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any reason why your running stock TouchWiz

Aosp & Cyanogen is so much better
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] messy9867:
to confirm this is to flash back to stock.?

Edit--

I managed to flash back to stock, went into stock recovery and wiped dalvik and cache then booted the phone and the problem still existed even after flashing..... I then went back to recovery and factory reset the phone waited to the LONG boot and boom just how i got it as if was out the box. should i apply this factory reset after i install Super SU? i dont understand why after rooting some of my apps were closing?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] bthorne79:
Not supposed to
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] messy9867:
which twrp recovery should i use for the AP slot (PDA)? the "openrecovery-twrp-2.8.4.0-jfltespr" zip file with recovery.img in it OR openrecovery-twrp-2.8.4.0-jfltespr.tar.md5
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] bthorne79:
Tar
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] messy9867:
they both do say tar but im guessing the MD5 one?

im in ODIN and im at this step

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

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

<OSM> Please Wait..

-Ive been waiting for a few min. odin task is getting a (Not Responding). should i keep waiting?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] mattzeller:
Yeah, I've had it do that, just keep waiting
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] bthorne79:
If you have issue flashing try a different cable or USB port that it the biggest fail on odin

Did you get this twrp from the site https://dl.twrp.me/jfltespr/twrp-2.8.4.0-jfltespr.tar
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] messy9867:
what is the md5 download option for then? Im going with the zip file i downloaded but it has recovery.img in it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] bthorne79:
DL the one from the link i posted and flash that one
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] messy9867:
alright i got twrp and installed SuperSU. im going to wipe dalkiv and cache, should i wipe data as well?

EDIT

well optimizing apps...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] bthorne79:
None you will be fine
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] messy9867:
i opened SU and binaries were not downloaded is this a must?

finally after the second attempt! I just couldn't get the exact steps to how to correctly root. thank you for helping me out.

:D :good::good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] bthorne79:
Rooting Samsung devices are pretty easy flash twrp reboot to twrp flash su or reboot recovery and twrp will ask to install root swipe yes reboot recovery and all set

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But really no one wants my cm13 build I figured I'd get some people asking for it.:eek:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] messy9867:
im just afraid to do a wrong step and bricked phone for something i didnt research enough.

what would you say is the best ROM with bloatware gone just a basic rom?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] bthorne79:
Me I'm all for aosp style roms everyone has a preference if you like tw or use samsung apps stick with that. if you want clean low system usage aosp ,OctOS ,slimrom ,gpe, miui if that is your cup of tea

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Here is the team I'm with https://www.teamoctos.com/

I feel you would like it not over done just enough customizing for just about everyone.

Solid and stable

Weekly are the newest and we have milestone release also under the main supported devices