yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Harry56:
Hi Bilgerryan,

Thanks for answering - I'm still enjoying the Galaxy S3 that you helped me root a while back!

So if I understand on the S4.... Use ODIN to reinstall the full firmware package from Sammobile and that will hopefully get me back into a working phone....

Not sure about how to get things going with TWRP in such a way as to avoid having the same thing happen again. I definitely had auto-reboot off.

I saw some instructions on typing fastboot on a page of twrp instructions. Those instructions appear to assume that some other software is loaded on both the phone and the PC. Guess I can try and track down info on fastboot.

Well, first things first, hopefully I will soon have the thing working again...

Thanks....

---------- Post added at 07:29 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:11 AM ----------

Seems like things are going from bad to worse. Tried to load the full firmware from Sammobile using ODIN. ODIN Failed after a few moments.

ID:0/004> Added!!

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

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

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> L720TVPUCOH1_L720TSPTCOH1_L720TVPUCOH1_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> aboot.mbn

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

<ID:0/004> sbl1.mbn

<ID:0/004> sbl2.mbn

<ID:0/004> sbl3.mbn

<ID:0/004> rpm.mbn

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

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

<ID:0/004> Removed!!

Oh boy....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] tyxavier13:
Use a different cord it happens lol odin is picky lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Harry56:
IT WORKED!!!

Changed micro usb cables and reloaded firmware! Wow....

To my surprise, all my apps are still there. I thought this was gonna be a total wipe of everything when I ODINed the firmware from Sammobile.

Well, I dunno about root..... What can I do to avoid getting into the same mess again?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] tyxavier13:
Awesome Sauce!!!!! LOL
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] zerul:
any news about L720TVPUCOK3 ?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Harry56:
duplicate removed
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Harry56:
Thanks....

Thanks again.... got it rooted too!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] vwpiper:
I just got this sytem update this morning. Anyone know what it might be?

(I am rooted, but stock rom)

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] bgmg:
It's OK3

http://support.sprint.com/support/a...4/WServiceAdvisory_542_GKB65037-dvc7970011prd

Includes bug fixes, Sprint global roaming, and security updates.

....edited, added global word....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] bgmg:
1) If someone has upgraded to OK3, please go to about in settings and post me the full android version number for the OP. (Curious if it's 6.0, but doubt it).

2) I got my update notification today, and want to hide the notification. Since Google now uses the Google play services to push the android OS updates, I figure if I turn off Google play services notifications, it will kill all app update notifications for all apps, and I don't want that. Does anyone know a way I can hide only OS notifications?

3) I want to locate and save a copy of the OK3 OTA update file on my 720T as I have done in the past. I've been looking all over my root file structure, but can't seem to remember the folder path location. I thought it was somewhere in the cache folder. I even did a global root search for the letters OK3 (which should be in the file name), and I could not find the OTA update file. If anyone could provide assistance. I'd appreciate it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] bilgerryan:
1) It's 5.0.1, the S4 does not have the hardware specifications for official Marshmallow.

2) Press and holds on the notification, hit App Info icon, uncheck Show Notifications

3) It downloads to root/cache, do a search for "update.zip" as it is just named this sometimes.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] bgmg:
#1 Thanks, and still need OK3 version number for op if anyone has it. Perhaps it's 5.1.1

#2 ....when you press and hold the notification and hit App Info icon, it brings up Google play services. If I unchecked Show Notifications (on Google play services) won't that stop all app update for all apps because all app updates are pushed through Google play store? I only want to hide the Operating Systemupdate notifications

#3 Thanks, I forgot about that. I'll search for update.zip
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] bilgerryan:
1) No, it's 5.0.1 just like the last two releases

2) No, it does not stop any other notifications
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] bgmg:
#2. I know it won't stop all notifications such as internal app notifications (like a weather alert from a weather app, a screen shot captured notification when you take a screen shot, or a notification from a game) but if you stop play services notifications, I'm pretty certain it will stop all app update notifications (if you know what I mean). Hard to put into words. When a full app update is released, it's pushed from play services unlike internal app notifications that are pushed from the app itself.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] bilgerryan:
No, those notifications are connected to the Play Store app not Play Services. And you can always turn it back on in Application Manager. I have Play Services notifications turned off and I still get app update notifications.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] bgmg:
Thanks. I knew I could turn it back on, but did not know about the app updates (via play store) separation from play services.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] bgmg:
[MENTION=4310299]bilgerryan[/MENTION] I wander if play services will stop updates to the play store itself (though those are not extremely common).
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] bilgerryan:
No, Google pushes those from their servers and you are not given a notification, this only prevents Play Services from making notifications in the status bar and does not hinder any functionality. Like I said, my Show Notifications is unchecked. It's a very useful thing to use for apps and games that have useless notifications, you can make it so almost any app can't create notifications.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] bgmg:
When I turned off play services notifications, both the notification in the status bar and the swipe down notification disappeared (as always). I'm wondering what you mean by only notifications in the status bar. What other notifications are there on android? Typically, all notifications (swype down) are tied to a mini notification icon in the status bar.

Perhaps, I should just ask this...what all notifications does play services control besides operating system updates?

I don't want to lose any notifications on the status bar except operating system updates.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] bilgerryan:
I was just trying to emphasize that that is the only thing it does, as far as I know that's it. When I get notifications I always check to see what app is throwing them, that's the only notification I have seen Play Services give. The alternative is to change all the OH1 entries in system/build.prop to OK3, save and reboot.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] bgmg:
Thanks again for your expert experience. I always enjoy a think tank.

I've turned it off for now. Whenever it the next time I receive a play store update notification (may be after I turn services notification back on) or an application update, I'll check to see what's pushing it.

Thanks,

bgmg
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] bgmg:
Merry Christmas to all.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] dea1222:
Hi! Quite the learner here and, of course, I'm confused. Here is my L720T data (it's probably more than needed but I am unsure what is important) . . . .

software ver.: L720TVPUAMK5

hardware ver: L720T.03

model no: SPH-L720T

baseband ver: L720TVPUAMK5

Android ver: 5.0.1

kernel ver: 3.4.0-4745659 dpi@SWDD 5014#1 Mon Jun 22 21:37:02 KST 2015

build no: LRX22CL720TVPUCOF1

SE for Android status: Enforcing SEPF_SPH-L720T_5.0.1_003B Fri Oct 16 13:41:39 2015

KNOX ver: KNOX 2.3

The phone is rooted. The MN phone guy (he's got a youtube video advertising his services) took this phone of mine and somehow changed it from Sprint-CDMA to GSM. He successfully ran an AT&T sim in it; I have successfully used a T-Mobile, Simple, Red Pocket and AT&T sim in it. I do not know how he did what he did. I wonder if my Project Fi sim would work in it? I don't think so.

If I understand correctly, the MK5 signifies Android version 4-something or another. Yet I have 5.0.1. How is that?

Here are some other of my questions. Can I install other firmware (e.g. Wicked) without losing my GSM capability? Can I revert to stock firmware and run CDMA - and then return to GSM?

I'm willing to try anything because this phone is not my primary. If I learned something, any loss would be tolerable. I guarantee that I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer and have a whole lot to learn about this Android smartphone business; nor am I an idiot. But please, keep the acronyms and code to a minimum in any response. I say that because I have a tough time understanding most of what is written on the posts on this site. And I'm a native English speaker! Thanks and best wishes for the New Year!

David
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] harry6:
Run the "OK" update to stock rooted S4?

[/QUOTE]

If I run this (OK) update will I lose root and custom recovery?

The phone is rooted, and I've frozen a number of apps with titanium and hibernated others with greenify.

Do you recommend installing this update?

Thanks as always!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] 2WhiteWolves:
If I run this (OK) update will I lose root and custom recovery?

The phone is rooted, and I've frozen a number of apps with titanium and hibernated others with greenify.

Do you recommend installing this update?

Thanks as always![/QUOTE]

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Galane:
You'll have to return the phone to stock. Unfreeze all stock apps, put back any stock apps you removed, unroot and restore the stock recovery before the OTA update will install. If *anything* is not as the update expects, it will fail to install.

I heard that Samsung *was* planning to update the S4 to 5.1.1 but they dragged their feet and oh, it's two years old, no more Android version updates for it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Setow:
Hey guys, quick question. Its been a while since I flashed a new modem, i'm still on MK5 with my L720T running GPE 5.01. Do we need to go back to stock ROM to flash the modem via Odin?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] bilgerryan:
No, you shouldn't need to.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] harry6:
Thanks very much.

Curious though... Since it is not 5.1.1, what is the "ok" update? What does it change?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] bilgerryan:
O=Year (2015)

K=Month (November)

3=Build # of that month (keep in mind it is the month that it is being made, not released.)

Example: if one were to come out today and it was the first build, it would be PA1.

Sprint says:

-Fixes

-Stagefright Patches

Pretty vague.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] harry6:
Thanks!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] bgmg:
I have no idea if this is related to OK3, but it's a good read.

I don't think it means that the referenced patch in the article can't be rooted, but it does sounds like they are working towards the goal of stopping all roots one day.

For now. It sounds like maybe they have just fixed some flaws that allowed root to be gained through malicious and covert means...such as using multimedia attachment attachment executions...and we will be getting another update unless OK3 contained this patch.

http://www.computerworld.com/articl...erous-rooting-vulnerabilities-in-android.html
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] bgmg:
I guess no one liked the read...lol

Edited. Thanks Jay
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] tha*noobster:
Rooting OK3/ LTE issues

Has anyone achieved Root on this newest update? I'm wanting to Root my phone its my daily driver and I'd hate to screw it up. It's a sph-L720T that was flashed to Boost.

Since I'm finally posting let me ask this. When I had my service started I didn't have my sprint sim so I've been limping off 3g for about a year now.

But last month I found the Sim that belongs to this phone and put it in but I still only get 3g and a whole slew of errors until my Sim locks. When I went thru reactivation hoping that would work I had my spark and LTE until it reset again to update prl. I know there are rules about off subject posts so if I'm posting wrong please accept my apologies.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Pioneer305:
I would full wipe, odin full stock, update profile and prl, and if that works root. Its the nuke option but when all else fails.

For me updating,

OK3 through odin ( was rooted ), once rebooted (android is upgrading and soforth ), back to download mode odin TWRP 2.8.4.0 and su update in recovery and all is updated and back to Root.

So yes OK3 will root at least by odin TWRP.

No problems so far.

P.S. It didn't change my gtools settings for native mobile hotspot or pulldown menu. (didnt need to rerun (reinstall) gtools)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] tha*noobster:
Thanks for the information!! I'll give it a go and see what happens. Hopefully I won't have any major issues moving forward.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] jcamacho05:
can i unlock my sim slot (domestic), on my 720t OH1, if i simply downgrade the modem, while keeping it on 5.01. i may have just been reading waay to much; i keep seeing that the unlock will only work if you downgrade...but i saw something that said you dont have to donwgrade rom to downgrade modem, and if thats the case in my head i interpret that as being able to keep it on lollipop, using mk5 and still reaping the benefits of the unlock methods. just a noob here, sorry if its a silly question and i've over looked everything. phone is rooted and all that good jaz..i have my MSL code from the carrier but from what i gather that really doesnt do me any good in terms of unlocking the sim slot. and as a side note, i cant express my sincere and incredible thanks for putting this together and all the contributers...i've been cruising the web more than i can imagine and more than my family and work would like :) and this by far is the most comprehensive and well laid out format for such a particular model of the phone. my regards and sincere appreciation to ALL of your hard work folks! best regards...and if you would be so kind as emailing me directly i would appreciate that, but i also understand your respond on here would be needed for nayone else that may have the same question. "juan.camacho05@gmail.com"
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] tha*noobster:
I've been reading probably too much as well and I'm wondering the same thing I'm all for getting the hotspot going.

Also now that Gtools is no longer available what's comparable to it and available in Google play?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] bgmg:
While i have never switched my carrier and unlocked, that is my understanding as well. Meaning that my understanding from everything I've read to date for 720T is that you can stay on 5.1.1. And you only need to downgrade modem.

It is also my understanding that if you unlock sim carrier and change carrier, you can only achieve 3G. At least in the case of switching to GSM .
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] tha*noobster:
I've got a question regarding lollipop, and my l720t on update ok3, I rooted my phone, after doing so I went to check things and in my about ph the min is unknown, prl is unknown, IMEI is unknown, phone number is unknown, and other numbers are missing. Its still working however from other posts ive read I need to copy and change some stuff in my sd cards copy of the EFS file before my ph dies completely.

what I read was not 720t specific so im hesitant about doing anything with instructions for a different phone.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] bgmg:
Nothing is comparable to gtools, because it does much more than Hotspot. But if you just want Hotspot, try WiFi feather router from play store (not free). Otherwise try the sql lite method (requires more advanced skills and also not free). Both are detailed in post 1, and worth the low cost.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] bilgerryan:
Galaxy Tools v3.1.5- https://www.dropbox.com/s/gluf7517nz01sh5/GTv3.1.5.apk?dl=0
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] tha*noobster:
Update/ I'm guessing it was a glitch because I tried reseting it and when it came back on everything was where it should be. :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] computerproof:
Can someone help me? my L720t has nothing but TWRP on it (2.8.7.0). I am trying to create a domestically unlocked phone from this L720T (SPRINT). I have tried flashing the following firmwares with various results:

MK5: would not even flash, gave an error

NAF: flashed but stuck on samsung boot logo on reboot

NC6: flashed but stuck on samsung boot logo on reboot

NG5: flashed but stuck on samsung boot logo on reboot

NK1: flashed but stuck on samsung boot logo on reboot

OD2: flashed but no wifi on reboot...plus i don't think this version of android can be unlocked

OH1: flashed but no wifi on reboot...plus i don't think this version of android can be unlocked

So can someone please tell me what to do here? I want to be able to use any cellular provider I want other than SPRINT. It seems, I can't even go back to my original state and firmware....i don't even know what my original firmware is.

Please inform me of how you would proceed here? If you ask me to performa procedure, please let me know where to get the required files. Thank you

---------- Post added at 10:13 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:06 PM ----------

also, when i flashed OD2, i got a whole bunch of failing apps messages (mostly google and samsung services)....when i flashed OH1 i got only google play services errors

but in both cases, no wifi
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] tha*noobster:
From what I've read not wiping before flashing will cause problems. Also are you sure your flashing the correct firmware for a l720t? Have you downgraded the modem as that's necessary for a unlock.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] computerproof:
these seem like words of wisdom for flashers of the other sort...lol: "From what I've read not wiping before flashing will cause problems."

but on a more serious note, i was on cyanogenmod and i downgraded my modem to mk5.....i was able to get the phone to work with an athens, greece vodafone sim card (i only used talk so not sure if data was working).....so cyanogenmod did not provide as nice a camera function as the samsung original stock (since my gf and i have the same phone and her pictures were coming out way better than mine). So, i wanted to just go back to samsung stock and manually remove bloatware.

so in short, yes i downgraded the modem...but when i flashed stock firmware after that, would the modem get reflashed to the stock modem? Can i flash mk5 modem on OH1 stock?

Also, i got my phone to work wiht an international carrier......i want to get it to work domestically with carriers other than sprint.....is it the same process?

Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] bgmg:
To check your modem version, look at the baseband version in "about device". Baseband is your modem.

I though the samething on the wiping flashing comments, but don't want to go there. Lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] bilgerryan:
If you flashed the full firmware, then yes the modem for that firmware would be flashed over what you had. You can flash the mk5 modem on OH1 but I doubt your WiFi will work. These questions would be better suited for the thread on International unlock in the General section of this forum as most users here are probably American and aren't very concerned or know very much about unlocking.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] BikerSk8rKid:
I just picked up an S4 (Yes, this is the correct thread.) with Lollipop and I don't like it or even KitKat for that matter. I do how ever like the Jelly Bean and is it possible to downgrade to it without rooting? I've searched quite a bit and not really finding a solution besides rooting and then flashing stock rom. Which will be my last resort if I need to. I apologize in advance if I some how missed the thread for doing this.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] bilgerryan:
Odin will most likely block any attempt to downgrade firmware
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Kjricker:
For those interested, I installed OK3 and it rooted fine with autoroot and TWRP installed through Odin without issue.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] doraville:
Updating modem with TWRP

I have a 720T that I was able to successfully upgrade to CM12.1, however the modem version is still at OA3. I tried to update the modem through Odin but it gives a FAIL! (Auth) message. I think that it thinks that I'm trying to downgrade the version of Android which of course it won't do.

I thought I would try to update the modem to OK3 using TWRP but I can't seem to locate the modem file as a ZIP. Also, assuming that I come with a ZIP file is what I'm trying to do going to cause an issue?

Thanks!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] bgmg:
Thank you. Added OK3 confirmation to OP credit Kjricker. Post 3174
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] messy9867:
Trying to install Xposed but I'm getting this? Any other way or is it just not compatible?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] mattzeller:
Looks like you have the wrong Xposed installer installed, get to correct one from this post: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=58828974

Sent from my SPH-A120
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Isiel:
Hello guys, may i know if im be able to change my sph-l720t to gt-i9500 for my sph-l720t s4?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] bgmg:
No comprende.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] daniel4653:
None so far because every single ROM right now is for the regular version which breaks spark.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] bgmg:
Thank you.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] daniel4653:
I think I remember Bthrone79 was building an AOSP ROM but then his laptop took a hit and he said it would be out of commission for about a month. Maybe you could try contacting him and see if he's able to resume the build.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] bgmg:
Daniel4653,

Thanks. I was just thinking the same thing. I'll reach out to him.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] frukyyy:
Here's tri band activation via code and MSL
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] bgmg:
I sent a message to bthrone79.

So frukky...I read post one and some more of the thread. Is this thread saying that our tri-band is not automatically working when needed until we enable it first, and have you tried it?