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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hamza09:
I AM A NOOB IN THIS STUFF . DONT KNOW ANYTHING ELSE EXCEPT ONLY ROOTING.

Im Done .. my Life Ends...

I had A Samsung Galaxy S4 ,

Samsung Galaxy s4

Model = GT-19500

4.3

badband = I9500XXUEMJ8

Kernel ,

3.4.5-1938685

Oct 21 Monday 2013

Build Number

JSS15J.I9500XXUEMJ8

SELINUX STATUs

Enforcing

SEPF_GT-I9500_4.3_0024

It was rooted. recently I tried Adding A ROM for the first time .. Using CWM .. I Followed the steps Mentioned On A Perticular Website ... I dont know whether i can share links here or something....But I guess It Wont help.. Unless I post the link.. Or wait Let me Copy the Rom file mentioned Their To Download and yea I Tried to Update my Andriod 4.3 With Kitkat. . .Rom Of S5. [ Or thats What i wanted to do ]

Rom Link

"CANT ADD URL"

I used Recovery Of Clockward Mod.

Added that Exe File in My Phone. Use Recovery mod [Home+vol up + Lock ] Went their

First noidbackuped and then added Custom Rom. Now Everything was done . I Reeboted . My devide got Bootlooped.. And The Things Went worse when I tried to Finish The bootloop [Stuck at Samsung] by

Perform a full clean-up of the device (This will delete all apps and their settings and game progress). For this:

Select Wipe data/Factory reset, then select Yes on the next screen to confirm factory reset (screenshot).

Select Wipe Cache Partition, then select Yes on the next screen to confirm wiping cache.

it Didnt work .. So I Tried to Restore my Rom .. .Just Went In Back up restore and selected the backed up .rom and Stilll device Softbricked.

Then What i did was Completly ****. I just Was In like Blank Mind . So I FORMATTED MY WHOLE PHONE INCLUDING SYSTEM AND SDCARD0 .. And there , Now I have Nothing but just A CWN RECOVERY MOD ACCES+ ODIN DOESENT RECOGANIZE MY DEVICE IN DOWNLOADING MOD OR ANY .. And when i Try To turn on It just Do Nothing .. And after giving First Samsung GT-I9500 Screen it Just Goes black.. Obv without any System.. So the Problem here is ..

I tried To download my Firmware and Added it in ext Card. And Tried to Install it using Cwm but it was a Odin File..

Please help me How to Restore My Rom .. Or just tell me where to download a suitible custom rom for my Phone .. ? What Number [Model] to check...

All i can Access is to add a Rom in My Sd card and Use Cwm To Install it ..Please Help me . I will really Appreciate it . PLEASE. My Phone.....

I know xda developers Can only Help me .. This Is my last resort...

I KNOW I SUCK IM A NOOB I SHOULDNT TRY THIS STUFF .. But Now i did it. .
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] michaels4:
If it is still under warranty go to a Samsung service center and act dumb. Tell them something like "I was listening to music and it did that"

Its your last resort
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hamza09:
isnt There a way ? To Just Install Rom ? I can still acess CWM And If Someone Can tell me A Appropriate Rom File .zip for my Cellphone Ill download it , Add it in Sd card and Then Use CWM To Install that rom ? Its quite Possible ? Please ? Anyone ? help ?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -Ric-:
you can't use download mode but you can still enter recovery? that's pretty weird... are you sure you're trying correctly? are the drivers properly installed and stuff? if it still doesn't work, then go to this section of the forum: http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s4/i9500-develop there you will find plenty of roms you can flash with CWM recovery
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hamza09:
I can enter Downloading Mod but The Problem is That There is No /0/System .. In my Mobile . So Computer Dosent Pics up .. I Deleted my sdcard/0/ .. Completely Using CWM so i can only access CWM ..
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MAX 404:
Hi mate,

Lets go step by step.....

If you can get into recovery you can get into download...

1. Press and hold Volume Down, Home and Power buttons at the same time.

2. Release the buttons when you get the warning message.

3. Now press Volume Up button to confirm.

after you are in download mode lets flash a stock rom back in you can follow this thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2265477

or go to sammobile and get the latest one from your country

http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/

same one you had or newer ,

Another option would be ....

Take external sd out of your phone and use any posible adapter or device so you can use you pc to place a custom rom in....now place it back in your phone and from cwm instal the custom rom...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lennyz1988:
Stop panicing. This is basic rom flashing.

Just flash a custom rom from within cwm.

I can see that you are a new member, but why would you even give him this advice? There is nothing wrong with his phone. Stop giving these advices because it only scares people.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] [U$AMA]*:
Allright my Phone Is Back .. But its only Lock Screen that works when i unlock it hangs and gives S voice Stopped working , xxxx stopped working this stopped working etc... ? Now how should i fix this problem ? please Im really thankfull For all of your advise.. i downloaded the Official Firmware From Sam Firmwares and used Odin and Did Intall everything. please ? Tell me what should i do ? now ..
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] michaels4:
It is better to go to Samsung he might get a new s4
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrrocketdog:
never before, so here goes...

1st.

thank you doc

will ride this huckleberry-special from Fort Dodge to the end of the line. (still on mj2). had just downloaded the S3Rx from [MENTION=2972841]enewman17[/MENTION]

:cowboy:

err on the side of kindness
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
Cool! Let me know how it goes!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrrocketdog:
flashed on my brothers S3 i747(my old S3). flawless.

:good:

err on the side of kindness
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
Right on! Thank you for trying it out and reporting back! Very much appreciated!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] JohnHorus:
Corrupt

Been flashing the Koodo one and all I get is a corrupt error...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
Did you check the md5 on the download?

If that matches up and youre still having issues copy the recovery log to sd and then attach it to your post.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] JohnHorus:
DLed multiple times, checked the Md5 on my PC and the phone. Can't get the log as a file, this device has been hell. Koodo is an awful company, I've gotten two phones from them and they've both had countless hardware issues and incompatibilities with otherwise standard files, I don't know if they pay discount for Samsung's dropped merchandise or what. TWRP doesn't work at all, only CWM, when I boot TWRP it just can't find any storage medium whatsoever.

Anyway, all it says when I show it is that it verifies the checksum, finds corruption,and aborts. There's a bit below it as well, copied everything meaningful:

minzip: extracted "/tmp/sb12.mbn",

minzip: extracted "/tmp/sb13.mbn",

minzip: extracted "/tmp/tz.mbn"

verifying checksums...

FILE CORRUPTION DETECTED!!! Script result was [7]

aborting

cleaning up
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
Ok, ill double check it shortly. I know in twrp's advanced menu there is an option to copy log to sd. Are you sure cwm doesnt have the same? Id be surprised if it didnt.

Sorry for the trouble though. It is possible i made a simple mistake somewhere. If so i will find and fix it.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
Everything checks out so far on my end. Im downloading the firmware again in case something went wrong there.

In the meantime, what recovery are you using? Maybe try using a different one ir a different version?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
Ok, ive checked everything on the Koodoo firmware and i couldnt find anything wrong. Picked it apart twice, re-downloaded the original firmware and checked that nothing was corrupt. Other than the recovery, i cant think of any other reason itd be failing like that.

Might be best for you to flash the full firmware with odin if using a different recovery doesnt work.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
What recovery did you use?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrrocketdog:
twrp 2.6.3.1(att)

err on the side of kindness
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
Thanks. Kinda suspected as much. The update binary may not be compatible with the latest version.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] JohnHorus:
CWM 6.0.4.7. TWRP doesnt work for me.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
So are you saying CWM worked for you then?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] JohnHorus:
No, TWRP doesn't work AT ALL for me. It can't even locate my internal SD.

CWM 6.0.4.7 is all I've tried with.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
I dont use cwm so im not sure about the version right off hand. If thats the latest, try a slightly older one, or if its older try the latest.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Najuto9tail:
I got file corruption error in at&t i747. Did not tried to flash again. Using latest twrp recovery.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
Yeah, im going to have to remake these it looks like. Im thinking its probably got everything to do with the update-binary.

Sorry for the trouble you guys have had with it. Ill try to get on it sometime this weekend, but it may not be till after. I have my daughter for several days and the state fair is here, so something tells me i might get a little tied up!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] JohnHorus:
I'll try an older version of CWM in the meantime if I get a chance. Hope you have a great time with your daughter! = )

As an aside, yes CWM does have the option to copy the log to SD, it's just not actually CREATING a file when I do it. The log outputs when I show it directly in recovery, but doesn't save in the filesystem when I reboot to open it. It's got to be related to the way TWRP shows NO storage devices whatsoever. Can't do anything, as it has no storage to operate on. Really weird.

I think it's because the Koodo S3 is a more recent hardware revision, I think it has a different processor and stuff. Just in general Koodo hardware sucks, if I didn't need their tab and the $30/month plan I have with them (150min, 7pm & weekends, 200MB) then I'd never have gotten another phone from them.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] JohnHorus:
I installed CWM 6.0.4.3 and tried flashing the Koodo file again. Got the same error, but two more lines of output this time, just before

"minzip: extracted "/tmp/sb12.mbn""

they were just two other minzip lines, so I didn't think they would make or break your investigation. Let me know if you're curious and I'll get them for you.

I've already installed the "modem_CWM_I747MUMUEND3.zip" file located at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1831898, and was wondering if that might interfere with the process. That file, if it's only the modem as I understand, is 18.8MB, while the entire Koodo file from this thread is only 20MB. I remember wondering at the fact that they seem so similar in size when one is only the modem.

As TWRP (even v2.7.1, which I just tried,) is totally unable to read or write to any of my storage media, it may just be my hardware. Koodooo!! *fistshake*
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
I'm hoping to be able to tackle this tomorrow or the next day. Been a very long weekend and have a lot to catch up on.

As for the file sizes, they are so close because the modem takes up most of the space used, while most of the other partitions are mere xxxkb in size.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] JohnHorus:
Ok, that's what I figured, they're just basic bootstrap partitions and stuff I imagine. Hope your weekend was fun! = )
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] daroco:
quick question

My phone is a Rogers, but since then I have moved to telus. Can I flash the telus version, or should I just stick to Rogers? Would there be a benefit in signal quality by flashing the files based on the carrier? Or is there a high probability that it will get screwed up? I'm picking up a new S5 next week so this can be a guinea pig, going to give it to my 5 year old to play games with.......
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
As far as I could tell, all the I747m base firmware is identical. But if I missed something and they are not, you're almost certain to hard brick. But then, if I am right, there's really no reason to flash the others anyway.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] JohnHorus:
Any progress on the updated packages, Doc?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
No, I'm sorry. Too much going on and I've only been able to post from tapatalk lately. I have not forgotten though! And I do intend to address this thread asap. I just can't give an eta at this point. Father in law has been in ICU for a few days and had to spend about 14 hours at the ER with my wife today. (She's OK) but with so many unknowns I just can't make honest promises right now.

I am very sorry for continuing to postpone this.

I do understand how, if working, this could be very useful to some. So if anyone feels like investigating, feel free to do so. I believe the problem primarily rests with having an incorrect update-binary. If anyone wants to try swapping it with one from a recent rom, it should be safe to try. Either it'll work or it'll fail before flashing anything.

If someone does do this and it fails, please still upload the attempted zip and recovery.log. send me the links and I can at least look it over. Chances are, once a good binary is found, it'll still fail until certain changes are made to the updater-script. So basically, even if it fails, it could be closer than it is now!

I'm not requesting or expecting anyone to try any of this. I'm just throwing it out there in case anyone's interested. I can still do some stuff, but its just a lot more difficult without being at a computer. I will get back to working on it as soon as I am able though.

Thank you guys so much for your patience!!

Doc
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] JohnHorus:
No worries Doc! I hope things work out alright, family is far more important.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] acme anvil:
Just saw new 4.4.2 firmware updates on Sammobile for the Canadian S3. Seems like most if not all carriers got it.

http://www.sammobile.com/2014/09/11...s-iii-galaxy-pocket-2-galaxy-s4-lte-and-more/
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] JohnHorus:
Gonna try flashing this, will say how it goes. Been having a number of issues with TMS3 2.3.2 and I'm hoping firmware will fix it, though I don't have any concrete reason why that specifically will work. Just desperate for a solid phone, I guess.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
Yup. Looks like NH2 for all I747M's. Probably small bug/security/stability fixes if I had to guess.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] acme anvil:
Unless I missed it, I didn't see Rogers in the list.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Shels:
Will u be releasing a flashable zip for the nh2 firmware shortly?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] JJohnson1988:
Am I mistaken or is the AT&T variant of the S3 the only one that doesn't have a stock firmware for 4.4? Also... why?

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] JazzieBoi:
Is the i747, the first zip you posted working? I want this so I can install the galaxy s5 likewise rom
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] JohnHorus:
Flashed the firmwares linked above, flashed CWM (6.04.7) with ODIN, then flashed the De-Knox script and SuperSu. Not sure if I had to de-knox, or if just wiping with CWM afterwards would work.

As a side note, the above official packages don't wipe, so you might want to full wipe before installing them as well.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
I will as soon as i am able. In case you missed it i kind of ecplained whats going on in post 29 i think it was.

AT&T for some idiotic reason decided to not release it. They did the same for MJB. Massive fail on their part. I can't think of a single logical reason they might have had to call it a good idea...

Its worked for a couple of people and failed for others. I've got to replace the binary and rework the script to get it to be more reliable. Will do this as soon as I am able.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Shels:
Im sorry to hear about the trouble, hope he pulls through and the misses is ok. Take ur time, handle that stuff nothing more important than family
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] JazzieBoi:
I want to try it but what If it fails?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
If it fails it won't flash anything at all. I can't think of any reason it would do otherwise. As long as you choose the correct package for your device it'll either flash as intended, or it'll do nothing at all.

What appears to be failing is the md5sum check. It checks each file for any corruption, and if everything passes the check, it'll flash. The problem is that it is sometimes failing the md5 check when it should pass. So basically if there is corruption in the package, it'll fail. If there's not, it may still fail the check and refuse to flash.

Hope that makes sense.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Shels:
Hopefully you can help me [MENTION=4081205]DocHoliday77[/MENTION] i went and downloaded the nh2 firmware from the sammobile site n flashed via Odin on my pc it started up fine but i lost root, now im trying to use towelroot to reroot but the app is saying the device is not supported. Any idea on how i can get root back?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
Flash cwm/twrp via Odin. Then flash the SuperSU update zip pkg from recovery.

The latest build have patched the exploit used by Towelroot so it won't work anymore.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
SuperSU thread here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1538053
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] JazzieBoi:
aight, thanks ill try it out :)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DanD911Phx:
File Corruption error when Flashing I747_UCUFNE4_Base_Firmware

The failure to verify the checksum of the embedded files is because the "sha1_check" command used in the updater_script cannot be found. The files are okay.

Environment: i747 (AT&T) running CM11 with inability to connect to wireless or cellular; baseband shows Unknown.

Recovery: TWRP 2.7.1.0

Zip File: I747_UCUFNE4_Base_Firmware.zip - md5 verified

Files in the zip archive files sub-directory checked with Microsoft File Checksum Integrity Verifier

//
// File Checksum Integrity Verifier version 2.05.
//
153f098a0b6aaf1cca3ed489700798280afd9c24 ..\i747_ucufne4_base_firmware\files\aboot.mbn
980a4022e8171e67d038d8f44db3992363e33083 ..\i747_ucufne4_base_firmware\files\dd
0eecc67994419740eb6c20639a97a8e27552c685 ..\i747_ucufne4_base_firmware\files\NON-HLOS.bin
c88ad6276c22a898a5d04153e49aaecabccf4853 ..\i747_ucufne4_base_firmware\files\rpm.mbn
c0c0e75583b66e16e03a14a9978bcb968fa04b65 ..\i747_ucufne4_base_firmware\files\sbl2.mbn
c9711e49f35d607bde9b2dd535d941e2c749a5d1 ..\i747_ucufne4_base_firmware\files\sbl3.mbn
a6dfbf11a929afe7145ac48838b58a92dad01435 ..\i747_ucufne4_base_firmware\files\tz.mbn

This should verify with the script:

if
sha1_check(read_file("/tmp/dd")) == "980a4022e8171e67d038d8f44db3992363e33083";
sha1_check(read_file("/tmp/aboot.mbn")) == "153F098A0B6AAF1CCA3ED489700798280AFD9C24";
sha1_check(read_file("/tmp/NON-HLOS.bin")) == "0EECC67994419740EB6C20639A97A8E27552C685";
sha1_check(read_file("/tmp/rpm.mbn")) == "C88AD6276C22A898A5D04153E49AAECABCCF4853";
sha1_check(read_file("/tmp/sbl2.mbn")) == "C0C0E75583B66E16E03A14A9978BCB968FA04B65";
sha1_check(read_file("/tmp/sbl3.mbn")) == "C9711E49F35D607BDE9B2DD535D941E2C749A5D1";
sha1_check(read_file("/tmp/tz.mbn")) == "A6DFBF11A929AFE7145AC48838B58A92DAD01435";

but the script fails.

I rebooted into recovery and ran the terminal command in TWRP, and tried to execute "sha1_check" and got "Not found".

sbin has the "sha1sum" command that appears to do what you expected.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
Right. The problem I believe is with the update-binary. But once I replace it I will probably have to make a few changes to the script to match.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] TimeAndroid:
Do I have to wipe anything? Is this knox free?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
You probably do not need to wipe anything, though I won't say that is a guarantee. Knox is primarily built into the system. The portions that are included in the rest of the firmware cannot be removed.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] TimeAndroid:
I heard knox creates restrictions, will this bootloader restrict things since knox may be in it?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
Once you update, you cannot downgrade if that's what you are asking. That's really the biggest impact Knox has on the base firmware/bootloader.

As far as extra security or restrictions noticed while running the OS, you shouldn't see any difference. (Unless you also update the system and kernel (ROM), but those are not included here.)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] TimeAndroid:
What do you mean by updating the system and kernel?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
The packages in this thread are not the full firmware. It does not include the system or kernel as that is what comprises most ROMs. This way you can update the base firmware while keeping your current ROM and setup.

If you also update to the stock 4.4.2 system and kernel, you will then have to deal with Knox and seLinux (both of which can be removed or disabled).
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] TimeAndroid:
Oh, I see. Thank you very much. :)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrrocketdog:
by chance do you have a link in your arsenal to remove knox and SELinux? am seriously considering finally upgrading from my mj2 bootloader/mj2 modem, but would like to research success of removal first. if not i will search on my own., and prob. should anyway.

ONLY if link is handy!

peace

err on the side of kindness
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] TimeAndroid:
It said file corruption detected and aborted :(. I redownloaded and compared size both are 19.9 MB. Do you need logs? If so how do I retrieve them?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
No I'm afraid I don't. Let me know if you can't find it, but I know there's a Knox removal script around here somewhere.

Known issue. Read last few pages please.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrrocketdog:
thanks. will use search.;)

err on the side of kindness
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] shutterbc:
Just to confirm I understand correctly, is it safe for us to unpack thee files and flash NON-HLOS.bin via Odin in the meantime? I'm trying to reflash the modem as I attempted to update 4.4.2 and ended up with no baseband.

Thanks!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
I have the modem in a recovery flashable zip in the General section. I recommend using that instead.

And be absolutely sure that the rest of the firmware updated. If it was left on 4.3 and you flash the modem your device will be trashed.