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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mulletcutter:
Tried flashing modem, didnt take. Anybody have luck? On od2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Kjricker:
Yes, I had luck. I followed the instructions and it worked fine. I also had to flash the modem after the ROM, but it worked.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] FivePiece:
I flashed the DeOdexed stock ROM this morning, everything was working great. After making a nandroid I flashed the Lollipop Native 5 Way Reboot MOD (following the instructions, including wiping cache/dalvik). The reboot menu worked, however all my Google programs were force closing immediately.

I wiped and then restored the nandroid. Everything is working fine again (without the 5 way reboot mod).
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] fuzzybuffalo:
I forgot to update this, are you able to receive incoming calls?

I was getting Unfortunately phone has stopped on every incoming call, after the 5 Way Reboot Mod.

Edit: I was not having any problems with Google programs.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] FivePiece:
I should have said that system and Google apps weren't working after the 5 Way Reboot Mod. I actually couldn't even open my phone app. I tried a handful of the essential apps (including phone, Chrome, & Google Maps) and none of them worked, rendering my phone pretty much useless. So I wiped it right away and restored the nandroid. Sorry I don't have more specific info.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] fuzzybuffalo:
Yeah, I realized after I posted that you had restored your nandroid.

I need to figure out some way for my ultra fast brain to keep up with my really slow two finger typing. :laugh:

Thanks for getting back anyway.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] FivePiece:
Hahaha :thumbup:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] phantomlord87:
after flash this, can I go back or downgrade to a previous rom?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bassmunky420:
Hey guys first post since gnex days, flashed last night no wifi, flashed the rom twice and although twrp says flash successful, still no wifi.... other than that GREAT ROM!

Ps. Came from pacman rom didn't like losing all s4 features with it so tried to go back to stock(I think) 4.4.2 kk recovery,everything stops running after boot, no lock screen or anything, so I was more than happy to get them back at only wifi cost but plz help can't rely on data outside of my city!

Edit#1:any hope of a flashable modem no access to comp as of right now.......

Edit#2: managed to borrow a comp and flashed successfully.... awesome rom no problems so far thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] NewWorldOrphan9:
This may be a dumb question, but it the DeOdexed ROM pre-rooted? And why is it smaller in filesize that the other file? And can I flash this via TWRP?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] fuzzybuffalo:
Make a backup and try it.

I can't remember, but I'm pretty sure it is rooted.

Deodexed means he removed all the odex files, which makes it smaller.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] NewWorldOrphan9:
K and I did read that you can use TWRP. Im just going at it :). formatting right now.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bthorne79:
Big negatory on flashable modems for the s4 they can't be flashed with recovery.

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Yes
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] memnochlv:
NG5 bootloader over here too! So I installed the odexed edition (deodex was not yet available) to my GF's Sprint SGS4 L720T. It would appear her bootloader did NOT update to OA3. I first noticed it in Galaxy Tool's little information section and then double checked with this:

root@jflterefreshspr:/ # getprop | grep -i l720t
[gsm.version.baseband]: [L720TVPUCOD2]
[ril.hw_ver]: [L720T.03]
[ril.official_cscver]: [L720TSPTCOD2]
[ril.sw_ver]: [L720TVPUCOD2]
[ro.boot.bootloader]: [[COLOR="Red"]L720TVPUBNG5[/COLOR]]
[ro.bootloader]: [[COLOR="Red"]L720TVPUBNG5[/COLOR]]
[ro.build.PDA]: [L720TVPUCOD2]
[ro.build.description]: [jflterefreshspr-user 5.0.1 LRX22C L720TVPUCOD2 release-keys]
[ro.build.display.id]: [LRX22C.L720TVPUCOD2]
[ro.build.fingerprint]: [samsung/jflterefreshspr/jflterefreshspr:5.0.1/LRX22C/L720TVPUCOD2:user/release-keys]
[ro.build.hidden_ver]: [L720TVPUCOD2]
[ro.build.version.incremental]: [L720TVPUCOD2]
[ro.product.model]: [SPH-L720T]
[selinux.policy_version]: [SEPF_SPH-L720T_5.0.1_0013]

It did not take. I manually extracted aboot.mbn and attempted this:

dd if=aboot.mbn of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/aboot

It however didn't help. So I copied sbl2.mbn, sbl3.mbn, and rpm.mbn, and flashed their respected devices in the order of aboot, rpm, sbl2, sbl3. Also didn't help! So I tried it again in recovery (using TWRP of course), and even re-ran it 3-ish times just in case. Still nadda.

I made up a (working? if the forum post I read was correct) Odin file with the files I extracted in it, but before risking that I wanted to see if perhaps I was doing something silly / stupid of which I was unaware! As for why I'm hoping to upgrade her bootloader, I've not been able to get WiFi calling working (though the setting is there and you can slide the toggle, it just gives up and slides back), I was hoping this might help. I've attempted a few ##SCRTN# run throughs, and was hoping to avoid having to do yet another reset on her phone.

She isn't really pleased when she has to get her stuff back in order (even with Titanium Backup it's tedious and only covers so much). If anyone has any suggestions for me, in getting the bootloader updated, as well as getting WiFi calling functioning properly (and possibly even a torch toggle quick setting, she's been griping about that too), I'd appreciate it!

Thanks for the time! Oh, and I'm sorry about the big blocks of text, I happen to type / write / speak verbosely in general...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] infirno77:
Anyone get tether to work on this yet? I tried the mod for 720, but since I have the 720t, no joy. Having trouble locating wifi tether router as well, since play store has blocked it. Any advice?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bilgerryan:
Galaxy Tools
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] muniz_ri:
An Odin flashable bootloader .tar has been added to Post #2.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] fuzzybuffalo:
Sorry, the only way I know to get the OA3 boot loader is to Odin the stock image.

Wi Fi calling also has to be turned on from Sprint account.

You can do a SQLite edit to add extra toggles.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] memnochlv:
I thought the bootloader upgrade was only able to be done via Odin, however the installer not only had the files (no surprise), but the installer attempts to install them, ie (typo not withstanding):

ui_print("------> Update tz.mbn");
package_extract_file("tz.mbn", "/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/tz");
ui_print("------> Update aboot.mbn");
package_extract_file("aboot.mbn", "/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/aboot");
ui_print("------> Update rpm.mbn");
package_extract_file("rpm.mbn", "/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/rpm");
ui_print("------> Update sbl1.mbn");
package_extract_file("sbl2.mbn", "/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/sbl2");
ui_print("------> Update sdi.mbn");
package_extract_file("sbl3.mbn", "/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/sbl3");

I made an Odin flashable file (presumably) according to this post here. I included the above files. Do I need more than just those? Do I use the bootloader file section this time? Is there a way to backup the bootloader I have now into a restoreable backup (i'm aware of dd if-ing them into files)? I was concerned if those were boned during flash, I may not be able to attempt to re-try (again, not MY device, I have the lg g3 myself). I doubt these phones have JTAG flash options!

WiFi calling is active on both our accounts (family) and is listed on the sprint page as well as the hands free activation app, it's on the phone, it just won't stay on. Similarly to people who need the WiFi fix, toggle slides, doesn't light up, pops back eventually.

I'd read about altering quick setting tiles via any SQL editor, but that you could only technically alter existing ones, not add new? Also I thought (could be remembering incorrectly obviously) I'd read that they were handled / maintained / pick a verb'd differently in Lollipop and that method no longer worked (since KK). I also thought I'd read you could only add a torch toggle once the rom had been deodexed (which we can see it recently has been). Again, could be mistaken on my recall there. I've decades of experience setting up and configuring (u)*nix systems of all types, customizing kernels, even building custom distributions. I've not really delved into how android roms are setup and their inner workings (which I imagine can vary from each rom, my N1 was certainly setup (inner workings i mean) differently than her sgs4 and my lgg3).

Thanks again for the assist and also sorry for the winded blocks of text, again, LOL.

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I didn't even need Galaxy Tools to setup WiFi, USB, or BT tethering on the L720T. Are the settings simply unavailable to you in the menu?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] FivePiece:
I first flashed the Odexed version of this ROM and now the DeOdexed version. I didn't realize until your post prompted me to check, but I'm still on the NG5 bootloader, too (via Galaxy Tools v3.1.5). Although I could've sworn that I checked after I flashed the Odexed verion and was indeed on the OA3 bootloader, but I must've been mistaken (unless the DeOdexed zip reverted me back to NG5 bootloader, which is unlikely).

That being said, WiFi calling and Native Hotspot are both working for me (tested & confirmed) with the DeOdexed version and the NG5 bootloader thanks to Galaxy Tools v3.1.5 (If I remember correctly, they were working on the Odexed version, too). In Galaxy Tools, the "Add all Notification Toggles" function adds the WiFi calling button to the quick access panel, and you can set it up and activate it from there. The "Enable Native Hotspot" function does just that.

Also, you can add the native flashlight (torch) widget to the native home screen by doing this: Press & hold home screen > Widgets > Settings > click and drag "Flashlight 1x1" to home screen

Hope this helps!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bilgerryan:
Someone said my Hotspot mod didn't work and they needed an alternative. Works fine for me, but I have the L720.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Molson01:
I'm trying to go from NG5 to OD2 with TWRP, I haven't been able to find a specific tutorial on that. Do I need to wipe /data? I was hoping it could work like a normal system update where all my apps stay installed with current data. Will I break anything if I use TWRP to flash OD2 without wiping anything?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] FivePiece:
Assuming you're talking about software (Android 4.4.2 KitKat to Android 5.0 Lollipop), yes you're ok to update from NG5 to OD2. HOWEVER, you absolutely will need to wipe data before doing so. Just flash in TWRP like you would any ROM, including the factory reset first. (Note: you may need to flash the baseband/modem via ODIN if WiFi doesn't work after initial boot.)

As mentioned, you'll need to do a factory reset prior to flashing this ROM, so you'll want to backup all your data beforehand.

If you'd prefer to take the OTA updates, which should preserve all your data, you'd need to take two separate OTA updates... NG5 to OA3, and then OA3 to OD2. If you're going that route, you should be in this thread.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] fuzzybuffalo:
That's what I thought to, bootloader was only upgradeable via Odin. Attempts seems to be the key word there.

In the post above my last post, the OP says he put an OD2 odin flashable bootloader up on post #2.

I removed md5 from the end and after throwing an error 7zip opens it and there are just those 5 files. Nothing else.

I'm not sure how to make a odin flashable file, maybe the OP [MENTION=4708661]muniz_ri[/MENTION] will say if these commands

The tar.md5 files were created using 64-bit Cygwin in Windows 8 by running the following commands (for example):

filename=I545OYUAMDK

tar -H ustar -c boot.img recovery.img > $filename.tar

md5sum -t $filename.tar >> $filename.tar

mv $filename.tar $filename.tar.md5

from that thread will work.

If so then you could just pull the NG5 files from a stock image, to make a backup.

That being said, it does not seem to be a bootloader issue, FivePiece just posted that Wi Fi calling was working for them on NG5.

My 720T is connected to Ting, and I just odin flashed the OA3 stock image and then took the OTA to OD2, so I am on the OD2 modem and bootloader.

Completely stock except for TWRP and root.

My Wi Fi calling does the same as yours, it asks me to save a registered location, when I click save it toggles Wi Fi calling on and off again, and says Wi Fi calling not enabled. Try again later. Ting does not have an option to enable Wi Fi calling on my S4, what's strange is they do have the option on my unlocked GSM phone. So I'm at a loss as to what your problem could be.

I have heard you can add new toggles with SQLite editor, you just have to know the exact name of the toggle. I had not heard it was not working on Lollipop, then again I have not tried it either.

Edit: Maybe a modem problem, we are both on OD2, I wonder what modem FivePiece is on.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] FivePiece:
My current setup...

Software: OD2 (DeOdexed version of this ROM)

Baseband/modem: OD2

Bootloader: NG5

I'm not sure why you guys are running into problems. The only thing I can think of would be to try Galaxy Tools v3.1.5 and see if that works for you.

Let me know if I can provide any other info. I'm happy to do what I can to help.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] phantomlord87:
oh well I think i did something wrong so put me on the righ track guys... my phone went crazy yeah I know freaking newbie lol but this is what happend, I did everything step by step (or at least i think i did everything good lol) but for some reason my phone wasnt working well with OD2 deodexed rom, everything was forceclosing plus no wifi, sec.android.phone message poping like crazy and many other things so I Flash modem and nothing though it maybe be need to flash bootloader to fix and I did but there's when everything went wrong Like if my phone bricked so bad smh bootloops and scary things came lol so this is my 2nd day trying to fix all this mess flashing other roms with no good results, I try to flash back to Kitkat 4.4.2 boa3 but not success I just got FAIL message on Odin so i get stuck on Download mode however Right now i did a fresh flashing with OD2 and my phone seems like it did it but in case of my phone keeps doing bad i was wondering if there's any bootloader kitkat odin flashable .tar file? or there's no hope? I need to try factory restore kitkat thanks for any help ill appreciate it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] muniz_ri:
Try posting your question in the Q & A. Let's keep this thread on topic. thx
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] infirno77:
Any good custom kernels?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] phantomlord87:
imperium a good one i tested on kitkat and lollipop based roms.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] memnochlv:
Well after doing a fresh install (wipe /system /data etc...) before reinstalling with the deodexed version, seems like just about everything's working. Only odd thing is, if I make ANY alteration (including copying to) /system/bin the system restarts and the change is gone. If I try and write Xposed with TWRP, it's gone on reboot. If I attempt to alter /system via ADB in TWRP, I have to first umount /system (mount -o remount,rw /system doesn't seem to work) then remount it writable. All changes disappear on reboot, or even if I do a umount then remount...

So yeah, that's weird, but all in all, could be worse, thanks for the assistance everyone, I appreciate it!

update: Not sure what happened, but after a dirty flash of the ROM again, all's well. I still can't get Xposed working properly (once installed I get all kinds of apps FCing), but that's a topic for another forum.

Thanks again everyone for the assistance!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Molson01:
Thanks, I ended up just flashing the stock image and doing a TiBu restore (twice... tried integrating app updates into system and lost chrome and the play store so had to step back, and my nandroid backup was corrupt, lol).

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Is anyone having poor battery life? This was happening worse on 4.4, but my "Android System", "Android OS" and "Google Services" 'apps' are often my highest usage. And my battery often loses about 10% per hour, even when I'm not really doing anything with the phone. Is there a good thread on this?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] frukyyy:
Thanks for the effort!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Israelsalinas19:
Is there any way to unlock after doing this? Im trying to use the At&t network
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mulletcutter:
Anybody have galaxy tools 3.1.5?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bilgerryan:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3116542
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] rdp1234:
If I've done the ota to od2 and rooted my phone can I flash the deodexed rom?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bilgerryan:
Yes, make sure it's for the L720T though
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Israelsalinas19:
Thats for the L720, not the spark model
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bilgerryan:
That means you'll need to make a modem for yourself like that person did. I think they have a video on how they did it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] readable:
Looking for a great ASOP rom running 5.1.1 try [ROM] [OFFICIAL] [5.1.1] Dirty Unicorns v9.4. Fast and every thing work. Since there are no Samsung apps my internal storage is at 5.23gb used will all my programs and games loaded.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bthorne79:
Not respectful to do this in other devs threads
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Kjricker:
I am running one of the rooted ROMs from the OP.

I am getting an OTA system update notification. Any clue what this update is?

EDIT:

Below is a link to the OTA zip file:

720t OTA update

I opened the zip file and checked out the version_info file. It appears to be L720TVPUCOF1.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bgmg:
Link no longer works. Can't seem to download file. Always fails after taping download, and downloads seems to start but ultimately fails
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Kjricker:
Odd. It works for me. I just downloaded it in about 30 seconds.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bilgerryan:
Try a different browser
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Kjricker:
Placed it here as well. I don't know how good the host is:

update.zip
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bgmg:
I did thanks. Still didn't work for me. And chrome has always worked in the past for me. I'm familiar with the downloading issues between different browsers so I know some browsers have issues. Chrome has always been solid. I get past the browser part and file starts to download or at least appears to start in the notification area. The bar just keeps going around and around until it errors out.

Haven't had time to try it today yet
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bgmg:
Here's a pic
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bilgerryan:
You sure it's not your network? I see WiFi Calling is throwing you a network error.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bilgerryan:
Deleted, wrong thread.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] frukyyy:
I assume this is unsafe to install over custom ROM?!

If that's the case can I pull the modem files (modem.bin and NON-HLOS.bin) and flsash so I can get the latest modem?

Why the modem files are under "patch" folder?

FYI I'm on Wicked X v10.5 OD2.

Thanks.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bilgerryan:
OTAs can only be installed on a nonrooted system with stock recovery... In other words, 100% unmodified stock.

Because they are applied as a patch, you'll have to wait until the Odin tar is released or go back to stock and update to get the modem and non-hlos.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Kjricker:
I only posted the file so devs could get their hands on it if they wanted it. I hope I didn't confuse things.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bilgerryan:
Somebody will post the OTA every time, you didn't do anything wrong. Most people don't know the difference between an OTA and a ROM.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] flam3r:
noob question...

after flashing rom with TWRP do i need to flash bootloader and stock recovery by ODIN?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bilgerryan:
If you're gonna do that, you need to do it before you flash the ROM, not after. If you're not on OD2 firmware I highly recommend it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] piggynuts:
Is there an Odin pre rooted tar out yet?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bilgerryan:
No
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] piggynuts:
Ty

Thanks billy, it sounds like the other way is a bit complicated, my phone is currently rooted and working perfectly on KK so I dont want to mess anything up. Do you know if someone is working on an Odin pre-rooted tar or if there is a safe method from KK rooted with bootloader on already?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bilgerryan:
Odin the tar. Root. Done. Same root methods at as KK. I haven't seen a prerooted tar in years.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] NexusS4gFreak:
HELP Urgently NEEDED!!!! I flashed the rom coming from a kk rom, rom went fine but when I tried to flash modem in recovery it failed and I'm still in download mode but it has a little blue progress after failing to flash
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bilgerryan:
Flash the full OD2 tar in Odin
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] NexusS4gFreak:
Delete
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Sunsparc:
I flashed the deodexed version of this ROM via TWRP and added in SuperSU behind it. Upon booting up, I have no root and my wifi isn't working. Rebooted into download mode, ODIN'd the updated modem.bin. Wifi still isn't working. Then I discover that TWRP is gone. ODIN TWRP then flash SuperSU. Boot back up and still no root.

Am I missing something? Everything I'm attempting is saying that it's successful but my wifi is still non-functional and I don't have root.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bilgerryan:
Check your Baseband in Settings/About Device. Also make sure you don't have the L720 model of this phone. This is for the L720T.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Sunsparc:
Well this thread says 720T in the title and the OP has "For SPARK variant only", so I'm going to say that isn't the issue.

In any case, I've restored my KK nandroid. I won't be attempting to update any time soon due to the issues I've had, which included my internal storage being wiped for absolutely no reason. Most of my stuff was on the ext SD but I did lose a couple of things I would have rather not.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bilgerryan:
You'd be surprised at how much it happens... A lot of people don't know that there are two different models.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Sunsparc:
No worries.

After getting OD2 installed, every time I attempted to ODIN the OD2 modem, I would go back into settings to find it still said OA3 for the baseband version. It would also wipe TWRP, which I would then have to re-ODIN to do anything else.

It's very weird, I've never had this much trouble trying to upgrade to a newer ROM. Maybe it's because it's KK to LL.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] lukipt:
I don't know for my l720t is SPARK or not. How to check this??
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bilgerryan:
The sticker under the battery says your model number. If it's L720T then you are spark.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] lukipt:
i flash via twrp and my s4 stuck in yellow sprint logo...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bilgerryan:
Factory/Data Reset in recovery.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] lukipt:
after flash or before?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bilgerryan:
Doesn't matter