I've been trying to get my phone back on stock rom for hours or at least to the point where I can use it. Ive tried several methods in the past day. However, I have not been able to do it without success. This was all for the purpose of updating to 4.3 since I hadn't updated since I rooted my phone. First I unrooted it through Supersu and tried to apply the update but it wouldnt work so then I factory reset it. I applied the update again but it didnt seem to want to update to 4.3 . So then I went to TWRP and cleaned out the files, but I never checked to it to the system. After that It was stuck into a boot loop. It never got past the Galaxy s4 boot image. I still have a back up of everything after I rooted my phone, but after applying the following system recovery
stockroms.net/file/GalaxyS4/SPH-L720/L720VPUAMDC_L720SPTAMDC_SPR.zip
I am no longer able to use TWRP and my phone is still in the same situation. All I know about my phone without acess to the information in the about phone section is that it is a Verison Galaxy S4 and before I did anything it was on an android 4.2.2 rooted stock. On the box it say its a SPHl720BKK. If anyone could help me that would be greatly appreciated before I hard brick my phone with the little experiance i have.
santiagorook said:
I've been trying to get my phone back on stock rom for hours or at least to the point where I can use it. Ive tried several methods in the past day. However, I have not been able to do it without success. This was all for the purpose of updating to 4.3 since I hadn't updated since I rooted my phone. First I unrooted it through Supersu and tried to apply the update but it wouldnt work so then I factory reset it. I applied the update again but it didnt seem to want to update to 4.3 . So then I went to TWRP and cleaned out the files, but I never checked to it to the system. After that It was stuck into a boot loop. It never got past the Galaxy s4 boot image. I still have a back up of everything after I rooted my phone, but after applying the following system recovery
stockroms.net/file/GalaxyS4/SPH-L720/L720VPUAMDC_L720SPTAMDC_SPR.zip
I am no longer able to use TWRP and my phone is still in the same situation. All I know about my phone without acess to the information in the about phone section is that it is a Verison Galaxy S4 and before I did anything it was on an android 4.2.2 rooted stock. On the box it say its a SPHl720BKK. If anyone could help me that would be greatly appreciated before I hard brick my phone with the little experiance i have.
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You're posting in a forum for the SCH-I545. That's a Verizon Galaxy S4.
The SPH-L720 is an international phone, You'll need to post on a forum for that particular variant of the GS4 if you expect any help.
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Hi guys
I just got my wife a Samsung Galaxy S3 I747 for ATT using Straight Talk. I purchased one for my self about 3 months ago, same model. Both were purchased used, mine had 4.1.2 and my wife's has 4.1.1. I rooted and installed CWM Recovery on mine. I wanted to update my wife's to at least 4.1.2 like mine or even 4.1.3.
From my understanding, once you root and install a recovery mod, such as TWRP or the ClockWorkMod Recovery, that your phone will not be able to update via your service provider.
The problem is, I got her phone yesterday, and I tried to update it, but it kept saying it was at the latest update/firmware. I even installed Kies, but it reported the same thing. After a few hours, I decided I would root it and install TWRP and maybe install a new ROM with the FW on it later. Well, this morning, the phone reported that an important update was available. Somewhat confused, b/c I thought it couldn't be the FW b/c yesterday it said the phone was at the latest FW, and plus the fact the update is, as I thought, refused by the service provider or phone, when it is rooted or a recovery mod is installed. When it finished, of course it asked to reboot. I was curious how this was going to play out.
When it rebooted, it loaded the TWRP Recovery. Being still new to all this, I wasn't sure how to proceed, so I clicked the reboot button, but nothing happen, so I tried the shutdown button. The phone powered off with no issues. I turned it back on and it loaded successfully to the home screen. I checked the status of the update, and it said it failed. No surprise there, I'm just happy it didn't brick her phone during the process.
Is this normal? Should I just disable updates from my provider? Is it possible to install the update and then just reapply the root and recovery mod?
Thanks
Mike
Modify_inc said:
Hi guys
I just got my wife a Samsung Galaxy S3 I747 for ATT using Straight Talk. I purchased one for my self about 3 months ago, same model. Both were purchased used, mine had 4.1.2 and my wife's has 4.1.1. I rooted and installed CWM Recovery on mine. I wanted to update my wife's to at least 4.1.2 like mine or even 4.1.3.
From my understanding, once you root and install a recovery mod, such as TWRP or the ClockWorkMod Recovery, that your phone will not be able to update via your service provider.
The problem is, I got her phone yesterday, and I tried to update it, but it kept saying it was at the latest update/firmware. I even installed Kies, but it reported the same thing. After a few hours, I decided I would root it and install TWRP and maybe install a new ROM with the FW on it later. Well, this morning, the phone reported that an important update was available. Somewhat confused, b/c I thought it couldn't be the FW b/c yesterday it said the phone was at the latest FW, and plus the fact the update is, as I thought, refused by the service provider or phone, when it is rooted or a recovery mod is installed. When it finished, of course it asked to reboot. I was curious how this was going to play out.
When it rebooted, it loaded the TWRP Recovery. Being still new to all this, I wasn't sure how to proceed, so I clicked the reboot button, but nothing happen, so I tried the shutdown button. The phone powered off with no issues. I turned it back on and it loaded successfully to the home screen. I checked the status of the update, and it said it failed. No surprise there, I'm just happy it didn't brick her phone during the process.
Is this normal? Should I just disable updates from my provider? Is it possible to install the update and then just reapply the root and recovery mod?
Thanks
Mike
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It is perfectly normal. You described the expected sequence for a phone with any custom recovery. OTA updates download then reboot into stock recovery. Absent that ..what you said.
For your update path, I. urge you to visit xda's i747 forum & read up on the controversy & pitfalls of AT&T's OTA 4.3
Look out for:
locked bootloader
Knox Warranty bit
one way upgrade
(on pain of brick)
It's different this time around.
I am weary. Every time there is an update, I have to do hours of research to find the latest work-around to carry my rooted phone into the next version. Now with the advent of the ISIS wallet, my phone did not want to allow me to use the app because it detected my phone was rooted. I've had enough; I just want to return my phone to the factory rom, so that future updates are less of a hassle for me.
My Verizon Note II phone is running Android Version 4.1.2. It was rooted using the Team Win Recovery Project rom with ODIN. Yesterday, I unrooted my phone using Chainfire's SuperUser app. My phone appears to be working normally and there are nearly no signs that it was ever rooted in ODIN Mode. The only giveaway is that TWRP bootup is still there. I cannot successfully update my phone to the next version, and I believe the TWRP bootup has something to do with that. I want to return my phone to factory default. I thank you for any assistance you can provide me with this.
butter219 said:
I am weary. Every time there is an update, I have to do hours of research to find the latest work-around to carry my rooted phone into the next version. Now with the advent of the ISIS wallet, my phone did not want to allow me to use the app because it detected my phone was rooted. I've had enough; I just want to return my phone to the factory rom, so that future updates are less of a hassle for me.
My Verizon Note II phone is running Android Version 4.1.2. It was rooted using the Team Win Recovery Project rom with ODIN. Yesterday, I unrooted my phone using Chainfire's SuperUser app. My phone appears to be working normally and there are nearly no signs that it was ever rooted in ODIN Mode. The only giveaway is that TWRP bootup is still there. I cannot successfully update my phone to the next version, and I believe the TWRP bootup has something to do with that. I want to return my phone to factory default. I thank you for any assistance you can provide me with this.
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First thread in the development section -> Return to Stock
I'm going for it.
jcollier said:
First thread in the development section -> Return to Stock
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jcollier, thank you so much for the reply. I visited the thread you mentioned. I'm going to use the information I gathered there to attempt to restore my phone to factory default. The only problem I ran into there is that the link for the 4.1.2 VRAMC3 rom is not working (something about too many downloads and trying again in 24 hours). I really don't want to wait that long just to see if the message will change. I've since gone to the sammobile.com website to see if I can glean something usable from there. Thank you again for your help.
Hi, so I tried searching but I couldn't find anyone with the same problem.
So I upgraded Android 4.1.2 to 4.3 a couple of days on my galaxy s3 & I noticed that the root was gone with the update, little did I know that there was this awesome new Knox software (solving problems by creating new ones, heh) which would prevent superSU from starting after rooting. Not to mention this amazing Samsung program also wouldn't start on rooted devices so there was no way I could uninstall it either.
So I realized I had done a mistake and did a hard reset, however, when the phone started again I saw that SuperSU was still there and I was getting the same error as before & Knox (would you believe it) still refused to start. So I heard that my only option now is to flash my Galaxy S3 with 4.3 with Odin to clean it completely, however I'm not able to find a Rom to do it with ever since SAMSUNG released the update in KIES.
I don't really care for Knox and would like it gone completely. I just want my phone to work again with root, my warranty already ran out anyway.
Any help appreciated. Thank you.
So, I had tryed to install at root and flash a Rom onto my Samsung Galaxy s4 i337 using MF3. I was running Android 4.2.2 and when I had tried to unroot my device, something happened and I wasn't able to FULLY get the root off my device. A couple days ago, I had wanted to upgrade to the Android KitKat 4.4 so when I completed the process. It went into Download mode, and then just crashed. Right now it shows an error message saying
"System software not authorized by AT&T has been found on my phone. Please turn off your phone and go to the nearest AT&T store for help."
Also in the top left hand corner it says Secure fail:Kernel so obviously it means I am missing a Kernel of some sort.
Please help me!
How were you trying to upgrade - via OTA? So you have not successfully flashed 4.3 or 4.4.2 through Odin, correct? But you should be able to find everything you need here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2616221
and/or
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2663545
There's a couple different ways to go depending on if you are trying to save your bootloader to be able to downgrade again easier, if wanted, or not.
i have a SCH I545 (verizon s4) and i am currently running kit kat 4.4.2 version vrufnk4 with kernal version 3.4.0. I was once rooted but i am no longer rooted and as far as i know everything is stock except the recovery which seems to be different than what i remember was on the phone from factory. The phone also boots with a logo saying custom with an unlocked pad lock. The recovery says android system recovery <3e> at the top and in the middle is an android dude with a red triangle on him and under him it says no command . I had cwm recovery on the device when i was rooting it but don't remember if i got rid of it or left it but i don't believe this is cwm recovery or the factory recovery. But here is my issue, i wanted to update to the new lollipop via the OTA update verizon has issued for my phone and the update came in 2 parts the first part upgraded kit kat to vrufnk4 and the 2nd update was suppose to be the actual lollipop update. The first update to vrufnk4 did fine but when i try the 2nd update to lollipop GOC1 i believe is what it is the instal fails every time. I did try a factory reset via the boot recovery but that did not help.
Thanks for any help you can give me I'm so lost as to what to do to fix this and i just want lollipop on my phone for now possibly root the phone later if i get bored until i can get a s6 edge.
Did you ever get an exact answer? I'm in the exact same situation and don't want to brick my phone. Thanks... back to searching.
I figured it out l. When you plug you phone into your computer there is a Verizon update that pops up you will need to update your phone using that and it will work like a charm. But it's like Verizon updater or something I can't remember but it pops up when you plug your phone in or it did for me. Hope that helps!