S4 rom issues almost all of them - Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4

So Ive noticed on almost every newer rom ive flashed Ive had the following issues.. GPS.. TXT message over wifi,.. group txt and reboots.. is it my phone or is this just an issue with the leaked firmware??

SO_dank said:
So Ive noticed on almost every newer rom ive flashed Ive had the following issues.. GPS.. TXT message over wifi,.. group txt and reboots.. is it my phone or is this just an issue with the leaked firmware??
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my wife's S4 is stock kitkat and she has had no such issues with it since we did the OTA

SO_dank said:
So Ive noticed on almost every newer rom ive flashed Ive had the following issues.. GPS.. TXT message over wifi,.. group txt and reboots.. is it my phone or is this just an issue with the leaked firmware??
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May be a good idea to just hop into Odin and use a no wipe file. Start fresh and see how it plays out. Use the NC5 one since your still on the leak and really no huge benefit of staying on it.
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So one suggestion go stock lose root.. Another drop mdk there is no point in keeping mdk???? I have to have this phone for another year and a half.. You really think I should leave my fate in Samsung hands or lose ask with the possibility of having any rom made??

SO_dank said:
So one suggestion go stock lose root.. Another drop mdk there is no point in keeping mdk???? I have to have this phone for another year and a half.. You really think I should leave my fate in Samsung hands or lose ask with the possibility of having any rom made??
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I'm sorry I must have missed the part where you said you had an MDK phone. Don't use any other Odin files than the MDK ones then. You don't want to lose that bootloader if you can help it.
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Why don't you try loading up a ROM like C ROM or Liquid Smooth and also KToonsez kernel and see if you have better luck before using Odin
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I didn't say I had mdk probably should have huh..lol
I've been looking for a full wipe mdk Odin ... was gonna full wipe reboot and try as op see how it holds up. The only Rom I've never had a problem with was bonestock... But I want kitkats latest

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Flashed CM10, lost radio

Well, I may be in a pickle. I flashed what appeared to be the CDMA version of Disarmed Toaster 0.6 or whatever it was. It didn't boot, so I went to my backup. My phone won't pick up signal anymore, and what's worse, it would appear that WiFi doesn't work either. I've gone to backups from January, done a full wipe and reflash of my daily, and it hasn't fixed the problem.
What the hell do I do now? Anybody have this happen and fix it?
Try flashing firmware? Also, did you just try restoring from a nandroid or did you try flashing the actual rom?
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Cetus Corr said:
Try flashing firmware? Also, did you just try restoring from a nandroid or did you try flashing the actual rom?
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I've tried updating radios. I'm doing an RUU as a last ditch now. I did both the restore and a flash.
EDIT: Full RUU did nothing.
So no signal or wifi? Does 4G work?
I really don't feel like a rom would bork radios, that's quite strange.
Cynovae said:
So no signal or wifi? Does 4G work?
I really don't feel like a rom would bork radios, that's quite strange.
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Wifi works. I guess the restaurant I was at when it happened had weird things going on with theirs (couldn't connect). 4G, 3G, and 1X voice all do not work. *2 for Sprint doesn't work. The phone has completely forgotten how to do the whole phone thing. I bought an LTE off eBay, but it won't be here for a week and a half, so I'd still like to get this one working.
I feel the same way as you. Unless there was something deadly hidden in it (which I doubt. It's Agrabren.) I don't see it happening. I'm wondering if it could actually be a remnant of the VM firmware that finally showed up. I honestly don't know.
i have the same problem from a flash i did about 2 days ago when i flashed
[28/10/12][JB 4.1.2]ParanoidAndroid 2.50 when the phone booted up there was no signal and i've tried everything ruu nandroids everything any help ?????
i was s-off h-boot 1.40
it seems like no devs ever touch on this subject and these Q&A just slip away never being answered and yes a rom can wipe out radio and what not or i would not be on here asking for help.
I was on 3drp with no problem just wanted to check out the rom and wham no radio ever since.
any help would be awesome
thanks!!!
Have you tried making the phone go through hands free activation again? I've not heard of this issue from anyone else using these ROMs.
I had the same issue with a sense 4 rom. I did a ##786# and thzt did it
Do a ##clear# and that should reset everything. Then do an update from the about phone screen in settings.
Cynovae said:
So no signal or wifi? Does 4G work?
I really don't feel like a rom would bork radios, that's quite strange.
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well i flashed PARINOIDANDROID and my radio is gone as well
i think it a cm thing because that's what they are based off of
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Roxxas049 said:
Do a ##clear# and that should reset everything. Then do an update from the about phone screen in settings.
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the phone wiil not communicate with the radio i get a response saying
RADIO: NO RESPONSE CAN NOT ENTER LOW POWER MODE
jjrizzelcincy said:
well i flashed PARINOIDANDROID and my radio is gone as well
i think it a cm thing because that's what they are based off of
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the phone wiil not communicate with the radio i get a response saying
RADIO: NO RESPONSE CAN NOT ENTER LOW POWER MODE
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Now I am afraid to install Jelly Bean base roms. I will stick to good old Ice Cream Sandwich.
Somehow, 4g doesn't work for me on AOSP roms. It says connected, but no internet on both mui and cm10. Flashed meanrom and it worked. No idea what is going on haha
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Now I am afraid to install Jelly Bean base roms. I will stick to good old Ice Cream Sandwich.
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These 2 guys are the first I've heard from thousands of installations of Jb based roms. I know for a fact that jjriz had flashed freeza's vm leak prior to flashing the PA rom, those may be linked somehow but we don't know how or why this has happened.
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These 2 guys are the first I've heard from thousands of installations of Jb based roms. I know for a fact that jjriz had flashed freeza's vm leak prior to flashing the PA rom, those may be linked somehow but we don't know how or why this has happened.
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yes i did ,but iv'e done the downgrade and my device never said
baseband x.x.x.xx v
or baseband v x.x.x.x
like the other people were having
and a lot of other people flashed that firmware and i mean a lot of people
and they dont seem to be having any issue so i dont know what the heck is going on but i dont like it lol

My S4 has a "Custom" and unlocked padlock on bootup

Not sure why all of the sudden but its acting like after the Nexus was unlocked where it shows an unlocked padlock when its rebooted.. anybody else get this?
That's just what it shows when rooted
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Im 100% stock havent even connected to a PC yet
Now that's weird. I don't have a clue then, still learning this phone
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Known issue. Me and tons of others had it on completely bone stock no root.
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yeah s3 had this issue too when the jellybean update came.
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ive flashed stock rom and stock recovery and still have the custom unlocked padlock.. any ideas? i need to go back to verizon since i messed up my sim and 4g is broken.
third time flashing recovery and stock rom and the padlock is finally gone
I have the same issue. I had jellybean. I think it was 4.2.2, rooted it and then they pushed the OTA kitkat 4.4.2. I lost my root and I'd really like to get rid of that padlock screen now. Problem is people keep saying I can use triangle away to reset the binary counter and that will get rid of it. Can't do that without it being rooted though. Some say just re flash with the stock firmware. I'd do it if I could find the file but some say that doesn't work anyway. If anyone has any suggestions I'd appreciate it. Thanks.
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Im 100% stock havent even connected to a PC yet
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Ive read somewhere on here that it may be something on you external sd card , possibly old " hack , root " files from a previous phone?
Also if busy box was ever installed that would need to be removed. There's probably something else I'm forgetting. But if your phone just has that custom screen.... Verizon doesn't really care i can tell you from personal experience.
PepNYC said:
I have the same issue. I had jellybean. I think it was 4.2.2, rooted it and then they pushed the OTA kitkat 4.4.2. I lost my root and I'd really like to get rid of that padlock screen now. Problem is people keep saying I can use triangle away to reset the binary counter and that will get rid of it. Can't do that without it being rooted though. Some say just re flash with the stock firmware. I'd do it if I could find the file but some say that doesn't work anyway. If anyone has any suggestions I'd appreciate it. Thanks.
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jacobk said:
ive flashed stock rom and stock recovery and still have the custom unlocked padlock.. any ideas? i need to go back to verizon since i messed up my sim and 4g is broken.
third time flashing recovery and stock rom and the padlock is finally gone
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Mistertac said:
Ive read somewhere on here that it may be something on you external sd card , possibly old " hack , root " files from a previous phone?
Also if busy box was ever installed that would need to be removed. There's probably something else I'm forgetting. But if your phone just has that custom screen.... Verizon doesn't really care i can tell you from personal experience.
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Thanks for the reply. I read those responses but mine didn't have the padlock out of the box. I just figured maybe someone found a way to get rid of it by now after the KitKat OTA removed their root. Perhaps re flashing the stock rom, which I can't find, might do it. And I did look around with no luck.
Eh. No biggie. It's not affecting the performance of the phone. I'm just being anal. I guess I can live with it. Thanks again.
PepNYC said:
Thanks for the reply. I read those responses but mine didn't have the padlock out of the box. I just figured maybe someone found a way to get rid of it by now after the KitKat OTA removed their root. Perhaps re flashing the stock rom, which I can't find, might do it. And I did look around with no luck.
Eh. No biggie. It's not affecting the performance of the phone. I'm just being anal. I guess I can live with it. Thanks again.
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Hey no problem!!
I can get you the file you need...
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Are you on a Verizon S4 or another carrier?
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Easy fix
Install Wanam Exposed and enable "Fake system status" under Security Hacks...
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Install Wanam Exposed and enable "Fake system status" under Security Hacks...
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Personally that's never worked for me even on a stock ROM. Not that I care about it that screen anyway.
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Mistertac said:
Hey no problem!!
I can get you the file you need...
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Are you on a Verizon S4 or another carrier?
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AT&T SGH-i337
Thanks
joshm.1219 said:
Personally that's never worked for me even on a stock ROM. Not that I care about it that screen anyway.
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Really? Works on mine.
ammjr71 said:
Really? Works on mine.
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Works on my stock i545 unit as well.
It's never worked for me either
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Works for me as well. Rooted
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[DEVS/Firmware] JSS15J.N900PVPUBMI5 update.zip

Hi guys.
Here is the update.zip for MI5. I have taken the liberty to remove the firmware (bootloader,trustedzone,etc) from this just incase Samsung is trying to pull something. I'm posting two versions, one with the firmware and one without. Appyling this update.zip caused my phone to not boot with the updated kernel. I had to revert back to the MI3 kernel in order to boot up. I'm assuming this is due to either root, or me removing the firmwares. That is why i'm labeling this as dev.
NOTE: DO NOT FLASH THIS UNLESS YOU HAVE A BACKUP OF YOUR PREVIOUS KERNEL AND CAN RESTORE.
NOTE2: You can safely flash the Update WITH previous kernel once it goes live.
Update with no firmwares:
MI5 Update NO bootloader
Update with firmwares:
MI5 Update FULL
Update with previous kernel:
COMING SOON
Thanks. If I don't see a new TAR this weekend I'll patch the modem so it can be flashed via Odin.
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Great Work, glad to see you here freeza!!!
Can't wait to see how the mi5 setup works out. Cause as of right now, the call quality is horrible. I'm dropping 10+ calls a day. In areas my note2 would never drop a call.
Tw1sted247 said:
Can't wait to see how the mi5 setup works out. Cause as of right now, the call quality is horrible. I'm dropping 10+ calls a day. In areas my note2 would never drop a call.
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flashed earlier. never had as good of a signal as I am getting now.
4glte connects stronger, and for further distances than ever before, lte to 3g handoff was flawless. and call quality was vastly improved.
Thanks for packaging this up freeza! u the man.
JoshBeach said:
flashed earlier. never had as good of a signal as I am getting now.
4glte connects stronger, and for further distances than ever before, lte to 3g handoff was flawless. and call quality was vastly improved.
Thanks for packaging this up freeza! u the man.
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Which one did you flash Josh?
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iondokk said:
Which one did you flash Josh?
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Yes please tell us, I am just dying to flash something here! I had completely stopped doing anything with my E4GT because it simply could not handle all the apps and features I wanted. Now I have this powerhouse but nothing to flash lol. [I understand it takes time and the device has been out in the wild for less than a week, BUT I'M EXCITED!]
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Which one did you flash Josh?
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The one without the bootloader...
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JoshBeach said:
The one without the bootloader...
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Did you flash in TWRP and did you boot loop?
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Tried flashing the one with no bootloader it failed. I am on jellybomb domination v1.0 tried flashing using twrp. What could I have done wrong? Also, will this give me ml5 modem? Right now I am on ml3 and I am getting terrible signal, always in roaming and get horrible call quality.
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Hi guys.
Here is the update.zip for MI5. I have taken the liberty to remove the firmware (bootloader,trustedzone,etc) from this just incase Samsung is trying to pull something. I'm posting two versions, one with the firmware and one without. Appyling this update.zip caused my phone to not boot with the updated kernel. I had to revert back to the MI3 kernel in order to boot up. I'm assuming this is due to either root, or me removing the firmwares. That is why i'm labeling this as dev.
NOTE: DO NOT FLASH THIS UNLESS YOU HAVE A BACKUP OF YOUR PREVIOUS KERNEL AND CAN RESTORE.
NOTE2: You can safely flash the Update WITH previous kernel once it goes live.
Update with no firmwares:
MI5 Update NO bootloader
Update with firmwares:
MI5 Update FULL
Update with previous kernel:
COMING SOON
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I have a n android of my stock room. Would I be able to just take the kernel from the back up or is there a way in twrp to back up just the kernel?
anth75 said:
I have a n android of my stock room. Would I be able to just take the kernel from the back up or is there a way in twrp to back up just the kernel?
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When you are in TWRP, the "boot" check box, is the kernel. So, when backing up or restoring, as long as that box is checked, the kernel should be backed up (or restored).
rbtrucking said:
Tried flashing the one with no bootloader it failed. I am on jellybomb domination v1.0 tried flashing using twrp. What could I have done wrong? Also, will this give me ml5 modem? Right now I am on ml3 and I am getting terrible signal, always in roaming and get horrible call quality.
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Same here... Any fix?
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Same here... Any fix?
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same here too..
Is there any way to flash this update through Odin?
Thanks
Mj4 firmware available
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Mj4 firmware available
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Freeza, any chance of you updating to the newest software? Thanks
anth75 said:
Freeza, any chance of you updating to the newest software? Thanks
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Really?!?! IT JUST CAME OUT - give it some time, wow
rpenrod23 said:
Really?!?! IT JUST CAME OUT - give it some time, wow
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RELAX!!! i was just asking a question!!!
anth75 said:
Freeza, any chance of you updating to the newest software? Thanks
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We have been trying all day to get the update... It is not yet available for me or freeza.
if you would like too return to stock, and if you get the OTA. let us know...
we can walk you through pulling the files, and uploading, so either myself or freeza can make a flashable for everyone. I also spoke to Garwyn, and he doesn't have the OTA yet either. It also isn't posted on Sammobile, and it isn't available in Kies yet either...
Be patient. Obviously, we will be posting stock rom, odin restore, and update zips/. these things just take time.

[Q] I need to learn how to Install recovery, Flash ROMS, And kernels..etc

Hello. Yesterday was my birthday and i got a used note 1 from my cousion. I came from the HTC evo 3D and i know how to fully root s-off, roms..etc. And i would really like to learn how to do the same to this phone as well. As of right now it has the 4.0.4 firmware on it ICS. I have never owned a samsung phone before and im really new to all of this for the note. I will thank any help i get! I cant wait to start flashing ROMS and kernels to this phone!! . Also once i flash the recovery how do i boot into it? And will i be able to flash roms directly from the phone? I know there is a program called odin that is used to flash recoverys and kernels i think. Last question would be.. Where can i find usb drivers for windows 8.1 for the note 1. Thanks again!
TeChNoC4AzY said:
Hello. Yesterday was my birthday and i got a used note 1 from my cousion. I came from the HTC evo 3D and i know how to fully root s-off, roms..etc. And i would really like to learn how to do the same to this phone as well. As of right now it has the 4.0.4 firmware on it ICS. I have never owned a samsung phone before and im really new to all of this for the note. I will thank any help i get! I cant wait to start flashing ROMS and kernels to this phone!! . Also once i flash the recovery how do i boot into it? And will i be able to flash roms directly from the phone? I know there is a program called odin that is used to flash recoverys and kernels i think. Last question would be.. Where can i find usb drivers for windows 8.1 for the note 1. Thanks again!
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All of your questions can be answered here!
If you still can't find what your looking for try here!
All of the latest, and oldest custom roms can be found here, and here!
If you are still needing an answer you can try here! and when all else fails post your question here.
Welcome to the i717 forum!
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Oh and happy belated birthday! Mine is today!!!
440bro said:
All of your questions can be answered here!
If you still can't find what your looking for try here!
All of the latest, and oldest custom roms can be found here, and here!
If you are still needing an answer you can try here! and when all else fails post your question here.
Welcome to the i717 forum!
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Oh and happy belated birthday! Mine is today!!!
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Ugh!! I flashed the twrp recovery fine. I went to try and flash a rom it didnt work and now i cant boot my phone wtf........Can i please have more help...
What rom did you flash? Some kit Kat roms require you using cwm recovery. Try flashing a different rom.
440bro said:
What rom did you flash? Some kit Kat roms require you using cwm recovery. Try flashing a different rom.
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Well I just flashed a jellybean 4.1.2 ROM and it is working perfect. But I still want kitkat. I don't remember the name of the one I tried to flash. My main question is when I flash jb, ICS, or kitkat. Do they all just work after flash or do I need some kinda different boot thing like my HTC needed? Last thing is I could not find a flashable cwm recovery through Odin. Do I have to flash it with an app through the phone? PS: If it is as easy to flash things to this phone as easy as I think that would be awesome. So far I am LOVING THIS THING. Samsung might be my new favorite brand.. I had to do so many things to my HTC evo 3D just for custom kernels to be on it. Thanks for any help I get.
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Update: Flashed cwm non touch recovery through the app. And I also flashed the candy shop kitkat 4.4.2 ROM, upon boot the WiFi would not work so I am back on the jb 4.1.2 ROM and I am now downloading hellybean jb 4.3 now. I wiped the data before I installed the kitkat ROM and there is no option in recovery to wipe the system so I guess every ROM I install it will overwrite which is kinda weird. I will try to flash the touch version of cwm later.. The one on the forum you gave me says access denied on my phone when I try to download the latest one. But It did work on my pc so I'll get it from there..
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Glad your researching!
I also recommend reading the rom descriptions, and instructions. Some builders will clue you in as to which recovery to use, and what gapps need flashed.
I also recommend skimming thru the posts to see what issues other users may have had. They might of given you a clue as to why the Wi-Fi didn't work.
440bro said:
Glad your researching!
I also recommend reading the rom descriptions, and instructions. Some builders will clue you in as to which recovery to use, and what gapps need flashed.
I also recommend skimming thru the posts to see what issues other users may have had. They might of given you a clue as to why the Wi-Fi didn't work.
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Can you possibly tell me what I can do to make my games run faster on this phone? I ran quadrant and got 3100 as the score. That seems a bit low in my opinion. Or maybe you can tell me what rom is faster. Idk.
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Downgrading to mdk...

I'm pretty sure my phone is also a time machine...here's why, and please clear this up for me. I have tried googling this to find out how I ended up with such a special Super Galaxy S4. I got my Verizon S4 back in April last year and have been rooted ever since it was possible...so, in other words I have one of the original MDK builds. Why am I always reading about people freaking out because of 'accidentally' upgrading their firmware on these builds...hang on, let me continue. I have flashed a ROM on my phone about 131 times, and flashed maybe 2 or 3 radios...after doing so, my baseband and build numbers would change pretty regularly... to ME7, MK2, and everything in between. I have absolutely no trouble flashing whatever I want for the most part, and can always go back to MDK...why is this? I have lots of theories but they all revolve around me being awesome...and I'm sure you'd rather not hear them. Can anyone explain this?
calebcabob said:
I'm pretty sure my phone is also a time machine...here's why, and please clear this up for me. I have tried googling this to find out how I ended up with such a special Super Galaxy S4. I got my Verizon S4 back in April last year and have been rooted ever since it was possible...so, in other words I have one of the original MDK builds. Why am I always reading about people freaking out because of 'accidentally' upgrading their firmware on these builds...hang on, let me continue. I have flashed a ROM on my phone about 131 times, and flashed maybe 2 or 3 radios...after doing so, my baseband and build numbers would change pretty regularly... to ME7, MK2, and everything in between. I have absolutely no trouble flashing whatever I want for the most part, and can always go back to MDK...why is this? I have lots of theories but they all revolve around me being awesome...and I'm sure you'd rather not hear them. Can anyone explain this?
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Well I think your referring to flashing custom ROMs that are " upgraded" past MDK. You can obviously do that without issue. You can also flash any modem you want ( baseband ).
But what people are referring to when they say do NOT update an MDK phone is either an OTA Update directly from Verizon... Or using Odin to flash stock firmware beyond MDK.
If you do that your bootloaders going to lose the Loki Exploit and bye bye custom recovery... Follow me??
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Grab this app
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.vndnguyen.phoneinfo
Your bootloaders going to be MDK
And your radio will be whatever one you last flashed. And depending on what ROM you're running, in your about phone it MAY show you a different build other than MDK. That's just the build the Dev based the ROM off of.
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Like the poster above said, flashing Modems/Radios will change what's shown as your "baseband" in about phone, but won't affect your MDK bootloader. So your bootloader version was never upgraded/downgraded.
phew!
Ah...so it's not all about me. Thanks for the thoroughly explained answers from both of u guys. That really clears things up. And glad to know about the modem being OK to flash/upgrade. Well, I am EXTREMELY lucky- seeing how I tried an OTA update last week after having to flash a retail image to my S4 with Odin (soft brick)...because the OTA update failed! I will NEVER try that again!! Ha. Thanks for the info!
calebcabob said:
Ah...so it's not all about me. Thanks for the thoroughly explained answers from both of u guys. That really clears things up. And glad to know about the modem being OK to flash/upgrade. Well, I am EXTREMELY lucky- seeing how I tried an OTA update last week after having to flash a retail image to my S4 with Odin (soft brick)...because the OTA update failed! I will NEVER try that again!! Ha. Thanks for the info!
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Definitely don't update via OTA or use anything in Odin other than MDK.!!!
After you root your phone use Titanium Backup and freeze "SDM " and "FWUpgrade" then make a backup in whatever recovery you're using.
Those two things being frozen ( I think SDM is good enough ) will stop any OTA possibility. Although being rooted and whatever else you may have done should be enough to stop it. No need to risk it lol
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Mistertac said:
Definitely don't update via OTA or use anything in Odin other than MDK.!!!
After you root your phone use Titanium Backup and freeze "SDM " and "FWUpgrade" then make a backup in whatever recovery you're using.
Those two things being frozen ( I think SDM is good enough ) will stop any OTA possibility. Although being rooted and whatever else you may have done should be enough to stop it. No need to risk it lol
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Hmm...I searched Titanium for SDM and anything with FW (FWUpgrade) in it, i dont see anything there. I tried just browsing too. Maybe BoneStock v2.1 (VZW, TW, 4.3) is built without those files already? I'd like to do what you're recommending though, that makes so much sense. I found "ConfigUpdater" but, that's probably not what I want, right?
calebcabob said:
Hmm...I searched Titanium for SDM and anything with FW (FWUpgrade) in it, i dont see anything there. I tried just browsing too. Maybe BoneStock v2.1 (VZW, TW, 4.3) is built without those files already? I'd like to do what you're recommending though, that makes so much sense. I found "ConfigUpdater" but, that's probably not what I want, right?
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I would imagine @andybones removed the OTA files from his rom.
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Yea I was referring to if you were on stock MDK ... The devs most certainly remove all that junk. My bad for not making myself clear.. Thanks Josh
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calebcabob said:
I'm pretty sure my phone is also a time machine...here's why, and please clear this up for me. I have tried googling this to find out how I ended up with such a special Super Galaxy S4. I got my Verizon S4 back in April last year and have been rooted ever since it was possible...so, in other words I have one of the original MDK builds. Why am I always reading about people freaking out because of 'accidentally' upgrading their firmware on these builds...hang on, let me continue. I have flashed a ROM on my phone about 131 times, and flashed maybe 2 or 3 radios...after doing so, my baseband and build numbers would change pretty regularly... to ME7, MK2, and everything in between. I have absolutely no trouble flashing whatever I want for the most part, and can always go back to MDK...why is this? I have lots of theories but they all revolve around me being awesome...and I'm sure you'd rather not hear them. Can anyone explain this?
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There is no way to go back but if you are looking to update to 4.4.2 before the release let me know because I just updated!!! I will send screenshots upon request.
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There is no way to go back but if you are looking to update to 4.4.2 before the release let me know because I just updated!!! I will send screenshots upon request.
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Did u read that post lol
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