Alrighty thanks man, it seemed to return my phone back to stock! The only issues I ran into were checking the md5 on windows, and accidentally turning on the phone instead of going into recovery. After I got the "Pass" with ODIN/and the phone booted up I accidentally rebooted my phone when I was supposed to go directly into recovery to wipe data. That shouldn't really matter right? I finally hit the right buttons and did the data wipe
This is awesome man. I was waiting to get a stock image file before playing and flashing. . Truly appreciated.
*** I be Tappin ***
. Truly appreciated. *** I be Tappin ***
Samsung Custom
I did the reset using your newly posted .tar and I still get a Samsung Custom splash when the phone reboots. Help, I need to return the phone as I am having Bluetooth connectivity issues, they are going to see this and deny the return.
100% stock, no root and no custom recovery is now on the machine yet I still get the Samsung custom splash screen.
I did the reset using your newly posted .tar and I still get a Samsung Custom splash when the phone reboots. Help, I need to return the phone as I am having Bluetooth connectivity issues, they are going to see this and deny the return.
100% stock, no root and no custom recovery is now on the machine yet I still get the Samsung custom splash screen.
You may need to do a factory reset to be 100% (usually some leftovers in your data can cause that).
That seems to have worked, was I suppose to use triangle away before restoring to get rid of binary count?
Awesome thread, super helpful - but I'm having some problems. I was flashing a ROM and it was working fine on the first boot, but when I went to reboot, it would get stuck at the Samsung custom lock screen on boot. No matter how long I left it.
The directed me here after trying a few things and thought this was the answer. I downloaded the materials and pushed the flash with Odin. The device reboots when done, does another loading bar, reboots again and freezes at the custom lock screen. Any thought as to what I can do to fix this? Thanks!
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update: Got Odin to kind of work here, on a whim I checked "Nand Erase All" and it still shows the samsung custom boot, but then passes it, plays the first half of the samsung song, stops, then the verizon screen loads and thats now where it hangs. I have flashed using this method twice with the same results, and have let the verizon page hang out for a few minutes (up to 10, but the device got very very warm). Thoughts?
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Turns out I am good to go. Wiped enough times and now I'm all set, thanks for the awesome thread!
The directed me here after trying a few things and thought this was the answer. I downloaded the materials and pushed the flash with Odin. The device reboots when done, does another loading bar, reboots again and freezes at the custom lock screen. Any thought as to what I can do to fix this? Thanks!
---------- Post added at 01:04 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:05 AM ----------
update: Got Odin to kind of work here, on a whim I checked "Nand Erase All" and it still shows the samsung custom boot, but then passes it, plays the first half of the samsung song, stops, then the verizon screen loads and thats now where it hangs. I have flashed using this method twice with the same results, and have let the verizon page hang out for a few minutes (up to 10, but the device got very very warm). Thoughts?
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Turns out I am good to go. Wiped enough times and now I'm all set, thanks for the awesome thread!
+1 . I believe the sextape thread is the full wipe return to stock thread...but the title of the thread is misleading.
Can someone clarify this? Thanks
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This will restore it back to stock..but it will not wipe your pics etc......
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Ok cool. I just know there are several people wondering what to do for an absolute full restore to factory stock for returning the device back to Verizon as if it were never used.
I guess you can just do a factory reset after using this method to accomplish that
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I guess you can just do a factory reset after using this method to accomplish that
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After running this process, my device is now stuck on the "Verizon" logo page. I've restarted my phone multiple times.
so my phone is in a bootloop before it even shows the screen. i can access odin, but not anything else. this is my last resort thing before i go to verizon.
Hopefully this will fix my issue for flashing the wrong file.
also, are there mirrors for this? its gonna take me 3 hours to download. i'd be happy to host this on my website
Hopefully this will fix my issue for flashing the wrong file.
also, are there mirrors for this? its gonna take me 3 hours to download. i'd be happy to host this on my website
Should work perfect for you. Verizon won't do anything for you!
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103No-Wipe Factory Image for Verizon Galaxy S4
(Restore from any soft-brick without wiping data)
Description: This is a guide (based similar to my previous guide for the Verizon Galaxy S III) that will help you flash a 99.9% stock factory image for the Verizon Galaxy S4 overwriting every partition on the device back to stock. The ONLY major change I have made is for your convenience I have modified the factory image to keep all your data/apps/settings and internal storage partition intact. This method should help you restore from any soft-brick that you may encounter without having to wipe your data.
Minor Warning: Please note that if you had any special mods that you had to manually flash before or move on the system partition (like Google Wallet, AOSP 4.2 apps like camera and gallery, etc...) they will be lost as you are overwriting your system partition to factory stock. Please make sure to do the needful with your mods before following this guide (for example resetting the Google Wallet app).
Step 1 - Preparation
Step 2 - Flashing Factory Image
Step 3 - Restoring Root (Optional)
Step 4 - Restoring Custom Recovery (VRUAMDK Build only!)
Credits
Credit goes to sextape for providing the original VRUAMDK Stock Firmware (Original Source)
Credit goes to mrRobinson for assisting to modify cache file (via PM)
Credit goes to alexcolodner for providing filehosting (via PM)3
Unfortunately not, this is a full factory image (not just a ROM), it will wipe away Safestrap as well since Safestrap is a mod (not data though like apps and such). You will be able to install Safestrap after rooting it however.3Spent hours trying to unbrick my phone. If you cannot boot past Samsung or Verizon logo then you have corrupted data. THIS WILL HAPPEN EVEN AFTER restoring with Odin. You need to go into recovery and wipe data/factory reset. I swear I couldn't get into recovery for the life of me, but I was doing it wrong. Volume Up + Home + Power will do it. If you do not also have the home button pressed it will act like its going into recovery but never make it.2
This is what I used yesterday. Worked perfectly.
http://droidviews.com/2013/how-to-unbrick-your-bricked-samsung-galaxy-s4-gt-i9500-gt-i9505/2It didn't put me on stock recovery so i was still getting that unlocked bootloader thingie, but I found a stock recovery and it worked like a charm, thanks a lot
Ahh I knew I forgot something. Simple fix, I'll get the new one up either tonight or tomorrow. For now you can probably consider it a good thing you don't have to reflash recovery if you're trying to keep data. :good:
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