[Q] Lost Internet after flash

NickBroomfield · Feb 24, 2014

I was trying to flash an updated version of the ROM i had, but a verizon message came up, essentially telling me my bootloader was still locked. I looked it up, and the fix is supposedly flashing it back to stock, which I tried, but it has no internet connection (wifi or service) and it loaded the ROM i had been trying to install earlier.

I double checked my model number, to see if that did anything, and it's changed from what it was when I flashed the first ROM, so i tried flashing the firmware for that model, but Odin just gives me a fail message for that, so i can get my ROM to run, but my internet is borked, and I can't get it back to stock to see if that fixes it.

Because I can't get internet access it's screwing up a lot of my attempts to fix it, and my computer refuses to read it, so I can't do anything from that end.

Also, while my WiFi refuses to turn on (switch pops back to grey after trying to turn it on) my service bars act like they're receiving, changing up and down, but they're greyed out and the carrier name is 'Empty'.

riker147 · Feb 24, 2014

NickBroomfield said:
I was trying to flash an updated version of the ROM i had, but a verizon message came up, essentially telling me my bootloader was still locked. I looked it up, and the fix is supposedly flashing it back to stock, which I tried, but it has no internet connection (wifi or service) and it loaded the ROM i had been trying to install earlier.

I double checked my model number, to see if that did anything, and it's changed from what it was when I flashed the first ROM, so i tried flashing the firmware for that model, but Odin just gives me a fail message for that, so i can get my ROM to run, but my internet is borked, and I can't get it back to stock to see if that fixes it.

Because I can't get internet access it's screwing up a lot of my attempts to fix it, and my computer refuses to read it, so I can't do anything from that end.

Also, while my WiFi refuses to turn on (switch pops back to grey after trying to turn it on) my service bars act like they're receiving, changing up and down, but they're greyed out and the carrier name is 'Empty'.

Going to need more info.
What is your original build?
What rom were you trying to flash?
How are you trying to flash it?
etc..........

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NickBroomfield · Feb 24, 2014

riker147 said:
Going to need more info.
What is your original build?
What rom were you trying to flash?
How are you trying to flash it?
etc..........

Original Build: if you mean what I was using before flash, I can't find the link to it, it was one of the first stock android ROMs for the GS4. If you mean prior to that, it was the standard Samsung TouchWiz the GS4 comes with.

I was trying to flash the ROM found here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2340783

I flashed it using TWRP > wipe data/cache, factory reset > install zip > wipe dalvik cache > boot. When that didn't seem to work, I tried flashing stock using Odin, as I can't get the zips onto my phone now.

riker147 · Feb 24, 2014

NickBroomfield said:
Original Build: if you mean what I was using before flash, I can't find the link to it, it was one of the first stock android ROMs for the GS4. If you mean prior to that, it was the standard Samsung TouchWiz the GS4 comes with.

I was trying to flash the ROM found here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2340783

I flashed it using TWRP > wipe data/cache, factory reset > install zip > wipe dalvik cache > boot. When that didn't seem to work, I tried flashing stock using Odin, as I can't get the zips onto my phone now.

I mean the last official build the phone was on before you started flashing. (MDK, ME7, MI1, MJ7 or MK2)
Did you ever take any OTA's?

When you say TWRP, do you mean TWRP with Safestrap or just TWRP?

NickBroomfield · Feb 24, 2014

riker147 said:
I mean the last official build the phone was on before you started flashing. (MDK, ME7, MI1, MJ7 or MK2)
Did you ever take any OTA's?

When you say TWRP, do you mean TWRP with Safestrap or just TWRP?

Erm, I believe it was MDK, but I'm not certain, and I wouldn't know how to go about checking that retroactively if I could.

I didn't knowingly take any OTA's

Just TWRP.

Mistertac · Feb 24, 2014

NickBroomfield said:
Erm, I believe it was MDK, but I'm not certain, and I wouldn't know how to go about checking that retroactively if I could.

I didn't knowingly take any OTA's

Just TWRP.

OK so if your phone was running Twrp, and not SafeStrap twrp, we can then probably assume your phone was on MDK.
What tar file did you use to Odin?

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NickBroomfield · Feb 24, 2014

Mistertac said:
OK so if your phone was running Twrp, and not SafeStrap twrp, we can then probably assume your phone was on MDK.
What tar file did you use to Odin?

I don't know what you want exactly, the name of the file I tried to use to flash back to stock is 'SCH-I545_MD2_423399_Kernel.tar', I can't link because xda says I can't link outside sources until 10 posts, and I'm a tad new.

Mistertac · Feb 24, 2014

NickBroomfield said:
I don't know what you want exactly, the name of the file I tried to use to flash back to stock is 'SCH-I545_MD2_423399_Kernel.tar', I can't link because xda says I can't link outside sources until 10 posts, and I'm a tad new.

OK so that looks like the pre release kernel and not the stock firmware file. So that may explain why you're having issues still.

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You need to go here
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2289325
Click the link in that op then click on the TAR folder once your on that site it sends you to.
That's the mdk stock firmware

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NickBroomfield · Feb 24, 2014

Mistertac said:
OK so that looks like the pre release kernel and not the stock firmware file. So that may explain why you're having issues still.

Oh, I did flash this 'SCH-I545_MDK_562219_Kernel.tar' afterwards, which didn't make anything better or worse.

Mistertac · Feb 24, 2014

NickBroomfield said:
Oh, I did flash this 'SCH-I545_MDK_562219_Kernel.tar' afterwards, which didn't make anything better or worse.

Those files youve been mentioning are from here
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2290798
Those are needed to r
ROOT the phone AFTER you flash the stock firmware I linked you to.

So am I confused here or are you trying to get it back to stock MDK....or just trying to root the phone?

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NickBroomfield · Feb 24, 2014

Mistertac said:
Those files youve been mentioning are from here
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2290798
Those are needed to r
ROOT the phone AFTER you flash the stock firmware I linked you to.

So am I confused here or are you trying to get it back to stock MDK....or just trying to root the phone?

Oh, that might be why I'm having problems. You're not confused, I just probably shouldn't be doing this on my own.

Mistertac · Feb 24, 2014

NickBroomfield said:
Oh, that might be why I'm having problems. You're not confused, I just probably shouldn't be doing this on my own.

Tell you what... Go to this thread
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2301259
It has a very nice set of instructions that the first one I linked you to doesn't.

That links you to the no wipe MDK tar file. You should be OK to use that one.

Very important that you use the MDK file and not one of the others as those will lock your phone back up and no more custom recovery for you.

Its fairly easy. Let me know how I can help

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I'm hitting the hay ... Good luck with that.
If you run into problems with the no wipe tar files in the second link go and download the mdk tar file from
http://www.rwilco12.com/downloads.p...Galaxy S4 (Verizon) (SCH-I545)/Stock ROMs/TAR
And try that.
Make sure you're using a good USB cable as well.

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NickBroomfield · Feb 24, 2014

Mistertac said:
Tell you what... Go to this thread
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2301259
It has a very nice set of instructions that the first one I linked you to doesn't.

That links you to the no wipe MDK tar file. You should be OK to use that one.

Very important that you use the MDK file and not one of the others as those will lock your phone back up and no more custom recovery for you.

Its fairly easy. Let me know how I can help

I got my phone back to stock, made sure my internet was working, rooted it, installed TWRP, and everything worked fine, but I have a question that might be a bit out of the bounds of this post. When I tried to use TWRP to flash stock android onto it I get the message "Verizon has detected unauthorized software [etc]". This is linked to the bootloader, if I recall correctly, but I can't find some really good help with it.

Further help would appreciated, but what you've done already has helped me far more than I had hoped when I posted, so thank you, oh so much.

Mistertac · Feb 24, 2014

NickBroomfield said:
When I tried to use TWRP to flash stock android onto it I get the message "Verizon has detected unauthorized software.

Ok so you're in TWRP and what file are you trying to flash exactly??

We use Odin to flash stock firmwares. And devs do make"stock ROMs" that can be flashed in twrp...so really I need to know what it isv exactly you're trying to do...
Again
What file and what steps you're taking and then I can help more

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NickBroomfield · Feb 24, 2014

Mistertac said:
Ok so you're in TWRP and what file are you trying to flash exactly??

We use Odin to flash stock firmwares. And devs do make"stock ROMs" that can be flashed in twrp...so really I need to know what it isv exactly you're trying to do...
Again
What file and what steps you're taking and then I can help more

In TWRP, trying to flash the ROM I linked in my second post: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2340783

As for steps: I boot into TWRP > factory reset > wipe Dalvik > Install zip (for the ROM and GApps) > Wipe Dalvik > reboot system.

Mistertac · Feb 24, 2014

NickBroomfield said:
In TWRP, trying to flash the ROM I linked in my second post: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2340783

As for steps: I boot into TWRP > factory reset > wipe Dalvik > Install zip (for the ROM and GApps) > Wipe Dalvik > reboot system.

Ok from I saw in that post that ROM is for the i9505 S4 I believe, which is the international version of our phone.
Try downloading this one
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2384362
It's a stock ROM based off our Verizon S4

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NickBroomfield · Feb 24, 2014

Mistertac said:
Ok from I saw in that post that ROM is for the i9505 S4 I believe, which is the international version of our phone.
Try downloading this one
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2384362
It's a stock ROM based off our Verizon S4

His post currently says 'uploading' under downloads, so for now, after I get it, my process is correct, right? Just the wrong software? Or is there a problem with what I'm doing as well?

Mistertac · Feb 24, 2014

NickBroomfield said:
His post currently says 'uploading' under downloads, so for now, after I get it, my process is correct, right? Just the wrong software? Or is there a problem with what I'm doing as well?

OK . no you're process is ok.
Try looking here for another ROM
http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s4-verizon/development

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Or look here for aosp ROMs
http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s4-verizon/orig-development

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I'm not sure what state your phone is in now however. You may have to Odin back to stock mdk then reroot and install twrp again. What is your phone doing now? Can still get into recovery

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NickBroomfield · Feb 24, 2014

Mistertac said:
OK . no you're process is ok.
Try looking here for another ROM
http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s4-verizon/development

Or look here for aosp ROMs
http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s4-verizon/orig-development

So just any ROM?

Mistertac said:
I'm not sure what state your phone is in now however. You may have to Odin back to stock mdk then reroot and install twrp again. What is your phone doing now? Can still get into recovery

I already flashed to stock/rerooted/reinstalled twrp, previously it was giving me the error "Verizon has encountered unauthorized software on this device, please turn off your phone and take it to the nearest store" or something along those lines.

newb question: what does AOSP stand for?

Mistertac · Feb 24, 2014

NickBroomfield said:
So just any ROM?

I already flashed to stock/rerooted/reinstalled twrp, previously it was giving me the error "Verizon has encountered unauthorized software on this device, please turn off your phone and take it to the nearest store" or something along those lines.

newb question: what does AOSP stand for?

AndroidOpenSourceProject

And yea those two links I sent you are for our Verizon s4. You an install any ROM from either one of those forums, just read the posts and follow the devs directions and you're Golden

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