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Captivate JH7 unroot question

Hey guys,
I'm new to android.. good riddance iPhone. I am a technically saavy I/T Guy and have already unrooted my captivate and figured out GPS and whatnot. However, I have scoured Google and can't find the answer to a simple question. "Do I need to unroot prior to the OTA JH7 update?"
Thanks for your help,
Trums
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App

i dont think you'll need to unroot the phone but I *think* you'll lose your root once you update....please correct me if I'm wrong, though.

nyydynasty said:
i dont think you'll need to unroot the phone but I *think* you'll lose your root once you update....please correct me if I'm wrong, though.
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This is correct. All the apps will be there except superuser and the root will be gone.
I did this myself and after the update went ahead and wiped the phone (factory reset) anyway. I wanted to make sure I didn't have anything lingering..

thanks
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malfuncion said:
This is correct. All the apps will be there except superuser and the root will be gone.
I did this myself and after the update went ahead and wiped the phone (factory reset) anyway. I wanted to make sure I didn't have anything lingering..
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Do you have still have the 12 MB file you got as a result of the OTA update. If so, can you upload it.

rajendra82 said:
Do you have still have the 12 MB file you got as a result of the OTA update. If so, can you upload it.
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+1, please upload if available. I dont know why att just doesnt let us download it from the website.

sorry gents.. I don't have the file yet.. will upload when I get it.

You can always re-root afterwards...

Does the original root method work with jh7? I'm not really interested in the super rooter type all-in-ones.
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wait, there was an OTA for jh7?

madjsp said:
wait, there was an OTA for jh7?
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15000 a day beginning today.
http://outboundlink.net/anxo/dr_ta_...enter/solutionDisplay.jsp?solutionId=KB110797

+1 Would love to see the update uploaded for us here. I checked to see if mine would update, but unfortunately I guess I am not one of the luck first 15,000.

Philux-X said:
+1 Would love to see the update uploaded for us here. I checked to see if mine would update, but unfortunately I guess I am not one of the luck first 15,000.
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the update is simply JH7, JH7 has been available for most of us for over a week
grab it from samfirmware if you really want it now

Kaik541 said:
the update is simply JH7, JH7 has been available for most of us for over a week
grab it from samfirmware if you really want it now
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That's where I got mine.. www.samfirmware.com
you will have to sign up for an account but its worth it.
You will have to flash using ODIN. Make sure you get the PIT file located at the bottom of the firmware page too..

Plus once you have the account, you can always flash newer firmwares when they come out...

I know about the leaked JH7. I am running it now. I am only interested in the official JH7 update file, just to compare the two versions.

trumsey2005 said:
Hey guys,
I'm new to android.. good riddance iPhone. I am a technically saavy I/T Guy and have already unrooted my captivate and figured out GPS and whatnot. However, I have scoured Google and can't find the answer to a simple question. "Do I need to unroot prior to the OTA JH7 update?"
Thanks for your help,
Trums
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
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I am not sure what happened but I just downloaded the update using the check for updates on the phone, it started to install, rebooted the phone then gave me this message:
"The update was not completed.
No update was applied to your phone"
my phone is rooted, lag fix, side load and I did not try to undo any of that stuff.

typ44q said:
I am not sure what happened but I just downloaded the update using the check for updates on the phone, it started to install, rebooted the phone then gave me this message:
"The update was not completed.
No update was applied to your phone"
my phone is rooted, lag fix, side load and I did not try to undo any of that stuff.
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The same thing happened to me, but when I go my phone settings I show the following:
Baseband version:
1897UCJH7

So do we have to flash back to stock to get this upgrade?
I wasn't too hopeful that our rooted, lagfix-ed phones would play nice with the OTA anyway.

LiqudDeth said:
The same thing happened to me, but when I go my phone settings I show the following:
Baseband version:
1897UCJH7
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weird, mine still says I897UCJH2
I would like to find out what I need to undo or change (hopefully not reflash) to get the update to install.

[Q] How to root galaxy note GT-N7000BDULB3 version

Hello xda developers
I am wondering if someone can answer a few questions i have about rooting my samsung note?
I'm in Australia and just got my note with vodafone on Saturday. I have been doing some searching in the dev section and I haven't found my kernel version (2.6.35.7-N7000BDULB3-CL977082) to download from dr.ketan I have also searched for it on sammobile.com with no luck also.
So from the above statement does anyone know where i can get a copy of it from or know how i can backup mine from my phone atm?
I have found a root solution however It is for the GT-N7000 model which is at rootgalaxynote.com/galaxy-note-root/how-to-root-galaxy-note-gt-n7000-method-2odinheimdall
If I followed this above method would I end up bricking the phone as the phone version are different? I found nothing on a search when comparing the two
Sorry for an the essay of a post too.

Looks like you're the only guy in the whole wide world with the exotic N7000BDULB3 GB, mate.
https://www.google.com/search?client=opera&rls=en&q=N7000BDULB3&sourceid=opera&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8
Anyway, you can always flash and root and older Rom, then upgrade to whatever you want whilst keeping your root. Here's a little guide to downgrading and rooting I wrote some time ago, hope it helps.
You'll have a rooted KK9 rom after you're done. Then you can download any new GB version (LC1 is the latest) from here and flash it with Mobile Odin, with Everroot and Inject Superuser options ticked. That will keep your root.
Good luck.

chasmodo said:
Looks like you're the only guy in the whole wide world with the exotic N7000BDULB3 GB, mate.
https://www.google.com/search?client=opera&rls=en&q=N7000BDULB3&sourceid=opera&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8
Anyway, you can always flash and root and older Rom, then upgrade to whatever you want whilst keeping your root. Here's a little guide to downgrading and rooting I wrote some time ago, hope it helps.
You'll have a rooted KK9 rom after you're done. Then you can download any new GB version (LC1 is the latest) from here and flash it with Mobile Odin, with Everroot and Inject Superuser options ticked. That will keep your root.
Good luck.
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Thanks for your help I will try it as soon as I get some more free time.

I have read your post y'day, but have not replied b'coz, i was waiting for input.
As you have describe method is not safe, It will give you raise flash counter
here is review of one user from thread you have mentioned.
raj says:
March 26, 2012 at 9:42 pm
Thanks so much, and your posts are one of the easiest to follow and gives a great head start for noobs! Great Job really!
I used this method and now I see a yellow triangle.
1. Will this yellow triangle during boot up, disappear if I follow your unroot method?
2. Will my phone can be updated to ICS once Samsung officially provides upgrade to ICS for Galaxy Note?
3. I tried SetCPU, the phone became very hot, when I over clocked and it just hang. I brought it back to normal.
4. What are all the other useful, important things we can do after root, other than installing Titanium Backup etc.
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So just follow what chasmodo have advised you.

dr.ketan said:
I have read your post y'day, but have not replied b'coz, i was waiting for input.
As you have describe method is not safe, It will give you raise flash counter
here is review of one user from thread you have mentioned.
So just follow what chasmodo have advised you.
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Thanks for all the input really appreciated, will let ya know how i go on the weekend when i have some time to do it

chasmodo said:
Looks like you're the only guy in the whole wide world with the exotic N7000BDULB3 GB, mate.
https://www.google.com/search?client=opera&rls=en&q=N7000BDULB3&sourceid=opera&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8
Anyway, you can always flash and root and older Rom, then upgrade to whatever you want whilst keeping your root. Here's a little guide to downgrading and rooting I wrote some time ago, hope it helps.
You'll have a rooted KK9 rom after you're done. Then you can download any new GB version (LC1 is the latest) from here and flash it with Mobile Odin, with Everroot and Inject Superuser options ticked. That will keep your root.
Good luck.
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This might be a stupid question chasmodo so bare with me.
With the KKA firmware when extracted I get the 2 files like you said the .tar.md5 and the dll file.
In odin do i just select the .tar.md5 file under the pda option? or do i have to put the dll file in an option as well.

mattybxda said:
In odin do i just select the .tar.md5 file under the pda option? or do i have to put the dll file in an option as well.
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Just load .tar.md5 in PDA and you're good to go.

chasmodo said:
Just load .tar.md5 in PDA and you're good to go.
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Just tried it and it FAILED please help?

mattybxda said:
Just tried it and it FAILED please help?
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Ok so Im trying to flash to the new UK firmware now and see if it loads up if it does i will try replace the kernel to get root that way and report back.

mattybxda said:
Ok so Im trying to flash to the new UK firmware now and see if it loads up if it does i will try replace the kernel to get root that way and report back.
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Didnt work guys , any ideas on what i can do now.

dr.ketan said:
I have read your post y'day, but have not replied b'coz, i was waiting for input.
As you have describe method is not safe, It will give you raise flash counter
here is review of one user from thread you have mentioned.
So just follow what chasmodo have advised you.
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Hi dr ketan
Have you got any advice for me im stuck atm, my downgrade didnt work :'( it fails at the kernel part is there away around this?

mattybxda said:
Hi dr ketan
Have you got any advice for me im stuck atm, my downgrade didnt work :'( it fails at the kernel part is there away around this?
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Do you have Sammy drivers installed on your PC? This is important. From Dr Ketan's guide:
"Install Kies on your computer, connect your phone and make sure that all the drivers installed correctly."

chasmodo said:
Do you have Sammy drivers installed on your PC? This is important. From Dr Ketan's guide:
"Install Kies on your computer, connect your phone and make sure that all the drivers installed correctly."
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Yeh i have kies on the computer, all was working when i was using kies before.
I
'm tried a different firmware version now so once it downloads i hope it works fingers crossed anyways. If that doesnt any more ideas?

mattybxda said:
Yeh i have kies on the computer, all was working when i was using kies before.
I
'm tried a different firmware version now so once it downloads i hope it works fingers crossed anyways. If that doesnt any more ideas?
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Yeah...try a different PC Odin version if it fails again.

chasmodo said:
Yeah...try a different PC Odin version if it fails again.
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Thanks I will try that now I think i am also going to try uninstalling Kies then reinstalling it just as a per-caution. Will let ya know how i go.

mattybxda said:
Thanks I will try that now I think i am also going to try uninstalling Kies then reinstalling it just as a per-caution. Will let ya know how i go.
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Also make sure that Kies is not running when you are PC Odining (ctrl+alt+del+end process).

chasmodo said:
Also make sure that Kies is not running when you are PC Odining (ctrl+alt+del+end process).
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Thanks for the tip before about the process seemed to get further now.
Problem now it seems to be getting stuck at setup connection in odin?
the set that seems to be stuck is the setupconnection... should i just close odin and re-try?

mattybxda said:
Thanks for the tip before about the process seemed to get further now.
Problem now it seems to be getting stuck at setup connection in odin?
the set that seems to be stuck is the setupconnection... should i just close odin and re-try?
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Did you start Odin first, then plug your Note into USB slot? Does Odin show the yellow field with the COM number in it?

chasmodo said:
Did you start Odin first, then plug your Note into USB slot? Does Odin show the yellow field with the COM number in it?
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I have got the yellow com box wich on my computer says com4.
using odin v1.87 instead odin 1.85 like before.
using the firmware like u suggested to downgrade too as well.
seem to fail when it goes to boot.ini and the kernel section just fails there?
Think I should try flash a kernel or something?

mattybxda said:
I have got the yellow com box wich on my computer says com4.
using odin v1.87 instead odin 1.85 like before.
using the firmware like u suggested to downgrade too as well.
seem to fail when it goes to boot.ini and the kernel section just fails there?
Think I should try flash a kernel or something?
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Don't know what else to suggest at this point. I'd leave it as it is and wait for Dr. Ketan to bail you out.
@Dr. Ketan:
Mum, help us, we're stuck here!

Stock boot.img and recovery.img

Just in case someone needs this here are stock
recovery.img and stock boot.img.
Both have been tested and working fine.
I used heimdall to flash them few times but I think it should work with ODIN as well.
Haven't tested it with ODIN tho.
If you gonna use heimdall here is the galaxy4.pit file.
So if something goes south you can flash back to stock again.
I had to do that many times yesterday as I was testing recoveries made by Shabbypenguin and kernels that I was trying to build.

Wow Agat you are a human machine, are you sure you aint half android and the other half human?

prguzman1978 said:
Wow Agat you are a human machine, are you sure you aint half android and the other half human?
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I pulled them from my phone Saturday.
It's stock. And pulling them is not that hard.
I had to upgrade my heimdall to pull the pit file tho.
But those files came really handy throught the weekend.
Had to use them many, many times.

Just an FYI - We have these and a ROM dump also up on rwilco12.com.
Just don't have a stock version yet.

garwynn said:
Just an FYI - We have these and a ROM dump also up on rwilco12.com.
Just don't have a stock version yet.
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are there any mirrors to that rom on the site? its taking forever to downlaod

THEGAMEPLAY94 said:
are there any mirrors to that rom on the site? its taking forever to downlaod
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Just downloaded the recovery.img.
Took 8 sec to download.
Check your connection.

agat63 said:
Just downloaded the recovery.img.
Took 8 sec to download.
Check your connection.
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I need the Rom from that site.... messed up my framework file and service. jar

agat63 said:
Just in case someone needs this here are stock
recovery.img and stock boot.img.
Both have been tested and working fine.
I used heimdall to flash them few times but I think it should work with ODIN as well.
Haven't tested it with ODIN tho.
If you gonna use heimdall here is the galaxy4.pit file.
So if something goes south you can flash back to stock again.
I had to do that many times yesterday as I was testing recoveries made by Shabbypenguin and kernels that I was trying to build.
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I used qbking77's UTube video to root and it went ok but I really would like to unroot and I have no idea how to do this. Is there a simple way to unroot? The reason I am unrooting is that I know nothing about rooting and should have waited until I researched and understood it's benefits and without knowing this I should have not rooted and want to go back to stock but I would like a simple way to do it.

jb4kats said:
I used qbking77's UTube video to root and it went ok but I really would like to unroot and I have no idea how to do this. Is there a simple way to unroot? The reason I am unrooting is that I know nothing about rooting and should have waited until I researched and understood it's benefits and without knowing this I should have not rooted and want to go back to stock but I would like a simple way to do it.
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You can keep the root untill you know more about it and start using all benefits.
It won't bug you and won't brake anything on your phone.
Actually if you not using any apps that require root access you won't even notice that you are rooted.
So no worries.
I haven't look into any unrooting methods and don't even know if they exist as of now so if you want to do it you should
keep looking for it.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=40889088#post40889088
Thread with stock ROM collection u can download kernel from there also ) Enjoy!

jb4kats said:
I used qbking77's UTube video to root and it went ok but I really would like to unroot and I have no idea how to do this. Is there a simple way to unroot? The reason I am unrooting is that I know nothing about rooting and should have waited until I researched and understood it's benefits and without knowing this I should have not rooted and want to go back to stock but I would like a simple way to do it.
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Check out the app SuperSU in the play store. In settings there is an option to unroot.

jb4kats said:
I used qbking77's UTube video to root and it went ok but I really would like to unroot and I have no idea how to do this. Is there a simple way to unroot? The reason I am unrooting is that I know nothing about rooting and should have waited until I researched and understood it's benefits and without knowing this I should have not rooted and want to go back to stock but I would like a simple way to do it.
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http://www.andromods.com/unroot-loc...store-stock-firmware-reset-flash-counter.html

Dumb question but how do you flash a IMG using Odin. Is there tar files?
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sorryihaveaids said:
Dumb question but how do you flash a IMG using Odin. Is there tar files?
Sent from my Nexus 10 using xda app-developers app
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There should be .once you download that tar put it in yhe same folder you have odin in th3 run odin
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Heimdall version?
Agat,
which Heimdall version did you upgrade to? I have 1.4RC2 and I didn't have any luck flashing or reading the GS4 pit file with this version.

r0ckstar said:
Agat,
which Heimdall version did you upgrade to? I have 1.4RC2 and I didn't have any luck flashing or reading the GS4 pit file with this version.
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I have same version of Heimdall with Heimdall-frontend 1.4 RC1 ( I think)
Running it under Linux Mint 14 cinnamon.
I pulled the pit using this version of heimdall and heimdall frontend and I flashed boot.img and recovery.img many many times.
Did you try to dedect device first? If yes was the device detcted?
What OS you using heimdall with?

agat63 said:
I have same version of Heimdall with Heimdall-frontend 1.4 RC1 ( I think)
Running it under Linux Mint 14 cinnamon.
I pulled the pit using this version of heimdall and heimdall frontend and I flashed boot.img and recovery.img many many times.
Did you try to dedect device first? If yes was the device detcted?
What OS you using heimdall with?
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I place the phone in flash mode, and it doesn't detect the device. I used the older Heimdall to flash my GS1 many times, but it has never worked with my gs4. In fact, I can't even get usb debugging or adb to work either. I monkeyed around with udev trying to get it working, still no luck. I have Fedora17 at the moment, and I wouldn't be surprised if that had something to do with my frustrations.

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I place the phone in flash mode, and it doesn't detect the device. I used the older Heimdall to flash my GS1 many times, but it has never worked with my gs4. In fact, I can't even get usb debugging or adb to work either. I monkeyed around with udev trying to get it working, still no luck. I have Fedora17 at the moment, and I wouldn't be surprised if that had something to do with my frustrations.
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Never used Fedora. So I'm not much help here.
I know I had to update my Heimdall from 1.3.2 to 1.4 to make it work with GS4.
I don't have any problems with it ever sense.
But my adb and debugginb are working as well.
So may be some missing drivers?

agat63 said:
Never used Fedora. So I'm not much help here.
I know I had to update my Heimdall from 1.3.2 to 1.4 to make it work with GS4.
I don't have any problems with it ever sense.
But my adb and debugginb are working as well.
So may be some missing drivers?
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It was the USB cord! For whatever reason, the gs4 usb only works with the original white usb cord!?!? I didn't see that coming.

r0ckstar said:
It was the USB cord! For whatever reason, the gs4 usb only works with the original white usb cord!?!? I didn't see that coming.
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For me it's not a cable but USB port.
My laptop has 4 usb ports but my phone is recognized only when connected to one of them.
Other 3 are not recognizing phone in Linux. Only on Windows.

[Q][ODIN][FIRMWARE][4.4.2][i537]Odin files request

I'm requesting someone find the Odin files to flash to an i537 model for KitKat 4.4.2, as I can't find it anywhere. If I can't, I'll go to Samsung at Best Buy and uh..... Ask for the Odin files(they use Odin there XD)
Please help as ODIN is the only way I have been able to update, OTAs fail and recovery install from cache, external SD fails. Everything but Odin fails, so anybody help?
Device details-
SGH-i537 AT&T running 4.3 Official Unrooted Stock
Thanks!!!

Have you tried flashing the 4.3 firmware then flashing the OTA? At this time I don't think they have released a full Odin 4.4.2

popfan said:
Have you tried flashing the 4.3 firmware then flashing the OTA? At this time I don't think they have released a full Odin 4.4.2
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Yeah, I tried it all my friend, I need the Odin files.

yes i too in fact need the odin files asap. I know nobody likes being asked for ETA's but how long does it usually take to get the ODIN files?

jimmietilt said:
yes i too in fact need the odin files asap. I know nobody likes being asked for ETA's but how long does it usually take to get the ODIN files?
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Considering we never got the Odin files for MF2 or MF3, we may never get Odin files for NC9.

Just do a hard reset (VOL+/HOME/POWER), boot your phone then do a Factory reset from within the phone with selecting format SD card option (back your stuff up!). Then go back, enable USB debugging and flash the stock ML2 firmware EXCEPT for the BL file! then re-enable USB debugging and download the 2400258.cfg file from here, rename it to update.zip and flash it via stock recovery, problem solved. As for the ODIN files, here's a good read on why @Devo7v is right with his assessment on not ever seeing them. More info on the stock SGH-i537 firmware here.

jkeuclid said:
Just do a hard reset (VOL+/HOME/POWER), boot your phone then do a Factory reset from within the phone with selecting format SD card option (back your stuff up!). Then go back, enable USB debugging and flash the stock ML2 firmware EXCEPT for the BL file! then re-enable USB debugging and download the 2400258.cfg file from here, rename it to update.zip and flash it via stock recovery, problem solved. As for the ODIN files, here's a good read on why @Devo7v is right with his assessment on not ever seeing them. More info on the stock SGH-i537 firmware here.
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I tried that. Didn't work XD The only thing that works for me is forcing the update through ODIN.

Devildude24 said:
I tried that. Didn't work XD The only thing that works for me is forcing the update through ODIN.
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How are you forcing the update through Odin? We don't have the Odin files for 4.4.2, so I'm not sure what you mean. Do you mean you can only flash the 4.3 files with Odin and you cannot get the cfg file to flash through stock recovery?

Devo7v said:
How are you forcing the update through Odin? We don't have the Odin files for 4.4.2, so I'm not sure what you mean. Do you mean you can only flash the 4.3 files with Odin and you cannot get the cfg file to flash through stock recovery?
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Yes, sorry for the confusion. I forced 4.3 through ODIN and the cfg file doesn't work, in all possible ways. And it won't work when renamed to update.zip either.

Devildude24 said:
Yes, sorry for the confusion. I forced 4.3 through ODIN and the cfg file doesn't work, in all possible ways. And it won't work when renamed to update.zip either.
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Did you check the MD5 to make sure that it downloaded properly? My suggestion would be to download it with a computer, rename it to "update.zip" on a computer, copy it to your internal memory on the phone, and flash it through stock recovery. This should work, what errors do you get when you try to flash it? You're on stock 4.3 when you try to update, correct? In order to flash the OTA you cannot be rooted or have modified the system in any way.

Devo7v said:
Did you check the MD5 to make sure that it downloaded properly? My suggestion would be to download it with a computer, rename it to "update.zip" on a computer, copy it to your internal memory on the phone, and flash it through stock recovery. This should work, what errors do you get when you try to flash it? You're on stock 4.3 when you try to update, correct? In order to flash the OTA you cannot be rooted or have modified the system in any way.
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Good advice and I'll further add make sure when you rename the 2400258.cfg that you have known file extensions enabled and then right click and highlight the entire file "2400258.cfg" and then rename that to "update.zip"
Trust us, this will work.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I537 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

jkeuclid said:
Good advice and I'll further add make sure when you rename the 2400258.cfg that you have known file extensions enabled and then right click and highlight the entire file "2400258.cfg" and then rename that to "update.zip"
Trust us, this will work.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I537 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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Yeah, I tried that. I tried everything, literally everything. Like Samsung told me they couldn't help me unless I sent it in. (Probably just send a replacement or do a full reset with a new partition and data)

Devildude24 said:
Yeah, I tried that. I tried everything, literally everything. Like Samsung told me they couldn't help me unless I sent it in. (Probably just send a replacement or do a full reset with a new partition and data)
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I'm almost positive you're doing something wrong since you're the only one that is having this problem. I know @jkeuclid has already walked one person through this process step-by-step, I don't want to speak for him but he'd probably be willing to do the same for you.

Devo7v said:
I'm almost positive you're doing something wrong since you're the only one that is having this problem. I know @jkeuclid has already walked one person through this process step-by-step, I don't want to speak for him but he'd probably be willing to do the same for you.
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Thank you. UPDATE-
I checked, my Baseband version and Build Number don't match.... MF1 vs. ML2. So that could be presenting some of the problem. I'm going to try to find a partition file for stick 4.3 then rehash everything through ODIN and attempt an update. Any other suggestions anyone?

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Thank you. UPDATE-
I checked, my Baseband version and Build Number don't match.... MF1 vs. ML2. So that could be presenting some of the problem. I'm going to try to find a partition file for stick 4.3 then rehash everything through ODIN and attempt an update. Any other suggestions anyone?
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Did you ever figured this out? I'm having the same issue. Can't update using the cfg file.

Just my quess but the OP and others in this thread have possibly problem understanding relationship of Odin with Stock Recovery
If your phone is stock 4.3 and you have the 444 MB update renamed to update.zip already moved over to microSD card.....
See if this little video helps you
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8TOJkBOZfs

Please Help
Devildude24 said:
I'm requesting someone find the Odin files to flash to an i537 model for KitKat 4.4.2, as I can't find it anywhere. If I can't, I'll go to Samsung at Best Buy and uh..... Ask for the Odin files(they use Odin there XD)
Please help as ODIN is the only way I have been able to update, OTAs fail and recovery install from cache, external SD fails. Everything but Odin fails, so anybody help?
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SGH-i537 AT&T running 4.3 Official Unrooted Stock
Thanks!!!
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Please I need your help, I was trying to upgrade to 4.4 from 4.3 ML2, on i537, but when i did, I lost my wifi and camera and media, (I mean , I cant play any song, show me a message that cant play, "File not Suppoted') anyways, the help that I need is if you can help me with your stock rom, so I can flash my phone with your files, please. Im downgrade to 4.3 again and I used one backup that I did before upgrade, but still not work wifi and media, I already flashed the moden.bin from xda to fix wifi, but still not work, I want to try to flash a Real stock rom, and see what happen, cause Im very stress...

need help with sister in laws phone.

hey everyone...this is my first post on xda, i need a little help with my sisters in laws phone. basically shes got some crazy ex who has rooted her phone and im trying to fix it for her since hes making her life difficult. i can tell he has a custom bootloader installed. when i boot into recovery its odin not the normal bootloader. i can still boot into download mode but the phone wont boot up...when it does it just says that the firmware update encountered a problem and to use kies in recovery. im not super technically saavy but have flashed a tablet or too. nothing major. any help would be greatly appreciated. i just want this thing back to stock bootloader and firmware like when it came from att. does that sound like its possible. i tried to use some write ups i found online to rewrite the stock firmware and thats when it quit booting up. thanks in advance for any help people!

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hey everyone...this is my first post on xda, i need a little help with my sisters in laws phone. basically shes got some crazy ex who has rooted her phone and im trying to fix it for her since hes making her life difficult. i can tell he has a custom bootloader installed. when i boot into recovery its odin not the normal bootloader. i can still boot into download mode but the phone wont boot up...when it does it just says that the firmware update encountered a problem and to use kies in recovery. im not super technically saavy but have flashed a tablet or too. nothing major. any help would be greatly appreciated. i just want this thing back to stock bootloader and firmware like when it came from att. does that sound like its possible. i tried to use some write ups i found online to rewrite the stock firmware and thats when it quit booting up. thanks in advance for any help people!
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Scroll down to the notes section in the OP of this link. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3149146
Grab ye file from step for and follow instructions. If she is rooted then this will work. It'll take her back to 4.4.2 unrooted.

dirtydodge said:
Scroll down to the notes section in the OP of this link. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3149146
Grab ye file from step for and follow instructions. If she is rooted then this will work. It'll take her back to 4.4.2 unrooted.
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Thanks for taking the time to help with this issue. that file didnt work, i flashed the G900A_OC4_Stock_Partitions firmware and its at least working again. thanks again to everyone who looked and especially dirtydodge for taking time.

Phone is working again guys but was wondering if anyone knows why it keeps giving me this security notice pop up...says that unauthorized actions have been detected and gives me the option to restart or cancel. Sounds like it has something to do with KNOX from my searching. Trying to solve this without rooting. When i check the KNOX counter in D/L mode it says 0x0. Ive updated firmware and security updates to latest versions and it hasnt helped. Anyone have any pointers? As always any help is greatly appreciated. Searched around the web and xda and didnt find what i was looking for.

@wigglesrewind. Chances are is that the phone is still rooted and that's why your getting the notification. Go to the pay store and download "root checker" and see what it says. Also what is your version & baseband. I'm not sure why the "downgrade to nce" file didn't work for you. It might have been a bad download but you should be able to use it if your still on 0C4.

Thanks again dirtydodge for contributing. I did a check with root checker and it says root is not installed. Also used terminal emulator and get a dollar sign in the terminal, not the hash tag. Any ideas?

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Thanks again dirtydodge for contributing. I did a check with root checker and it says root is not installed. Also used terminal emulator and get a dollar sign in the terminal, not the hash tag. Any ideas?
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I'm not familiar with terminal emulator. The only time I've ever gotten the notification that you talking about is when i have root apps on the phone and certain things aren't froze. But you need to be rooted and have titanium backup to freeze them. What version is on the phone.

Sorry, forgot to add that in the last post...
Baseband version oc4
Kernel 3.4.0
Build number LRX21T.G900AUCU4BOF3
Let me know if you need any other info. Like i said im not very experienced in this
But thanks again for your help. Its greatly appreciated.

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Sorry, forgot to add that in the last post...
Baseband version oc4
Kernel 3.4.0
Build number LRX21T.G900AUCU4BOF3
Let me know if you need any other info. Like i said im not very experienced in this
But thanks again for your help. Its greatly appreciated.
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Ok well it sounds like your on the latest firmware version. The phone may still have a trace of root somewhere. After you flashed the oc4 Kernel did you do a factory reset. Other than that I'm not sure what to do. But that does explain why you can't use the "downgrade to nce" file. The oc4 build can not be downgraded. I'd do a factory reset from the stock recovery menu and then wipe the cache. If that don't fix it then I'm out of options. Lol. Hope this helps.

Ive tried everything you mentioned except wiping the cache so I'll give that a try. Cross your fingers for me!

you flashed oc4 firmware which is why your baseband is oc4 (baseband is modem.)
What you need to do is download and odin a full odin tar file.. this will wipe everything clean and make it brand new...
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If i were to find a full tar file would i just use the ap box in odin or would i have to do it differently? Usually those full dowloads have multiple files in them (BL and whatever the other ones are... CS maybe? Cant remember and not near the computer right now. Is that what your talking about?

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If i were to find a full tar file would i just use the ap box in odin or would i have to do it differently? Usually those full dowloads have multiple files in them (BL and whatever the other ones are... CS maybe? Cant remember and not near the computer right now. Is that what your talking about?
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Yup.. youre build is of3 or w.e which to my knowledge not downgradeable.. if you dont plan on keeping it rooted then you can flash latest full tar in odin using the AP slot..
I would recommend trying the oc full tar first if you plan on rerooting it.. the full tar will have multiple files including system, csc, boot etc.
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Thanks alot! I'll find a full tar on here and odin it and see if that fixes it

does anyone have that oc4 one click file or know where i can find it. see it in my searchs but its always the same google drive share and they all say the file doesn't exist.

what do you mean one click?

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what do you mean one click?
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G900AUCU3BOC4_OneClick..exe was the file name i kept coming across with links to a google drive account but the file is no longer on there. I'll keep looking. I appreciate you guys lending a hand. I know it can be frustrating trying to help someone with limited understanding of something remotely. You guys are great.

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G900AUCU3BOC4_OneClick..exe was the file name i kept coming across with links to a google drive account but the file is no longer on there. I'll keep looking. I appreciate you guys lending a hand. I know it can be frustrating trying to help someone with limited understanding of something remotely. You guys are great.
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i understand.. just dont know if thatll work for you lol.. you need a full odin tar.. the one click might just be for root.. try to find a full oc4 tar file