[GUIDE] Unroot/Unbrick, Flash official stock firmware on Galaxy S4 GT-I9500 & I9505

Here is a full guide on how to unroot and back to official stock firmware for Galaxy S4 GT-I9500 & GT-I9505. It is useful also if you soft brick your phone

!!!DONT TRY FIRMWARES IN SECOND AND THIRD POSTS ON OTHER VARIANTS!!!

Do it on your own responsibility! if you follow this guide properly u will be on the safe side

Before we proceed, make sure:

1-You have installed your Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-I9500/5 USB drivers on your PC (the easiest way is to install Kies).

2-You need to enable USB debugging mode which is deactivated by default. (you can skip it )

3-Your S4 should have 70-80% charge remaining.

4-Your S4 should be factory unlocked. (for locked phone, flash carrier firmware to stay on warranty)

5-Backup your important data like Call logs, SMS and other data stored in phone memory in case if anything goes wrong, your data is not hurt.

6-Make sure that kies program is not running & disable antivirus.

This guide is only for Galaxy S4 GT-I9500 & GT-I9505. So don’t bother to try it on other devices.





How to do it:

Step 1) Turn OFF your mobile and go to Download Mode by pressing and holding the Volume Down + Home Buttons together for few seconds followed by Power button then proceed with volume up.

Step 2) Now open ODIN on your PC and connect your Galaxy S4 to your computer.

Step 3) Once your phone is successfully connected to your PC, the ID:COM box on ODIN will turn blue (or yellow) and will show the COM port number.

Step 4) unzip the downlowded file (from second or third post), u will get a Home.tar file.

Step 5) click on pda (in odin) and choose the file "Home.tar"

Step 6) check "Auto Reboot" and "F. Reset Time" options and make sure that "Re-Partition" is unchecked

!!!!DO NOT CHECK "Nand Erase All" IN ANY WAY!!!!

Step 7) Click on Start button in ODIN window to start the flashing process. The process will take few minutes to complete.

DO NOT UNPLUG USB CABLE WHILE EXECUTING THE PROCESS, YOU MAY BRICK YOUR PHONE!

Step 8) When the installation is completed, you read a "Reset " then a "Pass". your phone will restart (first boot will take a longer time so don't panic)

It is recommended to make hard reset after flashing to have a fresh official firmware

Note 1: Personally, i prefer to wipe data and cache before and after flashing the firmware.

Note 2: If you have a corrupted partition table (Odin says: "there is no pit partition" or "Re-Partition operation failed"), flash pit file for your device (attached, dont forget to unzip it) (put it in pit window) with your firmware (some users reported that it worked without firmware), in this case "Re-Partition" must be marked.

Note 3: If you want, after rooting with odin, to get official status and reset binary counter ON I9505 for warranty reason, do it before flashing stock firmware, refer to HERE

India INU (July 2013)
PDA: I9500XWUBMG1
CSC: I9500ODDBMG1
Version 4.2.2

Kazakhstan SKZ (July 2013)
PDA: I9500XXUBMG1
CSC: I9500OXEBME1
Version 4.2.2

Russia SER (July 2013)
PDA: I9500XXUBMG1
CSC: I9500SERBMG1
Version 4.2.2

India INU (June 2013)
PDA: I9500XWUBMF8
CSC: I9500ODDBMF8
Version 4.2.2

Russia SER (June 2013)
PDA: I9500XXUBMF8
CSC: I9500SERBMF8
Version 4.2.2

India INS (June 2013)
PDA: I9500XXUBMF5
CSC: I9500ODDBMF5
Version 4.2.2

Nepal NPL (June 2013)
PDA: I9500XXUBMF5
CSC: I9500ODDBMF5
Version 4.2.2

Russia SER (June 2013)
PDA: I9500XXUBMF3
CSC: I9500SERBMF3
Version 4.2.2

United Arab Emirates LYS (June 2013)
PDA: I9500XXUBMEA
CSC: I9500OJVBMEA
Version 4.2.2

United Arab Emirates XSG (June 2013)
PDA: I9500XXUBMEA
CSC: I9500OJVBMEA
Version 4.2.2

Indonisia XSE (June 2013)
PDA: I9500XXUBMEA
CSC: I9500OLBBMEA
Version 4.2.2

India INS (June 2013)
PDA: I9500XXUBMEA
CSC: I9500ODDBMEA
Version 4.2.2

Bangladesh TML (June 2013)
PDA: I9500XXUBMEA
CSC: I9500ODDBMEA
Version 4.2.2

Indonisia XSE (May 2013)
PDA: I9500XXUAME1
CSC: I9500OLBAMDK
Version 4.2.2

Brazil ZTO (May 2013)
PDA: I9500UBUAMDK
CSC: I9500ZTOAMDK
Version 4.2.2

Uruguay UPO (May 2013)
PDA: I9500UBUAMDK
CSC: I9500UUBAMDK
Version 4.2.2

Taiwan BRI (May 2013)
PDA: I9500ZSUAMDK
CSC: I9500OZSAMDK
Version 4.2.2

Colombia COO (May 2013)
PDA: I9500UBUAMDE
CSC: I9500UUBAMDE
Version: 4.2.2

Germany MBC (May 2013)
PDA: I9500XXUAMDK
CSC: I9500MBCAMD6
Version 4.2.2

Kazakhstan SKZ (May 2013)
PDA: I9500XXUAMDK
CSC: I9500OXEAMD9
Version 4.2.2

Uzbekistan CAC (May 2013)
PDA: I9500XXUAMDK
CSC: I9500OXEAMD9
Version 4.2.2

Guatemala TGU (April 2013)
PDA: I9500UBUAMDE
CSC: I9500TFGAMDE
Version 4.2.2

Argentina ARO (April 2013)
PDA: I9500UBUAMDE
CSC: I9500UUBAMDE
Version 4.2.2

Brazil ZTO (April 2013)
PDA: I9500UBUAMDE
CSC: I9500ZTOAMDE
Version 4.2.2

Russia SER (April 2013)
PDA: I9500XXUAMDK
CSC: I9500SERAMDK
Version 4.2.2

China CHN (April 2013)
PDA: I9500ZCUAMDG
CSC: I9500CHNAMDG
Version 4.2.2

Indonisia XSE (April 2013)
PDA: I9500XXUAMDL
CSC: I9500OLBAMDK
Version 4.2.2

Egypt EGY (April 2013)
PDA: I9500XXUAMDE
CSC: I9500OJVAMDC
Version 4.2.2

Chile CRC (April 2013)
PDA: I9500UBUAMDE
CSC: I9500UWAAMDE
Version 4.2.2 .


Brazil ZTO (July 2013)
PDA: I9505VJUBMG3
CSC: I9505ZTOBMG3
Version 4.2.2

Germany DBT (June 2013)
PDA: I9505XXUBMF8
CSC: I9505OXABMF8
Version 4.2.2

Nordic countries NEE (June 2013)
PDA: I9505XXUBMF5
CSC: I9505OXXBMF2
Version 4.2.2

Spain PHE (june 2013)
PDA: I9505XXUBMF5
CSC: I9505OXXBMF2
Version 4.2.2

Philippines XTE (June 2013)
PDA: I9505XXUBMEA
CSC: I9505OLBBMEA
Version 4.2.2

Australia XSA (June 2013)
PDA: I9505XXUBMEA
CSC: I9505XSABME4
Version 4.2.2

Italy ITV (June 2013)
PDA: I9505XXUBMEA
CSC: I9505ITVBMF1
Version 4.2.2

France XEF (June 2013)
PDA: I9505XXUBMEA
CSC: I9505OXXBMF1
Version 4.2.2

Switzerland AUT (June 2013)
PDA: I9505XXUBMEA
CSC: I9505AUTBMF1
Version 4.2.2

Malaysia XME (June 2013)
PDA: I9505XXUBMEA
CSC: I9505OLBBMEA
Version 4.2.2

Germany DBT (May 2013)
PDA: I9505XXUBMEA
CSC: I9505OXABMEA
Version 4.2.2

Poland XEO (May 2013)
PDA: I9505XXUAME2
CSC: I9505OXXAMDB
Version 4.2.2

Netherlands PHN (May 2013)
PDA: I9505XXUAME2
CSC: I9505PHNAMDB
Version 4.2.2

Poland XEO (May 2013)
PDA: I9505XXUAME2
CSC: I9505OXXAMDB
Version 4.2.2

South East Europe SEE (May 2013)
PDA: I9505XXUAME2
CSC: I9505OXXAMDB
Version 4.2.2

Sweden VDS (May 20130)
PDA: I9505XXUAME2
CSC: I9505VDSAMDB
Version 4.2.2

Singapore MM1 (May 2013)
PDA: I9505XXUAME2
CSC: I9505OLBAMDM
Version 4.2.2

Switzerland AUT (May 2013)
PDA: I9505XXUAME2
CSC: I9505AUTAMDB
Version 4.2.2

Open Austria ATO (May 2013)
PDA: I9505XXUAME2
CSC: I9505OXXAMDB
Version 4.2.2

Nordic countries NEE (May 2013)
PDA: I9505XXUAME2
CSC: I9505OXXAMDB
Version 4.2.2

Nordic countries NEE (April 2013)
PDA: I9505XXUAMDE
CSC: I9505OXXAMD8
Version 4.2.2

United Kingdom BTU (April 2013)
PDA: I9505XXUAMDM
CSC: I9505OXXAMDB
Version 4.2.2

Spain PHE (April 2013)
PDA: I9505XXUAMDN
CSC: I9505OXXAMDB
Version 4.2.2

Brazil ZTO (April 2013)
PDA: I9505VJUAMDM
CSC: I9505ZTOAMDM
Version 4.2.2

Germany DBT (April 2013)
PDA: I9505XXUAMDM
CSC: I9505OXAAMDM
Version 4.2.2

Slovenia SIO (April 2013)
PDA: I9505XXUAMDE
CSC: I9505OXXAMD8
Version 4.2.2

Sweden VDS (April 2013)
PDA: I9505XXUAMDE
CSC: I9505VDSAMD8
Version 4.2.2

 

 Note 4: To change to the new CSC, just boot into recovery, wipe data and cache, reboot.

Note 5: If you flash I9500 stock firmware for China region, it will flash sboot.bin with it, that leads to have a Chinese bootloader (download mode will be in Chinese language and boot splash name will change). Even if you flash other stock firmware, it will not change the bootloader. So flash "GT-I9500_sboot.tar" (attached) as pda in Odin and it will fix the issue.


Odin troubleshooting: If Odin accidentally gives you "fail" try the following:
- Repeat procedure.
- Make sure that all actions of Kies are disabled from task manager.
- Change usb port.
- Try another usb cable (make sure it is the original).
- Try another Odin version.
- Uninstall and re-install driver.
- Try another computer.

[Tools] Odin Version 3.04 - 3.07 and GS3 Drivers for Windows

Odin Version 3.04 - 3.07 for Windows

Download Links Below:

Galaxy S III T-Mobile Drivers for Windows XP / Vista / 7

Version 1.4.6.0

Download:
GS3 Windows Drivers

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