Galaxy S4 messed up after root and hard reset

[AC Question]

Hello,

I rooted my phone with kingroot about a month ago ... since then i deleted some of the apps that came with the phone to save some space and I must have deleted ones that i should not have. My phone started to get a little laggy and some of the apps stopped working. So I removed the root using the same software and that did not solve anything. I then finally decided to do a hard reset which I did and erased all data/accounts.

Now when the phone boots up it still shows the empty padlock symbol with the word "custom" under it (just like when it was rooted). And also i do not have a keyboard to type with. It only gives me the talk to text option and i cant do anything with it. When bypassing all items that needs typing (password for my wifi, name, account info etc), I get to the main screen and it boots in the "easy" mode ... you know, the one with giant icons and looks dumbed down. How can I fix these issues? I just want it to look like it was when i first got it out of the box with default apps and software.

Thanks!

 

[ubigred]

Model number?

 

[greenheck1]

SGH-I337

 

[greenheck1]

I went to setting - language and input to try to select a keyboard but no option for keyboard there ... i then tried going to the play store to install a keyboard app but i cant because i cant log into my account using the voice option!

 

[ubigred]

SGH-I337

1. Try a factory reset
2. Flash stock firmware

 

[greenheck1]

1. Try a factory reset
2. Flash stock firmware

1- isnt the factory reset the same as hard reset? i did the power button+volume up + home button method to reset it.
2- how to do that?

 

[ubigred]

1. Yes
2. Use Odin

 

[greenheck1]

ok just downloaded odin in my PC ... dont know how to use it ... any guidance?

THanks

 

[greenheck1]

as a reference to people having the same issue ... this totally solved it
((CANT POST LINKS -- but goto google and type "How to Unroot Galaxy S4 and Remove Root Completely!" you will see a website called galaxys4root dot com ... thats the link)))

it did take about 2 hours to get everything downloaded and setup ... and by the way, odin button doesnt need to be yellow for it to work - mine was blue.