I tried to update my phone today and ran into an issue. It seems that when the phone reboots into recovery mode, it says that there is an error and forces me to find the download image manually. I looked to see if it was on the SD card and there was no luck there. Is it because the download itself is corrupted in some way, or is this a bigger issue than that? BTW my phone isn't rooted if that helps
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I tried to update my phone today and ran into an issue. It seems that when the phone reboots into recovery mode, it says that there is an error and forces me to find the download image manually. I looked to see if it was on the SD card and there was no luck there. Is it because the download itself is corrupted in some way, or is this a bigger issue than that? BTW my phone isn't rooted if that helps
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Did you get the update OTA? If so you could try a factory reset, then re-download the update OTA, and try again.
Rooted S4 won't update to 4.4, error, rooted with CF-Auto-Root-jflte-jfltexx-gti9505
I haven't gotten the OTA notification yet, but if I go to about phone, system updates it will find it and download it.
When it tries to install it will do the normal things, but at the end won't complete and says error.
What error would it be? The S4 was rotted with CF-Auto-Root-jflte-jfltexx-gti9505 and I also read the source code of KitKat was realeased from Samsung. I guess I may have to wait until I get an OTA update or until one of you masters redoes the update.
Please Help.
Thank You
S4wontupdate said:
I haven't gotten the OTA notification yet, but if I go to about phone, system updates it will find it and download it.
When it tries to install it will do the normal things, but at the end won't complete and says error.
What error would it be? The S4 was rotted with CF-Auto-Root-jflte-jfltexx-gti9505 and I also read the source code of KitKat was realeased from Samsung. I guess I may have to wait until I get an OTA update or until one of you masters redoes the update.
Please Help.
Thank You
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You can't take ota if you aren't 100% stock. No root
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decaturbob said:
You can't take ota if you aren't 100% stock. No root
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The the supreme court ruled that rooting was legal.
S4wontupdate said:
The the supreme court ruled that rooting was legal.
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The Supreme Court has no jurisdiction over Verizon.
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Supreme court ruled carrier unlocking is illegal I believe. ..
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Zooandbio4me said:
Supreme court ruled carrier unlocking is illegal I believe. ..
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You are confusing sim card locking with locked bootloader and Verizon can lock the bootloader...
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The the supreme court ruled that rooting was legal.
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Not sure what your response has to do with the issue.. If your phone isn't 100% stock. The ota will fail...been posted countless times
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Dont like to do a factory reset. Is there a way to unroot? Rooted on MK2
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You are confusing sim card locking with locked bootloader and Verizon can lock the bootloader...
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Not sure what your response has to do with the issue.. If your phone isn't 100% stock. The ota will fail...been posted countless times
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So if I reinstall a stock OS I can upgrade to 4.4?
BTW can you tell I'm new to this stuff
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Not sure why all of the sudden but its acting like after the Nexus was unlocked where it shows an unlocked padlock when its rebooted.. anybody else get this?
That's just what it shows when rooted
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Im 100% stock havent even connected to a PC yet
Now that's weird. I don't have a clue then, still learning this phone
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Known issue. Me and tons of others had it on completely bone stock no root.
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yeah s3 had this issue too when the jellybean update came.
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ive flashed stock rom and stock recovery and still have the custom unlocked padlock.. any ideas? i need to go back to verizon since i messed up my sim and 4g is broken.
third time flashing recovery and stock rom and the padlock is finally gone
I have the same issue. I had jellybean. I think it was 4.2.2, rooted it and then they pushed the OTA kitkat 4.4.2. I lost my root and I'd really like to get rid of that padlock screen now. Problem is people keep saying I can use triangle away to reset the binary counter and that will get rid of it. Can't do that without it being rooted though. Some say just re flash with the stock firmware. I'd do it if I could find the file but some say that doesn't work anyway. If anyone has any suggestions I'd appreciate it. Thanks.
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Im 100% stock havent even connected to a PC yet
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Ive read somewhere on here that it may be something on you external sd card , possibly old " hack , root " files from a previous phone?
Also if busy box was ever installed that would need to be removed. There's probably something else I'm forgetting. But if your phone just has that custom screen.... Verizon doesn't really care i can tell you from personal experience.
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I have the same issue. I had jellybean. I think it was 4.2.2, rooted it and then they pushed the OTA kitkat 4.4.2. I lost my root and I'd really like to get rid of that padlock screen now. Problem is people keep saying I can use triangle away to reset the binary counter and that will get rid of it. Can't do that without it being rooted though. Some say just re flash with the stock firmware. I'd do it if I could find the file but some say that doesn't work anyway. If anyone has any suggestions I'd appreciate it. Thanks.
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ive flashed stock rom and stock recovery and still have the custom unlocked padlock.. any ideas? i need to go back to verizon since i messed up my sim and 4g is broken.
third time flashing recovery and stock rom and the padlock is finally gone
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Mistertac said:
Ive read somewhere on here that it may be something on you external sd card , possibly old " hack , root " files from a previous phone?
Also if busy box was ever installed that would need to be removed. There's probably something else I'm forgetting. But if your phone just has that custom screen.... Verizon doesn't really care i can tell you from personal experience.
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Thanks for the reply. I read those responses but mine didn't have the padlock out of the box. I just figured maybe someone found a way to get rid of it by now after the KitKat OTA removed their root. Perhaps re flashing the stock rom, which I can't find, might do it. And I did look around with no luck.
Eh. No biggie. It's not affecting the performance of the phone. I'm just being anal. I guess I can live with it. Thanks again.
PepNYC said:
Thanks for the reply. I read those responses but mine didn't have the padlock out of the box. I just figured maybe someone found a way to get rid of it by now after the KitKat OTA removed their root. Perhaps re flashing the stock rom, which I can't find, might do it. And I did look around with no luck.
Eh. No biggie. It's not affecting the performance of the phone. I'm just being anal. I guess I can live with it. Thanks again.
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Hey no problem!!
I can get you the file you need...
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Are you on a Verizon S4 or another carrier?
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Easy fix
Install Wanam Exposed and enable "Fake system status" under Security Hacks...
ammjr71 said:
Install Wanam Exposed and enable "Fake system status" under Security Hacks...
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Personally that's never worked for me even on a stock ROM. Not that I care about it that screen anyway.
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Hey no problem!!
I can get you the file you need...
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Are you on a Verizon S4 or another carrier?
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AT&T SGH-i337
Thanks
joshm.1219 said:
Personally that's never worked for me even on a stock ROM. Not that I care about it that screen anyway.
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Really? Works on mine.
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Really? Works on mine.
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Works on my stock i545 unit as well.
It's never worked for me either
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Works for me as well. Rooted
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Well, I know you've all been waiting for the MJ4 update, and I have all the system files ready to go. However, the baseband refuses to update past MI3 for me. Nothing i've done gets this thing updated past MI3. I had it at MI5 at one point, but in an attempt to get the MJ4 update before someone passed it along to me, I Odined back to MI3 and now have the stupid message about roll-out updates exceeding.
Basically, anyone with any sort of knowledge in this please chime in with suggestions, ideas, whatever!
I know a few of you have had trouble getting past MI3 yourself with my firmware update. My phone updated fine with it in the beginning, but now it won't. I'm assuming samsung has some security checks in place that reverts any changes unless they're official?
I have tried the following:
-dd from a friend's phone who has MI5. No luck, mine is still at MI3.
-created a flashable zip from the update.zip MJ4 OTA. System files get updated fine, but baseband remains at MI3.
-created a flashable zip with just the modem/apnhlos updates. No luck, still remains at MI3.
-created a odin tar with MI5 modem/apnhlos from a friend's phone. No luck, ODIN refuses to flash it.
-tried flashing the official MI5 update from MI3 with stock recovery. No luck, signature verification error.
-tried flashing the official MJ4 update from MI3 with stock recovery. Obviously no luck, signature verification error, and i'm on an older MI3.
-tried creating an all in one flashable from MI3 all the way up to MI4. Works in custom recovery, however, baseband remains at MI3.
-tried dd aboot, rpm, tz, sbl1, sdi, manually from adb, then applying MI5 update, then MJ4. No luck, baseband remains at MI3
It looks as though if you haven't been officially updated, it refuses to update any of the core firmware.
I'm pretty stumped and annoyed at Samsung for their HTC-style crap they're pulling on us. This may be my last Samsung phone.
If anyone has any ideas or would like to test things please feel free to reply back with suggestions or whatever.
How can the signature verification be fixed
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Well I wonder if we can get it to work through kies.
It seems to me this was something we had to do at one point with the epic 4G the one with the slide case.
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How can the signature verification be fixed
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That's a good question, because i'm applying the untouched update.zip and it still says signature verification failed.
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Well I wonder if we can get it to work through kies.
It seems to me this was something we had to do at one point with the epic 4G the one with the slide case.
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Probably, but kies keeps telling me that firmware initialization isn't available for my phone
The problem isn't how to update officially, it's how to apply baseband updates for rooted people, which is looking very hard or impossible to do.
It's like .....if you're rooted, you can't get anything. We can keep updating the android system just fine, but any firmware or baseband updates absolutely refuse to apply. I'm guessing a firmware update is what solved the audio popping problems too. Maybe a android system update did, but who knows.
When I tried to update through the stock recovery it said the signature verification failed but the update finished. But in the phone nothing changes at all. That's kinda strange I've never seen that before, it either does the update , or it fails.
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well what im thinking right off the bat is to modify the actual kies program itself so that we could get it to recognize the firmware we want to update to as the one it finds. if you could get me the extracted files I can see what I can come up with.
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well what im thinking right off the bat is to modify the actual kies program itself so that we could get it to recognize the firmware we want to update to as the one it finds. if you could get me the extracted files I can see what I can come up with.
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the original update.zip or the updated MJ4 android system files?
The other option would be to make a modified odin.
I'm not knowledgeable but got a question. Can you Odin back to stock mi5 or mi3 via the official stock stuff?
Also you obviously are knox tripped maybe that USA the problem?
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freeza said:
the original update.zip or the updated MJ4 android system files?
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the actual system files.
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cherylbaker said:
I'm not knowledgeable but got a question. Can you Odin back to stock mi5 or mi3 via the official stock stuff?
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you can but it seems that once you have rooted it does not want to upgrade the baseband unless you are unmodified.
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what we need to see is exactly how odin and or kies is communicating with that part of the device and modify it to do it differently.
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The other option would be to make a modified odin.
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Yeah that would be an option, if someone can create one with all the necessary files (not just a system image, but recovery, modem, etc) Because the official updates won't apply if you have mixed firmwares. So if a modified odin image were created, it would have to contain all the MI5 firmware as well.
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I'm not knowledgeable but got a question. Can you Odin back to stock mi5 or mi3 via the official stock stuff?
Also you obviously are knox tripped maybe that USA the problem?
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You can definitely odin back to MI3. I don't think there is an Odin MI5 around. The problem is, since Samsung is rolling out these updates in stages, probably to avoid server load, people will be stuck on MI3 until they allow more updates. You'll get the error message about roll-out updates exceeding.
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the actual system files.
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you can but it seems that once you have rooted it does not want to upgrade the baseband unless you are unmodified.
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what we need to see is exactly how odin and or kies is communicating with that part of the device and modify it to do it differently.
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I'll upload them in a sec. It'll be like 1.3gb so it may take me around 30 minutes to upload. Also, I don't have the official MJ4 kernel either. I don't know how to properly extract the update.zip. It was created in a way that doesn't allow traditional extraction. If you repair it with winrar, it treats the boot.img as a corrupted file and excludes it from the rebuilt zip file.
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the actual system files.
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you can but it seems that once you have rooted it does not want to upgrade the baseband unless you are unmodified.
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what we need to see is exactly how odin and or kies is communicating with that part of the device and modify it to do it differently.
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The update.zip that freeza posted didn't work at all even though I'm not rooted either. Like stated before it gave me the signature verification failed and it went through with the update. But nothing in the system changed not the build number nor the baseband nor anything at all. I'm not trying to sound like an a.. but I just want to explain as clearly as I can.
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freeza said:
Yeah that would be an option, if someone can create one with all the necessary files (not just a system image, but recovery, modem, etc) Because the official updates won't apply if you have mixed firmwares. So if a modified odin image were created, it would have to contain all the MI5 firmware as well..
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Thinking back I believe that was what we did for the original epic. I believe there is a whole section on how we did it at sdx developers forumn.
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the actual system files.
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you can but it seems that once you have rooted it does not want to upgrade the baseband unless you are unmodified.
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what we need to see is exactly how odin and or kies is communicating with that part of the device and modify it to do it differently.
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By unmodified do you mean custom status or knox tripped . Only reason I ask is cause I was on mi5 not rooted Samsung strsight. I flashed mi3 stock and rooted via the deja (whatever the no knox trip method is called) faked system status normal with wanam and than took the ota (again straight sammy) to Mi5 and re rooted via deja again.
Now on MI5 rooted BUT I can no longer fake normal status with wanam.
A guy (sorry not sure his name) whom I have been following around thus crazy maze. Claims he flashed back to Mi5 straight sammy and now has normal status again and is on mi5.. not positive if his baseband upgraded don't know if he checked. I believe at this point he is waiting for the ota to stop saying max upgrades .. but we are not knox tripped and so far we have made it to Mi5 rooted normal status no knox trip. . (Assuming he did Check his baseband...
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freeza said:
I'm pretty stumped and annoyed at Samsung for their HTC-style crap they're pulling on us. This may be my last Samsung phone.
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Isn't Sprint the ones responsible?
cherylbaker said:
By unmodified do you mean custom status or knox tripped . Only reason I ask is cause I was on mi5 not rooted Samsung strsight. I flashed mi3 stock and rooted via the deja (whatever the no knox trip method is called) faked system status normal with wanam and than took the ota (again straight sammy) to Mi5 and re rooted via deja again.
Now on MI5 rooted BUT I can no longer fake normal status with wanam.
A guy (sorry not sure his name) whom I have been following around thus crazy maze. Claims he flashed back to Mi5 straight sammy and now has normal status again and is on mi5.. not positive if his baseband upgraded don't know if he checked. I believe at this point he is waiting for the ota to stop saying max upgrades .. but we are not knox tripped and so far we have made it to Mi5 rooted normal status no knox trip. . (Assuming he did Check his baseband...
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Unmodified meaning custom status. Knox trip as far as i know won't have an affect on your ability to receive updates, BUT now that you mention it, maybe it has an affect on you being able to manually update your baseband. I was only able to do it one time with a flashable zip, and I am not sure if i were knox tripped or not, but i sure am now.
Whoever you can think of, we could definitely use their help!
freeza said:
Unmodified meaning custom status. Knox trip as far as i know won't have an affect on your ability to receive updates, BUT now that you mention it, maybe it has an affect on you being able to manually update your baseband. I was only able to do it one time with a flashable zip, and I am not sure if i were knox tripped or not, but i sure am now.
Whoever you can think of, we could definitely use their help!
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well i have not rooted this device yet at all only updated to m15 with kies. so if i was to root the way that does not trip the knox and then try a flashable update.zip for cwm I could maybe see if it works or not.
freeza said:
Unmodified meaning custom status. Knox trip as far as i know won't have an affect on your ability to receive updates, BUT now that you mention it, maybe it has an affect on you being able to manually update your baseband. I was only able to do it one time with a flashable zip, and I am not sure if i were knox tripped or not, but i sure am now.
Whoever you can think of, we could definitely use their help!
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If Knox isn't the reason we can't update then why do we get the error about being "modified" Knox causes that right?
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Before the update came out my phone was saying i was modified when i have not done ANYTHING to my phone yet. I told my brother n he told me to take the SD card out because Samsung has a weird bug with SD cards that if u have too many files or something it'll say ur modified. Idk but after i did that i got the exceeded error..... Also if u just clean up ur SD card it'll work too. He actually sent this
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freeza said:
Unmodified meaning custom status. Knox trip as far as i know won't have an affect on your ability to receive updates, BUT now that you mention it, maybe it has an affect on you being able to manually update your baseband. I was only able to do it one time with a flashable zip, and I am not sure if i were knox tripped or not, but i sure am now.
Whoever you can think of, we could definitely use their help!
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she (sorry )may be thinking of me. I'm out at cota today doing formula 1 stuff so will be a little bit before I can help. But I can say...
Was able to go from mi3 to mi5 (baseband included) using DeLaVega root and wanam. But then had to do some messing to get mi5 to show official.
Alternatively was also able to get official with wanam on mi5 by using the DeLaVega script and wanam on the official mi5 firmware also.
In both cases baseband was changed.when going back to MI3 and forward to mi5.both cases root still worked. Knox still 0x0
Of course no matter which method i try I still get update exceeded and am waiting for mj4.
I do have a few more ideas for you guys but need some time in front of a pc.to be sure. And a copy of the update to verify.
I'll set aside some time this evening.
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danweb66 said:
well i have not rooted this device yet at all only updated to m15 with kies. so if i was to root the way that does not trip the knox and then try a flashable update.zip for cwm I could maybe see if it works or not.
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You'd still flip knox installing com recovery
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MikeyLee said:
If Knox isn't the reason we can't update then why do we get the error about being "modified" Knox causes that right?
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You get modified even without knox flip
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I'm unsure of what changes were made but I was so excited to see "Android Upgrading" on my phone only to realize that it's still running 4.3.
Since I can't post images, the imgur link to the screenshot is -- SXuBYNk.jpg
Thread in Q&A
Looks like just a few small bug fixes.
Knox free by any chance?...lol...wishful thinking
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Looks like just a few small bug fixes.
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Thanks. I tried searching and couldn't find anything concrete but, apparently, I'm just an imbecile. Thanks amigo.
I wonder since it has k in it it will have unlocked bootloader lol
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I'm unsure of what changes were made but I was so excited to see "Android Upgrading" on my phone only to realize that it's still running 4.3.
Since I can't post images, the imgur link to the screenshot is -- SXuBYNk.jpg
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I just received the update as well. It was small. I just clicked check for updates for the first time in a month and was shocked to see my phone found one. Don't know what the changes are yet.
I also got the update and I can't find any update notes anywhere yet. Searched through Verizon and Samsung's websites, nothing is posted yet. I'm guessing it is just a maintenance update.
New build number is JSS15J.I545VRUEMK2
Here's what I found about it.http://www.christianpost.com/news/galaxy-s4-software-update-coming-to-all-carriers-soon-110005/
So, I see it could help with the battery life.
Well I'm rooted and it failed to install so I wonder if the Vroot method will work with the new update or not....
Someone pull it from cache and post it
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We you rooted? And if you were are you still rooted?
I'm rooted on MJ7 and the update failed.
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I am also rooted and the update failed. Is there a way to get this new update without unrooting my device?
I am rooted MJ7 and this update failed as well. Im sure there will be updates soon. Give it time.
Guys...if your rooted and you accept the OTA you could brick your phone. If your on a custom ROM most dev's remove the files necessary to take the OTA's. Simply be patient and wait for someone to, in the spirit of the holidays LOL :silly: , wrap it in a pretty little zip package then we can flash it via custom recovery.
I cant get the update since im not on MJ7 and no odin tar via kies or vzw update assistant . Someone has to post the update.zip from cache/fota before any analysis/editing can be done.
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Those of you that have updated do you know does Foxfi still work?
I'd be happy to post the update if someone will tell me where to find it. I looked in the cache folder but it appears to be empty?
J-Rock28 said:
I'd be happy to post the update if someone will tell me where to find it. I looked in the cache folder but it appears to be empty?
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Did you already accept the update? If so then it gets deleted upon installation. But you could still extract the radio for the rest of us I posted directions on how to do it in Q&A
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I cant get the update since im not on MJ7 and no odin tar via kies or vzw update assistant . Someone has to post the update.zip from cache/fota before any analysis/editing can be done.
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I got the file but it's to big to upload here. 28.1mb
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Sir_Eagle said:
I got the file but it's to big to upload here. 28.1mb
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Should be able to get it here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/3bxn3xsop936cbv/update.zip
I just recieved OTA update from Verizon for the 4.4.2. Can this be rooted now that I had to go back to a stock Verizon S4 I545 vrufnc5. If so what are my options? Please give me instructions. Thanks
Model SCH-I545
Kernel Version 3.4.0 [email protected] #1
Build KOT49H.I545VRUFNC5
Android 4.4.2
I haven't seen any root solutions for NC5 yet.
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I haven't seen any root solutions for NC5 yet.
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Thanks Coycaine..Is there a way I can go back to build VRUEMK2 and then Root it from there. That way I can download a custom ROM for the 4.4.2 KitKat?? Does this make any sense? Sorry, i'm slowly learning all this.
If you already updated to kitkat there is absolutely no way u can downgrade unless u updated it using surge update to kitkat. But right now u r stuck in kitkat. For me I am still on rooted mk2 waiting for a root for kitkat. U should of waited before updating.
rizz1974 said:
Thanks Coycaine..Is there a way I can go back to build VRUEMK2 and then Root it from there. That way I can download a custom ROM for the 4.4.2 KitKat?? Does this make any sense? Sorry, i'm slowly learning all this.
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You may want to search these threads. I don't remember reading about anyone trying to downgrade from NC5 back to MK2 yet, but I'm sure someone has at least tried. The leaked KK build (NC2) was able to be downgraded, but with some problems/issues.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2726868
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2658480
Coycaine said:
You may want to search these threads. I don't remember reading about anyone trying to downgrade from NC5 back to MK2 yet, but I'm sure someone has at least tried. The leaked KK build (NC2) was able to be downgraded, but with some problems/issues.
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There are some that tried and are now bricked until there is an ODIN file for NC5.
If root is important, one should just be patient, sit back, wait.
tech_head said:
There are some that tried and are now bricked until there is an ODIN file for NC5.
If root is important, one should just be patient, sit back, wait.
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You know what, i'm just going to take your advise and wait. I agree with you, there isn't any guarantee with the messages i have been reading.
Thanks Coycaine
I'm always amused by these "I took the update... Help I lost root" posts. It takes time and unless you're actively working on a root solution.... Leave the people alone and let them work. If root is important to you, then never update until a solution is found first or your stuck. No amount of begging will find a solution faster.
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318sugarhill said:
I'm always amused by these "I took the update... Help I lost root" posts.
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Patient: Doctor, it hurts when I do this...
Doctor: Don't do that.
(It's not clear what they expect, but I feel that stupidity should be painful. It's Darwin in action.)
2+2=5
Sugarhill, don't ever become a motivational speaker...you'd make a great Biff III though for Back To The Future 4!
Rizz, sorry to say... I'm glad your situation is what it is, now I have a thread to check on to see if a solution has been developed!
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Signs of progress!!! Look!
calebcabob said:
Sugarhill, don't ever become a motivational speaker...you'd make a great Biff III though for Back To The Future 4!
Rizz, sorry to say... I'm glad your situation is what it is, now I have a thread to check on to see if a solution has been developed!
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Signs of progress!!! Look!
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You have the international version?
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I've never rooted before nor been interested. But since the Google morons screwed up SD Card access I will cross over to the root side as soon as the root method is worked out.
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Me Too
Really disappointed that Wakelock Detector no longer works, so I can't wait to root!
Yeah there's a bunch of us now waiting on the route to be achieved for the s4 on Android 4.4 .2.
We just got to sit back and relax and let the good people work their magic to get this done. It will come in good time. But hopefully not long. Lol
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What's wrong with SD Card access?
starbuckk said:
I've never rooted before nor been interested. But since the Google morons screwed up SD Card access I will cross over to the root side as soon as the root method is worked out.
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What's wrong with SD Card access?
Every time I think I will try to go without root'n, they screw something else up and I find I need it again. This sd permissions problem has really messed me up. I had to move 3gig worth of data back to my internal memory to get some of my apps to work and I don't have much room available on it. If I knew this, I wouldn't have upgraded.
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jgheld said:
What's wrong with SD Card access?
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Google put restrictions on SD cards that broke most programs that rely on them. Search for KitKat and sd card for more details.
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jgheld said:
What's wrong with SD Card access?
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From what I read, if the app is not one of the pre-installed apps that comes with the ROM then the app will not have permission to freely access the SD card. There is an App to fix this in the Play Store but I think the app needs root. This really sucks. I thought I used TB to freeze the OTA on my wife's phone but she approved the OTA last night and now I am stuck until someone creates a new root exploit.
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I haven't seen any root solutions for NC5 yet.
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Do you know if there is a root for NC5 at this point? I just updated my phone and lost root. If there is a root solution out there now and you could link that to me it would be much appreciated. Thank you!
rizz1974 said:
I just recieved OTA update from Verizon for the 4.4.2. Can this be rooted now that I had to go back to a stock Verizon S4 I545 vrufnc5. If so what are my options? Please give me instructions. Thanks
Model SCH-I545
Kernel Version 3.4.0 [email protected] #1
Build KOT49H.I545VRUFNC5
Android 4.4.2
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I was also foolish enough to accept the OTA update before checking to make sure I could re-root my phone after the update. Stuck waiting for a solution now. Hopefully someone releases a root solution soon. Let me know If any root fix comes up soon please! Thank you.
Hello guys. I am new here, so please bear with me.
I have a Verizon Samsung Galaxy S4, running android version 4.4.2 kitkat. It has no root, custom roms, or anything.
When I try to update my software (settings > more > software update > check for new software update) it tells me "Software update temporarily unavailable. Try again later". It does that every time I try it (I have had the phone for 3 days now, wanting to update) and obviously, I was connected to a WiFi network.
I contacted Samsung via their "Live Chat" function. The lady I talked to told me to boot into safe mode and update, and that it would work (of course, it didn't).
Is there something I am missing? Why will it not update?
The phone is not activated, if that makes a difference.
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You can try downloading and installing it from the following link. http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/46723/I545VRUGOC1_I545VZWGOC1_VZW/
Eddie Hicks said:
You can try downloading and installing it from the following link. http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/46723/I545VRUGOC1_I545VZWGOC1_VZW/
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Did you Notice him that its smartphone bootloader will be "secure download" locked if he updates its phone so he will never be able to flash or root?
Maybe he will later want to root its smartphone, but he will face the most locked bootloader ever.
I am just to figure out why I didn't get an OTA update?
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Killnolife said:
Did you Notice him that its smartphone bootloader will be "secure download" locked if he updates its phone so he will never be able to flash or root?
Maybe he will later want to root its smartphone, but he will face the most locked bootloader ever.
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I just assumed he just wants to update to Lollipop. His issue is that he is not able to get the OTA update and he was looking for a solution. If he was successful in getting the OTA during his attempt the result would have been the same in regards to rooting. Rooting and installing ROMs is not for everyone. Probably most people don't do it.
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I am just to figure out why I didn't get an OTA update?
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There are several methods on this forum that will help you get the update. There are method's I believe Killnolife is referring to that allow you to root your phone and install custom ROMs. The link I gave you in my first reply is the official update and once installed you will not be able to root if that is your goal. But just search through the post on this forum and you should find a solution.
EDIT: The instructions to upgrade to Lollipop are in the S4 General forum.
Ok, thanks guys! I did want to root my phone (I actually just did that) so I don't want to update to lollipop then.
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