[Q] 9505 OTA downloaded, will it effect "root ability"" ? - Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello, I have the S4 9505, on ROM version ....MDE. I just received an OTA update of some 75 MB. Of course, the update system does not show any details of what the update is. Sigh....
Before I let this install - are there any concerns about this update, as far as the ability to root/unlock boot loader goes ? I have seen some discussion that some of the sw is more protected, and so it might have issues with getting root access and unlocking boot.
Thanks for any info. PaulCC.

you won't be able to root after the update
u will need a kernel that takes the restriction off so u can root on the new OTA update

this should be mdm - its rootable

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OTA 4.3 international s3 -,aready rooted help needed

I've just revived an OTA on my rooted international Galaxy S3.,
It says in the "Update Details" *You cannot downgrade to the old Software after this new software upgrade, due to the security reason.
This makes me think there going to lock my bootloader or something and if that's the case I'll just delete the update and change the phones internal settings so it won't download OTA's.
Recently I've been keeping my phones pretty much stock, a few small tweaks and a few apps that require root,
I'm thinking it will probably just fail the OTA update with the phones status now saying / being modified.
I've also got Mobile Odin installed with enable Everoot, Inject SuperSU and Inject Mobile Odin.
Has anyone been through this ( Int SGS3 Stock Samsung firmware, rooted with chainfires root software - OTA to 4.3 from 4.1.2 if you have how did you get on ??
Any help greatly appreciated.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1704138

Need help with root after update. playstore problem.

Hi I need serious help with rooting my phone.
2 weeks ago, samsung released a firmware update for the galaxy s4. The new firmware is called "KOT49H.I9505ZHUFNK2", which i believe is only available for hong kong galaxy s4 after doing a bit of research online. (My phone was bought in hong kong) I did the firmware update as I saw that it was nothing major and the phone would still be on Android 4.4.2. Little did I realize, this new update would not let me use towelroot anymore. Before the update I was able to use towelroot to root the phone. However the new firmware update made towelroot unsupport the phone. Now I cant figure out a method to root my phone
The reason why I need to root the phone is because there seems to be a problem with connecting to the playstore. Everytime I try to log in, a message that says "cannot make reliable connection with..." appears. It seems that in order to fix this problem I would have to root and fix the host file in my phone. I tried a factory reset (power +volume up method) and still does not work.
Someone help me pls?
Sorry for the long post, just trying to give as much detail of my current situation.
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Also need help
I have the same HK variant of the i9505 with the same build number. All root methods seem to fail and an incomplete superSU shows "there is no SU binary installed, and superSU cannot install it. This is a problem!" Please help..i'm just an amateur programmer and can use some guidance. The cost of this phone was 300 dollars...cost to my sanity, immeasurable and now can't gain root access for full functionality of the device...
Chiyianprogrammer said:
I have the same HK variant of the i9505 with the same build number. All root methods seem to fail and an incomplete superSU shows "there is no SU binary installed, and superSU cannot install it. This is a problem!" Please help..i'm just an amateur programmer and can use some guidance. The cost of this phone was 300 dollars...cost to my sanity, immeasurable and now can't gain root access for full functionality of the device...
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Can you install a recovery (cwm, twrp)?
ungarsunefille said:
Can you install a recovery (cwm, twrp)?
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I can install twrp but it is no use flashing the SU. I tried flashing SU, SU update, Adam kernel. I am wondering is the problem because CM security detects "Broad Anywhere" and "towel root" and then these two are deleted that that's why the root is never completed? SU is installed, just no binary, updates from google play any 1mobile market do not work. BusyBox detects an error while opening the "shell". I'm trying to explore other possibilities...also updated to new firmware NL1 build released Dec 05, 2014. Will keep trying.
have you tested srsroot ?
Warning : I do not know this software but a google search "KOT49H.I9505ZHUFNK2" find it recently.
i tried srsroot, kingoroot, manually odin flash but none work.. at this point i might go to a root service provider somewhere around here (guangzhou, china) and inspect the software they use to test for any exploits before the rooting process (if they let me), or not agree to it....for $10 very well worth it..another alternative is to stick with non-root...after flashing the new firmware NL1 (December 5 2014 build) antutu x benchmark increased 4000 points to 28k and cpu identifier (bartoloni) increased 10k points to 37k....for now the device seems quite good...

Question on upgrading to 5.0 from 4.4.4 when i was rooted.

hey guys i recently rooted my phone and then saw that 5.0 came out i wasnt able to find any reputable info on un rooting my phone so i could do the over the air update from verizon. however there was 2 updates available from OTA , one took me to another version of 4.4.4 and un rooted me. my boot screen still says custom but i no longer have root. however the ota 5.0 keeps failing. i figured maybe i can up date manually but the only site that has 5.0 for dl is sammobile and their site is down. all the other sites i found seem to be scams or want you to pay for faster dl. i dont care if i even have root any more i just want my phone on 5.0 with out loosing all the data on my phone. does any one have a link for instructions to do this? and a working link for 5.0? thanks
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Can you not boot into custom recovery twrp/safestrap? I Just re read your post, I'm assuming you can. So do that, and make a backup of /data. In addition it wouldn't hurt to use a usb drive or computer to back up any important files.
You say you want to be able to update without losing your data, I don't know if that's possible.if that is a real problem for you,I'd advise against modifying your phone in the future.
You didn't say why the update is failing, what is the given error message? Have you read the Verizon s5 forum?

[Q] T-Mobile Galaxy S5 Root Lost After Phone auto-updated

Hey Guys, I'm brand new to these forums, and to this whole community so bare with me.
Basically I bought my T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S5 phone around the time it came out, and I also had installed root on it via towelroot when Towel Root was first released. I did not update the phone at all for a long period of time and everything was working fine, until one day I was browsing under settings and accidentally tapped the "Software Update" button, then T-mobile auto-pushed an update onto my phone.
This update has caused the root on my phone to not work at all (Deemed useless) So I clicked SU and only a black screen popped up when I tried to open the app, so I uninstalled it, reinstalled it then got a message saying "There is no SU binary installed, and SuperSU Cannot install it. If you just upgraded to Android 4.3 you need to manually re-root your device" So I tried to re-root via towelroot method again. It seems the T-mobile update made my phone "Unsupported/Uncompatible" with TowelRoot's obsolete techniques, so now I'm in dire need of help.
My phone tried to push another t-mobile update (This time to upgrade to Lollipop) but it failed after attempting to install it after a reboot. So not only will my phone not update to Lollipop, but I'm not even rooted anymore and am unsure on how to get back rooted, or what to do next since I used rooting as a primary source to store apps on my SD Card. Kind of like i'm stuck in one spot? (Can't update your phone/can't root it the old method)
I'm brand new guys, Please can you break down to me what I should do, in order to obtain root again, and possibly be able to upgrade to Lollipop As well as prevent further pushed T-mobile updates? Here's some info if you need it
S5 Model Number: SM-G900T
Android Version:4.4.2
Kernel Version:3.4.0-262.. etc. (Tell me if you need the full kernel details)
Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank YOU!
Flash this with ODIN
http://download.chainfire.eu/407/CF-Root1/CF-Auto-Root-kltetmo-kltetmo-smg900t.zip
(Will trip KNOX and void warranty)
Or flash a pre-June 2014 KK Kernel, root with Towelroot again, then flash back your current Kernel
Is this the only solution? And also is it the right one? o.o
Can anyone else please give me some feedback on the situation? I want to make sure I do this right, please just a little helps.
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*Detection* said:
Or flash a pre-June 2014 KK Kernel, root with Towelroot again, then flash back your current Kernel
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Hey I did exactly what you said and it worked I got root back, but I was wondering how to flash back to my current kernel and keep Root?

Security policy update on a rooted s5

I happened to see a security policy update yesterday on my notifications. The update obviously won't go on a rooted phone the normal way so I'm looking for help on getting this update installed w/o losing root, or is it possible?? I've heard of Chainfire's app, "FlashFire" but when reading how to use it I have to have the download and when I tried to get the security policy update download I kept getting a prompt that said it had failed. Even when I tried unchecking the Automatic updates and going to Manual it failed. So what am I to do about this? Is it all about "Un Rooting" to official and installing the OTA ? or is there another way?? I am Canadian running 6.0.1 MM, G900W8VLU1DPD3, MMB29M. I hope someone can help. My provider is Telus. It wouldn't hurt to link me to a proper tutorial for un-rooting if that has to be. I'm using TWRP recovery. Thanks!!!

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