Hi I have a unlocked unbranded i9505 that came with mga software. I have rooted it and I did Triangle away it. I updated it via kies the other day and it seemed to work fine. But I've recently just tryed to see if there was any more updates by ota and it says something about my device is modified so doesn't support ota. So I looked again what my current software version and it's somehow gone bk to mga not the updated software. Can some one tell me what has gone wrong please
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vimto25 said:
Hi I have a unlocked unbranded i9505 that came with mga software. I have rooted it and I did Triangle away it. I updated it via kies the other day and it seemed to work fine. But I've recently just tryed to see if there was any more updates by ota and it says something about my device is modified so doesn't support ota. So I looked again what my current software version and it's somehow gone bk to mga not the updated software. Can some one tell me what has gone wrong please
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If u wanna have OTA u must be running stock without anything custom like root also that is what would have made ur device modified
However to get OTA u can flash ur stock firmware and reset the device which will make ur phone official and try u should be able to get OTA
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I did use triangle away and then decided to update the phone by kies new stock update which I no will take phone to stock which I wanted but after the update I did check the phone and it did give me new software. Although everything was the same on my phone such as messages ect.. As it was before I updated. It is just that I looked at my current software again the other say and it's now saying my old version not the new 1 I updated to via kies so I'm confused what's happening
123hiten said:
If u wanna have OTA u must be running stock without anything custom like root also that is what would have made ur device modified
However to get OTA u can flash ur stock firmware and reset the device which will make ur phone official and try u should be able to get OTA
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vimto25 said:
I did use triangle away and then decided to update the phone by kies new stock update which I no will take phone to stock which I wanted but after the update I did check the phone and it did give me new software. Although everything was the same on my phone such as messages ect.. As it was before I updated. It is just that I looked at my current software again the other say and it's now saying my old version not the new 1 I updated to via kies so I'm confused what's happening
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Any new update u do using Kies , OTA , using Odin also almost all the stock firmware version look the same except some minor changes / bug fixed and any update method u use from the above for stock firmware it will never delete ur data all remains same just updated to latest
Just post ur Firmware Build details will know what u using
Here is my device
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vimto25 said:
Here is my device
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That is the latest BTU stock rom on your phone . I looked back at your previous posts, it looks like you stated that your phone came with MDM in at least 2 other posts, so I think the update worked just fine!
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Hello,
I've bought S4 few days ago. Out of the box I was running with stock firmware without rooting or CWM. Yesterday I've rooted the device and flashed CWM. Few hours later I thought that I'll be better off with stock firmware and updates available on time. But here's the problem: I cannot make OTA work anymore. I've flashed AMDE, the firmware which was out of the box (I have BOOTLOADER, PDA, MODEM, CSC and pit file). I've unrooted and flashed stock recovery. Whole device is official (Status: Official, Binary: Official, Settings > About device: Official) and flash counter is reset to 0 with TriangleAway. Still, after flashing stock firmware, it OTA still says "Newest updates already installed, while this firmware is 2 months old. Out of the box installed updates just fine. CSC is set to XEO as I live in Poland. I have no idea what to do next
Thanks in advance.
tehaerpl said:
Hello,
I've bought S4 few days ago. Out of the box I was running with stock firmware without rooting or CWM. Yesterday I've rooted the device and flashed CWM. Few hours later I thought that I'll be better off with stock firmware and updates available on time. But here's the problem: I cannot make OTA work anymore. I've flashed AMDE, the firmware which was out of the box (I have BOOTLOADER, PDA, MODEM, CSC and pit file). I've unrooted and flashed stock recovery. Whole device is official (Status: Official, Binary: Official, Settings > About device: Official) and flash counter is reset to 0 with TriangleAway. Still, after flashing stock firmware, it OTA still says "Newest updates already installed, while this firmware is 2 months old. Out of the box installed updates just fine. CSC is set to XEO as I live in Poland. I have no idea what to do next
Thanks in advance.
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Can you please add one more line of error..?? what error is coming while updating.?
BTW, you can use this thread for better service & for Quick answer.
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Can you please add one more line of error..?? what error is coming while updating.?
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It just checks the update and acts like I have the newest one installed. Not "System modified" or something else, just there are no updates for me like I would have AMEA/BMF8 installed already, while I have AMDE.
tehaerpl said:
It just checks the update and acts like I have the newest one installed. Not "System modified" or something else, just there are no updates for me like I would have AMEA/BMF8 installed already, while I have AMDE.
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buddy MF8 is latest one. If OTA will be available to your country it won't say "You already have latest firmware installed".
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buddy MF8 is latest one. If OTA will be available to your country it won't say "You already have latest firmware installed".
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I've flashed AMDE like said earlier. But I do not receive AMEA update, which was possible when I bought the device. AMDE is way older than AMEA.
Kies also does not want to update my device. It shows my PDA: AMDE and CSC XEO but "Your device does not support update over the KIES". Everything has status "official" with flash counter 0, but acts like modified. It's annoying.
tehaerpl said:
I've flashed AMDE like said earlier. But I do not receive AMEA update, which was possible when I bought the device. AMDE is way older than AMEA.
Kies also does not want to update my device. It shows my PDA: AMDE and CSC XEO but "Your device does not support update over the KIES". Everything has status "official" with flash counter 0, but acts like modified. It's annoying.
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In the last, I would say, please let it updated using ODIN. Download the latest firmware of your zone & flash it using ODIN.
I had this problem with an s2 ages ago. Turned out I needed to reflash stock firmware and the csc. The problem is usually a mismatch between pda/cdc/phone but its working out which is wrong. Best bet is samfirmware site. Find the latest for your region and and carrier if its branded then flash that and try again
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tigerphil said:
I had this problem with an s2 ages ago. Turned out I needed to reflash stock firmware and the csc. The problem is usually a mismatch between pda/cdc/phone but its working out which is wrong. Best bet is samfirmware site. Find the latest for your region and and carrier if its branded then flash that and try again
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Well, the problem is that I work at Samsung's R&D and I have full packages ready to flash but non of them fix the OTA updates, and I cannot contact the developer responsible for OTA module
Thanks anyway.
tehaerpl said:
Well, the problem is that I work at Samsung's R&D and I have full packages ready to flash but non of them fix the OTA updates, and I cannot contact the developer responsible for OTA module
Thanks anyway.
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Today XDA achieved best one here. Samsung's R&D officials asking help for their device. No offence.
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Disturbed™ said:
Today XDA achieved best one here. Samsung's R&D officials asking help for their device. No offence.
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Happens, well thanks anyway for feedback. I'll leave the topic for now as I've already flashed newest and rooted it.
hello,
i rooted my galaxy S4 i9505 today using the steps here descripted: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2255190
now when i check for updates it keeps saying:
your device has been modified sofware updates are not available.
does this mean i cannot check for updates like this anymore?
should i unroot my phone to get this function back?
nielsvg said:
hello,
i rooted my galaxy S4 i9505 today using the steps here descripted: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2255190
now when i check for updates it keeps saying:
your device has been modified sofware updates are not available.
does this mean i cannot check for updates like this anymore?
should i unroot my phone to get this function back?
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When a device is rooted, firmware is modified (customised) so the update is not available as Samsung considers it as another firmware.
If you want to get OTA updates back, you must unroot first. Flashing again the stock firmware without rooting it will allow you to have OTA again.
You can also use TriangleAway in order to reset your flash counter for warranty purposes.
kaalalto said:
When a device is rooted, firmware is modified (customised) so the update is not available as Samsung considers it as another firmware.
If you want to get OTA updates back, you must unroot first. Flashing again the stock firmware without rooting it will allow you to have OTA again.
You can also use TriangleAway in order to reset your flash counter for warranty purposes.
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do i still get kies updates or does it always has to go with odin?
nielsvg said:
do i still get kies updates or does it always has to go with odin?
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No, after returning to official status, you can use whatever you want to update (KIES, OTA and Odin).
May I suggest you to use the pre-rooted roms made for i9505. They are identical to stock roms, are already rooted and keep the official status.
kaalalto said:
No, after returning to official status, you can use whatever you want to update (KIES, OTA and Odin).
May I suggest you to use the pre-rooted roms made for i9505. They are identical to stock roms, are already rooted and keep the official status.
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i installed triangleaway and now it's official.
but do i have to keep this app on my phone or can i delete it?
and if i do install other roms do i have to keep doing this with triangleaway if it arent roms were this is implemented automaticly?
nielsvg said:
i installed triangleaway and now it's official.
but do i have to keep this app on my phone or can i delete it?
and if i do install other roms do i have to keep doing this with triangleaway if it arent roms were this is implemented automaticly?
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Triangle away is just for reset flash counter. If you're now on official status and the Samsung's OTA is available, there is no need to keep it.
Anyway, in order to work, TriangleAway (TA) needs root. So if you're unrooted, you cannot use it.
For the other roms like cyanogenmod, there is no need of TA. Their updater will update the rom regardless of flash counter or status, as it cannot be official anayway !
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Triangle away is just for reset flash counter. If you're now on official status and the OTA is available, there is no need to keep it.
Anyway, in order to work, TriangleAway (TA) need root. So if you're unrooted, you cannot use it.
For the other roms like cyanogenmod, there is no need of TA. Their updater will update the rom regardless of flash counter or status, as it cannot be official anayway !
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one last thing
triangle away didnt do it. i had to download OFFICIAL STATUS MOD(.tar.md5 and do it through odin.
now it really worked but triangle away isnt working anymore and SU says when opening: there is no SU binary installed and SuperSU couldnt install it. this is a problem.
is this really a problem?
nielsvg said:
one last thing
triangle away didnt do it. i had to download OFFICIAL STATUS MOD(.tar.md5 and do it through odin.
now it really worked but triangle away isnt working anymore and SU says when opening: there is no SU binary installed and SuperSU couldnt install it. this is a problem.
is this really a problem?
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It works again
This is the final question. If my phonevis brokenvand have to send it for repair do i have waranty?
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nielsvg said:
It works again
This is the final question. If my phonevis brokenvand have to send it for repair do i have waranty?
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I didn't understand you...but if you're speakin about sending the phone to Samsung, I think flashing it before to stock ROM and to unroot it would be a nice thing !
kaalalto said:
I didn't understand you...but if you're speakin about sending the phone to Samsung, I think flashing it before to stock ROM and to unroot it would be a nice thing !
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today my phone gave the notification of a new update. it can download it but when trying to install it it gives an error that it cant install it ota and i have to use kies?
i better didnt root because it is a phone of my employer
As you received your OTA file, everything is back to normal. However, sometimes OTA may not work correctly. You should then update with KIES or use Odin to flash the correct version.
Hi guys, I'm a kinda of novice on android after coming from blackberry, I rooted my I9500 using chainfire auto root and everything worked flawlessly well. I never use triangle away since its not available for the device. Now some new updates are rolling in from Sammy and really love touchwiz so I didn't bother myself with custom roms. I would love to have those updates cos I heard they make the phone really fast and eliminate lagging. When I checked for updates I still get I have the latest firmware. My device status shows official. I didn't do anything to change Dat. If you guys have any idea how to get OTA Plz ur ideas are welcome plus a step by step method of running stock rom via odin is appreciated. Here is a snapshot of my device. Pls guys don't be offended if someone has already post a similar complaint.
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alphamars said:
Hi guys, I'm a kinda of novice on android after coming from blackberry, I rooted my I9500 using chainfire auto root and everything worked flawlessly well. I never use triangle away since its not available for the device. Now some new updates are rolling in from Sammy and really love touchwiz so I didn't bother myself with custom roms. I would love to have those updates cos I heard they make the phone really fast and eliminate lagging. When I checked for updates I still get I have the latest firmware. My device status shows official. I didn't do anything to change Dat. If you guys have any idea how to get OTA Plz ur ideas are welcome plus a step by step method of running stock rom via odin is appreciated. Here is a snapshot of my device. Pls guys don't be offended if someone has already post a similar complaint.
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The firmware u have now is oldest
If u are not getting ota no issue In my sign link u can go download the firmware u want should be of I9500 only and Odin also from there and flash it u will have latest firmware
How to flash guide is also there in first post of the link
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Or use Mobile ODIN, retain root and update to the latest official OS...
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Or use Mobile ODIN, retain root and update to the latest official OS...
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Mobile odin is not yet supported to i9500 if i m not wrong
U should not guide without knowing properly buddy
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1347899
123hiten said:
Mobile odin is not yet supported to i9500 if i m not wrong
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1347899
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My apologies, thought it was listed...
Comes from no sleep and long shifts....
Hey People,
i previously rooted my phone on stock firmware along with changing the kernel. I have no restored and removed root back to stock but i get this message when doing a OTA update as i need the latest update to enable 4G on my phone. It says Your device has been modified. Software updates are not available. How do i go about fixing this? I have done some research and used the triangle app to reset the flash counter which now says Official rather then Custom In download mode? If i flash the firmware does it automatically Re flash my Kernel or is that separate? I have looked for the stock i9505 kernel i Just cant seem to find it.
Will appreciate the help
Thanks
jeezy85 said:
Hey People,
i previously rooted my phone on stock firmware along with changing the kernel. I have no restored and removed root back to stock but i get this message when doing a OTA update as i need the latest update to enable 4G on my phone. It says Your device has been modified. Software updates are not available. How do i go about fixing this? I have done some research and used the triangle app to reset the flash counter which now says Official rather then Custom In download mode? If i flash the firmware does it automatically Re flash my Kernel or is that separate? I have looked for the stock i9505 kernel i Just cant seem to find it.
Will appreciate the help
Thanks
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flash stock firmware, stock kernel included
It's normal that it says that. Just install Xposed framework, then Wanam Xposed, there is an option to fake the system status as official and thus you'll be able to update firmware OTA.
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samersh72 said:
flash stock firmware, stock kernel included
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i have flashed stock firmware 2/3 times now doing another 1 as we speak it still says i cannot update ota..
any other ideas what could be causing it to be modified?
Have you ever find a way to fix this?
jeezy85 said:
i have flashed stock firmware 2/3 times now doing another 1 as we speak it still says i cannot update ota..
any other ideas what could be causing it to be modified?
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then try to update using kies
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then try to update using kies
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Thank you for your answer, but unfortunately I can't use Kies since I use Linux and there is no Kies for Linux. May be another solution like adb?
Have u tried factory reset in stock recovery. I had this when I flashed official fw with odin. Was not untill I reset that the prob went away
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Have u tried factory reset in stock recovery. I had this when I flashed official fw with odin. Was not untill I reset that the prob went away
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Thank you!
I wiped the data, without success, then I flashed everything again with Heindall 1.4.0, then wiped everything again. Now I have official status and should receive OTA updates.
Edit: but after rooting the official status is lost. Now I think this may be normal.
hello, i want to ask, why did my S4 when i try to OTA update it,, it always showing that i have already installed the latest update,
while when i plugged it and open the KIES it shows MK8 update available.
but i cant download if it was from KIES or ODIN, cause of the firmware size and my monthly limits.
it happens when im trying to update to the 4.3 from 4.2.2 as well, i have to bring my s4 to the service center.. but they installed the DXUEMJ5 not the MK8 (latest version) anyone can help?
i've never rooted my s4 or install any custom rom and my device status is official
Did you disabled any apps
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nezt94 said:
hello, i want to ask, why did my S4 when i try to OTA update it,, it always showing that i have already installed the latest update,
while when i plugged it and open the KIES it shows MK8 update available.
but i cant download if it was from KIES or ODIN, cause of the firmware size and my monthly limits.
it happens when im trying to update to the 4.3 from 4.2.2 as well, i have to bring my s4 to the service center.. but they installed the DXUEMJ5 not the MK8 (latest version) anyone can help?
i've never rooted my s4 or install any custom rom and my device status is official
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may be you bought your phone from a different country.. if so you may never be able to update via OTA.. the only
way is ODIN
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Did you disabled any apps
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thanks for your time to reply, no im not disabled any apps.
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may be you bought your phone from a different country.. if so you may never be able to update via OTA.. the only
way is ODIN
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thanks for your time to reply. no, but my phone a few weeks ago got their motherboard changed in the samsung service centre. if i connect my s4 to KIES i can update it in the kies apps but its impossible for me cause of the file size and my monthly internet bills