need official updates but rooted - Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello,
I accidentally rooted my GT-I9500, i didn't knew after just root i wont be able to get official stock rom updates!!! ... is there a way i can still get official updates with just removing the root and not changing the entire firmware.??
Thx in advance!

vstrtz said:
Hello,
I accidentally rooted my GT-I9500, i didn't knew after just root i wont be able to get official stock rom updates!!! ... is there a way i can still get official updates with just removing the root and not changing the entire firmware.??
Thx in advance!
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I'm not sure, but I think if you have the stock ROM and kernel you would still be able to receive OTA updates. However installing them might unroot your phone.

arminale said:
I'm not sure, but I think if you have the stock ROM and kernel you would still be able to receive OTA updates. However installing them might unroot your phone.
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no i am not recieving the update.. it says device is modified when i try to do software update...

vstrtz said:
no i am not recieving the update.. it says device is modified when i try to do software update...
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Dude no way to root and get ots even if u use triangle away and ur device connects to server and downloads ota package u get error when installing ota package so u cud keep a firmware on comp whenever new ota is available just flash that firmware on pc and ota then root
u can check for ota from sammobile plus u dnt need to loose data on flashing
press thanks if helped

vstrtz said:
Hello,
I accidentally rooted my GT-I9500, i didn't knew after just root i wont be able to get official stock rom updates!!! ... is there a way i can still get official updates with just removing the root and not changing the entire firmware.??
Thx in advance!
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Flash a stock firmware back to ur phone using Odin
Reset the device from settings / accounts / backup & Reset ur device should be official and u should be able to get OTA
for firmware link check my signature
Note: do not use triangle away for ur variant its not supported

Can I do this simply by using Triangle Away with i9505?

vstrtz said:
Hello,
I accidentally rooted my GT-I9500, i didn't knew after just root i wont be able to get official stock rom updates!!! ... is there a way i can still get official updates with just removing the root and not changing the entire firmware.??
Thx in advance!
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hi. i rooted my phone and managed to download the MEA to MG9 OTA update, so i might help. download the cofface recovery from http://link.and-share.ir/uploads/cofface-S4-recovery-en-V3-0-zip.zip and flash with odin. then boot into recovery (turn off the phone then hold volume up and home and power) then select unroot from recovery. then turn off your phone and flash the official status mod http://d-h.st/1lt. then reboot and install the OTA. after updating you can root again just like i did,

have you tried the "full unroot" option in chainfires superSU?
easier than flashing a new recovery...

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impossible to update my note ?

Hello.
i have a rooted galaxy note and there is an ota update availaible.
When i do the update, it install it, reboot and says that it failed to install it.
When i use kies, i launch kies and it says that my mobile phone is not campatible with kies 2.0.
What can i do ?
Thank you
parisien99 said:
Hello.
i have a rooted galaxy note and there is an ota update availaible.
When i do the update, it install it, reboot and says that it failed to install it.
When i use kies, i launch kies and it says that my mobile phone is not campatible with kies 2.0.
What can i do ?
Thank you
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You maybe have cwm recovery and not stock recovery?
Sent from my GT-N7000 using Tapatalk
afilopou said:
You maybe have cwm recovery and not stock recovery?
Sent from my GT-N7000 using Tapatalk
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Of course.
What can i do to make the update with cwm recovery ?
Thank you.
i got the same problem , cant upgrade the cwm gets it back and upgrade fales all the time.
I had the same problem updating to 2.3.6. OTA update downloads, but crashed during the install. Fixed it by downloading a stock (updated) rom & flashing with CWM.
U can find the stock roms here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1424997
Just make sure u read the instructions thoroughly.
OTA updates are usually patch files, which expect to find a completely unadulterated /system partition -if you've rooted, this won't be the case so the OTA will fail.
If you are rooted with CWM, you are *always* better off waiting for someone to repackage updates/ROM in CWM format.
Regards,
Dave
Don't do it! I had the same issue as OP updating OTA but was able to do it via Kies. I wish I didn't! My update broke root access (went from KK1 to LA2) and now I'll have to downgrade via Odin to get my root back
AnyMal said:
Don't do it! I had the same issue as OP updating OTA but was able to do it via Kies. I wish I didn't! My update broke root access (went from KK1 to LA2) and now I'll have to downgrade via Odin to get my root back
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so what can i do to make the update without breaking my phone ?
Thank you

Updating software on a rooted S4

Hello..
Is it safe to have TriangleAway turn off SuperUser for a little (using System modified workaround), to use the phone's software update feature?
Should I also reset flash counter before that?
Thanks a lot.
frrlod said:
Hello..
Is it safe to have TriangleAway turn off SuperUser for a little (using System modified workaround), to use the phone's software update feature?
Should I also reset flash counter before that?
Thanks a lot.
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If ur phone is rooted u have to unroot to get the OTA / update phone
Else flash a firmware using Odin link in my signature

[Q] [HELP] Unroot didn't work?

hi, i rooted my phone without flashing a new frimware (just flashed recovery), and i had a lot of problems that a friend with a i9505 didn't, like a microsd not writing and not getting ota, can't flash new custom ROM
so i wanted to unroot, i figured that if i never flashed a new firmware than all i need to do is unroot, so using the su full unroot feature i unrooted and used kingo to varify the phones is not rooted, but i still have recoovery and in device status it shows custom binary.
so what can i do to restore official status?
maoroh said:
hi, i rooted my phone without flashing a new frimware (just flashed recovery), and i had a lot of problems that a friend with a i9505 didn't, like a microsd not writing and not getting ota, can't flash new custom ROM
so i wanted to unroot, i figured that if i never flashed a new firmware than all i need to do is unroot, so using the su full unroot feature i unrooted and used kingo to varify the phones is not rooted, but i still have recoovery and in device status it shows custom binary.
so what can i do to restore official status?
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Just flash Samsung firmware and it will unroot get it from sammobile.com
jaythenut said:
Just flash Samsung firmware and it will unroot get it from sammobile.com
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will that allow me to update from kies?
maoroh said:
will that allow me to update from kies?
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Yeah it will be like the day you got it .
You have to flash with odin and your be back to stock
jaythenut said:
Yeah it will be like the day you got it .
You have to flash with odin and your be back to stock
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do you think there's any chance it caused the microsd card to not work in the phone? because the same card works in any other device i tested in except my phone
maoroh said:
do you think there's any chance it caused the microsd card to not work in the phone? because the same card works in any other device i tested in except my phone
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Should be ok try and format the card might work
maoroh said:
hi, i rooted my phone without flashing a new frimware (just flashed recovery), and i had a lot of problems that a friend with a i9505 didn't, like a microsd not writing and not getting ota, can't flash new custom ROM
so i wanted to unroot, i figured that if i never flashed a new firmware than all i need to do is unroot, so using the su full unroot feature i unrooted and used kingo to varify the phones is not rooted, but i still have recoovery and in device status it shows custom binary.
so what can i do to restore official status?
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Did you get it to work
jaythenut said:
Did you get it to work
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well funny enough kies firmware upgrade worked yet it still shows custom status, and the microsd still won't write

G900M - Problem with OTA update

Hi.
I don't know if someone can help me, but I really don't know what to do with this problem.
I bought one G900M (version from Brazil) on the release date and after a few weeks I install a custom rom and the TWRP recovery.
The problem is: I tried to go back to the stock ROM, but I still have the recovery with the CUSTOM "mark".
I tried to re install many times, do a wipe/format from the recovery, with no success.
I always receive the message when I try update the phone by OTA what say "The operating system on your device has been modified in an unauthorized way. Try downloading...
I appreciate any help.
mrhizzo said:
Hi.
I don't know if someone can help me, but I really don't know what to do with this problem.
I bought one G900M (version from Brazil) on the release date and after a few weeks I install a custom rom and the TWRP recovery.
The problem is: I tried to go back to the stock ROM, but I still have the recovery with the CUSTOM "mark".
I tried to re install many times, do a wipe/format from the recovery, with no success.
I always receive the message when I try update the phone by OTA what say "The operating system on your device has been modified in an unauthorized way. Try downloading...
I appreciate any help.
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You tripped Knox when you rooted. There's no way to undo this.
dynospectrum said:
You tripped Knox when you rooted. There's no way to undo this.
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But I'm not talking about Knox. I'm talking about the OTA update.
I reinstall the original firmware, stock version. Should work, no? Or Samsung changed the things again?
Im with a similar problem... root my device now OTA dont work... i think maybe someone has a flashable original firmware and you patch the same way you root your device.... Other option is ODIN restore to default :/ wich nobody want that
Its true
You tripped Knox when you rooted. There's no way to undo this.
If you want to update Just download the stock firmware ( samobile ) and flash with odin
Not true. My knox is still 0x0, I have root, but i have the same message from OTA.
The ART is the problem.

Unroot A7

Dear All,
i have been trying to unroot my phone to get the latest update of Lollipop on my A7, i followed the instruction and did full unroot from SuperSU app. After unrooting i checked my device status it showed me Custom and tried to update the phone and got the error of device is modified please try to update through samsung kies.
can you all please help me, i am stuck!!!
What you can do is flash a stock rom using odin then it will be stock and u will receive ota updates ✌
fahadasad said:
What you can do is flash a stock rom using odin then it will be stock and u will receive ota updates
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I doubt this will work mainly because rooting trips KNOX which is an e-fuse so that means that if tripped there's no going back to Official status . You can always install the latest firmwares with ODIN though.
fahadasad said:
What you can do is flash a stock rom using odin then it will be stock and u will receive ota updates
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I can confirm that this works.
fahadasad said:
What you can do is flash a stock rom using odin then it will be stock and u will receive ota updates
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installing stock rom using odin will fix this or not? i haven't tried yet please let me know.
I rooted my phone due to ES FILE Manager permission, i was unable to cut / paste any file from internal memory to external using es file manager. is there any other file manager who doesn't requires root access to cut/paste/delete data from internal/external memory?

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