[Q] Upgrading to Android 4.4 KitKat - AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin

Hello. Quick question. I got my Galaxy S4 from at&t and removed the stock TouchWiz ROM and put in the official Google Edition Android 4.3 ROM from the Galaxy S4 i9505G (I believe that model is the Google Play edition S4). I just wanted to know since I have the official Google Edition stock ROM on my at&t Galaxy S4, will I get the update for 4.4 KitKat? Please let me know if a question I am asking is already out in the forms. Other than that, let me know with an answer to this question.

The official 4.3 ota isnt out yet for our we have a long way to go unless someone delevops it
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I believe the OTA wouldn't work, or may brick your device. I'd wait for someone to build it so it doesn't try and replace your bootloader or anything
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No. Do not take the official 4.4 update. It may brick your phone. Wait for the devs to make a cwm flashable ROM and then flash that.
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The stock OTA in the GPE rom shouldn't even work on our SGH-1337 devices, and if it somehow did manage to work it would probably soft-brick the device. Just wait until 4.4 builds come out for custom roms, it'll probably take a couple months to see a stable release but it'll be worth the wait. On a side note, there is a thread laying around here somewhere with some of the 4.4 apps ripped off a Nexus 5 that will run and function correctly on the 4.2.2 - 4.3.1 builds. I'm using the 4.4 keyboard and I find it a lot more accurate with swipe. :good:

Alright. Now I know. I will definitely wait for the ROMs then.
Thank you so much everyone for answering my question.

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Official Android 4.3 Release

Hi to all...
Before I have make new thread I was explore web and didnt find correct answer...
Anyone know when will come over Kies android 4.3 for SGS4???
Thnx
i would say about october-november
Thnx guys I was think that will come soon because they release 4.3 for google play edition devices
That is too away OMG
rus0001 said:
i think, sgs4 can miss 4.3 and get 5.0
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Not really, I assume you had the idea from S3 getting 4.3 instead of 4.2.
S3 skipped 4.2 because 4.3 was already released, and Samsung didn't have time to make both 4.2 and 4.3 roms.
Sorry for the off-topic.
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Hello,
I think it will be December......
Personal guess: we will see a leaked ROM around start-mid October.
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IMHO if you want to feel how it taste 4.3 go directly to any modding thread and flash one the roms already available (after a nandroid backup), they are performing quite well and can be used as daily driver. Then, if you miss too much TW you can recover your nandroid and wait for Samsung to realese a 4.3 rom.
anyone have any details on what we can expect on the new firmware?
vel83 said:
anyone have any details on what we can expect on the new firmware?
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Look on the Nexus 4 thread for whats to come to us or check out the GE S4 Edition. They allready have it.

[Q] Convert S4 to GPE S4 with Official OTA?

Hello,
Alright - I did some poking around but still haven't been able to find an answer to this question. Threads I found relevant:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2401971
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2341528
In the latter thread it mentioned an issue where the partition from a GPE S4 couldn't be replicated, otherwise I'm not sure what all is happening with this topic/issue.
This link is what got me curious about this, as if it was possible to convert my S4 to a GPE S4, with official OTA updates, that would be peachy. So far I've seen are the ROMs posted that don't have support from Google.
So, long story short:
Is there a way to convert a regular (Canadian) S4 into a GPE S4 with Official OTA Support/Updates?
Preemptive thank you to anyone with news! I feel like I may have used the wrong search terms, as a Google search didn't pull up any answers other than guides on how to install the GPE ROM without OTA updates.
No, not possible to get googles ota updates, just gotta wait for devs to get ahold of them amd convert them to a cwm flashable
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I too was looking for this as I had converted my HTC one into a GE One. Now m just waiting for GE with touchwiz camera.
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Bah!
Alright, thank you.

Android 4.4 for S4?

I read a few articles saying that Google has announced 4.4 will be coming to the S4 GE shortly after the Nexus 5 releases/ships.
Is it likely that I'll be able to install this ROM on my regular I9505XXUBMGA?
Also what are your thoughts on 4.4 coming to the S4?
Still waiting for 4.3. in other words 6-12 months hopefully.
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synthecypher said:
I read a few articles saying that Google has announced 4.4 will be coming to the S4 GE shortly after the Nexus 5 releases/ships.
Is it likely that I'll be able to install this ROM on my regular I9505XXUBMGA?
Also what are your thoughts on 4.4 coming to the S4?
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You can install GE firmware on the i9505 as it's the same hardware. HTC said they'll have 4.4 on the One GE in 15 days, so I assume the same goes for the S4. The touchwiz version will most likely come after the S5 is released.
thing 2015 ;; 2016 :cyclops:
pruhster said:
You can install GE firmware on the i9505 as it's the same hardware. HTC said they'll have 4.4 on the One GE in 15 days, so I assume the same goes for the S4. The touchwiz version will most likely come after the S5 is released.
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Awesome will definitely be flashing the GE 4.4 as soon as someone rips and uploads it then.
Most likely once their done updating their current devices to 4.3 you can expect 4.4 next.. i know HTC came out today and announce it will have 4.4 on their GPE in a few weeks and Sense roms by the end of January
Soon hopefully. I'm on 4.3 with Orange/EE UK. No root or rom flashing etc. They were quick
Wisheezy said:
Soon hopefully. I'm on 4.3 with Orange/EE UK. No root or rom flashing etc. They were quick
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I'm on EE with a Galaxy S4 in the UK and Kies isn't rolling the update out yet....not for me anyway!
GPE edition hopefully soon. HTC have said Sense will be updated within 90 days. Hopefully Samsung make an announcement in regards to official 4.4 TouchWiz edition.
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Can you flash the GE rom to a non GE phone? Like the regular international i9505?
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Can you flash the GE rom to a non GE phone? Like the regular international i9505?
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yes as long as its made for the i9505 (from its forums)
nikzDHD said:
GPE edition hopefully soon. HTC have said Sense will be updated within 90 days. Hopefully Samsung make an announcement in regards to official 4.4 TouchWiz edition.
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4.3 was rolled out via ota for nexus devices at July 24. Two weeks after it was rolled out for GPE devices. Then after less than 3 months the touchwiz 4.3 update came in.
Samsung rarely anounces time frames for their updates but if we follow the pattern above, the GPE 4.4 update should come in 2-3 weeks and the tw version in 3-4months.
In the meantime you could flash your favorite custom AOSP based rom like CM (should come very soon as the nexus 4 already got a booting 4.4 version) to satisfy your kitkat cravings while waiting for the official update.
Now let's play the waiting game and see who gets to make the first kitkat build for the s4
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Perhaps Samsung will release 4.4 without a new flagship device. It depends on the objectives of the company.
But for 2014 April or March the S5 is due... we only have 2 months left in 2013.
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Some reports say S5 will be announced in January so all of Samsung's efforts are probably going into polishing the 4.4 experience for that.
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Wisheezy said:
Soon hopefully. I'm on 4.3 with Orange/EE UK. No root or rom flashing etc. They were quick
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EE have not got 4.3 yet
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VZW Note 3 + 4.4 Kitkat Roms ?

OK its 3am and I'm bout to go crazy:silly::silly::silly::silly::silly::silly:
I have found a few 4.4 roms I want to try on my Note 3.
When I flash them in recovery I get "successful".
When I try to boot into it, all i get is a black screen. ( I let it set for 20min one time just to make sure)
I'm not new to rooting, roms and such but I am new to the safestrap rom slots.
How can there be ROMS but I cant flash it?
Can anyone explain this?
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OK its 3am and I'm bout to go crazy:silly::silly::silly::silly::silly::silly:
I have found a few 4.4 roms I want to try on my Note 3.
When I flash them in recovery I get "successful".
When I try to boot into it, all i get is a black screen. ( I let it set for 20min one time just to make sure)
I'm not new to rooting, roms and such but I am new to the safestrap rom slots.
How can there be ROMS but I cant flash it?
Can anyone explain this?
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There's currently no 4.4 roms available for the retail Note 3. I'm also not sure if Safestrap will work with 4.4 roms yet either. The builds available for the retail Verizon Note 3 are 4.3 MJE builds.
Be careful bud. Good thing you didn't mess anything up.
Hatley is correct. Safe strap is not compatible with Kit Kat at this time and the ROM you are trying is not for the retail device. Be patient my friend it's coming
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The Kernel from 4.3 will not work with your 4.4 and since we can't change the kernel yet, we need to wait until 4.4 is actually pushed to our device, then an applicable ROM needs to be made.
Well phooey..... Lol thanks for the info everyone. And hey Verizon push it out already!!!!
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Developers edition - possible to extract goodness from ota?

Figuring that the stock one is so locked down, is it possible to take new features of an ota of the regular s5 and flash it to a dev edition one without messing up root? Things like updated boot, going from 4.4.x to 4.5, etc?
I recall but never fully understood that was the problem with the s4, they never sent out ota update for the dev edition....
Just debating getting an s5 dev edition, but don't want to be stuck with original firmware/software
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808phoneaddict said:
Figuring that the stock one is so locked down, is it possible to take new features of an ota of the regular s5 and flash it to a dev edition one without messing up root? Things like updated boot, going from 4.4.x to 4.5, etc?
I recall but never fully understood that was the problem with the s4, they never sent out ota update for the dev edition....
Just debating getting an s5 dev edition, but don't want to be stuck with original firmware/software
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I believe you can upgrade from 4.4 to 4.5 but have to flash a unlocked bootloader like one from t-mobile or a international version. From what I gather from the Note 3 thread that's pretty much how they do it.
Well I know the s4 dev edition's problem was that they wouldn't update firmware for it, stuff like the boot (I forget which other things weren't able to get updated since they weren't sending out otas), which left the device with only it's original firmware
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You'll be able to do some stuff. Consider how cm releases updated firmware even though the carrier doesn't make a release. It's tough but possible.
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