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I haven't got the update yet how come?

I got a AT&T S4 unlocked using it on T-Mobile I tried checking in settings and connecting to kies doesn't show a update
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ATT got the update, your t-mobile, and I think you guys got one also, umm are you rooted?

No my S4 is AT&T but it's Unlocked for T-Mobile
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Anyone else not get the update? I still haven't got it
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Similar situation. So I manually updated. I downloaded the MF3 package from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2358763 and use the stock recovery to update and now it works.
shaqqq said:
Anyone else not get the update? I still haven't got it
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gxlgxl said:
Similar situation. So I manually updated. I downloaded the MF3 package from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2358763 and use the stock recovery to update and now it works.
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Do you think there's another way to update without doing that?
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shaqqq said:
No my S4 is AT&T but it's Unlocked for T-Mobile
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Because your phone is being used on T-Mobile, your update will come from T-Mobile. Pretty sure that is what the axman was saying. I had a tmo phone on att at one point and got my updates from att....
I'm not sure how that works for our device, so you may not get an update at all from Tmo. But yes in general your update would come from tmo.
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shaqqq said:
Anyone else not get the update? I still haven't got it
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I haven't got the update yet
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I called att and Samsung and they said wait a few more weeks and I should get it if not I'll have to send it in and they'll do a software flush but I'm not going through all that I'll just wait
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ian1 said:
I haven't got the update yet
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Let me know when you get it
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I haven't gotten the update either. I'm on an ATT i337 running Tmo SIM. Kies still says I'm current, and I've tried changing my phone's date to August 1st and still no update. If I'm on an ATT phone but using Tmo, will the OTA update work from Settings?
I don't want to root my phone until I get this update.

jonnyjett said:
I don't want to root my phone until I get this update.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2358142
the latest update blocks root. if you want to update to a just recently rooted MF3 version, check out this link.

jonnyjett said:
I haven't gotten the update either. I'm on an ATT i337 running Tmo SIM. Kies still says I'm current, and I've tried changing my phone's date to August 1st and still no update. If I'm on an ATT phone but using Tmo, will the OTA update work from Settings?
I don't want to root my phone until I get this update.
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Yea I tried changing the date also still no update. I don't wanna root I just want the update but without rooting
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xBeerdroiDx said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2358142
the latest update blocks root. if you want to update to a just recently rooted MF3 version, check out this link.
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I appreciate the reference to the other thread, but I really don't want to spend the time jumping through those hoops. I'm hoping for an easy firmware update now, then a root method sometime down the line.

shaqqq said:
Yea I tried changing the date also still no update. I don't wanna root I just want the update but without rooting
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then keep an eye out on http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares for an MF3 tar release. once it drops you can flash via odin without root access

I'm confused. Will I receive the update through Settings->About Device->Software Update, or will I have to update it through Kies?
EDIT: Just noticed that I can't check for an update for another 1269 hours!!!

jonnyjett said:
I'm confused. Will I receive the update through Settings->About Device->Software Update, or will I have to update it through Kies?
EDIT: Just noticed that I can't check for an update for another 1269 hours!!!
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It should work through both. I checked both and i still haven't got it

xBeerdroiDx said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2358142
the latest update blocks root. if you want to update to a just recently rooted MF3 version, check out this link.
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shaqqq said:
It should work through both. I checked both and i still haven't got it
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Thanks.

Wonder why we haven't got it yet
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correct me if i'm wrong here.. i thought i read from that it's best not to do OTA updates if your usage preferences rely on root and/or custom roms and kernels.. i only use odin because from what i understand, that is usually the safest way to fully wipe and restore/upgrade/downgrade mobile devices running android. am i wrong? curious.

Use Odin to install previous firmware?

Since the last GS4 update we lost root capabilities..I was just wondering...can I use Odin and flash the previous firmware and then root?

No you can't and this is the wrong section.

My phone began to update the firmware when ever I would connect to wifi... I couldn't disable the automatic update... so what I did was remove the "att firmware update apk" via titanium backup
no more updates from now on... screw you ATT! haha \m/
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Wrong Section. But you should be able to use Odin to go back to an older firmware.

Zer0_ said:
Wrong Section. But you should be able to use Odin to go back to an older firmware.
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No you can't.
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rushi.1986 said:
No you can't.
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Oh,
Then my bad :S
I swear I use to always odin back to old firmwares on previous phones... maybe I'm just tripping out lol.
NVM then.. ignore my post!

Zer0_ said:
Oh,
Then my bad :S
I swear I use to always odin back to old firmwares on previous phones... maybe I'm just tripping out lol.
NVM then.. ignore my post!
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There is a monotonic hardware fuse that blows when the ota is installed. Once that happens the device won't accept older firmware...
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MF3 Stock

I rooted MF3 and all I have is root, is there anyway I can return back to stick with complete restore? If not, I can just back everything up. I will do it no matter what. My phone is working just fine, just wanted to go back to stock?
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If you mean unroot, then you unfortunately cannot do that at the moment. There is no MF3 factory image to flash back to, as of now at least.
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What do you mean, back to stock? The way it came out of the box? The way it is now unrooted? Not sure what you want to do. And how are you backing it up?

Apps don't matter to me. I can send all my pictures and text messages etc. To the computer. I mean unroot, sorry. But since there isn't any, I will just have to wait it out. Thanks for the information.
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tmac42 said:
Apps don't matter to me. I can send all my pictures and text messages etc. To the computer. I mean unroot, sorry. But since there isn't any, I will just have to wait it out. Thanks for the information.
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It's probable that you can unroot. Do you have super su? You can do an unroot in settings within it.

Yes, I have super su, is that safe? Then I will do it?
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tmac42 said:
Yes, I have super su, is that safe? Then I will do it?
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I've never tried it with mf3 so I can't answer that. It works on other firmware. Why do you want to unroot?

Because, I've always had bad luck with root and everything never works for me when I try it. Once a stable rom comes out, I will try my luck, but not at this moment.
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tmac42 said:
Because, I've always had bad luck with root and everything never works for me when I try it. Once a stable rom comes out, I will try my luck, but not at this moment.
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Good choice. Sorry I can't be of more help

I don't think just rooting is going to cause issues. Keep it and enjoy those benefits for now.
My BackUp Pro is good for backing up most things on phone. Of course you got Titanium BackUp too.
I didn't even want to flash roms on this phone. After years of doing it I was getting tired. But, did it anyway. I like TW, so don't care about aosp etc. All I really gained from flashing was some theming and nandroids. Phone, I thought, was exceptional even unrooted.

There is now stock available which was taken from Samsung Kies. Just download the file and you'll be able to flash it in odin!

Can you provide a screen shot... Last anyone knew there is no MF3 on Kies.
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graydiggy said:
Can you provide a screen shot... Last anyone knew there is no MF3 on Kies.
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Not on sammobile, mdb and mdl only

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There is now stock available which was taken from Samsung Kies. Just download the file and you'll be able to flash it in odin!
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Can you link us? I haven't seen anyway to flash back to mf3
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Andrew149 said:
Can you link us? I haven't seen anyway to flash back to mf3
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Sorry about that, just saw it was for mdb.

rockshot2 said:
Sorry about that, just saw it was for mdb.
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Thats for mdl I just read a couple pages nothing successful for mf3
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rockshot2 said:
Sorry about that, just saw it was for mdb.
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Wow--watch your links--
Your unedited post made it sound like you already ran it--
"Just make sure you're on windows and it'll work beautifully! It was only til recently that mf3 started to show up through Kies. Thank AdamOuler, he's the real genius behind all of this!:

I don't know about complete restore, but some people where successful on unrooting on mf3. I didn't try it. If anybody is interested, here it is:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2396258&page=4

Update: just did the unroot method on mf3,and it fully unroot when I used root checker, it said sorry. So I guess it gone. Still runny fine five minutes after.
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[Q] Easy Root Method

I just grabbed a note 3 and its on the latest software MJE( think thats right)..I tried rooting using the veg las vega thin, and it failed and I had to odin the stock files back to get phone working again. So my question is are there any root methods that are working with the MJE? Thank you in advance for all your help

ieisha said:
I just grabbed a note 3 and its on the latest software MJE( think thats right)..I tried rooting using the veg las vega thin, and it failed and I had to odin the stock files back to get phone working again. So my question is are there any root methods that are working with the MJE? Thank you in advance for all your help
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Google Kingo Root and all your troubles will be gone
ieisha said:
I just grabbed a note 3 and its on the latest software MJE( think thats right)..I tried rooting using the veg las vega thin, and it failed and I had to odin the stock files back to get phone working again. So my question is are there any root methods that are working with the MJE? Thank you in advance for all your help
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Thanks
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2543386

ieisha said:
Sorry for being an a** but I DID search before making a new post and I also looked at that thread and I was having problems THATS WHY I WAS ASKING THE COMMUNITY FOR HELP. That's why its here correct or is it always gott be a smarty pants that's got to say something smart instead of helping . Dang
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Amen you can't post anything anymore without someone calling you a dumba$$
But kingo is the way to go
Make sure tho when you do it to grant superuser rights or it will keep failing My screen didnt light up or I missed it and it took me awhile to notice
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carycooke said:
Amen you can't post anything anymore without someone calling you a dumba$$
But kingo is the way to go
Make sure tho when you do it to grant superuser rights or it will keep failing My screen didnt light up or I missed it and it took me awhile to notice
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Some reason kingo doesn't connect to my device but kies will
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Try saferoot also ive never used but it says it should work
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2565758
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Thanks so much I will try that one
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ieisha said:
Thanks so much I will try that one
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Now I'm not sure if that way will work but I know kingo does
And kingo didn't work until I got the right drivers which I got from kies 3
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carycooke said:
Now I'm not sure if that way will work but I know kingo does
And kingo didn't work until I got the right drivers which I got from kies 3
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Hmmmm I thought I updated them but it still won't work
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ieisha said:
Hmmmm I thought I updated them but it still won't work
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What is your error in kingo ? Or what is it doing
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Just wont connect
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ieisha said:
Just wont connect
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You got usb debugging on ?
Is your computer recognizing your phone ? I would turn on allow unknown apps too
Make sure you have all drivers also I would restart phone while plugged in on computer and see if it installs recovery bootloader drivers also
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carycooke said:
You got usb debugging on ?
Is your computer recognizing your phone ? I would turn on allow unknown apps too
Make sure you have all drivers also I would restart phone while plugged in on computer and see if it installs recovery bootloader drivers also
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I got root .....didn't know I had to cllick on build number several times to get to developer options .....I was going crazy trying to find developer options ! I was supposed to disable knox correct ?

ieisha said:
I got root .....didn't know I had to cllick on build number several times to get to developer options .....I was going crazy trying to find developer options ! I was supposed to disable knox correct ?
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I just used titanium backup and debloated knox and all that crap I didn't want then you are good to go stock is pretty awesome on this phone
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Yes I like stock already...just need root to get all that Verizon and Google stuff I dont use off ..and get wifi tether
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ieisha said:
Yes I like stock already...just need root to get all that Verizon and Google stuff I dont use off ..and get wifi tether
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If you need any further help with safestrap, flashing cust roms, or reverting back to stock for warranty, click the link in my SIG and all the links, threads, and step by steps are there. Glad you got rooted!

How do I perform system update without losing root?

Galaxy S5 Verizon
My device is rooted. I am not using any ROM. How do I perform a safe and easy system update to 4.4.4 without losing my root?

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Galaxy S5 Verizon
My device is rooted. I am not using any ROM. How do I perform a safe and easy system update to 4.4.4 without losing my root?
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Not sure what you are looking to gain from updating. I've been told adding mods as you like to mock update, as oppose to taking the update and losing root because of the patched exploit is the better way to go.

kprice8 said:
Not sure what you are looking to gain from updating. I've been told adding mods as you like to mock update, as oppose to taking the update and losing root because of the patched exploit is the better way to go.
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I just wanted to update just to update.

xazilizax said:
I just wanted to update just to update.
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If you do, wave good bye to root.

kprice8 said:
If you do, wave good bye to root.
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Could you Odin back to ANCG?
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eragon5779 said:
Could you Odin back to ANCG?
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Nope, locked bootloader prevents changing the kernel, so once you upgrade that's it.
To the OP: 4.4.4 for the Verizon S5 isn't even out yet.
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BadKarma81 said:
Nope, locked bootloader prevents changing the kernel, so once you upgrade that's it.
To the OP: 4.4.4 for the Verizon S5 isn't even out yet.
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Okay. Wasn't sure.
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xazilizax said:
I just wanted to update just to update.
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I saw a question just like this about a month ago and one the replies was something like this... " if you people out there want the new stuff just to be running NEW, you shouldn't even be rooted because you don't really understand the value of it. You don't even appreciate it." You should be happy, as it is, with the fact that that there are at least 5 Custom Rom's out there AND all you had to do was sideload an apk. Updates are not necessarily stable OR really add anything...usually just a patch for those that are too eager for "New", so you can't be rooted.
Why do you think there are OTA blockers on these Rom's? For a reason. It's just too easy now. You didn't even have to plug your phone into your PC and execute a console exe like for the S2. Some of us actually had to wait patiently for like a month just hoping for a developer to find an exploit! :SMH:
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