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Hello. I am on a rooted stock Galaxy S4, and I tried to use the OTA update to 4.3. It rebooted, but I am still on 4.2.2. I do have the replacement files to enable tethering. Will that interfere with my update? Is there something else I need to check to install it to get to 4.3? Also, the update is still in the "Cache" folder, but it doesn't show up in my "notifications" any more. Help would be appreciated.
This... Yay~! We finally got the Official MJA Android 4.3 tar file~!! 
Download here:
http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SPH-L720
This will make it possible for you to restore back to a clean 4.3 MJA state. It's for use with the Odin software.
-Optimummind
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Try this.. Thanks to Optimummind
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Is there a way to just use the OTA update? That is what I prefer rather than downloading and installing something that someone has altered.
I can look into it. But whenever I decide to take an OTA ,I usually return to full stock.. Always better to start clean..
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And the link i provided will bring you to pure stock. Nothing is altered.
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BIGSAMDA1ST said:
I can look into it. But whenever I decide to take an OTA ,I usually return to full stock.. Always better to start clean..
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That's what I intended to do. I just wanted to install the OTA for a full, clean install. The phone said it was installing, but when it rebooted, nothing had updated.
danielg5 said:
That's what I intended to do. I just wanted to install the OTA for a full, clean install. The phone said it was installing, but when it rebooted, nothing had updated.
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Yeah because you're rooted...
Joe0113 said:
Yeah because you're rooted...
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So, do you mean to say that an OTA update will not work if the phone is rooted? I read in another thread that others have used the Super User "Survival Mode" to keep root and have successfully used the OTA update. Should I unroot? Then, would I be able to use the OTA? Do the tethering files keep me from being able to use the OTA?
danielg5 said:
So, do you mean to say that an OTA update will not work if the phone is rooted? I read in another thread that others have used the Super User "Survival Mode" to keep root and have successfully used the OTA update. Should I unroot? Then, would I be able to use the OTA? Do the tethering files keep me from being able to use the OTA?
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1. DL and flash stock MF9 recovery AND kernel
1B (optional). Triangle away to make your device "official" and reset your binary counter
2. DL stock MF9 tar
3. Flash it in Odin
4. Accept the MJA OTA; wait for it to DL and install
5. Re-root.
Joe0113 said:
1. DL and flash stock MF9 recovery AND kernel
1B (optional). Triangle away to make your device "official" and reset your binary counter
2. DL stock MF9 tar
3. Flash it in Odin
4. Accept the MJA OTA; wait for it to DL and install
5. Re-root.
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Where do I find the Stock MF9 Recovery and kernel? I have the stock recovery. Never used CM or anything else on this phone. Where do I find the Stock MF9 tar? Are there specific instructions for using ODIN to flash these? sorry for being dense. I appreciate the help.
danielg5 said:
Where do I find the Stock MF9 Recovery and kernel? I have the stock recovery. Never used CM or anything else on this phone. Where do I find the Stock MF9 tar? Are there specific instructions for using ODIN to flash these? sorry for being dense. I appreciate the help.
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Everything can be found in "Sprint GS4 Android Development Section" brotha.
danielg5 said:
Where do I find the Stock MF9 Recovery and kernel? I have the stock recovery. Never used CM or anything else on this phone. Where do I find the Stock MF9 tar? Are there specific instructions for using ODIN to flash these? sorry for being dense. I appreciate the help.
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Perfect example of someone who doesn't search much.
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danielg5 said:
Where do I find the Stock MF9 Recovery and kernel? I have the stock recovery. Never used CM or anything else on this phone. Where do I find the Stock MF9 tar? Are there specific instructions for using ODIN to flash these? sorry for being dense. I appreciate the help.
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You are way over complicating this thing. Download the full MJA tar file from sammobile and install it done. The reason why the OTA failed is because you have a modified system file and it will abort when it hits it during the install. Also, OTAs won't work if you have a custom recovery installed. Download the full tar file and install it with odin. It will bring you back to full stock and you will be updated. You will have to re root the phone if you want to with cf autoroot. And the survival mode thing has only worked for a couple of people so don't count on that working. Lastly, you do not need to do a factory reset when you odin the full tar so your data will still be there.
daniel4653 said:
Perfect example of someone who doesn't search much.
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unnecessary, unhelpful, and rude.
danielg5 said:
unnecessary, unhelpful, and rude.
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One thread has most of your answers on tars. If you couldn't locate the thread of official tars, then I don't know quiet what to say. And that thread plus others explain to you what programs are needed, where to donwload thwm, and a step by step process on how to correctly completed the Odin flashing.
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I have not gotten any update notification yet and hopefully I won't get that notification.
I've been searching around as much as possible but the XDA search function seems to be broken because no matter what I put in the search field it returns no results.
I updated my S4 to the latest OTA and am now on MJA. I rooted it and installed TWRP. Reading all this stuff about MJA and Knox has me worried I might screw something up so I want to make sure before I proceed with flashing roms. Can I flash roms now without worrying? Can I flash 4.4 and not brick my phone? I don't really care about tripping counters or voiding warranties.
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I've been searching around as much as possible but the XDA search function seems to be broken because no matter what I put in the search field it returns no results.
I updated my S4 to the latest OTA and am now on MJA. I rooted it and installed TWRP. Reading all this stuff about MJA and Knox has me worried I might screw something up so I want to make sure before I proceed with flashing roms. Can I flash roms now without worrying? Can I flash 4.4 and not brick my phone? I don't really care about tripping counters or voiding warranties.
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Well first off, I don't think TWRP is playing nice with the MJA update at the moment so I would recommend using Philz Touch CWM recovery, Then just head on over to the rom threads,and check them out to see which one would best suit your needs. I myself am running Stock Rooted but it's just my personal preference..:thumbup:
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BIGSAMDA1ST said:
Well first off, I don't think TWRP is playing nice with the MJA update at the moment so I would recommend using Philz Touch CWM recovery, Then just head on over to the rom threads,and check them out to see which one would best suit your needs. I myself am running Stock Rooted but it's just my personal preference..:thumbup:
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Thankyou, there isn't much concise info on the MJA update and what we can and cannot do with it.
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Thankyou, there isn't much concise info on the MJA update and what we can and cannot do with it.
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You can check this out : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2498397
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So here's what happened. Unrooted my s4 to get the 4.3 update. Don't care about warranty issues so then I rooted again and installed CWM recovery and then wireless teather hack. After restart it just sticks on sprint screen. Being hasty and stupid I did not back up stock firmware before I installed the teather hack. Is there a way to get the stock rom back on this rooted phone. So far all I can find is the stock firmware to keep the former bootloader. Will this tar file work for me as well? Help greatly appreciated.
lakadasicalj said:
So here's what happened. Unrooted my s4 to get the 4.3 update. Don't care about warranty issues so then I rooted again and installed CWM recovery and then wireless teather hack. After restart it just sticks on sprint screen. Being hasty and stupid I did not back up stock firmware before I installed the teather hack. Is there a way to get the stock rom back on this rooted phone. So far all I can find is the stock firmware to keep the former bootloader. Will this tar file work for me as well? Help greatly appreciated.
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If you want to download the stock MJA you can go here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47359331 Then you can re root and then use Philz Touch CWM. You should be good to go..
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Thanks for the fast reply. I'll give it a whirl...
u are a king..
You are king.... I can't thank you enough.... It worked...
lakadasicalj said:
You are king.... I can't thank you enough.... It worked...
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Glad you are back up and running...:thumbup:
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So I decided to take the update to 4.3 and since doing so I went from 3 to 5 bars of 4G to none. I either have 3g or no data at all. I'm not rooted yet and did a factory reset but nothing changed. My question is could I root and flash the last modem before mja or should I just go back to 4.2? Thanks for the info!
vertigosrs said:
So I decided to take the update to 4.3 and since doing so I went from 3 to 5 bars of 4G to none. I either have 3 or no data at all. I'm not rooted yet and did a factory reset but nothing changed. My question is could I root and flash the last modem before mja or should I just go back to 4.2? Thanks for the info!
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There is no going back to anything else once you update to 4.3. Trying to do so will most likely result in a non working phone. Try updating the PRL abs Profile see if that helps any.
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Updating prl and profile had no effect. Would it be possible to root and stay on mja but use the mf9 modem? Thanks for the help btw, I appreciate the info.
I also tried updating to mk2 but that still didn't solve the signal issue. I may just take the phone to sprint and see if they'll do anything about it.
vertigosrs said:
I also tried updating to mk2 but that still didn't solve the signal issue. I may just take the phone to sprint and see if they'll do anything about it.
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Hmmm...Isnt MK2 AT&T? Do you have Sprint or AT&T?
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I'm on sprint. I woke up this morning to the notification for mk2. It was only a 26mb file so I doubt the update was anything too major, I just thought I may as well update to see if it would fix my signal issue but no luck.
vertigosrs said:
I'm on sprint. I woke up this morning to the notification for mk2. It was only a 26mb file so I doubt the update was anything too major, I just thought I may as well update to see if it would fix my signal issue but no luck.
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Ok.. I just saw it.. lol it is an update that is being rolled out as of today..
http://support.sprint.com/support/a...msung_Galaxy_S4/WServiceAdvisory_542_GKB51952
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My last phone was a nexus and I could flash different radios with no problem but I wasn't sure if it's doable for the galaxy as well. If I could stay on mja and use an mf9 modem that should fix my signal issues but I thought I'd check here before attempting so I don't brick my phone lol.
vertigosrs said:
My last phone was a nexus and I could flash different radios with no problem but I wasn't sure if it's doable for the galaxy as well. If I could stay on mja and use an mf9 modem that should fix my signal issues but I thought I'd check here before attempting so I don't brick my phone lol.
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The thing is that with the new update, they incorporated Knox which not only makes it difficult but can brick your bad boy if you try going back to an older build... Once you take the OTA 4.3 you're basically stuck there. The only way was to not take the update as there were ways to update minus the bootloader...
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BIGSAMDA1ST said:
The thing is that with the new update, they incorporated Knox which not only makes it difficult but can brick your bad boy if you try going back to an older build... Once you take the OTA 4.3 you're basically stuck there. The only way was to not take the update as there were ways to update minus the bootloader...
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Well I meant do you think it would be possible to stay on mja, jand ust flash the mf9 modem to fix my signal issue. I wasn't sure if that was possible with our phone or not. I never should have taken the mja update in the first place.
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Well I meant do you think it would be possible to stay on mja, jand ust flash the mf9 modem to fix my signal issue. I wasn't sure if that was possible with our phone or not. I never should have taken the mja update in the first place.
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Like I said once you apply the 4.3 MJA that's what you're stuck for the moment. I dont think you can use anything from any previous builds..
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BIGSAMDA1ST said:
Like I said once you apply the 4.3 MJA that's what you're stuck for the moment. I dont think you can use anything from any previous builds..
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Damn. Well thanks for the info, I appreciate it!
vertigosrs said:
Well I meant do you think it would be possible to stay on mja, jand ust flash the mf9 modem to fix my signal issue. I wasn't sure if that was possible with our phone or not. I never should have taken the mja update in the first place.
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Yes, you can flash the mf9 modem. Are you sure they aren't just working on the tower near you? I would drive to other areas and make sure before you just start flashing things when it turns out to be a tower issue and not a phone issue. Sprint takes towers offline for maintenance all the time.
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So it ended up being the sim card. I went to sprint and left my phone with them for an hour and a half and they figured out the update corrupted my sim card, replaced it and I've got 4g again.
So i updated to MK2 firmware this morning from OTA with my phone running Stock 4.3 MJA. I now realize there's a problem, as it WILL NOT LET ME TURN WI-FI ON. Each time I try, it force switches it off and brings up a KNOX notification saying that the attempt has been blocked. Can anyone tell me if there's a way to get back to the older firmware such as MF9 from MK2 right now? Also, I tried going back to MDC using Odin 3.07 and Odin 1.85, neither worked. Please help.
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So i updated to MK2 firmware this morning from OTA with my phone running Stock 4.3 MJA. I now realize there's a problem, as it WILL NOT LET ME TURN WI-FI ON. Each time I try, it force switches it off and brings up a KNOX notification saying that the attempt has been blocked. Can anyone tell me if there's a way to get back to the older firmware such as MF9 from MK2 right now? Also, I tried going back to MDC using Odin 3.07 and Odin 1.85, neither worked. Please help.
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You can't.. Once your on MJA that's where you are stuck although I believe you can go from MK2 to MJA but that's about it. Otherwise there is no downgrading to any previous firmwares. Please read through the threads... All answers are here if you read...
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You can't.. Once your on MJA that's where you are stuck although I believe you can go from MK2 to MJA but that's about it. Otherwise there is no downgrading to any previous firmwares. Please read through the threads... All answers are her if you read...
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Hmmmm...I'm now on MK2...just hoping there's some way to get back to MJA even. Also, another thing has caught my eye when the phone turned on. Music force closes and sound doesnt work one bit. Is there any way to factory restore the device at the moment with/ without using Odin? Like an MK2 factory reset file?
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Hmmmm...I'm now on MK2...just hoping there's some way to get back to MJA even. Also, another thing has caught my eye when the phone turned on. Music force closes and sound doesnt work one bit. Is there any way to factory restore the device at the moment with/ without using Odin? Like an MK2 factory reset file?
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You can download MJA here : http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/
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You can download MJA here :
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I tried the link, although their servers are down so I'm unable to download anything from that site. Is the file I have to download a large 1.53 GB file? Also, Sound doesnt work and Music force closes when i try to use it. Do you know of a way to hibernate or kill any knox related processes in the system so that it stops turning my Wifi off?
Download from here
http://www.rwilco12.com/downloads.php?dir=Files/Devices/Samsung Galaxy S4 (SPH-L720)/Stock ROMs/MJA
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daniel4653 said:
Download from here
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Thanks daniel, I'll download tomorrow afternoon as it is a big file. I'll let you know on this thread if I'm successful with getting back to MJA. :fingers-crossed:
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So i updated to MK2 firmware this morning from OTA with my phone running Stock 4.3 MJA. I now realize there's a problem, as it WILL NOT LET ME TURN WI-FI ON. Each time I try, it force switches it off and brings up a KNOX notification saying that the attempt has been blocked. Can anyone tell me if there's a way to get back to the older firmware such as MF9 from MK2 right now? Also, I tried going back to MDC using Odin 3.07 and Odin 1.85, neither worked. Please help.
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Negamann WonderROM has a working r26 ROM that he just finished building today with verified MK2 kernel that works with wifi.
BIGSAMDA1ST said:
You can't.. Once your on MJA that's where you are stuck although I believe you can go from MK2 to MJA but that's about it. Otherwise there is no downgrading to any previous firmwares. Please read through the threads... All answers are here if you read...
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If he didn't take the ota he could of went back. Is that correct? Taking the ota locks the bootloader. If he updated with Odin and Philz recovery he could of keep the mf9 bootloader allowing him to down grade
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Waiting for the OP to post back if he was successful in downgrading MK2 to MJA by running the full MJA tar file. I know you can't go back farther than MJA but hoping we can at least downgrade back to MJA if we need to after a failed upgrade or bad ota.
I have downgraded mk2 to mja working fine no Knox flags tripped (still at 0×0). 100% stock everything.
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If he didn't take the ota he could of went back. Is that correct? Taking the ota locks the bootloader. If he updated with Odin and Philz recovery he could of keep the mf9 bootloader allowing him to down grade
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I actually took the OTA from MJA to MK2. thought it would be a better update since it said that before i installed it. Instead, it causes more bugs on my phone, where i cant use Wifi and even play Music, let alone the fact that no sound plays at all on anything and i can't make a call...as the Phone app freezes when i try to make a call.
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I have downgraded mk2 to mja working fine no Knox flags tripped (still at 0×0). 100% stock everything.
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Please tell me what files you used. because at this point, I just wanna watch a simple Youtube video and call my friends! All of my data (contacts, pics, music) is already backed up on my computer. I don't have Root and i tripped the knox flag once so it says 0x1 which pissed me off
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Waiting for the OP to post back if he was successful in downgrading MK2 to MJA by running the full MJA tar file. I know you can't go back farther than MJA but hoping we can at least downgrade back to MJA if we need to after a failed upgrade or bad ota.
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Hey thanks for being great helpers with helping me and my phone troubles...apparently my phone works again! Knox is not blocking my wifi and my sound and Music and Calls and everything is working! I'll post a new thread if any problems arise with this update. But to be honest...stick with MJA guys. Don't go through the same trouble i went through. Too much stress to handle when u can't make a single call or play your fave song or even connect to your beloved Wifi hotspot!
I can confirm that you can downgrade from mk2 to mja as I have done it. They process want difficult at all. Going that OP can get it going and it works out for them.
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TheChaseB said:
I can confirm that you can downgrade from mk2 to mja as I have done it. They process want difficult at all. Going that OP can get it going and it works out for them.
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Ok one question...when u downgraded, where did u find the file? And did the file wipe your data?
http://www.rwilco12.com/downloads.php?dir=Files/Devices/Samsung Galaxy S4 (SPH-L720)/Stock ROMs/MJA
I used this. It did wipe everything from my phone. I just made sure to back up everything I wanted to save on my sd card using super backup. You can find that on the play store.
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I had the same issue with WiFi not working and get the message. (For details: On a Stock rooted S4, Updated the Security policy and then flashed the MK2 modem).
I went to: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42954149 and followed the exact instructions to go back to MJA. It worked. I didn't lose anything. Only a ~26mb download.
Hope this helps.
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Waiting for the OP to post back if he was successful in downgrading MK2 to MJA by running the full MJA tar file. I know you can't go back farther than MJA but hoping we can at least downgrade back to MJA if we need to after a failed upgrade or bad ota.
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I had the exact same problem as the OP with wifi and KNOX notifications upon toggling wifi. This had to do with a bad update which I believe was a result of rooting my phone. Something is weird with recovery after rooting the phone with cf autoroot as it no longer looks like the stock MJA recovery. So when I manually installed the MK2 update using what I believed was the stock recovery, I experienced serious issues such as what the OP described.
In any case, I used ODIN to flash the MJA tar which restored everything back to normal. Then I used the stock recovery to apply the update zip file and everything went without a problem. Then I flashed cf autoroot with ODIN and again, the recovery looks different from the stock MJA and MK2 recovery, but everything works fine. I did not do a data wipe during any step of the process and have seen no ill effects so far.
So the take home message is, if you rooted the phone ODIN stock MJA or MK2 if it becomes available before applying any future updates manually. Or ODIN a stock recovery file for your current ROM if one is available. KNOX has nothing to do with this. I disabled KNOX and still could not turn on wifi.
What if you have mf9 baseband? Can i down grade from mk2 to mf9 and if so how do I do this?
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