Hello,
I just got a new OTA update for my Galaxy S4 and im wondering what is this update all about. IT is called MK2 but im rooted and i dont want to lose my root or tethering. So anyone applied this update already?
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http://support.sprint.com/support/a...msung_Galaxy_S4/WServiceAdvisory_542_GKB51952
GS4 Stock Rooted MJA 4.3,Philz Touch CWM,HotSpot Mod,Transparent Weather Widget,8SMS(Stock Messaging,KitKat)
Holy moly..you didn't search before making this thread.
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I took.the update on stock unrooted about 5 days ago or so. No problems have come up.
BTW questions go in Q&A section.
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Has anyone Rooted the new Stock Firmware 4.3 MJA? I have tried Cf-auto root a few times and it appears to work but SU App is not installed and there are no root rights for apps. This is the Full Stock firmware that was just released a few days ago. i had successfully rooted mja on the ota update but flashed back to stock with this new firmware and cant seem to root it.
prc292 said:
Has anyone Rooted the new Stock Firmware 4.3 MJA? I have tried Cf-auto root a few times and it appears to work but SU App is not installed and there are no root rights for apps. This is the Full Stock firmware that was just released a few days ago. i had successfully rooted mja on the ota update but flashed back to stock with this new firmware and cant seem to root it.
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Have you tried going into the play store and manually installing the SU app after rooting and updating the binaries? Could be a fix, but someone with better knowledge could chime in and correct me if I'm wrong...
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I did. It tells me old su binaries are installed and offers new. But the update fails
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Gonna see if I figure this out? Hopefully someone will get you an answer faster than I can lol...
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I ran into this, super su was missing, but was able to simply install from playstore, then verify with root checker. I had initially thought the root had failed but that was not the case. At least for me.
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I feel dumb. I installed the wrong super user app from play store. I used chains su instead of chainfires. That's all it was. Problem solved
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Glad you were able to solve it...
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prc292 said:
I feel dumb. I installed the wrong super user app from play store. I used chains su instead of chainfires. That's all it was. Problem solved
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And thanks for reporting a solution.
i need unroot and revert to stock recovery and rom and then update to lastest stock everything. anyone help me out with this? where to begin?
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Hint. Odin MJA.
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i have. i have found how to unroot tmo s4. will that work for me? and i havent found anything on gettin back stock recovery though or what order i need to do this all in. was looking to see if anyone could link a few things that might help...
found this. http://www.androidrootz.com/2013/06/how-to-unroot-unbrick-galaxy-s4.html looks like what im looking for. will it reset everything to a completely new phone? even the stock rom?
Here is a link to the TAR file.
http://www.rwilco12.com/downloads.php?dir=Files/Devices/Samsung Galaxy S4 (SPH-L720)/Stock ROMs/MJA
I don't think you have to reset the binary counter in order to take the OTA.
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This tar will make everything stock. And it will wipe your internal memory. So backup anything important.
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daniel4653 said:
Here is a link to the TAR file.
http://www.rwilco12.com/downloads.php?dir=Files/Devices/Samsung Galaxy S4 (SPH-L720)/Stock ROMs/MJA
I don't think you have to reset the binary counter in order to take the OTA.
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This tar will make everything stock. And it will wipe your internal memory. So backup anything important.
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thank you! thats what i was looking for, everything completely stock, ill reset the binary counter for good measure. and then flash the tar with odin and run the OTA updates. appreciate it
Hello everyone,
I unfortunately installed the OTA US Sprint 4.4.2 update over the weekend, not realizing that it would essentially making it impossible for me to use my most frequented app, Backcountry Navigator (GPS mapping software), due to 4.4.2 not allowing apps to write or read data on a secondary external sd card. The reason being is that with this app, you typically download and store map files, which I previously had around 25 GB saved on my external card. Now with 4.4.2. it's requiring me to use the internal storage. So, this makes the phone useless for my needs. Is there anyway I can revert to 4.2.2 or install a custom rom based on 4.2.2 so that I can regain the app permission of Write_External_Storage?
Sure....just flash Stockist v6...it's mk2.....are you rooted?
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No, phone isn't rooted yet. I'm actually quite new to learning about custom roms - I guess it's time to learn! Thanks for the reply.
chris-allen said:
Sure....just flash Stockist v6...it's mk2.....are you rooted?
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hello. I had upgraded to 4.4 via ota nae. I could revert to 4.3 by Stockist mk2 v6. the problem is that now I have 4.3 but the baseband version appears as nae version of the software and also as nae. any ideas? can now flash it with the stock rom mk2?
Custom roms do not come with modems (baseband) you have to flash that separately. Unknownforce has a thread where all the modems are located.
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but I can now revert to stock rom mk2?
ltindi32 said:
but I can now revert to stock rom mk2?
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Are meaning that you want your baseband to be mk2?
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not. what I want is to put it back to factory
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or whatever. lower it to factory mk2
ltindi32 said:
not. what I want is to put it back to factory
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or whatever. lower it to factory mk2
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Well once you took that NAE OTA your phone is now stuck there. You can only root it , install custom recovery, and then flash an mk2 based ROM like I think you already have.
But you cannot get your phone back to how it was prior to that update, stock mk2 with no root no custom recovery... Follow me?
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ok. thank you very much
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if you upgrade to 4.4 stock rom again, there will be a way to activate the hotspot?
ltindi32 said:
ok. thank you very much
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if you upgrade to 4.4 stock rom again, there will be a way to activate the hotspot?
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You'll have to ask someone else or do some searching... I'm usually on my Verizon S4 I'm not 100% with the Sprint one as that's my girls phone.
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ok. thank you very much
I am currently running 4.3 root SPH-L720, when I try to install the OTA update it says it fails but can work and lose root.
I want to know if go with the update it will unroot, and/or wipe phone or brick.
You have to be on a stock recovery even then it might fail if you have custom apps or mods. Best thing is to Odin NAE tar and re root.
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And this way it will not brick or wipe data
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daniel4653 said:
You have to be on a stock recovery even then it might fail if you have custom apps or mods. Best thing is to Odin NAE tar and re root.
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And this way it will not brick or wipe data
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Completely agree with Daniel, he has given excellent advice!
dear all ,
any luck for rooting Samsung s5 Verizon i waiting for this for time , so is there any succeeded method for rooting my phone.
thanks.
Yes all the way up to bok3 now. Boc4 has been rooted for quite sometime now if your ever planning to go to kit kat don't go past bod5
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Look under general working root method for boe1 and bok3
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ahmad83it said:
dear all ,
any luck for rooting Samsung s5 Verizon i waiting for this for time , so is there any succeeded method for rooting my phone.
thanks.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3290370
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sean19661 said:
Yes all the way up to bok3 now. Boc4 has been rooted for quite sometime now if your ever planning to go to kit kat don't go past bod5
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Look under general working root method for boe1 and bok3
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3290370
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If he's on OC4, then he can Odin back to NCG and root from there and flash any VZW S5 TouchWiz ROM that he'd like. Following the OP's instructions of course. I got this S5 on the OC4 version and haven't "officially" updated to newer versions yet. Just update the proper "flashable" firmware as needed for the ROM I'm running
I'm not sure but the new root method that JrKrsue has developed is for one's that are on OE1 and up. Due to those were the one's that were unable to gain root. I could be wrong but if you're on OD5 and below, you can get root by Odin back to NCG. Please feel free to chime in if I'm wrong or mistaken
I have used jrkruse method to root Boc4 also there are two different methods now for rooting as I will never go beyond bod5 on the bootloader so I will always have the choice to go back to 100% kit kat witch includes kit kat bootloader
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