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SGH-I337 AT&T 4.2.2 MF3 Rooted (Motochopper) - best route to AT&T 4.3?

Hi all,
My Google-fu is failing me and I'm not certain of the best route to take a Galaxy S4 SGH-I337 AT&T 4.2.2 MF3 (Rooted with Motochopper) up to the new AT&T 4.3 firmware.
Can anyone point me in the direction of a guide for doing this? Everything I'm reading seems like I'll have to sacrifice my root, flash to stock with Odin, and then wait for AT&T to re-release the OTA update to 4.3. Am I off base?

Motochopper cannot root MF3. We're you able to hold root when you upgraded and are hoping to keep root again?
At the moment yes you will have to sacrifice root. I did. Root keeper does not support android 4.3 and keeping with SuperSU does not work either.
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CAG-man said:
Motochopper cannot root MF3. We're you able to hold root when you upgraded and are hoping to keep root again?
At the moment yes you will have to sacrifice root. I did. Root keeper does not support android 4.3 and keeping with SuperSU does not work either.
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My phone is still rooted at this moment, though I'm on 4.2.2. I haven't upgraded anything yet. I was hoping there was a custom rom or something I could flash to get to 4.3 and retain root.

I'm just gonna wait until a stock 4.3 rom comes out that supports safestrap so I can keep root
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mrpeters said:
My phone is still rooted at this moment, though I'm on 4.2.2. I haven't upgraded anything yet. I was hoping there was a custom rom or something I could flash to get to 4.3 and retain root.
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Since you are rooted with a custom recovery you CAN flash 4.3 now without losing root. Just use ShoStock-i MJ9 4.3http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2468860
Or VisionX MJ9 4.3 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2391142
Or Deadly Venom MJ9 4.3 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2503692
and POSSIBLY a couple other 4.3 Touchwiz firmwares that are found in the Android Development Section
These are all from he International MJ9 firmwares but to me are better than the ATT firmwares for 4.3. The ATT 4.3 removed the Data Toggle completely from the pulldown menu and now you have to go into settings each time to turn it on or off. Plus other changes that are solely LACKING compared to the international firmwares. I have tried two of the above and they are both great and the third from what I have read works great as well. They are all great devs. Try them out and I suggest using the Jeboo 3.0 kernel for best results.
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I concur with RockRatt. Shostock-I is smooth. It is bundled with jeboos 3.0 kernel. Love it. Biased, though. I've been using Sho's roms since my/his s2 days..
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If "mrpeters" is MF3 he can't and shouldn't try flashing a 4.3 rom cause our MF3 Safestrap don't support it at the moment.
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mrpeters said:
Hi all,
My Google-fu is failing me and I'm not certain of the best route to take a Galaxy S4 SGH-I337 AT&T 4.2.2 MF3 (Rooted with Motochopper) up to the new AT&T 4.3 firmware.
Can anyone point me in the direction of a guide for doing this? Everything I'm reading seems like I'll have to sacrifice my root, flash to stock with Odin, and then wait for AT&T to re-release the OTA update to 4.3. Am I off base?
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mrpeters said:
My phone is still rooted at this moment, though I'm on 4.2.2. I haven't upgraded anything yet. I was hoping there was a custom rom or something I could flash to get to 4.3 and retain root.
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jball said:
If "mrpeters" is MF3 he can't and shouldn't try flashing a 4.3 rom cause our MF3 Safestrap don't support it at the moment.
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I only gave the advice above because he said he is ROOTED WITH MOTOCHOPPER ON MF3. As we know MF3 cannot be rooted with motochopper. So I was guessing that he rooted while on MDL or MDB with motochopper and used a ROM to upgrade to MF3.
So unless he is/was mistaken with those comments and he meant to say rooted on MF3 with safestrap then I would of told him to look at the safestrap threads.
Hopefully he clears things up with that as I WON'T want to give him Bad Advice.
Sent From My Spiderman,Ironman,Red,Dark Blue,Green, GreyedOut BadAss Themed I337

I didn't quote anybody for a reason.just stating facts based on my reading the OP post.its all good
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Yea there's a difference between having a phone shipped with MF3 and having upgraded to MF3
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My phone stock was MDL and I took the OTA to MF3.
MF3 is MF3
Every time I read a thread anyone starts I also read the profiles of all the people in the threads posted.no clear mention of his base in his profile
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My phone was not MF3 stock. It got upgraded sometime after I rooted. To be completely honest, I'm not sure how. Kies maybe?
All I know is I still have root If I have to wait where I'm at, no big deal!

mrpeters said:
My phone was not MF3 stock. It got upgraded sometime after I rooted. To be completely honest, I'm not sure how. Kies maybe?
All I know is I still have root If I have to wait where I'm at, no big deal!
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well my touch screen has stopped working, so now this phone gets to go back to AT&T for repairs.
whats the best way to remove root and factory default it?

sorry to bump an old thread, but I wanted to see if anything had changed so I could upgrade from my rooted 4.2.2 I337UCUAMF3 to one of the newer OS versions that are out. This phone was a warranty replacement, but I had no trouble rooting it with Motochopper when I got it so I don't think it came stock with MF3, but its been 6 months so I can't say for certain.

mrpeters said:
sorry to bump an old thread, but I wanted to see if anything had changed so I could upgrade from my rooted 4.2.2 I337UCUAMF3 to one of the newer OS versions that are out. This phone was a warranty replacement, but I had no trouble rooting it with Motochopper when I got it so I don't think it came stock with MF3, but its been 6 months so I can't say for certain.
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You could flash the md3 tar and return it to stock. Then let out update itself. You'll lose root and you'll want to read some of the threads on the general section dealing with mk2 and nb1 before you do so so you know what you're getting in to
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jd1639 said:
You could flash the md3 tar and return it to stock. Then let out update itself. You'll lose root and you'll want to read some of the threads on the general section dealing with mk2 and nb1 before you do so so you know what you're getting in to
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10-4. I don't want to lose root, so that's key. I should have clarified that. I use too many apps (LightFlow, NoBloat, Titanium, etc.) that I wouldn't want to give up.

mrpeters said:
10-4. I don't want to lose root, so that's key. I should have clarified that. I use too many apps (LightFlow, NoBloat, Titanium, etc.) that I wouldn't want to give up.
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You could flash 4.3 MK2 with odin then root with saferoot.
The 4.3 tar can be found here http://d-h.st/wH3 The pit here http://d-h.st/5gz
Saferoot can be found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2565758

jball said:
My phone stock was MDL and I took the OTA to MF3.
MF3 is MF3
Every time I read a thread anyone starts I also read the profiles of all the people in the threads posted.no clear mention of his base in his profile
My MDL updated itself when I went back to stock and forgot to disable OTA. Now that I'm locked into TW, is there a reason NOT to update to MK2? I know that it will install KNOX but with saferoot and safestrap, I'll have the same functionality of my rooted MF3?
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I am at the same place in my phone. Were you ever able to update to 4.3 I need to do the same to have access to certain options and apps

4.2.2 mf3 recovery??

Hey guys,
I have been doing alot of research but cannot seem to come up with anything. I have a i-337. 4.2.2 mf3 firmware. I have seen the safestrap recovery but did not want to use safestrap. Is there any other custom recovery that I can use to flash a custom rom? Thanks for the help.

atripp13 said:
Hey guys,
I have been doing alot of research but cannot seem to come up with anything. I have a i-337. 4.2.2 mf3 firmware. I have seen the safestrap recovery but did not want to use safestrap. Is there any other custom recovery that I can use to flash a custom rom? Thanks for the help.
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As of now no, only way is with Safestrap and can only be Touchwiz roms 4.2.2
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4.2.2 TW and 4.2.2 GPE ROMs on SS
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Thats what I figured. Everything I read is from september, so I was just trying to get the latest word. Is 4.3 out for us I-337 users? And if so, Can someone point me in the direction of the tar file to install using ODIN, if that's possible yet? Thanks a bunch.

atripp13 said:
Thats what I figured. Everything I read is from september, so I was just trying to get the latest word. Is 4.3 out for us I-337 users? And if so, Can someone point me in the direction of the tar file to install using ODIN, if that's possible yet? Thanks a bunch.
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No Odin tar for 4.3 yet, but search through the 4.3 thread in the General forum and you'll find links and instructions buried in there on sideloading 4.3 via ADB, (if you don't simply want to wait for the OTA). Note that you must have a pretty clean stock phone to get it to work. If you want root, I would suggest rooting MF3 first, then enabling survival mode in SuperSU Pro, as that's the safest way to get root on 4.3. One more thing: no custom ROMs, recovery, anything is available on 4.3, just root.

How to completely unroot?

I have a SGH-I337 on 4.3, which has been rooted. However, I need to send my phone in for service to Samsung, how do I completely unroot?
I read about Odin, but I cant seem to find the 4.3 firmware for AT&Ts version of the S4... Can someone please guide me through the entire process

The second post of this thread to root the 4.3 MK2 version is a method to completely unroot. I have used it multiple times. Even restores the Galaxy S4 boot logo from custom.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=48392024
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I just finished reading that, please close thread

[Q] How to Update from MF3 to Kitkat

How to update from stock AT&T 4.2.2 (i337 MF3) to kitkat?
Do I need CWM or can I use safestrap?
I prefer to flash directly from my cellphone since I can't use Odin because I have a Mac.
Thanks in advance! :good:

You'll need to flash tar files so will need Odin.
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jd1639 said:
You'll need to flash tar files so will need Odin.
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That is not correct. I did some reading and I found the information I was looking for.
I was able to update my stock AT&T i337 4.2.2 (MF3) to stock AT&T i337 4.4.2 (NB1) without using Odin.
This is a very easy and simple procedure that doesn't require root nor custom recovery. In fact, it will only work if you have stock AT&T (no root, no custom recovery).
First, update to MK2 using these steps:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2573080
Then, update from MK2 to NB1 using these steps:
http://www.theandroidsoul.com/att-galaxy-s4-sgh-i337-android-4-4-2-kitkat-ota-update-i337ucufnb1/
Great solution to those who missed the AT&T OTA. No root needed, no unlock, no custom recovery, just the stock recovery. Beautiful!!!

Good job, I'd forgotten about the update.zip
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jd1639 said:
Good job, I'd forgotten about the update.zip
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Thanks. It took me about 4 hours of researching and reading to find that.
There are too many solutions and ways to do things which just make it more difficult for us to do a simple task.

Any root for s4 on kitkat 4.4 (without tripping knox)

so i haven't been on the scene for a few months i check back every once in awhile but i have still seem to have found nothing yet so i figure id ask maybe i missed something anyways
just wondering is there any way to root galaxy s4 (bell i337) on kitkat 4.4.2 without tripping knox yet?
(not interested in doing custom roms as i know that trips knox just looking to root my device)

duboisbrian said:
so i haven't been on the scene for a few months i check back every once in awhile but i have still seem to have found nothing yet so i figure id ask maybe i missed something anyways
just wondering is there any way to root galaxy s4 (bell i337) on kitkat 4.4.2 without tripping knox yet?
(not interested in doing custom roms as i know that trips knox just looking to root my device)
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I thought Bell had i337m. If you are on i337, the downgrade, root, and Safestrap doesn't trip Knox since Safestrap doesn't go in the recovery partition. That includes if you flash stock ROM with root or any custom ROM compatible, since Safestrap doesn't flash kernels.
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DeadlySin9 said:
I thought Bell had i337m. If you are on i337, the downgrade, root, and Safestrap doesn't trip Knox since Safestrap doesn't go in the recovery partition. That includes if you flash stock ROM with root or any custom ROM compatible, since Safestrap doesn't flash kernels.
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got a link? I can't find it again. Freaking bloated Xda, they used to post things like [root] as a sticky.

duggerdude said:
got a link? I can't find it again. Freaking bloated Xda, they used to post things like [root] as a sticky.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2663545
This will put you on MK2 with root from NB1/NC1, then you can just flash the stock ROM in this thread (it has nothing changed but added root and an optional tethering addon) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2730144

DeadlySin9 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2663545
This will put you on MK2 with root from NB1/NC1, then you can just flash the stock ROM in this thread (it has nothing changed but added root and an optional tethering addon) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2730144
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ok a few more questions.
on link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2692825
the steps are:
1. Place the I337UCUFNB1_100%_Stock_Rooted_ROM in the root of your ext sdcard.
*2. Download the I337_NB1toMK2_Downgrade file(MD5:FAC95B4CC7743FAE34BC42EBFBAF751A), extract the .tar and flash in PDA slot in Odin(AP in Odin v3.09+) to obtain semi-functioning(no-wifi) MK2.
3. Use your favorite root method to root MK2, e.g. Saferoot, Kingo Root App, then install the latest Safestrap v3.72(NB1)apk (Download and learn more about Safestrap from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2448925).
4. Boot into Safestrap recovery, perform an advanced wipe, and wipe everything except ext sdcard.
5. Flash the ROM zip in the "Stock Slot."
6. Press "Home," then reboot into Download Mode and flash the I337_NB1_Stock_Kernel(MD5:A9B3BCD7CA16CB77652516E6117A5B81) in PDA slot in Odin(AP in Odin v3.09+).
so first question is how does one place something in the root of your ext sd card
secondly i honestly forgot how to use odin, dont i need to put my phone in download mode to flash? what is the sequence to put the phone in download mode if so? Does USB debugging need to be on?
also there is a note on this thread - once you have completed steps 1 - 4 below consider flashing the NC1_100%_Stock_Rooted_ROM from Post#3 in the following thread instead of NB1 to obtain the latest firmware: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2730144.
i know you might or might not have written any of these threads but you do have a clearer understanding than i do, that being said in regards to the note above would you say follow all the steps but use the NC1 ROM instead of the NB1 ROM? or Use the NB1 Rom do all of it then jump to the link you provided?

DeadlySin9 said:
I thought Bell had i337m. If you are on i337, the downgrade, root, and Safestrap doesn't trip Knox since Safestrap doesn't go in the recovery partition. That includes if you flash stock ROM with root or any custom ROM compatible, since Safestrap doesn't flash kernels.
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okay sorry i ment 1337m then will safestrap work
also im rooted with kingo on 4.3 (will i need to erase kingo root or can i just safestrap over it ?)

duboisbrian said:
okay sorry i ment 1337m then will safestrap work
also im rooted with kingo on 4.3 (will i need to erase kingo root or can i just safestrap over it ?)
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If you have an i337m you don't need or want safestrap. Just put a recovery on and start flashing roms. Here's a little help http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41010145
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