Need help with updating - Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot

I have the official Samsung 4.3 update now. Mk2. I did not know it wasn't rootable with cf autoroot a few months ago and my knox counter is at 0x1. Would my phone brick if I updated to 4.4.2?
Thanks
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Simple answer is no it will brick brick. I was on 0x1 mk2 and took the OTA.
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Now my wifi isn't working because my phones security won't allow it?
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No your wifi is not working because you didnt update properly to nae. Just odin back nae and you would be fine.
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Hello is there a way to root on the MF9 build stock? I had to send my phone in for se

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Chevyblood561 said:
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You can use either cf auto root and root the same way as you did with mdl or you can use crawj's mf9 stock rooted tar and odin that to get rooted.
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OK thanks alot for the speedy reply. Didn't know if the cfauto root would work with the mf9 build. I did searh, but couldn't find anything. I did see the options u mentioned though.

Which method is best to upgrade to 4.3 rooted

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I have read a bunch of threads for upgrading to 4.3 with root and not take the ota but all the methods need a bunch of other little parts to flash. is there one method that has the wifi, modem, hotspot, and no knox.
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Not yet
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bootloader

How can I tell which bootloader I have?
By SE LINUX status in about phone what does it say?
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Or by booting into download mode.
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ROMANTiC KiD said:
By SE LINUX status in about phone what does it say?
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It says enforcing sepf_sph-l720_4.3_0010
So you're on MJA or MK2
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Then he probably has knox bootloader.
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I used mudavos method to upgrade to mja without the bootloader. But I ran into problems, so Im trying to check what Ive done. The phone works fine. I went into download mode to check if I tripped the knox counter but I couldn't tell because the letters were too small Im old. This is my wifes phone so Im trying to check this when she is not paying attention. I already lost all of her text messages so shes convinced I broke the phone.
If you dont have the bootloader then only only thing you could do is use odin to either mdc, mdl, or mf9 and start from scratch again. You will lose every data so its the only way to get it properly fixed again.
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4.4 2 update

I was wondering is it possible to downgrade to mk2 again after taking the 4.4.2 update?
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Supersu ota root survival

Has anyone had experience using this when upgrading through ota? Does it work? If so does it trip knox? I'm wanting to upgrade to latest BTU firmware but keep my root from towelroot and my knox at 0x0.
Thanks in advance
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Yes it works.
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