i have a s4 SGH-I337M and i was wondering if kies is still safe to use when upgrading stock firmware? i have already rooted and installed TWRP and i am currently running stock koodo 4.3. also will kies unroot my phone if i use it to upgrade the traditional way?
Well. I went for a leap of faith. After backing up my phone with TWRP I decided to use Kies to update my phone with no issues. Now I'm at 4.4.2 with out root. Dose anyone know how to root and install TWRP on the baseband I337MVLUEMK6? Or to downgrade to 4.3?
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Homage said:
Well. I went for a leap of faith. After backing up my phone with TWRP I decided to use Kies to update my phone with no issues. Now I'm at 4.4.2 with out root. Dose anyone know how to root and install TWRP on the baseband I337MVLUEMK6? Or to downgrade to 4.3?
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Did you try to root with Kingo root and install TWRP as usual ? I don't know much about Canadian version of S4 but I think you can downgrade using odin.
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I had an s4 with ota 4.3 mk2 installed and Knox already tripped. I rooted it using cfauto root, flashed cwm and flashed virgin ROM 3.1. The phone works awesome but I no longer have root for some reason. When I click on superSu it tells me that the binary is not installed.
Do you have an att phone or Canadian, because att 1337 cannot have cwm at 4.3.
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Hello, I want to know if I can upgrade my Rooted 4.3 to 4.4.2 OTA .. keeping my device Rooted ?
Thank you ,
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hello,
I guess Root will be removed if OTA 4.4.2 is installed
Mr_PoPoP said:
hello,
I guess Root will be removed if OTA 4.4.2 is installed
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Correct.
Ahmed.Soubih said:
Hello, I want to know if I can upgrade my Rooted 4.3 to 4.4.2 OTA .. keeping my device Rooted ?
Thank you ,
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You cannot update a rooted device via OTA - it'll download, but it won't install. You have to unroot to install it, and I don't even think it works. - Better flashing it via Odin, then re-rooting.
Will CF Auto Root work with 4.4.2 I just updated to on my AT&T S4??? Any method to get it Back Rooted Yet?
tailgunner9 said:
Will CF Auto Root work with 4.4.2 I just updated to on my AT&T S4??? Any method to get it Back Rooted Yet?
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There are people working on it. But no, there is not root on 4.4.2 yet.
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It's been less than 24 hours... have a little patience.
Try it out and let us know. When I get to my computer later I will be experimenting with some methods.
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I'll be watching here LOL
I just got the update... silly me forgot to freeze up the OTA stuff in MK2
I am rooted (S4 4.4.2) using Geohot's root app...
http://geohot.com/activeroot/
montecristo1 said:
I am rooted (S4 4.4.2) using Geohot's root app...
http://geohot.com/activeroot/
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Second for Geohot root method. I am currently popping my S4's ROM cherry and flashing SHOShock! worked great and Safestrap still works flawlessly :good:
Trying to Root AT&T Galaxy S4 i337 4.4.2 methods fail, why?
I am trying to root my AT&T Galaxy S4 i337UCUFNB1 android 4.4.2 kitkat. I have tried the towelroot method by Geohot and it fails because the phone reboots and I've also tried the "motochopper" method :"http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=40747604":4382 , which looked like it was going to work and then I get this error in the image provided. I don't know what I am doing wrong I followed the steps of both methods, if someone can help me figure this out I would be VERY grateful!
xobabydee26ox said:
I am trying to root my AT&T Galaxy S4 i337UCUFNB1 android 4.4.2 kitkat. I have tried the towelroot method by Geohot and it fails because the phone reboots and I've also tried the "motochopper" method :"http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=40747604":4382 , which looked like it was going to work and then I get this error in the image provided. I don't know what I am doing wrong I followed the steps of both methods, if someone can help me figure this out I would be VERY grateful!
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You need to do the update to nc1, then use towel root
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49562527
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jd1639 said:
You need to do the update to nc1, then use towel root
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49562527
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THANK YOU X100 !!!!! :good: :good: :good:
So I rooted my galaxy s4 AT&T and I rooted it while on mf3. Is there a way for me to upgrade without breaking my phone? I don't care about keeping root. Just need to update! Thanks!
Post 2 has everything you need to root your devce and install a new Rom.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2314494
If you want to just update and not care about rerooting ever again, you can download the stock rom and install it via odin. It will unroot your phone in the process.
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jtchinoy said:
Post 2 has everything you need to root your devce and install a new Rom.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2314494
If you want to just update and not care about rerooting ever again, you can download the stock rom and install it via odin. It will unroot your phone in the process.
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So can I use JODIN to flash straight to 4.2.2?
Sorry about all the questions...
dantheman1024 said:
So can I use JODIN to flash straight to 4.2.2?
Sorry about all the questions...
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Right. Just remember that you lose any advantages for rooting that MF3 has over MK2.
I'm on 4.2.2 mf3 with root and safestrap installed. Just wondering if there was anyway I could update my phone to 4.3+ maybe by flashing a custom ROM? I don't have access to a computer so I can't flash Odin files to update. Am I forever stuck with 4.2 until I can get access to a computer?
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ajinator said:
I'm on 4.2.2 mf3 with root and safestrap installed. Just wondering if there was anyway I could update my phone to 4.3+ maybe by flashing a custom ROM? I don't have access to a computer so I can't flash Odin files to update. Am I forever stuck with 4.2 until I can get access to a computer?
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You can always go with the stock touch wiz Golden Eye custom Rom to get you to 4.4.x. It works with safe strap.
Since you are rooted, you can probably use Mobile ODIN to flash ODIN files without a PC, if it will work with safestrap, I am not sure or not.
You might want to check the General Forum too, there might be an update .zip file you can use with safe strap to get you to 4.4.x
Wouldn't I have to update my MF3 baseband? And would I have to flash it over my stock ROM slot? AFAIK mobile Odin doesn't work with the att variant of the s4. So I can flash any ROM compatible with safestrap regardless of whether its 4.2 or 4.4?
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