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Custom System Status with no Root?

How is it possible to have a custom system status if I did not root my phone? I tried to do a check for a software update, and it says "your device has been modified. Software updates are not available." I have not rooted my phone, so I'm not sure how the system could be "custom". I checked the Knox kernel and warranty void, both are 0x0. Any ideas?
UPDATE: I unmounted and removed my sd card, restarted the phone and it's fine. This is the same sd card that I used in my rooted Note2. I wonder if there's something left over that's making the Note 3 think it's rooted....

ggblake said:
How is it possible to have a custom system status if I did not root my phone? I tried to do a check for a software update, and it says "your device has been modified. Software updates are not available." I have not rooted my phone, so I'm not sure how the system could be "custom". I checked the Knox kernel and warranty void, both are 0x0. Any ideas?
UPDATE: I unmounted and removed my sd card, restarted the phone and it's fine. This is the same sd card that I used in my rooted Note2. I wonder if there's something left over that's making the Note 3 think it's rooted....
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yeah friend, this also happen to me..
edit: but i didnt try to remove the sdkad like u mention...i'll give it a try friend..thx!

micmaccc said:
yeah friend, this also happen to me..
edit: but i didnt try to remove the sdkad like u mention...i'll give it a try friend..thx!
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It works until you reinsert the sd card and reboot. I'm not sure what on the sd card is making it think it's rooted. I think I will try wiping my sd card. Will report back.
UPDATE: Ok, wiping the sd card works.

its because you have a 64GB SD card...note sure why, but i had this issue since my S4 and still have it today on my note 3. It sucks but it will come back whenever you start putting stuff back on your SD, there is no way around this, i've been working on a thread in the S4 section and have over 300 replies but no one was able to fix this

ggblake said:
It works until you reinsert the sd card and reboot. I'm not sure what on the sd card is making it think it's rooted. I think I will try wiping my sd card. Will report back.
UPDATE: Ok, wiping the sd card works.
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maybe something(app/leftovers) inside is causing this..I will try to find out what
The Beast

You wont be able. I have tried so many times with help from dozens and it seems to be a 64gd specific problem
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polish_pat said:
You wont be able. I have tried so many times with help from dozens and it seems to be a 64gd specific problem
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yes it looks like to be specific to a 64GB card...
but I've done a few tests one year ago on my S3 that also had the same problem...
it was working fine with a newly formatted card.
it was also working fine with a small amount of music file... but as soon as I filled my card (with at 5GB space left), it started to show custom status.
Today I found out that I had the same problem with my Note 3 when trying to detect/install the latest update. Sad to see that Samsung did not fix this problem.
it looks like that that process that scans the SD card at boot is causing some type of false identification...
I'm sure it would be an easy fix for Samsung... but you have to find someone to first understand this problem and work on it.
I've contacted Samsung support in the past and the only thing they told me was to use a 32GB card max.

I found something interesting today...
I synched around 50GB of music files today... And after a reboot, I got the custom device status. My sync folder had a few hundreds of files and subfolders.
I moved all the files in one unique folder and rebooted my device.
Boot was faster... Media scanner finished a lot faster... And device status was back to normal.
It's not a fix... But at least it's a work around that might help someone.
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You're lucky because my music folder was always one folder on the SD and i always got custom status
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polish_pat said:
You're lucky because my music folder was always one folder on the SD and i always got custom status
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How many files did you have in this single folder?
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Thousands. About 40gb worth of music. And i cant do anything about it because its isyncr that manages that
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zadigre said:
I found something interesting today...
I synched around 50GB of music files today... And after a reboot, I got the custom device status. My sync folder had a few hundreds of files and subfolders.
I moved all the files in one unique folder and rebooted my device.
Boot was faster... Media scanner finished a lot faster... And device status was back to normal.
It's not a fix... But at least it's a work around that might help someone.
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I'll give a try later thx!
The Beast

I have note 3 and my device status is custom I read the comments and removed the sd card which is only 16GB but the device status is custom
Should I format the sd card or what?

Flash stock rom via Odin .
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[Q] Help - SD card magically cursed?

Hello 2 days ago i recevied OTA update to Android 4.3 official, phone not rooted yet.
All looked fine but when i delete something from my sd card or add (like take a picture or move file from phone).. all works fine i see the pictures in dcim folder i made with camera , the files i delete are gone.. but when i reboot phone the magic is all is back as it was.. the files i deleted are back and the files i created i.e the pictures are gone??
Anyone can help me with this please
Thx in Advance

Also if i take pictures.. umnout sdcard and mount it back.. theyre gone too imideatly

Update. i put the sdcard to pc i can read all files but cant delete any or copy any files on it.. so its all about sd card.. it acts like read-only but it has no button to lock like the old cards.. hmm this is weird??

hugorx said:
Update. i put the sdcard to pc i can read all files but cant delete any or copy any files on it.. so its all about sd card.. it acts like read-only but it has no button to lock like the old cards.. hmm this is weird??
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Sounds like a permissions problem.

dratsablive said:
Sounds like a permissions problem.
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yeah but micro sdxc dont have any lock unlock button.. i read on sandisk forums that if happens to these new xc 64gb cards it says read only , they r broken unrepairable.. its weird tho.. i can read and copy all the data on it..:crying:

External sd card issue

I have an External sd card issue after updating to 4.4, now I know there are alot of people experiencing access issues but mines is different and wanted to know if you guys are having the same crap, so I can access my ext sd no prob but unfortunately I cannot right any data to it anymore, if I try a full reformat of the ext sd card in my phone it will format and after it will rebuild and come back with pics and music etc, if I try to reformat it in the pc it will not, when I take pictures and it goes to the external sd it will be gone or become corrupt when I reboot, anyone having the same issues???
its less then a year old sandisk 64gb class 10 it would be weird but its also a coincidence it happened only after I updated to 4.4....

Its not weird at all. If you google about that you will find a fix. But first you have to be rooted.
You are going to add media_rw to your platform.xml.
Just google a bit. And you'll find the answer.
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do u think is there any other alternative solution to release the right on sd card insterad of root my note3?
That is really a big issue...cant use ftp app now...
gidzdlcrz said:
Its not weird at all. If you google about that you will find a fix. But first you have to be rooted.
You are going to add media_rw to your platform.xml.
Just google a bit. And you'll find the answer.
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Yes. You have to wait for your app to be updated by the dev. I have several apps that is already kitkat compatible. They can write or delete in my ExtSdCard. Anyway. The best way is to root your device. Thats all.

I think it sounds more like what happened to my SD card. It became Read Only and I had to send it back for a replacement. Nothing to do with KitKat.
Check out this thread and I hope it helps (solved) 64gb sd card stuck on read only

This is not the KitKat issue, the Stock Camera was one of the first apps to be updated...
Does this also happen with a different SD?

gidzdlcrz said:
Its not weird at all. If you google about that you will find a fix. But first you have to be rooted.
You are going to add media_rw to your platform.xml.
Just google a bit. And you'll find the answer.
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maybe i should have posted all the steps i tried but like i said my prob is different i already made sure my sd had rw in the xml file etc am thinking its more so the card

Lembo said:
I think it sounds more like what happened to my SD card. It became Read Only and I had to send it back for a replacement. Nothing to do with KitKat.
Check out this thread and I hope it helps (solved) 64gb sd card stuck on read only
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that my exact same prob bro, i tried the long formats quicks formats different programs and nada, cant delete cant add lol geez im stuck with a 64 gb card that dont work, i think something strange happen when i updated to 4.4 but thats just me....

mafioso345 said:
that my exact same prob bro, i tried the long formats quicks formats different programs and nada, cant delete cant add lol geez im stuck with a 64 gb card that dont work, i think something strange happen when i updated to 4.4 but thats just me....
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Woops, free like... enjoy?
I had a dodgy microsd not to long ago. It was really screwed, couldn't be read or write to. After formatting a zillion times on all my different devices, I tried a recovery program I had got when I accidentally wiped my 1tb hdd. To my surprise after recovering all the media on the card; I cant remember if there was an option to restore partiton table, but it worked like normal again.
Anyway here's the name of the program:
MiniTool Power Data Recovery
http://www.powerdatarecovery.com/
-looking at it now.
Once you've formatted your sd-card try recovering the media on it (free version only does 1gb). Then try testing again see if its fixed.
If it doesn't do anything there is a couple of other options.
- Damaged partion recovery and lost partion recovery. I'd give these a try and do a quick format after doing so.
Hopefully this program helps, it brought a dead card right back to life for me.
Not affiliated with this program in any way.
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denski101 said:
Woops, free like... enjoy?
I had a dodgy microsd not to long ago. It was really screwed, couldn't be read or write to. After formatting a zillion times on all my different devices, I tried a recovery program I had got when I accidentally wiped my 1tb hdd. To my surprise after recovering all the media on the card; I cant remember if there was an option to restore partiton table, but it worked like normal again.
Anyway here's the name of the program:
MiniTool Power Data Recovery
http://www.powerdatarecovery.com/
-looking at it now.
Once you've formatted your sd-card try recovering the media on it (free version only does 1gb). Then try testing again see if its fixed.
If it doesn't do anything there is a couple of other options.
- Damaged partion recovery and lost partion recovery. I'd give these a try and do a quick format after doing so.
Hopefully this program helps, it brang a dead card right back to life for me.
Not affiliated with this program in any way.
✌
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Thanks bro imma try it

denski101 said:
Woops, free like... enjoy?
I had a dodgy microsd not to long ago. It was really screwed, couldn't be read or write to. After formatting a zillion times on all my different devices, I tried a recovery program I had got when I accidentally wiped my 1tb hdd. To my surprise after recovering all the media on the card; I cant remember if there was an option to restore partiton table, but it worked like normal again.
Anyway here's the name of the program:
MiniTool Power Data Recovery
http://www.powerdatarecovery.com/
-looking at it now.
Once you've formatted your sd-card try recovering the media on it (free version only does 1gb). Then try testing again see if its fixed.
If it doesn't do anything there is a couple of other options.
- Damaged partion recovery and lost partion recovery. I'd give these a try and do a quick format after doing so.
Hopefully this program helps, it brought a dead card right back to life for me.
Not affiliated with this program in any way.
✌
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Tried it bro but still nothing thanks though

Hi,
For me it's not acceptable to have a device with ext SD support but able to use it!
I spend nearly one hour to copy to another card, reformat, check files, virus, Fat32 but nothing helps!
connected thru OTG, it's possible to write file but impractical, I hope next update or utility would be avaible.
If I understand, it's related to the Knox security?
I didn't tested Knox, it's not free am I right?

URGENT!! Recover deleted photos. I am rooted

Hello guys I m in very difficult situation right now I deleted some very important photos. How do I recover them?
And I noticed that android 4.4 don't Have mass storage mode. WTF!
Please help me guys Please!!

You can wave goodbye to them.
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Prince Chandela said:
Hello guys I m in very difficult situation right now I deleted some very important photos. How do I recover them?
And I noticed that android 4.4 don't Have mass storage mode. WTF!
Please help me guys Please!!
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Try this from Google Play
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.defianttech.diskdigger
If that doesn't work try searching for UNDELETE on Google Play. Or come up with your own creative search keywords. You'll see a whole heap of recovery apps like thsi. These have varying effectiveness. 5 might not work, but the 6th one might work like a charm.
I've used apps like this before and they worked like 90% of the time for me. Meaning like 9 out of 10 photos would be found and be recoverable, but the 10th one had already been overwritten by other data. Nothing you can do about that situation.
In the mean time, don't take anymore pictures or download big files. Those could overwrite the spot on the sd card where the photos are located.
Im assuming these are photos of a beuatiful woman....so you can thank me if this works by sending me the photos. :laugh:

Wohoo! how come u know that?
Skipjacks said:
Try this from Google Play
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.defianttech.diskdigger
If that doesn't work try searching for UNDELETE on Google Play. Or come up with your own creative search keywords. You'll see a whole heap of recovery apps like thsi. These have varying effectiveness. 5 might not work, but the 6th one might work like a charm.
I've used apps like this before and they worked like 90% of the time for me. Meaning like 9 out of 10 photos would be found and be recoverable, but the 10th one had already been overwritten by other data. Nothing you can do about that situation.
In the mean time, don't take anymore pictures or download big files. Those could overwrite the spot on the sd card where the photos are located.
Im assuming these are photos of a beuatiful woman....so you can thank me if this works by sending me the photos. :laugh:
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Yup u assumed right! those were the pics of beautiful n sexy women's
I will definitely try those apps.

No Luck!

Prince Chandela said:
No Luck!
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Try this
http://www.piriform.com/recuva
I have used it before on my micro sd card but I am not sure if it works on the internal sd

jetbruceli said:
Try this
http://www.piriform.com/recuva
I have used it before on my micro sd card but I am not sure if it works on the internal sd
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Thanks bro but kk sucks the internal sd card is not mounted on pc. It.uses mtp protocol to connect to pc.

Prince Chandela said:
Thanks bro but kk sucks the internal sd card is not mounted on pc. It.uses mtp protocol to connect to pc.
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How about if you root it, put a custom recovery on it, flash a jelly bean rom, then mount the internal sd on the pc and recover the delted files that way.
Just be sure not to wipe the internal SD in recovery. Just wipe the data.
Sent from your phone. You should be more careful where you leave that thing.

SD car not recognized on my Verizon Galaxy Note 3????

I've got a Samsung 64 GB sd card that I've formatted and put in my Note 3, the problem is that its not recognizing it, any help would be appreciated. The problem I'm having is when I insert the card in my phone and go under Storage all the way at the bottom the Mount SD Card is greyed out so I cannot do anything with it
Thanks

Is it being detected in your pc ?
Which file system did you use when you format your card ?
Try a different file system.
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yes it is being recognized by my pc, its a 64 GB card so its formatted to exfat, still not doing anything, ive tried several ways and just not having any luck.
any other ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for the reply

Check if you can mount it from recovery. If you can format it there and see.
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code10breaker said:
Check if you can mount it from recovery. If you can format it there and see.
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I am at work so getting into recovery on a stock phone for me is impossible, when I get home I will try that, my phone is stock so not much i can do with it here.
Thanks

Stock touchwiz have issue with exfat ... At least that's what I remember reading somewhere... (havent used tw for quiet a while now ) Try fat32 (I know 4 gig limit is a pain ... But just to clear things up ... ) and see of it reads before flashing a recovery.
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I will try that once I get home today and again thanks for all the replys.

Happy to help ... Keep me posted.
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I just noticed this in your post above, you say 4GB limit, what did you mean by that?

In a Fat32 file system ... A single file can't exceed 4gb ... In case you want to transfer a 8gig rar file to your mem card ... You can't do it with fat32.
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unfortunately no go so far, got home and reformatted several size SD cards but its not reading any of them. I had a few 8GB, a few 16GB and also the 64GB card I am trying to use but just no luck.

Taking it to a phone shop today to see if they clean the contacts on the phone itself and if that doesn't help I will return the phone.