[Q] SE for Android Security is turned off... what the heck? - Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

My daughter's S4 is having an issue. It is rooted on a factory 4.3 ROM with baseband version MK2. The prompt asks her to restart the phone to fix it, but restarts seem to do nothing. Any ideas on how to make this warning go away?
EDIT: I just noticed that I posted this in the wrong S4 forum. Her phone is a Verizon model, but if you can help I will certainly take the assist!

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Tmobile update on rooted phone not working

I rooted my phone some time ago and now tmobile udated the firmware. I thought it would just unroot my phone but the phone isn't going any further then the first screen that is just black and says "vibrant samsung."
When i connect it to my computer, kies comes up though its not in kies mode and so doesn't connect. What do i do in order to make it move forward? Do i revert it or is there some solution or what?
this is nothing new, the update is causing issues with some phones here is a link that should help you out http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803492
Thank youuuuu

[Q] Help! Rooted Samsung GT-9505 stuck on samsung logo

Hi!
I just rooted my Samsung GT-I9505 a few weeks ago with Odin v3.07 and CF-Auto-Root-jflte-jfltexx-gti9505.tar.md5.
Note that I didn't install any custom ROM.
It worked fine until now.
When I turned my phone off, it got stuck in reboot. The screen is black with a "Android OS is upgrading.. Opening all applications."
It's been 30mins and it just stayed there so I decided to take the battery off, put it back in and turn myphone on.
Now it's just stuck with the samsung logo. And whenever I factory reset and reset cache it, it just get stuck with a black screen with a "Android OS is upgrading.. Opening all applications."
Did I just bricked my phone? Is there any way to fix this?
Any help would be deeply appreciated. Thanks!
Wrong section maybe?
circlesnpigs said:
Hi!
I just rooted my Samsung GT-I9505 a few weeks ago with Odin v3.07 and CF-Auto-Root-jflte-jfltexx-gti9505.tar.md5.
Note that I didn't install any custom ROM.
It worked fine until now.
When I turned my phone off, it got stuck in reboot. The screen is black with a "Android OS is upgrading.. Opening all applications."
It's been 30mins and it just stayed there so I decided to take the battery off, put it back in and turn myphone on.
Now it's just stuck with the samsung logo. And whenever I factory reset and reset cache it, it just get stuck with a black screen with a "Android OS is upgrading.. Opening all applications."
Did I just bricked my phone? Is there any way to fix this?
Any help would be deeply appreciated. Thanks!
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From your post I see you got gt-i9505 and that is plain Galaxy S4, not Galaxy S4 Active (gt-i9295). Although the phones are quite like twins, try S4 forum instead.
But if you really have S4 Active (again, it's gt-i9295, it has 3 physical buttons insted of just Home under the screen) and you flashed 9505 as root method, this forum deals with your approach and this particular post might be of interest. There is however even easier way and that is to root from now working CWM recovery for i9295.
Either way good luck with your phone :fingers-crossed:
almec said:
From your post I see you got gt-i9505 and that is plain Galaxy S4, not Galaxy S4 Active (gt-i9295). Although the phones are quite like twins, try S4 forum instead.
But if you really have S4 Active (again, it's gt-i9295, it has 3 physical buttons insted of just Home under the screen) and you flashed 9505 as root method, this forum deals with your approach and this particular post might be of interest. There is however even easier way and that is to root from now working CWM recovery for i9295.
Either way good luck with your phone :fingers-crossed:
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Yeah! Sorry. Posted it in the wrong section. Just don't know how I'll delete this post.
Aww.. Thanks! Hopefully it'll be fix before the morrow.
Please pay attention to the device forum in which you seek help
There are many models of S4 and use of some software will turn your device into a $700 paperweight
Thread moved to correct forum
FNM
try to flash
try to flash in kernel again.mean cf kernel

S4 i337 ATT

hi,all I'm new here
i hive samsung galaxy S4 i337, my phone is factory unlock. I'm on ATT carr, two days ago i was at 4.2.2 and rooted, and today my phone it updating itself.
when was on 4.2.2 i was getting the same thing at boot ""the custom screen with the lock that was unlocked showed up"" but was working ok and rooted.
after the update, i still get the same thing at boot. Now i can't root my phone on 4.3 because of the security issue to keep blocking. anything i do.
Please can someone explain how can I bypasses and rerooted phone, I tried all the method that is available to me but unable to rooted, security block.
I appreciate the help.
akihiko_51 said:
hi,all I'm new here i hive samsung galaxy S4 i337, my phone is factory unlock. I'm on ATT carr, two days ago i was at 4.2.2 and rooted, and today my phone it updating itself. when was on 4.2.2 i was getting the same thing at boot ""the custom screen with the lock that was unlocked showed up"" but was working ok and rooted. after the update, i still get the same thing at boot. Now i can't root my phone on 4.3 because of the security issue to keep blocking. anything i do. Please can someone explain how can I bypasses and rerooted phone, I tried all the method that is available to me but unable to rooted, security block. I appreciate the help.
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Which baseband are you on now? MF3? MJ6? Before which baseband were you on MDL? or MF3? What root method did you use?
It sounds like you rooted your phone, but did not take measures to prevent over the air (OTA) updating.
That OTA updating will destroy root, and lately also locks your bootloader in a manner that is even more restrictive.
It does not sound like you used any custom rom, and did not use Safe Strap either, but you need to provide more info for folks to work with.
akihiko_51 said:
hi,all I'm new here
i hive samsung galaxy S4 i337, my phone is factory unlock. I'm on ATT carr, two days ago i was at 4.2.2 and rooted, and today my phone it updating itself.
when was on 4.2.2 i was getting the same thing at boot ""the custom screen with the lock that was unlocked showed up"" but was working ok and rooted.
after the update, i still get the same thing at boot. Now i can't root my phone on 4.3 because of the security issue to keep blocking. anything i do.
Please can someone explain how can I bypasses and rerooted phone, I tried all the method that is available to me but unable to rooted, security block.
I appreciate the help.
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You need to read all threads about 4.3, MJ6, and MJ9 in the "General" and " Q & A" sections of the forum to learn about what is happening with your phone.

Galaxy S4 Wifi Won't Turn On

Galaxy S4 - i337m - Android 4.3
Okay, so here's my problem.
Today in the morning after I woke up, I checked my phone and it said it had downloaded a software update. It was just a complimentary update for 4.3, it said bug fixing, etc. in details. I clicked accept and the installation started.
After this, all crap started to happen.
The Wi-Fi NEVER worked again, everytime I clicked the Wi-Fi widget in the notification bar, it turned green and immediately switched back to gray. It also didn't work when trying to turn Wi-FI on from the settings menu.
I tried everything, the battery pulling, the thing of disabling the Wi-Fi energy save, and nothing worked. It all pointed to a factory reset.
So I did all my backups (My S4 was rooted), and finally made the factory reset.
After this finished, I did all the starting configuration of the S4 (like when it was brand-new). Then, I tried to turn on Wi-Fi.
Surprise, surprise. DIDN'T WORK.
I'm so desperate right now, I don't know what to do.
I'm currently downloading 4.4.2 to flash it via Odin, and see if this works.
Any help, please?
Flashing the 4.4.2 ROM you're downloading now should definitely fix the problem. I know that in some instances, us I9505 owners have to flash a stock ROM twice through Odin before the modem will function. It sounds like your software update broke the modem in this fashion, which is why the ROM install you're planning should fix it. Be aware however that installing KitKat will give you Knox if you don't already have it.
Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
Flashing the 4.4.2 ROM you're downloading now should definitely fix the problem. I know that in some instances, us I9505 owners have to flash a stock ROM twice through Odin before the modem will function. It sounds like your software update broke the modem in this fashion, which is why the ROM install you're planning should fix it. Be aware however that installing KitKat will give you Knox if you don't already have it.
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Fine. Right at this moment I'm installing 4.4.2
Hope this works.
I'll tell you what happens.

[Q] Getting error on lollipop updat software update

For a few weeks now, I have been unable to update my galaxy s5 to lollipop 5.0. I the download the update perfectly fine, but when I go to install it, it loads for a minute then says error. Now my phone was rooted, but one day it became unrooted. I tried to reroot it but it didn't work at all. I have a feeling when it unrooted, it didn't fully unroot? So I may have done something wrong here.. if anyone has similar issues and knows what may be wrong can you please help me!! I have reset my phone many times and nothing works!!

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