Any idea when AT&T S4 will get this Update???
tailgunner9 said:
Any idea when AT&T S4 will get this Update???
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First off, as an Iron Maiden fan, love the user name.
As far as 4.4.3 or 4.4.4, I would almost be surprised if the S4 ever got either officially. Having said that, there are a few custom roms via Safestrap that are running 4.4.4. And, many more are coming.
Be careful what you wish for. Any new release beyond NC1 may kill the towelroot exploit leaving I337 users without root or any path to custom ROMs....even safestrap wouldn't work.
Marc
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4.4.4 Out Today for T-Mobile S4
http://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-5887 Guess AT&T will be Last as Usual.
tailgunner9 said:
Any idea when AT&T S4 will get this Update???
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My guess we will have it in the upcoming days. But there is nothing to get excited about, 4.4.4 is just bug fixes. I put together a safestrap rom based on tmobiles release yesterday to preview the changes. No ui changes or noticeable speed changes. As for root....the kernel swap then towelroot method should work.
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I'm currently running GE international edition android 4.3 ROM on my att gs4 and I got this notification today. Should I update it or not?
I just received a ota ..don't no much about this one I'm on mj9 4.3 already .so no rooting or recovery for me anyway ..so don't think its gonna make much difference..
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Capt said:
I'm currently running GE international edition android 4.3 ROM on my att gs4 and I got this notification today. Should I update it or not?
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You are running a custom ROM. Do not take an official OTA update for a device it was not originally meant for. You have to wait until a DEV updates the ROM you are on or until another custom ROM comes out built on 4.4.
scott14719 said:
You are running a custom ROM. Do not take an official OTA update for a device it was not originally meant for. You have to wait until a DEV updates the ROM you are on or until another custom ROM comes out built on 4.4.
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I know that but this ota doesn't update the bootloader from what I know. What's the worse thing that can happen?
Capt said:
I know that but this ota doesn't update the bootloader from what I know. What's the worse thing that can happen?
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Its your risk either way.
try it and let us know, besides if u r on a custom rom, there is no way u can get an update.
Bradl79 said:
try it and let us know, besides if u r on a custom rom, there is no way u can get an update.
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I am on a custom ROM and I did get the update.
Capt said:
I am on a custom ROM and I did get the update.
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He meant you won't be able to take the update. You have root and a custom recovery...
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Mike said:
He meant you won't be able to take the update. You have root and a custom recovery...
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So if I try it, will it brick my device or not do anything?
Either it won't let you take it or soft brick. You have the same hardware as Google Play Edition, so a hard brick shouldn't be a worry. I read earlier in the T-Mobile s4 area of someone trying to take the update. I forget the exact result, but I know they were unsuccessful
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Mike said:
Either it won't let you take it or soft brick. You have the same hardware as Google Play Edition, so a hard brick shouldn't be a worry. I read earlier in the T-Mobile s4 area of someone trying to take the update. I forget the exact result, but I know they were unsuccessful
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Just tried it and it didn't work. I got so excited for a moment
Capt said:
Just tried it and it didn't work. I got so excited for a moment
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Yeah, just wait for a 4.4 GPE ROM, they shouldn't take long anyway.
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Does anybody know of any tentative timetable? ETC?
Rogers has said that the i337m will be getting it soon. I'd imagine that AT&T should be in a similar time frame.
Soon with Rogers usually ends up being weeks to a month.
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Was wondering the same thing. I would root my S4 but I really messed up my previous phone trying to do that. I just don't trust myself enough to try to root the phone and or flash the already available leaked kitkat OS.
I looked into this and found that estimated release date would be march-april. Depending on carrier could be later as US carriers are slow to release updates
So no, nobody knows as At&t has not announced it yet. Anything else is pure rumor.
rkennison said:
So no, nobody knows as At&t has not announced it yet. Anything else is pure rumor.
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Sort of.
http://www.gottabemobile.com/2014/02/12/samsung-galaxy-s4-android-4-4-kitkat-release-u-s/
OK so Sprint is rolling out the KitKat update today! I hope we are next!
http://support.sprint.com/support/a...msung_Galaxy_S4/WServiceAdvisory_542_GKB51952
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Since I'm using an i337 on T-Mobile, would I be able to use kies or Odin to upgrade to 4.4 when it comes out?
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Since I'm using an i337 on T-Mobile, would I be able to use kies or Odin to upgrade to 4.4 when it comes out?
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AFAIK Kies hasn't had our updates since MF3, and ODIN files don't get released until someone at Best Buy can get them to us. You'd have to go into the stock recovery and use the update.zip which will no doubt be posted soon after the OTA starts rolling.
Update coming thru..
G900PVPU1ANK4
OTA file size: 366.65MB
http://opensource.samsung.com/reception/receptionSub.do?method=sub&sub=F&searchValue=sm-g900p
http://support.sprint.com/support/a...ndUpdateTheSoftwareVersionOnYourSamsungGalaxy
Finally about time!
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The update has been released downloading now
I'm downloading right now too
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Insert obvious follow-up question about towel root
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There is already an RDF discussion thread here with announcements and links.
Please refer to this thread to prevent multiple cross posting.
RDF Discussion Thread for Sprint Galaxy S5 (SM-G900P)
This is about the update itself and specific discussions about the update. This is not about the RDF itself.
Why would you want to fill that thread with stuff not immediately about the RDF discussion?
tdunham said:
There is already an RDF discussion thread here with announcements and links.
Please refer to this thread to prevent multiple cross posting.
RDF Discussion Thread for Sprint Galaxy S5 (SM-G900P)
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tdunham said:
There is already an RDF discussion thread here with announcements and links.
Please refer to this thread to prevent multiple cross posting.
RDF Discussion Thread for Sprint Galaxy S5 (SM-G900P)
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Nope
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Can anyone confirm whether or not NK4 can be rooted freely at the moment? And if so, your method of choice? I've been hearing rumors about root-killing updates(especially in regards to Lollipop) and am hesitant to do any updating. I don't want to lose superuser access just so I can get an HD Voice icon.
Jay5583 said:
Update coming thru..
G900PVPU1ANK4
OTA file size: 366.65MB
http://opensource.samsung.com/reception/receptionSub.do?method=sub&sub=F&searchValue=sm-g900p
http://support.sprint.com/support/a...ndUpdateTheSoftwareVersionOnYourSamsungGalaxy
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Can someone grab and post the ota from your cache/fota folder.
Yes new update can be rooted
The official 4.4.4 and unofficial 5.0 can both be rooted with CF auto root
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banccalif said:
The official 4.4.4 and unofficial 5.0 can both be rooted with CF auto root
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I wouldn't use that unless you care to trip KNOX and give up warranty. If all you want is root to remove bloat and tweak you can without tripping.
I can say I am now on the official 4.4.4 update, rooted without knox flagged (IE still full warranty).
Runs great.
The only change I don't like is before I had WiFi calling always set to on and it would be on when I turned my WiFi on and not when Wifi was off.
Now if I have it on and my WiFi off, it turns my Wifi on randomly or on reboots, even if it was prior off.
Oh well.
Anyway. For those that want to root and keep Knox 0x0 (not tripped) it's simple.
I used Kies to update to the latest release (OTA kept giving an error that many others on sprint forum are getting).
After this I installed towelroot (don't run yet). Next I used Odin to flash the NE5 stock kernel. Ran towelroot, ran Odin to flash NK4 kernel back, after installed SU and now all is well. Full root, good performance and not knox tripped. One thing to note is that while on the NE5 kernel you will get tons of errors, just ignore them, the original kernel will fix when all done.
I don't care for custom recovery and the stock kernel honestly runs great and I can manually do any tweaks I want but have the piece of mind of not having tripped knox.
Just wanted to share though that this work around works on sprint. I know other forums mention how to do on other providers etc.
**update**
I posed the files I used in another thread (as seems we have duplicate topics). So if anyone needs the kernels I got em already converted to tar and ready to go.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=57139088&postcount=76
Nice work. I'm sure some would find this helpful! I tripped knox within the fist 20mins of owning my device ?
banccalif said:
Nice work. I'm sure some would find this helpful! I tripped knox within the fist 20mins of owning my device ?
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Yea, I've been fighting hard to avoid tripping it for the moment. I mean I guess when all said and done I don't care TOO much, but for now if I can root without tripping I will do it. (resale value also higher if not tripped so might get new phone in March).
I imagine this work-around won't work when 5.0 comes out as the kernel is changing too much so unless someone finds a new exploit to root without knox trip I will probably end up tripping it upon official 5.0 lol but until that time I have some piece of mind if anything stops working.
I'm actually fine with stock I just hate all the damn bloat they put on it so have to root to ditch it all. I don't know why they don't just make it so we can uninstall whatever we want...
Is there any reason to update to this? I might just skip and wait for Lollipop.
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Is there any reason to update to this? I might just skip and wait for Lollipop.
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Performance, bug fixes etc. etc.
Remember this is already a skipped update. Sprint skipped 4.4.3.
It also includes new modem firmware among other things.
The wait game could be a bit. I don't expect Sprint to get 5.0 until around the time the S6 is releasing. Samsung is almost done with it but it takes months before Sprint will pump it out. Do you think they would have bothered with 4.4.4 if this was going to be out in a month?
I see no reason why one would wait? Nothing is lost, root is still possible. It may also be a prep for 5.0. Maybe they are using it as a firmware stepping stone. Who knows. I wouldn't bother waiting.
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Performance, bug fixes etc. etc.
Remember this is already a skipped update. Sprint skipped 4.4.3.
It also includes new modem firmware among other things.
The wait game could be a bit. I don't expect Sprint to get 5.0 until around the time the S6 is releasing. Samsung is almost done with it but it takes months before Sprint will pump it out. Do you think they would have bothered with 4.4.4 if this was going to be out in a month?
I see no reason why one would wait? Nothing is lost, root is still possible. It may also be a prep for 5.0. Maybe they are using it as a firmware stepping stone. Who knows. I wouldn't bother waiting.
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So you think we won't get Lollipop until April when we already have a leaked (pretty damn stable) build?? I'm sorry but that is straight up idiotic. We will have Lollipop by the end of Dec-Jan.
As of now there is no towelroot for 5.0 so you might have to. Xposed also doesn't work and might be a while before its able to run on the new platform.
I'm running the 5.0 leak now, we will definitely have Lollipop by Jan at the latest, I think more like late Dec
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JoeFCaputo113 said:
So you think we won't get Lollipop until April when we already have a leaked (pretty damn stable) build?? I'm sorry but that is straight up idiotic. We will have Lollipop by the end of Dec-Jan.
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Might not be April but it won't be by February or probably March even.
The key word you said is "Leaked"...
Sprint had 4.4.4 builds in testing for months also, they just don't always leak out.
Just because you have a non-production version doesn't make it magically release sooner.
If you look around you will notice Sprint is generally a tad slower on some releases at times. This is because they like to wait and see what other providers do and also avoid having to do more releases.
Take Verizon S5 for example. It got 4.4.4 a lot sooner vs. we did, but the downfall was it had issues and security holes that they had to go back and patch again with more OTA's.
Sprint waited longer, didn't have to turn around and do all of this.
Waiting longer can often mean a more stable product as it allows other things to mature.
Sprint also generally doesn't like to update an phone right away if a newer model is about to come out with the new stuff also as it could cut into sales.
S5 will get 5.0 but based on how Sprint operates and historical events I don't see them doing it before a new flagship model comes out in which some people may feel they can now hold off longer. The leak FWIW is kind of like a marketing toy. It shows that they are committed to upgrading the OS so people don't do the whole "I'll never use sprint/samsung on sprint again cause they stopped updates". They are doing the updates, just doing it slower.
At the end of the day we are all speculating. You don't know for 100% just as I don't. I'm just saying (in my head at least) my thought makes more "sense".
FWIW I hope I am wrong because like you I own this phone too and want to have the new fancy stuff
Does anyone have a leaked firmware update to 5.0 lollipop? For the sm-n900v (verizon)
Every other carrier already has it out. I'm on 4.4.4 kitkat. And want to update. I will root if nessasary as long as it doesn't affect knox. Thank you in advance.
Lol you should really read threads and look for information before posting. Most people wont even bother with your question if its already answered in a thread somewhere . First of you cant root 4.4.4. as of yet. I have a bounty going to get some incentive to get root. But it looks to be locked down tight and i dont see it coming anytime soon. No your stuck reguardless if there is a leak or not you have to wait for the upgrade release by verizon i would recommend not getting the firmware if you want root and wait to see what happens with development.
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Does anyone have a leaked firmware update to 5.0 lollipop? For the sm-n900v (verizon)
Every other carrier already has it out. I'm on 4.4.4 kitkat. And want to update. I will root if nessasary as long as it doesn't affect knox. Thank you in advance.
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There is no leaked firmware from Verizon, no other firmware will load on the Verizon Note 3.
4.4.4 can not be rooted
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When I can root my n900v 4.4.4
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When I can root my n900v 4.4.4
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Not now. Maybe never
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Not now. Maybe never
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Why ?
What about upgrade lollipop ?
shybanee said:
Why ?
What about upgrade lollipop ?
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Samsung haven't announced their release dates for the Note 3, but this list can give you a pretty good idea of when it's coming out:
wwwDOTtheandroidsoulDOTcom/android-5-0-lollipop-update-schedule-samsung-htc-sony-motorola-manufacturers-66307/
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Samsung haven't announced their release dates for the Note 3, but this list can give you a pretty good idea of when it's coming out:
wwwDOTtheandroidsoulDOTcom/android-5-0-lollipop-update-schedule-samsung-htc-sony-motorola-manufacturers-66307/
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Thanks pro
LRX21V.N900VVRUEOB6 is out as of 10 hours ago. All websites are talking about Lollipoop update being rolled out for Verizon Note 3. I need a link to download the Odin Tar as I am not on Verizon network.
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LRX21V.N900VVRUEOB6 is out as of 10 hours ago. All websites are talking about Lollipoop update being rolled out for Verizon Note 3. I need a link to download the Odin Tar as I am not on Verizon network.
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Lollipop out now, if you didn't get the push you can use the Verizon upgrade assistant
Can anyone answer this I am just wondering is foxfi working with 5.0 update
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I have the G900A (Unlocked) but I'm on the T-Mobile Network and I'd like to update from 4.4.4 to lollipop
From what I understand AT&T and T-Mobile have both shipped the lollipop updates but I can't seem to find a way to update my phone.
Going through settings->About->Software Updates tells me there are no updates.
How can I go about updating?
Thanks.
You can look on sammobile for the latest firmwares, but as far as i know the latest for G900A is 4.4.2
In the att s5 section there's threads with the files for it, I think you get the official update and do it through the stock recovery, I've never done it myself so I can't help, sorry :s
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ozymandius95 said:
I have the G900A (Unlocked) but I'm on the T-Mobile Network and I'd like to update from 4.4.4 to lollipop
From what I understand AT&T and T-Mobile have both shipped the lollipop updates but I can't seem to find a way to update my phone.
Going through settings->About->Software Updates tells me there are no updates.
How can I go about updating?
Thanks.
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You could try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=65234333&postcount=28
But bear in mind, once you are on LP, you can not downgrade to KK again afaik
So things like root might be an issue (Haven't had enough coffee yet to remember 100%) do some reading up first
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You could try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=65234333&postcount=28
But bear in mind, once you are on LP, you can not downgrade to KK again afaik
So things like root might be an issue (Haven't had enough coffee yet to remember 100%) do some reading up first
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Yikes.
I've never cared for rooting before, but I like to keep current on the latest firmware.
So if I understand this correctly I'll be stuck at LP when I get there, even after marshmallow rolls out, yes?
ozymandius95 said:
Yikes.
I've never cared for rooting before, but I like to keep current on the latest firmware.
So if I understand this correctly I'll be stuck at LP when I get there, even after marshmallow rolls out, yes?
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No, you can upgrade firmwares, so MM will be fine, but from what I remember with that model, and a few other S5s, you can not downgrade due to the bootloader being locked once you update to Lollipop
If you read the whole thread (Link top right) of that link I posted - you'll see me trying to help another G900A member with the same problem