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OTA 4.3 international s3 -,aready rooted help needed

I've just revived an OTA on my rooted international Galaxy S3.,
It says in the "Update Details" *You cannot downgrade to the old Software after this new software upgrade, due to the security reason.
This makes me think there going to lock my bootloader or something and if that's the case I'll just delete the update and change the phones internal settings so it won't download OTA's.
Recently I've been keeping my phones pretty much stock, a few small tweaks and a few apps that require root,
I'm thinking it will probably just fail the OTA update with the phones status now saying / being modified.
I've also got Mobile Odin installed with enable Everoot, Inject SuperSU and Inject Mobile Odin.
Has anyone been through this ( Int SGS3 Stock Samsung firmware, rooted with chainfires root software - OTA to 4.3 from 4.1.2 if you have how did you get on ??
Any help greatly appreciated.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1704138

[Q] [HELP]Galaxy S4 LTE GT-I9505 OTA URL

Hi XDA,
I have a Singtel(Code: SIN) Galaxy S4 International LTE version on XXUFNBE Android 4.4.2. I've recently rooted my phone, and started playing around with my system. However, soon I found out about the 'Custom' Device Status preventing software updates and wanted to re-flash back to stock un-modified official Samsung 4.4.2 Kitkat ROM. I didn't want to use Odin and flash the .tar.md5, as I felt that that wasn't the real "Official" ROM. I wanted the Kitkat flashable zip from Samsung's FOTA servers, but I couldn't find the link. I Googled all over and nobody knew. I would appreciate anyone's help in finding the URL for the flashable ROM zip file. Thanks a lot! I'll need the zip ASAP, as my father wasn't pleased with me modifying my phone either.

Use Triangle Away for reset your flash counter and change the status CUSTOM to Official. This is a good way for receive OTA/Kies 3 updates :highfive:

Joku1981 said:
Use Triangle Away for reset your flash counter and change the status CUSTOM to Official. This is a good way for receive OTA/Kies 3 updates :highfive:
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I'm sorry, I'm afraid you don't get me. By "Official", I mean in Settings>About Device>Status, under "Device Status", it says "Official", not "Custom". Triangle Away only sets the "Current Binary" to "Samsung Official", but not the one under the Settings app. If the one under Settings isn't "Official", you won't be able to use Samsung's OTA update feature. However, Triangle Away only allows you to claim warranty, but not software update.

haoyangw said:
I'm sorry, I'm afraid you don't get me. By "Official", I mean in Settings>About Device>Status, under "Device Status", it says "Official", not "Custom". Triangle Away only sets the "Current Binary" to "Samsung Official", but not the one under the Settings app. If the one under Settings isn't "Official", you won't be able to use Samsung's OTA update feature. However, Triangle Away only allows you to claim warranty, but not software update.
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1. Make a factory reset
or
2. Use Odin

[Q] Need Extremely Help Plz Help Anyone

I Root My Device and Now I Get This Error Now i wont be able to get update?? ?? Any Solution plz
The Error is " The Operating System on your device has been modified in authorized way. Trying download system updates using samsung kies on your pc.

that normal when you root your device, the sistem triggerthe knox warranty and get the "custom" state in sistem info, when this happen all ota updates are stopped, if you want to recover the official state you must flash the fimware though odin ando dont root it

tutibreaker said:
that normal when you root your device, the sistem triggerthe knox warranty and get the "custom" state in sistem info, when this happen all ota updates are stopped, if you want to recover the official state you must flash the fimware though odin ando dont root it
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i flashed the latest firmware and it worked now. Problm solved and tnx anyway

But you can use Wanam xposed and make it look like it wasn't rooted, it look for updates like a non rooted phone do, I tested my self today, but don't know if can update Thru Ota like a normal does.

cannot update s5 software with kies, help?

my galaxy s5 model number is sm-g900t, android version is 4.4.2, ..not sure what other info might help, but anyway, i cannot update the software/firmware over the air because the device is rooted through steps on here and its been rooted awhile now. so anyway, i downloaded the kies 3 from the samsung site, it says all im supposed to do is plug the phone in, a box is supposed to pop up showing an update is needed......well, the kies box does pop up, but all it shows is current firmware version and shows my internal and external storage availabilty, and so on.... no auto update thing came up. so in kies i went into tools up a t the top, i hit firmware upgrade and initialization, then a smaller box pops up saying---does not support initializing, so now what? nothing else i can do in kies except move pic files around and such. i need to update the software. any advice? i attached 2 pics.....pic 1 is the initial message when phone is plugged in, #2 is when i go into tools and hit ugrade

knight1701 said:
my galaxy s5 model number is sm-g900t, android version is 4.4.2
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Samsung has now embedded a security flag called KNOX in it's later devices. Unfortunately after you flash a package/custom ROM or whatever with a different signature than Samsungs own it trips that KNOX flag.
When your KNOX flag is tripped you can no longer update your phone via official methods. It is just the way it is, and there is nothing to be done. Once KNOX flag is tripped, there is no way to "untrip" it, so you will never be able to update via KIES again.
Im not really sure whether flashing a stock lollipop rom via odin works when KNOX is tripped, i have never tried it, so you should wait for any other member for confirmation. As far as i know, it shouldn't be a problem.
What i can tell you, if you have the time, is that you flash a ROM that is compatible with 4.4.2 (Omega v13 or AllianceROM v5.6 etc) and then flash it's ROMs lollipop update after a full wipe. It is the only thing i personally am sure about (i have done it before).

I'm by no means an expert on the matter but I'm pretty sure that if you can't get the Ota due to being rooted, then updating vIA Kies isn't going to work either.
Go to settings> about device> status
scroll to bottom of list and respond here what it says under "device status" (it's gong to say either official, or custom).
If it says official, you could unroot, maybe check that the proper drivers are installed on your computer, and try once again to apply the update via kies.
If it says custom, then knox has been tripped and I cannot help further.
The biggest issue here is that if you take the OTA update you'll lose the option to root or downgrade so you should probably use TWRP to install a ROM that's pre-rooted rather than trying to get the OTA

Akalsemann said:
Samsung has now embedded a security flag called KNOX in it's later devices. Unfortunately after you flash a package/custom ROM or whatever with a different signature than Samsungs own it trips that KNOX flag.
When your KNOX flag is tripped you can no longer update your phone via official methods. It is just the way it is, and there is nothing to be done. Once KNOX flag is tripped, there is no way to "untrip" it, so you will never be able to update via KIES again.
Im not really sure whether flashing a stock lollipop rom via odin works when KNOX is tripped, i have never tried it, so you should wait for any other member for confirmation. As far as i know, it shouldn't be a problem.
What i can tell you, if you have the time, is that you flash a ROM that is compatible with 4.4.2 (Omega v13 or AllianceROM v5.6 etc) and then flash it's ROMs lollipop update after a full wipe. It is the only thing i personally am sure about (i have done it before).
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well i hear what your saying, but on my other phone, same setup, rooted and all.......updated just fine---did it about a month ago...updated to android 5 from 4.4.2..just plugged in the phone and boom it did its thing............on this other phone though, daughters phone, it wont work

Swimguy14 said:
I'm by no means an expert on the matter but I'm pretty sure that if you can't get the Ota due to being rooted, then updating vIA Kies isn't going to work either.
Go to settings> about device> status
scroll to bottom of list and respond here what it says under "device status" (it's gong to say either official, or custom).
If it says official, you could unroot, maybe check that the proper drivers are installed on your computer, and try once again to apply the update via kies.
If it says custom, then knox has been tripped and I cannot help further.
The biggest issue here is that if you take the OTA update you'll lose the option to root or downgrade so you should probably use TWRP to install a ROM that's pre-rooted rather than trying to get the OTA
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ok, on the phone in question, device status says--- custom, guess that ends that..........on my phone howerver, it says official which is why i guess i was able to update mine

just download a rom for your phone from sammobile and install with odin and your done

OTA updates

I have an i9505 device that is on stock rom and kernel. Never been flashed with other roms or has had any other kernels or recoveries ever installed. Has been rooted twice. I wish to temporarily disable the root to update via OTA. Is this possible? I do not wish to update via KIES or install via ODIN. I run the stock lollipop update.

Divshal said:
I have an i9505 device that is on stock rom and kernel. Never been flashed with other roms or has had any other kernels or recoveries ever installed. Has been rooted twice. I wish to temporarily disable the root to update via OTA. Is this possible? I do not wish to update via KIES or install via ODIN. I run the stock lollipop update.
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No. Rooting your device means change the OFFICIAL state of your device to MODIFIED.
You should follow this steps:
1- (Being rooted now) Use the Triangle Away APP for change the device state of CUSTOM to OFFICIAL.
2- Backup your intenal data and factory reset your device:
- From your home screen press the apps icon in the lower right corner.
- Find and press the settings icon.
- In the upper end of the screen press the accounts tab.
- in the bottom of the next screen press the Backup and reset button.
- Press the factory data reset.
- Read the info on your cell phone screen and hit Reset device.
3- I think you will be able to receive OTA Updates then.

Some time ago , when i had KitKat on my I9505 , beeing rooted ,i've managed to change the phone status from MODIFIED ti OFFICIAL with Xposed app.After doing this it started to recive updates via OTA without doing anything else.The problem back then was that i've also had installde TW recovery so...the update downloaded itself but it couldn't install.
In your case i guess it is enough to get the phone status to show OFFICIAL...
Edit : what i forgot to say is that Xposed doesn-t work on official 5.0.1 so ..you'll have to find another method for getting OFFICIAL status.