So ive rooted my N910U running 4.4.4 and now when I go to update I get an error pop up saying my phone has been modified. How do I get around this and update?
That is normal because once rooted, the device looses the ability to update over the air. Also uncheck the auto update box to prevent this message popping. If there is a new firmware, you can simply download it on pc from a repository, flash via odin and reroot.
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Thanks for the tip. Where would i find the download for the update for a n910u?
Im thinking about buying this device. Is the bootloader unlockable and can i use it on Verizon network
Use kies to update your phone then re root
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Hi guys! I hope someone could help me. I just bought a Galaxy Note 3 (international version) yesterday. The phone's fine. It's just that I am unable to update. I am able to download it but when my phone reboots it shows a dead android with a red triangle on its chest. I read flashing the firmware via odin can fix it but problem is our internet is hella slow. I couldn't even complete downloading my brother's Note 2 firmware. Any way I can make it install the firmware successfully? By the way it's OTA. I am able to download the update, just won't let me finish installing it. Goes around 35% then the android on the black screen dies with a red triangle on its chest.
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I have official firmware, never rooted, just got it yesterday. Still factory new.
version 4.3, build # JSS15J.N9005ZHUBMI7, baseband version N9005XXUBMI5, Kernel version 3.4.0-1626679
Have you tried reseting your phone go into recovery mode factory reset
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Have you tried reseting your phone go into recovery mode factory reset
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not yet, but i have a lot of data now on my phone. will try that though. in case that doesn't work, any other advice?
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Hi guys! I hope someone could help me. I just bought a Galaxy Note 3 (international version) yesterday. The phone's fine. It's just that I am unable to update. I am able to download it but when my phone reboots it shows a dead android with a red triangle on its chest. I read flashing the firmware via odin can fix it but problem is our internet is hella slow. I couldn't even complete downloading my brother's Note 2 firmware. Any way I can make it install the firmware successfully? By the way it's OTA. I am able to download the update, just won't let me finish installing it. Goes around 35% then the android on the black screen dies with a red triangle on its chest.
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I have official firmware, never rooted, just got it yesterday. Still factory new.
version 4.3, build # JSS15J.N9005ZHUBMI7, baseband version N9005XXUBMI5, Kernel version 3.4.0-1626679
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Was your phone brand new? And did you check your KNOX status? -- reason I ask, after you've rooted a phone you are unable to recieve OTA updates, unless you use Wanam to fake system status, then you can download the OTA update but it stalls on the install about 35% or so in..
Best advice, is grab the stock image from sammobile (ballache to download I know) then use ODIN to flash her back to original state.
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Was your phone brand new? And did you check your KNOX status? -- reason I ask, after you've rooted a phone you are unable to recieve OTA updates, unless you use Wanam to fake system status, then you can download the OTA update but it stalls on the install about 35% or so in..
Best advice, is grab the stock image from sammobile (ballache to download I know) then use ODIN to flash her back to original state.
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i didn't root the phone when i got it. it's fresh and on official firmware. have no idea about KNOX, that's new to me. if it helps, my device status says "official"
unfortunately the internet in my area is very slow, i couldn't download firmwares from sammobile. i tried several times
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i didn't root the phone when i got it. it's fresh and on official firmware. have no idea about KNOX, that's new to me. if it helps, my device status says "official"
unfortunately the internet in my area is very slow, i couldn't download firmwares from sammobile. i tried several times
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Ah Ok, if it says Official it should be good to go. Seems like maybe the download has gotten corrupt due to an intermittent internet connection.
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i didn't root the phone when i got it. it's fresh and on official firmware. have no idea about KNOX, that's new to me. if it helps, my device status says "official"
unfortunately the internet in my area is very slow, i couldn't download firmwares from sammobile. i tried several times
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OK, then maybe you should learn a few things before trying to update - Knox is a security system in latest Samsung phones that is supposed to be triggered/set when you root (or install any custom kernel/recovery). Your initial (old) firmware could still let you root without triggering the Knox flag, and then you can update to the latest firmware for your region using Mobile Odin Pro and still keep your root AND without triggering the Knox flag. However once you update using Samsung OTA / Odin / Kies to a firmware more recent than MJ3 you can no longer root without also triggering your Knox warrany flag - read more about this in the Universal Root De La Vega thread!
i gave up after several tries, since i'm on 4.3 i think that would do for now. maybe it's just downloading a stability update or something? everytime i do an OTA update, it tells me that the download of the new firmware is complete then reboot. when i get to 32% the droid falls flat on its back and shows the red triangle on its chest, over and over. i don't lose my phone data or anything. just won't update. i'll wait for 4.4 Kitkat instead. hope i'll be able to update to that when it comes out.
EDIT: i tried going into recovery mode, wiping cache, and factory reset.. still no dice. maybe Odin's the only way i guess. problem is my internet connection lol
@cptnappy - i also have the same problem...got my note3 n9005 a week ago and I also have the same problem as you....error at 30+%
tried update thru Kies with no luck...same error appears
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@cptnappy - i also have the same problem...got my note3 n9005 a week ago and I also have the same problem as you....error at 30+%
tried update thru Kies with no luck...same error appears
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i managed to update mine using Samsung Kies3 (not Kies, but Kies3). Hope updating OTA is fixed in the future with the update i just did
Hi guys,
I'm having an issue upgrading my S5 to lollipop. After I download the update, I hit install now and then the phone reboots.. then it immediately boots back up and gives me an error saying there was an error installing the update. I was previously rooted and I unrooted with SuperSu.
Is there an easy way around this or should I just upgrade through odin or something? If this is the case can someone quickly link me to a tutorial to do this? I'm a little rusty.
Thanks,
Ota
I had same issue I used Verizons Firmware repair then I did the update thru Verizons Firmware updater on my pc then work perfect, I kept getting update fail with the dead Android then I used this method and worked, I was rooted so I unrooted first after Uninstalling busybox.
I had my S5 rooted a few months ago, but then the update came out that was supposed to fix the bluetooth (last July), and my phone automatically downloaded and tried to install it. My phone was still rooted, so the updated failed. However, my root also failed as well. I could no longer access root applications like Titanium Backup, and towel root told me that it was unable to root my phone. Basically, my phone became frozen in time and was unable to update or do root-level things since this update last July. Now that Lollipop is out, I really want to upgrade, but factory resets do not solve my problem and I do not know of any more permanent way to get my phone back to basics so thatr I can receive OTA updates and have them actually work. Any help is greatly appreciated, as I really do want to upgrade my phone.
Start by downloading your firmware from sammobile, then flash it with Odin......
You'll then be fully unrooted and should be able to receive OTAs......
BTW.....Some people on here say that if knox has been tripped, that can affect OTA too.......
If that is the case, simply download the lollipop firmware from sammobile and Odin flash that instead......no need to OTA upgrade then...
Sent from my rooted kn0x0 SM-G900F S5
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Start by downloading your firmware from sammobile, then flash it with Odin......
You'll then be fully unrooted and should be able to receive OTAs......
BTW.....Some people on here say that if knox has been tripped, that can affect OTA too.......
If that is the case, simply download the lollipop firmware from sammobile and Odin flash that instead......no need to OTA upgrade then...
Sent from my rooted kn0x0 SM-G900F S5
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Thank you for this advice. I used to flash stuff from my computer with my old phone, but haven't done so in years and didn't know which program to use. I was unsure if it worked at first, because my phone was the exact same after running Odin and I was expecting a factory reset, but I downloaded and ran the 4.4.4 update and it worked! Again, thanks so much for the help. I didn't really mind hitting "skip download until tomorrow" every day, but I wanted to upgrade to Lollipop.
Glad you got it sorted fella.......If it turns out that lollipop isn't all you'd hoped for, you can use odin to downgrade back to KitKat..........
.....but I think you have to remember to factory reset after the flash, otherwise you'll get bootloops and stuff......
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I have a Note 3 SM-N900W8 which is running android 4.3 jelly bean. I rooted it about a year ago and unrooted it and returned it to factory kernel and rom etc about a month later. Since the device is showing up as modified, I am unable to update the software via Samsung's built-in feature. How would I go about updating my phone to the latest android version without having to root it or lose any of my data?
Give it to a friend to update it for you or read some basics about PC Odin and do it yourself. Download your rom from sammobile.com in firmware section. Search there for sm-n900w8 make an account to be able to download from there. And there you can see instructions for how to flash it. Google pc odin and run it. You don't need to root for update with odin. Ask if you wonder about something so you don't screw it up.
Hello,
I've a rooted S5 and I'like to use the OTA feature to update it.
When I try it, I receive a message saying that my phone has been modified in an unauthorized way...
How can I update via OTA, even if I lose my root access?
(after update I can always re root using odin
Thanks
Pantesa said:
Hello,
I've a rooted S5 and I'like to use the OTA feature to update it.
When I try it, I receive a message saying that my phone has been modified in an unauthorized way...
How can I update via OTA, even if I lose my root access?
(after update I can always re root using odin
Thanks
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if you have an aftermarket recovery, you wont get OTA updates. Why do you want the OTA anyways?
Hi youdoofus ,
Thanks for your reply.
I just tink that OTA updates are the most recent that my service provider has.
So, I d'like to update to that version...
But if you can explain to me why I it should not be done, I apreciate it.
Thanks