Hi Guys,
im new to the Samsung World. I bought a S5 (G900F) with Lollipop 5.0. Today i rooted it with CF-Autoroot, installed rootchecker and so far everything is fine.
When i go to the Systemsettings now, to Softwareupdates and check for updates, there is an error now. It says, that the firmware was changed not authorized or something like that.
What does that mean? Am i still able to Update to Marshmallow, once it comes out? How can i do this? A few days ago, i received a Securityupdate via OTA. Is this possible in the future with this root? If not, how can i do it or how can i get back to stock?
Thx
Questions you should have asked before rooting really
But you're OK, the G900F is easy enough to get OTA working again, just flash another stock ROM over the top, and you'll be back to "official" status and able to receive updates OTA
sammobile .com for ROMs and ODIN that you use to flash them
Thx for your answer. I don't need OTA as long as i am able to update to Android 6 somehow. Is it still poossible to update via Kies 3 ? Am i also able to update the Securityupdates via Kies?
If so, im fine with that.
thx
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Im still with UBMI7 firmware in my n9005 Spanish version. Im rooted and knox count already at 0x1.
Is there any way that i can update to j7 firmware without having to install from scratch the whole firmware?? I already have tweaked a lot the phone and its great, but start again.....
Any ideas?? Is it possible to unroot and receive OTA updates and root again??
Thank you
Hey guys
I have a Galaxy note 3 with Rogers here in Canada (SM-N900W8) and I know there has been 2 updates released (MJ1 and MJ4) but I havent been able to update over the air because my phone is rooted and flagged and my knox trigger is flagged as well.
Using Wanam xposed I have my status set to official and I can download the new update but the installation will fail.
Anyway so I connected my phone to KIES and it says I can update, however before I update it says if my phone is rooted its possible I can brick my phone.
So my questions are, 2 install these updates (MJ1 and MJ4), will it brick my phone? If it doesnt will I lose my root? Can I reroot on these latest firmwares and lastly is there reasons why maybe I should stay at my current firmware?
Sorry if this has been asked before. Ive tried searching and I didnt have much luck
Thanks
djtiko said:
Hey guys
I have a Galaxy note 3 with Rogers here in Canada (SM-N900W8) and I know there has been 2 updates released (MJ1 and MJ4) but I havent been able to update over the air because my phone is rooted and flagged and my knox trigger is flagged as well.
Using Wanam xposed I have my status set to official and I can download the new update but the installation will fail.
Anyway so I connected my phone to KIES and it says I can update, however before I update it says if my phone is rooted its possible I can brick my phone.
So my questions are, 2 install these updates (MJ1 and MJ4), will it brick my phone? If it doesnt will I lose my root? Can I reroot on these latest firmwares and lastly is there reasons why maybe I should stay at my current firmware?
Sorry if this has been asked before. Ive tried searching and I didnt have much luck
Thanks
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Short answer is NO.
I updated mine via KIES to MJ7 (I'm on the N9005) - while rooted. KIES says you "may" encounter problems but mine was fine and I re-rooted with ease (already tripped KNOX so no worry there for me) _- as for your firmware on the N900W8 - not sure if you can root with the latest firmware or not personally
HI.
I really liked the idea of keeping pretty stock (ie no custom rom).. but just tweaking with root / xposed etc.
But.. doing that I now cant install firmware upgrades...
Is it possible to remove root so that ota firmware upgrades work? Have no idea as in the past I've just had custom roms..
Thanks!
llewelld said:
HI.
I really liked the idea of keeping pretty stock (ie no custom rom).. but just tweaking with root / xposed etc.
But.. doing that I now cant install firmware upgrades...
Is it possible to remove root so that ota firmware upgrades work? Have no idea as in the past I've just had custom roms..
Thanks!
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One of the mods will probably move this to Q&A as its where you should be asking this question.
Anyways if your sticking with stock and rooted but want to update the firmware as they come out you simply get it via a full firmware flash from Samsung's own Kies 3 software.
Doing this however breaks your root and any apps/mods that you've installed to the system partition however you can simply just re-root and reinstall any system apps/mods you happened to have installed there.
This is not a big deal and is generally quick and painless.
Also remember that if you use a custom recovery TWRP or CWM doing a full firmware flash will restore the stock recovery and you will half to re-flash that back as well.
You wont get notifications about updates however since your rooted and OTA gone. Just keep an eye on things for your specific device and region for updates. People generally post here on XDA about the new updates when their available as well as firmware update news from Sammobile.com
You can also plug your phone into your computer with Kies3 running and it will check to see if your on the latest firmware available as a way of manually checking.
II had the same doubt. Thank you for the clear explanation.
Hi all,
I did search before posting this, but couldn't find quite the question/answer I was looking for. I've got a rooted S4 SPH-L720.
I've got a custom ROM installed, Sacs 4.3, and the phone has been fine. I just got the system update downloaded and the button to install it. I've got TWRP as my recovery right now.
Last time I had one of these I just turned off notifications, but wasn't sure if this is an important update, or what it even updates? Is it only for phones running Stock?
Thanks,
-Jeff
Hi everyone ! I have my s4 for like 4-5 months and i still didn't get the lollipop update, i'm frustrated because i have a lot of friends who have got it and mine says "The latest updates have already been installed" . I just flashed stock 4.4.2 firmware so the device is CLEAN. Any ideas ? Should i try to flash 5.0 directly ? Are there any risks?
Samsung rolls its updates out based on region, carrier and production date, it's normally a few months before everyone gets the update. The update's been ready for quite a long time, but even mine only got it last month. Sit tight!
As to flashing, well the risk is bricking your phone.
I know that, and the fact is all my friends are on the same carrier and they got the update months ago. I strongly thinks it's my phone the problem.
No one wishing to help ? I'm sure it's something wrong with my phone, but i can't say what, i am just a noob. Last time i flashed some 5.0 CM firmware, then when i flashed 4.4.2 stock, i had lost my IMEI or something like that, i had to search internet 4 days to 'repair' it. It may have something to do with it. PLEASE help me ! If you won't help i will flash it manually w/e.
You can flash via ODIN, there is no risk and its virtually impossible to brink the S4 if you read well and perform everything according to instructions.
My i9505 was originally from Austrailia - Vodafone, and AFAIK it still has 4.4.2. Thankfully, my phone wasn't carrier locked so i was able to safely flash 5.0.1 of another region and its working perfectly for a long time now.
Flash there's no risk
wowempire said:
Hi everyone ! I have my s4 for like 4-5 months and i still didn't get the lollipop update, i'm frustrated because i have a lot of friends who have got it and mine says "The latest updates have already been installed" . I just flashed stock 4.4.2 firmware so the device is CLEAN. Any ideas ? Should i try to flash 5.0 directly ? Are there any risks?
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I had your same problem. All my friends got it in December but I Didn't get it. So I flashed the stock Russian Rom which was the 1st one to come out via Odin. So there was no issue only google now didn't work as it is banned in Russia. Finally after a few months samsung released it for my country and I flashed my country update over Odin and google now also returned. Flashing via Odin is the best way to receive the update for impatient ones like us (oh and don't worry once you flash your country Rom back you will also get OTA updates as normal) l