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Canadian 4.3 ?

Hi all,
my S4 is currently running stock 4.2.2 MG1 rooted and both the phone and Kies refuse to tell me if there is an upgrade available.
In the past Kies would let me get the OTA but I guess Samsung made some change.
So is there an update available (4.3) for Canadian (I337) S4 and how can I install it ?
Is root available yet ?
Thank you.

Relayers said:
Hi all,
my S4 is currently running stock 4.2.2 MG1 rooted and both the phone and Kies refuse to tell me if there is an upgrade available.
In the past Kies would let me get the OTA but I guess Samsung made some change.
So is there an update available (4.3) for Canadian (I337) S4 and how can I install it ?
Is root available yet ?
Thank you.
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??? If your phone is rooted you do know your NOT suppose to accept OTA or you will ruin phone.
There are plenty of custom 4.3 rooms out there.
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Relayers said:
Hi all,
my S4 is currently running stock 4.2.2 MG1 rooted and both the phone and Kies refuse to tell me if there is an upgrade available.
In the past Kies would let me get the OTA but I guess Samsung made some change.
So is there an update available (4.3) for Canadian (I337) S4 and how can I install it ?
Is root available yet ?
Thank you.
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Not available yet, I am not rooted... no notification kies or ota... (telus)

Reinaldo33897 said:
??? If your phone is rooted you do know your NOT suppose to accept OTA or you will ruin phone.
There are plenty of custom 4.3 rooms out there.
Sent from my GT-I9505 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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not really I always installed OTA updates using Kies with my SGS3/SGS4/Note 10.1 , 2 times each at least.
You just loose root access , thats it.

Gage_Hero said:
Not available yet, I am not rooted... no notification kies or ota... (telus)
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Thank you

[Q] Rooted S4 4.3 to 4.4

Hi Guy's,
Need help how do I update my rooted s4 4.3 to Kitkat 4.4

jegome said:
Hi Guy's,
Need help how do I update my rooted s4 4.3 to Kitkat 4.4
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Download the official firmware from sammobile.com for your model no.
Flash it via odin
Youre done
But you will loose root access. For that, use towelroot. ^_^
Press Thanks if I helped
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S4 via XDA app.

DeepankarS said:
Download the official firmware from sammobile.com for your model no.
Flash it via odin
Youre done
But you will loose root access. For that, use towelroot. ^_^
Press Thanks if I helped
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S4 via XDA app.
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Does towelroot set the device software flash to custom preventing future otas?

[Q] Should I root now?

Should I root my S4 now or wait for the Android 5 update?

Frost52 said:
Should I root my S4 now or wait for the Android 5 update?
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We won't have an update for over 2 months. Go for it.

Ok thanks.

I'm a noob thou
Samsung S4 i9500

Your first stop: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2339341
Click on the links there and start reading.

Thanks for the help guys

Yup root now then if you want upgrade to official lollipop via Odin later, or simply wait for pre-rooted lollipop

Flashing to Official Rom

Hello Guys !
I have a Galaxy S4 GT-I9515 VE (Black Edition) .. I recently rooted my device ... But I want to unroot it and change the device status to OFFICIAL ... My question is .. If I flash a official rom to my device will it change the device status from CUSTOM to OFFICIAL ??
Faisal

faisalblink said:
Hello Guys !
I have a Galaxy S4 GT-I9515 VE (Black Edition) .. I recently rooted my device ... But I want to unroot it and change the device status to OFFICIAL ... My question is .. If I flash a official rom to my device will it change the device status from CUSTOM to OFFICIAL ??
Faisal
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1. You will come back to "OFFICIAL" if you didn't flash any CUSTOM RECOVERY.
2. You will have to install Triangle Away if you flash a CUSTOM RECOVERY for reflash your binary counter (anyway I don't know if your device is supported).

Joku1981 said:
1. You will come back to "OFFICIAL" if you didn't flash any CUSTOM RECOVERY.
2. You will have to install Triangle Away if you flash a CUSTOM RECOVERY for reflash your binary counter (anyway I don't know if your device is supported).
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Thanks Joku1981 !!
Luckily my device was still on stock recovery ... I reinitialized the firmware through kies and my device is back to OFFICIAL status ..
Faisal

Hello. I recently ordered a galaxy s4 i9505 from ebay and i got it. I think its an unlocked at&t phone cause it has al&t ringtones. It came with android 4.3 and i wanted to update into kitkat. Though there is an option called software update when i go there it just tell me that the device is up to date. I cant update through kies too. If i flash it through odin will it cause any harmfull issue?
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tharindu123 said:
Hello. I recently ordered a galaxy s4 i9505 from ebay and i got it. I think its an unlocked at&t phone cause it has al&t ringtones. It came with android 4.3 and i wanted to update into kitkat. Though there is an option called software update when i go there it just tell me that the device is up to date. I cant update through kies too. If i flash it through odin will it cause any harmfull issue?
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Well if you are flashing a official rom with official recovery .. then there will be no issues ... you need to have proper rom of your model ..
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tharindu123 said:
Hello. I recently ordered a galaxy s4 i9505 from ebay and i got it. I think its an unlocked at&t phone cause it has al&t ringtones. It came with android 4.3 and i wanted to update into kitkat. Though there is an option called software update when i go there it just tell me that the device is up to date. I cant update through kies too. If i flash it through odin will it cause any harmfull issue?
Sent from my GT-I9505 using XDA Free mobile app
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Before doing anything else you should go into download mode to see if yours is an International S4 or an AT&T one!

faisalblink said:
Well if you are flashing a official rom with official recovery .. then there will be no issues ... you need to have proper rom of your model ..
Sent from my GT-I9515 using XDA Free mobile app
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or else u can just flash the official rom downloaded from http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/
extract the rar of the downloaded stock recovery and you will get a tar.md5 file
now flash it via odin in download mode.
and now you have a official status.

[Q] Software update on rooted Samsung Galaxy Note 4

Hey Everyone
I have Samsung Galaxy Note 4, model SM-N910.
I just rooted the phone using CF-Auto-Root. It did trip knox the device.
I haven't installed a new rom, and I'm just running Nova launcher and a couple of modules with exposed installer.
Yesterday there was a Samsung OTA which I wanted to download, but it failed as soon as it was trying to reboot the phone....
My Question is.. Its it possible to update the original software on my device without ruining the root access?
Kind regard
NIkolaj

You have to update through odin & cannot update through mobile.Also you have to re-root
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RISHI RAJ said:
You have to update through odin & cannot update through mobile.Also you have to re-root
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Nekodemus said:
Hey Everyone
I have Samsung Galaxy Note 4, model SM-N910.
I just rooted the phone using CF-Auto-Root. It did trip knox the device.
I haven't installed a new rom, and I'm just running Nova launcher and a couple of modules with exposed installer.
Yesterday there was a Samsung OTA which I wanted to download, but it failed as soon as it was trying to reboot the phone....
My Question is.. Its it possible to update the original software on my device without ruining the root access?
Kind regard
NIkolaj
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Updating via kies should also work

Thank you very much. I will try that

Nekodemus said:
Thank you very much. I will try that
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Is there by any chance someone who knows how/where I find the samsung updates ??

Nekodemus said:
Is there by any chance someone who knows how/where I find the samsung updates ??
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Www.sammobile.com