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Received OTA on rooted ANE. What to do?

I couldn't believe that I received on OTA update today.
will I loose root when I update? will the update work at all? will I crash my phone with this?
if I update, is there anything I could do before to ensure that the update goes well. can I still root afterwards with Knox 0x0?
thanks

How it's possible? I thought a rooted device can't updated via OTA.

nearlygod said:
I couldn't believe that I received on OTA update today.
will I loose root when I update? will the update work at all? will I crash my phone with this?
if I update, is there anything I could do before to ensure that the update goes well. can I still root afterwards with Knox 0x0?
It won't install, if you are rooted.
SM-G900W8, 0x1
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nearlygod said:
I couldn't believe that I received on OTA update today.
will I loose root when I update? will the update work at all? will I crash my phone with this?
if I update, is there anything I could do before to ensure that the update goes well. can I still root afterwards with Knox 0x0?
thanks
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You may receive an update notification and you can even download it, but you cannot install it once you have rooted.
It will fail at the installation in the recovery mode.
You need to download the stock firmware and flash via 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

How to do OTA updates on rooted S5?

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

How to OTA update from 6.0.1 with "modified software" (rooted) to Nougat?

So I've been using 6.0.1 since I got this phone last year. I rooted it pretty much immediately, but then Samsung pushed out one of their security patches, which basically "bricked" the software. Whenever I try to update the phone, I get a fine:
The operating system on your device has been modified in an unauthorized way. Try downloading software updates using Smart Switch on your computer or visit a customer service center
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Basically I rooted my phone, so OTA updates aren't available.
Apparently the new Nougat update is now live in Denmark, so I really want to update my phone, but I don't want to lose my apps, documents, images, and so on. I basically want to do an update, just like I never rooted my phone. I don't care about keeping my root.
How do I go on about this? I just want to "remove my root" and do an OTA update to get Nougat the most legit way possible.
Thanks!
EDIT: I should probably also say, that when I open SuperSU, I get a:
There is no SU binary installed, and SuperSU cannot install it. This is a problem
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Since that security update from Samsung last summer, my root magically disappeared, but it's still there apparently.