[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] trmitche2:
What I see in all boot modes, verbatim (Hoping this helps someone help me and Shardog

ADMINS: MAY I PLEASE OBTAIN PERMISSION TO MAKE MY OWN THREAD FOR THIS PROBLEM/CONCERN IN THE APPROPRIATE SUB-FORUM, AND LINKING BACK TO THIS THREAD? I don't think any of the truly geeky dudes (compliment) are seeing my posts since it's at the bottom of a 64 page thread, and I'm getting desperate. All I want for my b-day (which is tomorrow) is 4.3 with Mf9 bootloader so I can start installing AOSP/CM10.1/11, etc. PLEASE?

Here is exactly what I see in both boot modes. I'm REALLY hoping it helps *anyone* give me some sort of answer I can use (hopefully helping Shardog in the process)

Download mode:

At the top-left of the screen, in very tiny text (as Shardog stated):

//(Red text):

ODIN MODE

//(White text):

PRODUCT NAME: SPH-L720

CURRENT BINARY: Custom

SYSTEM STATUS: Custom

CSB-CONFIG-LSB: 0x30

//(Gray text):

WRITE PROTECTION: Enable

Big Green robot, DOWNLOAD MODE. Do not turn off target, etc.

//When I boot into recovery mode, when the S4 logo comes up, I see

//(Blue text):

Recovery Booting…

//Then (all blue text) at the top left of the screen, I see:

Android system recovery <3E> (IS THIS STOCK MF9 RECOVERY? IF SO, WHY DOES SUPERSU DETECT KNOX from within the Android UI?)

Volume up/down to move highlight:

Power button to select

reboot system now

apply update from ADB

apply update from external storage

wipe data/factory rest

wipe cache partition

Apply update from cache

//About a 1/3rd of the way down the screen on the left, all in YELLOW text, I see:

# MANUAL MODE #

--Applying Multi-CSC…

Applied the CSC-code : SPR

Successfully applied multi-CSC.

No more text on the screen - in the middle of the screen is the green robot, lying on his back this time, with his legs pointed toward the bottom left corner, and with his front (chest) door open, with a red triangle that has an exclamation point on it. I know this is not a good thing (red triangle), but surely it's not that big of a deal.

What I'd like to achieve: 4.3 while keeping MF9 bootloader, the original purpose of this thread I as far as I know, but no on can/will tell me if I am a legitimate candidate to make it work as it does in the video, or whether the detection of KNOX upon starting SuperSU maens anything significant....

Any thoughts appreciated. I don't mind following the large number of steps in the current version of the YouTube how-to video, I just want to know first whether I am in a position to do this, and what will happen if I do try the OTA? (I.E.will it work, and will I then NEVER be able to flash a custom ROM via recovery *ever* again, etc,) If that is the case, I will avoid the OTA forever as most folks seems to be doing, to keep KNOX away (BUT AGAIN, I APPEAR TO ALREADY HAVE KNOX, PER SUPERSU, DESPITE BEING ENTIRELY MF9 ON EVERYTHING)

I don't understand why SuperSU is detecting KNOX when I start it, considering I've never updated from the day I got the phone, and everything under "about Device" in settings references MF9, nothing else. On a related note, should I let SuperSU try to remove KNOX? This is what it asks upon starting SuperSU: "Samsung KNOX has been detected. This might limit root capabilities and cause annoying popups. Try to disable KNOX?". My only 2 options on this screen when I start SuperSU are "OK" and "cancel", or should I instead just follow the Youtube video from start to finish (or do my recovery and download mode version details mean that I'm stuck in purgatory?

PLEASE HELP.