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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] polish_pat:
If you read the thread, you'd see i want OTAs.

As for all the others, if you're gonna pollute a thread that is put up to help other and participate in the development community, might as well get a life right now and start doing something with it. You guys are really pathetic.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AxAtAx:
:) seriously..we can't hijack the thread.

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Your right and apologise. But I gave you the answer. Return to stock sir.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] galaxyS4fandom:
Cause my one off post is hijacking the thread, eh? -.-

Anyways. I flashed a custom rom and now the custom screen is gone, the only thing I notice now is the custom under phome info. Im going to see about OTA's later tonight. Im sure it wont work but you never know :P please keep me informed though!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] enigma4321:
I have the same issue. Even after a full restore to stock after unrooting
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] oak:
Re-rooting with Casual by AdamOutler got rid of it for me. My rooted phone also shows status as "Official"

Edit: Added link

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2297900
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] polish_pat:
re-root ans use the method in this thread and itll go away
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] enigma4321:
Done that too and it still said I had a modified system when I tried to check for an ota update
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] oak:
I haven't tried an OTA yet, so do not no what that will bring.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] enigma4321:
Just check if there is an ota and it will tell you right away if you are up to date (then it works) or you are modified
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] oak:
I am rooted, have CWM recovery, device shows shows official, , no "Custom", and OTA response was "Software up to date". Very cool. CASUAL fixed a lot, though that was not my objective.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] PherChe:
I got a stock ROM, and I delete busybox file a and stay on custom.

Another way?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] hemibat:
Removing "lock Custom"

After following all the info (ES file explorer > root explorer> mount R/W> reset all to RW, OK>menu> System> xbin> deleted Busybox> reboot the "lock custom" was still there. No luck.

I went into Titanium Backup and froze "busy box", then uninstalled. Rebooted and WHAMO! No more "lock custom on boot-up!. Worked like a champ!

HOWEVER.... going back into ES file explorer>root explorer>mount R/W, all of the original settings returned, but the "lock custom" is now gone.

Give that a whirl!

Hemibat
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] scott14719:
If you guys want a permanent solution to this you might want to follow this thread...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2303022

There is no particular method yet, but I think the info needed to get a solution will come from the links in this thread about information that has already been revealed by Devs working on the S3. Adding or deleting programs or APKs will not work as a permanent solution, it will take a change in code for that to happen. I am hoping the Devs we have with the S4 can look into this and maybe develop a method that will be safe for the phone and always reveal an "official" status with no unlock icon.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] polish_pat:
If you used ES to delete busybox successfully, i'm not ure why it appeared in titanium, the whole point is to disable busybox which seems to trigger the System Status scanner

This method seems to work and seems to be permanent in those which it worked. Some people come here and give me crap about this not being permanent, but in all 6 S4s i've tried this on, it was a permanent fix, none of them have been back on custom since then. If this work for you, i'm happy, if it doesn't, i'm sorry. I dont know why it works for some and not others, but i think if it worked for you, and your only goal is to be rooted and official, this is a great way to keep it that way.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] skullassfreak:
Is there anyway to get this changed with non-stock android?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] polish_pat:
there "might" be but the method is still in development and has a lot more negatives than positives. You can refer to this thread to follow the development
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] hemibat:
So far it is VERY permanent. I have not reinstalled busy box and won't until I need to (bootloader is still locked for now) and for the short term I'm fine with that. I really wanted it rooted to get rid of all the AT&T bloatware and BS apps.

Awesome work Dude! Thanks for the forum and threads! Keep up the good work!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] polish_pat:
Well, i'm glad to hear i'm not the only one that can take advantage of this method!:victory:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] steveh552:
Stock except root and it didn't work.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] wified:
I had to follow these instructions for it to work.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=41734310
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] polish_pat:
this is what my method is based on...if my way doesnt work, that one wont either because its the same thing
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] PherChe:
Hi there.

Well, finally worked, just with my stock rom (Telcel). Nice, i still using Superuser.

Thanks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mikehinnenkamp:
sd card

Did you ever figure anything out with this? Mine is doing the same thing. 32 GB card has no issues. As soon as I boot with the 64gb in I get the system status showing custom. I have the same files in both places..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] scott14719:
Because SysScope scans your SD card upon boot as well as many other system functions. If it finds anything on your card that creates a flag, it reports it a "custom" instead of "official". It has also been reported that some cards formatted as ExFat (as many 64GB cards are) will trip a flag with SysScope.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=28862218&postcount=5

The entire thread may provide a bit more insight...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1776019
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] geliner:
it really works for me, but i need nonstock rom method.

Many thans.:good::good:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] polish_pat:
All i figured is that it has to do with iSyncr. My SD is used by for 3 things only, storing my old pictures from previous phones, storing video files i want on the go, usually TV shows, some movies, and syncing my itunes playlist. As of now, i have all my pictures back, and some TV shows, and i'm still official. As soon as i use isyncr to transfer music, it changes to custom. Something in that is tripping the scan, i dont know what, but i'll contact the dev to try and work things with him
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] blyndfyre:
Thanks for the hard work polish_pat!

You mentioned in the OP that once you have "official" you could freeze the OTA with ROOTkeeper and then apply. Would you also be able to apply the OTA using the option in the pro version of SuperSU to have root survive OTA?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] polish_pat:
I'm not sure, I sue rootkeeper to freeze it, i havent tries the supersu option for that in any case, you can try it out, if anything, just re-root with motochopper and delete busybox again.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] blyndfyre:
I'll give the superSU method a try and report here, that is when we get the next OTA.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mikehinnenkamp:
Mine ended up happening from moving a specific game with FolderMount. I deleted the contents and no more Custom status. Hopefully someone comes along with something that can just disable it without affecting other apps.

Odd though, I have SuperSU installed and busybox enabled, either of those 2 things trigger the message ever. Just the files on the SD card.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] hidea:
FYI, ChainFire pushed an update to TriangleAway. That really did the trick! A rather odd series of instructions, involving booting into ODIN mode (it's all very well explained & guided), and my device status now says "Official". Also, keeps the counter at "0".

I'm running stock ROM, rooted with TWRP; and did all the above using the latest Triangle Away.

Playstore link:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...SwxLDEsImV1LmNoYWluZmlyZS50cmlhbmdsZWF3YXkiXQ..

EDIT:

Just for clarification, as noted by the post below me, I have a Canadian Galaxy S4 (SGH-i337M).

Although I did not encounter any problem when i did the procedure on my device, be sure to read the post below mine (regardless of what device you own). And while you're doing the procedure, be sure to follow the instruction diligently.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] scott14719:
Be careful, some I9505 users are reporting boot loops with version 2.96. It might be user error, but it might be better to keep up with progress in this thread...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1494114

...before you try it. If it is a slight glitch, it should be resolved soon. Again, check the thread above for more information and updates and make sure you read the entire thread (yea, I know it is long) before you do anything.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] sholsten:
I just ran this on my AT&T S4 and it worked well. I installed it through Pay Store and clicked for it to reset it. Custom status is now gone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] scott14719:
Chainfire is an awesome Dev. The area of code that determines the flash counter is in the same area that deals with "custom" status. It's nice to see the app is dealing with them both.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] KINGDROID25:
Ok I've read and haven't found this being stated but I followed the op and my status is now official but I'm wondering, when I reboot my phone I get the Samsung logo wit an unlocked lock and the words custom underneath is tht normal??..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] scott14719:
Keep in mind you have to do 2 reboots for status to be properly read due to the fact that the SysScope scan reports status at bootup to be displayed on the next boot.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] KINGDROID25:
Thanx for thf I tried it and that def did the trkck... still havant gotten the courage to flash a custom Rom.. lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] blyndfyre:
I'm using a i337m and used CF-Auto_root. If I use this method to get status to show 'official' will that allow me to update OTA when they are available?

Where are the instructions?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] hamzer11:
Please clarify that you purchased the app and ran it? When I ran the app it said my counter was 0 and I was stock but I get the custom banner on boot. So just wondering what all you did. After reading about bricking unsupported devices I didn't go any further.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] polish_pat:
did you try what i suggested in OP?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] sholsten:
I meant to say I got it from Google Play & I did purchase it. It turned out to be one of my best purchases as of tonight.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] polish_pat:
my question was directed to hamzer:confused:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] hamzer11:
Can't. I'm not 100% stock so I didn't try it. Unless I misread.

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A big rep for you. I don't know why I didn't just try it. I'm running SHOstock which has a custom kernel and was on original AMDB before that. I am also running Nottach xposed mod. I am rooted and running CWM. I just went in deleted busy box as you said and after reboot the custom splash screen is gone. Thank you very much. So I guess it doesn't have to be complete stock but if its not stock YMMV.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] blyndfyre:
I don't understand why you would even want to have official status if you are using a custom ROM. Is it just so you don't see the unlock icon? Because the only reason I would see needing this is if you are stock and want OTA updates.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] hamzer11:
Yes, it's a cosmetic thing. The fewer splash screens the better. The only real reason would be if you had to take it in to have ATT look at it you don't want that to be the first thing they see.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] KINGDROID25:
+1
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] blyndfyre:
I can see the cosmetic side of things. As far as bringing back for warranty why wouldn't you just flash stock with ODIN before going to the store?

I'm not suggesting anything here, litterally want to know the reasoning as I'm still new to Android and not sure how I want to carry on with things like ROM's and Recoveries. Can't decide if I want to leave mine saying "custom" or not still. At least even with 'custom' status I still don't have the unlock icon on boot up.

What about the method of just deleting superSU as opposed to TriangleAway app. Seems very simple, however what do you sacrifice by deleting superSU?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] hamzer11:
You are correct, I could wipe everything and Odin back but I meant in case you just need something looked at quickly or where you can't Odin back for any reason. Not very likely but there is no harm in NOT having the splash screen. I didn't use triangle away. I simply deleted busy box using the OP after super su was installed and super user removed.

Btw, my device status is also still custom under settings. Like I said, mostly cosmetic and makes me happy not to see it every time i boot. :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] blyndfyre:
Well I'll try this method in hopes that I can receive OTA's by gaining 'official' status. So we remove busybox but don't we need it for anything? Like Titanium Backup or other root apps for instance?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] polish_pat:
you dont need busybox unless you use it regularly, its more of a dev tool than anything
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Ptrout:
What is this custom status you guys speak of? Can someone take a pic?

I'm rooted, on custom ROM, kernel, and twrp. I don't recall seeing status icon.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] polish_pat:
go to settings - more- about device - status - device status
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] satannik:
I'm on cwm recovery and root status with heavy modding (no roms) and it's still official :confused:

Sent from my rooted Samsung Galaxy S 4
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] CAG-man:
As I understand it, the status icon is the initial first screen when the phone turns on for phones with a locked boot loader. I believe it says Samsung with an icon of an unlocked padlock. With an official device it is a splash of the Galaxy S4 logo. Then the phone boots and displays the boot screen.

As I also understand it, if you have a phone from a Canada carrier or lucky enough to have an unlocked bootloader from a US carrier or bought a Developer device in the US then you won't see either screen.

I'm not 100% percent on what different devices show as I have never looked extensively, however this is what I understand from reading about this custom and official statuses. Maybe someone may know a little better and can either confirm, contribute, or correct my understanding.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AxAtAx:
here is something weird, I flashed something, be it testing roms or something, did not notice, but I haven't seen the custom screen since. lol, what the he**. I need to find the puppy that did that, and post it, as a fix. I have flash multiple stuff since, custom still has not come back.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] blyndfyre:
Was it TriangleAway?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] nacos:
Just trying to confirm a theory...which rooting method have you guys used?

1. Motochopper exploit or

2. CF Auto Root
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AxAtAx:
yes, I think that is it, but I really didn't run it because I am on a custom rom, and it identified my model as a different model, so I did not run it. may have happen when I was on the stock rom with official as the status, thanks for that reminder, I think that is when it happen.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] KINGDROID25:
Where do u get cf root for jflteatt???.. I've only seen can version
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] blyndfyre:
2. CF Auto Root
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] nacos:
Far from blaming CF for anything at all (actually I love his work) but 2 methods of getting back to Status "Original", that worked just fine when I was having root through Motochopper exploit (with custom recovery), no longer work since I've re-installed and re-rooted using CF Auto Root.

Anyway, since everything else works just fine I'm not too concerned about having the Status "Custom". There are many ways of getting OTA: one suggested here by joeybear23 and of course there is always Sammobile.

- Register >

- Search for the latest firmware releases, specific to the device - which obviously comes with the latest updates >

- Download it >

- Install it through Odin without doing a factory reset (this will install the latest firmware without wiping your data but will put back the stock recovery) >

- Re-root

- Install custom recovery (once sure this will not brick your phone)

Of course, as always, read, read and read BEFORE doing any of this to insure the same Rooting method still works, custom recoveries are safe to install and no previous (essential) hacks have been patched by Samsung.

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Unfortunately, for the moment this is only available for the SGH-I337M - the Canadian version. Although identical with the AT&T one, we, Canadians, were spared by our most "generous" carriers :angel: and we were mercifully offered the S4 with an unlocked bootloader - which makes it (much) easier for developers to come up with rooting methods. ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] KINGDROID25:
I hate locked bootloader!!! What's the point then for an unlocked phone they wanna charge 600$ bastards
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] blyndfyre:
Yeah I decided to just leave mine rooted with Chainfire's method, and i'll stay 'custom' and use either the method you posted above, or instal TWRP and wait for a flashable zip of the firmware update.

Yes they were quite generous. Telus barely even did anything to my phone! One bloat app, "Telus" at bottom of lock screen and 2 internet bookmarks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] nacos:
...you know, there is an expression referring to greedy people: "they give with one hand but take with both" - this is how "generous" the Canadian carriers are!!!

CF is ChainFire's acronym...

Anyway, I've switched to CF Auto Root because it kind of insures deep compatibility with the rest of his work: Triangle away (currently available) and Mobile Odin (in work but not yet available for our devices), plus I was "forced" to replace the Superuser injected through Motochopper-rooting-method as I was having all sorts of weird problems - TWRP would not recognize the root.(also confirmed by others)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] blyndfyre:
Valid expression.

I'm aware of CF I'm just silly and type his name out.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] haloimplant:
I rooted with Motochopper and this method worked for me after I completed all of these steps:

1) Deleted /system/xbin/busybox

2) Installed SuperSU, let it update binary and remove other superuser app

3) Went into SuperSU settings and un-checked Enable Superuser (this is what I was missing for a while)

4) Reboot

Now my status says Official so I am ready for OTA updates!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Tremulant1:
This is the only way that worked for me. I'm running 32GB AT&T Stock rooted MDL.:highfive:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] polish_pat:
ill add it to op as method 2 if you dont mind
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] polish_pat:
Updates OP to include new methods
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] KINGDROID25:
I'm gonna have to Odin to remove the lock on mine.. Like a tard I skimmed through pa op and didn't flash properly so I got a triangle on reboot.. So I was able to flash my nandroid of shostock when I noticed the lock.. Nandroid back to stock rooted didn't help since I had already removed busy box

Edit: wow thanx polish pat, shortly after my post I re read the op and followed the triangle away method and the lock went away.. Obviously still says custom under status but thts cuz I'm on shostock.. Thanx a bunch man
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] CZ Eddie:
I'm not sure how I did it but I now have an AOSP ROM installed and do not have the "custom" boot status screen anymore.

These are the steps that I took.

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Note that I have installed dozens of AOSP ROM's and my boot status always showed up as "Custom".

Now, it doesn't.

nuked AOSP rom (something went really wrong).

wiped everything in TWRP 2.5.0.2.

Odin stock.

Rebooted several times.

Rooted w/motochopper.

Rebooted.

deleted busy box.

rebooted.

installed GooManager and TWRP.

Rebooted to recovery.

rebooted normally (without installing root).

rebooted to recovery.

wiped everything including internal SD card.

rebooted to recovery (without installing root)

factory reset wipe again.

installed PAC ROM (aosp).

Rebooted a couple times and still don't have a "Custom" boot screen. I haven't had the custom boot status at all since my second reboot after ODIN to stock.

This is the ODIN tar I used to go back to stock originally:

I337UCUAMDB_I337ATTAMDB_ATT

Note however that this was not the first time I've gone back to stock using this file.

What was different this time though, was that ODIN was giving me errors about mismatching MD5 sum. So knowing that the file itself was good, I just removed the ".md5" from the filename and proceeded to Odin to stock.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] oddspec:
Weird I used Adams one click root causal recovery installer and neever got this custom thing guess its fixed in the causal installer
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] morfiuss:
This worked for my status. It does not say custom anymore but it still say I have a custom room when I try to ota
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] nasapunk88:
ChainFire's TriangleAway worked perfectly for me. On ATT S4 with rooted stock rom/kernel with bootloader unlocked
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] MattMJB0188:
How would Triangle Away work running the Task 650 AOKP rom. My bootloader is locked. Did it by the loki method.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] nasapunk88:
TriangleAway can Hard Brick your device. You will want to be 100% sure it will work and follow ChainFire's exact instructions. Check out his thread : TriangleAway to see what is said about custom roms/kernels.

You will need to have your bootloader unlocked for it to work on AT&T or Verizon. During the process, a screen states "Do not continue unless you are running a stock (Samsung) kernel". I believe Task650 AOKP uses a custom kernel.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] carlospr21:
so i tried the TriangleAway on my att rooted with custom rom bootloader unlock and it work

i finally got the custom lock on boot off

im on [ROM][MDOB][ATT] with OUDHS Recovery

all i did Hit "Reset Flash Counter"

Once it reboots, hit "Volume Down" to reboot

cause my counter was on "0" all ready

and im on stock kernel
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Philtest:
Works great with method 2
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] CPA Poke:
I don't think your bootloader is unlocked ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Kadin:
Step 2 worked perfectly for me. Thanks OP!