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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] hednik:
When you say downloaded it do you mean an OTA update or just the ROM. Honestly these are quite easy to flash a ROM on. Now with the custom ROMs you can flash most anything since your bootloader is unlocked. Don't install the official 4.3. I can't see you needing it
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] thedoodahman:
hich brings me to another question

Thanks for your reply. After more searching I now believe what happened was the official 4.3 ota downloaded just the zip file because like I said I DID NOT INSTALL IT. So I am not sure if it matters seeing as I never installed it.

Which brings me to another question, does it matter that my nandroid backup would most likely include that 4.3 zip file?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] fatahmusse:
galaxy s4 stuck on it&t boot logo

hi im from kenya and my phone is at&t galaxy s4 i337 rooted but not installed recovery img the phone was working good suddenly i deleted AT&T Software update application from my phone after that the phone reboot itself and stuck on at&t boot animation tried fectory reset still same tried odin reflash giving me error tried ceche partition giving me error please help thnks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] oldwiley:
No wifi after installing hyperdrive RLS13

Sorry if this is answered else where but I have done several searches and spent hours hunting for the right answer, or possibly one a noob could understand. I just rooted my SGH-i337 and then installed Safe Strap 3.71 and the jflteatt-MK2-modules and hyperdrive RLS13. The problem is my wifi doesn’t work so I am thinking I need to ad a modem. My phone works ok. Sorry if this doesn’t make sense but I am pretty new to this stuff.

SGH-i337

Base band – i337UCUEMK2

I did just notice that the model number on my phone has change from SGH_i337 to SCH-i545
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] apetwaffle:
Awesome information!

I'm not a noob to android by any means, but I have kept away from bootlocked phones for a very good reason. I still have my old Skyrocket (my personal fav for flashing w/e have you) in case I need to switch back from bricking my less than a week old s4. As I was writing this I thought to check something else and found what I was looking for, maybe I should leave it as is and not post, but I think someone else might find it useful as, to my knowledge, MF3 no longer comes installed on new s4's and instead now comes with MK2 or some other variant. Mind you this is of course on AT&T. Anyway, after many hours of searching for info on how MK2 can be rooted (as this thread only specified MF3) I found the page linked below. If this post is out of order (I read the rules here and at eight hundred other forum type sites, i can't remember what's appropriate where) by all means remove it, but to finish off: props to the OP this was by far one of the best written informational guides I've come across while exploring the vast Android experience.

Cheers!:good:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=42320414&postcount=2
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] virusownz:
Haven't been around these forums for some time,. switched off android for another device for a while, needed a change. Have a question I have the at&t samsung galaxy s4 I made the switch back 3-4 months ago, and was trying straight samsung touchwiz and finally wanted to put cyanogenmod on since before this was the rom that I had worked with so much with past android devices. my model is the at&t sgh-1337 and it was unfortunately updated by me a month ago to 4.3 and showing the nasty mk2 baseband and build... My question, and I'm hoping that I'm posting this in the right spot! Is would I have been able to install clockworkmod recovery on my s4 before the 4.3 update? Since the boot loader is locked with mk2 would it have been possible before the 4.3 update? Was the boot loader not locked down on 4.2.2? I am currently geting the 1337 stock rom of the 4.2.2. researching I think I will try and flash it to the s4 with odin to try and roll back the update to 4.2.2 if this works correctly would it also roll back the boot loader? And thus maybe allow us at&t users of 1337's with mk2 flash cwm and then custom roms?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] :
Don't think the stock rom effects bootloader--ck this out and see if Ted can help--read up on SafeStrap too

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2621279

:good:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jbrookley:
Question about OTA updates

So, I have MF3 and haven't received any OTA updates (for some reason 4.3 never came and I hear 4.4 is coming but mine hasn't received it yet). I read somewhere that rooting your phone via some methods can cause some custom status in your about menu that would stop OTA updates but I can't find anything that would indicate any custom firmware (although I do have safestrap on, though it is disabled, and I do have the "custom" logo come up at the beginning).

I guess my questions are:

1) What would stop me from being able to receive OTA updates?

2) Does my phone have to be unrooted to receive OTA updates?

3) If there is anything that would flag my phone as having custom firmware, where would that show up in the about menu?

Any help you can give me would be appreciated. Thanks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Thr33-F0ur:
1. Have you frozen/disabled the software update app? Otherwise, you should be able to see the update while rooted, but it will fail.

2. Yes

3. Any modifications to the system partition. (Deleted system apps, mods, custom roms, etc.)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Mithanx:
Quick Question:

I have a AT&T i337 Cell running MDB 4.2.2 firmware.

I want to upgrade this to Kitkat but with one of the Canadian versions (Say... Sasktel or Fido, which have no bloatware outside of Samsungs crap), as they don't lock the Bootloader.

1. Is this possible?

2. Will it do further updates on its own from that point on, but pulling from wherever the Canadian Firmwares reside as it will think its a Canadian Phone?

3. What is the name of one of the groups that puts out fairly clean Samsung S4 Kitkat Roms? Basic touchwiz and samsung features, but no other junk?

Thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ferrao_malchom:
Is it worth buying SGH-i337?

I'm planning of buying the SGH-i337M from a friend. He has unlocked the phone

I will be using the phone in India. I will be rooting it and will be using one of the custom ROMs, during the process will it get locked with the carrier again?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Raistlin1:
Picked up an unused used S4 and it is on MK2, should I upgrade to KK (NB1 I think)? The kitkat update messes with how files are saved and used on the SD card, right?

This S4 is for my wife and I normally root and flash custom recoveries on all our phones but this ATT S4 and locked down bootloader is making me not want to flash it. Going to be using it on the 10GB share plan so she can tether on this plan, in the past I had to root and flash the appropriate tether mod so she could tether. Other than having root for tether mod, I don't think I need her to have root access for anything, maybe for fixing the SD card issues in KK.

Just looking for some friendly info/tips/opinions on going from MK2 to KitKat, pros/cons etc...

Also, how do I kick the phone off of LTE and onto AT&Ts HSPA+? I have tried using *#*#4636#*#* and changing the setting there but it always goes back to LTE/GSM. I want it to say LTE/WCMDA/GSM correct? LTE is not so great in Midtown Manhattan so I would like to kick it onto HSPA+.

Thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] KINGDROID25:
Can u root this mk2 as easily as the mdl or should I do as u n leave it b??.. It's already on 4.3
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Raistlin1:
From my reading there are a some extra steps to rooting MK2 and the only way to root NB1 is to downgrade to MK2 to perform several steps and then you can get rooted NB1.

I am still reading up on everything because I am not used to having a locked down bootloader, adds extra steps that I have not done before so just being cautious.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] dotnerdify:
Is this still up to date?

I own a Bell S4, i337M and just upgraded to OTA KitKat 4.4.2 (build NC1). I wonder if I can still follow these instructions and flash TWRP.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ferrao_malchom:
Install Goomanager (Requires root) from play store and then Use Install OpenRecovery script to flash TWRP
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Droidimlookingfor:
Having an issue with Gmail. Getting "unfortunately Gmail has stopped". Have cleared cache and data with no luck. Tried restarting, no luck. I'm still getting new mail notifications, just can't open Gmail. Any suggestions? Am on Dark Venom SS 4.4.2. Gmail worked until this morning. Only thing new I've installed lately is the new Google Play services 4.3.23. Please help.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] :
This has plagued users for years. It can Google itself related. But, haven't seen other complaints on internet yet. Delete and readd account. Restore your nandroid with the older Play Services. Or get an older Play app and install it.

You can also wipe all including System and try another rom just to see. And maybe wipe internal also. Do your backups first and put them on pc.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Droidimlookingfor:
Thanks. I went in to Play Services in App Manager, deleted update, and rebooted. When phone came back up Gmail worked again. :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] shakedown:
AIO blues

So, I rooted my AIO galaxy s4, model i337z. I have a locked bootloader and used safestrap to apply a slot and custom rom. The current intika rom is based on 4.2.2. Apparently, the dev for this rom is no longer going to move forward. If I would like to upgrade to 4.3 or even KitKat what would be my next step? Please keep in mind this is a different model than most others and is using the MH1 baseband. I still have the stock slot on safestrap intact but unsure of my next step.

Thanks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jbrookley:
Some questions about OTA's, firmware, and KNOX

Background:

So, it's been a while since I've been around on this site and was thinking about going to the most recent OTA. I am currently on MF3 (didn't realize they locked the bootloader until the update had already started . . .) and was considering moving to a more recent firmware version. I think my phone has been blocking OTA updates because I am rooted and had safestrap installed. I deleted the safestrap recovery and uninstalled safestrap then opened up SuperSU and got a warning about KNOX, which is the first I'd seen anything about it. Then I came to the forums and found a bunch of posts about reverting from the newest version NB1, to MK2. So this left me with a few questions:

Questions:

1) What happens if I am on MF3 and try to disable KNOX in SuperSU? Will it just fail or will it brick my phone?

2) What is it that KNOX does exactly, in terms of rooting and such (I read Samsung's spin on it, I'm more interested in how it affects phone modders)

3) Is it worth it for me to move from MF3 to NB1 or is there something pretty bad about NB1 that is moving everyone back to MK2? (my bootloader is already locked . . . can it be that much worse?)

4) If I did want to get OTA updates, do I have to unroot my device or is removing safestrap enough to bring back OTAs?

5) Should I ever take an OTA?

6) Is it possible to move to MK2 or NB1 apart from taking OTA updates? I thought I had found a thread with a how to but when I looked again, it appears it just talks about how to obtain root (which makes sense, with a locked bootloader, changing to a different firmware version isn't possible, if I understand correctly, unless moving from MF3 to MK2 doesn't require updating an essential kernal or something to that effect).

If anyone has a few minutes to answer these things for me, I'd appreciate it. Thanks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] floydhead:
Downgrading

Hello friends,

This is my very first post. My apologies if this question has already been answered before, and quite honestly, I tried my best to search for it but couldn't really find a straight/satisfactory answer. So here goes:

I am using a Canadian Samsung Galaxy S4 (i337m), just recently updated it to 4.4.2 (NC1) through samsung kies and have successfully rooted it using the auto root method. The phone is locked to rogers, and wish to unlock it now. I contacted cellunlocker.net, paid $16 CAD and just got a refund today since they couldn't unlock the phone (first one since they've always been able to generate a code for me in the past). I have previously unlocked a galaxy note 1, galaxy note 2 and a galaxy s3 using the hidden menu options, however reading the posts I believe there's no way to get into the service menu in 4.4.2. Even chainfire's region unlock away didn't work. I wish to downgrade to 4.2.2 now so I may access the hidden menu to unlock my phone and would be really grateful if anyone could point me in the right direction. I do know that there is a working method for the US S4 that enables you to downgrade but saw user's comments that it wouldnt work on the NC1 (canadian) variant.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

Thanks :)

---------- Post added at 11:07 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:53 AM ----------

I can definitely answer your first question!

You phone will not be bricked if you disabled knox through superuser. I did it on my canadian i337m and nothing happened. I was able to use the root features after I was prompted to disable knox, which I did.

Hope this info helps.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] DeadlySin9:
As far as i know, the I337z does not have an official 4.3 update. You can't use 4.3 or 4.4 unless an official update is released first. Check sammobile.com to see if there is, in which case you'll also need to find a root method and then you can use the updated Safestrap.

1) If you are on MF3 you shouldn't have KNOX. If you're on MK2 then you should, and it only disables the KNOX app. It can't disable it on the bootloader level, so you can still trip it.

2) Basically root and recovery methods have to be developed around it. On i337m flashing recovery trips knox, for example. System side, it's just security controls and things more oriented to device-supplying businesses.

3) The reason everyone is moving from NB1 to MK2 is to root it. There's not direct root method for NB1 yet so we downgrade and root, and then we can go back to NB1 or other 4.4 ROMs. I would recommend that if you do update, do not go to NB1 because you never know whether the new bootloader will be incompatible with an exploit found on MF3 or MK2. You can still load 4.4 ROMs without the NB1 bootloader by using the ones from our leaked 4.4 build which will allow you to flash back to the 4.3 bootloader.

4) In order to get OTA's, the easiest way is to flash the stock package for your version. Otherwise, you need to remove Safestrap, make sure no system files are modified or removed and no apps frozen, then remove busybox and unroot, then do the OTA.

5) Learn from MF3, never take an OTA until we know if it breaks exploits/root/recovery or there's at least ODIN files if you want to expiriment.

6) You can always use the ODIN files, or from MK2 if you want root on NB1 you use that root method. It's a workaround that has you install the reversable bootloaders from the leak (or the NB1 bootloaders if you had already taken the update).

I'll gladly elaborate and answer any more questions.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jdkbph:
As noob as noob can get

Thanks for all the fish

JD
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] eliaslear:
i read through all noob guides for this phone. i'm coming from skyrocket and s3 with AOSB. this "locked bootloader" is new to me. after reading what i've understood is installing safestrap will let me install philz recovery (or loki patching recovery) and from there install aosb but reflash the stock att nb1 kernel? OR i'm completely wrong and only limited to roms built off touchwiz based roms made for this and other s4 variants?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] DeadlySin9:
Second option. You can only use loki and a full custom recovery if you have MDL firmware, but all the phones available by now besides some on Swappa have MF3 or higher. You'd be limited to Touchwiz ROMs with Safestrap.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Smokeyla1:
quick question, my s4 is running mf3 baseband, 4.2.2 with safestrap maybe 3.65? in slot 1 which is only 3-4 gig so I ran out of room pretty fast. My main question is that when I flashed gravitron 4.2.2 I had to reflash the mf3 modem. If I odin to mk2 then use magic tool and flash a 4.4.2 rom such as Light Rom with ghost kernel(and Echoe v20 for my girls phone) will it work? Also because I have the safestrap with slot 1 now, when I odin or flash a rom I want it to be over the stock so I can use the entire phones internal data. Thanks for any help

EDIT: ok so I flashed light rom but I had changed thesuperSU .zip to .apk and couldn't install superSU but i did flash mldmodules then restarted its now booting up to big S with light rom flashing underneath and goes no further, going on 25 min now
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jt1998:
Something is wrong. Don't change superSU to apk. It's a zip you flash in safestrap install.

Are you flashing light rom v12 listed in the forum below?

Look at post 3 in following link and find light rom.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2616221

Good luck.

sent from my Samsung SGHi337 16gb with NB1, safestrap 3.72 and GE 26 SS ROM over stock.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] paths:
At&T S4 MDL 4.4.2 upgrade options help

Sorry If I missed the the correct thread, but I am trying to read through as much as I can.

I have an AT&T GS4 and I am still on a rooted MDL. But I am wanting to try out a newer version of android 4.4.2 if its possible and keep my root and not trip the qfuse thing? Can I do this and what thread do I need to read through? One application I was in need of was in need of if possible is to enable mic/line recording for through call recorder pro if it can be done. I think I read the CM doesn't support this, but I my head is spinning with all of this and not even sure how I managed to root this when I got it last year.

Any help would be appreciated. I am going back to searching through threads to see if there is one I can make sense of.

Thanks...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] hitrek:
MDL to 4.4.2

I would like to know the same thing. How to upgrade from rooted 4.2.2 MDL baseband to 4.4.2 with the ability to go back (and stay rooted of course.)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] DeadlySin9:
Use TWRP and flash any 4.4.2 ROM. You could use the KeepRoot ROMs (not the ota's, it shouldn't work but don't try it). I don't know of there's anything additional you need to do like we have to change bootloader, but definitely don't do that for your device.

EDIT: You may just need the modem from what it seems. Good thing there's a thread of recovery flashable modems.

Sent from my SGH-I337 running BlackBox 3.0
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] hitrek:
Not sure I follow

I haven't flashed TWRP using ODIN - stock ROM rooted on 4.2.2

Not sure I follow the comment about just needing a modem - why just the modem and not the 4.4.2 ROM. Don't get the correlation. Can you point me a to noob thread/guide :p
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] DeadlySin9:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2297900

That will get you ROOT.

My comment about the modem was just worded weirdly, I meant you need the modem and the ROM, and that you didn't need anything else for the workaround like us with safestrap.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] paths:
Cool, I will look for KeepRoot Roms. I think I read where kitkat 4.4.2 roms do not allow you to have apps loaded onto the SD card, is that the case? That would suck seeing as this is only a 16gb unit and I have a few big apps loading from the sd card now.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] DeadlySin9:
It doesn't stop apps being on the SD, it changes permissions for apps to read and write to it. If you have root it's not an issue

Sent from my SGH-I337 running BlackBox 3.0
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] codemkr4a:
Thanks for the info.

I've been flashing roms for years and didn't know what certain terms meant.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] tupinikim:
helped me a lot :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] neil7398:
Help with KitKat

Can someone direct me to a thread where it gives real straightforward step by step instructions on how to go from MK3 to a Kitkat rom but keeps your root access?

Thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] rpimentel1:
There is a very versatile search bar located in almost any page on this forum. Try to use it and if you don't find what you're looking for at least be a little more detailed on what device you have and actual system info.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jt1998:
This is a good one! Post 1

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=49562527
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] sungsammy:
A lot a great information here, thanks! I'm completely new to this but find it interesting. I'm debating whether I should try this myself or just pay someone to do it.

I currently have a S4 sgh-i337m NC1, 4.4.2 phone with rogers that is locked. I would like to unlock it, and add AWS bands. In order to do this I would do the following?

1. root the phone, this method: http://www.android.gs/root-canada-galaxy-s4-i337m-on-vlufnc1-android-4-4-2-kitkat/

2. Enable AWS using this Method: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2291589&page=86

By doing this I will if successful have unlocked my phone and enabled AWS, for android version 4.4.2 and phone version NC1, is that correct?

Thanks for the help!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] sympathizer:
This was very useful! Thank you very much!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] hitrek:
ROM closest to Stock on Kitkat

I'm on a rooted I337 (AT&T S4) running 4.2.2 on MDL baseband with TWRP.

I'd like to upgrade to 4.4.2 at this point (not 4.4.3)

Is there a modified ROM that's either the Stock? If now, what's the ROM that's closest to Stock - I'm used to TouchWiz, so would want one that's a close replacement without the need for much tweaking. I've done some searches for keeproot ROMS like GoldenEye, but am a bit overwhelmed with all the options.

The goal is to get Kitkat, to get updates and new apps that will only run on 4.4.2+ - not to tweak the device for performance nirvana ;)

Hope that provides enough context for my question.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] kevnuke:
While I don't have a specific recommendation for you, since I've been on SHOstock for a while now, I can tell you that you can exclude any ROM with [AOSP] in the title of the thread. Those are definitely not Sammy [TW] ROMs

Sent from the 4th Galaxy using XDA Premium.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] unsaddledhalo:
which section do i put the .md5 file under in ODIN? i tried in AP but it failed

I tried to install a stock image on my SGH-i337m through ODIN. It says its an all in one file and its supposed to be put in the AP section. I did that but it keeps on failing whilst saying

"<ID:0/006> File analysis..

<ID:0/006> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/006> Initialzation..

<ID:0/006> Set PIT file..

<ID:0/006> DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!

<ID:0/006> FAIL!

<ID:0/006>

<ID:0/006> Re-Partition operation failed.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)"

what do i do?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] DeadlySin9:
Make sure it's for your phone and not i337. Also make sure it's the same version you were previously on or possibly newer since I believe you can only Odin flash back to certain versions past 4.3.

Sent from my SGH-I337 running GPE
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Tronicus:
Thx for the tips
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] NHComp:
I have a S4, ATT, rooted, CWM 6.0.4.7. When I ask ROM Manager to reboot into recovery it goes to the Android recovery, no option to create a nandrond backup. What am I doing wrong? Also, the text is tiny, is there a way to make it bigger? Thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] travisc:
Same here.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] :
I haven't used CWM for many years but don't think you can change text size unless it is in settings now. Why not get Quick Boot from Play Store and use it. Even when using CWM, I did not use ROM Manager. :)