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[Galaxy S 4 Active General] joshuadjohnson22:
A cool thought.... a i9295 user was able to flash the S4 google edition Rom to his Active and it booted. The screen drivers were not there so it was black but he could hear sounds and was happy that it booted. Might be a short process to add the drivers to our phone. Maybe just a kernel flash? He did not try the Active's kernel with it.

If we weren't in AT&T's jail we could play too.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] stephensonbrady:
That sounds hopeful.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] dnamaster001:
will this work

samsung s 4 active

Just want to know if this mod would work for the activehttp://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2320427
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] joshuadjohnson22:
Yes, it will probably work, use flash gordon to flash it after you have busy box installed. See here for more details

Disclaimer.... I have never tried it on an Active. I have tried it on the regular S4 and had no issues. Should work but do it at your own risk. You may need to restore with ODIN... but probably not

**Also I have to admit it is nice having a place just for the active http://forums.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-s4-active/***
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] rafael_mfr:
That's what I would tell you, but you'd find it already.

I'm using that forum to see the news for our device.

http://forums.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-s4-active/
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] jeremy1701:
I just tried it. It appeared to work, but upon reboot the old swipe lens flare was still there. :crying:
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] dnamaster001:
sry

Wow thank for the heads up sry about ur phone I think odin can fix it
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] jrkruse:
Updated Zip and Added Speaker Phone Fix for those of you having problems with speaker phone after call record mod installed
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] jeremy1701:
Phone is working fine. No issues there. It's just the swipe is still stock.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Reel E. Weird:
Where is this option? I have been looking all over for it and have yet to find it using the navigation you posted in your message. I do not see this option.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] dnamaster001:
Bro did u use flash gordon because mine says this file isnt valid and u have to change the swype unlock to use it
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] joshuadjohnson22:
gordon flash is the only way. Reinstall busy box using a different app... it will work but sometimes takes a few tries
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] thatbigmoose:
File can't have spaces or odd characters in its name. Rename it so there is no whitespace in its name and then try.

Also, install busybox.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] jeremy1701:
I used Flash Gordon. Also removed spaces in the zip filename to get it to work. Changed swipe unlock in settings. Still on stock.

Edit: Tried Tron and Blue rings with no success.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] dnamaster001:
thx

Thank u it didnt work but doesnt say that stupid message I had to delete the spaces
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] jeremy1701:
Interestingly enough.... Installing Flash Gordon (or perhaps flashing the non working swipe mod) has removed the 'custom' lock icon from the boot screen. Weird. :confused: :confused: :confused:

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You mean you got Flash Gordon to work but the mod didn't take affect?

Did you select any of the wipe options?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] dnamaster001:
Ya the mod didnt work :crying: and it did delete the padlock it now says the normal s 4 active at the beginning
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Groovu:
S4 Active Camera

Any idea if you can swap the S4 Active (8MP) camera for a S4 (13MP)?

I tried checking to see if the parts matched on etradesupply, but S4 Active only has a screen and digitizer up.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] joshuadjohnson22:
no one has tried yet. I tried asking Zedomax to do it because he has both phones but havent heard back. It is only a 10 dollar part, maybe someone give it a try. But without someone extracting the drivers it might not work right away. At least if we know it connects we will know it is possible.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] mattpayne92:
I have both phones (my brother has the active), but I've never taken apart my phone... So I don't think I'm going to start now just for experimentation haha. I think it'd be interesting to see someone mod a housing for the galaxy s4 to make their own active. That would be pretty complicated though...
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] joshuadjohnson22:
Yeah I would recommend letting someone who has done that before try it or get a broken S4 Active just to see if it connects.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] joshuadjohnson22:
I have probably a dumb question... I noticed the app vpn client has been eating my battery... What does it do. I know in computer terms it means virtual private network but is it something I can freeze or do I need it
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] thatbigmoose:
Can freeze it if you're not tunneling your connection. Based on what you just said you probably aren't so yes it's safe.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] joshuadjohnson22:
Yeah, not sure what I'd need to tunnel it for
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] njdave684:
I just flashed a zip using flash Gordon and it worked but I keep getting the android is upgrading screen on every reboot. Any way I can fix this? Thanks.*
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] jrkruse:
If You have Titanium Backup installed try uninstalling it then reboot and see if it goes away
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] njdave684:
Ok thanks ill give it a try
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] :
I finally got around to using the Dark Dialer mod in the op today and it is excellent. Thanks for posting it. It makes the phone like night and day. As to why Samsung changed it to white is beyond me.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] HORiZUN:
Stock ROM onscreen navbar

Is there a way to get the onscreen navbar with the stock S4 Active touchwiz rom and root? I hate the physical buttons enough to lose some screen real estate.

Tried this for the lulz, got continuous system ui crashes. Reverted.

http://gs3.wonderhowto.com/how-to/add-screen-buttons-your-touchwiz-rom-root-required-0141981/

Also installed the pro version of softkeyz. Nothing.

Im on UCUAMF3

(We really need a forum for the Active)
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Frogacuda:
To be clear, this isn't compatible with existing S4 roms, right? And there's no Cyanogenmod support?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] joshuadjohnson22:
Until we have an unlocked bootloader and custom recovery we do not know the full result of flashing a rom for the S4. The only thing we do know if a user got the google edition rom to boot on his active (i9295 international active with a unlocked bootloader) but because the screen was blank (lack of LCD drivers) he could not see what works or didn't. He did not try the Active's kernel but was able to hear everything. This may be a good sign. But us AT&T users are left in the dark until we have a unlocked bootloader
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] greeneyez15o:
If I update will I loose root ? And will I b able to regain root with geohot activeroot app ??? Im on ucuamf2
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] thatbigmoose:
If you're still on MF2, everyone here needs your help.

When the update screen pops up asking you to update, don't click cancel and don't click update, just hit the home button. Open your favorite file manager that can go up to root(ES File Explorer) and then go to the directory /cache/fota/ and in that folder there's going to be a .zip file. That is the OTA update. Please copy it and paste it to a different directory on your phone like Downloads or something and then upload it here when you get a chance. A lot of us are permanently stuck on a pre-release firmware and I've been waiting for someone like yourself to come along and hopefully help us get that stock MF3 update.

But to answer your question, yes you can OTA update and use OTA rootkeeper or re-root using Activeroot. But please consider getting that file for us. If you have any questions please feel free to PM me.

Edit: But if you're planning on sharing it with us, you have to grab the file before the phone updates or it will be deleted.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] echonc:
Yes and if you need assistance ask, we will be more than happy to help you with that!
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] greeneyez15o:
Kool will definitely do this wen I get home later on cause theirs no wifi near me
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] greeneyez15o:
Ok guys I downloaded update its under cache fita. But its 2 diferent ones. N wen I tried updateing after reboot to install I gor install interrupted messages tried mo re than once. No luck updating
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] thatbigmoose:
Can you please upload the both of them after copying them to a good directory?

After you've uploaded them I'd suggest un-rooting and reverting any changes you made to /system/ before attempting the OTA.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] joshuadjohnson22:
Have you extracted the file for us? Transfer the file to your PC then temporarily unroot you device and run the update. I know apps like VooDoo will allow you to do it. Usually root will mess up the update
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] greeneyez15o:
Im not near a computer, until tonight. How do I upload it from phone to on here ?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] jtl6060:
I'm looking for this too! Stuck on MF1 also. :fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] joshuadjohnson22:
try drop box, google drive, sendspace anything that will host large files
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] fegarciaii:
I hear you - me too. Eagerly awaiting what you have....
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] newbie2006:
sorry for hte noobish question-

I am on the MF2 firmware - is it worth going to the mf3?

and if i am clear from what i read here -

If i download and keep voodoo root keeper all i need to do is run that app - preserve root - get the OTA of mf3 and unroot install and then reapply root?

if that is correct - where can i get teh mf3 ota?

sorry if this was mentioned and i was to stupid to comprehend it. :o

(hoping one day to flash a rom) i am going through such withdrawal.):crying:
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] joshuadjohnson22:
I don't see a difference. Please if you have MF2 please get us the MF3 update file. Follow the guide a few post ago. They need this update because they are stranded and wont get OTA

Also don't worry about the MF3 update, it does not break the root method so you can easily reroot
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] thatbigmoose:
If you're able to download the OTA, please consider following the instructions that I posted a few pages ago:
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] newbie2006:
OK

If i get back in time tonight i will do so!

I am in DC today and live in the sticks so it takes me time - i will get that OTA and dropbox link it then post it here or PM someone?

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and one last question - I deleted the OTA update checker that was suggested in the root - So i guess i pretty much will not be able to get the OTA back right?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Reel E. Weird:
bump

also, before i post my next question, is this also considered the general discussion thread for this phone?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] newbie2006:
you need ROOT browser - i could not find it with ES - but with root explorer - u see the "/" and the cache folder then the other folder.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jrummy.root.browserfree&hl=en
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] joshuadjohnson22:
has anyone tried flashing the following mod in flash gordon? I would love to try it out

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=44141927#post44141927
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] thatbigmoose:
You can do it without root. Just hit the "/" at the top of ES file explorer - you can read the system partition but need root for write permissions.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Reel E. Weird:
ok, just so that im not totally confused here. I can stop the phone from waking when a new text arrives by doing what's quoted?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] newbie2006:
Question

I am on MF2 and would like to go to MF3 I am rooted and download OTA root keeper - but how can i get the prompt back to download the MF# OTA?

When i go to settings and update nothing happens - everything is UNFROZEN and apps restored that was suggested to be deleted or frozen...

any ideas?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] thatbigmoose:
No I'm sorry I must've misunderstood. I thought you were talking about extracting the OTA.

Are you saying you've already been prompted to install the OTA previously but then you rooted? Or are you still needing to download the OTA? To download you need to return /system/ to stock by reverting any changes including unfreezing any apps and do a full unroot from the SuperSU settings menu.

Please also get us the update file if you can. I posted some instructions a couple posts back.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] AndroidState:
Request | .odex files

For this apps:

Accuweather

SamsungIME

Job manager

I used them from i9505 update on mf2

But then after restoring Odin my device is mf1

And this don't work.

Thanks,

TransforixS4
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] newbie2006:
Sorry let me Clarify - when device was purchased - it was stock MF2 - I quickly downloaded active root and froze all the apps as instructed. THe OTA was attempting to download when i got it - but turned off wifi - until the root process was complete.

The OTA never prompted again, even while going to settings/about device/software update - nothing happens when clicked.

I un-froze everything - but can not get it to download the mf3 ota.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] fegarciaii:
Good for us that are stuck on MF1 that you still have MF2.. if you can get that file that "ThatBigMoose" mentioned, we can figure out how to get to MF3. Just need you to upload that file...
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] thatbigmoose:
Can you go into /cache/fota/ with your favorite file explorer, either ES file explorer or root browser would work. And see if there are any .zip files in that folder? If there are it'd be awesome if you could upload it here. Unfortunately I'm not 100% sure how to actually get your device to update but maybe if I'm able to experiment more with that file we could try other avenues like maybe 3e recovery

That's really just a "maybe" type thing. Unfortunately the updater script is probably programmed to check the software version of the phone before installing but we may be able to remedy that with some build.prop changes.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] newbie2006:
thats just it - nothing is in that folder!

When it tried to update i turned wifi off - so that it did not download and then after rooting - nothing gets it to download again.

I am trying to get it to download so that everyone here can get it.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] joshuadjohnson22:
I want everyone to understand that our (S4 Active) MF3 is rootable, I know that for a while the regular S4 would break root and you would be stuck but Updating to MF3 on the active can be re-rooted using Geo-hot's app. VooDoo will keep root if you need to go that method. You will have to use VooDoo to temporarily unroot.

if you want to be nice please get the OTA file for us.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] renegaderon:
Can a backup from one S 4 Active be restored to another S 4 Active?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] joshuadjohnson22:
not like a Nandroid but you can usually extract the contents and get a lot back. I would recommend using titanium back up (for apps ONLY, not system files) and Super back up for contacts, sms and so on.

With a locked bootloader we do not have anything that will restore all files because the only option is to run it inside the OS which will crash if you try to write over it and you will have a brick
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] bubba9004:
Ok, I'm downloading the update to my phone now. Should I stop it before it actually installs it?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] AndroidState:
Go home now and then to cache/fota copy zip to memory.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] thatbigmoose:
There's no way to stop it unless you're rooted and freeze the updater apps. Simply go into /cache/fota/ and periodically copy the .zip files in there to a safe directory(like /sdcard/) until you are sure the download is complete(when attempting to open the .zip it should open without any errors about corruption, etc.) Don't be concerned about the update either, you can still root and I'm sure it somehow pays to be on the latest version.

Feel free to ask any questions because a lot of us are betting on someone helping us get this OTA.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] bubba9004:
I paused the update by turning off my wifi/data at 12 of 18.88mb right now.

I had to unfreeze the update apks and then use voodoo temp unroot for it to start. I can't view anything in the cache while the phone is unrooted. Restoring root and opening fota only shows 2 files one called 2400258.cfg and the other called fota.status. There isn't a zip file. I'm assuming once it completely downloads it will turn into a zip.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] thatbigmoose:
The whole update is 18.88MB? Anyway the .cfg is the actual OTA. I remember reading that in another S4 thread. It's odd that you can't get into /cache/ without root because my dad's stock active was able to do that iirc.

Please try to somehow get that full OTA .cfg as well as that fota.status file uploaded here. I'm hoping that if us rooted users just stick them in the proper directories the OTA update app will give us the option to install it without phoning home to AT&T.

Edit: and if you're able to get those files, please also upload your build.prop from MF2.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] bubba9004:
Ok, I was able to copy the files. When I finally let it install though it failed at 25%. I think I forgot to unroot before letting it install and thats why it failed. It's redownloading now.

Link to first download

Update: downloaded 2nd time, made sure unrooted after copying file, and still failed at 25%.

Phone reboots and then displays the message:

Install interrupted

The software update could not be installed.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] joshuadjohnson22:
If you have modified the system files it wont. Uninstall busybox and/or any mods
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] bubba9004:
I forgot about that, I have the xposed, no attach, greenify and busybox installed.

If I remove them how should I go about attempting the update again, as now when I go to the updater it tells me to wait 24hrs.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] joshuadjohnson22:
go into setting, application info and clear the cache of the updater maybe clear data if needed
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] thatbigmoose:
Just adding onto this, you'll have to clear the app's cache from a root app like ROM toolbox because AT&T smartened up and made it so you can't clear the data of the AT&T Updater app after people would kill their servers by checking for updates every 10 seconds.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] bubba9004:
I used titanium backup to clear cache and data. I then uninstalled everything and updated. It rebooted and then showed the Samsung logo with a unlocked lock, which it hadn't shown before and then failed at 25% again.

So I'm not sure what to do now.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] thatbigmoose:
Here's the updater-script. It's pretty easily human-readable so you could find and fix anything you might've missed.

http://pastebin.com/1cWLkt2i

I'm not a dev by any means but I'll screw around with all this and see what I can find out. Thanks for the files.

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Alright. All you have to do to get the ota is edit your build.prop so that it looks like bubba9004's. If you know how to do that then you should be safe trying this. This will allow the system to download the OTA but installing it is another story.

The updater-script is failing on the very first assert which is assert(apply_patch_check("/system/SW_Configuration.xml", "90ad8184297159dcd8e9f1d4a9c57a46698488f8", "0bf30537766583df44f1f1d26afcb82bf905ec3f"));

[MENTION=3510956]bubba9004[/MENTION] if I explained to you how to make a dump of /system/ could you do that?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] bubba9004:
I skimmed through it a few times and I believe the only one I'm missing is the Knoxagent.apk

never mind, I had renamed it bak
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] thatbigmoose:
Before you update could you do one last favor? I need some files but I'm not sure which ones I'll be needing as they will probably be numerous.. This is what I edited my last post to say but I didn't want you to miss it:

The updater-script is failing on the very first assert which is assert(apply_patch_check("/system/SW_Configuration.xml", "90ad8184297159dcd8e9f1d4a9c57a46698488f8", "0bf30537766583df44f1f1d26afcb82bf905ec3f"));

[MENTION=3510956]bubba9004[/MENTION] if I explained to you how to make a dump of /system/ could you do that?

edit: Alright to continue trying I'm gonna need a dump of the MF2 /system/ partition. I'm gonna make this as easy as possible for someone to do this. Remember it's only useful if you're on MF2.

1) Settings -> More -> About Device -> Tap "Build Number" 5 times to enable developer mode

2) Hit "Back" to go back to the "More" menu in settings, hit "Developer options" and turn on USB debugging.

3) Connect USB from phone to computer

4) Extract the .zip file I attached to this post to somewhere, run the .bat. Leave this open.

5) On your phone a page is going to pop up asking if you want to connect with your computer, click "Ok"

6) In the command prompt you're going to see adb dumping your /system/ partition into a file in your current directory called "/systemdump".

7) Let it finish, once it's done rar/tar/zip that folder and upload it to dropbox or google drive and either PM me the link or post it here. These files contain none of your personal data, just the system partition.

Someone do all that and I love you long time.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] fegarciaii:
So to get the OTA to attempt a download, do we copy the 2400258.cfg, build.prop, and fota.status files into the /cache/fota/ folder? Or a different location?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] AndroidState:
Whats going on?

What is exactly going on?

What about MF1 build.prop?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] fegarciaii:
Sounds like some good folks here are able to get the OTA to start downloading. Trying to figure out what to do with the files Bubba saved off for us. Sounds like Moose is working some great stuff too. Maybe I just need to be quiet and wait to see what flushes out... ;)
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] joshuadjohnson22:
You sir are the man. If/When all this is done could you make a detailed post/ thread so I can link it with the Odin link so we can get people up to the latest.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] thatbigmoose:
I'm not really working on anything I'm just trying to get this stupid OTA to finally install :/

It's a pain though because everytime I screw up I have to re-setup my phone. I wish we had at least 1 real Dev who could probably do this effortlessly.

And everyone asking how to get the OTA to download you just have to edit your build.prop to make it say you're on MF2 - compare yours to bubba's. But the OTA will not install if you're on MF1, it checks the signatures of a ton of files within /system/

Edit: Just don't want anybody to get their hopes up, like I said I'm not a real dev.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] joshuadjohnson22:
Me 2... how in the world do we not have any Devs?? How unlucky
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] fegarciaii:
You gave us hope... even if only for a short time!! ;)
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] rafael_mfr:
FM Radio ???

I just noticed that S4A (i537) doesn't have the FM Radio app. I installed Spirit UL app and I can't get any radio signal.

Is there a way to get FM Radio on S4A ???

:confused:
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] joshuadjohnson22:
I never understood the need for FM radio, tuneinradio has every station and then some. What are the benefits