yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] thehoz:
I am on stock ROM. The system apps are all there. Many of the stock AT&T apps I disabled.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Muffin84:
Thank u! That was quick.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] beast3300:
MF3 working here. I haven't attempted to flash back to MDL.

Edit: modem
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] WoodburyMan:
thank you!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AxAtAx:
You do not have time to seed a damn lawn at this time, just kidding:) I was wondering where you scooted off to. And you answered my question, a flash-able safe OTA update, thats what I'm talking about. You da man. Thanks, outta thanks for now, but you got one from me earlier, so no thanks for you right now.:D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] :
you may have to unfreeze them

so you are just rooted with stock recovery?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jorgenask1986:
Fu**! Just returned my s4 to samsung to replace the home button... Im just hoping they forget to install this new update !

I was a happy user of the Goldeneye ROM..i flashed stock again for getting the warranty fix..... If they update it im gonna have to be stock until this new one is hacked... Sucks! :(
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] thehoz:
I only rooted. Really... just to do it. I always had a jailbroken iPhone. I wanted to be able to move apps to the SD card and tether. I assume stock recovery but I don't really know what that means. I never installed any ROMS.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] scott14719:
Not to mention the extra time it takes running away from the damn viruses XDA keeps trying to load onto my PC. Completely off topic, but is anyone else's anti-virus programs going ape-crap every time an XDA page loads?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] sloanster:
Thank you all for your useful posts its been a busy night!!!:eek:

Flashing the latest modem...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] fosser2:
Have you tried ad block plus ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AxAtAx:
as a matter of fact...chrome crashed 2 times the last 30min. gonna scan real quick. Thanks for the heads up.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] WoodburyMan:
Flashed and everything works! Sound, wifi, bluetooth and calls on CM10.1 thanks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] scott14719:
No, my anti virus blocks it just fine. But it is definitely java based exploits trying to load with the XDA pages and it has been going on for a good while now.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jorgenask1986:
Anyone have an educated guess as to how long it takes before we have a root method for this new update ? :) i would donate some $ to the dev who makes it happen !
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] :
then you need to get your system files back beginning

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no one can answer that--:)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] thehoz:
Do you mean unfreeze everything or load up a rom?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] WoodburyMan:
Its been talked about. This thread is mainly for modem information only. However its been talked about that geohot's S4 Active root may be able to be modified to work on the S4 as well.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] :
yes if you haven't deleted anything, just unfreeze all of them

and move clock ahead

PS--Beat after a busy night here, off to bed--:)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] thehoz:
I did unfreeze everything, re-ran the update. It failed again, it said "Install Interrupted. The software update could not be installed."

Any suggestions?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] pixelsquish:
thanks for the flashable zip file for just the new modem firmware! very glad to keep root but being able to upgrade baseband.

just flashed it successfully. will report back with any feedback on new modem in regards to signal and data speed quality
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] highaltitude:
Modem working great on Omega v7 9505 rom on SGH-I337! Thanks

Sent from my GT-I9505 converted SGH-I337
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] sloanster:
+1 Same Here Omega v7 latest kt kernel, latest TWRP, Latest Modem

Thanks, ALL
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] nakedninja42:
Modem runs great using [MENTION=1380660]iB4STiD[/MENTION] GoldenEye with [MENTION=395758]ausdim[/MENTION] Google Edition kernel :good::laugh:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] gxlgxl:
Why no update for my att galaxy s4

I tried to update through AT&T software update but always get: download was interrupted. I tried several times and even changed date to try more but got no luck. My phone is not rooted and the only change I did to the system is to enable the AWS band on i-337. Any people has similar issues? Help appreciated.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] :
It might be telling you to stay rooted :)

Not sure why it won't work.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] oldblue910:
I'm almost positive that happens because you haven't used Triangle Away to clear your flash count. If you've ever flashed something custom, even to play around, you'll want to do that.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] scott14719:
Would you like AWS band to remain enabled?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] :
Pretty sure OTA looks for a lot things in System and elsewhere. You gotta be 100 percent stock files.

Sent From My 32gb Samsung Galaxy S4 Running Tapatalk 4 Beta
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] igotroot:
I have MDL with AWS unlocked....It would be nice to have the new modem with AWS unlocked :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] gxlgxl:
Thanks. But still confusing. My phone is not rooted at all. I am on factory rom.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] oddspec:
New.modem work fine on slimbean still gives me crap reception compared to my s3 in the same apt
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] scott14719:
The new modem has been reported to block dialer codes (codes needed to enable AWS), so you might want to check and make sure that AWS remains enabled after the modem flash. If you take the full OTA, as of right now, Kies would be your only way back to the AMDL baseband...if Kies recognizes your phone. So, good luck.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] gxlgxl:
Yes. I am on Tmobile now. AWS enabled is important to get consistent 4G speed. It just hates to feel outdated. Plus I really like that the update adds transparent status bar and move apps to sd card.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] dmunjal:
Even FoxFi doesn't work. They really tightened this release down.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Aou:
Didn't you say something about going to bed? :P

And yes, the OTA itself does a file integrity check for pretty much every file it touches during the update... which is most of them it seems -_-

However, if you currently have a "Custom" status due to SysScope, this will prevent you from getting the update altogether.

Status Update:

I've got a neutered OTA update .zip, but it won't flash. It looks like a bug in TRWP 2.5 so I might have to find a different recovery to continue playing with this. I keep getting:

"E: Error executing updater binary in zip ... .... ."

Frustrating. My updater-script looks fine, and I can't even edit the updater-binary. Any flashable-zip experts care to help with this error? What do I look for?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] :
I am now in bed lol

BTW what is non-hlos?

Sent From My 32gb Samsung Galaxy S4 Running Tapatalk 4 Beta
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Gandalf:
Checkout this post for a down and dirty on ADB, its functions and uses. it's a pretty awesome tool :cool:

For things like this, ADB is a nice way of flashing a new modem (or recovery) yourself. A lot of people put up recovery-flashable zips, and nothing says that you can't or shouldn't flash the zips they post, but some people just like the reassurance of doing it themselves. learn adb from that post and you'll be able to do quite a few new things with your device :victory:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=879701

Would you mind explaining what the NON_HLOS.bin files are for, I remember someone asking, and I myself and not sure enough to provide an accurate answer.

someone beat me to it!

TriangleAway is pretty cool. Removed my CUSTOM padlock splash screen pretty easily even though my Device Status still reports Custom :good:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Aou:
I honestly don't know exactly what NON-HLOS is for. I see it included in many (if not all) modem updates. All I know is that if I flash it, it breaks my sound. If I don't, it seems to work well. It probably needs the new Kernel that's included in the MF3 update to use it properly. *shrug*
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] scarmon25:
Yeah. ADB is an absolute must if you mod. You may never use it but it is a good idea to have it set up just in case you do. Plus like he said. Its really cool what you can do with it.

I337 CM10.1
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] :
[MENTION=1124755]Aou[/MENTION]

Out of thanks but thanks. I don't feel so dumb now. Thought I was only one that didn't know about it. Google didn't help.

Done for night :)

Sent From My 32gb Samsung Galaxy S4 Running Tapatalk 4 Beta
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] igotroot:
I like having the best modem out....but the whole new OTA is just suspect. Its like they pushed it out with some "benefits" just to dupe people into accepting the anti-root measures.

I would prefer to keep AWS, and my MDL modem....for now, until I get more info. Even though i'm on at&t, i'd like to keep my phone's new value worthy :D

AND.....is the new modem REALLY better???? In reality it should be, common sense right.....otherwise whats the point of putting a new modem out, right??? Well I dont trust samsung/at&t on this common sense occurrence....seems too convenient with all the anti-root efforts.

If someone on at&t can prove the modem is better than MDL, please let us know. Thanks :angel:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] scarmon25:
I flashed the new modem on CM and it really does seem to help with internet based apps. They open quicker. Had my wife check it out as she uses my s4 often so I know it isn't just me. It does help with NFC and supposedly adds new bands for LTE. That's all I know so far.

I337 CM10.1
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Aou:
Good news and bad news.

Good news:

I somehow fixed the errors I was getting re: flashing the zip. I'm able to flash the neutered OTA update.

Even more good news:

My recovery is working fine still - I'm able to restore a nandroid from earlier today, and nothing seems to have changed in the long run. This news will make more sense once you read the bad news...

Bad news:

Can't get it to boot! :P Gets to the "third" boot splash (I guess it would be the AT&T animation if I were 100% stock), but no audio and it doesn't go any further after waiting. Tried clearing all data, cache, dalvik, etc. just to be sure.

I suspect it is because I have customized my stock MDL rom too much. I've added things like CrossBreeder, I've modified SecSettings.apk (to remove the checks for SysScope for a permanent "Official" status!), and I've uninstalled loads of bloatware.

To be honest, I'm surprised it got this far! :P I will Odin back to stock MDB tomorrow, patch to MDL, root to a custom recovery and then re-try my neutered MF3 patch after all that.

Sleep time. I stayed up too late last night writing documentation on how I got Ubuntu 13.04 to work on my S4. But that's for another day...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] CPA Poke:
Hahaha I wish, but I just do it out of necessity as the last thing I want to do when I get home from work is go into my office and work on the computer....so I guess you could say I spent a lot of time toying around and learning only because I was lazy in the first place ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Scott:
Thank you!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] oldblue910:
Your conspiracy theory is shot to hell by the fact that this OTA was also released to the international SIM-free version (which does not have a locked bootloader) a few weeks ago. If they were doing this for root restrictions, it wouldn't have made any sense to release it to devices which never had root restrictions in the first place. Someone will find a way around it, I'm sure. Just give it some time. If root is so important to a person that the lack of it makes their phone unusuable or unenjoyable to use, they're doing it wrong. haha
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] scarmon25:
Yeah. I personally could survive without root. I did for a long time. I prefer aosp but truthfully I could run stock Touchwiz and be just fine with it. But like the guy before me. There will be an exploit figured out. Just give it time. For people like me the modem is the only real benefit. For touchwiz users though there are some other benefits from this build that would be really nice to have.

I337 CM10.1
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] blackguy101:
so I personally dont care if I have root or not. I rooted my phone and i have a touch recovery installed. Every time I try to take the update it just boots my phone back to twrp and I cant apply the update. Any way to force my phone to take the update?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] oldblue910:
You'd have to download the OTA file yourself (link earlier in this thread) and then flash it manually in TWRP. If you do, though, you'll lose TWRP and root with no way to get it back or even flash back to an older version via Odin. Odin fails immediately when trying to flash either MDB or MDL over the top of MF3. So if you flash the update, you're going to be completely stock for a while.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] blackguy101:
Ya I dont mind at all so its fine :) Just wanna see everything this update brings to the table

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Ok so now im trying to flash it in twrp but every time i do I get a failed message. Truth be told I never flashed anything on my gs4 which is why im not upset over losing root. I just tap on install then swipe to flash. Am i doing something wrong?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] gxlgxl:
Why I keep getting : software update interrupted

Why I keep getting : software update interrupted. Running factory rom and not rooted, the only change I guess is that I enabled AWS band. Any people knows why? I also tried to enable all the disabled softwares but it didn't help.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] :
Wouldn't know of a flashable-zip stock recovery. Been looking but maybe to tired tonite.

Sent From My 32gb Samsung Galaxy S4 Running Tapatalk 4 Beta
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] blackguy101:
Damn no idea why this thing wont work I tried flashing like 3 times
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Scott:
I was able to make full stock rooted ROM of MF3 from this....

Thanks again for posting it. I will post a stock rooted ROM in about 2 hours... Slow ass upload speeds, lol

​

Everyone should thank that dudes post! He hooked us up PROPER!​
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] illusoryphoenix:
Anyone see any benefit to updating if they're running stock and not looking to root until their warranty expires? Are there any performance improvements?

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Yes, I do realize that you'd lose the ability to root and the ability to work around the bootloader lock, but I'm assuming someone will have figured out another work around by that time.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] blackguy101:
So what am I doing wrong If i keep on getting an error message while trying to flash the ota in twrp?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] :
Can't flash the ota in twrp unless you package it yourself
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] spdwiz18:
Ok. .. is been over 4 hrs. Where is it? Lol. J/k. Thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] sloanster:
Just an FYI... in Testing!!!(for the Modem only):eek:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] igotroot:
Good point.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] pezlomd:
This gets rid of the smearing issue thats visible mostly in settings correct?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] :
Technically yes
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] igotroot:
Awesome, the DEV community and the rest of us im sure appreciate this!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] MechaBouncer:
I may have missed this mentioned before, but this looks very similar to the firmware build number of the Galaxy S4 Active (JDQ39.I537UCUAMF3) that required a different root method that geohot figured out over in THIS THREAD. Perhaps it would work for the OTA update?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] seanpr123:
Wow, this makes me want to return my phone and pick up an International version or T-Mobile.

The T-M variant works perfectly on AT&T right?

Really hate AT&T's approach to this subject and we need to make our voices heard via our wallets...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] sixftsix:
just a warning... if downloaded & postponed, the OTA update will auto execute at some point, after a notification and a 30 second delay with no cancel/postpone button.

AT&T stock motochopper rooted with no custom recovery

lost root after update of course.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] scott14719:
It has been mentioned a couple of times.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] MechaBouncer:
Ah, okay. Sorry about that, then.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Aou:
Sounds great! Thanks for working on this. I'm still going to work on a neutered version of the OTA patch in the meantime. Odin'ing back to stock at the moment...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jeffreii:
The trick is to not click the "postpone" button. Just press the home button to "minimize" the update and ignore it.

I believe you can also disable AT&T update to get rid of the nag altogether.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] WoodburyMan:
I just got my fastest speed test ever on AT&T LTE using AMF3 modem with CM10.1
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Solange82200:
The Rom that was made by Scrosler,.does it have all the things in the update, or just the lte additions? The reason I ask is that I would like to get the camera improvements without losing my root. Can someone possibly make that into a flashable zip?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Solange82200:
Check out mine, not bad huh:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Solange82200:
Even.better:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Cusa:
I can confirm that with the MF3 modem pages load a lot faster.

Sent from my SGH-I337
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Aou:
Update on neutered OTA:

Complete! Uploading shortly. I will be starting a new thread with a full write-up on how to install MF3 on your own device while keeping your current recovery and rooting the new MF3. Also, I've zipped up my modified MF3 SecSettings.apk to remove SysScope. That means you'll have the option to get MF3 without the "Custom" status or logo. ;)

(To those wondering if it is possible to root the new MF3 if you were forced to get it, I cannot help you, I'm sorry. The method involves simply flashing a zip from recovery. If you've taken the full, unaltered MF3 OTA update, you will notice you no longer have a custom recovery!)

I need to go upload a lot of files and finish the write-up. Once complete, I'll run my device through the instructions one last time as a final test.

As usual, "Stay tuned." I'll post a link her ein this thread to the new thread when it is created. ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Aqua1ung:
Can someone extract and post this modem somewhere, so we can all flash it please?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] oddspec:
Its posted in this thread twice and in the radio thread as well search and u will find
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Aqua1ung:
Thanks, will do. I imagine that I should be able to flash this modem if running the GE ROM, right?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] movielover76:
Unfortunately, in reality all this would do is make your own life easier.

If you stick with AT&T service, you're not making your voice heard.

They could care less if you sell your AT&T S4 and buy a T-mobile S4 and still use their service.

Not that I'm judging lol, I really hate AT&T but I use them because it's free from work lol.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] norbarb:
I don't know what is hype about, i just flash MF3 modem and don't see any diffence with speed.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] scarmon25:
I personally seem to be getting stronger LTE and HSPA+ in Knoxville TN. But that could just be my area. Normally in Halls it constantly goes in between the two and today it has held steady on LTE.

I337 CM10.1
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] :
No one said you would. :) I flashed many radios on my One S and never saw any real difference. Keep in mind you can get 35dl one day and 17 in same area next day. I do it alot. I will still try radio though or wait for a clean MF3 rom. Here soon I believe.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] oddspec:
Yes u can and here the radio thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2324667

[RADIO]I337/I337m(AWS Unlock)(NorthAmerica)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] :
Cool Aou

Out of thanks again for day--sorry--too much good info flowing lately--:)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] :
THANKS !
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] norbarb:
I know what you mean. I was hopping (since most people do) for better and faster connection. Did not happend for me.. :)

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I just notice: If you just update modem and connect to kies you get info device not supported and get custom logo on restart of phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] :
I don't use Kies, but good to know

I will post if I see improvement--doubt it. But, my other radio changes were on TMO. So, will see--

The members posting gains now should post back in week and update us--:)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] REEFERKIEF:
Does this ruin the free unlock?

This unlock method.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2285431
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] scott14719:
I think it was earlier in this thread, someone reported being able to successfully use kies to go back to AMDL if you take the full OTA, but that is just for now (until Samsung updates their servers to the new firmware) and only if kies recognizes your phone (for some it will not).

I was also throwing around the idea of getting kies to get firmware from a different server (download redirect) so it will still offer AMDL even after Samsung updates their servers...or perhaps using parts of kies to install AMDL on our phones sort of like ODIN does (but ODIN will not go back to AMDL from the new baseband). Of course, that would require messing with kies and I'm sure Samsung would not like that (if it could even be done).

But, anyway, all of that should be back in this thread several pages.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] norbarb:
I did not take full OTA. Kies my be working on full one, but i just update modem and that what i get.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Aou:
That's interesting. It's possible that SysScope is checking your Baseband versus your build number. I wonder if simply flashing the correct baseband back will revert this after a restart or two (giving SysScope a chance to scan again?).

Otherwise, if you're flashing a modem, it's likely you're rooted, right? SysScope can pick that up also and flag you as "Custom". This will prevent updates from working, as far as we know.

In any case, my write-up is complete and the files are uploaded. I'm running through the steps one last time to see if everything is good. Might be a bug with sound and/or wi-fi still (the NON-HLOS thing). We'll see.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] KMan94:
Where can I find the OTA update

I managed to stop the OTA at about 70% downloaded. And have since rooted and used TiBu to freeze the update processes. Now I'd just like to tidy up and delete the portion of the OTA that had been downloaded. Problem is I can't find it. I know its in a /cache folder somewhere... just don't know where.

Also an interesting, to me at least, aside.... after rooting my device status still shows Official. I thought it was supposed to show custom.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] :
NON-HLOS

I can't let things go when I don't know the answer--:)

But, since we are using this in command lines thought I would link the best I could find on the term. Sorta OT, sorta not

Will let it up to you "Wiz-Kids" to decipher/pursue/or forget about it--

http://sujaiantony.wordpress.com/tag/hlos/