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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Inline:
Oh dear lol. I see I don't got the Secure Boot Status thing either on MDC. Hope Samsung/Sprint isn't trying to lock up the bootloader or something lol. (Not saying it is, I have no clue what it actually means but that would suck lol, I don't even know if that's possible in an update)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] devoureddreams:
Is the lag issues fixed?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] XcoNjA:
What lag issues? I've never experienced any lag on this phone, ever.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] galexandr:
I too am interested in this? +1
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] DeMi-GoD:
I just updated lots of apps in the play store and it didn't lag the phone at all. It used to make the phone lag so bad whole they updated. Also, when you switch from wifi to 4g it doesn't make the phone lag anyone either.

Sent from my Verizon Galaxy S4
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] DeMi-GoD:
Yeah man I bet you do. Sprint got it yesterday and Verizon got it today. Not sure about AT&T though.

Sent from my Verizon Galaxy S4
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] hayabusa1300cc:
Thanks but I failed to mention that I'm already on the update and just want to root, I'm stock (but not sure if goomanager installed twrp while not being rooted
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] DeMi-GoD:
Let me know how it goes. You're not rooted or anything?

Sent from my Verizon Galaxy S4
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] BamAlmighty:
Is there a HDR video recording mode?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] DeMi-GoD:
I'm not sure how to tell or not. I just see the same record video button.

Sent from my Verizon Galaxy S4
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mjs2011:
This is new regarding legible text.

I also noticed while taking this screen shot that it reacts much quicker. Overall the phone seems so much snappier!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] DeMi-GoD:
I noticed the screen shot improvement too. Does the text option make a big difference?

Sent from my Verizon Galaxy S4
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mjs2011:
A little bit. Not a huge difference though.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] DeMi-GoD:
Yeah I just tried it. Do you notice that the phone is quite faster? I haven't experienced any lag yet.

Sent from my Verizon Galaxy S4
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mjs2011:
Absolutely! Is like night and day. I'm surprised this hasn't been mentioned more.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] aldi03809:
Install steps?

Hello, this is my first post here - tried to research as much using search, and want to confirm what I understood

I have the Sprint S4 - it is on MDL - stock everything, rooted, with just the hotspot mod installed, and XPosed framework (and XPrivacy module). I do have some root only apps (like Titanium backup etc) installed. Also, have TWRP recovery installed.

I would like to get to MF6, but keep everything stock (ROM, firmware, modem, kernel etc), and just install the hotspot mod. Based on what I read, I think I have the steps outlined. Could an experienced person help review these steps please?

From first post of http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2357471

Download Odexed No Data Wipe Zip

Download Stock MF9 Kernel

Download Stock MF9 Firmware No Boot Or Recovery

Download MF9 Modem from: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2338919

Verify MD5 for each file and then transfer all these onto phone.

From TWRP,

* Perform Nandroid backup

* Wipe System, data, cache, dalvik.

* Flash these in the same sequence as mentioned above

Let the phone boot up, install all apps from play store, reboot. Then, download the hotspot mod for MF9, and flash it from TWRP recovery.

Is this sequence correct?

Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Ceej64:
Just updated manually and I can't figure out how to move apps to EXT SD. Using app menu only moved to int. SD. Internal space still showing 7/9 GB and stock everything/no root
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mrhankey184:
Any update for users with stock rom using custom recovery and native hotspot?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] El Mono:
Couldn't wait for it being pushed out, so I downloaded by way of the provided link. Thanks.

Seemed to take a long time to update compared to previous experiences. Also had to release the power button while holding the vol. up and home button after the initial boot loading message(or whatever it is called) - and strangely I got some error symbols before and after the process(red minus sign on Android guy).

It definitely is getting smoother, at least in horizontal scrolling. Vertical scrolling can still be a bit hit or miss. I still seem to notice a bit of smearing... And I kind of like the transparent taskbar.

el mono
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Truitt.Jack:
Does it wipe data?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] optimummind:
I noticed an improvement in battery life compared to MDL. It drained slower with the screen on with autobrightness and also slower during screen-off. And I wasnt even using Greenify or Deep Sleep Battery.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] hayabusa1300cc:
I wanna put this here for everyone who hasn't done it.

1. I used stock mdc tar

2. Updated to mdl from system update option (ota)

3. Used stock recovery to flash ota zip mf9

4. Used cf auto root to root

5. Used goomanager to install twrp

6. Used twrp to install hotspot mod

Hope this helps
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] hayabusa1300cc:
NO!! Buzz off =)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Stealyourface:
Nope.

Bro, it's borderline at best. Minus the stockings and you basically have a bathing suit. If it really bothers you, you could just go back to your t-mobile forum. But to keep complaining to a brick wall, derailing the thread isn't helping anybody. Now please, let that be the end of it.

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That's never been confirmed by anybody (on any variant). I think that was just a rumored feature.

That modem is not flashable in recovery that's Odin.

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Have you tried rebooting? The application manager should show "on sd" and you should see your external sd memory on the bottom. Not your internal.

There are flashable mf9 files now. And the hotspot mod got updated for mf9. Just have to Odin the mf9 modem.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mjs2011:
I hear you. I just achieved an hour on screen time with 84% left. We'll see how fast it drains at work in a 3g area but it looks like I'll have no problem achieving 5 hours on screen time.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] aldi03809:
Thanks

So, at what point do I use ODIN to install the modem? After I flash the ROM/Kernel/Firmware, boot up, install play apps?

Wish there was a one step option like flashing a full ROM (with kernel/firmware/modem etc all part of the same package) for noobs like me :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Truitt.Jack:
That sounds pretty sweet, as I get a little more than 4 hours screen on time and 20 hours on battery now on MDL. So that's good news.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] amwworks:
Edit: fixed now
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ZerosAndOnes:
I'm also on a custom recovery (TWRP) and would like to update without losing data. Is there a way to restore ONLY the stock recovery in order to install the update? Or is there another method I might be able to use to install?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Ceej64:
Yes, the external storage is showing 3.5/26gb, but this is the data I have loaded on it (PDFs, music, videos) and given the two largest apps shown "on SD" are 2.9 gb and 800mb (plus other apps large and small) this mathematically exceeds 3.5, so it is in fact not externally located. Device memory still shows 7/9.

The 2.9gb app is my comics app, the storage breakdown shows:

Total: 2.89gb

App: 3.65mb

SD Card App: 5.12mb

Data: 7.46mb

SD Card data: 2.88gb

This is the one app I really wanted to move externally too :/
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Bkadleck:
From what I have read is that you are able to flash the modem on top of your current Rom and data using ODIN. The modem does not affect your Rom. Here is a link for directions. Let me know if it works for you.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2338919

Sent from my SPH-L720
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] daniel4653:
Download MDL tar and flash that in recovery which will out you back to MDL stock unrooted with stock recovery and kernel.this did not wipe data for me , but back up your internal SD card just to be sure. Then drag the MF9 update file to the root of your external SD card and then flash. It will take about ten minutes to flash. Will boot up then reboot once. Then you are good to go. To gain root and custom recovery follow the steps hayabusha described a few posts up.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] El Mono:
...actually vertical scrolling seems better too. Sorry Truitt.Jack for not responding to your question. Just got back online. Thanks Stealyourface for responding. Stock recovery, update.zip on extSD card and flashed it. No loss of any data that I am aware of. There was a time when I would have done a hard reset before updating but those days are gone - at least for the moment.

As far "that" picture is concerned I must confess a fondness for the female posterior, but I can also see that some people may find it inappropriate... I don't. Chuckles quietly to myself...

el mono
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] vivisectt:
Well I finally received the mf9 update notification tonight and I went ahead and installed it. It booted to the os fine the first time and then asked for a second reboot so I did that, now its sitting on the sprint logo and wont boot. I have never rooted this phone its 100% stock and I have no idea what to do now. :( is there anyway I can get back to mdl and retake the download?

Thanks in advance.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Stealyourface:
Have you tried pulling the battery for 30 seconds then tried booting after that?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] vivisectt:
Thanks for the reply. I was able to downgrade to mdl with odin then grab the update. Although I didn't notice the camera update its firmware. Anyway to check if the camera updated alright?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] JoeFCaputo113:
When you go into the camera for the first time it should say "Updating camera firmware, please wait...".
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] vivisectt:
That's the thing, I never saw it say updating but it looks as though it still might have. I was just wondering if there was a way to check the firmware number or check a setting so I could be sure that it updated.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] JoeFCaputo113:
Hmm... well if you go into settings and then about phone, if all 3: software version/baseband version/build number say MF9 then you're good man.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] vivisectt:
Yes all three are MF9 so I guess I'm good. Thanks for the reply.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] stereo386:
Did anybody notice when u are on 4g and u try to dl an app from the play store, the app takes forever to dl even thou I have a solid 4g connection of 6.2Mb dl and 3.4 ul. The two arrows under the 4g are coming on and off and like that the whole time. Im on MF9 stock unrooted. Any sugestions are welcome I unistalled playstore and deleted google acct. And it still does it after I reinstalled them.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] miketucky350:
I get that alot no matter what firmware is on the phone.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] stereo386:
So what could it be everything else works. I can refresh apps it works also, download from internet browser works, sms,email, browsing, picture messaging, etc. it all works just fine. just not dl from playstore. I did a speedtest after I started a dl from the play store and it said like 5mb dl and 3mb ul. :D im loving this update just there always has to be sumthing wrong ugh :banghead:.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] gtdhtc919:
I am stock rooted. Do I have to unroot in order to receive this update? or will this update mess up the root? I'm just a little :confused:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Stealyourface:
The update will mess up the root. You can use voodoo ota rootkeeper to get root back right after updating though. That's what I did. Stock rooted as well.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] miketucky350:
I have not looked into it. Been way too busy moving n other stuff. I remember when I walked out of the store I did a speed test of 31.5down and 15 up. It felt like Christmas. Then I sat up google account and what?? It took an hour to download a 1 meg app. I did all the prl/profile and factory reset with no changes. Its so random though. Like right now its flying though an app download. Who knows maybe the update will fix that. Im waiting to update so cant say if it does.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] oscarthegrouch:
I've noticed that happens with new Odin flashes. My previous phones would do the same thing. Only thing I can suggest is to go either into stock recovery or within the os and do a full factory reset. I don't know if that will fix it but the last time I flashed a phone and the play store was giving me the finger with throughput, I went into recovery and did factory reset and wipe cache and did a full factory reset within the OS and then it started working. Yes I also did an update prl and profile a bunch of times. I even ran the code to reprovision the phone and it didn't help.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] GiantJay:
I see there is a new weather feature for the tw Samsung calendar.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] robogoflow:
Anyone have this appear in their multitasking Window? I just updated and once it rebooted it started appearing. When I click it, it returns to the home screen.

Edit: it reads out MIPerractivity.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] JoeFCaputo113:
Yes, people are experiencing this.

Last page, someone thinks they found what it is.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] maxpower7:
I've experienced the exact opposite. I had awesome battery life on MDL, and it's been much worse on MF9. Standby time in particular has been pretty terrible. It drains really quickly when I'm not doing anything, and Google Services has been the culprit.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] BamAlmighty:
Any one else still waiting for the update?

Almost one week later, nothing for me.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] 84guy:
I am still waiting, want to do it the right way rather than side load. Checking every couple hours and still nothing
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] miketucky350:
I am either way I'm going to stick with MDL for a while. I personally don't like the new boot loaders. I can't believe the lack of discussion about them.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] free2scour:
Still waiting as well...Checking every once in a while.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] lballer69:
What don't you like about them .
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] miketucky350:
From noobnl earlier in this thread "bootloader is not locked but it is nand locked if you install custom stuff"

meaning if you install custom recovery || boot.imgs. you will get a locked bootloader && modem. you cannot update them. It is a good move to prevent hard bricks.

means that if you install something that trips the "Secure Boot Status" then the device will in turn lock the boot loader and modem firmware into place which will not allow us to update the modem or boot loader which isn't a big deal because that means less hard bricks due to bootloaders and modems being borked.

All from this thread. I think its a huge deal until we have away to unlock it
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] lballer69:
Running sac's (3minit integrated), kt kernel , newest firmware and bootloaders . No issues
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] guitardoc64:
I concur. I flashed over to MF9 this morning and noticed the difference immediately.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] miketucky350:
What does boot status say?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] lballer69:
Device status says custom , selinux status says permissive.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] miketucky350:
I wonder if its not true about it locking up. What recovery you running? I'm curious for my own knowledge. Plus I wonder if it does lock it up what happenens if you MDC back to stock
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] lballer69:


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Twrp recovery , I am not doubting if the statement is true . I believe it is a safe valve to keep you from flashing something wrong. An easy fix should be to odin a mdc or mdl full tar .
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] miketucky350:
Noobl stated this which he's a great dev. Now as stated flashing recovery/ boot IMG would nand lock bootloader and modem preventing them to be changed. flashing MDC/MDL tar wouldn't unlock them as I don't believe they have boot loaders in them. Maybe I'm wrong.

Maybe its not a full lock down like vzw phones. Thanks for input.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] lballer69:
I have had every galaxy , I know who noobnl is lol. Our phones (sprint) will never be as locked down as verizon.

Pretty sure these will do the trick

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2258107
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] miketucky350:
Ya me too. I have all the restore files. That's what seperates Samsung from the rest. In the same token we did not have nand lock threats either
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] oscarthegrouch:
I just flashed back to MDL tar md5 full stock. I don't remember if the write protect enabled screen was there before during the MDC/MDL days but it's still there. After booting into MDL, I did a full factory reset from the accounts screen and that made both back to official. I'm flashing MF9 zip in stock recovery now and see if it goes through. It should. I checked the baseband before flashing and it was MDL, so nothing got locked when going backwards flashing.

I just flashed MDC and it did not reset the wrte protection enabled switch. I wonder if this can't be reset if that would be a clue to sprint techs that the phone has been tampered with at one point even though it still says official binary and status.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] miketucky350:
Sweet let us know. That is good stuff. Now yours had twrp n stuff right? Plus what did your boot status say and you did full update right?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] oscarthegrouch:
No, I had oudhs. Status and binary were official after pc odin full stock flash and factory reset in accounts. It still says write protection enabled. I was trying to reset write protection by hoping trying to flash md5 of MDC and/or MDL. I hope someone, or chainfire with triangle away, can devise a way to reset write protection so as to give the appearance as if the phone has not been tampered with ever. I think I triggered write protection with the MF9 update after flashing chainfire root in pc odin. My memory is bad so I think that's how it was.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] miketucky350:
It says that on MDC/MDL as well. My phone always said it. We all know it dont mean locked :) what I was curious about was in settings, about phone.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] oscarthegrouch:
A PC Odin flash or official update put things as they should. Nothing looked odd that I saw.

I thought I read someone say that if you did something that it would trip something else and lock out updates.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] cruise350:
I think people jumped the gun on what the secure bootloader status in about phone is. From what I've read, that has to do with knox and company IT departments being able to lock down the company issued phones of their employees so they can't root or install non complying apps on their phone without IT permission. Making it a secure phone for companies that need heightened security practices from their employees. I am running a custom recovery and my secure boot status says Samsung. If my company used the knox features of the phone I believe it would say something else. I don't believe there is anything in there that nand locks the bootloader except when triggered by a companies IT security plan.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] miketucky350:
That's what I figured otherwise people would be blowing up threads about being locked.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] guitardoc64:
That's what it's for. Nothing sinister. It's Sammy's way to provide security for enterprise phones similar to the way BlackBerry does.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] aghasi24:
Is there a difference at all if I get the update from Sprint or if I install it myself?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Jnoles07:
Is there sny way to force this to our phones without dling and flashing the entire thing? I don't have an ext sd and I still have not received the ota.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] lballer69:
no difference
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] samsung_user10:
Is it possible to go into superuser and press complete unroot and install the update then root again with cf autoroot?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Jnoles07:
Has anyone else still not received this update??
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] byebyev8:
Ok, my dumbass needs a little help. I got the update this morning. I was so worried it would auto install that I deleted the download. Since then I started reading this post. I downloaded vodoo and did the temp unroot. Since then I downloaded the update from a mirror and cant figure out how to install it or find the download on my phone. I have es file manager, goomanager, rom toolbox lite.

If I click on the file under download it opens up in es file manager. Some folders and files. Dont have experience with es file. Im assuming I need to move the file but dont know where or how. Just wonna punch myself cause I am usually very patient and I failed at that one today.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] cruise350:
You have to move the file to the root of your external sdcard. Then it must be installed using the stock recovery. If you have modified any system files or deleted any of them the update will fail. Look for your download directory it should be in there, if you downloaded using tapatalk it will be in that directory.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] byebyev8:
Can I get that dumbed down. How do I move it. I am stock rooted.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] cruise350:
You need to use a file explorer like es file explorer. Find the file in your download folder and long press it and select copy from the pop up. Then select your ext sdcard and select paste. Don't put it in a folder just put it on the root of the sdcard. Once that has completed, then power off your phone. Once it is powered down, continue holding volume up while you press the power button. Once you see the galaxy s4screen and the blue writing in the corner you can release the volume up button. Now use the volume keys to navigate to install update from sdcard and hit the power button to select it. Then select the file you copied to the ext sdcard and hit the power button. It will take over 10 minutes to install. If you get any errors during the install this means you must have modded or deleted a system file and you will have to start again.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] byebyev8:
When I hold volume up it opens twrp. I tried to install zip but it fails. I am stocked rooted. Need a little more help. Thank you for your response. That did help me up to this point.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] cruise350:
There you go, this whole time you were stating that you were stock rooted and your not. You have a custom recovery installed. You can not install the update unless you have a stock recovery. This leads me to believe that you have other mods installed also. You have 2 options then, you can download the stock MDL tar and use Odin to return to stock and then install the MF9 update and reroot using chainfire's autoroot, or you can flash the stock MF9 Rom and use Odin to flash the MF9 modem and kernel which is not a full update.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] iEatRappers:
Phone just notified me the update is available.