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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] daniel4653:
Be patient, we dont know much yet. And read the thread before asking. So far someone mentioned that the update seems smoother as in less lag than MDL. And there are three new apps that include Knox. Plus the status bar is now transparent with any wallpaper. Oh and one last one is a new addition to the toggles.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Son Rise:
Transparent Bar? Thats hott. Damm I aint get the notification for the download yat:(
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] oscarthegrouch:
No camcorder HDR recording mode? Hopefully they tweaked the low light sensitivity on the camera a little better.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] guitardoc64:
I'm going to wait until the devs get it all sorted out, but this is good news.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] JoeFCaputo113:
Yup, same here. Hopefully they'll have it all sorted out by tonight!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Son Rise:
Cant wait!!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] garwynn:
See what happens when I don't have the phone in hand?

Downloading now - I'll start pulling it apart.

Anyone check to see if latest CF-Auto Root and/or SuperSU will stay in after this update?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] squshy 7:
If this is based on the patch pushed to the international version some weeks ago, then there should also be display fixes to eliminate the smearing, correct? I remember reading about that.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jfenton57:
Installed it.

Working in MD and have ongoing issues with a horrible signal and a refusal to roam....good old circle with a line through it even though the Verizon phone users had a full boat signal.

Happily pulling -72dBm signal ever since updating :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Scolias:
Did it break root/Is it still rootable?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jfenton57:
I had converted back to stock unrooted a week ago since the signal sucked so bad I had contemplated taking it in to get the hardware tested out so I can't comment on the root ability...unless I try to root it of course.

What I need to see is if it still sucks and looses data when going from a 3G to 4G signal area.

Just started up the camera and it said "downloading and installing new camera update" or something to that effect.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] oscarthegrouch:
MD5 0861ae2f4a3b01fb94ee39cb1ae186c2

Is anyone else getting the same sum?

Checked mirror on android file host and it's the same.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jfenton57:
You CAN Now Move Apps to the SD card

When going into the APPS Manager it shows a heading for ON SD CARD
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Son Rise:
How u flash the new update?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jfenton57:
Downloaded it from the link posted earlier in this thread and flashed it. Rather simple. Did take a fair bit of time to load.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Son Rise:
But im not rooted. So I just go into recovery and install the zip?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] oscarthegrouch:
Downloaded it but waiting to pull the trigger. Waiting to see what the smart guys find out what's been changed, if it broke anything, can it be rooted, and what's been locked. I'll wait until it's defanged and safer for consumption. Too many times in the past, people were impatient and antsy, ignored the warnings, and lost root and had bootloaders locked. Then they start crying. Then there comes the I told you so's.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] garwynn:
Initial peek...

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=43389079&postcount=9
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jfenton57:
I had been rooted and running Force Rom which I loved but once I went back to stock non rooted, it ran so well I didn't bother to root again.

Honestly, at the moment, the only thing I miss is Titanium backup.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] chenry944:
I got the same md5, it's a good download.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] xchampx13:
I am just going to wait until something like what UnknownForce had for going from MDC to MDL... may have took awhile but was super easy and worth waiting for :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] daniel4653:
Hope you're not saying super easy for the Dev.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] xchampx13:
Nope I know its not at all. I mean't super easy to use. I know its hard and could take a long time for it to happen if it even ever does.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] garwynn:
If I can get dumps once someone patches I can kill 2 birds with one stone..

Make a one click and update vendor blobs for AOSP.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] stereo386:
Ive had the update for like 5 hours now and its pretty solid and less lagg then on MDL the camera is way better now. Bit there is no new apps in my drawer. All the same apps as before.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] maxpower7:
Has anyone confirmed whether the bootloader is locked?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Inline:
Shabby said the bootloader isn't locked and the Secure Boot Image thing just has to do with KNOX.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] miketucky350:
Shabby confirmed that boot loader is not locked and he's rooted and all that good stuff
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] chenry944:
It's not locked. Shabbypenguin forced his update and didn't lock it up. But unless you get it while stock unrooted it's going to fail or succeed with errors.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] vivisectt:
Are you guys just installing the update from a zip or forcing it to download somehow? I tried to clear Google services framework but that didn't do it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] devoureddreams:
Shabby said don't do what he did BC it doesn't update the modem and leaves you without data
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] P1NK13P13:
I'll just wait for one of our awesome, amazing devs to make a super special rooted packaged deal :angel:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] vivisectt:
So everything updates fine via zip?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mmark27:
Not rooted, stock. Ran the update.zip from my sdcard through the recovery.

Now, I'm getting the message in my status bar that says

"Prevention Information: This device has detected an application attempting unpermitted actions and has stopped loading. To protect your device, it is recommended you reboot"

The application is my WiFi, it won't let me turn it on?? Anyone offer any kind of help? I'm not a noob when it comes to these actions and I know I did them properly, the MD5 checksums matched and everything.

I have tried to repeat the update, does not change anything. I have rebooted, I just get the same message. I'm afraid that a factory reset will end up with a boned device at this point. I suppose I should flash MDL STOCK ODIN?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] chenry944:
You need to go into storage/system/app and freeze SEandroid that should take care of that notification.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Ttrain721:
How come not everyone is getting the update? I'm stock and haven't gotten a notification yet.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Esoteric68:
Go into Android settings/More/System update/Update Samsung Software. It'll give you a date it last checked but you can choose 'check now'. That's how I got the update.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Ttrain721:
Did that and didn't get the update.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Esoteric68:
May be a geography thing. Who knows how they roll these things out.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] cas8180:
Don't know if anyone has tried this yet bit my wife has a sprint s4 flashed to cricket and it's still all stock sprint. I assume it would be OK to run this update on her phone too?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Inline:
They usually "roll out" the updates. Not everyone gets the OTA at the same time. They send them out in batches usually over the span of a week or less.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] fzammetti:
Ok, so I got brave... or was foolish... it's a toss-up... probably a bit of both :) ...

Anyway... I was unlocked, rooted but stock ROM and recovery. And, this I've learned is very important: I had NO apps disabled via Titanium! Meaning, you can disable apps all you like from Application Manager, but the ones that you have to go into Titanium to freeze, those will cause an update failure. Also, FYI, having apps "greenified" doesn't appear to make any difference.

So, first, I used Voodoo OTA RootKeeper to try and keep root. Figured it wouldn't hurt to try, although I didn't really expect it to work.

I then downloaded the ZIP referenced earlier in this thread (the Google server link). I copied the ZIP, as named (didn't renamed it update.zip or anything like that), over to my *external* SD card. Rebooted to recovery and applied ZIP from external. Everything applied without error. It's worth noting it took probably 10 minutes to finish, and yeah, I was sweating for a little while there :)

Phone rebooted after that, went through it's normal "upgrading apps, optimizing", etc. Went in, took about a minute or so, then it said "Device will reboot". I clicked ok and it did. In the mean time I checked About and confirmed the OTA had installed. After the reboot it took another minute or so before I got the "Android has been updated" popup.

At this point, all seemed right with the world, minus having root, as expected. But, here's the kicker: I tried to restore root via Voodoo, and at first it didn't take, but after a second time, it did!

So, I sit here with the update applied, everything seems to be working just fine, rooted and all! So, if you're like me and are keeping things stock on this device then you should be good to go to do this update. Just protect that root and you shouldn't even have an issue there.

At least, that was my experience with it just a few minutes ago :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] stereo386:
Have u noticed any new apps cuz I updated from the google link too and I have no new apps. People are saying that there shuld be some new apps. By the way after my phone booted from installing the ota it also told me the device will reset and then I got the android update successful. After it rebooted. :D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] M3wThr33:
Back when I had to restore root using Voodoo on the Photon 4G, the same thing happened. I was confused, but it worked.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] fzammetti:
No actually, not seeing any new apps... I definitely see a few new options, but no apps.

And yeah, I was worried with that first reboot, thought for sure something went bonkers for a minute there :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] squshy 7:
Can anybody comment on whether or not screen issues such as smearing have been fixed?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] frr1:
watch the video explains the issue was fixed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUO2fgz2kgg
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] stereo386:
Yap I thought the same exact thing like what now it wont boot or sum. :D

Thank god not the case thou. Its solid for me so far.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] noobnl:
Already done. RIL updates and kernel updates from are from MF9/MFA. Google edition blobs are newer(MFD(4.2) && MFP (4.3) ) and better.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] noobnl:
bootloader is not locked but it is nand locked if you install custom stuff

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-...26-h757-no/Screenshot_2013-07-08-16-11-56.png
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] fzammetti:
Here's what I don't get... I expected to do be able to move apps to the EXTERNAL SD card with this update, but that's not the case, you can only move to the internal SD mount. Was my expectation wrong or am I missing something?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] daniel4653:
Great video!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] maxpower7:
How does that impact us in terms of flashing custom roms & kernels? I was planning to update my phone tonight but I don't want to do it if it's going to prevent me from flashing roms.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] JoeFCaputo113:
What does that mean exactly? And is it the same on custom recoveries as well?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] noobnl:
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.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] maxpower7:
I'm still not quite understanding what you mean. Are you just saying that the bootloader and modem themselves can't be updated, but that we can still install a custom recovery and custom roms? I just want to make sure I know what I'm getting into before I make the update.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] EPayne123:
It 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.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] JoeFCaputo113:
OK... but what if I'm on TWRP and I flash a mod, or custom ROM, Kernel, etc..??
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Stealyourface:
Fixes/Enhancements:

Voice – HD Voice enhancements.

Audio – Audio clipping when using headphones at higher levels has been addressed.

Application Storage – Enables market application installation onto the SD card.

Wallpaper modifications – One wallpaper was removed and 2 new wallpapers were added..

Messaging Known Issue – Unfortunately Messaging has Stopped error has been resolved.

All I needed to see.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mjs2011:
Wow. What wallpaper was removed and what do the new ones look like?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Stealyourface:
If I ever used stock wallpapers I'd gladly tell you. But I can tell you what I have.

Ballons, boat, valley, hot air ballon, plane wing, green leaves, standard blue, red leaves.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mjs2011:
Thanks. Sounds like the boat and Valley are new.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] GiantJay:
When I opened my camera after the its it said camera firmware updating for about 30 seconds then it turned on and opened. There are many changes and things updated that I have noticed.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] wsoxfan1214:
so - if my download mode says official for binary and status, the update should work with root and a custom recovery?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] DeMi-GoD:
Did this update fix the shutter lag?

Sent from my Galaxy S4
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] qitupx:
OMG lol. I had that issue with some pretty nice headphones on launch day..I had to pay a restocking fee because they wouldn't believe that it was the phone and not the headphones!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] wwjoshdew:
I'll bet [MENTION=3956752]jonathanhtc[/MENTION] had NO CLUE this thread would blow up like this! lol

I made a video showing how to install this AND a video going over the new updates!

How To Install: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMNV2H-2GvA

MF9 Review: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-h4avjwX3o

Oh, by the way... I ran the MDL tar via Odin (after the MF9 update), used CF Auto Root, installed TWRP, restored my Nandroid... and now the Galaxy S4 is back to CM10.1!

https://twitter.com/wwjoshdew/status/354477470235361282/photo/1

I plan on making a video on [MENTION=1354510]Unknownforce[/MENTION]'s MF9 radio update thread, for those that are using CM10.1!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] :
The issue is NOT fixed all hey did was make the settings panel dark Grey now. Still smears. Won't ever change unless Samsung adjusts the black level to not be pixels turned off.

---------- Post added at 03:08 AM ---------- Previous post was at 03:01 AM ----------

Seems that this is no different than what the international s4 has had for a couple weeks.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] optimummind:
Couldn't wait for the devs to release a MF9 one-click so after backing up my apps and data, I updated to MF9 by Odin'ing to MDL, performing a factory reset, then flashing the MDL to MF9 zip in OEM recovery. :) Everything went smoothly, yay!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mr pnut:
Well the good thing on this update we can move apps to sd and they added a new smart pause toggle,
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] DJSmoove:
The update is ok, but one thing I notice after rooting and putting on TWRP then installing Hotspot mod it throws my phone into bootloops on the Sprint splash screen. I had to reflash my phone back to MDL for now.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Mudavo:
Thats because the Hotspot mod is only for MDC or MDL for now. Crawrj hasn't released a MF9 version YET.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] lballer69:
You have to wait until its updated to mf9
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Stealyourface:
It is an improvement. It's a lot better than what it used to be. And even harder to recognize now because of the fact it's dark grey. I'd take smearing over them adjusting the black levels any day. Yes, that's all this mf9 update is. But it's great to have it so soon.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] angst911:
So if you trip the secure boot piece you are stuck on whatever modem you were on? No way to change it from there on? Or is there some way to unlock the nand to allow you to still flash a new modem?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] shabbypenguin:
dont worry im sure it will be updated soon enough :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] dscott5683:
Though it worked for me; still proceed with caution...

I just finished the update; and everything worked out fine. Though at the very end I got a little nervous cause it acted like it was going to fail, then it went through two reboots. The first reboot updated my Android Apps; and I thought it was done, then it rebooted again to complete the final setup. After that all was well, I checked the system for any other updates and everything was up to date, and running smoothly... Though it worked out for me; I would very much say proceed with caution, or just wait for the OTA. Either way, good luck...

Here is the link for the file if you don't want to wait though, I found it over at Android Central:

http://android.clients.google.com/pa...SB_user_RP.zip

http://forums.androidcentral.com/sp...5230-new-ota-version-mf9-out.html#post2906901
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] KnoxDevThrow:
Hello all, i'd like to answer some of your questions if possible. I've been working with Knox as a QA resource with a 3rd party testing a implementation of Knox and i'd like to answer a few points that have been brought up.

Activating Knox (knoxifying) a device locks the bootloader and activates the Knox Agent. The Knox agent will consistently force close and attempt to unsinstall any SU style application. The bootloader in Odin mode scans bootloader, PDA, Modem, CSC files for a unique Knox Samsung certificate.

After activating Knox you will see that the Secure Boot Mode changes to 'Enforcing'

There is no known way to reverse it back into a Permissive state and remove the Knox agent. Conversations with Samsung have proved less then useful on this subject however i've heard rumor they are coming up with a way to reverse it.

Knox cannot be activated soley on its own.

MDM vendors will still have full control of device even when Knox is activated. Knox is not meant to Sandbox a devices MDM vendor. It is meant to sandbox secure corp data, MDM vendors will more then likely still have samples and controls of device.

I had previously made a thread on reddit.com/r/android which I answered a lot of questions there as well however I cannot link to it due to using a throwaway account.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] amieldl143:
Yeah forced my update... everything looks good. No more smering on scrolling... camera better. Keyboard responds faster than before....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] maxpower7:
So even Odin'ing back to, say, MDC won't change the Knox status once it's been activated?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] xuser:
I think I'm gonna wait till the dust settles on this update.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Esoteric68:
If I were you I'd revisit that store with this data in hand and request a refund.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] oscarthegrouch:
I noticed the update, even after rooted, broke triangle away. I'm stuck on custom and ta can't read or reset it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] M3wThr33:
Just so you know, Wifi Tether has been updated to work with the S4 now, so you don't need to hack your phone just to turn on the hotspot feature.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] oscarthegrouch:
Yeah but is it infrastructure mode or ad hoc? The built in feature is infrastructure and more devices can connect to it natively. Some things don't like ad hoc.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] titans1187:
which wifi tether app is this?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] M3wThr33:
The Wifi Tether. The one that is the very first result on Google for "Wifi Tether".

http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] DeMi-GoD:
So did the update fix camera shutter lag or not?

Sent from my Verizon Galaxy S4
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Esoteric68:
Install it and find out :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] DeMi-GoD:
I dont know how, apparently Verizon ppl have to plug their phones into a computer or some ****.

Sent from my Verizon Galaxy S4
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] devoureddreams:
It seems to be fixed
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] GooglerKad:
To root this update, you would have to download a tar file of Stock MDL or MDC and Odin .....flash back to the original, but make sure the new update is on your extsdcard, and vol up+ home key+ power key should bring you into stock recovery, apply from external SD card and BAM! Just flashed cwm using Odin and install su and that's basically it, worked like a charm on my sister and I s4
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Ttrain721:
Still haven't got the notification to update, man this is killing me.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] troyboytn:
This update is what the S4 should have been out of the box. The purple smearing never bothered me since I really didn't notice it anyway and the internal storage (or lack of) never bothered me as I never came even remotely close to filling it didn't bother me but the occasional lag, although minimal, is something a device of this caliber should never have experienced. I am now "completely" happy with this phone now that the lag is GONE!!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] sputnik767:
If you've modified your system in any way, you're either not going to get the update, or it's going to fail on updating. I had an app that required root to modify certain system files, and was causing the manual update to fail. After using the app to undo what it did, update applied with no issues. Point is this: if your system is modified in any way, either undo what you did or update by another method such as ODIN. If your system is purely stock (root is ok), just download the update file from about page 7 in this thread, copy it to the external SD card, reboot into recovery, and select "apply update from SD card." Then just scroll down to the update and install. It will take a while.

If you are rooted, before you do any of that, get OTA Rootkeeper and backup your root. Then use the app to temp unroot. Apply the update, restore root using the app, and reboot the phone. Worked for me. I have had no issues with this method.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] DeMi-GoD:
Hey, I trying to get the update from Verizon. They didn't do it through ota though. Kies keeps freezing for me at 69% and when I plug my phone I to my laptop the Verizon installer crap isn't popping up. Any advice? I'm a total noob. I'm totally stock and not rooted. However I have disabled all of the bloatware from Verizon and Samsung.

Sent from my Verizon Galaxy S4
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] hayabusa1300cc:
Is there a way to root?