[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] fukenbiker:
HAIL!

You are a brave explorer that anyone could applaud! I read this entire thread and my hat is off to you. I hope you get your handset up and running again, after learning so much.

I am still feeling aloof because I was smart enough/lucky enough to use Titanium Backup to freeze the system app called "AT&T Software Update" and my build number ends with "MDL". Actually being clever/lucky enough to be where I am is a blessing. Most folks bumbling along out there will learn how useful/powerful "Root Explorer" is, and see how I use it to navigate all the books and manuals I have on my MicroSDcard in the expansion slot and be wanting to do the same thing, eventually. And eventually is now. And now they can't ever use Root Explorer because AT&T must hate Root Explorer, or heck I don't know, but I bet it has to do with money on the bottom line somewhere!

If you let the July 10 AT&T over the airwaves update PUSH through your Galaxy S4 you've had the big weenie. Your build number will end with the characters "MF3" and you can't use "Casual" or "motochopper". You are locked in an AT&T purgatory of not having complete control of the device that you will take possession of by reason of your two year contract.

If you do upgrade to this Samsung Galaxy S4 handset, be sure to review your AT&T data plan. I recommend at least visiting one of the lower level techs in an AT&T store that seems on the ball and honest, to get the best bang out of your buck. The wife and I watched our bill drop after the kid fixed our plan. He was attentive and figured us out after much discussion. I had to explain the trouble I had with trying to accomplish my objective by using the AT&T website, is when he lit up and helped me big time.

It's sad that everyone ignorant of xdaDevelopers who never heard of Adam Outler will be forever trapped in a disfunctional relationship with AT&T, Samsung, and Google, that provides too many unsatisfactory results toward using your handset as a full on computer replacement, which has been the apple of my eye for recent years in the development of Android.

Love this stuff!

I will return to CyanogenMod when they get the source code for the InfraRed port. I love the universal television remote in WatchOn. I will not give up this new toy, even though as a flashaholic I am really jone's'n' bad to flash just to flash.

Rather I'd like to see an app show up that would use the IR port to allow me to print directly to a Canon iP90v. I had bought that printer back in the day, because a Sony Ericsson (legacy flip phone era) hand set I had could print a picture without a computer. It worked great but the legacy flip phone became obsolete and so here we are today.

We still use this printer, it's plugged into a USB port on this desktop the wife and I use. I even have an IR adapter for a laptop in case we want it to use the printer, but we've resorted to sending files directly to the desktop that has the USB hard wired to this printer that has the far out IR red window on the side, that's not being used anymore, but could be in my opinion.

If your build number doesn't end with MDL you're either way behind and happy at MDB, or MF3 screwed to the power of three.

I am running stock/casual/twrp/root thanks Adam Outler, DrJBliss and the rest if I am missing a contributor, I beg pardon. I have yet to use the nandroid images I've created using TWRP. I suspect it's nothing out of the ordinary as I've used custom recovery like CWM to flash my back up image and return to stock. I have read enough and see evidence from folks like you that would validate me restoring my handset as though it were fresh out of the box. I have the 3.56 GB recovery file saved in the computer and on the phone twice. In the phone and also on the micro SD.

Again, thank you for exploring and reporting, and good luck restoring your handset, AOU.

Bless your brave exploration!