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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RS966:
Latest FW without Knox

Hi,

can somebody tell me whats the latest Version of FW without Knox ? :confused:

I've MGA as Bootloader and do not want to install knox BL, but i believe there are newer one's which could be possible to install.

So which FW should i install to get latest BL without knox ?

Thanks in advance

R.S.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

MGA is the last firmware without the knox-pox

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exploit20:
GT-I9505

Hello everyone,

I've flashed root and tripped the knox counter :/

I am on 4.2.2 on I9505XXUDMH6.

Now, I want to update to latest one 4.4 but don't know how? I cannot update it official anymore.

Also with Xposed module I've managed to get Status: Official and now I can do Software Update but don't know will it break something? Or I should flash KNOX free custom ROM 4.4?

TNX
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oxano:
Pls moderators delete my post up, it is useless when nobody answers anything. ROFL
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] testadeferro:
Oxano. Where you from?

There's a solution if you're in EU.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] carloss2013:
hi im on 4.3 with mk9 bootloader and i want to install 4.4.2 bobcatrom do i have to install stock 4.4.2 first?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] benjiboythelad:
Their isn't a proper touchwiz 4.42 your closes bet is omega tom but I prefer their 4.3 flashable rom. Their is also other "asop" tons avaliable but please in future direct you're questions to the correct page and always Google first. Try Googleing

Gt-i9505/500 or sgs4 . Kitkat .
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 11calcal:
No you can install bobcatrom via recovery no probs I'm using bobcatrom GE v1.0 found here & my baseband hasn't changed from mk9 ? Not sure about his other ROM on main development page ?

Happy flashing :victory:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oxano:
Yes i am in EU, Croatia.T-mobile
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kimitza:
You could flash latest official 4.3 rom for your carrier with odin,make a full wipe and go to t-mobile and tell them you got an update via kies and the knox trigger got activated. It happened before.

Sent from my EchoE'd GT-I9505/smart phones,dumb people.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] testadeferro:
OK. So I think Croatia has been only fully EU member since 2012 and I don't know if the European directive for warranty has been adopted. But anyway it must be override the Knox crap.

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:31999L0044:EN:NOT

This is full European legislation that you can smash in their faces if they deny you warranty knox wise.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Calanderia:
After an update from miui to official kitkat 4.4.2 Germany ROM knox keep blocking me from turning on my wi-fi...

I get a grey shield notification that says: Your device`s security has blocked an action that is not permitted. No further action is required.

If i tap on that notification message nothing happens.

How do i resolve my issue? cause i`m dead without my wifi :((
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oxano:
I will try thank you so much! I am so disapointed with samsung. I go from note 2 to Sony ultra Z.

my original soft iz back with triangle away, all is official, count 0, ****ing trigger 1!!!! :(

Dont want this **** with charger any more i see it is issue with lots of peole. :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] testadeferro:
Sony also has locked bootloader if you buy it from carrier you have the same sh... like knox. Sony is good unbranded and if you open bootloader you also have warranty trouble. Personal I don't think knox is a problem warranty wise in Europe. You have other brands that are more friendly if modding is a must for you.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kimitza:
I'll sell my S4 to get a G2:). Although LG has locked boobloader, it can be unlocked very easy by flashing original firmware. No knox or any other so called security. I guess it's time to show samsung the buyer dictates,not the seller.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fllipper:
Hei guys ! I have 4.3 knox bootloader (knox 0x1). Everything works perfect except for Wifi. I have tried every possible Wifi fix out there ( flashing all firmwares, modems, wifi fixes, kernels, fixing permissions and what not). I have executed the instructions correctly. I have this wifi problem since the update to 4.3. My questions is: Is there any way to determine whether the underlying cause is hardware?

I have another working i9505(knox 0x0) and here is another strange fact : Even if I use triangle away reset everything to official then flash the same MJ7 as my other i9505 with knox 0x0, even then, OTA and Kies will only offer update to the knox 0x0 phone. So: same phone, same firmware, everything official and For the knox 0x1 i9505 kies says latest firmware and for knox 0x0 i9505 kies says update available.

The Logcat shows this :

12-05 16:37:15.863. 730 854 E WifiHW : ##################### set firmware type 0 #####################

12-05 16:37:15.863. 730 854 E WifiHW : Cannot open "/data/.cid.info": No such file or directory

12-05 16:37:15.863. 730 854 E WifiHW : ==========[WIFI] Station firmware load ===========

If it is hardware can I replace just the Wifi/bluetooth module. Btw Bluetooth works like a charm.

Thanks guys! I appreciate any advice, even any idea or thought! Help me brainstorm please! Have a nice one!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtl999:
Try flashing back to stock and if that does not work flashing tz and modem worked for one guy

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=48409833&postcount=10

Tell me how it works!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] testadeferro:
LG as qfuse. And the status will be shown as rooted. So be carefull about that.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] X-Plosiv:
Actually, no.

I am from Croatia as well, and still today, they don't accept warranty if KNOX is triggered. Offcourse, we asked them. So far (atleast from what I know) no one tried to return phone to warranty with KNOX 0x1.

I have S4, and I'm on verdict should i root phone or not, because I have version 4.3. with KNOX 0x0.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] testadeferro:
Sorry pal. I can't help any further if the European directive hasn't been adopted. Every country is different. And the EU has given a time line to implement that directives in national laws. In countrys that are long in the community they have implemented and the brands don't have any chance to refuse warranty. You must to grab a bit more through your country law. There's some holes that can be explored. Can you check if this European law has been adopted? If not what they claim to refuse warranty?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] X-Plosiv:
Don't know, I'm actually waiting for someone to do warranty and then report on forums. I asked Samsung in Croatia what happens if I trigger my KNOX to 0x1, but I return it then for hardware failure. They just said "If you root your phone, you void warranty.". One person on forum is actually sending questions to people who are head of charge when it comes to that things, so after his post, I'll report here if you want.

Because every country need time to implement EU directive in laws of that country.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] A|ex:
The EU directive 1999 does not save if you if you have tripped the KNOX flag 0x1. It will save you if you have 0x0 flag and rooted.

Once you have knox you cannot get rid of it.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RS966:
??

After searching for a while it looks like I9505XXUBMH1 is the latest knoxfree Firmware - is this true ? :confused:

Cause then i will update via Odin to this one and after that reflash a Custom room.

Thanks in advance

RS
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

AFAIK MGA is the latest.

I do not know about MH1.

If you already have MGA on your phone , then , simply flash a custom recovery and choose a knox-free custom ROM.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yoseth:
Which rom would be 'as close to stock 4.4.2 as possible' and working without sound/wifi issues? ie everything the same (inc being odex), but just the knox ripped out, it has official OTA support and works on the old bootloader?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

You will find nothing like that.

Are you still on a non-knox bootloader?

If so , the only way is to install a custom recovery and a custon knox-free ROM.

You will , of course , not be able to get OTA.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mazbot:
Hi, I'm using miui with MG1 baseband (Knox free), can I flash CM11 directly and return if I want so? Or it will be necessary to flash stock MG1 again, update to official kitkat with new bootloader and then flash cm11? Thanks

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tarrew:
#wrong thread by accident. sorry
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vpwrf:
Downgrading

Has anyone has success yet downgrading firmware with Knox? I have seen http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=49830694&postcount=1894 to downgrade from 4.3 to 4.2.2 without WiFi working and the last line in http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=50063510&postcount=1952 for fixing the WiFi on the downgraded firmware. Has anyone tried and have fully functioning downgraded firmware with both WiFi and sound working?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lellouchftw:
I'm currently on one of the older firmwares (XXUBMH1 i think) and running a custom rom. How would I get it back to complete stock without the triangle or Knox being triggered?

I'm selling my phone to someone who wants it fully stock.

Would this work:

Flash an older 4.2.2 firmware with Odin

root it & triangle away (or should this be done before flashing)

Use OTA for updates from now on.

On another note, would OTA still work if I flash the firmware of a different country?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RS966:
MH1

FYI

I downloaded and installed I9505XXUBMH1_I9505FTMBMF5_FTM ( Orange one from French ) from sammobile

As MH1 is later from the notation than MGA i believe this is the latest knox free one.

Worked.

RS :cool:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mazbot:
Just flash last stock that you used before installing the custom rom. I'm using miui and my last stock was MG1, last time I flashed MG1 everything became official again because MG1 was old bootloader yet.

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Miz_Buzzer:
How to check or know if the firmware comes along with knox?

Ill get a S4 today and kinda confused if it will have knox enabled stock FW.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RS966:
Hi,

there are lists available where you can see which FW has the old BL and which one has the new BL.

All newer FW have the new BL, the latest ones with old BL are XXUBMGA and XXUBMH1.

All FW after that ones have the new BL.

You cann check which BL is installed with the App's "Network Signal Info" or "Phone INFO" for example.

You will not see which BL without power it on and check in Android ......

kind regards

RS
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

As well as what RS966 says, go into Download Mode...

If there is anything that says "knox" , then , you have it.

If there is nothing , you do not.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RS966:
Security unlock

Hi,

check out here, i think this will could help you solve this. :cowboy:

Remark: And asking same question in multiple threads will not give you more credits - this is a Nogo ...... :(

Just my 2 Cents

RS
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ajax.by:
I looked through build.prop, but it is not found this line, there is only found security.mdpp.result=None, changed to #security.mdpp.result=None

Then save and reboot, but it's nothing changed :(.

My ROM is GOLDENEYE ver 22R2.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RS966:
I've checked mine ( the fantastic ECHOE from Chief [MENTION=4401403]friedrich420[/MENTION] ) and there are both lines, available in ADDTITIONAL_BUILD_PROPERTIES Section.

mine looks this way :

................................

xxxxxxx

ro.securestorage.support=false

security.mdpp=None

ro.security.mdpp.ver=1.0

ro.security.mdpp.release=2

security.mdpp.result=None

xxxxxxx

................................

So you should change that setting back and search again, it is a few lines on top of what you changed.

Then try again and post the result.

A remark: posting the same questions a few times in different threads within a short time period will not help !

Just my 2 Cents

RS
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ghorin:
Hi all,

I'm a new owner of a new GT-I9506 since a week. I'm already using an android tab (asus tf700t) that I had rooted and flashed with a custom rom and i'm interested to do that also on my new s4 advance. Unfortunately, I have gone too fast and already applied the OTA upgrade and now I'm on stock 4.3, which means, if my understanding of this thread is fine, that I cannot root/unlock/flash my phone without putting my knox flag to 0x1 (and thus have risk to void my warranty).

Is my understanding right ?

At same time, this thread has title "Q&A i9505" but does it apply also to the i9506 ? For example, in the first post, it's written :

Maybe it should be corrected if it applies also to i9506 ?

Thanks in advance
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 11calcal:
Once you have updated to stock 4.3 you are on new bootloader which means if you root/flash you will undoubtedly trip the Knox & void your warranty ? :good:

In regards to title thread it would include your phone also or others alike
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ghorin:
Thank you 11calcal for your answer. Now I have to decide wether or not I accept to avoid my warranty.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mtayabkk:
PLEASE HELP ME

ANYWAY to increase mic sensitivty because if i speak loud so people can hear me and voice recorder works prefect (y) but not in call
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] latouffe:
I have a quick question regarding the newest OTA 4.4.2. Is it changing something on the KNOX field? Because i dont want to upgrade if theres a slim chance that KNOX will get totally indestructible.

EDIT: And do you think i could just hard brick my phone before sending to repair if i have knox triggered? And doing it i dont "lose my warranty" ;)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AdriSarria:
Can I root the galaxy S4 (I9505) with Android 4.4.2 without set the knox counter in 0x1?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 11calcal:
If you have knox there's no way to flash so far without tripping it ?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AdriSarria:
In 4.3 you can root without increment the counter of knox, in 4.4.2 you cant, yet.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] richie16171:
I tried 2 different region firmware one was open European(I9505XXUFNAD_I9505OXXFNA2_I9505XXUFNAD_OXX) and other one Finland (NEE-I9505XXUFNB9-20140227193922) through odin. So open European game me the same result as you with wifi and the Finland without any error.

Although modem is for different region ., it works. So, if you want to try and I flashed with Odin3-v3.04.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ALI53481:
I had cyanogenmod 11 (version 4.4 kitkat) on my device. I recently flashed touchwiz 4.2.2 on my device. The device was unrooted with everything stock, however the wifi did not work because of Knox. Each time i try to turn on wifi it quickly turn off and I receive a message notification saying : an aplication has is trying to do unpirmited action.... It ask me to reboot but nothing happens. I went into download mode and I didn't have the extra knox line (0x01). Can someone help me get my wifi working again (it was working on cyanogenmod) ?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Calanderia:
Germany wifi issue (NB8).... than they released Nordic Countries (NB9) and this was working fine :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ph.miki:
Is this can help?

http://www.tinhte.vn/attachments/eng...5-0-pdf.577999

Is this can help?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Braulio00:
Anyone tried this?

GT-I9500 Set Warranty BIT to "0" .....Solution Inside - First ih the World

Hi Guys

After few try playing for reset warranty counter ,i found solution

Here is manual:

I did test in few phone,Some phone need Step 1~5....Some Phone No Need.

1-Connect I9500 by direct eMMC

2-Dowanload attachment and extract it

3-Select "Movinand Format" and let finish

4-Try Resize Boot Partition,Set as Default "4MB"

5-Try Resize RMPB ,Set as Default "512kb"

6-Select Rom2 and Write "I9500_Rom2_Alive_BN.bin"....,Wait For Finish

7-Select Rom3 and Write "I9500_Rom3_Alive_BN.bin"....,Wait For Finish

8-Select Rom1 and Write "I9500_Rom1_Alive_BN.bin"....,Wait For Finish

Now,Use USB+Jig For Force Start DL-Mode,,,

WOW You Can See "WARRANTY BIT 0 "

Last Step is Flashing Phone Via "I9500XXUEMJ5" Firmware

Enjoy...

Please Note:

1-All Dump Based on version 4.3 and Firmware "I9500XXUEMJ5_I9500ODDEMJ5_I9500DDUEMJ5_ODD"

2-All your data going to format(take backup if you need)

3-you lost own IMEI and You have to use "SUPER-IMEI" if you don't have EFS Backup Completely

http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/f67...bit-0-solution-inside-first-ih-world-1776265/

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wizard(LV):
It works only with Exynos devices (i9500 etc), not Snapdragon (i9505 etc).

http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/f672/regarding-knox-s4-1775213/
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Braulio00:
I only ask if anyone tried, I have the gt I 9500. I can read

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drup88:
Hi Guys,

Apologies in advance if this already been asked.

I just had my i9505 (pre-knox and which i purchased outright with no carrier branding) replaced under warranty due to a faulty proximity sensor. I was given a refurb (which now is on 4.3 running baseband ver i9505XXUEMK9 with knox and carrier branding)

Can anyone confirm the following.

I cannot flash custom recovery

I cannot flash custom rom

I can root without triggering knox via Root de la Vega

I can flash official samsung firmware (mainly to remove carrier branding) without tripping knox

Thank you
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Michal Z.:
If I updated my S4 to Official Samsung KitKat 4.4.2 then can I downgrade to 4.3 or can I flash other roms like jamal's 4.4.2 rom? I don't care if it will trip knox flag. I just want to know if it is possible to flash different rom because before I have installed an update, I saw something like "it will not be possible to downgrade your device" in 4.4.2 update description.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drup88:
If you don't care about knox then just CF Auto root and flash a custom recovery. Then use that to flash jamals rims. Simple.

It gets complicated when you do care about knox
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Michal Z.:
Yeah I know. But I want to be sure that if I have official samsung 4.4.2 installed, I can still install whatever I want if I don't care about knox. I asked Samsung employee and he told me that I won't be able to downgrade to 4.3 because of some new bootloader security things. So I want to be sure that after I install this official update, I will still be able to flash some other roms through custom recovery...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drup88:
I don't think it's a problem. However I'm not certain. But why do you want to go back to 4.3? Jamal's got a 4.2.2 why don't you just CF root, flash custom recovery and install that?

My understanding is that at long as you can root, you can install custom recovery. If you can install custom recovery then you can do what ever you want and flash anything you want.......at the cost of triggering knox
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Michal Z.:
I wanted to try official 4.4.2 and then eventually move to jamal's rom. But now if it can trap me on this official rom I'm not sure if I want to install it. Another thing is that I have downloaded this update and it asks me to install it (notification). Can I somehow uninstall update if I didn't install it yet?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 11calcal:
You can stay on 4.3 MK9 which I am still on & flash custom ROM which can be either 4.3/4.4 without a problem it is when you flash over a new modem like some ROMs state you must do ?

I started off on Jamal's then used danvdh GE no probs whatsoever then last week flashed a 4.3 which was fine just didn't have all the niceness of kitkat ? So using bobcak v1 GE

My baseband & modem are still MK9 no call or WiFi issues either :cowboy:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rohanhole:
You can not revert OTA, check the rom releases , you will find your rom in backward listing. Falshing that rom with odin will revert your software.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drup88:
Wait, can someone confirm this?

If im running mk9 on 4.3 i can still flash custom roms/recovery without tripping knox? I thought this was not possible.

Attached pics for my phone specs.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 11calcal:
You can run custom ROMs such as 4.3/4.4 without flashing a 4.4 bootloader therefore you can stay on 4.3 as long as you have custom recovery ? If you keep a nandroid backup of original you can flash back if needed ?

Check pix attached & you can see I'm still on MK9 yet I'm running 4.4.2 no probs ? :silly:

P.s if you are on 4.3 & install custom rec it'll still trip Knox but if your OK with that & know that you can return its not a prob
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drup88:
Thanks mate. Yes i know i can flash custom stuff but really wanted to keep Knox in tact. Cheers
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Badeeb:
:confused:

Hi,

I've been reading in this thread for about 2 hours and I got tired,

so I have some questions and kindly hope that someone could answer them.

my phone is on official stock MJ5 without root, and i want to update it to NB9 through Odin PC .. the rom is for different region (it will take months to be available in my region)

the first question is if I flash it through Odin will this trigger the KNOX flag ?

I understood that you can't downgrade from any version without trigger the 0x1, so to be clear, if I update to 4.4.2 I can`t go back to 4.3 ?

and let's assume that samsung release newer rom with the same android version 4.4.2 and i flash it then want to go back to NB9 which have the same version 4.4.2 does this trigger the KNOX ?

the last question (and I know it's not the place for it) can i root the current MJ5 with saferoot and update to NB9 but still have the root ?

sorry, it was a noob question :o

i got the phone only three weeks ago, so I don't want to void the warranty yet

thanks in advance :o
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ph.miki:
first question is if I flash it through Odin will this trigger the KNOX flag ?.............yes :crying:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tech_head:
It depends on what you flash. Correct firmware, at or above what is installed on the phone? No
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shiva_nara:
samsung s4 i9505

my 3g is not working

no issues with wifi

what could be the problem

2g is working fine(GSM Only)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Badeeb:
thanks to both of you for the replies, but I got more confused :(

to clear things up, I'm currently on the stock official ROM I9505XXUEMJ5 which is 4.3 version, I got the stock official ROM I9505XXUFNB9 from sammobile which is 4.4.2 version but its for a different region .. If I flash this ROM via Odin will this trigger the KNOX flag ?

thanks again :o
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tech_head:
I do not know know. If anything doesn't work correctly due to a different region you will not be able to go back to official 4.3. My suggestion on a new phone is to wait for your region 4.4.2 official.