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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] killerz298:
I have all visual effects disabled using developer options. Ever since I installed this update the phone keeps reactivating "transition animation scale" to 1x. It isn't even done when the phone restarts, it is just completely random. I will pick up my phone and the damn transition is there again. Any idea as to WTF the problem is? I am running stock and did the upgrade rather than a complete wipe.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] churchey360:
Google search always force closes on me to.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] churchey360:
And does this ever happen to anyone it really annoys me. The air view box never goes away even when i close the page and open a new one.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] starkillers:
It is far from smooth. Yes it fixed WiFi issue and Bluetooth, but many others in many other forums are also complaining about Google now force closing as well as the awful choppiness in some areas of the system. While I do notice it is smoother when it does run smooth, overall its choppy. Too may instances where you get that ever so slight stutter. When you turn animations off, it runs without choppiness. I believe Samsung definitely screwed the pooch on this and rushed it out to get galaxy gear compatibility. As mentioned, many others complaining about the same issues.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] evilbeef54:
nvm
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] random45:
i'm loving that they finally fixed the camera. As soon as I opened the camera app, a firmware update ran for the camera itself.

Now every camera app I use (except for the stock camera app) takes great pictures (in less than stellar light conditions).
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Imaginos:
I am digging this new build. Nothing to complain about after rooting and reinstalling the hotspot mod. I am getting that security popup now and then though. It comes up saying sine unauthorized access to system is being blocked, then it doesn't tell me which app it is.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jkhtx:
Still haven't gotten the update. I know that it's going by serial # but I've had the phone since early August, surely I would think that 10 days after the first people received the update I might FINALLY be up in the queue. I guess I'll just twiddle my thumbs waiting for it. After hearing people's experiences with manually updating I'd rather avoid all that.

Edit: well speak of the devil, I cleared Google Services Framework and waited an hour, and finally got the update.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] fantomaster:
Good update
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ports394:
So I'm on a stock, unrooted, no twrp/su/nothing TW 4.2.2 build with MF9. I've been clicking the check for samsung update thing daily and haven't seen the MJA update yet.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] inmnbob:
No update for me yet
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] BIGSAMDA1ST:
Ok folks.. So being that I usually run stock rooted with only the hotspot mod and transparent weather widget,I think its about that time... I take the plunge into the world of 4.3..Wish me luck...:good::fingers-crossed:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] JoeFCaputo113:
I'm doing the same later tonite after I get home from my GF's ! :good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] cruise350:
You have to clear cache and data for the google services framework in app manager and then it will come through

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Make sure you use the mf9 full tar before you update so that the system file mods are removed and the stock recovery is reinstalled. No need to do a factory reset. After the update you'll have all your files and data still there. You can reroot with cf autoroot and install the hotspot mod for mja and you'll be set.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ports394:
Hm..I may have messed that up then.

I just downloaded the MJA.zip from the forum, put it on the microsd, and rebooted to the stock recovery and installed it.

Didn't do the root or hotspot stuff.. Can I still do it?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] BIGSAMDA1ST:
All done...:thumbup: MJA 4.3 Stock Rooted... All that's left is custom recovery and my usual hot spot mod and transparent weather widget.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] stevedeezy:
I still haven't figured this one out since I updated. When I make a call or send a text I used to be able to begin typing a contacts name and it would pop up. Now it pulls up email addresses or other contacts from social networks that I have chosen not to show. Is anyone else experiencing this or know how to fix it. It's pretty annoying to scroll through all my contacts to send a quick message or make a phone call.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] cruise350:
Your good, use cf autoroot to root it through odin, then you will need to install a custom recovery so you can install the hotspot mod.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] buzzwyzr:
Maybe your experience but definitely not mine. Smooth as silk over here.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] starkillers:
I can say after a few days of settling in, its running smoother. However, still experiencing Google now closing, actually doesnt even open all the way, starts to, then closes sometimes when trying to open.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mmark27:
Yes. I see that too. Don't think that's a rom issue. GN issue
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] BIGSAMDA1ST:
After running MJA 4.3 Stock Rooted for a full day, I have to say that it is running pretty damn smooth..I haven't had any issues whatsoever...fingers crossed...;)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] galaxys3man30:
New MJA odin file is up

http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] BIGSAMDA1ST:
Ya beat me to it..lol was just checking that out:thumbup:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] galaxys3man30:
Haha been watching the site for days now waiting for it
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] BIGSAMDA1ST:
Not too bad with this MJA update...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] garwynn:
(Removed - file looks bad.)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] chris-allen:
For some reason. ( due to my personal experiences ) i have NEVER seen a sprint update release on time...always..always 5-10 days late... lol..we will see
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] crawrj:
LOL wow that was a flashback :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mjs2011:
Verizon people said the same thing and they got the update on time. I'm feeling good about this one. :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] maxpower7:
The fact that source already dropped is encouraging :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] neudof:
This one impacts samsung and sprints ability to sell the galaxy gear. Im guessing there will need to be a major problem with the release to stop this from rolling on time!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] daniel4653:
Haha Epic Touch days.

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Every time source drops we get OTA within 1 week.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Keithgordon:
Knox Bootloader Count trigger

Does anyone know about the knox bootloader? i was reading in the verizon threads that the bootloader now has a trigger that voids the warranty when you flash a custom rom...I'm sure it won't be long before some developer writes a script that rewrites it back to 0x0 like they did with the evo, but I would beware before flashing the OTA. I'm going to wait for an update that is safe from xda. supposedly, the bootloader reads KNOX 0x0, Void Warranty 0x1.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] maxpower7:
I've never once used a manufacturer warranty, and I've owned nearly a dozen Android phones. The flash counter isn't a concern to me as long as nothing else is borked because of the new bootloader.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] churchey360:
Hopefully sprint releases 4.3 earlier in the day and not at 11:59 at night lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Keithgordon:
yeah, I guess I'm not that worried about it either, i was just curious in case I sell this fone and the buyer says anything about it....had that happen when I sold my note
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] churchey360:
If my s4 is completely stock but the device status is custom because i didnt use triangle away before Unrooting can i still update to 4.3?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ROMANTiC KiD:
You need to be completely be stock, you can still update with the custom quote
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] maxpower7:
Someone inevitably has flashable zips up within 24 hours of an OTA. Our awesome devs always have us covered.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mjs2011:
Yeah mine is custom as well. I wonder if I shouldn't take the ota? Or maybe I might need to factory reset first.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] leaderbuilder:
On my past Android phones (HTC, GS2, GS3 etc.) the only two things needed to take an OTA were stock kernel and stock recovery - even custom(s) would prompt to update and often would as long as those two (stock kernel and recovery/boot.img) were there. Of course if you take the OTA you'll lose root and your recovery.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mjs2011:
Ok cool. I'm not rooted nor do I have a custom recovery.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] chris-allen:
I wonder if it will start rolling out at midnight
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jj14:
Hmm - wonder why your phone shows custom then
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] churchey360:
Prob was rooted and had a custom rom and flashed back to stock for the update lol thats what i did.

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I hope so lol but itll prob be midnight tomorrow night lol.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] sputnik767:
If you have made any modifications to your phone besides those allowed by the stock, non-rooted system, you will not see an OTA update. I believe that even involves the hotspot mod as well. Last OTA I had to revert the hotpot mod back to stock by rewriting the stock files that I backed up to system/framework, and reboot in order to get the OTA to show up. I was able to preserve root by backing up root with OTA Rootkeeper, temp unrooting using the same app, applying the OTA update, and restoring root with that app.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] buzzwyzr:
The MJA tar from Samsung?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] garwynn:
Had it uploaded to rwilco12.com but tried opening it and it wouldn't.

So pulling again and let's see if it works now.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] churchey360:
So im downloading the mja.zip from rwilco now and i was wondering if that includes the rom, modem, kernel, and recovery, and also would i just flash it with odin?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] churchey360:
I just wanna make sure i can get back to complete stock before i root my phone.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Samsungmobile:
Confused about something I'm rooted but using the stock rom, do I just download this and I would still be rooted?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] churchey360:
Download it from sam mobile this one isnt working. But just save it on your computer so if you get into a bootloop or wanna go back to complete stock you can just flash it with odin.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] garwynn:
Full set and yes through odin
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] churchey360:
The one from rwilco wasnt working so im downloading it from sam mobile now and this one seems legit lol.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] garwynn:
Hmm. I downloaded again and it should be good now. I'll double check it shortly.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] amieldl143:
Give time to settle in. After a few days my phone is smooth as hell...no problems here....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] churchey360:
Are you using ktoonsez kernel i think thats what ima use lol.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] churchey360:
Stock but rooted sprint s4 on 4.3 update.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] churchey360:
App drawer
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] churchey360:
Pull down window
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] daniel4653:
Next time put all of your screen shots in one post. Not three different ones.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] neudof:
MJA tar download took FOREVER but I am about to flash via Odin and start all over :)

Don't have any KNOX reset to 0x0 expectations, but will let you all know if a miracle occurs.. LOL
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] gpz1100:
Anyone figure out how to read the spc or msl code with the new 4.3 version?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] churchey360:
Yeah I wanted to but every time i try to add more than one it only shows the last pic i uploaded i use the xda app and it's really buggy.

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@neudof can you let me know if it works fine, because i just rooted my phone last night so i dont wanna test it out yet lol.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] garwynn:
Just redid MJA upload on rwilco12.com and it's verified. Hopefully that will help some.

And if you're having problems with downloading - send me or rwilco12 a msg so he can look into it.

Thanks!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] cyrusalmighty:
Does this update lock the bootloader? My moms s4 is MF9 and is bootloader unlocked & rooted. I know how to easily get root back but bootloader is much harder to get back. My moms phone has "downloaded the update" and says "touch to install". I didnt think it would try to update since I de-bloated it so much (as I did with my AT&T S4 with locked bootloader :/ ). Anyways... I would have just had her wait until kit kat but dont want her to install this update by mistake. Whats the best option for me here??
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] BIGSAMDA1ST:
Downloading now..It'll take a few ,but I'll give it a shot...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Samsungmobile:
What all do I need to be able to update to 4.3 from the stock rom but rooted?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] churchey360:
Use triangle away then unroot

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And make sure you have the stock recovery.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] gibrannz:
UPDATED TO MJA FROM MF9.

GLAD I DID. GOT A HUGE SPEED AND LTE COVERAGE IMPROVE. PHONE RUNS SMOOTHER.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mmark27:
Looks like your keyboard caps lock is stuck tho
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] carlosfig:
SWEET!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] gibrannz:
It is not
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ports394:
It runs smoother for me.. even installed the Google Experience Launcher, and I like it.

The battery life is a little better. but still not AMAZING..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] cyrusalmighty:
Will I lose unlocked bootloader on sorint s4? Does the 4.3 update lock the bootloader like the att mf3 update did?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] moovius:
Do not want

I have the notification right now, but I don't want to install it. I'm fine with MF9.

Is there a way to remove the notification and delete the downloaded update? I have root and a root file browser installed.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] guitardoc64:
That's fairly easy. Look in System/cache and delete the file. Then tap the notification to install. With nothing to install it will say it is rebooting but never does. I had to do this for mine just this morning.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] scott_0:
I couldnt stand looking at the update notice any longer, I simply accepted the update, it went to twrp recovery and I rebooted the phone. It cant/wont update without getting into stock recovery. no issues what so ever, and the annoying ass notification is gone now!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] moovius:
That worked perfectly. Thank you!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] guitardoc64:
No problem. Glad my discovery helped. I'm still deciding on updating. The only issue is deciding whether to take the MJA bootloader.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Truitt.Jack:
I'm currently running stock unrooted, and I really like 4.3! In my opinion it really cleans up touchwiz. It looks a lot better overall, with subtle sharpening and shading here and there, I like the new 4G/3G icons, new battery icon, and emojis look great. Solid update visually, and it performs noticeably better batter drain via radio wise in my opinion again. Much better batt. Life. Hope this helps!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] chadharrop:
Battery usage is great on 4.3 no problems at all solid update in my opinion.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bondosho:
Sorry for the late response, but no, I was bone stock. 100%.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] daniel4653:
Agreed. Battery I'd just great on MJA. Ive been tempted to root and flash sacs ROM. But the stability now with this great battery life is hard to turn away from. Been on stock unroofed MJA for two weeks now.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Alpine-:
No stability issues on Sac rom with KT kernel. If you think battery is good now, try that.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] tetrach21:
Auto Awesome

Has anyone gotten the auto awesome video for their S4 with the 4.3 update? I know google is limiting this feature to a limited amout of devices. My buddy has it on his new Note 3. Just wondering when we are going to be able play around with this..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] dcillusions77:
To bad they don't recall the MJA 4.3 update and give us MF9 back with an OTA restore LOL :( I know they have quit sending it out atm, but 4.3 I think has been the worst Android version yet as far as bugs go imo :\
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] rheller219:
Thats funny cause I just got the notice for update today. So, not sure where you heard they quit sending, but they sent it to mine today! I didnt update of course!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mmark27:
Whaaaa? no way. not for the Sprint S4. 4.3 still rolling and I'm sorry, but what bugs are you running into?? My phone has never run better.

okay, okay, My roaming will turn off if I do anything in that area of the menu, but perhaps that's by design? The voice quality of phone calls seems a bit worse, but we've got a LOT of network vision going on here with 1x800 and such, so I'm not convinced that's a phone thing.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jtsv:
4.3 update OKC, OK

Just picked up my .96 cent GS4 Pre Black Friday sale at Sam's Club stayed line last night to get appointment to get my phone. Just left and decided to check for system update and 4.3 installed without any issues. Always been rooted and my GS3 was running Cyan 11 w/4.4 Kitkat and was going to be rooting this but I may leave it stock for a few days to really test things and see how it runs.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] repinphilly247:
Does connecting to Wifi with 802.1x EAP work on those that updated through OTA?

I updated following the thread in the android development section: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2277480 that keeps the MF9 bootloader. I went from TWRP to Philz CWM recovery, flashed, MJA ROM, kt's kernal, wifi fix, hotspot, and odined MJA modem.

It seems someone else is having problems with 802.1x EAP wifi using that method as well. Wondering if taking the OTA then rooting it will solve those issues.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Keithgordon:
There are a lot of bugs that maybe you haven't noticed yet...like the screen gets really hot, worse than before, then the screen will bounce or get brighter and dimmer, even though autobright is turned off, then sometimes apps freak out, like guitar solo, my girlfriend was playing guitar solo then the strings quit, the phone froze, so we turned it off and set it aside, a few minutes later it started making the most awful noise coming from the speaker, like Jimi Hendrix having a bad trip and the phone wouldn't do anything so I had to unplug the battery and reboot it. I called Samsung about it, they said they are aware of all the problems in 4.3, and Kies 3.0, but they will be fixed with the release of KitKat. I said whats wrong with Kies 3? they said, oh, uhhh, well it doesn't work....but as long as you don't use the sync feature you shouldn't worry...I asked them where I could go for support for 4.3 to fix the problems I am having, they said reboot the device. They said pull the battery and give me the meid, this is always a trick to make sure you reboot the device. Then they admitted that Sprint nor Samsung have the software to support 4.3, so they dont recommend updating to 4.3 just yet....The problem is, they sent an OTA update full of problems they knew existed without providing the software to support 4.3.

If you haven't noticed the problems, maybe you re lucky and don't have any, or maybe they just haven't happened yet, but if they do, just know there is nothing Samsung or Sprint can do at this time, they should have the software to support 4.3 around January or February.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] guitardoc64:
Yeah. Another great reason for staying on MF9.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] FanOfSkynyrd:
I agree, I'm sticking with mf9 for now to allow things with mja to settle down and all the kinks are ironed out
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] guitardoc64:
That's what I said 3 weeks ago when the update hit. My phone works, no wifi issues or any other problems so why chance problems. crawj's experience with soft bricking was enough for me to pass on the update.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] chadharrop:
Ok so I have mja and looking to root what are my options. I do not want to install custom rom just mod to stock rom. Is this possible and what is the best root method.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] FanOfSkynyrd:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2511156

Check the Development forums, I believe CNexus has a rooted stock Rom there
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] chadharrop:
Thank you asked before I looked
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] BIGSAMDA1ST:
So assuming you took the MJA ota , only thing you need to do is use CF-Auto Root to root, then head on over to Philz Touch CWM to apply a custom recovery, then your good to go..

GS4 Stock Rooted MJA 4.3,Philz Touch CWM,HotSpot Mod,Transparent Weather Widget,8SMS(Stock Messaging,KitKat)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] slixzen:
Are there any differences in the two bootloaders (MF9 & MJA), besides knox being included, and could someone describe what they are?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] BIGSAMDA1ST:
Has anyone received this update yet:

http://support.sprint.com/support/a...msung_Galaxy_S4/WServiceAdvisory_542_GKB51952

GS4 Stock Rooted MJA 4.3,Philz Touch CWM,HotSpot Mod,Transparent Weather Widget,8SMS(Stock Messaging,KitKat)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ports394:
not yet... would love it.. because my battery life is still pretty bad.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] epi4gtn:
I'm also wondering this. I just got the phone and foolishly did the 4.3 OTA without reading first and I can't find anyone mentioning Root de la vega as a work around for getting root without tripping Knox.

Did you ever figure this out or try it yourself?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] blarg:
doesn't work.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] hin10:
I just got the MK2 update this morning. I installed it and now my WiFi won't turn on. Anyone else seeing this issue?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] w8setter:
I have 2 s4's and 1 took the update fine and the other had the same wifi problems...try going into settings/about phone and make sure the firmware, build, and baseband all match mk2...If not, which was the issue I had, that is the problem...what you need is the mk2 update zip...place it on your sdcard, rename to update.zip, and flash in Stock recovery...it took 3 times for my second s4 to take...Once it all matches in about phone wifi will work just fine...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] hin10:
This indeed appears to by my problem too. Sorry for being new to this, but where can I find the MK2 update zip?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] w8setter:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ijntbor1tw8pvxg/update.zip
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] hin10:
Thanks w8setter! It worked like a charm the first time I tried it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] w8setter:
Not a problem...