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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] chris-allen:
yea i must be doing something wrong....i run autoroot ( odin ) installs, ( red android man saying " installing superuser, wiping cache exc exc ) boots up..then i goto market and download superuser....update binaries, it passes, then the part where it says " gaining root access " this gives me the " failed " message....idk...no big deal, ill just wait till i can odin or flash a ROOTED.zip file via stock recovery......i dont know, does it look like im doing something wrong? skipping a step maybe?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] galaxys3man30:
Wait why are you downloading superuser when cf root puts SuperSU in automatically?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] chris-allen:
Now..after all that hard work, can i use this recovery to flash back to 4.2.2???
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] galaxys3man30:
unfrontully no the bootloader isnt going to let you go back you stuck with 4.3 for now until they figure out how to odin back sorry buddy
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] chris-allen:
oh well, i guess it 4.3 for now :)

i was just kinda dissipointed in 4.3...nothing wrong with it, its just after all the hype about " faster, smoother, less memory usage ", i cant see any of that.....in fact i think 4.2.2 stock was alot smoother then this....but oh well, just my 2 cents :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] churchey360:
You can flash a new kernel.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] galaxys3man30:
Yea i agree MF9 was smoother to me too but funny thing is kit kat is just around the corner in February or so for us
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] killerz298:
I am on stock. I downloaded the update from google's server directly (as my phone refused to prompt the update even after several framework clears). If I follow the directions below, this will just update my phone correct? It won't wipe out the existing data?

download, put it on your SD card (External storage).

Turn phone off.

Hold vol up, home button, power button until Samsung logo appears, release buttons.

Once in recovery, with the vol up/down button move to Update from External Storage, or whatever, hit power button to select

Find your file by moving with vol keys, press power button to select file.

sit back and relax. it takes about 10 minutes or so to install.

Enjoy.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] churchey360:
Yes that's what I did and it didn't wipe anything besides cache.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] killerz298:
Thanks. It is installing now!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] daniel4653:
This is kind of funny. Now that I am I'm stock unrooted MF9 my data speeds have increased from an average of .5mbps around this time of the day to .8-1.2mbps
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] skyyrocket:
[MENTION=4883951]galaxys3man30[/MENTION] hey your running KT'S lastest kernel with the stock 4.3 ota right ??
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] galaxys3man30:
Yes sir I am buddy I tested all day to get it working for us
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] skyyrocket:
[MENTION=4883951]galaxys3man30[/MENTION] hmm I am going to put it in my next build hopefully it will work then so i finally get my 4.3 build outta alpha stages
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] pastert33:
Share it brotha!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] galaxys3man30:
It should work buddy just make sure the wifi fix is in there too I got everything if you need it buddy

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http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=47030804
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jazz995756:
I've read all the issues of people failing to root and breaking they're phones and not having sound or WiFi but my question is I don't care about root really and I'm going to Odin to stock but if I update will I loose sound or WiFi or is that only the people trying to root and stuff
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] chris-allen:
Here are the steps i took for a great working 4.3 rom....1) odin stock 4.2.2 unrooted..2)took the OTA update....then used cf-autoroot to get root and SU 3)flashed custom recovery..3) flashed Kt kernal... And wifi fix.......= flawless victory!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] guitardoc64:
Nice. I'm still holding on to MF9, but seeing successes like this is making it tempting.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] killerz298:
So now that I have this installed I have received a message twice already saying that some app was attempting to access the system without permission. It gives me a message to update Security Enhances for Android Policy. I have never seen this before. What is this and how do I check and see which app is causing the issue? There is a button that says apps but it just shows all my apps.... Should I update this security policy thing?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] evo-t:
I just unchecked the 2 boxes that ask about updates in security settings. I assume it is part of the Knox B.S.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] killerz298:
Should I be concerned that something is trying to access system without permission? Any way to find out what it is? Is keeping this security thing on auto update a "bad" thing?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] evo-t:
Not sure on that, but I doubt it. This is new stuff with this update. I saw a whole bunch of the shields when I started deleting some of the crap off my phone. Thats when I went and unchecked those boxes. You should be alright, but if you feel the need it is only a check away still.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Darnell0216:
Many VZW/SPR users on other forums had to do FDR's to get rid of the security warning. If you were one of the ones who just took the OTA without resetting, that's probably why you're seeing it. Something leftover pisses it off. If you're concerned about disabling it, FDR is your alternative.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] killerz298:
I downloaded the update from Google (as my phone wouldn't prompt the update) and installed it myself.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Darnell0216:
Then yes, you'll have to either disable it or perform a FDR to get rid of it. Just like with the MF9 update, leftovers cause headaches and a clean out is the best thing.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] daniel4653:
I got some error about system UIDS not matching after I installed the MJA update zip. I ended up having to factory restore, deleting my whole internal memory. Luckily I backup up all the things I needed.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] SpringerRider:
Will be be able to enroll in ObamaCare with 4.3?

Jes askin
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] lanewhit:
Out of curiosity... What app are you guys using to debloat? TIBU or something else?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] neudof:
Has anyone tried this?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2500161
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] leaderbuilder:
how did you go about updating/installing?

Take OTA? Use zip? or other method?

Also have you installed a custom recovery? And did you try to do backups and restores -

especially of older 4.2x ROMs.

Really searching for a way to get working 'restore' method back to MF9 - in case something borks on MJ4/A.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] cmos8088:
try this it worked for me will debloat and deknox

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2507931

I ran both scripts in philz touch 5.18.2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] hunterbeav:
What the heck when will Cleveland area get update
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] neudof:
Fails...

Not supported yet..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] evo-t:
I use ROM Toolbox.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Majin101:
Not sure if this will help battery but it's the first time I saw the "allow Google to search for wifi" setting. That was automatically on for me so turned it off. Note: this is in the wifi setting
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] oscarthegrouch:
I don't see the roaming controls anymore. Other that that so far, the update is quite snappy and seemingly better lte signal and speed.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] daniel4653:
What do you mean ? Like the roaming control options ? They are there.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ChefEAM:
I no longer have those options either since the update.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] galaxys3man30:
Yea you still have them buddy set ur roam network to automatic and those options will come available for you to change
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ChefEAM:
I can find no roaming options at all in the settings anymore. I have a preferred network mode under mobile networks, but setting that to automatic does not show any roaming options
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] cruise350:
The roaming options are there, your in the wrong menu. Hit settings/more networks at bottom is roaming, select it and set roaming network to automatic and then the other options will be available.

On another note, the update now allows us to see the APN menus so we can set up GSM APNs now.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] galaxys3man30:
Go to settings/more networks/roaming it should look like this
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ChefEAM:
I know where they are supposed to be, but this is what I have.....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] galaxys3man30:
Well that's crazy as hell I have no clue what caused that you rooted or any mods?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ChefEAM:
rooted with no mods
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] galaxys3man30:
That's crazy have no clue buddy
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] daniel4653:
You should have it. Maybe your download of MJA was corrupted and didn't get installed ?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ChefEAM:
Wondering if I should try flashing the Stock rooted MJA from this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2505025 to see if it fixes it
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mmark27:
Yes, I noticed this too. I wonder if anyone can test this out with another SIM? I've never done that. Just curious as I'll be going overseas in 4 months.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] maxpower7:
The rom doesn't flash unless CNexus has updated it since yesterday. Check out my comments towards the end of the thread - I just got an error message when trying both TWRP and CWM.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ChefEAM:
The only other thing I can think to try is finding the update.zip and flashing it over my install and seeing if that will do anything
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] xchampx13:
Just updated to 4.3... actually liking the stock unrooted 4.3 quite a bit. Flashed the unrooted stock MF9 tar and updated that way.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Xuereb:
Is there a list of exactly what has changed to this update?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ChefEAM:
Roaming options

Just an update on my quest to find out where my roaming options went....

I just talked to Samsung and Sprint Tech Support. Samsung was no help and they told me to talk to Sprint. My baseband told them I was on the current firmware. They could not even tell me when and if Kies would ever support upgrading/Initializing the firmware since the 4.3 OTA. Hopefully there will be an official tar.md5 restore for Odin soon to be able to go back to full stock MJA.

Sprint told me that after researching the issue, that the roaming options are not in the current update, and that anything to do with roaming is now handled automatically. I find this odd since other people still seem to have the roaming options in settings after doing the update to MJA.

So, at this point, I am no further along than I was. At least the phone seems to be working properly other than this.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Xuereb:
So what is it that you actually mean about these options missing because I am roaming 100% of the time when I am at school, what exactly is missing here?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ChefEAM:
When you go to Settings:Connections:More Networks, on 4.2 there were options for Tethering and Roaming. Under the Roaming settings, you could set the roaming mode and also disable Roaming Guard. Since doing the OTA to 4.3, The tethering and roaming options are gone. The phone still roams in certain areas, but now I have no way to disable the roaming guard junk.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] RedDragonUT:
Interesting you say this because my options are there and I'm able to have them function. I went from stock MF9 to MJ4 using the update zip on YouTube.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] daniel4653:
Search...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Xuereb:
thank you for this, there is no way I am downloading this update then.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] hunterbeav:
I was rooted on 4.2.2 received notice that android update was downloaded and ready to install. So I unrooted, after I received mj9 update but not 4.3 did I screw myself up or will I get the 4.3 update notice again. Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] churchey360:
Go to your settings, then application manager, then scoll over to all and clear the data on Google services framework, and then try to do the software update.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] stevedeezy:
i tried searching this thread, but wasn't able to find anything. maybe it was the search strings i used, so i apologize if this has been mentioned or asked already. has anyone noticed that the auto complete no longer shows my frequently used contacts when composing a sms/mms. it's not a huge deal but it is rather annoying when trying to send a quick text. auto complete seems to find contacts by phone number or email address rather than by name.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] cruise350:
He is the only user experiencing this. No one else that has upgraded has reported this problem so go ahead and update if you want.

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Couple of things could have happened. Either you weren't on MF9 and that is the update you received not MJA. Or you were on MF9 and your system had modified files in it so the update did not complete. If you want to receive the update, odin the full stock MF9 tar file found at sammobile. No need to factory reset so you will keep your data. This way you will have a fully stock, unrooted phone with stock recovery. Then apply the update and you will be fine.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] wraith404:
What a clusterf*, adding knox to a device that didn't ship with it is BS. I swear this is the last Sam**** I ever buy. I don't think they've ever been able to get an update right, and have it work better than the factory version. I should have quit while I was behind with my galaxy 2.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] cruise350:
Knox has always been there, they are now just implementing it and turning on the enforcement. This is a necessary evil. The corporate world sees Android OS as an unsafe operating system and thus needs Android to evolve in to something more secure so they can feel safe allowing their employees to use it on their phones. I work for a subsidiary of General Dynamics and their IT department forbids us from accessing corporate mail with our Android phones, only Blackberry and Iphones, can access it. Many large corporations that have to worry about intellectual property being stolen won't allow the use of Android phones. Samsung and Google are just trying to implement a system that will allow these corporations to provide a higher level of security on their employees phones. Unfortunately, it will make it a pain for us that want to root and modify our phones, I know that we here on XDA think that we are the majority or users but in reality, probably less the 1% of Android users root or know what rooting is.

With Blackberry going the way of the dinosaurs, Samsung is trying to step up and capture that market before Apple grabs it
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] wraith404:
I get that, but not forcing it down our throats retroactively. I don't need or want it. Sure, I have an option, don't take any updates. That's pretty much how Samsung would prefer things, they hate supporting software and suck at it. Reminds me of my first and last Samsung blue-ray player that became a door stop less than a year after buying it, because they wouldn't update the firmware to keep up with discs using newer menuing. They should have split lines, corporate models. These corporate policies are silly facades anyway, about like putting a lock on a window. They allow remote access from laptops running all kinds of operating systems. I'd like to see how the world would take it if Ubuntu took su out of their installer. The Knox Warranty flag is more about covering their ass anyway. Not that I care about that, if I had a problem after I tripped it I'd just drop it in the lake and file a TEP claim.

Anyway, the main reason this burns me is that like usual, Samsung's updates are always busted. Only this time if we don't like it we can't go back. It reminds me of Epic 4GT bricking itself on update. I could probably overlook knox if only I knew that I could roll back the update if I found things slow and buggy.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] blarg:
ok - so a week into this debacle I've been doing a lot of reading and I'm still unclear about a couple of things...and maybe this is because these things are still unknown, but I thought I'd ask anyway -

1) MJA works with a new bootloader that has that stupid KNOX service and efuse - I'm still on MF9. From what I've read, MJA will NOT run on the older bootloader so is there any point in waiting and "saving" the bootloader that I have now in case someone figures out how to run MJA on the older bootloader or is that not going to happen?

2) I read somewhere that things other than KNOX won't work if you trip the flag like HDMI - true?

3) the only thing I really need root for is to mod the hosts file to ignore ads - I use AdAway - is there a way to accomplish this with some kind of firewall app without root?

4) which is showing more prromise? finding a way to run newer Android versions on the older non-efuse enabled bootloaders or finding a way to bypass the efuse?

oh, and if anyone cares, I discovered (well I'm sure I'm not the only one, but I haven't seen it mentioned anywhere so figured I'd throw it out there) that if you freeze SprintID with TiBu, you will NOT get the update. So if you're either trying to avoid it or not getting it and want to check if you froze SprintID. I unfroze it and instantly got the update when I forced a check through system settings. Froze it and checked again...nothing.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ParkerParker:
Isn't this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2505025 going to be the way to go instead of going thru the hassle? :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Alpine-:
Ya if you're rooted, you could flash this. The issue with this is the ROM ONLY. You will still be left with outdated firmware (modem), etc. There is no flashable firmware yet (perhaps this has changed overnight, im sure it coming). So many people were just taking the OTA, then re-rooting with CF-Auto Root (which apparently works) so they have the FULL update.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Kamrondroid:
If this is true, this is great for me because I'm mostly stock rooted, and don't want the update yet until after some of the issues get more sorted out, and I already had removed that silly SprintID app. I have not gotten an update notification, at least not yet. :good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] blarg:
yup - at least for me that's what happens. I just tried it again and with SprintID unfrozen the phone tries to update without even asking me if I want it (and fails because I'm rooted)...I freeze it and check again - no update.

I'm guessing this is now Sprint gives phones a unique ID it can use for things like update rollouts...now it may not matter after the rollout is over and the update goes into general release that any phone can pick up at any time.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ParkerParker:
How about this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2512983
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mikejones13:
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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] vipercoyote:
Hey S4 users, i just upgraded from S3 tonight.

Instead of reading past 50 pages if I'm correct since my S4 is still on 4.2, 4.3 have NOT been released yet for S4? Am I correct? I have no updates but I could have swore it have been released

S3 users for sprint swear 4.3 is coming for their devices tonight, but how will have s3 have the update but not s4
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] debsawyer:
No update yet.

I am not rooted. I have done a complete reset of my phone. I have not received the update. I have also connected my phone to Kies and it still says I have the latest firmware (MF9). Where is my update? My battery life sucks big time. I only get 5 hours and have 2 additional batteries from Samsung. I have heard that this fixes battery life problems. Again where is my update?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mmark27:
Nooooooooooooo! Return it and wait for the Tri-Band S4 version coming soon! Don't be a chump.

Also the 4.3 is still pushing out to S4s which is done randomly by device ID. The S3 will start the same process tomorrow and complete over the next couple weeks.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] debsawyer:
S4 update

The framework thing does not work, then?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] vipercoyote:
Thanks. So whats the best rom most people are using right now for 4.3 or even 4.2 that will not include knox.. And where is root directions for s4 on xda.. still searching
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] daniel4653:
you're not searching at all or very well since it's right in your face, hint look at stickies...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] vipercoyote:
you got me. i was searching in all the wrong places but the right place
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] angst911:
I'm debating updating for the new firmware/modem package. Has anyone installed the update and then went to an AOSP/CM/AOKP/etc... ROM that can report on it? Any problems/difficulties?/
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] sanyi83:
I still cant update mine to 4.3 my phone still tells me that my system is up to date even when I force it to check.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] thisguyinoc:
GPS Issues

I'm stock, unrooted and installed the 4.3 update the day it came out. This morning I tried using GolfLogix for GPS distances on the golf course and it wasn't working. I switch over to Google Maps and it had me a few streets over, showing a fairly accurate circle around the location. I had the wireless networks off and the GPS satellites option on, being outdoors it should have worked fine as it did with 4.2. Anybody else having GPS issues using 4.3 and only the GPS satellites? Hoping I don't need to do a factory reset.

Thanks!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] churchey360:
My stock sprint s4 on MJA benchmark.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] churchey360:
Id love to root it and install a custom kernel and try it lol.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] starkillers:
Stock unrooted and this is one of the worst updates. Thinking it was my phone, I factory wiped, however this has got to be one of the glitchiest updates ever. On the whole, it is choppy a lot of times. Last firmware was smoother. Google now force closes half the time. Kit Kat can't come any sooner. Still trying to figure out why they even bothered with 4.3.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] BIGSAMDA1ST:
Thank God I decided to wait to update. I'm still running stock rooted MF9.. I will definitely skip this and wait for Kit Kat..MF9 running smooth for me.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mmark27:
I've had the exact opposite experience. This update has been awesome for me. Stock unrooted. WiFi fixed, speed is fast, bluetooth improved, no lag whatsoever, modem stronger. I didn't factory reset after update either.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] aypanthony:
+ 1

MJA seems better for me too.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] daniel4653:
+2 MJA stock unrooted is very smooth. And the support of emojis now is cool. I haven't had one FC in about 1 week running now.