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[Galaxy S 4 Active General] gatoraid84:
I hope so..but that package isn't exactly stock mf1 is the only thing that makes me think the flash counter won't reset.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] ShimaMiku:
TriangleAway will solve all your problems in terms of flash count.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] :
I bought it. When I opened it it told me my flash count was already at 0 and I am on mf1. I went ahead and used it and it work fine for our device.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Devo7v:
I don't know if you'd be able to directly update to ML2 from MF1, let me explain. I was reading in some of the other S4 forums when they got their update that you can't flash the OTA update on any version. It seems that each update is incremental and can only be applied to the previous version. So most likely if you were on MF2 you couldn't simply update to ML2, it would go MF2->MF3->ML2, so you would have to update twice. This is why I don't think you'll be able to go from MF1 to ML2. Please somebody correct me if I'm wrong, this is just a summary of what I've been reading in the other forums.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Mrhunter13:
if u on mf1 u would have to go to best buy to have them update the phone because mf1 can't get updates on it
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] :
You are right. The update looks for mf3 files. That's why I had changed my build.prop to mf3 but it still didn't work.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] xAjCx:
I think you're right on this one. I want to hear more from [MENTION=5669263]adachen89[/MENTION] cause she PM'd me saying that she need to be on MF3 before using my method to get her to 4.3. However she did lose root which I'd say is a downside.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] htcman724:
ok so after going to an att store and being told that they couldn't help i went to att customer care where the rep i talked to said that maybe its on samsungs end and to contact them. so i went to samsungs website to see about help and found out that our phone has a safemode that they use to install updates. for those that don't know how to do it.

1 turn phone off by pulling battery

2 turn phone back on

3 when you see the animation start press and hold the volume down key until you see the lock screen then in the bottom left corner you should see it will say safemode.

i'm downloading the update again in the safemode and see if it helps me get past the 25% will repost as soon as its done of weather this worked or not.

ok so "safemode" didn't work for me so i contacted samsung after about a 35 mins conversation he said to just take it to bestbuy ...lol so looks like i will be heading up there tomorrow.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Devo7v:
See if there's any way you can "persuade" the Samsung rep to get a flashable version of the firmware (especially if it's MF3).
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] crispy1805:
I'm on MF3 and I cannot update
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Mrhunter13:
I had the Samsung Rep do it for me at best buy ubhave to tell them the software is there because they will tell u they can't do it
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] crispy1805:
I just removed root and I am trying it again. I had/have active root. Also removed BusyBox.

Update: did NOT work.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] winter.k:
What do you have to tell them is there? You have to tell them they have the i537 4.3 software on their system?

Thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Mrhunter13:
I was talking about if u was stuck on mf1 and when I did go in there the guy said sometimes they get the updates to they computer later...all I said was my phone want update and in your computer its gonna say its not about to and tell them they have to put the phone in download and push the update like that ...so it updates
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] :
That must be what they are told to say because the guy at best buy in my home town said the exact same thing. I'm going to go back in there tomorrow and try again. This whole situation with this phone is extremely aggravating. On another note. This is to anyone that is on the 4.3 update, has anyone tried to root with the two Chinese rooting methods that are posted here?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] dibeachdude:
I finally got mine to update. Fur those that still can't update, I would double check the things already posted:

1) Only factory APK's in system/apps. You need to let the odex files rebuild, so old ones must be deleted it replaced with the originals.

2) Uninstall Busybody if you have it.

3) Remove root.

4) Reboot.

5) Try again.

It took me a few tries to get everything right.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] StonerGomer:
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I knew it! haha i was right about needing all stock apps.

I tried to locate all the stock files by seaching online using their SHA1 checksum as a starting point and managed to grab a few. Then I grabbed a few more from my girlfriends GS4

because some of their stock apps are the same version with matching SHA1s to the active versions. but theres still quite a few more that I just cannot find the right versions for.

Now if someone would just be kind enough to upload a copy of a fresh unmodded /system/app folder from MF3 I would be all set..
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] winter.k:
I stopped at best buy this evening hoping they Samsung rep would be able to install the update on my device.

No luck, they only have MF3 available on the "Samsung Smart" flash software. I looked around on the software tool myself to confirm I was out of luck, since the rep was a little green.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] chronicaust:
Yes this is true. They should eventually get the 4.3 update though they haven't as of today (1/16). But flash to mf3 and then update works for me just NO ROOT yet. Tried all the methods I know.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] dibeachdude:
I will certainly backup my entire system/apps folder before find any mods in the future.

This is just a guess, but can't you extract the APK's that you need from the MF3 found here?

http://xdaforums.com/devdb/project/?id=681#downloads
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] StonerGomer:
The safestrap zips dont have anything useful in them for this purpose. They dont contain any of the MF3 stock apps from /system/app
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] dibeachdude:
Sorry. I would have uploaded them, but I was just scrambling around trying everything I could to get it to work. I do have backups of knoxagent, wssyncmldm, and tetherprovisioning.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] StonerGomer:
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Its quite alright, congrats on getting the update working.

I have most of the original apps, but any of them that got an update is another story. Before I knew better I was using titanium backup to push updates to system and didnt think to make any backups of the majority of the original files. So most of the AT&T branded apps are the wrong version as well as a few others.

Just hope someone answers one of my requests for the MF3 stock /system/app folder

Ive asked for it in about 5 dif posts in various threads
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] dibeachdude:
If you need any of these files, they were backed up just before I got the update to go. They should all be MF3 files.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/mox0m2926uqglbo/rscJ2pX-9p/S4%20Active%204.2.2%20APK%27s
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] StonerGomer:
Those are actually 3 of the files I actually did have that were original

I really appriciate it though :good:
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Mavii:
Having deleted the atnt bloat would put a fork in the update process?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] StonerGomer:
Removing it....I don't know, I know [MENTION=5455119]xAjCx[/MENTION] says he updated fine with it removed

Where as my situation, I have updated versions of the apps, which means they fail the SHA1 sum check that the update script preforms looking for the original stock versions which causes the update to fail. I'm assuming that if the files just aren't there then it skips the check for that file which is why having them removed may not affect the update.

But also to that effect, I don't know if not having the file means it wont patch the new 4.3 version of it. Even though I could just remove the apps and try, there are a few apps I removed that cause a lot of FC issues for me so just to be on the safe side I would like to have ALL the files, just to be safe.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Mavii:
Aaaah now I get u sigh everything seems to be in order here but it just goes straight to interrupted when I go on the software update
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] TKhawk01:
I finally got the OTA update to work last night. I had not removed any apps but I had frozen the blotware with Titanium, after I restored the apps and removed root everything worked fine.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Devo7v:
If anybody is looking for some of the stock apps, I've posted some of them over in this thread.

SecPhone

SecContacts

SecMMS

wssync

EDIT: I made a zip of the entire system/app folder for MF3. It includes almost all the stock apps, but I've converted a few to regular apps (particularly Gmail and a couple others) so they're not included. Everything has been updated via the PlayStore. I have two questions before I upload it, first is there anything I should remove from the zip so my personal information doesn't get out there, and where's a good place to upload a 550MB file? I'd prefer not to use up space in Google Drive.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] winter.k:
Stock MF3 and still no OTA update?

I had my device re-flashed with a fresh install MF3 by the Samsung rep just to be sure I wasn't causing any problems, and I'm still not able to get the OTA update.

Do I just have to wait until it gets pushed out to me? I haven't seen anyone confirm that they were able to install the update via the .cfg file.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] :
I honestly don't know where to tell you to upload to, someone else will have to do that. Can you copy your build.prop and put it in with these apps? Im going to try something for the ones on mf1 if you could do that.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] ChristopherXDA:
I haven't been able to update via the downloaded cfg- my 'Continue Update' button is grayed out.

The only mods I had were the dark dialer call recording, which I fortunately had backed up. Unfortunately, even after reverting back to the original apk's and their respective Odex in the System/App folder, the 'Continue Update' still was unavailable. I then removed busybox and root via SuperSu and it's still grayed out.

I can't recall ever removing any System/Apps but can someone verify how many files and folders it's supposed to have? I show 472 files 2 folders, wiht a todal size of 1.09GB. If that's right, the leading theory that System/App needs to go through some checksum in order to validate before update is likely incorrect. Unless the check goes beyond System/App and also checks the snd_soc_som folder as well (which get's modified for the call recording).

**Edit 1**

I had to re-root in order to revert the files in snd_soc_som to original and removed all the modified files. 'Continue Update' still grayed out after reboot. This stinks.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] adachen89:
What I did was, go to BestBuy at the Samsung help desk and I asked them about updating my phone and the guy there proceeded to ask me for my information on the phone and he had to look up everything which took like 30minutes. After that he had to download some file I was not sure but he was talking to a higher rank than he was on the phone. He told me that it'd be another 30minutes to an hour so I walked around for a little and when I came back I was on MF3 without losing any files so I just copied the .cfg file I already downloaded from [MENTION=5455119]xAjCx[/MENTION] as well as the additional files and the update proceeded without a hitch. I'm not exactly sure why everyone is getting hung at 20-30%. :confused: [MENTION=5643120]winter.k[/MENTION]
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Devo7v:
Seriously, the next person that goes to the Samsung desk at a Best Buy needs to see if they can get their hands on whatever they are downloading before they flash it to your phone. This could save a lot of people headaches.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Mrhunter13:
I had an interview with the ppl that hires the ppl in best buy ..because samsung didn't hire them its a third party company
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] StonerGomer:
The only options for upload I can think of off the top of my head is dropbox, but then again I didnt just wake up haha.

The apps I need personally are the AT&T branded ones and a few others, for example the stock Peel.apk and a few of the samsung branded apks. Im pretty sure Ive got all the correct gapps.

Well its not a theory that the update checks the SHA1 checksums of many system apps, as well as several over system folders. If you extract the update cfg file and read the updater script it is plain as day that the script checks the SHA1 checksums.

Its only a theory that it matters and can affect the update running properly or not. Im mostly just trying anything I can think of and using what limited knowledge I have of android and the way its updater scripts work to try and come up with any solution I can think of XD

Yes i believe the 472 files and 2 folders is correct, or at least I believe it is as I never checked myself before modding/removing apps. Im basing it off the fact that the MF3 for the I337 has 472 files and 2 folders in its stock /system/app folder. Which is where I got a few off my apks from. Thankfully the stock I377 MF3 has quite a few of the same stock apps(checksums verified) as the MF3 for active.

As for your problem of the continue being greyed out....you 1st need to place the cfg in the proper folder, then unroot/uninstall busybox or any mods you may have installed, and then click check for updates, it should do its thing as normal but then instead of downloading the update it will just read the file youve already got. Or at least that is what I have always had to to. You may also try rebooting between the unrooting/unmodding and checking for updates again. Now rebooting MIGHT remove the cfg from /data/fota, but it usually doesnt get removed on my phone untill after ive tried to run it.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] ChristopherXDA:
Thanks I will give that a shot.

Edit- Nope, didn't work. Option was grayed out, and after clicking on update it said 'Software Update Interrupted. No update available.'
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] adachen89:
The guy really wasn't open to the idea of you looking at the screen. Hopefully someone would have better luck.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] StonerGomer:
Ouch that sucks. Were you still rooted? Do you have the KNOX files in /system/app? Have you done any kind of system mods you forgot to uninstall?

If your answers were No/Yes/No then I really dont know what else to try =/
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] winter.k:
"Samsung SMART software tool"

I was able to attempt this and it's not that simple Devo. They aren't downloading anything, and it's not a "file". All the "files" are hidden behind the "Samsung SMART" GUI which is completely automated, and most people running it have to call their manager on the phone to walk them through how to use it. I suspect that Samsung incrementally pushes out updates to the SMART software with the newest device software included. Sure, if I could dig through their hard drive we could figure out how their tools work and type of files they are using but they weren't going to let me take the PC home....

The rep I was working with didn't know what she was doing so she called her manager on his cell to walk her through it, she was having trouble explaining the situation so she put me on the phone. I took over the computer and ran the "Samsung SMART" software with directions from the manager via her cell phone. There are two different tools that appear to be "Samsung SMART" software. The first tool is a simple reflasher that we tried first. I plugged in my phone and it automatically put my device into flash mode (or simmilar) and reflashed MF3 without erasing or changing any of my apps or settings. This didn't result in the 4.3 update I was hoping for so he suggested the more complicated factory software install, and guided me through the steps. This tool required an additional password just to open it. Before plugging in my phone in I had to select my device model in the software, and then the desired software version to install. As I stated previously they didnt even have the update on their system. The latest available was MF3 4.2.2 so I decided not to continue. I have used this process before with them and if I did want to continue, I would manually have to put my phone in flash mode and tell the GUI to proceed.

Sorry for the long explanation but that might help everyone better understand what the Samsung reps are doing.

As for me, I've got a fresh install of MF3 and my software is still saying "up to date". :eek:
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] ChristopherXDA:
Removed root and rebooted. Knox files still there, unmodified. No other system mods. Still says Update Interrupted and grayed out continued update. I thought maybe the CFG I downloaded was buggered so I real downloaded and validated the checksum and still no joy. All well. I don't actually even care about the update except that it was a challenge to try and figure out. They got me beat for now.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Devo7v:
Any chance you can dump your phone before you perform any mods? A lot of people are asking for stock MF3 files and most people have already messed with their stock.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] winter.k:
I was planning to, since many people need the stock files. But it looks like dibeachdude beat me to the punch.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] dibeachdude:
You might still want to back them up for others. I only uploaded the few files that I had.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] StonerGomer:
Ah yeah kinda same here. Especially seeing as the root that worked on the 4.3 leak doesnt seem to work on the 4.3 OTA.

Anyhoo...For anyone interested I compiled a list of every file the updater script verifies via SHA1 checksum.

you can find it here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/1442ynwd5wbscsk/I537-4.3-OTA-SHA1-List.txt

It checks 1,484 total files in /system

370 of which are in /system/apps

as well as 2 in /dev/block/platform

for a grand total of 1,486 files.

If you have MODDED any of these files then the update will most likely not work.

If you REMOVED any of these files, the update MIGHT work. I cant promise it will, but according to other posts removing the file doesnt seem to affect the update.

Im going to try and put together a folder with all, or as many as I can aquire, of the /system/app files with SHA1 Checksums that match those from the OTA's updater script for those who may need it. I dont know how long it will take to put together but rest assured I will post it as soon as I finish it. (Providing i am even able to find more than what I have already aquired)

---------- Post added at 02:28 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:21 PM ----------

So youre saying you have a fresh MF3 install..with no files in /system/app modded or removed??? If that is the case......

OMG PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE UPLOAD A COPY OF YOUR /system/app FOLDER!! I WILL LOVE YOU FOREVER!!
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] crispy1805:
Thanks [MENTION=3047491]Devo7v[/MENTION]. I tried the files, re-downloaded the update and it still fails. I have unrooted, unmodded, and uninstalled busybox. I am at a lost.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] ChristopherXDA:
Don't worry crispy dude, i'm in the same boat. Time to have a cocktail or schmoooke and enjoy the weekend. This will be bugging me though.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] winter.k:
Stock MF3 \system\app Folder

Sure. Uploading to dropbox now. Standby. I would have done it earlier but I thought someone already shared it.

stock MF3 /system/app folder:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/m1uem476718nchc/sRTG66p7LX

stock MF3 /dev/block/platform folder:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/gnxhfwd2a3bg7mj/AelZYHywpu
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] StonerGomer:
You are now my bestest of best friends XD thank you so friggin much. Ive been trying to get someone to do this for 3 days now lol
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] :
Can you also upload the two folders in the dev block that were mentioned earlier? If so I will do some testing for the ones that are stuck on mf1.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] winter.k:
No prob. Done.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] StonerGomer:
You rock man, it is much appriciated

I noticed there was no Peel.apk

Im guessing thats not a stock app on MF3...which makes me wonder why the ota update verifies the checksum of Peel.apk in /system/app

Maybe its just extra AT&T bloatware thats not originally on MF3?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] dibeachdude:
It would bee nice if an undercover AT&T rep could just backup a new phone. Surely, there are some phones (new or refurbished) still sitting on a shelf somewhere with MF3.

I still can't figure out why Samsung or AT&T would go so far to check what is currently on the phone. I used to install different ROM's, kernels, etc. without worrying about losing anything. I understand checking to see if the phone is the correct model for the update and I understand doing a basic check to see what version is installed, but why would they need to check to see if every file is the original, factory-installed file? If they wanted to protect themselves from a bad install that causes someone to lose something, it seems like they could do their extensive system check, and I'd it fails, warn the user that their system files are different and allow then to continue at their own risk. They could even request a special code to continue. At least they would have a record of the person accepting the risk.

Maybe, there is a real good reason for it that I simply do not understand, but I would think they would want the update to go as smooth as possible.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] buccaneerbram:
mf1??

my baseband still says mf1? can't update ota or with the .cfg file trick
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] crispy1805:
Well, I replaced the files. Still no success. It still "fails" at 25%. Im all out of ideas.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] crpntr:
Thank you for putting up these files. How can I swap these for mine if necessary? I renamed the wssy files and the knox files back to stock already. I used an unlock app from playstore and I think the tethering mod too . update fails early and says then its up to date after factory reset and u cant check again for 24 hours . Thanks for all the help everyone.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] :
What firmware are you on? If not mf3, did you change build prop?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] crispy1805:
MF3
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] :
This phone is getting to be a major pain in the ass. I was happy with it until this update was released. Now i an getting to were i hate it. Hopefully somebody will find a easily working solution soon.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] crispy1805:
It did end up deleting the cig file that I downloaded from here -_-;
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] winter.k:
Just my luck. I finally got the OTA pushed to my phone and it installed without a hitch..... Until it rebooted, now it says "no sim" and my IMEI is null!!

I don't want to sidetrack this thread, but can someone help me out? Do I need to fix my imei or do a restore or something?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] StonerGomer:
I dont know if you removed them or if they just didnt copy over, but there are 9 files missing from your /system/app folder that the script verifies. As for the rest of them, they are 100% perfect SHA1s verified 1 at a time by me lol.

The missing apps are:

ClockPackage.apk*

Episodes.apk*

InteractiveTutorial.apk*

Peel.apk <========ONLY APP I NEED TO HAVE 100% OF THE STOCK MF3 /SYSTEM/APP FOLDER. IF ANYONE HAS THIS PLEASE UPLOAD

SMemo2.apk*

SecContacts.apk*

SecGallery2013.apk*

SecSettings.apk*

SecWallpaperChooser.apk*

If you or anyone else has these stock MF3 APKs I would greatly appriciate it if you could upload them somewhere for me to grab, they are the last 9 files i need!!

AppName* - All the copies of these files from my own /system/app have been verified

Try turning airplane mode on then off

My phone used to not register my sim, still never figured out why...

But turning airplane mode on then off always fixed it