yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sony Xperia ZR] Kratellismorru:
Its the one that I am using too :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jakson0100:
The release date of Android 4.4 KitKat update for samsung galaxy s4 has come closer for the United States today.

Source .

Sprint customers with the device should make sure that they have the current version of the OS running on their Galaxy S4, or else they could be in danger of missing the update.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Imaperson:
I woke up this morning to an updated phone.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] kevinsturf:
You serious? It updated by itself? That's weird...thought it usually downloads then asks you for permission to install the update.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Imaperson:
I have so many alarms set on the thing in the morning, it's entirely possible I hit OK before fully awake.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] kevinsturf:
Hahaa I hear ya!

Now if only a dev can assist you in pulling the full rom from your device and upload here for them to begin working on a stock version for us...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] FlowingAway:
Check Now Check Now Check Now Check Now Check Now Check Now hahaha
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] omariscal1019:
Just got it!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] socos25:
My fear is they locked it down again.I will await until someone obtain's root.

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That is an odd naming?? Usally two letters followed by a number.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mmark27:
Need dat GOTA link!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] omariscal1019:
I did that old trick ... Clear data from google services framework and keep on updating after the 6th or 7th try it updated
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] seezar:
Some one needs to grab the name of the OTA file. Then we can determine the link to grab it.

It'll be located in this directory with whatever the exact OTA filename is:

http://android.clients.google.com/packages/ota/sprint_samsung_l720/
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] FlowingAway:
That's not working for me. I've done it 15 times.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ChadH42:
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Can you pull the update file from cache and download it for us??
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] omariscal1019:
Keep tryin.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] omariscal1019:
I cant im at work!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] willquil1:
How does it exactly works?? I mean where do I go to clear Google frameworks data??

Sent from Galaxy S4 via Sprint
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] FlowingAway:
Did you clear the services framework data once then just click update a bunch? Or did you clear the services framework data every time before you checked for the update?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] omariscal1019:
I cleared everytime
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] willquil1:
I really want this update and it kills I'm not able to get it

Sent from Galaxy S4 via Sprint
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ChadH42:
+1
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] daniel4653:
No it doesn't.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] rtwrobert10:
sorry for being such a bother, but how would i get to a stock recovery to flash the file?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] emod0705:
Is anyone else having a problem with root
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] daniel4653:
Put the file at the root of external SD card. Then boot into stock recovery and select "install update from external source" then browse to the file and select it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] robogoflow:
Yes my problem is my phone isn't rooted. Im looking into saferoot to see if it works because it doesn't trip the knox. So far I believe no one tried on this update but KitKat seemed to patched it. Can anyone confirm this?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] churchey360:
I rooted fine with cf auto root the same one I have been using since mf9 lol.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] rocket31337:
I was able to use philz recovery to get root then downloaded SuperSU.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] hawkyou72:
On the camera, I do not see anything that has to do with "option with a new circular for touch focus" Have you seen it?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] churchey360:
Lol I thought about doing that myself.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] egomaster:
yeah

I am on Stock ish mk2 rom. Could I just go into recovery and flash the new update and loose root, then re root with cfroot? Or should I odin to mk2 stock than update, than root?

Thanks in advanced.

also any one know of a hotspot mod for 4.4?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] PatrickHuey:
I use to be pretty heavy into root etc but I did fall off about a year ago or so. So my phone is bricked after trying to do the update manually all stock. So I should install Odin and then find the stock Samsung 4.3 rom and flash it through that? I'm having trouble finding a download link for Odin and where to find the stock rom. And then I could flash the update after? Thanks for all the help.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] churchey360:
OK here is stock mk2.tar file

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2601443
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] nytehawk2002:
Phone Memory Encrypted...Can I do this?

My company forces me to encrypt my phone storage and SD card. I put the GOTA file on my SD card however when I boot into recovery it can't mount the phone storage because it's encrypted. Is there any way to get this to work without wiping my phone first or am I going to have to wait until Sprint gets around to sending out the actual OTA update in our area?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] churchey360:
You could clear Google services framework and do a system update and keep doing that until you get the update but some people say it's bad for your phone but it never messed up my phone and I've done it alot.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] PatrickHuey:
This is stock Samsung 4.3? Thanks for the help. Anyone have the link to a direct Odin download?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] churchey360:
Yes this is the latest 4.3.tar file for the sprint s4 and try using Google to search for the latest version of odin for your pc

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Odin downloads.

http://androidcentral.us/2013/11/download-odin/
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] myswagsblue:
if i factory reset itll remove root and reset the recover too right? i have it backed up to kies anyways
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Tarkus56:
Has anyone found a way to enable ART? Is it even advisable?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] daniel4653:
No. You have to odin.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] muniz_ri:
Samsung did not include the files needed for ART runtime. My guess is it isn't yet compatible with touchwiz.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Tarkus56:
What makes them think I use TouchWiz? ;)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] churchey360:
Just because you use a different launcher doesn't mean your rom isn't based on touchwiz
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] daniel4653:
Lol he think he can run two framework with ART? Not happening.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AcE2DuCe:
ODIN TAR Files

Has anyone made a odin TAR file for SPH-L720 4.4.2. yet? Was messing around on my extra S4 and now it says “Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again“. I have tried to odin back MK2 with no luck and even tried to odin back the the leaked s4 i9505 TAR that it was on before but no luck.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] optimummind:
It usually takes a few days to a couple of weeks before the official tar becomes available. Why not flash MK2 with desktop Odin in the meanwhile?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] chico1983:
where can i get the latest CF auto root. i have tried to root my phone after doing this update and it wont stick with the copy that i have of it. thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AcE2DuCe:
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Try this:

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This is what happens when i try and flash back to MK2 in odin:

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> L720VPUEMK2_L720SPTEMK2_L720VPUEMK2_HOME.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/004> Odin v.3 engine (ID:4)..

<ID:0/004> File analysis..

<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/004> Initialzation..

<ID:0/004> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/004> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/004> sbl2.mbn

<ID:0/004> sbl3.mbn

<ID:0/004> rpm.mbn

<ID:0/004> aboot.mbn

<ID:0/004>

<ID:0/004> Complete(Write) operation failed.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] nazman23:
You try this one? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2601443 Worked for me when I was jammed up.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ROMANTiC KiD:
My guess now that 4.4.2 is out we cant downgrade back to 4.3 just like when we got the first 4.3 update and couldnt get back to 4.2.2 firmware.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] chico1983:
No luck rooting after after updating to 4.4.2. Tried the Cf autoroot on two post above and no luck either. If you are experiencing the same problems, report back.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] churchey360:
Flash philz recovery and there is an option to reroot your phone and then just download supersu from the playstore
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] babyschmoof:
Very surprised with the amount of apps getting uninstalled with this update.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] chico1983:
Thanks for your help, this worked. Have you tried flashing the Hotspot Mod?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Stealyourface:
First boot did that to me. Reboot brought everything back.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] rtwrobert10:
which Philz recovery did you use? I used 6.08 and no luck with rooting
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] emod0705:
If you put philz recovery on through md5 then you will be able to put asop on with NAE modem on I couldn't root using conventional route. On omniRom using NAE modem
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] churchey360:
6.13.1 the latest version out.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] fzammetti:
The only time disabling apps will cause a problem is if you've disabled ones that you can't normally disable via system settings... if you use Titanium to disable Messaging for example (like I do, because I use Handcent) then you have to remember to re-enable all those apps before trying to take an OTA. I keep a list in Keep for this :) In my experience, you'll just cause the update to fail, shouldn't brick your phone or anything, but better to not risk it I figure.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] muniz_ri:
I have the NAE tar, uploading now will post the link tomorrow morning. I actually got this running on my M919(no wifi though). People with other S4 variants should not try this though unless you know what you are doing you can brick your phone.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] fzammetti:
Did you try it more than once? I had to do it twice before it worked... happens sometimes with CFA I've noticed.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Ingenium13:
Has anyone else noticed that the font in the multitasking switcher is really big now?

It was normal sized in MK2, and it's also normal sized on my Nexus 7 with 4.4.2. I tried shrinking the font size in settings and it makes all the other fonts smaller but not this font.

Is anyone else seeing this or is it just me?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] daniel4653:
You are right they are larger. And the trash icon there changed too.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] myswagsblue:
Ok thanks I figured I'd ask before I went ahead and did anything
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] muniz_ri:
Here is the tar file, flash in Odin's PDA slot: https://mega.co.nz/#!55cWBB6a!v1L7J2MfLMe-gjybYpNSbnDapIVaKtbEJngRQmBcsKU

MD5:BC6ABB0E4098603E1D56F5E39F3980FF
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] daniel4653:
Always a good thing to do. :thumbup:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] dyandell:
It is not just the switcher

All of the icons look a little bigger to me. A bit more detailed as well. I have a few icons that the colors changed somewhat with the update.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mikeregister:
I have a Sprint S4 from my company. We have not been approved to update it past the 4.2.2 update so, I have been staring at the 4.3 notification for months. I really want to update it to 4.4 if I do is It possible to downgrade back to 4.2? I know on the S3 it isn't possible to downgrade once you have Knox. Is it the same on the S4?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] daniel4653:
Same. It is not possible on the phone to downgrade from 4.4 to 4.2.2 or even 4.3 to 4.2.2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mikeregister:
That's what I thought oh well I will keep waiting we should be allowed to upgrade to 4.4 by next year lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] starkillers:
Stock Accuweather Widget

Since kitkat, unless it's just fluke, my weather widget is suddenly showing my location off by 5-10 miles. Oddly, my wifes gs3 shows location accurately. All other apps show location accurately and gps as well. Even the accuweather mobile site shows location fine, only wrong on widget. I have cleared cache and data to no avail. Anyone else seeing this issue? Thanks.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] slow_one:
Is the L720T also getting the 4.4 update?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] nisamun:
Anyone getting signature verification errors when trying to install from recovery?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Zachisimo:
You cannot be rooted and install the update
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] daniel4653:
I just checked mine and its picking up my location exactly. Not too sure what it could be.

As far as I know, no. They might have started development on it. But idk about the RDFs for the Triband. Maybe Garwynn could pitch in on that.

I didn't get any. Did you make sure you're on stock recovery and the zip is on the external SD card?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] rocket31337:
Hey does anyone know if the hotspot mod is working with 4.4.2?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] nisamun:
Not rooted
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] slow_one:
January 2014 Test Builds. Android 4.4 L720T

NA2 [2014/JANUARY/BUILD 2] [/latest]
[url]http://device.sprintpcs.com/Samsung/SPH-L720T-SPRINT/NA2.rdf[/url]

NA1 [2014/JANUARY/BUILD 1]
[url]http://device.sprintpcs.com/Samsung/SPH-L720T-SPRINT/NA1.rdf[/url]
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] nisamun:
yep and yep. Kinda confused frankly
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Ingenium13:
I would suggest just using the ODIN tar.md5 to ensure it's fully stock. It shouldn't touch the data partition, so nothing would get wiped. The "official" ones obtained from sammobile won't wipe it.

If you're concerned just open up the tar.md5 file and see if it has a file called user.ext4 or something similar (I forget the exact name) in it. It's like a zip, if you're in Windows just find a program that can open tar files.

If it's still giving the error maybe try using adb sideload in recovery? That's how I did it after odining back to stock.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] nisamun:
I'm currently downloading mk2 to reflash, hopefully this works
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] daniel4653:
Well you answered yourself. Lol that shows 4.4.2 which means sprint and samsung are working on it.

That is really odd. Maybe try wiping the app data through settings.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] rtwrobert10:
Currently running stock 4.4.2 rooted and debloated... VERY smooth (i can't emphasize that enough)... anyone tried out KT kernel with stock? how is it?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] churchey360:
He hasn't made a TW 4.4.2 kernel yet.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] slow_one:
LOL yea but how do I do not know when would the release it :rolleyes:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] daniel4653:
There really is no way of knowing from just RDFs but it's a good sign.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] loader2142:
has anyone tried just flashing the modem on 4.3?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AcE2DuCe:
Sweeet!!!!!

Thank you very much!!!:good::laugh:

Downloading now, may take awhile...lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] daniel4653:
Read more. Unknown has flashed the new modem on MK2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] loader2142:
I must have missed it. I've been following sense the ota. I'm rooted running stockish. I'll read back and find it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] daniel4653:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2338919
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] optimummind:
I did but my WiFi wouldn't work, even after flashing the WiFi Fix zip. LTE is okay. My setup is stock rooted MK2, stock MK2 kernel, and MF9 knox-free bootloader.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] loader2142:
Thanxs for the info. Being a noob I'll leave that one alone for a minute to see what comes of it or for some of these talented devs to work their magic!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] killerz298:
So I just downloaded the update from the link provided here and install seemed to advance without a hitch. When the phone rebooted I noticed several apps, including Nova Launcher, were mysteriously uninstalled from my phone!!! WTF is that about? Has anyone else experienced this and can you explain why?

I was completely stock with the latest version of Android installed.

Odd.... so it said the Android install was complete so I thought all was good. I decided to restart for good measure and when it did, it still had some more apps to "optimize". It looks like everything that was "uninstalled" is now there. It looks like the apps lost their login settings though and I don't know what else.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] alexnaoumi:
Is anyone else pissed that Samsung took away the ability to hide apps in the app drawer with the new update?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] churchey360:
Are you sure you can't do that I thought you could?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] alexnaoumi:
Not in 4.4 apparently
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] churchey360:
Did you open the app drawer and hit the menu button?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] alexnaoumi:
Lol of course
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] churchey360:
Lol I swear I saw the option to hide apps in the app drawer when I did the update but I already installed omni ROM so I can't check it now
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] rtwrobert10:
So i'm pretty sure i did something really dumb... I formatted my data in TWRP recovery and it wouldn't let me create a folder or download files when i booted up... so i put my phone into download mode and tried Odin'ing to MK2 stock.. HOWEVER, once i did this, i get the error message on my phone saying 'Firmware upgrade encountered and issue' and asks me to select kies recovery mode... It won't let me boot up into recovery or anything like that.. i feel stupid. any solutions?

NOTE: I AM ON NAE MODEM 4.4.2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Ingenium13:
The normal odin file does not include the data partition (otherwise it would wipe data when you go back to stock).

See if you can find a recovery image or another odin file that says it will wipe data when you flash it.

Realistically, you could probably use any firmware version and just extract the user.img.ext4 file (it might be called data.img.ext4) from it. Then flash just that partition using heimdall (open source odin basically). Heimdall requires a pit file with your partition layout, and if you can't pull it off your phone I can post it here.

You could also build your own tar.md5 with just the data partition and flash with odin, but that is a bit more involved (at least if you're using Windows... it's more straightforward on OS X and Linux).

This is the least risky way I can think of, since it won't touch anything else and won't leave you stuck waiting for an NAE odin file. Someone else might have a better/easier idea though.

EDIT: Attached pit file if you want to try that route (extract from the zip, forum won't accept .pit file extension)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ReggieTee:
My setup. Stock Rooted MJA with TWRP Recovery. I don't care about Knox, tripping any flags, etc because if I brick i'd just do a warranty replacement. Anyway, can I odin the MK9 tar to unroot and just flash the new kitkat zip in stock recovery and re-root using CF Autoroot?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Ingenium13:
You mean MK2, and yes.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] churchey360:
If you Odin MK2 then you can just take the ota for NAE but I would still keep the zip on your SD card in case the ota doesn't flash the new modem or something then you can just flash the zip to fix it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AcE2DuCe:
This is not workiing.....

This is not working have tried to down load it on diferent computers and networks. I have a commercial connection with 120 down/50 up speed so i know it's not me. I took a screen shot of the download to show it's be over 1400 hours before complete. Also I have seen the naming of this file on a very scetchy website and not sure if i should trust it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] muniz_ri:
Just tested this download link and, although a little slower than usual, I was able to dowload it just fine. Also it is rather easy to tell if a ROM tar is legitimate or not just by looking at it's contents but I will let others try it and chime in on that.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] kirschdog1:
How do we know if the modem flashed?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jookskidd:
I am on MF9 with Sacs Custom RomV7 (rooted it like three months ago) and Android 4.2.2 How could i upgrade to this without any issues? Yes, Nooby question I know
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] daniel4653:
It will show in baseband under settings about phone.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Ingenium13:
I wrote a guide for how to do this for previous OTAs. I just updated it for NAE.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] noahthedominator:
Is there a flashable zip to flash in recovery? I looked around but couldn't find one.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] churchey360:
If you want to flash the update and you are completely stock then yes. But you can't flash a modem in recovery only with Odin on a Laptop
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] noahthedominator:
So no flashable ROM or anything yet?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] daniel4653:
No. Be patient. They will come soon enough.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] noahthedominator:
Alright just checking.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Zachisimo:
There are probably hundreds of people downloading from that mega link. Mega does not have that kind of bandwidth.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] churchey360:
I made a backup of my NAE stock rooted ROM that I zipped up and I did a factory reset before backing it up in my recovery i could upload that to my dropbox if that will work? Lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] noahthedominator:
Not sure if it would work or not.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] churchey360:
Me either but if it did you would still be on the MK2 modem tho. If you want you could backup your ROM now and try it and if it doesn't flash then just restore your backup
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jookskidd:
Cool however I have to remain on the stock rom right? Is there a way I could upgrade to 4.3 instead so I can load Sacs Rom?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Ingenium13:
Why don't you just flash Sacs then? I guess I'm confused why you asked how to update to this if you wanted to use Sacs instead.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AcE2DuCe:
Found this in the general forum...

delete
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Echo113:
That doesnt flash yet. Gets stuck on boot screen.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] :
I'm considering going back to stock for this...