yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] amieldl143:
Can you pull update from cache folder..thnx
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] 84guy:
sorry. no idea how to do it. just a noob wanting kitkat. im sure someone will post it soon
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] arys64:
How about if you try with Saferoot ?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] 84guy:
there was a problem with the update on alot of my apps saying they were not installed, a reboot solved this. in case anyone else ran into the same thing
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] amieldl143:
If you have root. Go to system file and then cache and copy the zip file
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] seezar:
We just need the exact name of the update file, then I know where to find it on Google's servers. If someone that got the update can provide that.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mmark27:
For the name, you can see it with the ES file explorer without root. It's just read only though, so no downloading, which is fine. We just need the file name as seezar says, we know the rest of the link.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Tarkus56:
Failed.

Source: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2565758
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] arys64:
Oh well, just have to wait then..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] z250kid:
ive tried clear framework while charging 15 times so frustrating
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] daniel4653:
Well idk what to say. I'm on stock unrooted nae and I can select all the lock screen options. Nope can't be done through kies right now as far as I know .
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] adx716:
Ok, now I'm desperate. I don't know what to do with my phone, so please any advice will be greatly appreciated. Please, explain to me what I could do.

I flashed the OTA given in this forum. I don't know if the OTA is wrong or if I did something wrong (most likely), but I would like to have the actual OTA coming from Sprint. Is there anything I can do at this point to get this?

Also, I rooted my phone after flashing the OTA and I don't care about having to delete everything from my phone.

I'm finding weird stuff, like I can't set a lock screen, neither can I set the SdCard to do the Titanium Backup. Also my KNOX warranty is void.

Honestly, I don't know if I did something wrong and/or what to do next.

I'm regretting flashing the OTA. Help me, please! :crying:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Ingenium13:
Rooting your phone voided Knox. No way to undo that.

Sdcard fix has been stated several times. There's even a dedicated thread for it I believe.

No, you can't go back and receive the OTA normally. The stock bootloader enforces the signing keys I believe, so the OTA wasn't tampered with and would be identical to receiving it from Sprint.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] daniel4653:
Wrong, installing a custom recovery voided Knox.

Yeah he can't unroot at this point I think because there is no official stock NAE tar. And you cant go back to MK2 via tar to flash the OTA zip once again.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] adx716:
Could you please let me know where I can find a solution for the Titanium Backup issue?

And also, could I just reflash this fourm's OTA again? Would that help with the screen lock issue?

Thank you!!!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] cruise350:
I have a feeling you did not flash the official ota. Go to your phone status and verify everything ends in NEA. Baseband, software version, kernel, etc. something doesn't jive with what you are reporting. Sounds more like you installed a custom rom. I would try to install the full mk2 tar file in Odin and see if it completes. If it does, then you weren't fully upgraded. If it doesn't, then your bootloader did get upgraded and you will probably need to wait until the full NAE tar file is available, or try a custom rom. You cannot repeat an ota since it is designed to upgrade and will fail.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mathusalen:
Flash modem

Hello everyone, here is my question: if i got the kitkat update but i want to flash a previous modem specifically the MDC modem, can i do it with odin and everything would be ok?

Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] GregBakakos:
WiFi Tether Fix/Hack

I was on MK2 w/root and Sprint WifI hotspot hack. All working well.

I went back to MK2 Stock with out root.

Updated to latest KitKat then rooted.

Hotspot of course is gone and I was looking to find out If I just follow the old process I used back from either MK2 or the prior version.

or is another way available?

Any information would be appreciated.

Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] cruise350:
There is a new thread in the development section with the kit kat hotspot mod. Do not install a hotspot made for an older version.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] vgsantiago:
I can vouch for that, I tried using an older version and I royally screwed up my phone up. It would not boot.... i tried to flash back to mk2, no dice. SO bad I had to go into Sprint and they re-flashed my phone. I'm sure they knew what i did or tried to do, but no hassle from the repair folks. so I'm back to stock un-rooted but waiting to ensure the hotspot is proven good.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] hhhstonehhh:
i still didnt get my 4.4 update yet..

any idea what happen??
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] daniel4653:
Takes weeks to do a full rollout
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] warriorforgod:
I am on stock everything and after taking the ota I can't receive SMS messages. Everything else is fine. Any ideas?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] dyandell:
I have been using the hotspot mod for a couple of days now and it works fine for me.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] gerstoscar:
I was able to download the zip file for the Nae Update to my computer, but now my sd card is dead... Can anybody help me with instructions of how to do it from adb... If is possible... I have done it with nexus im not sure with our s4...I'm stock and want to be stock for the time being!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] darthvadermpeg:
One thing I don't like is that I can't hide apps in the app drawer. That's a missing feature that I miss
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] frafri:
hangout emojis

I got the update last night ( Sprint galaxy s4 )

but now the hangout app does not show the google emojis??

any ideas on this ?

Thank you !
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] daniel4653:
When in the app drawer hit the menu and you will see disable apps option. Hit that and you are able to disable system apps that will disappear from the app drawer if you do so.

I just disabled these apps and now they don't show on my app drawer.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] issacsim:
Rooted Phone

I was board last week and rooted my phone :(

What will I need to do to get the OTA update?

I am currently on 4.3, the only information I found to unroot had links to files version 4.2.2.

Any help will be appreciated.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] TaiKing:
The Tri-Band S4 update has started rolling out today along side the Note 3 update. If someone comes across the link to download the Tri-Band S4's update, a link would be appreciated.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] pirvu_daniel:
Hello. I updated the phone to 4.4.2 but I have lost the unlock for the SIM and can't downgrade anymore from NAE. :mad:Any ideas?

Thanks in advance and best regards from Romania.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Stealyourface:
After rooting, when I reboot my phone it takes a while for it to...set up I guess i could say. Lightflow doesn't start up, wifi won't turn on by itself and won't register. And most importantly my screen won't turn off until both of those happen. Until I see "network is preparing services", those won't work. No matter what. It's very frustrating.

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Samsung baked a custom hangouts in the rom to show their emoji instead.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] frafri:
did they really??

is there a way to over ride this??

even on the hangout apps I dont see the google emojis anymore
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Stealyourface:
Yup. Maybe root, remove hangouts, and install from play store.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] frafri:
dammit . they ****ed up my whole experience.. it was all fine.

is it possible to root 4.4.2 ?

its just a maybe though.

im pissed now. its much harder to get to the emoji

you have to hold down settings then access the emoji keyboard.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Stealyourface:
Don't bother me too much, but yea I know. It's easier to access in the google keyboard (where the emoji have also been replaced with the samsung ones)

Yes you can use the latest cf auto root with 4.4.2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] frafri:
Indeed,

Thank you sir

Yes I did install the google keyboard and got the same results..

how annoying. !
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] dimm0k:
while I'm in no rush for 4.4.2, I was wondering if I would still be pushed the update if I've removed bloatware from my stock 4.3? Mainly BlurbCheckout, EpsonPrintService, Flipboard, Google Play Books/Games/Magazines/Movies & TV/Music, HP Print Service Plugin, Lumen Toolbar, POLARIS Office, S Health, Samsung Apps Widget, Samsung Books/Games/Hub/Music, Samsung Print Service, SamsungHub Updater, Sprint - Discover Apps, Story Album, Talkback. I'm sure one of these removed would prevent the OTA update from touching my device... any ideas which?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Stealyourface:
You won't get it if you aren't bone stock. Bloat and all.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Crankrune:
Are you sure? Like 100% sure?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Stealyourface:
Well...I'm pretty sure you need to be bone stock to get the ota. Even if you side load it and aren't bone stock it'll error. Unless you get lucky of course. I had SU and goo in my system apps since mf9. And I still got ota updates and side loaded with no problem. But I also kept all the bloat. I've seen people freeze and remove apps and their update errors out. So I'll say about 70% sure.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Bummym:
how to update to android 4.4.2 after unlocking

Sprint Galaxy S4 unlocked for T-Mobile...i have Android 4.2.2 running and baseband L720VPUAMDC... I can't update it to OTA andoriod 4.3 ...But my question is how can i update it to 4.4.2 which is coming my way i am hoping. if i update it will it remove the unlocking or it will stay unlocked. I heard i shouldn't do OTA update what is my other option to get 4.4.2 on my S4. would this phone ever be updated to 4.4.2 ?

i am posting this second time and could be in wrong place but I would really appreciate any kind of information or post where i can get answers
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] sonza:
Success!

First off, big thanks to everyone here for all the effort you put into these forums.

When I got up this morning, my phone had downloaded the OTA update. I decided to do the following

1) using rom toolbox, I copied the original services.jar and services.odex files back into the framework folder to remove hotspot mod

2) reboot and mod removed

3) used the "full unroot" function in SuperuserSU to remove root

4) reboot

5) plug phone into charger and tell it to install update

Note: it did take a long friggin time (maybe 20 minutes) but I ate dinner and it did do the update version 4.4.2

Baseband and build show NAE

7)Downloaded latest cf autoroot file and NAE hotspot mod (odex)

8) Extracted hotspot mod files and copied the new services jar and odex files to the sd card

9) Ran cf autoroot and root successful (I will confirm that without the latest file it will not stick) won't admit to how I figured that out though!

10) Reboot and adjusted the superusersu settings to what I use, then opened romtoolbox

11) copied the existing services.jar and odex files into my backup folder and then replaced the files in the framework folder with the files extracted

12) reboot again and hotspot mod works fine.

If there is something not working on the phone, I have not found it yet.

I have never installed a custom rom or recovery on my S4. I was a flashaholic on my HTC but have been too busy with other things to tinker around with the roms on my S4. The KNOX flag is likely set, but really don't care. If I screw the pooch during the process, I will just pay the fee to square trade and be done with it.

Have a good weekend and thanks again to everyone who made this so painless.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] youngpro83:
Okay so from a flashing stand point what does knox do to my phone? I never use my warranty so I don't care about it being voided. I'm probably out of warranty anyways. Got the phone for free when it first came out. Don't really give a **** if it breaks. Can someone who really knows the cons to knox pertaining to this site and flashing **** tell me exactly what it will do? Or won't allow me to do? I don't understand what the big deal about a manufactures warranty is.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Jg88212:
I got the update !!!

Ok to start fresh clear all your open tasks.

1. Go to application manager

2. Slide to all

3. Look for google services framework

4. click it and press clear cache

5. go to your update software and press now

6. It will take like 6-20 times

mine took 12 times and it worked:laugh:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] cruise350:
It does not affect you at all. 99% of users will never use knox. It is a secure container for corporate and government users that need information security. Unless your employer requires you to use it. So what happens when knox is tripped. Nothing, unless you need Knox. The warranty bit tells knox your phone has been tampered with and will prevent knox from creating the secure container. So if you aren't using the secure container your good. It also reveals to Samsung that your phone was tampered with so they may not honor their warranty. Knox enabled bootloaders prevent you from installing older firmware that may circumvent the security, other than that you can install anything you want.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] youngpro83:
Yo that **** was awesome. It was like instant IQ boost after reading that. So dealing with flashing does it benefit me at all? Easier flashing with newer updates? Or no? If it will make updating it easier and faster then I'm down. If it does nothing then it's no point. What do you have? Tripped or no?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] vgsantiago:
Where'd you pull the Odex hotspot mod files from?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] daniel4653:
Its in Dev section.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] cruise350:
Yes, I tripped knox as soon as I rooted MJA, hasn't affected me yet, and I am always on the latest software so I know my phone is running as best as it can. I laugh at these fools out there that are so worried about updating and getting the knox enabled bootloader. But then whine when something doesn't work right on there phone because they stuck with the MF9 bootloader and are trying to get the MJA modem working with the MK2 kernel and why doesn't my wifi work, why doesn't my sound work. I tell you why, you piece mealed your install for no apparent reason. Running crap from one build with another leads to problems. Why not be updated to the latest and greatest and enjoy this great phone. And as far as the knox warranty flag voiding your samsung warranty, who cares, I would never send my phone to samsung for warranty repair in the first place. All of the phone insurance programs don't care about knox, TEP, BB, Squaretrade, etc will all replace your phone.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jtsv:
I'm always amazed at how difficult it is sometime to find the actual thread that has helpful information without saying "search followed by post here". Hopefully this will be a great general talk about the update. Know is still an issue for me but since this 4.4.2 I'm trying to find a reason to root and have to be always checking if there is an update to make my phone work.

Have to say not always needing a fix fells good. Now it is just trying to see what app's work the best. The detailed info on Knox is great.

From a confessed reformed flash junkie I can say the itching and hallucinations stop sooner than you would expect. Now if I can just figure out when to buy all the accessories then everything would be pretty sweet!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] UncleTrini:
stuck

i attempted to odin stock mk2 tar back on to my phone after running into wifi trouble with KT 4.4 TW kernel. Now my phone is stuck in download mode but kies wont recognize it. Any one else experience this? i cant even boot into recovery.

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well i got it back booting now i just need a wifi fix or the stock 4.4 kernel if that is available
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Djmatrix32:
I removed my root by going to a stock rom now I can't upgrade to 4.4 any one else having this issue?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] JoeFCaputo113:
Does your device status say official or custom?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Djmatrix32:
Official I tried Kies and I am on MK2....should I be on MJA?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] JoeFCaputo113:
No MK2 is correct. That's really weird though.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Djmatrix32:
I just reflashed to MK2 4.3 to see if that helps. It says Secure Boot status Type: Samsung.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Imaginos:
Nice write up, this is exactly what I do too. Easy and clean.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] pgriffinsc:
I haven't any problems! 0. I was rooted. Having taken the MJA update for lack of patients, I already had the KNOX boot loader. What I did: booted in to Philz newest recovery, did a full wipe (install new rom wipe), go to power options and reboot into download mode from recovery, launch odin,load the the full MK2 system and hit start. One you're back to 100% stock, boot into stock recovery, and flash the update. Having gone from pre KNOX boot loader to the KNOX, I'm not to sure what everyone is worried about. You have far better chance of physically destroying your phone, than you do of flashing bad software. Either way, I thoroughly like the NAE update better than all other releases. There's also a slightly newer version of CF auto root, which worked perfectly.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] cruise350:
Kies probably doesn't have the update yet, if you can't wait for the OTA then look for the update on here and download it and install with stock recovery. It takes about a month for all phones to receive the OTA, be patient.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] pgriffinsc:
check your sprint zone app.thats where mine have always shown up.dashboard then updates.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] vgsantiago:
What i feared... I found this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2653666 in the dev section and used the odex download as I was stock rooted. now stuck on reboot. any suggestions?

Was hoping to use the same exact NAE hotspot mod as Sonza used, maybe he used the same one as I did and just have bad luck.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] daniel4653:
You should not be stuck in reboot of you flashed the correct file. Are you sure you were on stock Odex NAE and not deodexed?, flashing the wrong file can cause such problems. Hopefully you have a ROM on your internal or external memory that you could try dirty installing to get last the boot screen. Or maybe Ktoonz kernel that you could also try to.flash and see if that will get you up and running.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Shark0011:
Hey guys,

I side loaded the stock version pf 4.2.2 kit kat and now I am experiencing some problems with my device.

My phone has been getting very hot and losing battery charge quicker. Today, when I went to unlock it it was completely shut off and it would not turn back on until I took the battery out.

Is anyone having the same problems? and if so, do you know of a fix?

Thank you
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] cruise350:
I answered you in the other thread, but sounds like you didn't set the permissions correctly, you can try installing a custom recovery and flashing the mod instead of manually doing it. If that doesn't work, you will need to flash one of the NAE roms in the development section since the is no stock tar available for NAE.

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I'm assuming you meant 4.4.2, you may need to do a factory reset to clear that up, but first make sure you used the correct update file and that when you go into about phone in settings that everything ends in NAE to ensure the update completed properly.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Shark0011:
Yes everything in my phone settings that can ends with

NAE. Is doing a factory reset my only option?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] TheDylantula:
Anyone else noticed the way that the new camera shortcut has offset the "Sprint" text on the lockscreen? My ocd is killing me.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] vgsantiago:
Pretty sure it was stock ROM and I ran CF Auto Root to root, then copied over the files. I'll give the suggestions a shot, thanks in advance
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] cruise350:
That is where I would start. Currently their is no way to go backwards once your on NAE. Since there is not a stock tar available yet, there is no way to redo the install. Factory reset to see if things improve, if it doesn't, then you may need to install a custom rom from the development section.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] optimummind:
Hahaha, yea, it's bugging me too~! :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Shark0011:
I have a completely stock phone It has not been rooted. Is my only option to do a factory reset?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] vgsantiago:
Thanks, I'm back in business. Installed custom recovery, ClockwordMod and flashed Unknownforce's Stock NAE ROM (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2650706)

Now back to what got me here, HotSpot Mod, you mentioned I might have missed setting permissions. Do i just set the same permissions the original files are currently and how (tool) do i do that? I didn't see those instructions in the thread I downloaded the mod files from, http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2653666

Lastly if I use same thread I'll now be downloading the deodex version?

Greatly appreciate the help in getting me back online.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] youngpro83:
Just tripped Knox. F.c.k it. Best thing I've done. Phone is smooth as butter.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] vgsantiago:
I dived in, used the Odex version again after some reading. Used Rom Toolbox to adjust permissions, rebooted and BAM!!! Finally got what I wanted, long road..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] eljotto:
Has anyone gotten the ota mk5 to Naf yet?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] gdecker:
Had mk2 rooted with cf-autoroot stock recovery and tripped knox (but who cares?). Odined back to stock mk2 then to stock nae. Rooted again with cf-autoroot and odined philz recovery. installed wanam xposed to use fake system status. System shows official and sprint zone now shows as current. Knox is still tripped (again who cares?) All is friggin well!!! Thanks to everyone here. All input was very informative and useful. Love these forums.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Yoshi1221:
A question for S4 owners, my mother has the S4, and just updated to the 4.4.2 update, but she lost some of her apps when doing the update. Could it be due to low space or incompatibility?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Stealyourface:
Reboot the phone.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] rjhern:
This.

I also required a second reboot and my missing apps magically re-appeared :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] chris-allen:
i guess the update was ok.. but i dont see a major change in UI or batt life... speed seems to be about the same too..ight just be me.. id suggest stockish v6 rom or if you want nae, id go with negalight r6.. nice and flawless :)