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[Galaxy S 4 Active General] loonamark:
AT&T announced that it has started to roll out Android 4.4.2 KitKat to its version (SGH-i537) of the water and dustproof Samsung Galaxy S4 Active.

How to update

What to expect after the update

SMS App Chooser - select a default application for sending and receiving SMS text messages

Restyled Status and Navigation Bars - status and navigation bars are translucent and can sit on top of apps, along with simplified status bar icons

Consolidated Location Settings - location services are integrated and more detailed by new Location menu

Expanded Emoji Icons

Wireless Printing – supports printing over Wi*-Fi and Bluetooth

Copy and paste improvements

Easier to insert pictures and videos in email or messages

Camera app accessibility from the lock screen

Call reliability improvements
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] mikelets456:
I'm on rooted MF2 ---- 4.2, I'm assuming I can't go directly to 4.4? If I want to, what do I have to do?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] tlyons1022:
You'll need to flash stock 4.2 or 4.3 and then update to 4.4.

I was on 4.3 rooted last night and here were the steps I took:

1) Flashed Stock 4.3 from ODIN- See here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2625931

2) Downloaded the .cfg file from the other 4.4 thread here: https://www.mediafire.com/?wzcraa7ka1l7mch

3) Put the .cfg file onto an SD card, but rename it to update.zip

4) Power the phone off

5) Power phone on while holding home and vol up to boot into recovery

***Good idea to put the phone on a wall charger from here until done***

6) select "Update from external storage"

7) Point it at the update.zip file on the SD card

8) Give phone time to update (it took about 25 minutes for me)

9) Enjoy 4.4

Optional step- Go into application manager, and disable anything you wont use. I turned off all the AT&T crap, print services, and a few others.

So far, it looks like all the wifi/gps/bt bugs have been fixed for me. I can live without a root for a while especially since my phone will actually hold a connection with wifi/gps/bt etc. Battery life seems to have also greatly improved compared to 4.3, I was seeing a dead battery after just moderate usage throughout the day, and today I'm seeing 66% left after 7ish hours of heavy usage (getting all my stuff set back up). No complaints so far!
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] jkeuclid:
Great write-up :good: I flashed back to stock 4.3 and took the OTA successfully thank goodness and concur with all of [MENTION=5616969]tlyons1022[/MENTION]'s observations.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Wolbaz:
I took my phone into Best Buy, the guy there couldn't help me. So I went to ATT, and they gave me a temporary phone for me to use while I wait for my new Active to come in the mail.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] George19:
Root I537

Chainfire has an autoroot for the international version of the Active, but I have the AT&T version. Does anyone know if it will work for my phone? The file is at http://download.chainfire.eu/316/CF-Root/CF-Auto-Root/CF-Auto-Root-jflte-jfltexx-gti9505.zip and the instructions to install it are at http://android.sc/how-to-root-samsung-galaxy-s4-gt-i9505-on-android-4-4-2-kk-i9505xxufna1/ . Please get back to me with an answer as soon as you can. Thanks in advanced.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] uselessbass:
I updated I have had no issues and the GPS issue is fixed finally I couldn't be happier a lot of bad stories with upgrading on here ?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] captaincado:
Went thru a horror show with live chat AT&T rep....started out they wanted to use my insurance to replace phone...I was like, no, I'm not paying 199 bucks for something that your software upgrade did, finally in the end, got new one coming in the mail.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] makinator66:
I9295?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] mikelets456:
Thanks for the info but there are no instructions just a file. I've flashed many phones before but this seems a bit more complicated. I keep reading about mf1 , mf2, ml1, ml3, etc. I'm on 4.2.2 mf2. Will I lose everything? Is there a way to back up since there's no custom kernel?

The reason I'm concerned if I lose everything is resetting my works email parameters ..... Our it guy is kind of cranky about setting it up again.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] tlyons1022:
Yes, you'll lose everything. Buy your IT guy a copy of spaceballs and he'll love you forever. The instructions for the .cfg are in the following steps.... As for flashing stock 4.3 the thread that I linked will show you how to do it.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Wolbaz:
Luckily my phone was still under warranty, so I didn't have to fight with them on it.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] mavfx:
Hi. I have a doubt. My version is mf3 until now i have no the kitkat update via OTA. Can I do the same process (upgrade to 4.3) and after will appears the advice...? Thank you all
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] kingofroad:
s4 active at&t with 4.4.2 kitkat

hi all,

im a s4 i537 user in vietnam,i updated my phone to 4.4.2 following instructions from this threat..my device work well and it seem that i have no trouble at all. but then when i look at it closer and more carefully, i found that the mobile data button on the notification bar disappear,i cant find it..

i made a comparision with an s4 i9505 also with kitkat,it so far have more feature that i cant see on my device..eg: reading mode,auto adjust screen tone in settings/display.

so,anyone here find out you have the same problems like me or it just only with my device.

please post your comment and give me some advice.

thanks a lot and best regards.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] gorcorps:
Huh, you're right. It's gone on mine too. I never used it so I didn't notice. I DID however notice that they limited how many buttons I can have in the notification panel which makes me mad. Why is it so hard to allow me to pick exactly which buttons are in the panel, regardless of how many I want?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] oori002:
? Any info about update for the I9295 ?

Will it ever come out? :(
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] zombieguy85:
Well this stinks I just updated and now I notice I can't write to my sd card from third party apps.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] NJ_RAMS_FAN:
This might be a coincidence with the update and timing but my bother in law updated his active to kit kat and the digitizer stop working. I wipe cache, did a full wipe and nothing. On top of that, it developed screen burn ins (pink color) on the bottom of the screen. is this common for the active?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] vwmaniacx:
Any chance someone can pull the factory boot animation, and shutdown QMG files for me? Everything updated file, then tried the s5 boot ani, and now I have problems.

Edit: Fixed my problem.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] APeter001:
Mobile data button disappeared on 4.3 and did not return for 4.4

You didn't think AT&T wanted you to turn off the data to save money, did you?

I solved it with this app: "Notification Toggle" from this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1037817
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] gorcorps:
Gotcha

I never updated to 4.3 so that's why I just noticed now.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] CandaceAnn:
Went through all of this today. Phone went through the update, screen weirded out and burned in blue, then faded grey/white lines. I noticed it was extremely hot so I turned it off, removed battery, sim, sd. 30 min later put all back in and rebooted. Got the weird blue burn in screen on the white start up screen but my home page loaded only to be usesless .... touchscreen useless . Couldn't take calls ... nothing. Went to my local store to go through all the BS stuff, I said I am not stupid, I've read forums this morning, but went thru 90 min of BS to be told to drive 155 mi roundtrip to a "warranty location" for a new phone today. Now I am afraid of this one doing an update and getting all jacked up. I had a plain, regular S4 Active running 4.3 with NO issues.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] captaincado:
Had the same problem....phone all jacked up after the 4.4 OTA, unresponsive screen. Went round and round with AT&T rep in online chat, 1st wanted me to use my insurance, basically told the to ?#$*....finally got them to admit a problem with the OTA and got replacement today. Funny thing was, I tried to get the 4.4 OTA, figured why not, if it screws it up, I'll get another one, but, it said my phone was up to date...I think they pulled the 4.4 update.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Wolbaz:
Same here, new phone says it's up to date on 4.3 ML2.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] wzw:
Are you guys talking about the double arrow mobile data toggle button in the notification bar? Mine is always there, from 4.2 ota to 4.3 ota to 4.4.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] kingofroad:
mobile data button

Ohh,can you see me your screenshot with mobile data button on the notification bar? Btw,maybe something wrong with a few i537 device when updating to 4.4,include me..i reflash 4.4 (update.zip) via recovery but the problem is still there..:(
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] gorcorps:
Wow, surprised to hear all the issues. Actually what I'm more surprised of is NOT having any issues myself (so far :P). The only hiccup was tracking down the files I needed to go from 4.2 rooted to 4.4. I found the files I needed to flash 4.3 in Odin, and then was able to upgrade OTA from there.

I don't know if it was the previous root making things slow or what, but my phone feels a lot faster w/ the 4.4 update. I guess a clean install of anything could do that but I'm pretty happy. Yesterday was my first work day with it and the battery life seemed worse than normal, and it looked like Lookout was the culprit so I disabled it last night (I don't think that was part of 4.2). We'll see if it does better today, then I'll be set.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] wzw:
Here you go. You can see the available toggles on mine. BTW, I haven't rooted or reflashed, don't know if that matters.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] wzw:
My battery also drains faster after update. Android System and Android OS significantly take up more battery percentage than before.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] gorcorps:
That's odd... so you got the 4.4 OTA via AT&T as well? Right now mine is stock 4.4 OTA, and I don't have that button. I had it on 4.2 before I updated (never bothered with 4.3).

Why (and how) would that option disappear for some and not others?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] tlyons1022:
I just noticed its gone for me, but I don't use it, so I don't care. Unlimited data FTW. Lol.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] wzw:
Yes, ota'ed from 4.3 to 4.4 via ATT. Weird. It seems a few people lost that button. That is the only toggle you lost, right?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] gorcorps:
Yup. The only thing different with me is I didn't OTA to 4.3 because I was on rooted 4.2. I flashed everything via Odin to 4.3, and didn't stay in 4.3 long enough to make note if the button disappeared there or during 4.4. I didn't even notice until kingofroad pointed it out. I never used it so it's not a big deal for me, and I can still disable it in network settings. It's just odd how many different outcomes the same update can cause. I'll take missing a toggle over destroying my screen though
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] APeter001:
After successfully installing and rooting 4.4.2 I have the mobile data button back, but my mobile data doesn't work! I'll trade the button for a working LTE anyday, preferably today, haha.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] captaincado:
Just out of curiosity, is the mobile data turned on? Not being a smart a$$, just maybe something overlooked.

Also is your APN set like this?

Sent Via Smoke Signals
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] namitutonka:
A bit disappointing to hear, since I have the Samsung Galaxy S4 Active SGH-i537. :eek:
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] R_AL_Sim:
i'm on vodafone uk and still no update for the l9295 so still stuck on 4.2 thinking of going with a custom rom instead of the OTA its taking so long 4.5 will be released by the time i get this
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] APeter001:
Yes the mobile data was turned on, but I stumbled upon the real issue: The APN set was BLANK!

To fix it, I spent a few minutes looking for APN data then realized the only menu option might help: Reset Defaults.

Couldn't hurt, right? So reset defaults and 3 options came up: 2 ATT and 1 Tracphone, so I picked the first one, rebooted and oila! my 4GLTE icon reappears and confirmed down/up of 8/5Mbps with Speedtest, which is fine for my needs.

Thanks to user jkeuclid who patiently walked me through more than one stab at this root.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Reel E. Weird:
ok, thought i was the only one who was experiencing this.

I was getting 15hrs at least on a single charge running 4.2. I'm getting right at 11-12 now. But it seems like when it drains, it depletes. And that's with moderate use. With 4.2, i was able to stream movies, listen to music, talk and still be at about 20% by the time i got home. My phone has died at least three times this week before I made it home.

It also gets VERY hot when running several apps at the same time. e.g. texting while listening to espn radio, youtube, etc..

Anyone, is 4.3 better? I came straight from 4.2 so I dont know what i would be missing if I went to 4.3

Also, is it possible to use custom roms via safestrap with 4.3 or 4.4? The "confirmed working roms for 1537" thread hasnt been updated in quite some time.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] APeter001:
I found 4.3 gave similar battery life to 4.2 but it was less stable (some apps FC constantly but it was a minor inconvenience). I think you will find there is a psychological "my battery life is worse" affect after almost every update as we are more tempted to play with the new features and spend more time with the screen on. I usually wait a couple weeks for the initial fascination to die down before rendering a judgment as far as battery life goes.

I'm rooted with safestrap installed but I am not sure if I can actually use it for roms on 4.4.2 or if it was just used to root the phone. Overall I am happy with the results and would not go back to 4.2.2 even if I could.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Reel E. Weird:
Thanks for the insight peter. I'm going to give it a full week to see if battery performance levels off.

Btw, which root method did you use? I gotta get this bloatware off ASAP, buy I haven't figured out which method was the easiest
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] APeter001:
LOL my root method was mostly trial and error including reading the instructions and involved Odin flash, recovery, safestrap, at least 2 factory resets and a soft brick but eventually I got it going with the help of some forum members and lots of patience. I started out rooted 4.2.2, went to rooted 4.3, stock 4.4.2, back to 4.3 and back to 4.4.2 again and finally rooted but YMMV as they say. Some have more trouble, some less. Before you do anything I recommend you use Helium (aka Carbon) to back up your files as something happened to Ti backup and it would not recognize any backups I made.. Make sure you have an SD card installed- you will need it.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Reel E. Weird:
Lol

Wasn't expecting to read that but something gotta shake. Hopefully I can do it tonight
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] propov:
Looks like international Version (9295) is forrgoten.It have no 4.3 or 4.4 but ATT(537) have.So what can say Samsung about fairness and equity.I have bayed this phone for 440 euro in cash and feel like Im f**ked up!:mad:
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Mastiff:
Propov, 4.4 is supposed to be here within a month, from what I read a while back. Oh, and I wouldn't envy the ATT people. Their upgrade is withdrawn because of the bad bugs...
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Reel E. Weird:
So I finally rooted the phone and I'm happy to report the battery life is much much better. Back to getting 15+hrs on a single charge
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Saalschlacht:
I'm still waiting for Kitkat on GT-I9295 in Germamy.... :(

Gesendet von meinem GT-I9295 mit Tapatalk
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] APeter001:
I unlock the phone by PIN. Before I upgraded to 4.4.2, after the screen went off but before it locked, if I pressed the Home key, the lockscreen would appear but you would "Swipe to unlock". On this "swipe to unlock" screen there were still icons to go straight to messages, camera, etc.

Now, since then, if the device is not locked/timed out, the home key from screen-off goes straight to the last home page I was on without passing "Swipe to unlock" (and also bypassing the handy but short-lived shortcuts to messages, camera, etc)

Is this a "feature" or a "bug"? Sometimes I like it and sometimes I don't. For instance, I want to hit "Home" and see the PowerAmp options instead of the home screen/swipe down for the controls (without sticking a Poweramp widget on every home screen of course). Does this make sense?

It was this way before Xposed so I know that had nothing to do with it.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] R_AL_Sim:
whats the latest on this have samsung fixed there issues and re-released or are they holding back till further announcements are there any new dates in that case
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Patres87:
I asked a Samsung on their facebook page about the 4.4.2 or whatever version it might be in the end for the International I9295 variant of the S4 Active, they promissed they will ask the headquarters a today they replied that KitKat is planned for this device but they don't have any date as when the OTA update will roll out...

They're don't seem to be in a hurry, I smell a disappointment...
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] ewa12321:
Same reply from Samsung Germany. They can't give any date when 4.4.2 will be released for international version. They recommended turning OTA updates on. Sgh... why we have to wait so much? S4A was same price as s4 and we still on 4.2.2

typed from dark room
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] propov:
Too late for me and Samsung.Pissed me out!1 full year on the market and no update.Is this a joke? S3 get oficial 4.4 but this flagship phone for 400-500 Euro is totaly forgoten.Root is not my way.I need valid warranty.Today I buy my newest dream - RED NEXUS 5.Bye Bye Samsung!
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Saalschlacht:
I understand this. I'm pissed about this too. But, i rooted my S4A and flashed the unofficial carbon rom, to use 4.4.

I used a S3 before, but i will do the same and change to Nexus Products anytime...

Gesendet von meinem aktiven GT-I9295... ;)
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] namitutonka:
Have an unrooted S4A SGH-I537 here in Denver, Colorado running official AT&T 4.3. They have the official 4.4 OTA rolling out, but so far my phone reports as up to date.

How do you like the unofficial 4.4 carbon rom?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Saalschlacht:
I really like it very much. The only problem is that from time to time depends on the camera and very rare times the system for a few seconds. But otherwise I'm from the handling and setting options very satisfied.

Gesendet von meinem aktiven GT-I9295... ;)
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] patzyalex:
I use [MENTION=3876105]spegelius[/MENTION]'s latest unofficial CM11, from 03.05. It's all I need.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2658534

Don't waste your time with Sammy crap.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Devo7v:
The i537 has a locked bootloader, there is no way to flash custom kernels, we are forced to use Samsung signed ROMs.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] patzyalex:
You're right, things are different across the big lake...
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] makinator66:
http://www.sammobile.com/2014/05/07...evices-getting-the-android-4-4-kitkat-update/

No update for the I9295. :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] patzyalex:
Even if Sammy gave KK Touchwiz to i9295, I for one wouldn't use it :cool:
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] ewa12321:
If this really true? If yes I'm really MAD! Scandalous! This phone had same price as s4. I need Android Kit Kat. There's no other phone that meets my hardware needs, S4A is good for me in terms of hardware but lack of updates... I can't find words to explain how Samsung disappointed me, I paid 500 euros and it was huge amount for me. But i need phone with 5 inch screen and hardware buttons... I write Samsung tommorow.

typed from dark room
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] oori002:
That's really upsetting!!

I just contacted Samsung US on their live chat. That's the conversation:

As you can see, they do not know anything. ********** :mad::mad::mad::mad:
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Devo7v:
If it's any consolation I just had a very similar conversation with Samsung live chat regarding the bootloader and the 4.4.2 update for the i537. Basically they don't know anything.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] patzyalex:
In the kind words of Scarlett M.:

"...we <does> not unlock the bootloader"
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Saalschlacht:
The conversation Looks like a support bot or something technical stuff.... xD

Gesendet von meinem aktiven GT-I9295... ;)
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] propov:
But what about warranty?
[General Topics] copydeskcat:
Hi folks,

I get my XDA Exec in a few days, and I'm pondering memory for it.

I can get a 1GB Kingston MMS at eBuyer for £15 (not inc. P+P):

http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/87633

Or a 1GB Kingston SD card for the same:

http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/83430

Or a Viking 1GB SD card for roughly the same:

http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/cat/Flash-Memory/subcat/Secure-Digital-SD

Viking are even doing a 2GB card for a reasonable price.

Anyone got any thoughts, recommendations, preferences, ones to avoid - or even cheaper prices?

CDC
[General Topics] copydeskcat:
anyone?
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[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m0nkey34:
Hello! I tried searching but there is too much clutter and I can't find a specific answer.

First, my tft300 had a G03 digitizer that broke. I already took it appart and managed to tear a small ribbon cable on the left corner of the lcd (underneath the black tape.

I found a complete assembly of the lcd, framr and digitizer but it is a G01 digitizer.

The board where the connectors go in says JE301 and J6302. Touch panel version says ELAN-3011-4822. Would a G01 work with my hardware or do I strictly have to go with G03?

Also I have found G03+lcd combo but the lcd is different. It says Rev. 2, mine is Rev. 4. Does this difference in lcd matter? Are they practically the same?

Thanks!
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] graphdarnell:
The G01 will work as a replacement for the G03 fine. As to the lcd, you will need to load a picture. The rev. does not matter, but the position of the connector does. If you have to adjust it to fit, that's not good. About the one with the broken connector, if you'd like to donate it for experimentation, let me know. It's never a good idea to remove the lcd the way someone did it on youtube, i.e., remove the backframe, then the glass, then the frontframe. It's almost guaranteed to damage the lcd in some way.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m0nkey34:
Yes, I followed that damn video that has the letters on the bottom. It has no sound or text warnings as to be carefull with that black tape on that corner where the cable is. Thatd $60+ right there....
[Galaxy S 4 General] cubantigre180@hotmail.com:
Spc msl reader

For people experiencing problems finding your spc or msl on your s3 or 4 this should work http://d-h.st/cKo
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] afrojoc:
I have a gogroove flexsmart x3 that i use for bluetooth streaming in my car. It originally pairs just fine. Now whats supposed to happen is after the original pairing has been done, it should automatically connect once i start my car again. However on my nexus 5 I have to press the "unpair" button and then resync the two devices again. (as in have my nexus 5 search for my flexsmart x3).

this has happened on stock and every custom rom i've tried so far. this issue doesn't occur on my galaxy s4 or iphone 4s.

If you can help me then thanks!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] afrojoc:
Still an issue.. meh. I may just get rid of this phone