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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] kb8no:
You put the update.zip on your SD and flash it from the stock recovery. Before you take an OTA or update.zip you need to be pure stock or the update will fail. No root. No safe strap. No busy box. No nothing.

In my opinion it is easier to just Odin flash the nb1 stock Rom so you know it is pure unrooted stock and dont waste time figuring how to undo what you did. Then flash the update.zip which brings you to stock nj4. Then follow OP cuz now you are just as if you had taken the OTA.

I tried safe strap but it took too much energy at update time. I settled for rooted stock in an imperfect world. See my post a few days back.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] nate39:
Okay, thanks. Right now although I am rooted, everything is working nicely other than poor battery life. Does anyone know if nj4 has any noticeable improvements over nb1 such as battery life? thanks again.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] kb8no:
My opinion is incremental improvements. Smoother. Google cloud print works better. I don't have battery problems. The carriers are reluctant to push out timely updates so they must feel it is worth it. If you take take the upgrade you would be on the latest version available for our phone. I didn't look back. You can see what others say.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] befranklin1@gmailcom:
NI1 to NJ4

Hi,

I'm on 4.4.2 1337UCUFNI1, Rooted with Safestrap 3.75 installed. Can I use the Safestrap method to NJ4 and does anyone know if I will lose USB file transfer connectivity ?

Thanks in advance.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] nate39:
So I looked back at your post and saw this. Let me see if I understand. I can flash to 4.4.4 NJ4 and then I will be unrooted. I can then flash an older kernel, root again then flash the NJ4 kernel and still be rooted. Is there a link to available kernels for i337 and instructions for flashing kernels, etc. Thanks

On this page he seems to have a process to flash NJ4 while rooted and to stay rooted. Is this right? http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s4-att/general/how-to-root-i337ucufnj4-4-4-4-11-13-2014-t2939553
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] kb8no:
You are getting it. It is all on the Opening Page "OP" of this forum, everything you need. The OP is well written but starts with an assumption of a certain level of knowledge. The standard way is to unrooted your nb1 rom and take the OTA to get to nj4.

You are doing it a bit nonstandard by Odin flashing your current nb1 rom to stock to save the unrooting pains and to be sure you are at stock so it will update without problem.

The other thing you are doing a bit nonstandard is using the update.zip and flashing it with the stock recovery to force an upgrade since you are in O Canada and have no access to the ATT servers which you need to do the OTA.

Although a bit nonstandard this is all alluded to in the OP. It is assumed you know how to Odin flash your phone from Windows. If you are not familiar with Odin you need to take Odin 101 class.

Once you arrived at nj4 by nonstandard means, the pathway is the same for the nonstandard and usual. Odin flash old kernel, towelroot, Odin flash new kernel, install SuperSU. Done and done.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] nate39:
Actually I am in the US but this phone isn't hooked up to a service yet. Next week I will be putting it on Net10 service but for now I don't have a way to OTA upgrade and won't with Net10 anyway so I have to do this through Odin and with flashes. I have used Odin before successfully.

I guess the other thing I need to confirm is that I can flash the NJ4 rom while in NB1 and not NC1? thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] nate39:
NJ4 installed without problem and I still have root. I didn't realize that I would not have to reinstall everything again. Saving data worked like a charm. it is like I did an OTA upgrade, thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] kb8no:
This update.zip is made to update from nb1. Nc1 is newer and closer to nj4 and you use the nc1 kernel to root. You can OTA from either but I think the update.zip is only nb1. Thats how I read it. Let me know how it turns out.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] nate39:
I didn't use the update from NB1 to NJ4, I used the alternative for safestrap users found on the first page. See two posts above to see that it worked fine.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Tarique435:
Please help me! I think I wiped my stock slot with safestap . Now I can't get into safestrap recovery mode . I was running on I337UCUFNJ4. Is there a tar file for the nj4 ? I can go into download mode.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] kevinco1:
The only option is to odin back to NB1 while in download mode and start over.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Tarique435:
I tried flashing back to nb1 but it failed when it reached (ABOOT).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] kevinco1:
Make sure to use your computer instead of your phone to download the large TAR NB1 file and check to make sure it's valid. Also, boot into stock recovery and clear the cache and do a factory reset, then try to odin again.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Tarique435:
Okay I used my tab 2 to download the file maybe it was corrupted. I will download it on my computer and try again

---------- Post added at 06:52 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:37 PM ----------

I just tried it on my computer but it still fails. Is there a tar file for the I337UCUFNJ4?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] befranklin1@gmailcom:
Never got a answer to this post can someone help?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] nogods:
I have a few questions about the method in the OP that are not clear to me:

Does that mean to use the software update service from AT&T from my phone?

I'm assuming because it is APK file that this gets installed on my phone. Is that correct?

What boxes should be checked in ODIN when doing that?

How is that done?

What boxes should be checked in ODIN - same as the ones above?

Thanks for your help
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] nate39:
befranklin, I did this and still have usb transfer capabilities only I was on NB1
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] befranklin1@gmailcom:
NI1 to NJ4

Thanks for the response, I'm still on NI1 and don't want to lose USB transfer capability. What is your battery life like and is the jump to 4.4.4. worth it in your opinion. The main reason for rooting is to get rid of the bloat and have the ability to use rooted apps.:good:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] befranklin1@gmailcom:
NI1 to NJ$

Nate39,

Well Nate I took the plunge and of course it's just like everyone said, pretty painless. Wifi and usb seem to be working great no issues as I can see. Seems like there is way more bloat than on 4.4.2. I backing up now and am going to uninstall all that Att stuff pronto. Angain Nate39 thanks for replying back.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] skarlatrubeola:
random reboots

Guys, does any of you suffer from random reboots on NJ4?

Since I use NJ4 rooted my S4 reboots randomly. Any ideas how to solve it?

Thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] nogods:
[MENTION=4708661]muniz_ri[/MENTION]

Thanks for the rooting guide. I used the old one (for 4.4.2) because my phone hasn't come up for OTA updating to 4.4.4 yet. AT&T support claims they are still rolling it out by imei number.

If I end up getting the OTA 4.4.4 update, or if I install it through Keis, do I lose root? If I lose root do I just re-root with the steps in the OP? Or should i just stay away from 4.4.4 altogether?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] muniz_ri:
Yes, if you take the ota you will lose root however since your are now rooted the ota will fail so nothing to worry about. But my suggestion is to use the alternate method to update to rooted 4.4.4. 4.4.4 seems snappier to me.

BTW, thank you for the generous donation! Most people don't even hit the thanks button around here.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] nogods:
Thanks again for the follow up response. As for the donation I think you easily earned it. I've paid way more for computer programs that I use only once a month. On my phone i'll use a program several times a day that only works with a rooted phone, so getting it rooted was of great value to me.

People like you putting their hard work and knowledge out there for anyone to use deserve to be rewarded by those of us making use of the information. If a person can afford a smartphone and a data plan, they certainly should be able to contribute to developers who are helping them to enjoy their phones more than they otherwise could.

Every time I pay AT&T I'm paying, in part, the developers of all the bloatware I don't want. It would be ironic if I didn't pay the developer who helped me get ride of that bloatware.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] nate39:
Glad everything worked for you. The battery life of my s4 has been horrible from the day I bought it, but I bought it used. One reason I went ahead and updated to the latest build was in the vain hope it would help but it didn't. I have high capacity battery coming because I would like the option of not having to hook up the charger at least once every day. Other than that I like this phone mainly because it seems twice as fast as my s3 was. Of course, my s3 battery last twice as long so it was a trade off.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] nogods:
one of the major reasons I decided to keep the s4 and send back the moto x was because of the ability to replace the battery in the s4, making battery life virtually irrelevant.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] wpq:
New to Rooting

followed the instructions and completed successfully.

Thanks!

WpQ
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] hittzman:
Im coming from ni1 and all steps worked as per OP successfully on my first attempt. Thanks Much Muniz_Ri. Your work is greatly appreciated.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] HAVOK83:
Great info. Thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] uss..p8triot:
I used your method and it worked like a charm. Where I stopped was at Step 5. The reason is.....I am trying to flash a Tmobile stock ROM on my phone because I switched from ATT to Tmobile. When I try to flash the TMobile ROM M919UVUFNK2 using ODIN V 3.10, I get Failed (Auth).

My Anti Virus is off and I don't have Kies installed.

Can anyone see where I went wrong?

Thanks in advance,

Kevin
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] muniz_ri:
Use this: http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s4-att/general/rom-m919nh7safestrapromfori337-t2874741
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] uss..p8triot:
I have another question. I still get a warning in the pull down drawer "Unauthorized actions have been detected. Restart your phone to undo any unauthorized changes". Do you know how I can get rid of this?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] nate39:
I had to disable knox to get rid of this as I remember
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] golgiapp:
Hello. First, thanks for everything OP and everyone who contributes to the scene.

I've successfully upgraded everything to NJ4 and all is running smooth except I'm having an issue with my wife. What happens is my password is forgotten as soon as the wifi is turned off or the phone is rebooted. Anyone know what might be causing this to happen? I've got the Smart Network Switch feature disabled but that didn't seem to make a difference anyway.

Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

-Golgi
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] uss..p8triot:
Nate39,

Thanks for your response. I'm going to try and flash back to the previous version and see if I can get NJ4 to update OTA. Something just isn't running right on my phone. The music player skips and stutters (which is annoying as you know what). In your opinion do you think it's KNOX creating the issues with the continuous pop up in the pull down drawer and my music player (stock player and rocket player)?

Thanks in advance
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] nate39:
You might be correct to reinstall since you are having other issues. My phone worked fine except for the pop ups. Killing Knox took care of that.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] uss..p8triot:
Reinstalled everything but still had the issue with pop ups. Killed Knox and, like you, it solved the issue. Do you know if using some of the more popular unrooting methods will work on this phone or does killing KNOX flag your phone against getting OTA updates.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] golgiapp:
Quoting myself I noticed I put "issue with my wife" instead of "issue with my wifi." Ha. Anyway, after re-flashing the rom (no wipe) everything seems to be back to normal with the wifi remembering the SSID and password. Just documenting for anyone who may run into a similar issue.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ~wolverine~:
If you're not having "issue with my wife" then you're not doing it right or not trying hard enough. :D :good:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] nate39:
Someone else will have to answer that as I am not sure but I am pretty sure you can always flash an "unrooted" stock version and get yourself back to where it is just like you didn't root but someone else who knows needs to step in here and answer this.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Mstr33t:
I tried to flash the NC1 Kernel but it stops at the "boot.img" step in ODIN. I ran ODIN as an admin and I'm using ODIN 3.09. I've tried it several times and it stops at the same spot.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] gonenorsk:
Noob here, and thought I would clarify some things for other noobs.

Instructions worked fine on my non-rooted ATT i377 already updated OTA to NJ4.

Step 2 says download and install Towelroot-v3.apk. Download it, install it, but don’t do anything with it until after you flash the NC1 kernel. That is – do not hit the button that says ‘Make it Ra1n” yet. You could download towelroot after step 3, but – as it says in the notes at the bottom - NC1 Kernel may disrupt your wi-fi…in which case you would have to download towelroot to your phone with a cable to your computer.

Step 4 says. Flash the I337_NC1_Stock_Kernel using Odin's PDA slot(AP in Odin v3.09+). Translation: Open Odin. The only option boxes that should be checked are 1) Auto Reboot and 2) F. Reset Time. Make sure all others are unchecked. In the Files [download] section, check AP, and navigate to where you saved the i337_nC1_Stock_Kernel.tar.md5 on your computer. Hit start. It should only take a few seconds before a Pass! Or Reset! In the top left corner.

Note that if you go to the About section of your phone in settings, your phone will still tell you that your phone has the NJ4 kernel loaded. Ignore that. In my case I thought it had failed to flash NC1…but then I went back reread the notes, realized my wi-fi was not working and guessed that NC1 had flashed properly…the phone just wasn’t acknowledging it in settings. (it took me several attempts flashing NC1 before I figured thisout).

Before using towelroot – check your security settings. I had lookout installed and had to tell it to ignore towelroot as a security risk. I also had to go into security settings and uncheck “Verify Apps” (Block or warn before installing apps that may cause harm). …until I did this, I could not get Towelroot to run.

Step 5: Root using towelroot. Open the towelroot app and hit “Make it ra1n” button. Almost immediately, it should say “Thank you for using towelroot! You should have root, no reboot required”. And then, wah-lah, you are rooted.

Complete steps 5 and 6 to flash NJ4 the same way you did steps 2&3 to flash NC1.

Although probably not necessary, I installed Root Checker app just to make sure the phone was rooted before installing SuperSU and other apps requiring root.

Good luck….and many thanks to the geniuses who gave us this process!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] muniz_ri:
Thanks for taking the time do this. I have linked to this post from the Notes Section of the OP.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Mstr33t:
It worked this time, thanks for the clarifications. I'm definitely a noob at this stuff lol, I'm paranoid I'm gonna ruin my phone as I can't afford another one right now.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Metilan:
WiFi stopped to work

I dit it. Is rooted! But stopped to work WiFi, please help me !

Thanks

I have another problem too, every few minutes massage - "Unauthorized action have been detected. Restart you phone to undo any unauthorized changes"
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] muniz_ri:
The "Unauthorized action have been detected. Restart you phone to undo any unauthorized changes" message is Knox detecting that your device is rooted. Use the supersu app to disable knox. As for wifi, review each step in the OP to determine which one you missed.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Metilan:
Detect Knox is working. Thanks!

According to WiFi - I didn't miss any steps, but before all downloaded Towelroot and runed it. May be that this is a problem??? How can I fix it?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] muniz_ri:
Towel root does not affect wifi and yes you did miss a step, otherwise everything would work.

I have pretty good idea what you missed but there is some value in figuring it out yourself. Good luck.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] BobbyKidd:
SafeStrap 3.72 Backup Failure - SGH-i337 AT&T Galaxy S4

Hello everyone,

I can't find a resolution on this safe strap issue anywhere...

I was originally using safe strap 3.71 on MK2 to run NC1 rooted stock. Then I installed safe strap 3.72 in order to successfully create a backup of NC1, because safe strap 3.71 would fail every time I tried. Then a week ago, I decided to move up from 4.4.2 to 4.4.4, so I copied I337UCUFNJ4_100%_Stock_Rooted_ROM.zip and I337_NJ4_Stock_Kernel.tar.md5 to my extSDcard. Then I booted to safe strap 3.72 recovery, wiped all but extSDcard, installed the StockRootedNJ4.zip to the stock slot, booted into download mode, flashed nj4 stock kernel.tar.md5 with Odin, and then booted successfully into the phone OS.

However, Safe Strap 3.72 backup fails every time I try to create it, and for the life of me; I can't figure out why..? Can anyone help me with this? I'd really REALLY appreciate it. :)

Thank you so much in advance!!!

Bobby
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Agent5150:
I upgraded to FNJ4 and rooted with Safestrap installed. Everything is working except bluetooth headset. Everytime I use my Jabra Legend headset, I can only manage one phone call, after that call, I don't hear any sound for all incoming or out going calls. Phone rings, I pickup, can't hear the caller. I dial a call, it connects, I can't hear the other party, they can't hear me. The only way to get phone calls working is to reboot and not use the headset.

Is this a known bug with FNJ4? is there a fix?

Appreciate any help I can get. no bluetooth headset is a big issue as now they are handing out tickets if seen using a phone in car with out hands free device.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] KxArt:
hey guys

Hey guys I am completely retarded in the area I'm trying to do the first root method but got confused at step one. Would anyone be willing to thoroughly explain these steps I'm not sure if I even install to phone or.computer, appreciate your time and effort. :confused:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jd1639:
If you're on 4.4.4 you're already on nj4 so ignore step one. Download the towelroot apk to your phone. The Odin steps you do from your pc.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] CluelessNoob:
So I can't install CM in my phone? Is there a way to go back to a 4.2.2 and then switch over to CM? Thanks!:good:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jd1639:
Afraid not. You're stuck with safestrap and touch wiz based roms.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] KxArt:
Fail

Ok so I downloaded Odin and towel root. I putt my phone in download mode and odin in the message blank It said added removed and added. from there I was trying to figure out how to do the flash thing in ap, I clicked on ap and nothing was in my odin folder so I thought maybe copy and paste it in there, again did not work so long story short my phone was locked up in downloading and I closed odin pulled my battery and here I am :D.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jd1639:
So you downloaded the nc1 kernel to your pc, then tried to flash that in Odin, ap slot? You can click on the ap and browse to where the kernel is
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] KxArt:
ok messed up

I thought the kernels were already in odin. So I download the kernels to computer also then open them in odin.
[General Topics] strategist99:
Hello Everyone,

In present times, if a company does not "innovate" or CREATE then its done for them..

But innovation has taken on to mobiles like anything.

You have OSes, you have hardwares the might of a mini-supercomputer wrapped into the mobile phones, and you have accessories to take that to the next level as well.

Above all if something lacks then it might be compensated by an application to some extent.

But of late these mobile manufacturers have started making fun of the very consumer who buys it from them and gives them business.

Cost competitiveness is the forte for a mobile phone company, but I simply do not understand why this ridiculous 16gb and 64gb variants for specifically the versions WITHOUT AN EXPANDABLE STORAGE..

FRUSTRATING AND @@$@$@$$ what not...

YES this thread is about the LIMITED STORAGE ISSUE, you guessed it right..

Well you now have companies offering accessories which can personalize your device with NFC, extended battery, Music centric features, slider keyboards and stuff like what next.. in the back panels/ back covers.....

I have a innovative idea myself, well they dont call me the strategist just like that.....

What if an accessory was to extend the storage of your device....

like make a 16gb non external sd storage device get extra from a back cover or plate.....

If something can be possible, then this would be awesome because we people who need that extra storage wont have to clammer for a OTG or Pendrives.....

Pls some BACK Cover for this purpose to extend the storage so that we dont have to fiddle with an OTG option which is an extra and this will also be like fixed/ permanent with the mobile ...

let me know your thoughts on this people....

Warm Regards,
[General Topics] bonds350z:
I have a cool idea, what if we could have an access port on each phone that could accept the cards of your choice.

Like first you buy the hardware (phone) then you can have your choice of cards that the memory for the entire phone would use, the only internal memory installed on the phone would be what was needed to hold the rom, the card would have two seperate modules, one for the ram, the the second for the storage.

As far as making it universal to all phones manufacturers would set forth a common socket to be used (much like a crazy microsd slot)

This would make manufacturing the hardware alot cheaper and add more customization at the consumer level

So the card would come with say a standard 2gb ram/14gb storage and as you go you could have say 16gb ram/16gb storage,

Design could be based on the current class 10 microsd only with it having 2 different module set and having direct access from the cpu via a memory manager.

O and when we switch phones all our information would go with us because we could put it in our new phone and our phones numbers, apps, (granted will need reinstalling,) txts, pics, ect
[General Topics] bonds350z:
Ram dose not haft to be hard wired to the board, look at pcs with expandable memory. My point is you would have 2 physical cards in one with access point for both witch will be controlled by a memory manager that is directly connected to the cpu. We are on the move to ddr4 witch means memory will hit the 22nm scale so packing 16, 32, 64, ir even 128gb would be no problem. Also with high transfer rates of ddr4 module lag between card, manager, and cpu would all be dependent on the set bus speed for the cpu and throughput of the manager

Edit

Yes physical hardware problems right now. I mean in the next batch of phones. This is mainly just for r&d and it is possible. Ya know 10 years ago 4gb of ram was unheard of in any pc, now we have it in a phone
[Java for Android App Development] surlac:
Check 4'th parameter of drawBitmap(), Paint object can not be null. Create new one and it will fix the problem.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] joeboo28:
Does any one know or have a link for the build 20 for the xnote ROM?