So my sister and mother have the s3 and there phones are flashed with cricket a different cell provider. Question is they keep getting a system update notification. If i installed it will they loose flash? Calls/sms/data? Its all stock not rooted
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chuko303 said:
So my sister and mother have the s3 and there phones are flashed with cricket a different cell provider. Question is they keep getting a system update notification. If i installed it will they loose flash? Calls/sms/data? Its all stock not rooted
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It will not as long as you update it on your phone, go to settings - about phone - software update
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It will not as long as you update it on your phone, go to settings - about phone - software update
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Thanks I'll try it on hers now if its successful hopefully
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Are the phones rooted? If yes put a new updated rom on them. If not proceed with letting the phones update by themselves.
Anyways if you flash a custom rom your phone will still flashed to Cricket, so forget about the post above.
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csmasn said:
Are the phones rooted? If yes put a new updated rom on them. If not proceed with letting the phones update by themselves.
Anyways if you flash a custom rom your phone will still flashed to Cricket, so forget about the post above.
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Thanks it worked flawlessly. If i root the phone and flash a custom rom will it loose flash???
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No. Just flash a ROM for your phone model.
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My understanding is that recovery stays in a separate partition and whatever you do to it does not affect getting an OTA, is that right?
Also, what if my phone is rooted using the Zerg exploit or whatever method, can I still get an OTA?
So basically I think my questions is, what ultimately decides whether my phone can get an OTA, or not?
if you are on stock ROM, you will get it just fine
but you might loose ROOT after it finish the upgrade
if you are on Custom ROM, you wont get OTA
You can get the ota even on a custom ROM. As long as you have the stock recovery.
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You can get the ota even on a custom ROM. As long as you have the stock recovery.
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How would you have a custom ROM with stock recovery? I've never rooted a Samsung phone since this is my first and I'm waiting to root it, so unless Samsung is different I don't see how.
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You can flash stock recovery using odin
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How would you have a custom ROM with stock recovery? I've never rooted a Samsung phone since this is my first and I'm waiting to root it, so unless Samsung is different I don't see how.
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I'm sure within a couple days there will be a custom rom with the new features. that's an assumption but its always been like that on other phones I have had. Hopefully that's the case with this phone also.
I have stock rooted ROM with CWM recovery, is that okay? Or do I have to have a stock recovery?
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I have stock rooted ROM with CWM recovery, is that okay? Or do I have to have a stock recovery?
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you will get the notification for the ota, your phone will download it but when it boots into recovery to flash it and its not the stock recovery, it will just give an error and you will probably have to pull the battery to reboot. i did this on the nexus s. if i remember right i never got the ota notififcation again either after it failed.
I know there are methods out there that can flash the entire phone back to stock (kernel, ROM, recovery) but that involves wiping everything. Is there a way to flash back the stock recovery only since I'm already on stock ROM and kernel?
Big thanks...
I wonder where it puts the update after it downloads it. Would be nice to grab it and maybe install without reverting to stock...
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jasontx said:
I wonder where it puts the update after it downloads it. Would be nice to grab it and maybe install without reverting to stock...
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It goes to data/cache if I remember right. And there will be rooted roms posted within hours of the ota so its really nothing to even worry about
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513263337 said:
I know there are methods out there that can flash the entire phone back to stock (kernel, ROM, recovery) but that involves wiping everything. Is there a way to flash back the stock recovery only since I'm already on stock ROM and kernel?
Big thanks...
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There is a stock recovery posted in the dev section you can flash in Odin
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Found that and it works. Thanks!
you can keep your phone more up to date by flashing roms as opposed to waiting for an OTA. galaxy s4g is still stuck on froyo. Epic 4g just got gingerbread.
Has has anyone received the update?
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Has has anyone received the update?
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Not yet. I went back to stock last night just in case so I hope its today like Tmobile said
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T-Mobile said today now? Where did they say this?
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T-Mobile said today now? Where did they say this?
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They tweeted it a while back. Today our phone and the amaze are suppose to get an update
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Last I heard it was the 13th, oh well who knows lol
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What is the update supposed to do or fix?
i rooted my phone and when i search for software update it says no updates because your phone is modified, i use triangle away and it works but at the same time it don't the only thing that does is searching for updates
Well for starters there is no update.
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once you use triangle away you have to factory reset it to return to stock
There is no update yet.
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And no worries man, usually when there is a firmware update we will get our hands on it and have a ROM set and ready to rock before the download from kies would even finish
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ptmr3 said:
And no worries man, usually when there is a firmware update we will get our hands on it and have a ROM set and ready to rock before the download from kies would even finish
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LMAO!!!! so so so true...
Ive never ran across this problem before with the s2 or 3. Im on the stock injected firmware and want to be able to get updates without having to odin back to stock or flashing a different recovery. How would one go about this? Sorry for thread jacking but figured others will have this question. Thanks.
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knarfies said:
Ive never ran across this problem before with the s2 or 3. Im on the stock injected firmware and want to be able to get updates without having to odin back to stock or flashing a different recovery. How would one go about this? Sorry for thread jacking but figured others will have this question. Thanks.
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The previous answers cover it. I went back to stock on my S 3 for the last official ICS update, but was really a WOT. Don't have to ODIN back to stock unless you want to run on stock.
You would probably see an Odin update (which will install the firmware and and Modem when a simple ROM flash would not) pretty soon after it is OTA'd, and you could use this and not have to have the hassle of going back to stock to get it. If it is not a complete ROM, you will have to be sure you are already updated to the firmware that the OTA would be updating.
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zorritokris said:
i rooted my phone and when i search for software update it says no updates because your phone is modified, i use triangle away and it works but at the same time it don't the only thing that does is searching for updates
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You are clueless. Stop messing with phones, you have no idea what you're doing.
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I just updated my phone with software update and was suprised it worked with twrp considering I was rooted and it did an update?
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I just updated my phone with software update and was suprised it worked with twrp considering I was rooted and it did an update?
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Hmmm...interesting. Will be interesting to see if anyone else has same experience. Were you only rooted...ie. on stock room/rooted?
I presume the update maintained your apps and data, no?
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I just updated my phone with software update and was suprised it worked with twrp considering I was rooted and it did an update?
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This is off topic but when you receive sms notifications do you have the quick reply option in your notification menu?
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Hmmm...interesting. Will be interesting to see if anyone else has same experience. Were you only rooted...ie. on stock room/rooted?
I presume the update maintained your apps and data, no?
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I was on stock rooted. Lost no apps.But having problems getting back my root. After I reboot from Odin flashing root I don't receive it.
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Need help, Cant seem to get my phone updated. My phone was rooted with stock rom. Did the triangle away/superu to unroot and then flashed the stock recovery and wiped data. When i try to update it says device up to date. Kies says device is not supported. Thanks in advance.
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Edit the photo and remove your IMEI number from it, you don't want someone to have that information.
Also, are you kidding? Your phone info shows 4.1.1 and the baseband is also the most current version for T889.
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Rhiannon224 said:
Edit the photo and remove your IMEI number from it, you don't want someone to have that information.
Also, are you kidding? Your phone info shows 4.1.1 and the baseband is also the most current version for T889.
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I never got an ota update. No multiview. I restored my stock rom from when I bought the phone 11/1. Then I just unrooted and flashed the stock recovery
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I never got an ota update. No multiview. I restored my stock rom from when I bought the phone 11/1. Then I just unrooted and flashed the stock recovery
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I don't know what to say, I got the update and look at the baseband, etc, same as yours.
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I noticed your build and baseband versions match, mine are different for some reason.
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Edit the photo and remove your IMEI number from it, you don't want someone to have that information.
Also, are you kidding? Your phone info shows 4.1.1 and the baseband is also the most current version for T889.
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We started on 4.1.1 the update did not change the version number, only added some features.
Flash the UVALJ1 Stock ROM itself (KIES_HOME_T889UVALJ1_T889TMBALJ1_260018_REV04_user_low_ship.tar.md5) first. I can't remember where I got it, but that and resetting the device did the job for me. Just do a search for it. Then I flashed the UVALK8 injected root stock rom after flashing the UVALJ1 stock rom first.
Yes, that is messed up. Your Kernel is the old kernel.
Hopefully this will clear things up for you.
Thanks, ill try this in a bit.
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I noticed your build and baseband versions match, mine are different for some reason.
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So sorry, I forgot I flashed a modem. To be honest, I updated via flashing a zip from development and flashed the modem. No need to get back to unmodified for me unless I need to send it for repair.
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Never mind, I just rooted again and installed tesh's stock rooted rom.
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Ok guys, new to this phone, just came from an xperia z. I've been doing some reading and i'm a little bit lost.
So far I have my phone on 4.2.2, never been updated, and i have it rooted and running clockworkmod as a recovery.
I have a few questions before I do anything, i've been reading about KNOX and i'm a bit confused. Does KNOX come back when you update to a different rom? When I fired up SuperSU for the first time it asked me if I wanted to disable KNOX features, and it did so successfully. My question is, is there anything to look out for before updating?
I'd have a look at this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2546024
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xDC23 said:
Ok guys, new to this phone, just came from an xperia z. I've been doing some reading and i'm a little bit lost.
So far I have my phone on 4.2.2, never been updated, and i have it rooted and running clockworkmod as a recovery.
I have a few questions before I do anything, i've been reading about KNOX and i'm a bit confused. Does KNOX come back when you update to a different rom? When I fired up SuperSU for the first time it asked me if I wanted to disable KNOX features, and it did so successfully. My question is, is there anything to look out for before updating?
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If you update via OTA, your bootloader will come with a KNOX counter, which cannot be reset at the moment. If you flash anything when you have that, it will trip the counter and your warranty is voided.
I'd suggest flashing a 4.3 or 4.4 rom if you wanna update it, then flash the MK2 modem to get normal signal.
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This is what I did, however: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2544612
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I also flashed cyanogen. This is what my baseband, etc look like
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You get Knox if you take the official 4.3 update.
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Or flash the 4.3 boot loader.
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I'd have a look at this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2546024
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This is what I did, however: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2544612
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I had actually seen this, but I wasnt sure.
Ok i see you went the ODIN route on this. I see that there's data drops and idk what else in the warnings.....any problems there?
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If you update via OTA, your bootloader will come with a KNOX counter, which cannot be reset at the moment. If you flash anything when you have that, it will trip the counter and your warranty is voided.
I'd suggest flashing a 4.3 or 4.4 rom if you wanna update it, then flash the MK2 modem to get normal signal.
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Ok, I do not care about any warranty, I take care of my electronics. Not trying to be rude, but i wanted to clear that up. I know warranty is out the window at this point.
So I can update to just about any rom, but i would have to flash the MK2 modem right after to fix signal problems?
Sorry for so many questions, but i guess I am a bit late getting into the S4 game.
Yes, that's right. Beware of potential issues though, some people have reported the modem didn't stick when they flashed it. It went fine for me and most people, but I just wanna give you a heads up.
And somehow flashing rom with Odin always causes issues for me. TWRW is the best!
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Yes, that's right. Beware of potential issues though, some people have reported the modem didn't stick when they flashed it. It went fine for me and most people, but I just wanna give you a heads up.
And somehow flashing rom with Odin always causes issues for me. TWRW is the best!
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I'm not planning on flashing roms through ODIN, just the modem.
So if i flash this now, its SUPPOSED to stick onto the phone even if i fluctuate through different roms?
Also, if i install a rom that says knox-free i would be able to flash it no problem right?
Yes. You only need to flash the modem once. All the custom roms on here are KNOX free, so no worries there.
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Yes. You only need to flash the modem once. All the custom roms on here are KNOX free, so no worries there.
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Great. Thank you for the help! I just flashed the modem and its showing mk2 in the baseband version, so i guess it went through. It had the 4.2.2 bootloader, not the 4.3.
So just to clarify, now that it has this installed I'm free to install any custom rom I want?
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Great. Thank you for the help! I just flashed the modem and its showing mk2 in the baseband version, so i guess it went through. It had the 4.2.2 bootloader, not the 4.3.
So just to clarify, now that it has this installed I'm free to install any custom rom I want?
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Yes. Enjoy your S4
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Yes. Enjoy your S4
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Oh I will! Thanks for your help! :good:
I take care of my S4 too, and I still avoid Knox like the plague. I'm sure the next person to own this phone will appreciate it.
Anyway, you might consider installing Mobile Odin from the Play Store. I've flashed a couple roms that caused my baseband to show as unknown and using MO to reflash the MK2 modem was insanely more convenient than using Odin on my PC.