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Im just using the stock gs3 from tmo.
If you all would be so kind as to give me a few pros/cons to root for this phone.
Im am not concerned about voiding warranty.
Im wondering if there are any immediate perks to being rooted:
like bypassing tmo's restriction on wifi hotspot; to my knowledge, tmo now only lets their customers use wifi hotspot with the 5gb plan and not the 2gb plan.
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I'm short on time right now but if you root your phone you can download an app called wifi tether, which requires root permission, then you use your phone data on your laptop all you want.
With a rooted phone you can also download new roms that people develope and try out a lot of new functions before the official update.
You are more exposed to security risks once you root your phone I believe, but just don't install apps from random sites
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I really see no cons to rooting except warranty which isn't really true. If you study the warranty and know your stuff you can verbally defend your right to root and not lose warranty.
Pros: everything.
I do not see the point of having a non rooted android phone with some sort of recovery.. Custom ROMs, themes and titanium backup for all your apps
here ya go http://bit.ly/UUaCxg
Don't do it and please leave.
All you need to do is read over all the great threads around here to form a decision.
To root.
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Ive rooted before and I have explored almost all the developers' work on other phones.
Just to clarify im asking about this phone specifically. The first guy already answered my biggest concern about the wifi hotspot.
If you guys can think of any other immediate perks like: unwarranted tmo restrictions that are resolved via rooting this phone.
I will never go back to bone stock gs3 because I would miss out on _________.
Im already aware of the capability to "pirate" most paid apps.
Also there's the possibility of finding a more buttery smooth rom than the stock rom of course.
Extra battery life via underclocking with an aftermarket kernel is obviously another big one, but things im looking for are things on the same level as how rooting allows me to bypass the wifi hotspot limitations that tmo put on the 2gb plan
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I'd say that if you just want a phone to work and don't get about any extra stuff, don't bother rooting it. If you're interested in modifying your phone and basically being capable of doing A LOT more than you can with stock, root it.
Just make sure you do a lot of research before you do anything. I read hundreds of pages on this forum before I did anything just in case.
Adfree app, which requires root, changes everything for the better.
I mainly use my root for ad block, titanium backup, and maybe delete gsiff_daemon (didn't delete it yet because it hasn't tried to kill my battery yet). Something else that could be useful maybe GMD gesture control
There are a lot of nice apps that require root. Even if you don't have any apps in mind now, at some point you'll probably come across one you want and you'll kick yourself for not having gotten around to rooting yet. Besides tripping the flash counter and warranties the only con is the possibility of failing miserably and bricking your phone, but as long as you follow instructions you'll be fine.
ability to flash different radios for better/worse signal.
ability to flash different roms for better/worse battery life.
I have rooted every Android I have had in the Nexus One/Mytouch4G/HTC Amaze....and have had my s3 for a good 4 months now and have yet to root it.
Just meets my current needs and runs awesome without root.
I may one day, but honestly don't have the time or want right now.
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Jesse im in the same boat, the phone is already pretty snappy...
Im considering rooting it though to bypass tmo's restriction on wifi hotspot, and to be able to use google voice as my voicemail.
When I finally do root ill be looking forward to checking out the endless development for this popular device
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JesseMT4G said:
I have rooted every Android I have had in the Nexus One/Mytouch4G/HTC Amaze....and have had my s3 for a good 4 months now and have yet to root it.
Just meets my current needs and runs awesome without root.
I may one day, but honestly don't have the time or want right now.
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Took me 2 months to root mine... for the same reasons. Stock runs just fine... im just too into the customizations so I broke down nland rooted
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GalaxyS3Guy said:
Took me 2 months to root mine... for the same reasons. Stock runs just fine... im just too into the customizations so I broke down nland rooted
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2 months? I know better
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2 months? I know better
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It did... u know it did. U buggee me till i did only to finally root yourself just so u can stay on stock rooted as always
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I rooted my phone mostly for Sixaxis. I play a a lot of emulators. Paired with the Gameklip I'm living the dream.
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It did... u know it did. U buggee me till i did only to finally root yourself just so u can stay on stock rooted as always
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Lmao...I gave wicked a shot, along with slim bean and something else I don't recall
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As far as I remember reading, we should just about be ready to start receiving the 4.3 OTA on our phones. I'm starting this thread as a place to come let others know once they've received the OTA. I'll be keeping my eyes peeled throughout the night and into tomorrow. Come keep me company with some mindless banter!
Ill be waiting from El Salvador, regards.
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Was jus wondering abiut it myself
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LOL.... Don't get your hopes up too high.
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I'm surprise that there is no leak until now.
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I just figure itll be here when it gets here i mean i also kinda hope it shows up tommorrow but not expecting it
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Update T-Mobile
If we're rooted and it's saying your phone is modified, we don't get the update right? Where can I find that update on here so I can do manual Rom update, I got a Galaxy Gear Watch I wanna use. T-Mobile Galaxy S4 rooted.
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If we're rooted and it's saying your phone is modified, we don't get the update right? Where can I find that update on here so I can do manual Rom update, I got a Galaxy Gear Watch I wanna use. T-Mobile Galaxy S4 rooted.
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If your rooted and it says modified u wont recieve the update to 4.3.
There is the system dump that was make into a rom but its not an official release u have to be on stock UVUAMDL to recieve the official 4.3 update from tmobile when its released.
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Bitter sweet seeing how KitKat made its way to our phones via custom roms already. But good news as far as TW goes I guess. My bet..
4.4 custom rom
4.3 official tw
4.3 custom tw
4.4 official GE
4.4 stable custom rom
Galaxy S5 with 4.4
4.4.2 comes out
4.4 official tw (if)
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kapparosko said:
If we're rooted and it's saying your phone is modified, we don't get the update right? Where can I find that update on here so I can do manual Rom update, I got a Galaxy Gear Watch I wanna use. T-Mobile Galaxy S4 rooted.
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You can update by kies, no by OTA, sorry for my bad english
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So far, all the dates for the other carriers were on point. I doubt EVERYONE will get it today, but all we need is one person to get it who has enough know-how to get a flashable zip posted here. I'll put my money on that happening within 24 hours from now. I'll eat my words if I'm wrong.
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You can update by kies, no by OTA, sorry for my bad english
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I believe it will be OTA be cause what would be the point in having system update under settings if there is no use for it .
If i get the update and stay rooted after 4.3 update i will pull .cfg file if it is ota
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asimons81 said:
So far, all the dates for the other carriers were on point. I doubt EVERYONE will get it today, but all we need is one person to get it who has enough know-how to get a flashable zip posted here. I'll put my money on that happening within 24 hours from now. I'll eat my words if I'm wrong.
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This.
I'm waiting for that zip myself. :good:
These types of threads make me so irritated.
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These types of threads make me so irritated.
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then dont read/comment on them.
as for me, i was hoping an automated system would start pushing the update at midnight. But that was wishing thinking i guess. Though it wont matter for me much longer with my nexus 5 ordered.
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then dont read/comment on them.
as for me, i was hoping an automated system would start pushing the update at midnight. But that was wishing thinking i guess. Though it wont matter for me much longer with my nexus 5 ordered.
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+1. Responses like his irritate me. The only reason he's mad is because he saw the title and there's not a zip file sitting here waiting for him. Entitlement at its finest.
Keep an eye on this, it should show up here soon..
http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SGH-M919
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+1. Responses like his irritate me. The only reason he's mad is because he saw the title and there's not a zip file sitting here waiting for him. Entitlement at its finest.
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No, I just thought people were impatient. The thread title is not accurate as the update is not really rolling out yet.
I'm hoping that t mobile was last for the update because it was also working on the metro pcs gs4. At least all galaxy s4's have followed the leaked schedule, If not I'll just have to go custom on my metro gs4.
I'll stick with my version for now. Even though I've flashed several 4.3 ROMS... I'm not updating to TMOs OTA for this whole knox fiasco. Might be worth it if there are significant kernel tweaks and overall performance gain. I've appreciated the direction TW has been headed, at least it has been getting significantly better.
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EDIT: I am very tired, sense I make not, sleep I must. lol xD
While browsing Samsungs website I happened to click on our Note 2 model i317 and under OS it says 4.3, my question is has been released already? Ive been testing the international 4.3 builds, I would love to test an official rooted deoxed version. I found the info here... http://m.samsung.com/us/mobile/cell-phones/SGH-I317ZWAATT#specs
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I haven't heard anything, This probably means that because Samsung gave At&t the update that it's just waiting for them to push it to us. Should be really soon, sprint already has theirs and I read that T-Mobilw just got theirs out
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Sprint's update is out, T-Mobile's is out, US Cellular's is out, Verizon's dropped today and we wait. Funny that AT&T was supposed to one of the earliest updates on the leaked list but we still wait. I just want it to get into the hands of the TW ROM teams, Ditto Note, Sky Note and Jedi so I can see what they do with it.
Yeah, my contract is up in January and I don't think I'm going to stick with AT&T. It seems like they really don't update their phones if they don't absolutely have to. =/
Thank God I am not with At&t and I am pretty sure this note will be the last phone I get that is At&t branded phone with how they are locking up their phones
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What is the latest version from AT&T? I am still on 4.1.2. If I am in a different country will I still get an update if AT&T releases on update? Every time I check for an update it always says that I have the latest update.
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I don't think that the update will be far behind the other carriers. At&t always waits till the last possible moment for anything. My guess is that it wont be an OTA but thru Kies which will suck cause my CPU just crashed on me the other day
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ProFresh4 said:
I don't think that the update will be far behind the other carriers. At&t always waits till the last possible moment for anything. My guess is that it wont be an OTA but thru Kies which will suck cause my CPU just crashed on me the other day
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Well as far as I can tell they're already the last carrier to push the update. The only question now is "WHEN?" (if ever, heh...)
As for Kies, I highly doubt it. Every other update was always OTA. Kies is just a convenience factor.
Refurbished units and warranty replacement devices reportedly have 4.3 loaded..
Of course ...no love for the current users ...again....g
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Well, I don't think anyone should be in a rush to update,
http://www.gottabemobile.com/2013/1...ague-galaxy-s4-galaxy-s3-galaxy-note-2-users/
Here is the 4.3 update from AT&T http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2497994 :good:
jibust said:
Well, I don't think anyone should be in a rush to update,
http://www.gottabemobile.com/2013/1...ague-galaxy-s4-galaxy-s3-galaxy-note-2-users/
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No rush here brother. ..
I won't take it anyway. ..
The devs need some alone time with it first. ..g
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gregsarg said:
No rush here brother. ..
I won't take it anyway. ..
The devs need some alone time with it first. ..g
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I thought you only ran AOSP roms. Don't tell me you are cheating on AOSP with TW.
Att.Fan1982 said:
Here is the 4.3 update from AT&T http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2497994 :good:
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An official 4.3 update is available now.
http://www.sammobile.com/2013/12/17/atts-galaxy-note-ii-receiving-android-4-3-update-i317ucubmk6/
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I thought you only ran AOSP roms. Don't tell me you are cheating on AOSP with TW.
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Uh....gotta go....LOL
Update is failing... I think it's b/c I removed some Sammy bloat apps.
I've never had to go back to stock / unroot. Is there a guide? Is there a stock SGH-I317 UCAMC3 zip in this forum I can use with odin?
-J
(Yes, I searched a ton and only found some questionable non-xda guides.)
jdnyc said:
Update is failing... I think it's b/c I removed some Sammy bloat apps.
I've never had to go back to stock / unroot. Is there a guide? Is there a stock SGH-I317 UCAMC3 zip in this forum I can use with odin?
-J
(Yes, I searched a ton and only found some questionable non-xda guides.)
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2275844
figyu said:
An official 4.3 update is available now.
http://www.sammobile.com/2013/12/17/atts-galaxy-note-ii-receiving-android-4-3-update-i317ucubmk6/
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I bet that "official" update won't have any note 3 spen features or multi window features integrated into it!
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Just got update on my GT-I9300 international version unlocked, got installed successfully but then apps started giving problem, crashing multiple time, unable to launch. So had to reset, works fine now.
One thing! I felt my phone was damn slow after the update.
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So from what am seeing seems like we are stuck once again..... Samsung keeps making it impossible for us to flash without using the new bootloaders.... Seems like the guys on the 9505 already made a Flashable for 4.4.2 leak but if you are not on their latest bootloader wifi doesn't work...... & You know tmobile won't be giving us this update till probably the s6 comes out lol
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Flashable 4.4.2 in our Android Development. No wifi
My S4 Is Insane
DEVIANT DEVELOPMENT
The Sickness said:
Flashable 4.4.2 in our Android Development. No wifi
My S4 Is Insane
DEVIANT DEVELOPMENT
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Yeap from what I read we need the new bootloader to make WIFI works....... I hope everyone has the unlimitted data plan if they wanna use 4.4 lol
We had this issue before with 4.3. We fixed it. Im guessing we can fix this one too.
elesbb said:
We had this issue before with 4.3. We fixed it. Im guessing we can fix this one too.
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hopefully at least this beats dropping signal like last time lol
gdmlaz said:
hopefully at least this beats dropping signal like last time lol
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That was fixed with updated modem just had to wait for official release for that.
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That was fixed with updated modem just had to wait for official release for that.
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I know that's what I'm saying....... No wifi beats dropping signal like last time till we got our modem our seems like baseband that we need this time around
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So from what am seeing seems like we are stuck once again..... Samsung keeps making it impossible for us to flash without using the new bootloaders.... Seems like the guys on the 9505 already made a Flashable for 4.4.2 leak but if you are not on their latest bootloader wifi doesn't work...... & You know tmobile won't be giving us this update till probably the s6 comes out lol
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I'm sure we will get the update sometime in February or March. The 4.3 update came out about a month after the i9505 got their leak just have patience man
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style154 said:
I'm sure we will get the update sometime in February or March. The 4.3 update came out about a month after the i9505 got their leak just have patience man
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Yeah we will have the update on our shiny new tmobile s5 by then. MARCH
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Any big difference between TW 4.3 vs TW 4.4.2 ?
I know that the 4.4.2 Google Edition Roms absolutely scream as far as real world performance goes. But somehow I doubt the TW 4.4.2 will offer a huge performance boost vs its earlier counterpart. Anyone have any insight into this?
@^ I recently checked some videos of the new kitkat update for the galaxy S4 on youtube and there isn't quite many changes. The only changes are some of the notification icons and also the settings now says 4.4.2, that's the only difference that I saw. There might be some performance boost on this update, but nothing really changed.
Dr. Fed said:
Any big difference between TW 4.3 vs TW 4.4.2 ?
I know that the 4.4.2 Google Edition Roms absolutely scream as far as real world performance goes. But somehow I doubt the TW 4.4.2 will offer a huge performance boost vs its earlier counterpart. Anyone have any insight into this?
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I believe u could activate Art instead of Delvik which is supposed to help a lot in performance..... dialer also searches from the Internet instead of just ur phone nothing 2 critical or worth losing any features over in my opinion
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Yeah this was probably my first and last samsung device, they go ummph themselves.
Lets not forget emoji... finally 1 or 2 years late. I'm not a big fan but people send it in txts. So it's important to support it for me and my fam
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Lets not forget emoji... finally 1 or 2 years late. I'm not a big fan but people send it in txts. So it's important to support it for me and my fam
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Well 4.3 already gave us that
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elcocho852 said:
@^ I recently checked some videos of the new kitkat update for the galaxy S4 on youtube and there isn't quite many changes. The only changes are some of the notification icons and also the settings now says 4.4.2, that's the only difference that I saw. There might be some performance boost on this update, but nothing really changed.
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It performs pretty well actually and it also has some big features like the new location settings, tap and pay working out of the box, printing without a third party app and they revamped some lock screen settings, keyboard, and also now has AUTO high touch sensitivity so now it can actually sense when you're wearing gloves ( which I have tested and works great)
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Btw Wi-Fi should work with updated kernel not baseband, just like you can't flash i9505 kernel and get Wi-Fi...
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I really wish Touchwiz would revamp their dailer, contacts, and sms in 4.4,
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aamir123 said:
Btw Wi-Fi should work with updated kernel not baseband, just like you can't flash i9505 kernel and get Wi-Fi...
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I use kernels from the 9505 forum and always get wifi working without any problem..... I am talking about 4.3 tho
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I really wish Touchwiz would revamp their dailer, contacts, and sms in 4.4,
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I'm with you. I was disappointed to not see the Google caller id in the new build kinda upsetting
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I'm currently on 4.3 stock rooted 0x0 flag. I'm curious about KK but heard about a HUGE flaw with apps not able to write to external sd card...Therefore rendering them practically useless.
I'm assuming I shouldn't update ota and instead flash. But what will I need? And has the sd card issue been fixed?
I'm just looking for something more stable and a little slicker. Would like to stay tw or stock/ stock debloated.
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Since you haven't pulled the trigger yet, like me, I would hold off a little longer and wait to see what 4.4.3 brings us. It is just rumored right now but it is supposed to be a bug fix release. From what I have gathered, you really aren't missing anything big by not being on KitKat. I have had the itch to go ahead an upgrade too but I am going to wait to see when 4.4.3 is likely to hit us first.
in my humble opinion....
NO!!!!!!!!
So if I get any urges to want to change things up I should stay on 4.3?
I'm still debating breaking knox or not. I never plan to use knox and haven't decided if I plan to trade this in for jump or not. I'm loving the battery life and have no gripes but minor hiccups.
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Naturesretard said:
I'm curious about KK but heard about a HUGE flaw with apps not able to write to external sd card...Therefore rendering them practically useless.
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If you root KK, there is an SD fix. Otherwise don't.
krelvinaz said:
If you root KK, there is an SD fix. Otherwise don't.
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Why are people telling me not to then? I thought the sd issue was the only issue with KK
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A lot of people are having problems with KK. If they have rooted, the SDcard issue is not one of them since there is a fix for it. if you don' t have root, then it is a problem with no fix.
I'm one of the minority. Rooted Stock 4.42 with no real issues. Battery is fine, SDcard is fine, WiFi is good etc...
Oh so those got it pre installed have issues but those who flash while rooted are fine.
Would you say you notice any stability or noteworthy features over 4.3?
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Yes. Absolutely no problems on stock rooted KK. Flash wicked and its even better.
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Oh so those got it pre installed have issues but those who flash while rooted are fine.
Would you say you notice any stability or noteworthy features over 4.3?
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I didn't say that.
I was rooted before on 4.43 however, keeping root was not an option when I did the update. I used Odin to flash 4.42 and re-rooted (triggered Knox), loaded the sdcard fix and loaded TWRP in the process.
I was not having any issues on 4.43 though. KK got me better battery usage and access to new software.
If you are rooted, you can apply the sdcard fix. If you are not rooted, I don't think there it's a fix for that.
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I didn't say that.
I was rooted before on 4.43 however, keeping root was not an option when I did the update. I used Odin to flash 4.42 and re-rooted (triggered Knox), loaded the sdcard fix and loaded TWRP in the process.
I was not having any issues on 4.43 though. KK got me better battery usage and access to new software.
If you are rooted, you can apply the sdcard fix. If you are not rooted, I don't think there it's a fix for that.
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Since you are still on 4.3, you can easily root using Kingo or de la vega method without triggering knox.
After that, upgrading to 4.4.2 is very easy and you still have root and warranty.
If you don't care about knox, then you can just update and use Chainfire to root 4.4.2 (knox warranty void). It is pretty simple.
I have 4.4.2, root (from my previous rooted 4.3) and warranty intact + SD fix and xposed mods. The phone is just amazing now.
Thats Like Saying Should I Buy These New BOSS rims for my car HAVING the money.
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The only issues I've heard due to the kitkat update are terrible battery life and the SD card issue. There's a flashable zip to fix the SD card issue and I believe installing the Foldermount app does some kind of fix. The battery life issue seems to be fixed after a simple factory reset, however, you'd have to root the device like others have stated. My phone runs great on KK. I'm getting awesome battery life and I have not experienced any problems whatsoever.
You can get improved battery life on 4.3 by removing bloat, and there's no need to apply a fix so you can use the sdcard normally. Is there any real improvement in 4.4.2?
Frank
After a week of hearing about the problems I just went ahead and upgraded why? Who doesn't like to have the newest? Plus there are fixes if your rooted. If not well maybe you are screwed but who wouldn't want to root? Been doing it since OG evo 4G
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Does anyone have any issues recording video with KK? I updated the just the modem (running Slimkat) and can't record videos or sometimes can't play youtube videos in HD. It's not a rom issues. Might go to stock KK and than try reinstalling everything.
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After a week of hearing about the problems I just went ahead and upgraded why? Who doesn't like to have the newest? Plus there are fixes if your rooted. If not well maybe you are screwed but who wouldn't want to root? Been doing it since OG evo 4G
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Funny, me too. I still have my og Evo 4g. Have you noticed any difference in battery life compared to 4.3? I have root and knox In-tact and apparently it's easy to upgrade...but I don't want worse battery life.
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You won't have worse battery life bud. I'm pretty sure that will be rom and kernel related. Theirs like 4 to 5 kit Kat toms out their now. All good. All different, over in the international forum the rom that made me go to kitkat was XNOTE v11. Was a great rom but build international of course, hyperdrive is great one too good battery life I can't complain. Lean kernel will save the most battery
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Alright I'll have to do some digging and find a flash able rom...and finish my root by breaking knox finally and flashing a recovery.
As easy as it makes things, I'm worried to break knox. Not because of warranty. Lol I know tmo doesn't give 2 ****s about root...
My concern is when I want to sell the device, maybe retaining knox flag will help increase the price point.
This phone is a powerhouse. Easily able to last for the next few years until EoD. Throw In the obvious office features and a still working knox (albeit being able to be reset at samsung warehouses (I'd cite the info but I'm not in front of my desktop)) who wouldn't want this phone for work?
Thoughts?
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mike102871 said:
Yes. Absolutely no problems on stock rooted KK. Flash wicked and its even better.
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I did the same but I am having issues with my network sticking on the new baseband. Do you have any issues Mike ? I feel like my phone goes to 4G / 3G more then what it did before. LTE was working before I jump to KK. Also when I got phone calls before, my network would go from LTE to 4g on calls. Now it goes to 3G. What is going on ????