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[Q] Cannot connect to ATT software update server

Hi all,
I have not been able to get an update since I bought my S3. I keep getting that error: Communication failed. Server is currently unavailable..blah blah..see screenie.
I have seen people post that they got a replacement phone because of this, one person said ATT gave them new sim card and that fixed it. My question is, I am rooted. Should I unroot before visiting ATT? If so how exactly do I do that. How will they know I am rooted? Superuser icon they will see...but is there anything else?
Thanks

It's best to unroot. They will log that data on your phone. I hope your phone didn't trigger the triangle counter.
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I guess part of my question was, how do I unroot?
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Restore with Kies or stock unrooted ROMusing Odin?!. Use triangle away app on Market Place if you have triggered the counter and set it to zero again.
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Thank you
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How do I find out if I have triggered the counter? Whatever that means
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jackryan57 said:
How do I find out if I have triggered the counter? Whatever that means
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The second you change system files, it triggers. Ie. Root
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jackryan57 said:
Hi all,
I have not been able to get an update since I bought my S3. I keep getting that error: Communication failed. Server is currently unavailable..blah blah..see screenie.
I have seen people post that they got a replacement phone because of this, one person said ATT gave them new sim card and that fixed it. My question is, I am rooted. Should I unroot before visiting ATT? If so how exactly do I do that. How will they know I am rooted? Superuser icon they will see...but is there anything else?
Thanks
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I've gotten the same error from AT&T since Ive had the first Samsung Galaxy more than 2 years back. Now I have an HTC One, moved to this from and iPhone 5, and wanted to check for an update, surprise surprise, server unavaiable. With the Samsung I remember I had to go to Samsung site, don't remember the exact site, but that is what I had to do to get the Froyo update. Yea, that long ago. Still the same.

Successful exchange after rooting?

Im getting ready to exchange but ive rooted and all that and my counter reads 4.. I can get back to unrooted and official status but worried about the counter..triangle away resets it until I reboot then its back to 4.. has anyone rooted and flashed recovery amd then exchanged successfull?
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Why are you exchanging? I'm about to send mine back too.
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pezlomd said:
Im getting ready to exchange but ive rooted and all that and my counter reads 4.. I can get back to unrooted and official status but worried about the counter..triangle away resets it until I reboot then its back to 4.. has anyone rooted and flashed recovery amd then exchanged successfull?
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im about to send mine back today as well. I have rooted but I did odin the MDL so now when I boot to download it does say "official"...but im worried that there is a flash counter somewhere that I don't know about? Any ideas? How do I check the flash counter?

what is wrong with you people ?
why are you returning ?

wavrunrx said:
what is wrong with you people ?
why are you returning ?
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My s4 has a loose frame by the volume rocker u can push it in a lil and it creaks so much. . The bezel seems to be loose.. I compared with my friends s4 and his a solid and mine feels loose and creaky
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Exchanged mines 2 days ago. T-Mobile girl didn't even check my status although I Odin'd MDL official back. I just told her crap and she exchanged it
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wavrunrx said:
what is wrong with you people ?
why are you returning ?
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Mine has a camera issue. Once I move around the camera will freeze up, give me a "camera has failed" error, and sometimes cause my phone to reboot. Im getting a white one this time too.

dannyyyyy said:
Exchanged mines 2 days ago. T-Mobile girl didn't even check my status although I Odin'd MDL official back. I just told her crap and she exchanged it
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Hey first post, I am about to exchange mine as well but I do not know how to do the MDL official thing you speak of, I did this to get back onto stock http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2258628 but my phone status still says custom, any idea how to fix that? Also is there any way to change the download mode to say stock instead of custom?

Use Kies to restore it back to original. I did mine a few hours ago sucessfully. Under tool setting in Kies.
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sactownsav said:
Mine has a camera issue. Once I move around the camera will freeze up, give me a "camera has failed" error, and sometimes cause my phone to reboot. Im getting a white one this time too.
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Were you rooted? I have the same issue and wonder if it's because of flashing. I'm getting my replacement Friday.
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darkjedi said:
Were you rooted? I have the same issue and wonder if it's because of flashing. I'm getting my replacement Friday.
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Yes, I was rooted and running wicked and the camera never crashed once on the stock rom. However, that does not mean that rooting or the wicked rom itself caused the camera problems. After flashing back to original firmware my camera problem remains. I chalk it up as a hardware issue. My new on got here today and im unsure if I will root it just yet.

[Q] (HELP) Fiance's Note 2 has signal loss after 4.3 OTA

Hey guys I upgrade my fiance's Note 2 on AT&T to Android 4.3 via OTA update since the said update has been applied she has had major signal loss and pretty much no cell reception and comes in and out and its not stable any ideas? is there a way to perform a factory of factory reset via Odin? I've done a factory reset in the settings, but the same problem still exists. Or should I root the phone and reinstall the stock firmware (4.1.2) I'm thinking that it's the radio that was a bad flash during the OTA.

take it back to ATT and let them fix it

Does it still have a baseband or IMEI? Look in setting > about phone > status?
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wase4711 said:
take it back to ATT and let them fix it
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This ....^^^^.....
Seriously dude...
If your carrier borked up the device by their update...then "they" damaged your device...IMHO
Honestly...I've seen some shoddy updates over the years...but this latest really takes the cake...
Reports are everywhere on the web from all carriers regarding big problems...after taking this one...
Make them give you a "new" device....g
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agree totally bro; I've never seen an "official" update screw up so many phones in the last 10+ years...ATT/Samsung should be ashamed of how shoddy this has been implemented, especially since it took them so incredibly long to put it out..

They replaced it
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What modem are you running?
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[Q] read and read....can i do anything with the 4.3?

I am definitely not a noob here but, it has been a loooong time. From the HD2 and g2x days including a stint with Team Hellfire. I just tried to get back in to the scene with the purchase of a tmous galaxy s4 (4.3) and am realizing that I may not be able to root. That being said, I have read that you can and that you can't. What is the definitive answer? can I root this paperweight or not?

I'm not too familiar with the s4 but I know with 4.3 on an HTC one you can't root yet.
Check your software build number and boot version and then search on those numbers. Most 4.3 phones right now can't root unless you were previously s off and just took the ota. Then all you had to do was reinstall superuser.
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TOG565 said:
I am definitely not a noob here but, it has been a loooong time. From the HD2 and g2x days including a stint with Team Hellfire. I just tried to get back in to the scene with the purchase of a tmous galaxy s4 (4.3) and am realizing that I may not be able to root. That being said, I have read that you can and that you can't. What is the definitive answer? can I root this paperweight or not?
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You can root, use custom recovery, flash other ROMs, etc but you will trip the (as of right now) KNOX warranty flag. If you care about your warranty, leave it stock and don't muck around. If the warranty doesn't really matter to you, having a tripped KNOX flag doesn't incapacitate your device or anything; just don't expect warranty agreements to be honored.

Cf auto root
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Thanks all for the replies. F the warranty, let's play. Who's got a step by step root for 4.3
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Here you go:
http://honai-android.blogspot.com/2013/11/how-to-root-galaxy-s4-t-mobile-sgh-m919.html

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2294005
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Awesomeness!!!!! Don't know if I'll get back into dev but ya never know
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TOG565 said:
Awesomeness!!!!! Don't know if I'll get back into dev but ya never know
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Not sure who you are but we can always use a little more action here. Welcome. Sometimes there's crickets.
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Was rock in w team hell fire but moved in to an app that was picked up by a major carrier. Just messing around back here but we will see what shakes out. Picked up an S4 and it's lookin like a rough go.
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TOG565 said:
Was rock in w team hell fire but moved in to an app that was picked up by a major carrier. Just messing around back here but we will see what shakes out. Picked up an S4 and it's lookin like a rough go.
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I was deciding between s4 and HTC one. How do you like yours? I don't think I'm a big fan of touch wiz. I hope Verizon does not take away my unlimited data because all I've had were Verizon HTC phones.
If I had to switch carriers I would probably keep my DNA as it has bands that work on pretty much all carriers except sprint.
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So far it is nicely put together and it has a ton of features. Not really happy with the lock down from Samsung though. First is was a lack of source release from LG and now Samsung has to play games
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Yeah they did pack a lot of features in the s4. What they should have done was made the build quality better, it's not as plasticy feeling as the s3 but they should have of course got rid of the home button.
I heard Knox is a pain but at least you can root it now. I can't even use my one right now because I hate the Verizon software.
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I can't find a valid cf autoroot download. Every link I've tried here, on utube, and my own searches result in the same thing. File appears to download but when I try to open it it says it is a corrupted file. If I try to unzip it it says there are no files to unzip. Anyone have a good do for it?
I would a went w the One but the camera sux
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I don't think we are allowed to post links but I'll pm you something I found. I'm not sure what model you have but take a look.
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You can always flash recovery thru odin then flash whatever
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LS980 4.4 update thread ZVC is here

Figured i would start this thread seeing as the Verizon has its own now. This way all of the sprint rumors, speculation and or whatever involving the 4.4 update can be put here. This way we are not digging through so many pages to find a few that relate to the sprint variant.

It's weird, Sprint is usually super quick at updates, if not first. Oh well, I think it will be soon, I can feel it.
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First of all thanks for starting this second if any one intetested i read an article on Tuesday see link http://www.gottabemobile.com/2014/03/04/lg-g2-android-4-4-update-expect/ the writer forgot to mention sprint and got so flamed he had to edit it and add us in read artical then see the comments at end
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From the same site. I saw this also reported on a couple other sites too but don't have the links. I'm betting Sprint is going to hold it but have no clue why. Maybe to push GS5 sales, but I have no clue why someone would want that phone.
http://www.gottabemobile.com/2014/02/21/lg-g2-android-4-4-kitkat-update-u-s/
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I'd say until Flex has 4.4 on Sprint you can forget about it.
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Theres no difference. Other than display
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If I have root and have uninstalled a few system apps, can I take the OTA when it comes out?

Dont think so heard there were major differences
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wcr84 said:
I'd say until Flex has 4.4 on Sprint you can forget about it.
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What's this opinion based on?
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Katt50 said:
From the same site. I saw this also reported on a couple other sites too but don't have the links. I'm betting Sprint is going to hold it but have no clue why. Maybe to push GS5 sales, but I have no clue why someone would want that phone.
http://www.gottabemobile.com/2014/02/21/lg-g2-android-4-4-kitkat-update-u-s/
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They better not. If they hold the update until May I'll pay the ETF and leave them on the spot.

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What's this opinion based on?
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Considering they are just now rolling in. My buddy bought one this week and the sales guys was pressing him and another guy hard to buy that phone. The whole idea around note competition to. I'm just saying if I was head of LG I'd put 4.4 on my newest model first only because your newest version is sadly running 4.2.2
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wcr84 said:
Considering they are just now rolling in. My buddy bought one this week and the sales guys was pressing him and another guy hard to buy that phone. The whole idea around note competition to. I'm just saying if I was head of LG I'd put 4.4 on my newest model first only because your newest version is sadly running 4.2.2
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LG has already given KK to Sprint. They've been testing it for a while now. It's up to them to finalize and Ok it now. The Flex has been out on Sprint, T-Mobile, and AT&T for a month and 2 of them have updated the G2.
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I haven't even had thus phone a month and I'm not feeling keen on the update interval. 4.2 really LG?
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wcr84 said:
I haven't even had thus phone a month and I'm not feeling keen on the update interval. 4.2 really LG?
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In LG's defense, when KitKat released in November, some variant's of the m7(HTC One) were still on 4.1.2. LG would have been stupid to update 4.3, it would have been a flagrant waste of money. LG knew in August of the existence of Kitkat(because PDK, and Nexus 5), so they just focused on delivering KitKat, and skipping 4.3. Hell, the Note 10.1 is skipping 4.2 AND 4.3, and going straight to KitKat.

wcr84 said:
I haven't even had thus phone a month and I'm not feeling keen on the update interval. 4.2 really LG?
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Then you should have gotten a Nexus.
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Also wasn't sprint the last carrier to get the LG G2? so maybe that's why we are last this time just saying o.o

My gf has S4 and got KK last night. So may be we are next.

gonk24 said:
Then you should have gotten a Nexus.
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I would have but at the time couldnt shell out the cash for the 32gb. 16 just isnt enough for me and honestly 32 sometimes becomes pretty close to cutting it.
tvsamson said:
If I have root and have uninstalled a few system apps, can I take the OTA when it comes out?
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from what i am seeing and hearing, No. you will have to .tot back to stock in order to take ota. or if those apps were backed up in titanium you may be able to restore them and take ota. Not sure on the last one though.

I suspect part of wait for 4.4 is that Sprint put a lot of resources into the 4.2 Spark Update when they would have been otherwise testing KK, other carriers were able to get more QA time on the new release and Sprint is playing catchup. (Personally, I wish they'd waited for KK to do Spark)

Koopa777 said:
They better not. If they hold the update until May I'll pay the ETF and leave them on the spot.
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Really, you cannot wait two months for the update. I'll be upset if everyone else has it before us, went through that with the EVO 3D ICS update.
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