I recently purchased an SM-T900 and I'm a little confused about what voids the warranty and prevents updates from Samsung. I like using TWRP recpvery for backing up my tablet and from what I've read it seems I can root my tablet and install TWRP and still get the 5.1.1 upgrade when it's released so long as I don't install a custom ROM. Is this correct?
I bought my T900 second hand so I'm not concerned with the actual warranty. But I am concerned with getting 5.1.1 which Samsung says will be available "early" 3Q. I'm hoping "early = July mid = August and late = Sept". In that case I can afford to wait for 5.1.1 and then root and install TWRP.
But thanks for your answer. If 5.1.1 didn't appear imminent, I'd try it your way.
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Hi,
My sister just bought a galaxy s4 mini from amazon (from amazon direct not from an amazon seller), and is finding that whenever she installs an app from play store, she is getting a Chinese notification??
any idea what it is or why it's happening?
Gloris said:
Hi,
My sister just bought a galaxy s4 mini from amazon (from amazon direct not from an amazon seller), and is finding that whenever she installs an app from play store, she is getting a Chinese notification??
any idea what it is or why it's happening?
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This is most likely a notification of the app Vroot or Kingo root. These are chinese rooting programms and they give you messages when you install something. (At least this happens on Vroot)
Maybe it's a used phone if you didn't root it. If so, I'd maybe return it.
it shouldn't be rooted it's brand new sealed box from amazon
presumably, i can fix this for her by flashing the latest BTU firmware using odin?
having a look on sammobile the latest version is I9195XXUBML4? although this says black edition? if her isn't the black edition, the latest stock firmware will be I9195XXUBMJ7???
can anyone confirm this for me before i go ahead for her. this won't void warranty right, since it's stock firmware?
Gloris said:
it shouldn't be rooted it's brand new sealed box from amazon
presumably, i can fix this for her by flashing the latest BTU firmware using odin?
having a look on sammobile the latest version is I9195XXUBML4? although this says black edition? if her isn't the black edition, the latest stock firmware will be I9195XXUBMJ7???
can anyone confirm this for me before i go ahead for her. this won't void warranty right, since it's stock firmware?
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latest is I9195XXUBML4
i wonder how it's installed when it's sealed, then probably the samsung staff repacked it.
It's not so cool!!!~~
If I were you I'd send it back!
Anyway.. if you want to reflash firmware, you'll most likely get KNOX enabled! *warning* It's been reported by a user here
but the BML4 says "(black edition)" on sammobile.com?? can this be flashed on a non-black edition?
I'll have to check if it's rooted or not when she gets here, i'm just trying to get the right firmware downloaded before she arrives.
if i get the mj7, that doesn't say black edition i don't think, and if there is a more recent version she can get it ota right?
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ooops, just double checke dthe firmware database and there is a BML4 non black edition.....downloading now
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yup, it's been rooted.
looks like it is an official samsung phone so far as i can tell but it's been rooted, annoyingly. i'm gonna try putting the latest btu firmware on for her, and failing that amazon can have it back.
warning to anyone buying a phone from amazon......you might not be getting what you expect!!!!
::EDIT3::
all sorted. now has totally stock firmware, knock not tripped, not rooted and everything looking good
thanks for helping
Gloris said:
but the BML4 says "(black edition)" on sammobile.com?? can this be flashed on a non-black edition?
I'll have to check if it's rooted or not when she gets here, i'm just trying to get the right firmware downloaded before she arrives.
if i get the mj7, that doesn't say black edition i don't think, and if there is a more recent version she can get it ota right?
::EDIT::
ooops, just double checke dthe firmware database and there is a BML4 non black edition.....downloading now
::EDIT2::
yup, it's been rooted.
looks like it is an official samsung phone so far as i can tell but it's been rooted, annoyingly. i'm gonna try putting the latest btu firmware on for her, and failing that amazon can have it back.
warning to anyone buying a phone from amazon......you might not be getting what you expect!!!!
::EDIT3::
all sorted. now has totally stock firmware, knock not tripped, not rooted and everything looking good
thanks for helping
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Thanks for the info about the knox, i'll update it to my knox guide and giving you credits!
HI All
It is a general consensus that you cannot flash 4.4 back to 4.3 due to bootloader but there are many threads around that others have had success with other handsets like Note 3 etc and wondering with my N7105G if it can be done?
Anyone had success? I have the Aussie Note 2 GT-N7105GT and I flashed it to the Nordic 4.4 (N7105G F/W) because the Aussie version STILL!! has not received Kit Kat
But I have to do a warranty repair and the ETA of Kit Kat for Australia is April and warranty ends in March so I have no choice but to risk sending the phone in with another countries firmware even though Knox hasn't been tricked or try flashing phone back to official 4.3. Whats the worst that can happen if I try and fail? Just get an error and boot loop which can be fixed by flashing back to 4.4? Or worse stuff up the EFS? I have backed up the EFS. Not to mention the phone is loaded with the N7105G Firmware and the phone is a N7105GT which could be more cause for them to reject the warranty
Just trying to weigh up my options if its worth trying to flash back if there is little risk or if there is I should just see if they will accept the warranty when phone status = official just doesnt have the right ROM for the country loaded..
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I just recently purchased the S4 Mini i9195 factory unlocked phone preinstalled with KitKat and was wondering whether or not to accept a small 33mb update? (See pictures)
I plan to shortly root my phone but I'm wondering whether or not this update will hinder me further in the routing process. I know the bootloader in KitKat is already knox enabled, but I'm worried this update will patch the use of things like towel root?
Should I be safe to update?
I dont think so. I mean it does not matter if you update or not, it can be easily rooted. For example i keep flasing custom roms and sometimes i flash the stock firmware also. And last time ( 4 days back) when i flashed the stock firmware (4.4.2) there were some updates available( forgot...may be around 50 mb) and i went for it. The only changes i saw were some new apps installed. Again yesterday i flashed a custom rom, root was there.
Note: my device s4 mini (duos) GTI9192.
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I just recently purchased the S4 Mini i9195 factory unlocked phone preinstalled with KitKat and was wondering whether or not to accept a small 33mb update? (See pictures)
I plan to shortly root my phone but I'm wondering whether or not this update will hinder me further in the routing process. I know the bootloader in KitKat is already knox enabled, but I'm worried this update will patch the use of things like towel root?
Should I be safe to update?
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If the firmware on your phone is build earlier then june 2014 u can use towelroot . Do not update yet until u investigate what version u have atm on your phone. If u have an build after that date, if u update or not is egal, u can`t use toweltoor and u must root with other methods that will most likely trigger Knox to 0x1
L.E. Now i saw second screen, u have an build older then june 2014 .
U can try to flash an stock kernel for 4.4.2 earlier then june . towelroot it, then flash stock kernel what u have now ( extract from rom u download from sammobile )
So yeah I got impatient and updated my stock firmware OTA and now my build and kernel are dated March 23rd 2015. Still 4.4.2.
I tried towel root before and after the update and yeah it didn't work.
@SilviuMik
If I were to flash a previous 4.4.2 kernel would that maybe trip knox?
I'm so used to having a rooted phone I don't want to have to wait 6 months before I'm sure my phone doesn't have any faults before tripping the knox and voiding my warranty.
Only thing that is really holding me back from rooting is that I've heard some reports of people saying that tripping knox causes issues with the phone like poorer signal... though I'm hoping this is a myth.
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So yeah I got impatient and updated my stock firmware OTA and now my build and kernel are dated March 23rd 2015. Still 4.4.2.
I tried towel root before and after the update and yeah it didn't work.
@SilviuMik
If I were to flash a previous 4.4.2 kernel would that maybe trip knox?
I'm so used to having a rooted phone I don't want to have to wait 6 months before I'm sure my phone doesn't have any faults before tripping the knox and voiding my warranty.
Only thing that is really holding me back from rooting is that I've heard some reports of people saying that tripping knox causes issues with the phone like poorer signal... though I'm hoping this is a myth.
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As i said many times ... i don`t have knox at all. All i "try to help" is from what i read here and there . In theory when u flash a stock kernel it should not trigger knox. But then again, some ppl triggered knox just by applying OTA so ... try to figure
For first just see if u have that big problem with battery draining in deep sleep with all OFF ( wifi / 3g / gps etc )
If u do, first go and replace phone / motherboard until u get one without this bug . Then look for root and so . ( i can live without root, i don`t need it at all, but i have a heavy debloated rom )
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As i said many times ... i don`t have knox at all. All i "try to help" is from what i read here and there . In theory when u flash a stock kernel it should not trigger knox. But then again, some ppl triggered knox just by applying OTA so ... try to figure
For first just see if u have that big problem with battery draining in deep sleep with all OFF ( wifi / 3g / gps etc )
If u do, first go and replace phone / motherboard until u get one without this bug . Then look for root and so . ( i can live without root, i don`t need it at all, but i have a heavy debloated rom )
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Many thanks for your help! Tripping knox from an OTA? That's a *****. You'll have to forgive me for making you repeat yourself, I always find it a little daunting with a new phone. I've done a lot reading here on the S4 Mini forum and seen many people have different results. Being as there are at least 4 different S4 Mini phones and many stock versions. I just like to be 100% sure when messing with my phone.
As for the hardware battery drain bug I think I may be all good. I tested my phones battery drain over the first night with everything but phone signal turned off and had 0% drain over 8 hours. Couldn't find a phone build date or country of manufacture anywhere on the phone or box, but the battery was made in march of this year, so I'm guessing I have one of the latest production models. Though I'm sure I've read a couple of people were maybe hit with this bug months down the line. Fingers crossed this doesn't happen.
My next step now is to re read everything again on here and find a safe way to root with my current firmware.
It may be my imagination but after that last small update things seem to be smoother than on my November 2014 firmware. But that might be all in my head.
Again thank you for your advice with my new phone.
One last thing. With this update. Has the "BOOTLOADER RP SWREV" increased on the new update or has it always been 2? Maybe my imagination again... took a picture.
I also count 5 different apps with "knox" in their title. Sure I read there was only 4 before?
RuffBuster said:
One last thing. With this update. Has the "BOOTLOADER RP SWREV" increased on the new update or has it always been 2? Maybe my imagination again... took a picture.
I also count 5 different apps with "knox" in their title. Sure I read there was only 4 before?
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Bootloader v2 comes with late jellybean builds / new kitkat builds . So u had v2 with nov update.
http://pastebin.com/JCKYULfp knox apk`s
There are more i did not discover yet , for example there is a libknox.so file that when u delete u can`t boot your phone anymore.
Hi,
I purchased a T705M (Galaxy Tab S 8.4 LTE - Colombia) yesterday and I want upgrade it to 5.02.
As for the information appearing at SamMobile, 5.02 is available (OTA and also via Kies) for Colombia (COO) since 5015/05/12 but my tablet do not take the update.
I tried several times using Settings/General/About device/Software update/Udate now but recieving the (undesired) answer: "The latest updates have already been installed".
I tried using Kies but it says also that latest update is installed.
Does anybody know a way to get rid of this obstacle (and being capable to update) ?
On the other hand, I already downloaded 5.02 ROM (COO) and also 4.4.2 ROM (COO) using the excellent tool appearing at this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-s/general/tool-samfirm-samsung-firmware-t2988647).
The point is: if I use Odin to install 5.02 ROM (Samsung official ROM), will I void warranty ? after installing 5.02 is it possible to downgrade to official 4.4.2 (just in case) without voiding warranty ?
Thanks for any answers.
Just use Odin. It wont void your warranty, no need to downgrade afterwards.
ashyx said:
Just use Odin. It wont void your warranty, no need to downgrade afterwards.
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Thanks for your answer.
Some persons have reported problems with 5.02 in Tab S (low battery life, restarts, problem with camera flash....). This is why I want to leave open the door to return to Kit Kat.
Hey, just bought brand new 5x and I'm still on 6.0 with oct 1sr 2015 security patch. When I go to system updates it says I'm up to date. Am not getting OTA update automatically. Im on Telenor in Serbia. Should I wait or do I have to root and flash the latest update manually?
Btw, looove the handset and OS is lagfree, no issues, but still wonder why I'm not getting the latest update. No root, LB, brand new OTB device.
5ageman said:
Hey, just bought brand new 5x and I'm still on 6.0 with oct 1sr 2015 security patch. When I go to system updates it says I'm up to date. Am not getting OTA update automatically. Im on Telenor in Serbia. Should I wait or do I have to root and flash the latest update manually?
Btw, looove the handset and OS is lagfree, no issues, but still wonder why I'm not getting the latest update. No root, LB, brand new OTB device.
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to update it manually u don't need to have root access.
But if u like to try some new 3rd party ROMs root it :good:
Geeks Empire said:
to update it manually u don't need to have root access.
But if u like to try some new 3rd party ROMs root it :good:
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How do I update manually? Any recommended guides? I dont feel the need to flash a custom rom, I like what google is doing with android as is for now. Just want the lates and greatest, thats why I bought a nexus.
Also would like to know the reason why I am I not getting updates automatucally. I have the international H791 model. Firmware version MDA89E. Its two OTAs outdated.
Quick thought: Shut down, remove SIM, Start the device, Connect to Wifi, Check for updates.
Just unboxed a brand new 5X 10 minutes ago and have the exact same problem...
Tried to reboot and added a Google account, charged the battery to 100% but the thing still won't find a new system version...
marioemp2k7 said:
Quick thought: Shut down, remove SIM, Start the device, Connect to Wifi, Check for updates.
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Tried that too. I activated the device without the SIM and used it that way yesterday, inserted it just today.
Than I guess you can't do anything else unless you unlock the bootloader. At this point you can fastboot \system \boot \radio \vendor from the latest factory image or you can sideload ota zip through stock recovey.
I am having the same issue, my new nexus 5x is on 6.0 MDB08L, securiry patch level: November 1, 2015.
When I check for updates it says that my device is up to date...
The OTA will show up eventually. Or update manually.
Same thing for me in Canada. I just ended up enrolling in the Android Beta to get N preview.
Issue solved!
I got a ton of OTAs overnight while device was charging. I think it was 5 OTAs one by one that had to be installed separately, now I am on the latest April security patch and loving my nexus even more. No noticable performance difference, smooth and snappy and now up to date. So I guess updates will come you just have to be patient so google can activate them for your device. In my case it was 2 days since activation.
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5ageman said:
How do I update manually? Any recommended guides? I dont feel the need to flash a custom rom, I like what google is doing with android as is for now. Just want the lates and greatest, thats why I bought a nexus.
Also would like to know the reason why I am I not getting updates automatucally. I have the international H791 model. Firmware version MDA89E. Its two OTAs outdated.
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[TUTORIAL][GUIDE][HOW TO] Flash Factory Images || Unroot
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-5x/general/tutorial-flash-factory-images-unroot-t3231627
How to download and install the Android Marshmallow OTA update on Nexus devices
http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/how-to-install-ota-updates-on-google-nexus-devices/
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