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ROOTED - Your device has been modified. Software updates are not available.?

[Have seen this in other forums but wasn't sure if the solutions there applied to the S4]
Anyways, the only thing I've done on my S4 is 1) sim-unlock the device via (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2282683) and 2) root the device via KIES.
I have not installed any custom firmware or whatnot, I've only done the above 2. When I try to hit System Update, I get the message "Your device has been modified. Software updates are not available."
I even ran Triangle Away to bring my counter back down to 0 (even if I didn't install any custom firmware) and I'm still getting this error. Does anyone have any solutions?
Should I unroot the device and will that bring it back to normal?
Thanks in advance!

It's because you rooted your phone
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Just flash a new ROM. As software updates become available the devs will base ROMs off of the latest update.
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I got the same message. I removed root and tried to update and got the same thing. I was wondering if a factory reset would restore my updates.
Bell, GS4, Qualcomm
ElvinWasHere said:
[Have seen this in other forums but wasn't sure if the solutions there applied to the S4]
Anyways, the only thing I've done on my S4 is 1) sim-unlock the device via (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2282683) and 2) root the device via KIES.
I have not installed any custom firmware or whatnot, I've only done the above 2. When I try to hit System Update, I get the message "Your device has been modified. Software updates are not available."
I even ran Triangle Away to bring my counter back down to 0 (even if I didn't install any custom firmware) and I'm still getting this error. Does anyone have any solutions?
Should I unroot the device and will that bring it back to normal?
Thanks in advance!
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GnexMatic said:
I got the same message. I removed root and tried to update and got the same thing. I was wondering if a factory reset would restore my updates.
Bell, GS4, Qualcomm
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Try using Triangle-Away.

In triangle away there is an option to disable root for a minute or so when booting, this will have the stock rom think its not rooted, enabling software updates.

same issue
I had the same issue. I had rooted my phone and got that message when trying to update OTA.
I really wanted the ability to put apps on the sd card from the phone itself and not have to use some fancy app to do it for me and make symbolic links (Linux stuff)
What I did was goto settings-accounts-backup and reset- and selected factory data reset.
This completely returns your phone to stock like it came out of the box. afterward I didn't get the message but I kept getting server communication errors so I connected my phone through usb to kies and it is doing the firmware upgrade as I type and OMFG is it the slowest ****ing thing I have ever had the misfortune to do. Its been on for about 3 hours and its only at 42%
And strangely my phone is still completely usable while this is going on.

Wait, is the update available for the T-Mobile devices now?
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stevessvt said:
In triangle away there is an option to disable root for a minute or so when booting, this will have the stock rom think its not rooted, enabling software updates.
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Does anyone know if it works?
I've just rooted my phone a few days ago, and removed some Sumsang and t-mobile bloatware, and that message appeared.
Thanks in advance.

Anyone of us will be answer. Soon as an update is released. But in order to get an update, you MUST be completely stock, down to the bloatware.

your system has been modified
Hi, I have successfully installed cynogen mod 10.1 nightly. And I again restored my original 4.1.2 but now when I trying to check OTA update it says "your system has been modified, software update is not available. Please please please help me.

Jatin Ganatra said:
Hi, I have successfully installed cynogen mod 10.1 nightly. And I again restored my original 4.1.2 but now when I trying to check OTA update it says "your system has been modified, software update is not available. Please please please help me.
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You need to Odin back to totally stock. Use Triangle Away to clear your flash counter.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2336392

Thanks
baseballfanz said:
You need to Odin back to totally stock. Use Triangle Away to clear your flash counter.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2336392
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Thanks a lot Brother.. i will try it and hope it will work.. and will get back to you soon.. thanks again..

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Jatin Ganatra said:
Thanks a lot Brother.. i will try it and hope it will work.. and will get back to you soon.. thanks again..
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Hello brother, I guess there is some misunderstanding regarding device model. My question is for my samsung note 10.1 GT-N8000 . Should I follow the same steps to get back my original system ? Please suggest. Thanks.

Seems like you should be asking this question in right forum then.

Im having the same issue after using triangle away. Everything says official and flash count is at 0. Any ideas? Also, with flash count set at 0 and everything listed as official, does this mean i will be ok for warranty? Im having an issue with my touchscreen working and the Tmobile place had to send me a new phone
Edit: Done a factory reset after using triangle away and i got the "Your device is up to date." Message. Still somewhat worried about warranty though.

JudgeHudge said:
Im having the same issue after using triangle away. Everything says official and flash count is at 0. Any ideas? Also, with flash count set at 0 and everything listed as official, does this mean i will be ok for warranty? Im having an issue with my touchscreen working and the Tmobile place had to send me a new phone
Edit: Done a factory reset after using triangle away and i got the "Your device is up to date." Message. Still somewhat worried about warranty though.
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If you have used Triangle away and flash counter shows 0 plus everything show "Official" you shouldn't have a problem

Wow I had never seen that before... I'm totally stock though...
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The link provided is for T-Mobile GS4 only, please do not try it on any device other than T-Mobile GS4. You will need to find similar procedure for your device. I would recommend looking into the specific device forum.
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Jatin Ganatra said:
Hello brother, I guess there is some misunderstanding regarding device model. My question is for my samsung note 10.1 GT-N8000 . Should I follow the same steps to get back my original system ? Please suggest. Thanks.
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The link provided is for T-Mobile GS4 only, please do not try it on any device other than T-Mobile GS4. You will need to find similar procedure for your device. I would recommend looking into the specific device forum.

Someone has already tested this?
Universal Unroot @ Google Play

Rooting AT&T GS4

I have searched countless threads for assistance. I have been able to root every phone I've had. I am finally having an issue with my GS4 from AT&T. I bought it back in May, but had to go out of the country for work before I could root it and I just got back this last week. It had received the updates from the server so it is now running the I337UCUAMF3 build. I ran Motochopper, but it said failed and no SU. I have tried utilizing Odin to revert back to the original firmware so that I can try running Motochopper, but when I try it shows fail when in the middle of running the program. I tried factory reset from within android and the stock recovery, but it just reverts back to the latest firmware. I tried going through Kies, but it won't do a recovery and says that it is only through the phone server. I have downloaded 10's of gigs of firmwares, motochoppers, loki flashes, etc.... I am officially lost and would love any assistance someone could offer, cause I would really like to get a better ROM installed like on my other phones.
Thank you

Read the gs4 forum. The info is there. You cant revert back to a later firmware. You can't use Loki or motochopper. All you can do now is root mf3 firmware and that process just became available a few days ago. Stop what your doing and read read and read.
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venomoussniper said:
I have searched countless threads for assistance. I have been able to root every phone I've had. I am finally having an issue with my GS4 from AT&T. I bought it back in May, but had to go out of the country for work before I could root it and I just got back this last week. It had received the updates from the server so it is now running the I337UCUAMF3 build. I ran Motochopper, but it said failed and no SU. I have tried utilizing Odin to revert back to the original firmware so that I can try running Motochopper, but when I try it shows fail when in the middle of running the program. I tried factory reset from within android and the stock recovery, but it just reverts back to the latest firmware. I tried going through Kies, but it won't do a recovery and says that it is only through the phone server. I have downloaded 10's of gigs of firmwares, motochoppers, loki flashes, etc.... I am officially lost and would love any assistance someone could offer, cause I would really like to get a better ROM installed like on my other phones.
Thank you
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Try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=44165374#post44165374
You are on MF3 build which means this is only root method that will work, but be careful what you do after rooting, currently there is no custom recovery available for the MF3 build due to locked bootloader and loki being patched and there is not any Odin images to restore stock firmware if need be yet. Once you upgrade to MF3 from MDL, there is no way to go back either.
Hope this helps!

Thank you so much for your help!! Much appreciation to all the techs out there for making all these sweet ROMs and roots!
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[Q] First timer with restoring Rogers GS3 to factory but keep unlocked

Hey there!
So here's my situation: I recently got rid of a Rogers cellphone plan and decided to sell my GS3. Someone I know, immediately showed interest and decided to buy it from me. Good! At that moment, the device was locked to Rogers and was running stock Samsung GS3 (SGH-i747M) firmware.
That person decided to play with the phone, try to root it, flash Cyanogenmod or whatever it may be, and having failed several times, he decided to return the phone and get his money back. I shouldn't have accepted to reimburse him knowing how much he fiddled with it but I did.
Anyways too late now. The good thing is that I believe the phone is 100% functional (it boots, runs perfect and under system info shows everything as usual except under Status > Device Status, it shows modified.
I am not 100% sure of that what means but I believe it has something to do with a modified ROM or something like that.
That person supposedly unlocked the device because he was with another carrier.
Now I am putting the phone in the classifieds. Obviously I would like to have the phone back to 100% factory settings and ROM, no aftermarket stuff whatsoever BUT I'd like to keep it unlocked (if that's possible).
That way, it will be easier to resell.
So here's my questions:
What does "Device Status: Modified" really means?
How can I find out if the phone has been altered in any ways?
If it has been altered, is there a LINUX based procedure to restore EVERYTHING back to factory?
If I restore whatever has to be restored, will it re-lock the device?
As you can see, I am a total noob in that field. I would appreciate if someone can help me to prepare this device to be resold.
I don't want to cause any problems to anyone, that wouldn't be fair.
I appreciate. Thanks!!!

Okay a lot of questions, you can download the stock firmware from Samsung updates and if it is rooted you can get triangle away on the play store and reset the counter the using kies or the Samsung galaxy s3 toolkit from mskip's to flash the original firmware, your phone should be unlocked as none of the procedures should/could reloj the simple card
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jimchee said:
Okay a lot of questions, you can download the stock firmware from Samsung updates and if it is rooted you can get triangle away on the play store and reset the counter the using kies or the Samsung galaxy s3 toolkit from mskip's to flash the original firmware, your phone should be unlocked as none of the procedures should/could reloj the simple card
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Ok I have verified with an app called Root Checker Basic, and it said that the device wasn't rooted. I wonder if this is reliable.
I wiull check mskip's toolkit or Kies to restore the stock firmware.
What a pain..
Thanks jimchee for replying!!

Actually it's pretty easy but you can probably sell it just as easy if it's rooted and that way you can clear the counter, there is also a post in the Samsung sIII THREAD for AT&T that will walk you through restoring to stock, just make sure you download the file for your device the link is also in the att thread, if you have any trouble pm me and I can help, I am just a tinkerer but been doing it since my 1st original Motorola Droid
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Probably the easiest approach would be to look for the Samsung S3 V7.0 toolkit post. This is a flash (programming) tool. It would easily root your phone if it needs that. Then you can use the app referred to earlier to reset the phone to an "unmodified" status.
Then finally go to the Samsung updates site as suggested and flash the phone with a stock Rogers firmware. I'd recommend a 4.1.1. version. Probably your phone will still be unlocked at this point. But if not, the stock v 4.1.1. Rogers firmware will allow you to unlock it again from an onscreen menu (search for "S3 unlock code *#197328640#"). And your phone will report an unmodified status at the end.

mrwhite0732 said:
Hey there!
So here's my situation: I recently got rid of a Rogers cellphone plan and decided to sell my GS3. Someone I know, immediately showed interest and decided to buy it from me. Good! At that moment, the device was locked to Rogers and was running stock Samsung GS3 (SGH-i747M) firmware.
That person decided to play with the phone, try to root it, flash Cyanogenmod or whatever it may be, and having failed several times, he decided to return the phone and get his money back. I shouldn't have accepted to reimburse him knowing how much he fiddled with it but I did.
Anyways too late now. The good thing is that I believe the phone is 100% functional (it boots, runs perfect and under system info shows everything as usual except under Status > Device Status, it shows modified.
I am not 100% sure of that what means but I believe it has something to do with a modified ROM or something like that.
That person supposedly unlocked the device because he was with another carrier.
Now I am putting the phone in the classifieds. Obviously I would like to have the phone back to 100% factory settings and ROM, no aftermarket stuff whatsoever BUT I'd like to keep it unlocked (if that's possible).
That way, it will be easier to resell.
So here's my questions:
What does "Device Status: Modified" really means?
How can I find out if the phone has been altered in any ways?
If it has been altered, is there a LINUX based procedure to restore EVERYTHING back to factory?
If I restore whatever has to be restored, will it re-lock the device?
As you can see, I am a total noob in that field. I would appreciate if someone can help me to prepare this device to be resold.
I don't want to cause any problems to anyone, that wouldn't be fair.
I appreciate. Thanks!!!
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Give this a shot.........works well. I've used it a number of times on both my phones ( SH-I747M/SH-I747 )
[ROM/RESTORE][AT&T/ROGERS/TELUS/BELL]Return to UNROOTED STOCK WITH FLASH COUNT RESET
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2363882
Once the phone is unlocked it will stay that way whether you go back to stock or not.

I think I made a brick (Sasktel Samsung Galaxy S3 SGH-i747m)

Hello... I recently bricked my phone. I was running MrRobinsons root injected Bell ROM on my sasktel S3 (radio wouldn't work with the sasktel rom)... Everything was going great for months.... I had xposed framework installed and all was fine.... Had the Wanam Exposed module installed and the visual tweaks worked good too... I had the STATUS changed to OFFICIAL as it was showing custom (didn't think nothing of it just thought it was kewl I could change it cosmetically)....
So the KNOX counter was tripped so I couldn't install anything OTA... no big deal.... But when the update came out from sasktel for my phone it offered to update to Kitkat 4.4.2... I was shocked lol.... So I installed the update knowing I would lose root, but I wanted to try out Kitkat....
Everything seemed to work OK... Downloaded... Installed... Rebooted.... Had some errors (root access not granted)... I then Rebooted my phone.... Screen went black.... And that is where it sits.... No response to anything I do... Doesn't power on... Doesn't go into recovery MODE or download mode, doesn't even show if the battery is charging.... I bought a USB jig to try to get into download mode... That didn't work... Tried plugging into computer but gives driver error "QHSUSB_DLOAD".... Aside from replacing the board inside or sending away to get it jtag'd .... Is there anything else I could try? I'm assuming I screwed it up by trying to update a BELL rom with a sasktel update.... Any help or advice would be tremendously appreciated... Thank you
I'm not desperate to have it fixed as I replaced it with an S4 but wanted it for a spare or for my kids....

Night_1 said:
Hello... I recently bricked my phone. I was running MrRobinsons root injected Bell ROM on my sasktel S3 (radio wouldn't work with the sasktel rom)... Everything was going great for months.... I had xposed framework installed and all was fine.... Had the Wanam Exposed module installed and the visual tweaks worked good too... I had the STATUS changed to OFFICIAL as it was showing custom (didn't think nothing of it just thought it was kewl I could change it cosmetically)....
So the KNOX counter was tripped so I couldn't install anything OTA... no big deal.... But when the update came out from sasktel for my phone it offered to update to Kitkat 4.4.2... I was shocked lol.... So I installed the update knowing I would lose root, but I wanted to try out Kitkat....
Everything seemed to work OK... Downloaded... Installed... Rebooted.... Had some errors (root access not granted)... I then Rebooted my phone.... Screen went black.... And that is where it sits.... No response to anything I do... Doesn't power on... Doesn't go into recovery MODE or download mode, doesn't even show if the battery is charging.... I bought a USB jig to try to get into download mode... That didn't work... Tried plugging into computer but gives driver error "QHSUSB_DLOAD".... Aside from replacing the board inside or sending away to get it jtag'd .... Is there anything else I could try? I'm assuming I screwed it up by trying to update a BELL rom with a sasktel update.... Any help or advice would be tremendously appreciated... Thank you
I'm not desperate to have it fixed as I replaced it with an S4 but wanted it for a spare or for my kids....
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If the Jig isn't working, Jtag might be your your cheapest option.
I think the error happened cause you didn't remove root prior to flashing the update. That being said, it shouldn't have even let you install it while rooted.

Yeah... I know... Every time I checked for update before it said system had been modified and wouldn't allow it....
Then when the option to update popped up I was kind of shocked.... But figured I would OTA and reroot after if I wanted... Didn't think I would brick it, but sasktel update on a bell rom wasn't good I guess... Wasn't even thinking about that aspect hehe..
Is there anywhere reliable to send away to get it jtag'd?
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Night_1 said:
Yeah... I know... Every time I checked for update before it said system had been modified and wouldn't allow it....
Then when the option to update popped up I was kind of shocked.... But figured I would OTA and reroot after if I wanted... Didn't think I would brick it, but sasktel update on a bell rom wasn't good I guess... Wasn't even thinking about that aspect hehe..
Is there anywhere reliable to send away to get it jtag'd?
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mobiletechvideos.com is a very well known one around here that offers the service.

BWolf56 said:
mobiletechvideos.com is a very well known one around here that offers the service.
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Thank you very much

[Q] Need to unroot my phone.

So, I recently "rooted" my phone. With the aid of KingoRoot. Which was a bit troublesome at first cause I didn't exactly know how to handle the forever boot loop but it didn't take me long. Anyways.
After I rooted I couldn't use Samsung's Screen Mirror feature. After a couple of quick searches, I learned that I couldn't use the feature because I rooted my phone. It displayed an error which says something about a hardware issue. I want the feature back.
So I decided to unroot. I thought I did. Using, again, KingoRoot. But the error was still there and I couldn't use the feature.
I misread my android version number As 4.2.2 so I decided to update my phone as well (It was actually 4.2.2.). When I went to the software update menu and pressed update now and pressed okay, it says "The operating system on your device has been modified in an unauthorized way. Try downloading software updates using Samsung Kies on your PC, or visit a customer service center."
So I thought the root wasn't fully removed. Once again, I rooted my phone using KingoRoot. but this time used SuperSU to unroot. This also produced the same result and I still have not been able to use the feature.
I tried to use Kies. Tried Firmware upgrade and initialization. Didn't work. Tried several times. It always "fails",
My friend suggested that I use Odin to flash the stock firmware. So I went to Sammobile. Entered my model number and found lots of firmware and was confused cause I couldnt find matching firmware. Anyone know how I could get the right firmware? Or a better way to unroot?
I used "*#1234#" To get this information: AP: N7100XXUFNE1, CP: N7100XXUFND3, CSC: N7100XAFNE1.