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T-Mo update

T-mo is pushing an update but when I try to install it the phone goes into recovery mode. I can't get the update done.
Any suggestions?

Are you rooted?
Clockwork or stock or the little arrow on your phone or the open box kinda thing?
More info please.
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Rooted with Clockwork.

JosephL said:
Rooted with Clockwork.
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I'm pretty sure you have to be unrooted & on stock if you want the update.

And installing that update could cost you S-OFF if its packing a bootloader.

You don't want the update if you are rooted! Anything tmo wants to send to your phone is old crappy software that you don't want on your phone. Why are people so worried about what the carrier's are trying to send through ota?
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How can I turn the auto update off? It keeps popping up and won't go away.

JosephL said:
How can I turn the auto update off? It keeps popping up and won't go away.
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Are you using the stock rom that came with the phone?
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Royal Glacier Rom.

It's probably because you are on a froyo based rom. Try a gingerbread rom and the notification may go away.
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I'm almost certain you need to be un-rooted for Tmo to be able to detect your system.
Try un-rooting the phone first and check for system update.
Lu
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I am unrooted and keep getting the system update also. I just started getting it after doing a factory data reset.

AnonymouslyAnonymous said:
I am unrooted and keep getting the system update also. I just started getting it after doing a factory data reset.
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What's are you trying to get at

Mr.Highway said:
What's are you trying to get at
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I meant to say that I am rooted and am getting the system update from t-mobile. I have been rooted for over a year until recently I did a factory reset and started getting the system update.
How do I disable or get rid of the annoying system update?

AnonymouslyAnonymous said:
I meant to say that I am rooted and am getting the system update from t-mobile. I have been rooted for over a year until recently I did a factory reset and started getting the system update.
How do I disable or get rid of the annoying system update?
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Flash a new ROM, or extract from cyanogenmod the fotakill apk. Put that in the system/apps then reboot.

Thanks for the FOTAKill info
I am a noob in this community and used to manually kill that process every time without realizing what it was for.
Thanks.

any idea about this picture?

what's wrong with this phone?
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There's nothing 'wrong' with it. It was more than likely rooted via the Odin recovery method, so now it will show custom at every boot.
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the Custom Padlock Unlocked screen., it look like you freeze SysScope.apk?
check here probably you can find a solution
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29462530#post29462530

I'm more than certain that it's happening to those who flashed the custom boot.img in Odin for root access early on. Happened to me as well. Ended up doing a complete factory restore using the stock image and it disappeared. I've rooted via the new method, am running Synergy Rom, and the custom screen no longer shows.
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what happen was I accidently put gnex sim card into s3.

Nit3mare said:
I'm more than certain that it's happening to those who flashed the custom boot.img in Odin for root access early on. Happened to me as well. Ended up doing a complete factory restore using the stock image and it disappeared. I've rooted via the new method, am running Synergy Rom, and the custom screen no longer shows.
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the new method that you mention is the ones from Noxius Ninja?

kpark67 said:
what happen was I accidently put gnex sim card into s3.
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That won't make custom show up.
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juancaperez2000 said:
the new method that you mention is the ones from Noxius Ninja?
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Yep, that's the one.
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but thats what happened. gnex running 4.1.1 and s3 rooted.

kpark67 said:
but thats what happened. gnex running 4.1.1 and s3 rooted.
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All the sim card is for is for connecting to Verizon (somewhat like AT&T's sim cards) putting the sim card from your Nexus wouldn't mean anything.

As Nit3mare said s3 was rooted using boot.img but until now there was no unlocked padlock image when booting ( at least i power off the phone twice a day). It just showed up after accidental sim card swap.

kpark67 said:
but thats what happened. gnex running 4.1.1 and s3 rooted.
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Right, you say the s3 is rooted. There's your issue.
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And as far as your sim card theory goes, I came straight from the Gnex myself. Popped my sim card in, was good to go with no issues. It's the boot image used.
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it's not sim card theory. I just want to know what did trigger this. after reflashing to stock it had been gone for a while. root the phone using Noxius Ninja's tool then put back everything on the phone again like root explorer, tb, rom manager etc.. Now unlocked padlock image is back then device stature is from NORMAL to MODIFED. probably one of those apps which needs root access. now i suspect cwm. but as long as i could go back to stock i should have no problem.

I doubt you've completely reverted to stock. Flashing a stock rom is not reverting to complete stock. The reason why you are getting the custom screen, is because of the Odin root method, and that's that.

[Q] {q} HELP! MORON ATTACK! This thing is like a soap opera

So, yesterday, I had a perfectly functioning, stock 4.1.1/rooted unit.
Got a little frisky and decided to try out Liquid Smooth. Flashed that through recovery (it's a 4.2.1 Beta 2) but forgot to do the bootlocker.
The latest LS has a Bluetooth sound problem that's pretty bad. So, I thought I'd switch over to CM10.1, their 4.2.1 effort.
Well, without the bootlocker in place, you can pretty much guess how that worked out.
So now, I've odin'ed a variety of roms and so forth; no clue what happened to my backup.
My main focus has been what I call the dunce-cap routine, of going back to stock and starting over.
The problem? I did that and now I'm stuck in roaming mode and my calls don't work.
I'm dead without this phone (considering how long I've been working on this, since 8 pm or so yesterday except for a couple of hours of sleep, I might be dead, period.) and I've got to have one functioning. It's so bad that I'm considering just trashing it and buying another one, even thought THAT would hurt.
Almost everything I try winds up either getting the yellow triangle or the odin fail.
Now, thanks to some help I've gotten here that focused me into understanding this total screw up is MY fault completely, I believe I know what has to be done.
The plan was to go back to stock, root and DO THE DAMNED BOOTLOCKER, then go back into CM10.1 and make some changes in subscribing to CDMA or something (don't have that in front of me this second) to get the phone part of the phone operational but I can't get there.
In the guide here I have completed step 1, flashing the factory image.
The next step is blowing me up. I have used the file I have for the Recovery: CWM6023TouchVZW.tar.md5.tar, maybe 4 times.
NOW when I try it, odin fails and the phone tells me "secure check fail : recovery."
And help would be appreciated. Before I feed this thing to my Doberman Cavalier Spaniel. Or something.

Have you tried Odin with a completely stock rom?
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Jarredw said:
Have you tried Odin with a completely stock rom?
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Yup. Completely stock rom is installed. The next step was installing the recovery... and using a file that I had used before, that's where I'm running into the problem of the secure check fail.
That very file HAS worked before, 3 or 4 times with no problem.

Why does the file end in ".tar.md5.tar"? It's supposed to end in ".tar.md5" Since owning this phone, I've never seen a file with ".tar" twice in the file name.
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kage87z said:
Yup. Completely stock rom is installed. The next step was installing the recovery... and using a file that I had used before, that's where I'm running into the problem of the secure check fail.
That very file HAS worked before, 3 or 4 times with no problem.
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Disregard that, I'll be back in a minute with some help. I'm pretty sure the new boot chain will not except custom recovery. Try this guide.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35418324
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If you were able to Odin a stock rom then Odin a stock rom that has been pre rooted and then just use ez recovery from the play store to flash cwm
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kintwofan said:
Disregard that, I'll be back in a minute with some help. I'm pretty sure the new boot chain will not except custom recovery. Try this guide.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35418324
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OK.... working this.
Looks good. Booted into the rom with no warnings... It says "pass."

Jarredw said:
If you were able to Odin a stock rom then Odin a stock rom that has been pre rooted and then just use ez recovery from the play store to flash cwm
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this was going to be my suggestion also.

ddurandSGS3 said:
this was going to be my suggestion also.
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Any suggestions as to where I might get one of those?
The 5 minute time limit can be a PITA.

SlimSnoopOS said:
Why does the file end in ".tar.md5.tar"? It's supposed to end in ".tar.md5" Since owning this phone, I've never seen a file with ".tar" twice in the file name.
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The problem is that when I unzip it, I don't get an md5 file, I get an "image" file of some sort.

kage87z said:
Any suggestions as to where I might get one of those?
The 5 minute time limit can be a PITA.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1974114
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Update: OK... have gone through the guide which went brilliantly.
Now, do I just boot this thing into recovery and flash the CM10.1?
Is there anything I've overlooked? Anything else I need to do?
And do I do the factory reset/wipe dalvik and the rest before, or after?
I presume I have to use ezlock to unlock the bootloader again after this, right?

No, you still need to unlock bootloader and backup your IMEI. You may want to do quite a bit of reading, CM 10 is not as easy to fix some of the potential problems that you could possibly encounter.
I am not hating on them, but don't think it is as simple as one of the TW ROMS.

HHF2 said:
No, you still need to unlock bootloader and backup your IMEI. You may want to do quite a bit of reading, CM 10 is not as easy to fix some of the potential problems that you could possibly encounter.
I am not hating on them, but don't think it is as simple as one of the TW ROMS.
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When I try this method to back up the IMEI it doesn't do anything after entering the *#7284# and if I hit the phone, it just sends me to a Verizon intercept operator.
The only reason I'm trying to get into a 4.2.1 ROM again was this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=36396278&postcount=5
Just flash cm10.1 and fix your mobile settings. CDMA subscription > ruim/sim and toggle airplane mode.
This isn't the first time someone has had this problem.
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4.1.1 doesn't have this capability, and up to now, I haven't seen any other way to address the original issue.

Of you followed the guide I linked you are unlocked with cwm so boot into recovery wipe caches and reset and flash cm10.1 and gapps. First verify you are unlocked
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kintwofan said:
Of you followed the guide I linked you are unlocked with cwm so boot into recovery wipe caches and reset and flash cm10.1 and gapps. First verify you are unlocked
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OK, using EZLock I unlocked it successfully, but the status in EZLock is still listed as "unknown."

kage87z said:
The only reason I'm trying to get into a 4.2.1 ROM again was this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=36396278&postcount=5
Just flash cm10.1 and fix your mobile settings. CDMA subscription > ruim/sim and toggle airplane mode.
This isn't the first time someone has had this problem.
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4.1.1 doesn't have this capability, and up to now, I haven't seen any other way to address the original issue.
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If you can't figure it out you can pm me
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kage87z said:
OK, using EZLock I unlocked it successfully, but the status in EZLock is still listed as "unknown."
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Just power on your phone if Samsung flashes very fast you're unlocked
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kintwofan said:
Just power on your phone if Samsung flashes very fast you're unlocked
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OK... it did... I'm going for it.
Stuck on "waiting for network."
Used the four taps method to get past it
I have no APN listed..

kage87z said:
OK... it did... I'm going for it.
Stuck on "waiting for network."
Used the four taps method to get past it
I have no APN listed..
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Have you changed the subscription type to sim and toggled airplane mode
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New Update Out

Just pulled in a new update on my s3 so let's pray it's the fix for mobile data. Will post up build number when finished. Build is I535VRBMF1 android 4.1.2 and was a pretty small update.

Is there multiwindow?
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Oh good.. That sounds like a new update. Hopefully that means InvisibleK will package a new AIO with the new modem/rpm/sbls for us.
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Multi Window is still there.
Currently not being productive on my S3.
---------- Post added at 12:23 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:18 AM ----------
Build number I535VRBMF1
Currently not being productive on my S3.

http://www.droid-life.com/2013/06/1...hopefully-this-addresses-connectivity-issues/
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Can anyone post the update file?
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bricked my phone
So I am pretty new to the community and have only rooted my phone for use of ARliberator. I recently took the MD3 OTA and the signal was crap, now I get the new update this am MF3 and it bricked my phone with the message "system software not authorized by vzw take to store" blah blah. I tried this using voodoo root keeper with out un-rooting first.
Guessing my only option is to flash back in odin mode or is there some recovery that I can try? I have everything backed up with titanium pro. how would I reload all of that after I flash?

Chadashcroft22 said:
...and was a pretty small update.
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How small ? The previous update that they pulled was just under 130mb as I recall. This one should be very close to the same size unless it's a firmware update only and the "premium suite" will come later.

jdrama12 said:
So I am pretty new to the community and have only rooted my phone for use of ARliberator. I recently took the MD3 OTA and the signal was crap, now I get the new update this am MF3 and it bricked my phone with the message "system software not authorized by vzw take to store" blah blah. I tried this using voodoo root keeper with out un-rooting first.
Guessing my only option is to flash back in odin mode or is there some recovery that I can try? I have everything backed up with titanium pro. how would I reload all of that after I flash?
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ODIN back to stock OEM , then take all the updates before rooting again. Make a full backup in recovery before using Titanium Backup to restore. Restoring Apps + data with TB can cause issues.

DigitalMD said:
ODIN back to stock OEM , then take all the updates before rooting again. Make a full backup in recovery before using Titanium Backup to restore. Restoring Apps + data with TB can cause issues.
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So after trying about 5 times my phone booted back up and is working. The update did not go through but my phone is working as it was before. I dont know why the recovery wouldnt boot at first unless it was the update blocking it for a few minutes.
Might have made the rookie mistake since I didnt do the temp un-root with voodoo, but I was trying to be innovative and see if it worked with out it like it did with the MD3 OTA.
Thanks for everyones help on here, teaching a noob like me new tricks.

just updated and kept root...data is appears fixed, thank god
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rsswga said:
just updated and kept root...data is appears fixed, thank god
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Can you give some more details on this? Did you use voodoo root keeper and how did you do it?
I am weary of trying again since it bricked my phone for about 10 minutes.

Updated: I535VRBMF1
I can actually send text messages again...! Cant wait to test 4G in areas it was disabled with the mb3 update.

i used rootkeeper and ezrecovery, flashed to stock recovery and then updated
lost root and had to reroot and unlock bootloader again...............just restarted phone
all good now with mf1
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Can you give some more details on this? Did you use voodoo root keeper and how did you do it?
I am weary of trying again since it bricked my phone for about 10 minutes.
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rsswga said:
i used rootkeeper and ezrecovery, flashed to stock recovery and then updated
lost root and had to reroot and unlock bootloader again...............just restarted phone
all good now with mf1
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Many thanks. I just was trying to do it with voodoo with out any flashing like I was able to for MD3 however I have tried it twice and it has not worked. I will do have to try the flashing method sometime after work.
Thanks for the help.

Any way I can remove twrp so I can take the update?
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jdrama12 said:
Many thanks. I just was trying to do it with voodoo with out any flashing like I was able to for MD3 however I have tried it twice and it has not worked. I will do have to try the flashing method sometime after work.
Thanks for the help.
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I tried just temp unrooting with voodokeeper, downloading and installing the update, and it worked and the phone loaded up phone and I was able to turn root back on with Voodkeeper no problem. I have two S3s, one is a mistake I made in getting a phone for a now ex that was supposed to pay their share of the bill, etc and didn't and I took the phone back. That's the one I experiment stuff with and tried it there with no problems. I'm afraid to do it without ODINing etc though on the phone I always use. The ex's phone never seems to have any problems with updates and re-rooting though.

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kidqwik said:
I tried just temp unrooting with voodokeeper, downloading and installing the update, and it worked and the phone loaded up phone and I was able to turn root back on with Voodkeeper no problem. I have two S3s, one is a mistake I made in getting a phone for a now ex that was supposed to pay their share of the bill, etc and didn't and I took the phone back. That's the one I experiment stuff with and tried it there with no problems. I'm afraid to do it without ODINing etc though on the phone I always use. The ex's phone never seems to have any problems with updates and re-rooting though.
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Glad to hear that method worked for you. I just tried it again and I get to right after it shuts off and get past the Samsung screen with RECOVERY in the top left in blue, to the yellow triangle saying "you have unauthorized VZW software...turn off device and take to store..." with SECURE:KERNEL in red in the top left...i think thats what it says.
Guessing flash method is all that will work for me, owell.
Thanks again.

Go to odin flash valrec or whatever it is then flash clockwork mod...flash the superuserfix that's used to root and unlock the bootloader...
sent from a violated Vzw Galaxy s3

rsswga said:
Go to odin flash valrec or whatever it is then flash clockwork mod...flash the superuserfix that's used to root and unlock the bootloader...
sent from a violated Vzw Galaxy s3
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Thanks, just not sure how it got locked on me unless MD3 did that. I will try that later when I am not at work though.

My phone says rooted but I don't think it is. And help?

I have a galaxy s4 att model. My phone was rooted a while back. I thought root was taken off but when I updated to kitkat the boot screen with the custom message showed up again and when trying to open an app like isis a message comes up saying that my phone is rooted and it can't work. I noticed supersu says disabled and I can't Uninstall it. I want to completely remove root but I don't wanna lose any data. How do I do this? I have a galaxy s4 on att running kitkat. Any help would be appreciated.

Wrong forum.

crammer04 said:
I have a galaxy s4 att model. My phone was rooted a while back. I thought root was taken off but when I updated to kitkat the boot screen with the custom message showed up again and when trying to open an app like isis a message comes up saying that my phone is rooted and it can't work. I noticed supersu says disabled and I can't Uninstall it. I want to completely remove root but I don't wanna lose any data. How do I do this? I have a galaxy s4 on att running kitkat. Any help would be appreciated.
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To answer your question anyway, install supersu from market run it, press menu go to settings and clean up & unroot.
Or you could keep root, and install an app that hides root for specific apps. I think it is called root cloak or something.
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I tried that and it says something about su binary not being imstalled
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