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Did anybody else receive an OTA this morning?

Bought my GS4 yesturday, this morning around 10am i got an OTA that was about 28mb. Not sure what that OTA did because i cant find any change log anywhere or anybody else talking about it...does anybody know anything?
Build Number is JDQ39.I337MVLUAMDL
On Rogers in Canada

You should probably have put down Rogers on the thread title. I didn't receive anything but I am no AT&T. But one more thing, I was talking in this other thread with the Canadian carrier guys. Is your Contacts and phone app white or black / blue?

Even though I'm on AT&T, I am happy for Rogers customers. Can anyone elaborate on what this update does? Hopefully it addresses the lag?

On US AT&T and no OTA. I wouldn't download any OTA's though just in-case they address the hacked bootloader.

@geoldr: The OTA was launched by Samsung globally.
Good to see you again P-Pat! I got the notification, but rooted before installing in case there was patch to stop root. After I tried to install and it said my phone has been modified and updates are not available. I am now searching to figure out how to install this....
For news on the update, see here: http://gadgets.ndtv.com/mobiles/news/samsung-galaxy-s4-receives-first-software-update-362298

David Dee said:
@geoldr: The OTA was launched by Samsung globally.
Good to see you again P-Pat! I got the notification, but rooted before installing in case there was patch to stop root. After I tried to install and it said my phone has been modified and updates are not available. I am now searching to figure out how to install this....
For news on the update, see here: http://gadgets.ndtv.com/mobiles/news/samsung-galaxy-s4-receives-first-software-update-362298
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I'm a bit confused at this. Even if Samsung releases an update, we won't get it instantly because the carriers have to test it out and everything right? Hasn't this always been the case or am I missing something?

geoldr said:
I'm a bit confused at this. Even if Samsung releases an update, we won't get it instantly because the carriers have to test it out and everything right? Hasn't this always been the case or am I missing something?
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From what I have read, so far it has been launched on Sprint, Rogers and the international version. I am sure AT&T will come soon. Samsung launches the updates, but the carriers distribute them...that is why Android version updates have different timing for different carriers.

David Dee said:
From what I have read, so far it has been launched on Sprint, Rogers and the international version. I am sure AT&T will come soon. Samsung launches the updates, but the carriers distribute them...that is why Android version updates have different timing for different carriers.
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I see. Now just to find out what this update does.
For now I will be staying away from it. I don't want anything locking up the chance of unlocking the bootloader.

geoldr said:
I see. Now just to find out what this update does.
For now I will be staying away from it. I don't want anything locking up the chance of unlocking the bootloader.
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This! I just rooted my phone this morning finally and froze the AT&T Software Update and FWUpdater. Should protect me from the OTA when it comes over to AT&T correct?

Thermalwolf said:
This! I just rooted my phone this morning finally and froze the AT&T Software Update and FWUpdater. Should protect me from the OTA when it comes over to AT&T correct?
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Yeah. I dont think the firmware installs without the user accepting it anyways.

geoldr said:
Yeah. I dont think the firmware installs without the user accepting it anyways.
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Somewhere I read they can force push security updates onto the phone without you even having to accept it. This is something I think they would do over the bootloader to prevent people from stopping the patch.

Thermalwolf said:
This! I just rooted my phone this morning finally and froze the AT&T Software Update and FWUpdater. Should protect me from the OTA when it comes over to AT&T correct?
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It will save you from an annoying notification, but you have to click to initiate the install. Also, if you are are rooted, the ota won't work. You are safe.

Thermalwolf said:
Somewhere I read they can force push security updates onto the phone without you even having to accept it. This is something I think they would do over the bootloader to prevent people from stopping the patch.
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Really? Well in that case I need to root and block those services. I've been waiting for an unlock and then was gonna root it.

David Dee said:
It will save you from an annoying notification, but you have to click to initiate the install. Also, if you are are rooted, the ota won't work. You are safe.
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I figured with this method of root it wouldn't effect the update since we weren't messing with the firmware.

Thermalwolf said:
I figured with this method of root it wouldn't effect the update since we weren't messing with the firmware.
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This is Sammy's doing, seems like they are taking a harder line this time around. I used the exact same method on my TF300 and OTAs work like a charm.

geoldr said:
You should probably have put down Rogers on the thread title. I didn't receive anything but I am no AT&T. But one more thing, I was talking in this other thread with the Canadian carrier guys. Is your Contacts and phone app white or black / blue?
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its black blue
David Dee said:
@geoldr: The OTA was launched by Samsung globally.
Good to see you again P-Pat! I got the notification, but rooted before installing in case there was patch to stop root. After I tried to install and it said my phone has been modified and updates are not available. I am now searching to figure out how to install this....
For news on the update, see here: http://gadgets.ndtv.com/mobiles/news/samsung-galaxy-s4-receives-first-software-update-362298
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Thanks Bud!! Nice to see you too. On the screenshot you posted, it doesnt match up to mine. It was 28mb and it didnt have any mention of ''improved stability''. Im really wondering what that was, maybe the canadien version of that european release. Also the build number doesnt match up
geoldr said:
I'm a bit confused at this. Even if Samsung releases an update, we won't get it instantly because the carriers have to test it out and everything right? Hasn't this always been the case or am I missing something?
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not always, i received 2 updates on the GS3 that were released from sammy and did not go through carrier testing, unless they did it so uniformly that it didnt seem like it, but then again, telus and bell got it the same day rogers did, but those updates were stability and securtiy related, they didnt bring any features, so i guess it really depends on what the updates changes
This link confirms what David Dee was saying, it also matches my build number and size of update
http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/0...iving-its-first-ota-update-build-l720vpuamdl/

I wouldnt worry too much about OTAs anymore since AdamOutler has an Odin flashable current firmware up in the dev forums.

polish_pat said:
its black blue
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Now see thats weird. AT&T version everything is white. Messaging app is white dialer is white contacts are white.
I wonder why...

David Dee said:
This is Sammy's doing, seems like they are taking a harder line this time around. I used the exact same method on my TF300 and OTAs work like a charm.
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So what you're saying is I can still install OTA's if I rooted with motochopper? But as long as I have the ota update files frozen I shouldn't have to worry?

Thermalwolf said:
So what you're saying is I can still install OTA's if I rooted with motochopper? But as long as I have the ota update files frozen I shouldn't have to worry?
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No, once rooted the otas will not work because it detects device modification.

Any luck yet

So as title says any luck with rooting the lollipop update yet? I updated without thinking and now I am stuck without root

from my understanding, you can still root with the Chainfire, battery pull method as long as you do the OTA or stock Loly update first.

joselv456 said:
So as title says any luck with rooting the lollipop update yet? I updated without thinking and now I am stuck without root
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Root and Lollipop are working fine on many devices. Also your question is pretty much meaningless without a model number. Each carrier's phone is different.

Yeah sorry I figured since I posted in this forum it was self explanatory don't mean to sound rude but yeah sprint note edge haven't had any luck rooting after lollipop update did official update as well thanks

joselv456 said:
Yeah sorry I figured since I posted in this forum it was self explanatory don't mean to sound rude but yeah sprint note edge haven't had any luck rooting after lollipop update did official update as well thanks
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This is the general Note Edge Q&A. Issues for every carrier go here. Sprint should root fine with CF-Auto-Root and TWRP, just as in KitKat.

Once again sorry but I must be doing something wrong after all cant seem to get it right here aee my steps boot to dl mode open odin 3.07 click pda open autoroot it fails pull out battery wait one min then go back to dl mode open another odin try flashing twrp still fails any suggestions thanks in advance

joselv456 said:
So as title says any luck with rooting the lollipop update yet? I updated without thinking and now I am stuck without root
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What is yours version of note edge?

joselv456 said:
Once again sorry but I must be doing something wrong after all cant seem to get it right here aee my steps boot to dl mode open odin 3.07 click pda open autoroot it fails pull out battery wait one min then go back to dl mode open another odin try flashing twrp still fails any suggestions thanks in advance
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What version of TWRP are you flashing? I have not needed to wait one minute or perform any other fancy steps. I just flash TWRP immediately after CF-auto-root.
drakulinho said:
What is yours version of note edge?
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He has specified already that it is a Sprint Note Edge (SM-N915P)

2.8.01 i think ill have to check when i get home later on.

No root here, on ATT model.
Probably we're not gonna get any further since the popularity of this certain device is quite low.
It feels like only a handful of us have this device LOL!

Lol yeah sometimes i feel that way as well.

VeryCoolAlan said:
No root here, on ATT model.
Probably we're not gonna get any further since the popularity of this certain device is quite low.
It feels like only a handful of us have this device LOL!
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AT&T models have a locked bootloader. That's an entirely different issue.

Software update

Just received it.

jkeith1 said:
Just received it.
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Looks like it was just a modem update. Nothing too serious.
Only difference that I can make our is teh baseband updated from G935TUVU1APB6 to G935TUVU1APB8
Modem updates are generally about that size too if I'm not mistaken.

Binary100100 said:
Looks like it was just a modem update. Nothing too serious.
Only difference that I can make our is teh baseband updated from G935TUVU1APB6 to G935TUVU1APB8
Modem updates are generally about that size too if I'm not mistaken.
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So this should not effect the bootloader? Its the one thing most people are afraid of messing up in fear of no future root.

Kilroy672 said:
So this should not effect the bootloader? Its the one thing most people are afraid of messing up in fear of no future root.
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Hard to tell without looking at the actual update. They could have added something else into it that's just not showing up in the ABOUT section.

Got mine this morning as well.

Did it earlier this morning, so far so good, not noticing anything unusal.
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Kilroy672 said:
So this should not effect the bootloader? Its the one thing most people are afraid of messing up in fear of no future root.
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Isn't the bootloader locked? I thought root was dead as it is.

Maybe its a quiet update that will allow us to unlock the bootloader . Anyone toy with it yet? Wishful thinking im sure, but stranger things have happened.

DRSdroid said:
Maybe its a quiet update that will allow us to unlock the bootloader . Anyone toy with it yet? Wishful thinking im sure, but stranger things have happened.
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Yes still locked

duvalbmarley said:
Yes still locked
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Doh!

Supposed to be a security update according to tmo site, but security still showing Feb security
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Anyone have any changes to report with new firmware?

Software Update force closing.
I did the 41mb update we all got, and now every time it checks for software updates I get a force close. I haven't tried resetting yet, it's kind of a pain, but has anyone else encountered this?

Binary100100 said:
Looks like it was just a modem update. Nothing too serious.
Only difference that I can make our is teh baseband updated from G935TUVU1APB6 to G935TUVU1APB8
Modem updates are generally about that size too if I'm not mistaken.
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During the update, it seemed the device goes into Download mode, flashes new radios and firmware. Yay stability?

For me boot time is noticeably slower, and I have more trouble with apps on the sd card not having icons/being available for much longer at boot than before the update. Tests of sd transfer speeds are somewhat slower post update.

After the update, my wireless connection is TERRIBLE.
At first I thought my wireless router, but everything else in the house works great :-\ If I turn off the wifi, everything is normal. I'm glad I have truly unlimited LTE, because this is going to be annoying until they release an update patch.
I've already booted to bootloader and cleared the cache, no help. It's like a delay in connecting to anything wireless... Speedtest won't run because it times out on the ping test.
Hangouts works, but it's delayed. When I type a message, it says, "sending...." for about 20 seconds before it sends. :-\
If this is a nuisance at work all day today, I'll probably just backup everything and push the original stock rom from KIES.

Hey guys. New bug in the camera when trying to shoot in raw mode where the driver locks up and doesn't recover until a reboot. Video below.

Vexamus said:
Hey guys. New bug in the camera when trying to shoot in raw mode where the driver locks up and doesn't recover until a reboot. Video below.
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I don't seem to have this issue.

Anyone know how to remove the notification? I dont wanna updatte mine ?
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wawaweewa said:
Anyone know how to remove the notification? I dont wanna updatte mine ?
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I would imagine force stopping the system update software would get rid of the message and then using something like Package Disabler Pro to disable it would prevent it from checking again.

Software update!!!!! Should I update or?

Just today around 5am pst I got a software update for my s7 has anyone else got it? Should I update or avoid it? I attached two screenshots of what It says!

After updating, you will not be able to downgrade to the old software because of updates to the security policy.
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"No take-backsies! -T-Mobile/Samsung"

I would only do it if you want the patch and your phone is not rooted.

ruapotato said:
I would only do it if you want the patch and your phone is not rooted.
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But then again I do want root so I don't want to risk it

Mine just got something too

That's a sizeable update at 216mb !
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PunishedSnake said:
Mine just got something too
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I got this too, let's hope it's fixes battery drain

How do you root when bootloader is not even available?
I just update. The SD reminder thing is still there after a cold boot.

chong67 said:
How do you root when bootloader is not even available?
I just update. The SD reminder thing is still there after a cold boot.
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I don't think we will ever see that fixed the right way. I'm 99% convinced it's a hardware issue.

My update is running now. Agree the update is pretty big. If this fixes battery drain, no need for root for me.... Between package disabler pro + runtime permissions, not much is needed anymore for root. The only thing is some are saying if you use package disabler pro, there can be more battery issues than not because the OS tries to reference those disabled packages. I'm not sure how that would be any different though if you froze them with titanium backup or something

sent from my bootloader locked $700 SM-G930T.

kurplop said:
sent from my bootloader locked $700 SM-G930T.
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I seen that too not sure what it means if that's a bootloader menu then not sure how to access it
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I installed the update. My phone rebooted and after I log in it goes to a black screen that says "Installing applications" with a progress bar that never shows any progress. Not sure what is going on and how to get back to my launcher. When I select the recent apps button I can see my recent apps and interact with them. It is just the launcher and pull down notification shade that are not running so I can't launch anything else.
Any ideas how to fix it?
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Never mind. I just needed to be patient
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So has anyone tried to flash TWRP with ODIN since this update?

seanvree said:
So has anyone tried to flash TWRP with ODIN since this update?
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If you link me to the file I'll try
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seanvree said:
So has anyone tried to flash TWRP with ODIN since this update?
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Same error secure boot recovery failed
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seanvree said:
So has anyone tried to flash TWRP with ODIN since this update?
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Twrp was avail for the s7?

THORMUNZ said:
Twrp was avail for the s7?
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Yes it's in the international s7 thread qcom twrp and our device is listed
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The last paragraph says it all. If someone is working on an exploit to unlock the bootloader in it's current state, and you take the update, * After updating , you will not be able to downgrade to the old software because of updates to the security policy. * Then you would need to wait for the next exploit to come out to get past the new security updates.

Whatever, the phone is great stock with package disabler. Only thing I might want root for is unlimited tethering.

Latest update.

I've received this update... Now I'm rooted already. I don't know what to do... Should I update it or leave it as it is since I'm using xposed as well.
Will I have to root the phone again?
I've got twrp already installed.
Any instructions?

You can't even take the update if you're root it will just fail to install

wow, this is a pretty big update.

I am on build QB3, anyone else have this? Ive not seen much on it

I don't understand what it's for. I tried to download it but it says I'm out of space even though I have space to install

zune70 said:
You can't even take the update if you're root it will just fail to install
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I'm rooted, which is what's confusing me. I still have a notification on my settings

jafferkhan said:
I'm rooted, which is what's confusing me. I still have a notification on my settings
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What rom are you on?

zune70 said:
What rom are you on?
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There you go

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There you go
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No where did you download your rom from? Did you root by yourself or did you download a rom on here that was already rooted?

I didn't download it from anywhere, when I got the phone, it was on lollipop, checked updates and there was one, after the update I came on 6.0.1
After a few weeks, I rooted it. Now I've this update

And yes I rooted the phone myself, after using odin to flash twrp

jafferkhan said:
And yes I rooted the phone myself, after using odin to flash twrp
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Ok since you rooted yourself it's going to show the update. Roms like https://forum.xda-developers.com/sp...g900p-pk1-stock-deodexed-marshmallow-t3521415 the developer disable the update notice for that. Think there's a rule you can flash through twrp to disable that too but idk where it is. A it's somewhere I this forum but it's been a while since I could remember where

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Ok since you rooted yourself it's going to show the update. Roms like https://forum.xda-developers.com/sp...g900p-pk1-stock-deodexed-marshmallow-t3521415 the developer disable the update notice for that. Think there's a rule you can flash through twrp to disable that too but idk where it is. A it's somewhere I this forum but it's been a while since I could remember where
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But how can I take the update? What's it about? Is there any new feature that we're probably missing?

No you can't take the update unless you unroot. All the new updates for this phone are all security updates and that's it. There's no new features of your on 6.0.1. Anything past pca roms were just security updates. Sprint has been releasing new updates every month for this device but it's all security updates.