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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...
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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.

OTA after Root

I was wondering if anyone found a way to take ota after rooting. I have always had rooted devices and always ended up on custom roms. For now I would like to stay on the official rom and debloat a bit. Any ideas?

Pretty sure you can just flash back to stock and take ota, then re root. You normally need stock recovery to take ota, and be unrooted
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I can't believe i didnt think of that after I did the same thing with the S4. Thx for shining some light into my clouded mind lol

Root
I rooted yesterday night. Will I be able to odin back to official and receive OTA updates?

roadrunnrr said:
I rooted yesterday night. Will I be able to odin back to official and receive OTA updates?
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I tried this and update still wouldn't let me download the OTA.

Unless someone comes out with a way to revert the knox flag (which is said to be a perm flag) it won't ever be possible to be true factory again as all OTA's will now check for the tamper.
I think someone mentioned though you can manually install it, just the downloader/OTA wouldn't work.
If manually still wasn't possible I'm sure someone could remove the check from the update and you still get it that way but officially through Samsung you currently are probably stuck.
Ideally someone finds a way to reset the so called, perma flag.
If not the alternative might be finding a way to root the phone without flagging it, but in those cases it won't help those already flagged.
I know on HTC they had a similar type of flag, though didn't use it to check for update status. They flagged as Tampered or Re-locked for example.
However after some time we found how to reset those in some magical hidden area to blind write too (not talking about those that cheated to hide it via bootloader image edits)
At this point it's a wait and see game...
I hope someone finds fast though, I am stock and really want to get this bloat off my phone lol

I tried it myself now... Rooted and i couldnt even check for updates. Unrooted but device status was still custom. I had to go into the stock recovery and wipe everything and then Odin stock firmware to be able to check for updates
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roadrunnrr said:
I tried it myself now... Rooted and i couldnt even check for updates. Unrooted but device status was still custom. I had to go into the stock recovery and wipe everything and then Odin stock firmware to be able to check for updates
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When I tried this the update check still failed stating that I had a custom ROM.

Just checked for updates and it went through
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roadrunnrr said:
Just checked for updates and it went through
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Were you rooted then un-rooted?? Can you post the OTA file from your cache??

Yeah... Rooted then grabbed the whole factory md5 and restored that did it. Let me know where I can find the OTA and I'll post it. But I'm unrooted now so I don't know if it will work
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roadrunnrr said:
Yeah... Rooted then grabbed the whole factory md5 and restored that did it.
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Nice, Otherwise seems like a bad strategy on Samsung's part if they don't allow people who unroot and odin back to stock to take OTA's.. Why would a manufacture not want to offer a path back to stock for security updates and the chance to get a user back on a bloated rom full of there paid ad apps. Each time users do this there is a small percentage that won't either be able to re-root due to updates stopping the root method or just out of hassle. I understand the warranty flag but not why you wouldn't offer a path back to stock unless they are just being short sighted in an attempt to penalize people who root which won't have much effect..

I'd post the OTA like I said but I'm unrooted now.
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roadrunnrr said:
I'd post the OTA like I said but I'm unrooted now.
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So root!!

Still waiting to find out if I'll be able to get back to official and then check for updates after this update and root
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roadrunnrr said:
Still waiting to find out if I'll be able to get back to official and then check for updates after this update and root
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I can't seem to do it. Once I rooted and tripped the Knox flag bit the Update check won't let me download. But the error message says that I can still download and install updates using Kies.
I just fixed it. The problem is not the Knox flag but rather the fact that Custom was showing in Download mode instead of Official. I had to flash twice without my SDcard inserted to get to Official. Once I got to Official the update started to download.

rooted?
roadrunnrr said:
Still waiting to find out if I'll be able to get back to official and then check for updates after this update and root
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so what does it matter if a phone is rooted or not in terms of an OTA update from a phone that has already received it?....wouldn't you just upload it and apply it? shouldn't matter at all whether phone is rooted or not when you're updating the file received from an already received OTA phone update. It's just the acquisition of the update that's blocked, not the install. At least until the 5SS you could always just grab a copy of the OTA update and install.

dk2463 said:
so what does it matter if a phone is rooted or not in terms of an OTA update from a phone that has already received it?....wouldn't you just upload it and apply it? shouldn't matter at all whether phone is rooted or not when you're updating the file received from an already received OTA phone update. It's just the acquisition of the update that's blocked, not the install. At least until the 5SS you could always just grab a copy of the OTA update and install.
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No if you were completely stock and just root ...with stock recovery and no missing system files it could be done. ...it now has to say official for the ota to finish ....no other way
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but again, once a non-rooted phone receives the OTA update, you just pull the update from the phone and share it and even rooted phones can update...that's my point...am shocked no one is sharing their "received" OTA update
Epix4G said:
No if you were completely stock and just root ...with stock recovery and no missing system files it could be done. ...it now has to say official for the ota to finish ....no other way
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Patience.. I guess..
dk2463 said:
but again, once a non-rooted phone receives the OTA update, you just pull the update from the phone and share it and even rooted phones can update...that's my point...am shocked no one is sharing their "received" OTA update
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I gotta agree.. Most of my previous device OTA's were always dumped within hours of release really surprised this hasn't been yet. This is my first Samsung phone and I have liked the device but kinda disappointed in the XDA turnout so far. I am always appreciative of those who are here but I just thought with how popular the Galaxy line was there would be more dev support from day 1 but there hasn't been much so far. I know it's early and being CDMA/Sprint really limits us but seems like all my previous HTC devices on Sprint and the current M8 are getting way more action.. Oh well, but sure makes a jump to T-Mobile for the new Oneplus One Cyanogen phone sound tempting haha..
And thanks again to all those who are here and contributing!!!

[SUMMARY] Rooting and Roming the i337

The i337, S4 can be a very difficult device to come to grips with. With each firmware version there are new root methods and recoveries that can be used. The purpose of this guide to try to put all those in one place and provide a basic summary. There are many smarter than I who have done the hard work and I'll try to give them credit in this guide. If I've missed anyone please pm me or post here and I'll correct it.
FULL DISCLOSURE, I DON'T OWN THIS DEVICE AND NEVER HAVE. I JUST KNOW A LOT ABOUT IT. IF THERE ARE ANY ERRORS OR IF SOMETHING CAN BE CLEARER PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
The very first thing you need to know is what bootloader version you're on. To determine that go to menu, settings, more, about device. Look at the last three characters of your baseband or buildnumber. You'll be on either mdb, mdl, mf3, mk2, nb1, or nc1. NOTE, if you’ve flashed a modem your baseband may not reflect the current firmware version. Alternately if you’re rooted, for a definitive answer, in a terminal emulator on your phone type the commands:
su (return)
getprop ro.bootloader (return)​​
1. You're on MDB or MDL, your bootloader is easily exploited and you can use a common custom recovery, TWRP or CWM with loki. See this excellent guide by @ xBeerdrioDx, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2314494
2. You're on MF3 or MK2. DON'T TRY TO USE TWRP, CWM, ROM MANAGER, or TWRP MANAGER. My personal recommendation is to upgrade to NB1 (once you upgrade you will not be able to go back). To do that see @muniz_ri stock odin tar's at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2674223 . You'll need to extract the file using winrar or 7-zip. You'll end up with a .tar.md5 file. Use that in odin's PDA slot or AP slot if you're using odin 3.09. For odin I'd use this, http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...=9V2YMclcePs8PugxewUhmw&bvm=bv.73231344,d.b2U
NOTE: Using odin will wipe your device so backup everything up on your internal sd card that you want to keep to your PC.
To root, install Safetrap and flash your rom:
If you've used the rootable version to upgrade your firmware you can boot into your device and use towelroot to root it. Towelroot by @geohot can be found here. https://towelroot.com
Now download and install chainfire’s supersu apk from the play store, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.supersu&hl=en
Use Safestrap 3.72 as your custom recovery http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2448925
Before installing safestrap go to the play store and install SELinux Mode Changer, grant it root access and change mode to “permissive”, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mrbimc.selinux&hl=en
Flash your rom and the nb1 modules, https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=17227 Thanks to @guut13
NOTE: you can only use the stock rom slot
3. You’re on NB1. DON'T TRY TO USE TWRP, CWM, ROM MANAGER, or TWRP MANAGER. I’d take the OTA to NC1 which is rootable. Use towelroot to root and Safestrap 3.72, see above, but flash the nc1 modules.
4. You’re on NC1. DON'T TRY TO USE TWRP, CWM, ROM MANAGER, or TWRP MANAGER. Use towelroot to root and Safestrap 3.72, see above, but flash the nc1 modules
5. You’re on NI1. DON'T TRY TO USE TWRP, CWM, ROM MANAGER, or TWRP MANAGER. Use this by @muniz_ri http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-att/general/how-to-root-i337ucufni1-t2881298
And the most important link I can give you is the great work of @guut13 which is mandatory reading for everyone on the i337, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2616221

Thank you so much for posting this! You really ron the fear out of it for me.

Recoverable or brick?
I am so very bummed I did not come across this thread before I jumped feet first into playing with my new S4. Suffice it to say I did not know of the pitfalls involved, nor was I aware of the different S4 iterations.
I did not pay close attention to any of the things I was supposed to note. I know it's an i337 from ATT and that it was running 4.4.2. I rooted using towelroot and then tried to install TWRP using their interface available on Play marketplace. When I rebooted, I found that I was stuck in Odin mode. Having very quickly come up to speed on the complexities address in the OP, I'm going to try using the 4.4.2 Odin OTA all in one linked above to bring everything back to stock. Odin does connect and recognize the phone.
My question is...is there any hope this might work? I have no idea if I'm on MDB, MK2, MF3 or NB1. No way for me to find out that I know of.
Thanks!

magdelaine said:
I am so very bummed I did not come across this thread before I jumped feet first into playing with my new S4. Suffice it to say I did not know of the pitfalls involved, nor was I aware of the different S4 iterations.
I did not pay close attention to any of the things I was supposed to note. I know it's an i337 from ATT and that it was running 4.4.2. I rooted using towelroot and then tried to install TWRP using their interface available on Play marketplace. When I rebooted, I found that I was stuck in Odin mode. Having very quickly come up to speed on the complexities address in the OP, I'm going to try using the 4.4.2 Odin OTA all in one linked above to bring everything back to stock. Odin does connect and recognize the phone.
My question is...is there any hope this might work? I have no idea if I'm on MDB, MK2, MF3 or NB1. No way for me to find out that I know of.
Thanks!
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Yes, there's a lot of hope it'll work
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It worked!
jd1639 said:
Yes, there's a lot of hope it'll work
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Thank you so very much for saving me from myself. It worked! It took a long time to download but once I had it the process went off without a hitch. 30 minutes later I had it rooted again, but I think I'll hold off on trying any new ROMs and just use Titanium to remove the bloatware and stick with what I have.
Whew!

magdelaine said:
Thank you so very much for saving me from myself. It worked! It took a long time to download but once I had it the process went off without a hitch. 30 minutes later I had it rooted again, but I think I'll hold off on trying any new ROMs and just use Titanium to remove the bloatware and stick with what I have.
Whew!
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Just freeze bloat ware on titanium, don't delete it. That way if you freeze something that's needed you can simply unfreeze it
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Galaxy s4 question
Hello im new to this rooting stuff but i want to root my Samsung Galaxy s4 At&t i337 4.4.2 , Baseband version :I337UCUFNC1. I have multiple questions for you. If i root with towel root will i lose my service with att because i see on alot of videos it shows no sim card inserted when you follow through with this process. Secondly can you give me a guide step by step to root and what needs to be done. thank you.

rizuh1234 said:
Hello im new to this rooting stuff but i want to root my Samsung Galaxy s4 At&t i337 4.4.2 , Baseband version :I337UCUFNC1. I have multiple questions for you. If i root with towel root will i lose my service with att because i see on alot of videos it shows no sim card inserted when you follow through with this process. Secondly can you give me a guide step by step to root and what needs to be done. thank you.
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When you say lose at&t service are you referring to your warranty, if so, yes if you're rooted when you go in for service. To root, just download the towelroot app. That's the only step by step you need.
Before you root ask your self why are you rooting. If you don't have a good answer then don't root. Don't do it just because you can.
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When you say lose at&t service are you referring to your warranty, if so, yes if you're rooted when you go in for service. To root, just download the towelroot app. That's the only step by step you need.
Before you root ask your self why are you rooting. If you don't have a good answer then don't root. Don't do it just because you can.
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Thank you on the second question. What i mean by my service is like your mobile data, like 4G or 4GLTE. do lose that in the process when you root?

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Thank you on the second question. What i mean by my service is like your mobile data, like 4G or 4GLTE. do lose that in the process when you root?
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No, rooting does not affect that in any way.
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No, rooting does not affect that in any way.
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can NC1 be rooted? 4.4.2 aswell.

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can NC1 be rooted? 4.4.2 aswell.
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Did you read the op? Yes, use towelroot
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Did you read the op? Yes, use towelroot
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Do i need to backup my files before i root?

rizuh1234 said:
Do i need to backup my files before i root?
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I have baseband I337MVLUFNE1 on my Rogers S4 running 4.4.2. (Build number also ends in NE1).
I don't see NE1 anywhere on the OP. What does this mean? I was looking to try CyanogenMod but am afraid I may break something.

No you don't
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DrZEUS said:
I have baseband I337MVLUFNE1 on my Rogers S4 running 4.4.2. (Build number also ends in NE1).
I don't see NE1 anywhere on the OP. What does this mean? I was looking to try CyanogenMod but am afraid I may break something.
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This thread was written specifically for the i337, not the i337m. You have an i337m. You have an unlocked bootloader and can use twrp or cwm recoveries.
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Thanks jd1639. I didn't realize there was a difference between i337 and i337m.

DrZEUS said:
Thanks jd1639. I didn't realize there was a difference between i337 and i337m.
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This is a good place for you to start
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42320391
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jd1639 said:
This is a good place for you to start
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42320391
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I read your mind...was starting to read that same thread when you suggested it.
Thanks again!

I have root now thanks. For some reason safestrap is disabled and how do I get a custom rom?
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How to go to stock from 4.1.2

I have gone thru the thread on how to go back to stock however i still have some questions, my s3 had a broken screen for quiet sometime so i am not sure where to start on getting it back to stock or whatever to get me back on the latest firmware. It is rooted on 4.1.2 but i dont know how to check if bootloader was unlocked or not.
If i can just flash a file to get me the latest i can do that as well. It does have TWRP for recovery

aford89 said:
I have gone thru the thread on how to go back to stock however i still have some questions, my s3 had a broken screen for quiet sometime so i am not sure where to start on getting it back to stock or whatever to get me back on the latest firmware. It is rooted on 4.1.2 but i dont know how to check if bootloader was unlocked or not.
If i can just flash a file to get me the latest i can do that as well. It does have TWRP for recovery
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Its not unlocked by default but the last version of Android you were able to unlock it was on 4.1.2. You can unlock it with casual or ez unlock. If you however unroot it and take the OTA up to 4.4.2 your bootloader will be permanently locked and you will not be able to revert it back
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ShapesBlue said:
Its not unlocked by default but the last version of Android you were able to unlock it was on 4.1.2. You can unlock it with casual or ez unlock. If you however unroot it and take the OTA up to 4.4.2 your bootloader will be permanently locked and you will not be able to revert it back
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I am aware of that, i need to get it back to stock and to the latest version 4.4.x im just not sure how to go about it so i dont brick it. I have odin just looking for the correct stock files to get me the rest of the way and how to use them in what order

Can i just odin straight to 4.4.2? if i am rooted and unlocked on 4.1.2?

aford89 said:
Can i just odin straight to 4.4.2? if i am rooted and unlocked on 4.1.2?
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You have to unroot first. Once your unrooted you can take the OTA. Just warning you about the bootloader being locked once you take the OTA. As far as straight to 4.4.2 I'm not sure. Never took an OTA on my S3. Start with unrooting first and see where it goes
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ShapesBlue said:
You have to unroot first. Once your unrooted you can take the OTA. Just warning you about the bootloader being locked once you take the OTA. As far as straight to 4.4.2 I'm not sure. Never took an OTA on my S3. Start with unrooting first and see where it goes
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how do i go about unrooting? like i said this phone sat for a LONG time im pretty sure i did it from outlawers method when i first got it
Thanks in advance

aford89 said:
how do i go about unrooting? like i said this phone sat for a LONG time im pretty sure i did it from outlawers method when i first got it
Thanks in advance
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What SU app do you have on it?
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ShapesBlue said:
What SU app do you have on it?
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the one that looked like a superman shield, i went thru settings and found unroot however its not prompting me for an OTA and when i check it says its up to date. If i just odin the same version thats on there that should be fine right? then it'll start prompting for OTA's?

aford89 said:
the one that looked like a superman shield, i went thru settings and found unroot however its not prompting me for an OTA and when i check it says its up to date. If i just odin the same version thats on there that should be fine right? then it'll start prompting for OTA's?
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Did you freeze any system apps? That is supersu your speaking of. I'm not completely sure if you can just odin to the newest firmware or not
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ShapesBlue said:
Did you freeze any system apps? That is supersu your speaking of. I'm not completely sure if you can just odin to the newest firmware or not
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No system apps are frozen, i did a factory wipe on it just thru TWRP and its still saying nothing is available

aford89 said:
No system apps are frozen, i did a factory wipe on it just thru TWRP and its still saying nothing is available
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Then I would say try to Odin back to stock. It should work but don't quote me on that
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ShapesBlue said:
Then I would say try to Odin back to stock. It should work but don't quote me on that
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Yeah took the dive and used Odin from 4.1.2 all the way to 4.4.2 and everything worked out fine, was slow to boot and gave me an error but factory recovery wipe fixed that
Thanks for all the replies trying to help

Phone is restarting and saying kernel is not seandroid enforcing

Hi, I'm new to the forums and rooting in general. I tried to root my 5.1.1 s6 edge with Odin and unikernal using a guide online, and now its restarting over and over showing that message in red. I really appreciate any help in fixing it. Ideally, I would like to root the phone, but I need to at least get it running again.
I've tried searching for this, but everything I saw just said it was no big deal and to put in stock kernel. However, I don't know how to to that. Thanks guys!
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Looks like your phone is in a boot loop. Did you recently flash a custom recovery?

I think so? I put it in download mode and used Odin to put on the unikernel. I think I know why now, too. I had Knox on. From what I read, this can mess it up. I tried to factory reset, but its still boot looping.
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frankielight said:
I think so? I put it in download mode and used Odin to put on the unikernel. I think I know why now, too. I had Knox on. From what I read, this can mess it up. I tried to factory reset, but its still boot looping.
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Just flash stock firmware using Odin to fix the boot issue. Which Unikernel version did you use? Use unikernel_v8-0002
What carrier? I probably have a firmware link in my dropbox you can use for a fast download.

I did use that version of unikernel. My model number is SM-G925F. I'm on straight talk, so I got an unlocked international version off amazon. If I put the stock firmware on it, could I then use unikernal to root it?
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I would flash stock firmware then go to recovery and do a factory data reset > wipe cache partition > reboot.
Boot up then go to settings > about and tap build number 7 times > hit back once and go to developer options and enable "OEM Unlocking" (Pretty sure G925f OJC has OEM Unlocking, but could be mistaken)
Then go to download and flash kernel.

No, mine doesn't have OEM unlocking option. Could you point me to the exact file I need to run threw Odin to get the stock firmware?
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What country and carrier was it originally?

This is the one I bought;
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00TX5PL52/ref=ya_aw_od_pi?ie=UTF8&psc=1
All it says it that its the international version, I don't think it was ever linked to a carrier
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Is there another way to find those out?
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On the back of the phone it says "SM-G925F SAMSUNG, YATELEY, GU46 6GG UK
MADE IN INDIA BY SAMSUNG"
So possibly the UK version. I can't find any other way to see
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frankielight said:
On the back of the phone it says "SM-G925F SAMSUNG, YATELEY, GU46 6GG UK
MADE IN INDIA BY SAMSUNG"
So possibly the UK version. I can't find any other way to see
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Here, flash this Tru Odin. Stock Firmware, not connected to carrier http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/65757/G925FXXU3DPAD_G925FOXA3DPAD_XEU/. See if that helps

Neemac said:
Here, flash this Tru Odin. Stock Firmware, not connected to carrier http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/65757/G925FXXU3DPAD_G925FOXA3DPAD_XEU/. See if that helps
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Thanks! That got my phone to working order. I tried the unikernel again and got another error, so I flashed with yours again, followed by a cf auto root and that did it. I really appreciate all the help guys
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frankielight said:
Thanks! That got my phone to working order. I tried the unikernel again and got another error, so I flashed with yours again, followed by a cf auto root and that did it. I really appreciate all the help guys
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Glad I could help. :good: