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4.3 official AT&T update

Official date as of leaked Carrier Software update rollout schedule!
It's kind of late, and Verizon gets it on Oct. 28th.. lucky SOBs
http://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-release-schedule-286484/
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Finally something official
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wewe611 said:
Finally something official
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and this looks to me like a leaked Best Buy document by a Mobile employee lol.. the format and font looks the same as Best Buy employee product updates in our system.

Yea its a leaked best buy document
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I was hoping it would drop on a Saturday so I could get some popcorn and watch all of the, "Wah...wah...it installed on it's own...wha...wha....!" threads.

What will 4.3 add to or fix or make better in our S4's still running stock 4.2.2 TW ?
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Trim support and low battery consuming location track? I don't really see any difference between GS4 TW and Note3 TW.

Hopefully we can get out of the MF3 rut with the new 4.3 update

Can't wait for the 4.3 update! Just a couple more weeks. Was going to update the leaked version but don't feel like setting everything up again.
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How do those of us rooted on ATT MF3 stock 4.2.2 get the official ATT 4.3 update next month ? We can't flash ROM's like the rest of the world can Well we have Safestrap, but that's just a bandaid, and can't do 4.3 ROM's anyways. I am rooted on stock. How would I get the 4.3 update next month ?
I am hoping with the official ATT 4.3 update, maybe come with new firmware, it may allow us to get true recovery ? Or am I just dreaming ?
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Zorachus said:
How do those of us rooted on ATT MF3 stock 4.2.2 get the official ATT 4.3 update next month ? We can't flash ROM's like the rest of the world can Well we have Safestrap, but that's just a bandaid, and can't do 4.3 ROM's anyways. I am rooted on stock. How would I get the 4.3 update next month ?
I am hoping with the official ATT 4.3 update, maybe come with new firmware, it may allow us to get true recovery ? Or am I just dreaming ?
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I'd say you were dreaming.
As far as getting the update goes, just remove safestrap and unroot. A search should help you find out how. Good luck.

Well will the official ATT 4.3 update, maybe help Safestrap, to finally allow 4.3 ROM's to work ?
Just blows that ATT is doing this crap. I updated my Wife and I phones, both got brand new S4's for $99 ea. plus credit by exchanging in our old HTC phones, so at the end of the day 2 brand new S4's on contract only cost us $50 out the door total.
Just blows they come with MF3 by default.
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Zorachus said:
Well will the official ATT 4.3 update, maybe help Safestrap, to finally allow 4.3 ROM's to work ?
Just blows that ATT is doing this crap. I updated my Wife and I phones, both got brand new S4's for $99 ea. plus credit by exchanging in our old HTC phones, so at the end of the day 2 brand new S4's on contract only cost us $50 out the door total.
Just blows they come with MF3 by default.
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I hear ya. I got my S4 in September and of course it was pre-loaded with MF3. I'm contemplating giving it to my wife as an upgrade to her Skyrocket and get the Nexus 5. I probably should have waited for it looking back. I honestly didn't think the bootloader would be nearly impossible to unlock.

Zorachus said:
Well will the official ATT 4.3 update, maybe help Safestrap, to finally allow 4.3 ROM's to work ?
Just blows that ATT is doing this crap. I updated my Wife and I phones, both got brand new S4's for $99 ea. plus credit by exchanging in our old HTC phones, so at the end of the day 2 brand new S4's on contract only cost us $50 out the door total.
Just blows they come with MF3 by default.
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Is there any hope in the future of unlocking our phones ? Will a future firmware update have an exploit to be found, and allow Recovery ? Or are S4's with MF3 permanently locked down tight forever ?
Thing is I do like this S4 a lot. I am just rooted only on stock 4.2.2, to remove the bloat and crap apps, plus to install Greenify, Droidwall, AdAway, etc...phone is fast with great battery life now, and good size and looks great in my Neo Hybrid case.
Just wish we could freely ROM this phone with CWM Recovery, like the good old days of earlier Samsung phones.
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Zorachus said:
How do those of us rooted on ATT MF3 stock 4.2.2 get the official ATT 4.3 update next month ? We can't flash ROM's like the rest of the world can Well we have Safestrap, but that's just a bandaid, and can't do 4.3 ROM's anyways. I am rooted on stock. How would I get the 4.3 update next month ?
I am hoping with the official ATT 4.3 update, maybe come with new firmware, it may allow us to get true recovery ? Or am I just dreaming ?
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As long as you didn't freeze the att update in the app manager you will receive the update no matter rooted or not. Your just dreaming for right now until the official release is out it'll take several months before someone finds and exploit.
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Zorachus said:
Well will the official ATT 4.3 update, maybe help Safestrap, to finally allow 4.3 ROM's to work ?
Just blows that ATT is doing this crap. I updated my Wife and I phones, both got brand new S4's for $99 ea. plus credit by exchanging in our old HTC phones, so at the end of the day 2 brand new S4's on contract only cost us $50 out the door total.
Just blows they come with MF3 by default.
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You should go return them and ask them to see tue box first and you want the ones with MDL if they still have it.
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This should also enable Galaxy Gear for use with the S4.

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As long as you didn't freeze the att update in the app manager you will receive the update no matter rooted or not. Your just dreaming for right now until the official release is out it'll take several months before someone finds and exploit.
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From my experience with the MF3 update, if you have root and have modified your system it will fail a file check and won't update immediately.
For MF3 users with Safestrap and root, this will probably end up being just as locked as MF3 was if not more. If anyone really wants to take the OTA then Safestrap could be used to flash the neutered MF3 zip to restore system to original and keep data, and then run the update.
If by chance root is found for MJ6 and Safestrap is updated to be compatible, we'd then be stuck on TW 4.3 ROMS instead of TW 4.2.2. That's the only option to run any 4.3 until a kexec exploit is found for Safestrap, and I don't know how hard that is to do, much less to load an AOSP kernel over TW, and much much less to load any 4.3 kernel over a 4.2.2 one.
Right now the best bet for MF3 users is to stay on MF3 and wait for either a neutered update that would work in the stock slot, so we could move between MF3 and MJ6 and run either at our discretion (this requires root to be found, Safestrap to be updated, and hope that the current bootloader will take it just fine) or wait for kexec or something else to free us.

I know way off topic, but I hope when ATT releases the S5 early Spring next year, it doesn't ship with a MF3 style locked down system ?
When ATT first released the S4, this year, how easy and fast was root and recovery working ?
And how long has MF3 been out ?
I just got my S4 ten days ago, might as well try and check at Best Buy if they have the 'MDL' version still in stock ?
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Zorachus said:
What will 4.3 add to or fix or make better in our S4's still running stock 4.2.2 TW ?
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Well I have read it will also Enable ANT+ for those people that like to use their GPS for working out

Zorachus said:
I know way off topic, but I hope when ATT releases the S5 early Spring next year, it doesn't ship with a MF3 style locked down system ?
When ATT first released the S4, this year, how easy and fast was root and recovery working ?
And how long has MF3 been out ?
I just got my S4 ten days ago, might as well try and check at Best Buy if they have the 'MDL' version still in stock ?
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Every phone att releases now will be tighter than the previous phone. Since mf3 is this tight, imagine the s5.
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OTA updates for rooted phones

Hey guys.. A lot of us have rooted our phones and won't be able to get the OTA updates.. I thought of starting this thread to see if it is possible for the people with unrooted devices(if there are any here!) to let us know if they get an update...
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Im uk retail
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zazzy24 said:
Hey guys.. A lot of us have rooted our phones and won't be able to get the OTA updates.. I thought of starting this thread to see if it is possible for the people with unrooted devices(if there are any here!) to let us know if they get an update...
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If you are on stock ROM but rooted you still get an OTA 'alert' and can download it and save it. You just can't install it.

scott_doyland said:
If you are on stock ROM but rooted you still get an OTA 'alert' and can download it and save it. You just can't install it.
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If a new OTA would arrive, couldn't we just flash back to stock and receive the OTA that way? Seems to me that would work, but I don't know if it'd actually install on a unlocked bootloader.

Sard Shift said:
If a new OTA would arrive, couldn't we just flash back to stock and receive the OTA that way? Seems to me that would work, but I don't know if it'd actually install on a unlocked bootloader.
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I got an ota update not that long ago. I returned back to stock, let the phone do it's thing and rooted yet again; ask done on AM unlocked bootloader ? I have the xt1031 if that helps out at all.
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Sard Shift said:
If a new OTA would arrive, couldn't we just flash back to stock and receive the OTA that way? Seems to me that would work, but I don't know if it'd actually install on a unlocked bootloader.
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You can flash ota on unlocked bootloader

Well if I remember correctly, I did update my phone while rooted. All it took was a temporary unroot just in case, and restoring the stock recovery. YMMV, I had the French ROM. After that I just restored root access and I was good to go. So obviously with an unlocked bootloader
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Hey, so, I have stock Recovery, but its rooted, if I unroot it temporarily, and then root again, everything should be ok right?

tatitar said:
Hey, so, I have stock Recovery, but its rooted, if I unroot it temporarily, and then root again, everything should be ok right?
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if you are on stock recovery then it should work without unrooting imo... but yes what you are saying will definitely work.
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Had a bit of trouble updating my friend's Koodo XT1032 earlier this week.
Was still on original JB ROM, unlocked BL, rooted. Got OTA notification, tried installing, but would always fail.
Tried unrooting, still failed.
Decided to go all in: download the whole Telus/Koodo KitKat ROM (got link from one of the reference threads here) and dirty flash that, then root.
Used mfastboot on Linux (from a Chromebook with Crouton no less!) and flashed everything in order as explained in every tutorial thread out here with the exception of not clearing user data. (We did clear cache.)
I wanted to boot CWM from mfastboot to root but the phone just rebooted into it's normal mode for some reason. Flashed it instead and rooted with the latest SuperSU zip.
Booted into KitKat, everything looked alright, except the phone had no service. One reboot and everything was back to normal (IMEI is OK, had been backed up).
We got notification that there was another OTA available, turns out the ROM we had was missing the bugfix update. Decided to try our luck applying it with CWM, worked, and somewhat to my surprise, CWM was not overwritten.

Hi guys.
I bought a Motorola Moto G (XT1032) and i'm trying to unlock bootloader and then have root permission.
I'm still on Android 4.3 (i have not install KitKat OTA update despite i received the notification).
I think i understand that if you root your device you will not be able to receive future OTA update (
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)..I mean, to install future OTA update. Is it correct?
So, i'm going to ask to you: can be better if i first update to KitKit my device and then unlock bootloader & give root permission?
Thank in advance for your answers.
Greetings from Italy

sith.warrior said:
Hi guys.
I bought a Motorola Moto G (XT1032) and i'm trying to unlock bootloader and then have root permission.
I'm still on Android 4.3 (i have not install KitKat OTA update despite i received the notification).
I think i understand that if you root your device you will not be able to receive future OTA update (
)..I mean, to install future OTA update. Is it correct?
So, i'm going to ask to you: can be better if i first update to KitKit my device and then unlock bootloader & give root permission?
Thank in advance for your answers.
Greetings from Italy
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yes i would suggest you update your device fully before unlocking the bootloader. you would still get the update with the unlocked bootloader and a rooted phone, as long as you are on stock rom(atleast that is what i have been told.. not sure as i have not had ota since i got the phone), installing that update might be a pain... so its better you update the phone fully.
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Thanks! So, you suggest to fully update my Moto G (XT1032) to KitKat and then unlock bootloader and give root permission, isn't it?
Can be any problem when i will go to unlock bootloader and give root permission after the update? For now, i think to stay with my stock ROM (maybe in future I will install a custom ROM)
I mean, all guides refer to Android 4.3 Jelly Bean...or not?
Thanks for your help

sith.warrior said:
Thanks! So, you suggest to fully update my Moto G (XT1032) to KitKat and then unlock bootloader and give root permission, isn't it?
Can be any problem when i will go to unlock bootloader and give root permission after the update? For now, i think to stay with my stock ROM (maybe in future I will install a custom ROM)
I mean, all guides refer to Android 4.3 Jelly Bean...or not?
Thanks for your help
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No there would not be any problem.. android 4.4.2 rooting guides are out and are working perfectly fine..
Infact, i got my phone pre loaded with kitkat and had no issues in rooting it!
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zazzy24 said:
No there would not be any problem.. android 4.4.2 rooting guides are out and are working perfectly fine..
Infact, i got my phone pre loaded with kitkat and had no issues in rooting it!
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Glad to known this. So I Will update my XT1032 to KitKat and then unlock BT & give root permissions. Can i still use guides from Motorola website (to unlock BT) & from Modaco forum (for rooting)? The guides are linked in Q&A of Moto G
Thanks for your patience. ^_^
The world is really full of noobs, isn't It?
Greetings from Italy
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sith.warrior said:
Glad to known this. So I Will update my XT1032 to KitKat and then unlock BT & give root permissions. Can i still use guides from Motorola website (to unlock BT) & from Modaco forum (for rooting)? The guides are linked in Q&A of Moto G
Thanks for your patience. ^_^
The world is really full of noobs, isn't It?
Greetings from Italy
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Yes you can use the motorola guide for BL unlock and the modoco guide for rooting. The superboot method worked like a charm for me ?
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so let me get this straight, I'm on stock kitkat (Came with my phone, XT1033 Dual sim) I have unlocked my bootloader, installed cwm and rooted the phone but everything else is stock. If an OTA update comes out, i reflash the original Recovery.img for my firmware and i should be fine to install OTA?

zazzy24 said:
Yes you can use the motorola guide for BL unlock and the modoco guide for rooting. The superboot method worked like a charm for me ?
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Don't suggest to use Modoco guide. It won't work in some phone... Easiest way is flash cwm recovery and flash super su. Zip....
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Lemagex said:
so let me get this straight, I'm on stock kitkat (Came with my phone, XT1033 Dual sim) I have unlocked my bootloader, installed cwm and rooted the phone but everything else is stock. If an OTA update comes out, i reflash the original Recovery.img for my firmware and i should be fine to install OTA?
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Will the xt1028 variant ever get a root method or be able to have bootloader unlocked

Will we ever get it done or is Verizon going to continue to screw us over on root and bootloader unlock?
Is anyone even attempting to work on the xt1028 or is it a useless endeavor?
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If you're THAT eager, just pay for Sunshine, tried and true. Better grab a painkiller rather than let the pain kill you.
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If you're THAT eager, just pay for Sunshine, tried and true. Better grab a painkiller rather than let the pain kill you.
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Don't you have to root before you can use it though?
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AndyYan said:
If you're THAT eager, just pay for Sunshine, tried and true. Better grab a painkiller rather than let the pain kill you.
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Doesn't work on 4.4.4. Most if not all the last 1028's came with 4.4.4 pre-installed afaik

jacobas92 said:
Doesn't work on 4.4.4. Most if not all the last 1028's came with 4.4.4 pre-installed afaik
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When I ran the apk it said it would work, however I needed root, which of course there is none
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root? never ever ever... :angel:
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no eta for release. would prefer to skip right to bootloader unlock if possible.

autoprime said:
root? never ever ever... :angel:
no eta for release. would prefer to skip right to bootloader unlock if possible.
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I agree, we need this bootloader cracked asap
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thatdad1992 said:
I agree, we need this bootloader cracked asap
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My xt1028 is unlocked from last year through a middleman that I had to pay but no doubt this will help everyone with an xt1028 on lockdown. Hope @autoprime is able to get it done.

autoprime said:
root? never ever ever... :angel:
no eta for release. would prefer to skip right to bootloader unlock if possible.
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I can't wait, you might end up making me keep this thing haha.
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autoprime said:
root? never ever ever... :angel:
no eta for release. would prefer to skip right to bootloader unlock if possible.
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Any progress on bootloader unlock?
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thatdad1992 said:
Any progress on bootloader unlock?
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progress in learning more about what's going on, yes. but no successful unlock yet.
and I am now working on the LG G4 so my time with the xt1028 will be limited. :-/

autoprime said:
progress in learning more about what's going on, yes. but no successful unlock yet.
and I am now working on the LG G4 so my time with the xt1028 will be limited. :-/
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Well I could imagine just how hard it can be, thanks for working on it for us
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autoprime said:
progress in learning more about what's going on, yes. but no successful unlock yet.
and I am now working on the LG G4 so my time with the xt1028 will be limited. :-/
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Saw this after your twitter post, and just wanted to say thanks for working on this! I too picked up a couple of these on fire sale and even if you can't get it done then you still deserve all the thanks in the world, but I will be keeping my eyes peeled out for this! And yes, a BL unlock would be totally amazing! Thanks again!!!

autoprime said:
progress in learning more about what's going on, yes. but no successful unlock yet.
and I am now working on the LG G4 so my time with the xt1028 will be limited. :-/
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Awesome man! The sooner we can get this thing rooted and unlocked the better!

Yes, thank you autoprime for working on this!

Awesome work! We appreciate your time!
Subbing to this thread in hopes of a release!

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Any progress on bootloader unlock?
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If you can send me a copy of your aboot (/dev/block/mmcblk0p4 I think) I can take a look at it

tweakdeveloper said:
If you can send me a copy of your aboot (/dev/block/mmcblk0p4 I think) I can take a look at it
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Anything special need to be done to grab a copy of it from a stock device? Should be able to copy to another folder or send via email using a file explorer such as root explorer?
I'm not able to copy it to another folder or send via email using root explorer, but maybe I'm not going about it correctly.
Thanks for looking into this.

groovadelickun said:
Anything special need to be done to grab a copy of it from a stock device? Should be able to copy to another folder or send via email using a file explorer such as root explorer?
I'm not able to copy it to another folder or send via email using root explorer, but maybe I'm not going about it correctly.
Thanks for looking into this.
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Sorry, you have to do something like
Code:
adb shell
$ cd /sdcard
$ dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p4 of=aboot
$ exit
adb pull /sdcard/aboot
You might have to be rooted, but I'm not sure.

tweakdeveloper said:
Sorry, you have to do something like
Code:
adb shell
$ cd /sdcard
$ dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p4 of=aboot
$ exit
adb pull /sdcard/aboot
You might have to be rooted, but I'm not sure.
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Thanks. I'm thinking it does need to be rooted. I got the following message:
"/dev/block/mmcblk0p4: cannot open for read: Permission denied"
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Nougat Beta??

Has anybody been able to enter the Samsung beta Program?
Dumping files for us for G930T? The G930F already posted the Odin files for Nougat Beta

yes

The 14th should be when it's released to the accepted registered beta testers. The dates are posted in the beta app

9th for Sprint, 11th for Verizon, 14th for TMO

Thanks every one, hope someone dump does files for us

Whoever gets the update tomorrow. PULL THR UPDATE ZIP!
If I get it I will and post it. I have ready done this from my wife's sprint edge variant.
Here is how you do it:
You have to be on the latest firmware and not rooted.
If you get the update notification.
Download it, but do not install it.
Then root your device. DO NOT WIPE IT
The update.zip is located in /data/fota/update.zip
Pull it using adb or use root Explorer to move it to the root of your SDCard and then your pc.
Please wait for someone to verify it works before flashing the update or unroot.

Unfortunately I will not be able to pull said update as I do not want to root my device. I require working Knox and other benefits.
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Febby said:
Unfortunately I will not be able to pull said update as I do not want to root my device. I require working Knox and other benefits.
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After you root you can go back to stock, then flash the latest update.zip you shared with everyone. Knox and everything will work just fine

nmarietta said:
After you root you can go back to stock, then flash the latest update.zip you shared with everyone. Knox and everything will work just fine
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Hmm from my understanding it triggers the knox does it not?
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Febby said:
Hmm from my understanding it triggers the knox does it not?
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No. I've rooted and gone back to stock. Knox and Samsung pay work for me with no issues.

Febby said:
Hmm from my understanding it triggers the knox does it not?
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Only on the Exynos S7.
We use an engineering kernel that's signed by Samsung for root, so it doesn't trip Knox.

The root method for us doesnt trigger knox.
If I could Pull the update.zip It would be a pleasure but it was Full for register when I tried.

I'll see if I can pull the file for you gentlemen and ladies. I just don't really need root so I have not put attention to the rooting method since the note 5?
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Febby said:
Hmm from my understanding it triggers the knox does it not?
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Using the eng_boot and rooted absolutely do not trigger knox.

Febby said:
I'll see if I can pull the file for you gentlemen and ladies. I just don't really need root so I have not put attention to the rooting method since the note 5?
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Thanks for trying no matter what man!
Us AT&T users feel left out, so this would help.

Sm-G955F and Samsung Pay in the US

Has anyone got this working, if so how? I have the international version with a Panama CSC so I know that's a problem. Can we flash a different CSC and get this working? I am not rooted so I was just curious if this could be done...
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Same question here

I flashed this rom and it is working https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/galaxy-s8/SM-G955F/EVR/
P.D. I live in the U.S. so im with t mobile.

For unbranded, I flashed a rom with XSA CSC (Australia) on my FD and it works too. Places tab is metric though.
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BTU (UK) works with the UK version of Samsung Pay. It supports membership cards but doesn't support rewards and deals. It does support the latter but they are all for UK merchants. It also supports MST in the U.S. even though it doesn't in the UK.
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xmanberserker said:
I flashed this rom and it is working https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/galaxy-s8/SM-G955F/EVR/
P.D. I live in the U.S. so im with t mobile.
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Thanks, but I already decided to root. I will get a Gear S3 which seems a little more convenient to me...

aaronc_98 said:
Thanks, but I already decided to root. I will get a Gear S3 which seems a little more convenient to me...
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Just a heads up. Gear S3 Samsung Pay will not work if your phone is rooted(Safety Net check, it didn't work for me after a recent update). There are reports of success with Magisk, but YMMV.
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meowone said:
Just a heads up. Gear S3 Samsung Pay will not work if your phone is rooted(Safety Net check, it didn't work for me after a recent update). There are reports of success with Magisk, but YMMV.
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Wow okay, it worked with my S7 Edge that was rooted... I am using magisk with root hidden so maybe there's a chance. My new S3 arrives tomorrow... I will report back
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aaronc_98 said:
Wow okay, it worked with my S7 Edge that was rooted... I am using magisk with root hidden so maybe there's a chance. My new S3 arrives tomorrow... I will report back
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i can confirm it works with root. just download an old version of gear samsung pay (1.2 something i believe) and add the card. if you update the app it will still keep the cards.

mstormer said:
i can confirm it works with root. just download an old version of gear samsung pay (1.2 something i believe) and add the card. if you update the app it will still keep the cards.
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Awesome! Thanks!

aaronc_98 said:
Awesome! Thanks!
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More details here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3585698. You need to make sure that Samsung Pay doesn't update out of the box (which I failed to do). One person in the thread reported success after updating to recent versions though. Best of luck.
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Yes Samsung Pay still works with Magisk but I would be interested to know if the gear S3 works with your phone when you get it.

Hey i'm buying a gear 3 just for samsung pay lol
will this work for any rom
can i just flash the csc and be done with it ?

xeathpk said:
Yes Samsung Pay still works with Magisk but I would be interested to know if the gear S3 works with your phone when you get it.
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Are you saying Samsung pay works on your phone with magisk Becsuse it does not for me...
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i can confirm it works with root. just download an old version of gear samsung pay (1.2 something i believe) and add the card. if you update the app it will still keep the cards.
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Wait, if I remember right Samsung pay is downloaded through the gear app when you load it for the S3, so how do you get an old version of the APK for that?
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Wait, if I remember right Samsung pay is downloaded through the gear app when you load it for the S3, so how do you get an old version of the APK for that?
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I think he is referring to the companion app on the phone (which only shows up in gear manager). There are couple ways to get back to older version in the thread that I linked to before.
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I think he is referring to the companion app on the phone (which only shows up in gear manager). There are couple ways to get back to older version in the thread that I linked to before.
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OK- Thanks - will do some reading

meowone said:
More details here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3585698. You need to make sure that Samsung Pay doesn't update out of the box (which I failed to do). One person in the thread reported success after updating to recent versions though. Best of luck.
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Happy to report- following the instructions on this thread worked like a charm for the S3 classic that I received today for my rooted s8+ (SM-G955F). I have my cc setup and working. I have seen differing reports on this - can you update the Gear app on the phone or will that disable SPAY on the watch? At this point, i have not updated the app or SPAY for Gear, but that will be annoying long term. SO what is the verdict?
thanks,

Do you really need to root the phone in order to flash a stock rom from SamMobile?

The 2 apps works together so it's not really clear how updating one but not the other will work. Per my experience: updating the phone app beyond 1.2 got me the root check and updating the watch app without updating the phone app gives me an updating dialog in the phone app that I can't bypass. So at this point, I would recommend not updating either apps until a workaround is confirmed. There was one person reporting success in the thread but they are running it on Nexus 6.
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TheUndertaker21 said:
Hey i'm buying a gear 3 just for samsung pay lol
will this work for any rom
can i just flash the csc and be done with it ?
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Gear S3 Samsung Pay will work on any non-rooted stock rom (even if your phone is not in a supporting region CSC). It is separated from the phone Samsung Pay app. The region for the gear s3 has to do with the watch only and nothing to do with phone CSC. For example, I have an Australia firmware phone but my S3 has US region Samsung Pay because I bought the US version of the watch.