After upgraded my S4 i9500 from 4.2.2 to 4.3 XUEMJ5 via Kies, I'm having a lot of troubles regarding battery drain and overheating.
I came to the Samsung Services Center yesterday and asked them to downgrade my device back to 4.2.2, but their answer is "Sorry, we cannot do it. Once upgraded to 4.3, there is no way to reverse to 4.2" ?!?!!?!?!
Is it true? Has anybody tried to downgrade your S4 from 4.3 to 4.2
Thanks for your advice!
baoduyph said:
After upgraded my S4 i9500 from 4.2.2 to 4.3 XUEMJ5 via Kies, I'm having a lot of troubles regarding battery drain and overheating.
I came to the Samsung Services Center yesterday and asked them to downgrade my device back to 4.2.2, but their answer is "Sorry, we cannot do it. Once upgraded to 4.3, there is no way to reverse to 4.2" ?!?!!?!?!
Is it true? Has anybody tried to downgrade your S4 from 4.3 to 4.2
Thanks for your advice!
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I had the same issue. There seems to be a problem downgrading to certain 4.2.2 roms. I eventualy managed to downgrade using the South African version (I9500XXUBMH1) . After you've flashed this,you can re-flash whichever ROM you prefer.
Give it a go and let me know.
Cheers
you are you kidding
Adnan1973 said:
you are you kidding
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Me? No not at all ...
UtianG said:
I had the same issue. There seems to be a problem downgrading to certain 4.2.2 roms. I eventualy managed to downgrade using the South African version (I9500XXUBMH1) . After you've flashed this,you can re-flash whichever ROM you prefer.
Give it a go and let me know.
Cheers
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Are you really serious? So you can downgrade from 4.3 to 4.2.2 using that firmware? What does your knox say in download mode?
Lennyz1988 said:
Are you really serious? So you can downgrade from 4.3 to 4.2.2 using that firmware? What does your knox say in download mode?
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Unfortunately it states:
Current Binary: Custom
System Status: Custom
Warrant Bit: 1
But it doesn't really bother me for now, until I have to send it back for repairs I guess
I'm sure the Chainfire guys will eventually be able to reset this counter as the TriangleAway is currently not supporting the GS4 I9500.
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So is there a specific way you have to flash it or do i just use odin?
Do i flash the roms back to back or what?
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I've just update my phone from 4.2.2 to 4.3 and I still cant find samsung wallet, diffirent of Camera app or New samsung browser. Does anyone have these problems?
I'm in Vietnam, is it because of my region?
khanh8991 said:
I've just update my phone from 4.2.2 to 4.3 and I still cant find samsung wallet, diffirent of Camera app or New samsung browser. Does anyone have these problems?
I'm in Vietnam, is it because of my region?
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As Per my understanding.. If you have not triggered the Counter earlier ( when you are on 4.2.2 ) and then flash the Original 4.3 firmware via ODIn it would not trigger the KNox..
In case If are already rooted on 4.2.2 via CF root then it would get triggered
The best thing is KEEP AWAY FROM THE 4.3 if you get the new bootloader there is no way to get back to the old one
manu44 said:
As Per my understanding.. If you have not triggered the Counter earlier ( when you are on 4.2.2 ) and then flash the Original 4.3 firmware via ODIn it would not trigger the KNox..
In case If are already rooted on 4.2.2 via CF root then it would get triggered
The best thing is KEEP AWAY FROM THE 4.3 if you get the new bootloader there is no way to get back to the old one
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I have never root my phone. i update to 4.3 through OTA. So that's mean I have to wait for the new update. I think there's no way to fix this now.
khanh8991 said:
I have never root my phone. i update to 4.3 through OTA. So that's mean I have to wait for the new update. I think there's no way to fix this now.
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Brother if you are not going to root the phone then you can safely upgrade to 4.3.. what are you worrying for?
Hi guys,
First time poster to the forum.
I am currently on a i9500 international s4 with the stock rooted 4.2.2 rom using the latest perseus kernel to overclock to 1.7ghz. If I upgrade to 4.3 with the samsung roll out will it cause any problems and will I have to reroot?
Daymean said:
Hi guys,
First time poster to the forum.
I am currently on a i9500 international s4 with the stock rooted 4.2.2 rom using the latest perseus kernel to overclock to 1.7ghz. If I upgrade to 4.3 with the samsung roll out will it cause any problems and will I have to reroot?
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no problem with upgrading to 4.3, you need to reroot after if you want
Wouldn't recommend it unless you want a knox bootloader.
Lennyz1988 said:
Wouldn't recommend it unless you want a knox bootloader.
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What's a knox bootloader?
Daymean said:
What's a knox bootloader?
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once 4.3 is flashed, you can not downgrade to 4.2.2
Even if I reroot?
problem with task bar when upgrading from 4.2.2 to 4.3
hello to everyone. since I download from samsungs update 4.3 from 4.2.2 my tool bar is often dont work when I scroll down my finger from the top to bottom nothing happens. I must restart the device to make appear again the tool bar or it works only when I make a call and then scroll my finger and then its ok again. anybody with the same issue? ?? my monile is i9505 from germany
Daymean said:
Even if I reroot?
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No, you can't go back. So unless you don't want to root and or flash custom roms, stay away from the official firmware.
s4greece said:
hello to everyone. since I download from samsungs update 4.3 from 4.2.2 my tool bar is often dont work when I scroll down my finger from the top to bottom nothing happens. I must restart the device to make appear again the tool bar or it works only when I make a call and then scroll my finger and then its ok again. anybody with the same issue? ?? my monile is i9505 from germany
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Try factory reset.
Hey guys so i have heard that if i install the old firmware for my s4 from sammobile using Odin one from early 2013 that it will give me access to service menu so that i can unlock my phone. So my question is that is it 100% safe to Odin flash the older 4.2.2 rom when i am on 4.3? Can i flash it unlock my phone then upgrade my phone to a custom rom again? Thank you
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Do not do this. This will brick your phone. If I am not mistaken, there is a method to unlock mk2 in the general section.
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zee24 said:
Hey guys so i have heard that if i install the old firmware for my s4 from sammobile using Odin one from early 2013 that it will give me access to service menu so that i can unlock my phone. So my question is that is it 100% safe to Odin flash the older 4.2.2 rom when i am on 4.3? Can i flash it unlock my phone then upgrade my phone to a custom rom again? Thank you
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You should ask this in the t mobile s4 forum. I believe your bootloader is unlocked and you can flash an older firmware version. But check there first. This is the att s4 forum. It can't be done on the at&t s4.
Is the service menu missing on the stock T-mo 4.3 ?
Nooo guys i have an unlocked bootloader i have the s4 that is very similar to the tmobile and it's the same as the Canadian versions. And yes the Canadian version which is 1337m and mine which is m919v don't have access to service menus but i have flashed a lot of custom roms simply by philz recovery so doesn't that mean i have an unlocked bootloader?
zee24 said:
Nooo guys i have an unlocked bootloader i have the s4 that is very similar to the tmobile and it's the same as the Canadian versions. And yes the Canadian version which is 1337m and mine which is m919v don't have access to service menus but i have flashed a lot of custom roms simply by philz recovery so doesn't that mean i have an unlocked bootloader?
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If you're on 4.3 I believe you also have Knox, in which case I don't think you'll be able to go back to 4.2.2. Read through this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=40903040
jd1639 said:
If you're on 4.3 I believe you also have Knox, in which case I don't think you'll be able to go back to 4.2.2. Read through this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=40903040
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I'm actually running a custom rom i shouldve mentioned im on phoenix rom. So i don't have knox at the moment. Does that matter?
zee24 said:
I'm actually running a custom rom i shouldve mentioned im on phoenix rom. So i don't have knox at the moment. Does that matter?
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Did you ever take the ota to 4.3? Do you know what firmware your device is on? A 4.3 custom Rom wouldn't have knox but if you took the official update to 4.3 you would have Knox.
jd1639 said:
Did you ever take the ota to 4.3? Do you know what firmware your device is on? A 4.3 custom Rom wouldn't have knox but if you took the official update to 4.3 you would have Knox.
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Hmm i think then yes i might have knox. I think at one point i might have been on stock 4.3 is there any way that i can check to see if i have knox? And if i have knox i cant flash an older stock firmware for my s4?
zee24 said:
Hmm i think then yes i might have knox. I think at one point i might have been on stock 4.3 is there any way that i can check to see if i have knox? And if i have knox i cant flash an older stock firmware for my s4?
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Idk, I'm not that familiar with your device. From the little bit of reading I've done I would say no, you can't flash an older firmware. But again, I'd post this question in the t mobile forum. They'd be more familiar with your device.
zee24 said:
Hmm i think then yes i might have knox. I think at one point i might have been on stock 4.3 is there any way that i can check to see if i have knox? And if i have knox i cant flash an older stock firmware for my s4?
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Did you ever update you device with kies or ever take an over the air update ? It's fine if you were on a stock based 4.3 rom as long as you never took an official update. If so then you can't go back. Just flashing a stock 4.3 rom won't change that status but the 4.3 bootloader would.
You would have know by checking in settings under SE
hednik said:
Did you ever update you device with kies or ever take an over the air update ? It's fine if you were on a stock based 4.3 rom as long as you never took an official update. If so then you can't go back. Just flashing a stock 4.3 rom won't change that status but the 4.3 bootloader would. You would have know by checking in settings under SE
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I remember i soft bricked my phone one time and had to flash my firmware but the 4.3 latest one from sammobile and after i did that i got knox but i believe i already tripped the knox counter because in download mode it says 0x1 so i guess i cant?
Iv managed to softbrick my phone by flashing incorrect firmware im now trying to get back to 4.2.2 on my GT-I9506 but keeps failing in Odin.
Any ideas anyone ?
mikeylaw81 said:
Iv managed to softbrick my phone by flashing incorrect firmware im now trying to get back to 4.2.2 on my GT-I9506 but keeps failing in Odin.
Any ideas anyone ?
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If u were flashing android 4.3 you cant come back to android 4.2.2. If u were flashing 4.4.2 you cant come back to 4.3 or 4.2.2 :highfive:
I don't know how iv done it but have managed to get 4.3 working but keeps coming up with keyboard has stopped working.
So I can not get back to stock 4.2.2 ?
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I don't know how iv done it but have managed to get 4.3 working but keeps coming up with keyboard has stopped working.
So I can not get back to stock 4.2.2 ?
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No.
Thanks so can I get back to stock 4.3 then and receive ota updates etc ?
Yes go back to 4.3 then u can have ota updates
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Yes go back to 4.3 then u can have ota updates
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So iv tried flashing a stock version of 4.3 and its failing in odin on size !
Also may I need a pit file which I cannot find any where for the i9506
mikeylaw81 said:
So iv tried flashing a stock version of 4.3 and its failing in odin on size !
Also may I need a pit file which I cannot find any where for the i9506
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What android was the incorrect firmware u flashed?
Joku1981 said:
What android was the incorrect firmware u flashed?
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It was 4.4 kitkat for the s330s the other version of the i9506 but didn't work at all
mikeylaw81 said:
It was 4.4 kitkat for the s330s the other version of the i9506 but didn't work at all
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Samsung didnt release android 4.4.2 for the GT-i9506 still. I think the unique you can do is wait till they release it. You flashed new bootloader & you can't come back to android 4.3 :highfive:
Joku1981 said:
Samsung didnt release android 4.4.2 for the GT-i9506 still. I think the unique you can do is wait till they release it. You flashed new bootloader & you can't come back to android 4.3 :highfive:
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My phones working now managed to install google keyboard and its on 4.3 just want to go back to stock rom not rooted etc but im stuck on odin when it fails on size
Is there a way to get back to stock to receive ota updates I know Knox can't be undone
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is there a way to downgrade Android 4.4.2 to Android 4.3 on the i9500 i need this urgently. (Stock Official Samsung Touchwiz)
Have you tried downloading the 4.3 ROM for your phone's region from www.sammobile.com/firmware and flashing it with Odin? If you are not sure how to do that, you should be able to find lots of info in the forum explaining how.
BTW, questions should be posted in the Q&A forum.
Best wishes
StatikSA said:
is there a way to downgrade Android 4.4.2 to Android 4.3 on the i9500 i need this urgently. (Stock Official Samsung Touchwiz)
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If you flash the 4.4.2 stock rom then there's no way you can downgrade your phone .
Repulsa said:
If you flash the 4.4.2 stock rom then there's no way you can downgrade your phone .
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I wondered to know for my personal knowledge!...
But seems to be faisable according to this tester.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2675394
lolo9393 said:
I wondered to know for my personal knowledge!...
But seems to be faisable according to this tester.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2675394
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You can still downgrade your phone , by using a Custom rom. But if you flash a stock 4.4.2 STOCK then you can no longer downgrade yoUR phone into 4.3 STOCK rom via odin.
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