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I337 Pure Google Edition?

I have a ATT I337 and a dream, to install a rom that turns my phone into a Pure Google Edition S4 that thinks its true Pure Google Edition S4 (OTA updates straight from the big G and all)
Is this possible? I have been waiting on this dream and holding off installing other ROMs but just realized it could be a pipe dream.
What do you guys think?
Thanks
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2341376
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Been watching that but it seems to be more of a Rom that acts like the PGE S4?
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You install the Google edition ROM and you will have your dreams come true. Running it right now and its truly glorious.
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cwhittl said:
Been watching that but it seems to be more of a Rom that acts like the PGE S4?
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That Rom is ripped right from the Google edition. Has someone who has been using nexus devices for the past two years, I can assure you, it's pretty much stock. About the only thing we might miss out on is ota updates working properly. Might be a few days behind for the devs to adapt them. I don't see it as an issue as Google seems to be slowing down it's updates schedule
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Ok .. if I'm reading this right .. I know exactly what cwhittl is asking for in which people are not understanding .. and he is looking for the same thing as I am.
We're NOT looking for a ripped ROM that we have to have a custom recovery on in order to get on our phones. All other Google Edition phones going back to the original Nexus phones and images that are applied to the phone using ADB commands, thus not needing to be rooted, custom recoveries etc.
Now that its been announced that Google will not be holding/creating the images for the HTC One or SGS4 GE .. it will be up to the OEM to create these images .. Samsung has already posted the source code for this phone on there Samsung Open Source website .. but where can we get the build (not rip) image that is currently on the SGS4 GE (img, tar, tgz, md5 etc etc) .. that can be installed either by ADB or ODIN.
All the different versions that are up here either in the AT&T SGS4 thread or the original GT-i9505 thread are working off a ripped version and all have issues (yes, I have been reading most of them) . and I'm sure the actual SGS4 GE does not have all these issues that people are reporting from the rips.
Hence .. the reason for requesting a ORIGINAL build, not rip.

LordGeek said:
Ok .. if I'm reading this right .. I know exactly what cwhittl is asking for in which people are not understanding .. and he is looking for the same thing as I am.
We're NOT looking for a ripped ROM that we have to have a custom recovery on in order to get on our phones. All other Google Edition phones going back to the original Nexus phones and images that are applied to the phone using ADB commands, thus not needing to be rooted, custom recoveries etc.
Now that its been announced that Google will not be holding/creating the images for the HTC One or SGS4 GE .. it will be up to the OEM to create these images .. Samsung has already posted the source code for this phone on there Samsung Open Source website .. but where can we get the build (not rip) image that is currently on the SGS4 GE (img, tar, tgz, md5 etc etc) .. that can be installed either by ADB or ODIN.
All the different versions that are up here either in the AT&T SGS4 thread or the original GT-i9505 thread are working off a ripped version and all have issues (yes, I have been reading most of them) . and I'm sure the actual SGS4 GE does not have all these issues that people are reporting from the rips.
Hence .. the reason for requesting a ORIGINAL build, not rip.
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So what your saying is that you want the phone to be partitioned exactly as the Google version ? Well sir we have a locked boot loader I337 to turn a device into an entirely different model and be stock is impossible ... you should just buy the model you need .. and the definition of rip here means they took the original build and provided it in a flashable package ..
Even if we had the tar file for the Google edition and pit files we can't flash it because of locked bootlader not to mention it will also erase imei because it would flash a different baseband... and the repartition erases baseband too ...
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LordGeek said:
Ok .. if I'm reading this right .. I know exactly what cwhittl is asking for in which people are not understanding .. and he is looking for the same thing as I am.
We're NOT looking for a ripped ROM that we have to have a custom recovery on in order to get on our phones. All other Google Edition phones going back to the original Nexus phones and images that are applied to the phone using ADB commands, thus not needing to be rooted, custom recoveries etc.
Now that its been announced that Google will not be holding/creating the images for the HTC One or SGS4 GE .. it will be up to the OEM to create these images .. Samsung has already posted the source code for this phone on there Samsung Open Source website .. but where can we get the build (not rip) image that is currently on the SGS4 GE (img, tar, tgz, md5 etc etc) .. that can be installed either by ADB or ODIN.
All the different versions that are up here either in the AT&T SGS4 thread or the original GT-i9505 thread are working off a ripped version and all have issues (yes, I have been reading most of them) . and I'm sure the actual SGS4 GE does not have all these issues that people are reporting from the rips.
Hence .. the reason for requesting a ORIGINAL build, not rip.
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I don't believe we well ever have that. The nexus line uses fastboot to flash the images when the bootloader is unlocked.
The Google edition is not fully open sourced nor will it, Samsung holds key components for some of the drivers as closed source, hence why Samsung will be releasing the updates, Google is just mirroring them and working with them to make the os stock. If you want the true open source experience, get a nexus. The Google edition Rom is the closet thing we will ever get to it on this model of phone.
Has someone who had been using nexus devices for the past few years, I'll give up that little bit of control to get stock on a powerful hardware like the s4. Google edition will hold me over until fall of 2014 when I'll upgrade to that nexus device.
Yes, I miss fastboot, Odin is such a pain in comparison
Edit, I just wanted to add that as of this moment, I'm not experiencing any issues at all. Everything works as intended
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LTE issues as well as other things
I just flashed the stock google edition rom 4.2.2 on my at&t galaxy s4. I installed the rom, then flashed the kt kernal, and then loki-doki. However when I turn on my device I get only a H instead of LTE. also I was youtubing videos of people who installed this and their about phone screen looks different from mine. Mine still indicates that it is a SGH-i337 while others show gt-i9505G when flashed onto an AT&T s4. Im new to all this stuff please help! ive attached a screen shot of what my screen currently looks like.

I have an Canadian SGH-I337m Galaxy S4. I have installed the TWRP recovery and Google Edition 4.3 rom on it. Today I have received an OTA software update notification for a small 16 Mb update. However, when I tried to install it, phone rebooted in TWRP recovery menu and nothing was installed.
I got very excited about it but i guess it is not possible to install these OTA?

cloud628 said:
I just flashed the stock google edition rom 4.2.2 on my at&t galaxy s4. I installed the rom, then flashed the kt kernal, and then loki-doki. However when I turn on my device I get only a H instead of LTE. also I was youtubing videos of people who installed this and their about phone screen looks different from mine. Mine still indicates that it is a SGH-i337 while others show gt-i9505G when flashed onto an AT&T s4. Im new to all this stuff please help! ive attached a screen shot of what my screen currently looks like.
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You need to set your APNs correctly.
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[Q] Can you flash a completely stock Google edition ROM?

I'm a nexus purist. Nexus one. Galaxy nexus. Then now a 4 and a 7.
Getting an s4 from my carrier for free but I just want a nexus. Can i flash it to a completely stick Google edition that will get OTA updates like the ones from the play store? I don't even root my phone anymore. Just want to flash.. Leave it at that. No sense in getting and paying for a Google edition s4 since I'm getting one for free.
Thanks.

antikryst said:
I'm a nexus purist. Nexus one. Galaxy nexus. Then now a 4 and a 7.
Getting an s4 from my carrier for free but I just want a nexus. Can i flash it to a completely stick Google edition that will get OTA updates like the ones from the play store? I don't even root my phone anymore. Just want to flash.. Leave it at that. No sense in getting and paying for a Google edition s4 since I'm getting one for free.
Thanks.
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You should be able to flash the one from the thread below which is the latest 4.3 (4.2.2 is also available). Regarding the OTA updates, I'm not 100% sure to be honest, but I've seen some user reports saying they received the OTA (4.22>4.3) and it worked, but as its essentially a custom ROM, I would wait until the developer provides a flashable update.
I think having the standard S4 is the best option, as you're not shelling out for a GE device for a start. You have an S4 with Samsungs goodies (love or hate them) on it and you also have the option of flashing the stock GE ROM, which is about as close to Nexus as a non-nexus can get. Personally I have my N7 with stock android goodness and I'm also enjoying the S4 (rooted) as is. I downloaded the 4.2.2 GE Rom but just held off as 4.3 was around the corner and I've just been enjoying playing with all of the features on the phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2348272

It's either I'll flash it.. If completely stock Google edition is possible. Or I'll just sell it and keep my 4. Or just maybe live with a standard s4 for a year or two.
So the ROMs for the s4 are modified so it can be flashed to a standard s4?
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Oh that link you posted says it won't get OTA. Bummer.
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You're best off waiting for a ported stock version of GE for the i9505 and just flashing it. Leave it unrooted.
If you're going to the trouble of modifying it for ota updates you may aswell return here once in a while to update it via a flash. I understand why you want to do that but with an i9505 you'll always have that choice of tw/aosp/GE etc.

[Q] Upgrading to Android 4.4 KitKat

Hello. Quick question. I got my Galaxy S4 from at&t and removed the stock TouchWiz ROM and put in the official Google Edition Android 4.3 ROM from the Galaxy S4 i9505G (I believe that model is the Google Play edition S4). I just wanted to know since I have the official Google Edition stock ROM on my at&t Galaxy S4, will I get the update for 4.4 KitKat? Please let me know if a question I am asking is already out in the forms. Other than that, let me know with an answer to this question.

The official 4.3 ota isnt out yet for our we have a long way to go unless someone delevops it
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I believe the OTA wouldn't work, or may brick your device. I'd wait for someone to build it so it doesn't try and replace your bootloader or anything
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No. Do not take the official 4.4 update. It may brick your phone. Wait for the devs to make a cwm flashable ROM and then flash that.
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The stock OTA in the GPE rom shouldn't even work on our SGH-1337 devices, and if it somehow did manage to work it would probably soft-brick the device. Just wait until 4.4 builds come out for custom roms, it'll probably take a couple months to see a stable release but it'll be worth the wait. On a side note, there is a thread laying around here somewhere with some of the 4.4 apps ripped off a Nexus 5 that will run and function correctly on the 4.2.2 - 4.3.1 builds. I'm using the 4.4 keyboard and I find it a lot more accurate with swipe. :good:

Alright. Now I know. I will definitely wait for the ROMs then.
Thank you so much everyone for answering my question.

Very confused about MF3

I just bought the HTC One for $200, but then I saw that Best Buy had the Samsung Galaxy s4 on sale for $50. I did not know which one I wanted and was truly torn between the two and ended up buying the HTC but if I can save $150 I will gladly get the s4. My only problem is that as I've been reading up on cs4 forums to make sure that I would be able to unlock root and flash custom roms I had came across what seems to be the problem with an AT&T firmware update known as mf3. If I cannot root and flash custom kernels and roms I do not think I will take advantage of the offer from Best Buy. My problem is that even after all the reading I cannot figure out whether it is possible to root and flash custom ROMs and kernels to the new version from AT&T, known as mf3, or if it is still not possible, or if it will be possible very soon so that I'm may use Android 4.4 Kit Kat on the phone or any custom Rom I wish. Can someone please clarify this for me as soon as possible because my time to return the HTC One to AT&T is coming close to its end?
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You can root and flash some roms using safestrap. But it's very limited. Imo I'd stay away from the s4

It's there any progress toward cracking MF3? I've had a one x for pat year and kinda wanted a change and I love the screen on the s4. If you had to choose between the s4 and the HTC one taking into consideration the mf3 problem, which would you choose? And which would you choose if there was no mf3 problem?
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If you can find a S4 with MDL or earlier firmware it's a excellent phone. Personally if it has MF3 or later I wouldn't bother. But that's just my opinion.

You might as well get rid of the One as well. It's just as locked down.
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Untrue, about HTCone being just as locked down. It can have it's boatload unlocked quiet easily and if you want to, although it's not necessary, you can even do s-off to get full unbridled access. I previously had a HTC one x and also from everything I've read it seems AT&T went out of there way to lock down s4 tight , just like they did to the one x but eventually the devs got it. I do want the s4 though,even though this phone is awesome(HTC One), and I can live with no custom Rom for a while but I can't go without root. So if I get a s4 with mf3 will it still be able to be rooted ? I've read up on it but don't understand what everyone is talking about when they say if the phone is encrypted or notand it seems to be random.
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So sick and tired of reading about MF3, or MK2 constantly on these forums. If you want to buy an S4 on AT&T look for an MDL one on eBay. It's not that hard, really.
Or buy the T-Mobile variant or International version.

Thanks for your kind response to my honest question mattmjb0188. I can't get a t mobile or international variant bc I'm on a budget. I will use my upgrade to get the phone at best buy for $50, and the condition of this price is that it must be a contract renewal/upgrade, which is another reason I can't get diff version of the phone. Did you even read the op? I would love to get one brand new out of the box with mdl but the odds of that are slim hence why I asked the question in the 1st place. So if you can't help or don't like the question then don't respond, but I do thank you for your info about the other variants that don't have issues, it just doesn't help me.
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Rad ryan said:
Thanks for your kind response to my honest question mattmjb0188. I can't get a t mobile or international variant bc I'm on a budget. I will use my upgrade to get the phone at best buy for $50, and the condition of this price is that it must be a contract renewal/upgrade, which is another reason I can't get diff version of the phone. Did you even read the op? I would love to get one brand new out of the box with mdl but the odds of that are slim hence why I asked the question in the 1st place. So if you can't help or don't like the question then don't respond, but I do thank you for your info about the other variants that don't have issues, it just doesn't help me.
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Anyone new on these forums just asks over and over about MF3 and the Android 4.3 update. Basically, if you get an S4 with Mf3 or later firmware, you are pretty much stuck on stock. Then we have noobs who don't read and attempt to root their MF3 phones and brick them.
On pure stock, the S4 is a bad phone. The software is very laggy and needs a lot of improvement. I was one of the early adapters when it first came out. The phone was a nightmare with MDB and MDL firmware. Mf3 made slight improvements, but not enough.
I would not even invest in buying this phone right now. Most development for it has died down because of the restrictions. Developers are moving on. Those of us with MDL firmware (like myself) won't see much continued support for Loki nowadays anyway. If the bootloader could be unlocked, I believe it would have been unlocked by now. All these workarounds are very limited, and dangerous.
Personally, I wouldn't even buy the phone at this point. Scrape the funds together for either the T-Mobile S4 or Note 3.

Get the nexus 5, you'll be very happy

Thank you very much for that answer, that was an excellent answer. Although I'm not a noob bc I've been doing this stuff for years and been a member for years.I did the trading but I am not familiar with Samsung at all bc the last Samsung I had was a captivate. It's there a lot of active development for the t mobile variant? I'm guessing it's probably around $600, right? Lastly do you think that there will be a solution to the lock down of mf3 and later in the next few months?
Again thanks for your very helpful answer.
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Rad ryan said:
Thank you very much for that answer, that was an excellent answer. Although I'm not a noob bc I've been doing this stuff for years and been a member for years.I did the trading but I am not familiar with Samsung at all bc the last Samsung I had was a captivate. It's there a lot of active development for the t mobile variant? I'm guessing it's probably around $600, right? Lastly do you think that there will be a solution to the lock down of mf3 and later in the next few months?
Again thanks for your very helpful answer.
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The development for the AT&T S4 has died down. In my opinion, no one will ever unlock the bootloader for it. Maybe someday with some future device, but not this device. The closest we got was with the loki method, which was great. But that's long gone now.
Look on negri for the T-Mobile variant. I think its M919. I'm not sure. T-Mobile developers have been able to make great roms for the device, instead of wasting so much time to find a workaround. Maybe even try T-Mobile out and see if they've improved in your area. They got a lot better in my area, but still a lot of EDGE.
If I were you, I'd go for the Nexus 5.

Rad ryan said:
Thanks for your kind response to my honest question mattmjb0188. I can't get a t mobile or international variant bc I'm on a budget. I will use my upgrade to get the phone at best buy for $50, and the condition of this price is that it must be a contract renewal/upgrade, which is another reason I can't get diff version of the phone. Did you even read the op? I would love to get one brand new out of the box with mdl but the odds of that are slim hence why I asked the question in the 1st place. So if you can't help or don't like the question then don't respond, but I do thank you for your info about the other variants that don't have issues, it just doesn't help me.
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Heres my suggestion, if you want the s4, get it from best buy than sell it unopened for as much as you can and than with the money you get buy a tmobile or i9505 international variant...(not i9500 or the verizon or sprint one)
The tmobile variant is probably your best bet, the tmobile variant supports all of ATT service bands so youll have no issues with reception or internet. The tmobile variant can flash roms from any of the other s4 variants (verizon sprint att i9505...just not any roms from the i9500)
So in other words if you get the tmobile variant you dont have to worry about a dead dev scene as you can always flash roms from a differnt carrier...only thing is you will probably have to set up your apns for att rom flashes
Hope that helps you
And on another note if you decide to stick with the ATT s4, every firmware can be rooted
Mdb has real recoveries, so you can flash anything as long as you "loki" the kernel - Unfortunately I do not think there are any stores that are selling phones with this firmware
Mdl has real recoveries, so you can flash anything as long as you "loki" the kernel...Unfortunately it is pretty much impossible to find a phone with this firmware in any store now
Mf3 has safestrap which is kinda like a recovery, with it you can flash any touchwiz based 4.2.2 rom (stock roms) or any 4.2.2 Google Phone Edition (aka GPE, which is an aosp experience S4, no bloatware no samsung features, its like having a nexus in the body of an s4) rom...NO CUSTOM KERNELS, NO AOSP ROMS (no cyanogenmod) - this is the firmware most phones come with
Mk2 (latest firmware) recently got a beta safestrap...as of now you can flash some 4.3 touchwiz stock based roms, alot dont boot yet, and the GPE 4.3 rom doesn't boot with it either. As it becomes stable it should work identical to the one for mf3 - phones will probably start coming with this one soon
In other words, safestrap allows you to run roms that are built off the same firmware version as your stock rom, safestrap flashes no kernel, so whatever rom you flash has to be compatible with the stock kernel of your current firmware
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Rad ryan said:
Thank you very much for that answer, that was an excellent answer. Although I'm not a noob bc I've been doing this stuff for years and been a member for years.I did the trading but I am not familiar with Samsung at all bc the last Samsung I had was a captivate. It's there a lot of active development for the t mobile variant? I'm guessing it's probably around $600, right? Lastly do you think that there will be a solution to the lock down of mf3 and later in the next few months?
Again thanks for your very helpful answer.
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They actually seem to be getting close to another work around which will allow you to flash any rom or kernel using safestrap...turns out theres a feature in the 4.3 mk2 kernel which allows unsigned drivers to run, in theory they can compile a kexec driver for the kernel which would allow you to use any kernel thus allowing the flash of any rom...theres a how-to thread in the original development section with more info, however...its not a guarentee we will see this anytime soon, as you never know what issues they may run into...but something to look into if your interested
EDIT: actually heres a post from the thread i mentioned which pretty much sums up how we hope this "exploit" will work as far as kernel flashing goes http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=48703510&postcount=10
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With all that said; how come I have the MF3 baseband my s4 (jflteatt), and I still have a custom recovery with the ability to flash different roms and kernels? Is it because I installed the custom recovery on an earlier baseband and then it got updated to a newer baseband but still kept recovery?
I only found out I had MF3 on my phone now because I couldn't flash a different recovery anymore.

Yes
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noel_leon said:
With all that said; how come I have the MF3 baseband my s4 (jflteatt), and I still have a custom recovery with the ability to flash different roms and kernels? Is it because I installed the custom recovery on an earlier baseband and then it got updated to a newer baseband but still kept recovery?
I only found out I had MF3 on my phone now because I couldn't flash a different recovery anymore.
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It is literally impossible to have officially updated through OTA while on a custom Recovery. What I suspect has been done is the same as my phone. I got an MDL device and quickly installed TWRP and a custom ROM. As new updates came out, I flashed just the baseband. So now, I have a 4.4 ROM with the MK2 baseband and am able to install anything I like.
If I were to have ever done an OTA, I would no longer be able to have a custom recovery because of a blown Qfuse.
Please don't try to say that what you have is the only phone with OTA MF3 and custom recovery.
The only way to have anything like that is through SS and that is not a true recovery. If you do have that, you can only install certain ROMs not including AOSP, AOKP, MIUI, or CM.
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When did I ever say I was the only one? I asked a simple question that I mostly had the answer to already; which in turn was answered by a simple "Yes" from HiTideBlastoise.
And I never said anything about OTA either. I said I had installed custom recovery on an earlier baseband and then my baseband was updated but recovery was still intact.

I never said you did say that. It was preemptive. Secondly, you make it out to seem like you did nothing to update your baseband. You are making it seem like it just happened. Well, that can't happen without either updating the entire phone or flashing it yourself. The funny thing is the baseband means nothing when it comes to recoveries and flashing ROMs. It can only be used as a possible sign on a stock device as to what version one is running. On a modified device, like yours, it is worthless information on the version of Android. Like I said before, I have 4.4 with MK2 as my baseband. How can I install ROMs. Not because it updated my baseband after I already have a custom recovery... But because I never took an OTA and made it do the stuff I wanted.
Basically what I am saying is that you need to be clear with what you say. Everything you said makes it sound like your phone did it all by itself without you or someone else making it the way it is. There is no other option. You have to have done something to have a custom recovery and an MF3 baseband with pre MF3 bootloaders.
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I agree with graydiggy that the only way to still have a custom recovery and mf3 baseband is that you either flashed an mf3 tw rom with a modem or a a standalone modem to your mdl software. If you took the "OTA" successfully, you will definitely have a locked down bootloader now.
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[Q] Will an OTA remove root access?

Hello there,
I've had an AT&T Galaxy S4 for about a year now and I've been on custom ROMs since January of this year. When I was last on Stock, I had Android 4.2.2 Jellybean. Recently, I've been running into a lot of problems with my ROM so I tried installing other ROMs only to find more issues that were bothering me. I decided to just go back to stock but I was curious as to whether taking an OTA update will ruin my root? I do apologize for asking this but I'm still rather new at this. I was also curious if taking the OTA will remove my custom recovery as well as re-lock my bootloader? If I'm not supplying enough information for someone to determine the answer, please let me know and I'll provide that information.

BrokeEven said:
Hello there,
I've had an AT&T Galaxy S4 for about a year now and I've been on custom ROMs since January of this year. When I was last on Stock, I had Android 4.2.2 Jellybean. Recently, I've been running into a lot of problems with my ROM so I tried installing other ROMs only to find more issues that were bothering me. I decided to just go back to stock but I was curious as to whether taking an OTA update will ruin my root? I do apologize for asking this but I'm still rather new at this. I was also curious if taking the OTA will remove my custom recovery as well as re-lock my bootloader? If I'm not supplying enough information for someone to determine the answer, please let me know and I'll provide that information.
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One question my bro, what galaxy s4 do you have?
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I don't know the specific model name but I know it's the Galaxy S4 for AT&T

BrokeEven said:
I don't know the specific model name but I know it's the Galaxy S4 for AT&T
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If you don't know what model you're on you shouldn't be rooted. The at&t version is the i337, and yes if the ota works you'll lose root.
And questions go in the q&a forum, not general
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you need to know your build first, so you can install right .tar
odin will replace everything. except sdcards. best to back up cards anyway and/or pull ext card.
use terminal emulator and type in
SU
getprop ro.bootloader
it will give you your build--:good:
btw your bootloader was never unlocked on an i337.
EDIT: Beat me jd

Oh really? Cuz whenever I turn my phone on it shows a pad lock unlocked. The same animation appeared on my Galaxy Nexus when I had it so I just assumed the bootloader was unlocked

No, that comes up in the rooting process. The i337 has not been unlocked. There is an exploit called loki-doki for pre MF3 builds that bypasses Sammy's security checks. It allows those of us on early build to flash custom recoveries/kernels. Otherwise you need to use SafeStrap and only TW roms. If you are not familiar with SafeStrap then you are probably on a pre MF3 build.
Some people refer to the exploit as unlocking the phone. That's incorrect though--

You should get the ota root keeper, it backs up the root, then after ota update, you can restore back.
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