Kitkat 4.4.2 update for s4 i9500

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BeeMoo123

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Feb 21, 2014
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Hello ...
About the new official update for S4 I9500XXUFNB3 I have 2 questions
1-If I have a rooted device with JB 4.3 and I flashed it , what happens ? the root access will be denied ? I think yes
and is there any root way ?
2- and this is the most important , I read that ART is not supported yet in this version , so should I wait it to be supported or it will not be available ?

Thanks
 

danyznd123

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Jun 21, 2013
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Hello ...
About the new official update for S4 I9500XXUFNB3 I have 2 questions
1-If I have a rooted device with JB 4.3 and I flashed it , what happens ? the root access will be denied ? I think yes
and is there any root way ?
2- and this is the most important , I read that ART is not supported yet in this version , so should I wait it to be supported or it will not be available ?

Thanks

If you have a rooted device then you are not able to receive OTA updates and if you received and updated you will stuck in a bootloop so unroot then update and the reroot(not in same method)
And Yes if you update the firmware you will lose root.
 

BeeMoo123

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Feb 21, 2014
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If you have a rooted device then you are not able to receive OTA updates and if you received and updated you will stuck in a bootloop so unroot then update and the reroot(not in same method)
And Yes if you update the firmware you will lose root.

no I didn't receive the update
I will flash it using odin
 

BeeMoo123

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Feb 21, 2014
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Feeling lost :(

Should I unroot my phone before updating from 4.3 to 4.4.2 ?
and what is the recovery should I use ? (CWM or TWRP or what ? )
I want to update it using odin (what do you prefer ?)
Please help me
 

Anubhav Agrawal

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Should I unroot my phone before updating from 4.3 to 4.4.2 ?
and what is the recovery should I use ? (CWM or TWRP or what ? )
I want to update it using odin (what do you prefer ?)
Please help me

if u flash a rom via Odin,and the rom is not pre rooted,then u always will loose root..
There's no need to unroot ur phone,as it automatically will loose root..
As for.rooting 4.4.2, once the rom gets out,so will its rooting methods...

if u want stable recovery,go for cwm
if u want recovery with more features,go for twrp..
What do I prefer?I prefer flashing rom via recovery,since chances of failure from that is slim..

Sent from my GT-I9500
 
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    Should I unroot my phone before updating from 4.3 to 4.4.2 ?
    and what is the recovery should I use ? (CWM or TWRP or what ? )
    I want to update it using odin (what do you prefer ?)
    Please help me

    if u flash a rom via Odin,and the rom is not pre rooted,then u always will loose root..
    There's no need to unroot ur phone,as it automatically will loose root..
    As for.rooting 4.4.2, once the rom gets out,so will its rooting methods...

    if u want stable recovery,go for cwm
    if u want recovery with more features,go for twrp..
    What do I prefer?I prefer flashing rom via recovery,since chances of failure from that is slim..

    Sent from my GT-I9500