Re: T-Mobile update?

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Originally Posted by jinda628

Hey guys, thanks for all the responses. This is not even my thread but I thought since its related to the OP's, I decided to just chime in. But I still dont get it
If I am unrooted and went back to stock rom, my device status shouldn't be modified right?

I used this method when I did a warranty claim and worked for me. This should be the same as Zedomax, look into it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1955423

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Re: T-Mobile update?

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I still haven't got my update I check and it keep saying im up to date which is obviously a lie

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Re: T-Mobile update?

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Originally Posted by garuda420

I still haven't got my update I check and it keep saying im up to date which is obviously a lie

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Which version are you running?

Hastily spouted for your befuddlement

Originally Posted by danterakin

I used this method when I did a warranty claim and worked for me. This should be the same as Zedomax, look into it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1955423

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That's actually the 1st method that I used before doing it all over again using zedomax.
When I check my Custom Binary Download, its actually "NO" so my counter is Zero so this MODIFIED thing is really weird.

Anyway, at least I got the official update. I guess I'll go ahead and root it back again. Thanks for the help!

Originally Posted by jinda628

I'm still at UVALK8 as well. When I click "Check Updates", it says, "Your device has been modified. Software updates are not available"

My phone is rooted with stock ROM. Does this mean TMO detects the root and wont give me the update?
If yes, will I get the update if I unroot? Then just root again?

I am rooted via ROOT66 rooted stock and it says my phone is up to date when I check for updates via >settings>about device>software update

4.1.1, T889UVALL4

Maybe you need to flash a previous (Older) stock rom and try again?

I don't know if this will help.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...2&goto=newpost

So I have been lurking around this forum for a long time, and decided that I should contribute.

Anyhow, I was facing the exact same situation as the original post. I was unable to update my phone using OTA. I even tried using Kies, using Triangle away, unrooting, all did not manage to get OTA to work. While unrooting, I used Odin to push files to the phone. Then I thought to myself, oh, what if I used Odin to push the updates to the phone? I did that and successfully updated to UVALL4.

So you can try these steps:
Run the Samsung Toolkit
Choose your version
Choose #8 from the main menu (Download, Extract + Flash Stock Rom via Odin)
Follow the steps in #1. This will download the stock Roms.
Next choose #2 and follow the directions in there
The choose #4 and follow the directions.
The first rom that you should flash over is UVALK8 if you are still on UVALK1. Or you can flash over UVALL4 if you are already using UVALK8.
Then the second rom would be UVALL4 that you flash over, if you are upgraded from UVALJ1
When all is done, you have should have now updated to UVALL4.

Some notes:
My phone was originally on STOCK T889UVALJ1
I unrooted, and used Triangle away to reset the flash counter to 1. It would not go to zero. Since you are more of less forcing the phone to update, whether you need to unroot and use Triangle Away I dont know.
I didnt factory reset either.
I upgraded from UVALJ1 to UVALK8 then finally to UVALL4.
The immediate difference from from UVALJ1 to UVALK8 seems to be more bloatware..
I also didnt any differences from UVALK8 to UVALL
I dont believe the above method will work if you are using custom roms. Be warned.