[Q] Updates for factory unlocked s4 active - Galaxy S 4 Active Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I recently bought a factory unlocked at&t s4 active. Will i still get updates from samsung even though its unlocked from at&t carrier. Mine is struck at 4.2.2 . When I try to update it in About device>Software update it says "Software update interrupted. No updates available. Plz try after 24 hours".
Will be happy if someone has answers for this.

The OTA update comes from AT&T servers, not Samsung, I believe that you have to be an AT&T customer to use the update function on phone.
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[Q] 4.1.2 OTA update, unlocked EE

I bought a 9305 locked to EE in the UK, and unlocked it. I've been using giffgaff for the last couple of months.
I've yet to see an OTA update for 4.1.2. Has anyone with a locked EE phone seen an OTA update yet?
I'm curious as to whether the fact that I'm not running on EE anymore is the reason I'm not seeing the OTA update.
I couldnt get an OTA update so plugged it in via Kies and it updated. Try that
psweeney1967 said:
I bought a 9305 locked to EE in the UK, and unlocked it. I've been using giffgaff for the last couple of months.
I've yet to see an OTA update for 4.1.2. Has anyone with a locked EE phone seen an OTA update yet?
I'm curious as to whether the fact that I'm not running on EE anymore is the reason I'm not seeing the OTA update.
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I bet you can still update as normal with kies. I haven't unlocked and still couldn't update through ota. I did it with kies and it was fine.
Also will be unlocking the phone officially via ee as I don't want to mess around with them. All.mobile companies are finding excuses to void warranties and leave you be once they hook you up with their contracts
Updated with kies last night. I would be nice if OTA worked, I can't stand kies.
Just realised when I unlocked i could do OTA updates.... just checked and no update for me. will try Kies tonight

[Q] OTA update

hi everybody
i have an N900A and this is my first time with AT&T phones
i'm not in the US and i unlocked my phone already
the question is do i still enable to get the OTA update ??
and dose AT&T will posh the update soon ??
If the phone is rooted u won't get OTA updates. Have to find the files and update with ODIN. If isn't root it will get OTA updates
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I have an international galaxy s4 that I bought from dubai. I was wondering about the same question. After searching I found out that the phone will only update if it is in the same country that the phone purchased from. I can't confirm that but you might look it up.
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Just use Samsung Kies if you want official updates.
Yep
If you've the unlock through the carrier and your device isn't rooted, you'll receive the update regardless of your location.

[Q] N900A cannot update to Kit Kat?

Wife's N900A on T Mobile cannot update over the air, thus I tried used Kies 3. It informs me that there are no updates for her phone.
It says " This is the latest firmware" however she is still on JellyBean?
Yes you must be on an at&t network to receive over the air updates.
Unfortunately kies only works for versions ending with mi9. Probably because sammobile.com only released mi9.
The easiest way to update is to borrow a friends at&t sim card and update. It might be possible for a Samsung rep at your local bestbuy to update you.
However since your on jellybean rom it's possible for you to gain root access and install a custom kit Kat rom. Check out the development section on here if you want to go that route.

[Q] Need to be activated with a carrier to get OTA updates?

I have the Pure Edition with a T-Mobile SIM card, however, I have not yet activated it with T-Mobile.
Will OTA updates work while I am connected to Wifi? It keeps telling me that I am up-to-date, so it seems like It is checking. However, it has never told me there is an update available while I was on KitKat. I had to manually upgrade to Lollipop (22.11.6)
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U.S Unlocked November Security update

Has anyone actually received the update to ATK1? I was on ATJ5 with the October update however I saw the ATJ1 in Frija. The phone was saying I was up to date so I am manually flashing it. I am just curious if my phone was going to get the update or not as I am running a SIM unlocked ATT device on the unlocked firmware.
I received the ATK1 update OTA last week. I'm on ATT with a factory unlocked phone.
mvmorr01 said:
I received the ATK1 update OTA last week. I'm on ATT with a factory unlocked phone.
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ditto for me.
Recieved the update on the 24th. Same date as the previous month's update. Both times I had to manually check for updates before it showed up. On Mint with a factory unlocked.
I'm USA unlocked on T-Mobile and was tired of waiting for the update. They are always last to push it. So I used the guide that was posted on this forum on how to change your CSC to check for and download the update. Worked perfect. Had the new update installed in like 5 minutes.

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