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.
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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.
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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I'm using an AT&T Note 3 for T-Mobile. I believe when 4.4 first came out I did not want to update so I froze the AT&T Software Update, however I now want to update OTA from 4.3 to 4.4.4. How do I re-enable the software update OTA? I tried doing a factory reset thinking it would recover it however it didn't. Whenever I go to Settings>General>About Device and tap Software Update nothing happens. I also tried using Samsung Kies 3 to update however it says I'm not the latest firmware, 4.3. Which I believe is not???
Any help is appreciated to update from 4.3 to latest android.
Thank you!
Found the answer to my question.
Use Odin.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2703006
Easy.
Hello guys;
First of all, Let me post my phone software info:
Android Version: 4.4.2
Build Number: KOT49H.G870AUCU1ANG3
Phone Location: out USA
I tried all methods available to update my phone at least lollipop not even Marshmallow! and every time i get the message "The is the latest software update available to your phone"!
I tried the software update inside settings, Kies 3 (also emergency recovery method), Smart Switch, AT&T SIM Card inserted with USA VPN...etc)...non of them worked for me!
Does any one manage to have a legit Lollipop or Marshmallow Odin Stock Flash?!
I saw some methods over recovery with OTA update packages but it is too risky since there is no Stock ROM for the device in Sammobile also i am afraid to brick the device or losing IMEI and no service Box is supporting it!
looking for your help!?
milanguy said:
Hello guys;
First of all, Let me post my phone software info:
Android Version: 4.4.2
Build Number: KOT49H.G870AUCU1ANG3
Phone Location: out USA
I tried all methods available to update my phone at least lollipop not even Marshmallow! and every time i get the message "The is the latest software update available to your phone"!
I tried the software update inside settings, Kies 3 (also emergency recovery method), Smart Switch, AT&T SIM Card inserted with USA VPN...etc)...non of them worked for me!
Does any one manage to have a legit Lollipop or Marshmallow Odin Stock Flash?!
I saw some methods over recovery with OTA update packages but it is too risky since there is no Stock ROM for the device in Sammobile also i am afraid to brick the device or losing IMEI and no service Box is supporting it!
looking for your help!?
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Thats becuz there isnt for att yet. Therr are over the airs for 5.0 but nothing else. And the update to 5.1 but its stock and unrooted you have to be rooted im sure for that and using flashfire for it so it just changes rom and not bootloader . Allowing you to still downgrade back.
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Hi everyone,
Just got a used S5 from ebay and it's a carrier unlocked AT&T model (I'm in the UK). I've successfully upgraded to Marshmallow using Odin and was looking at root options. I've done some looking around the forums and just wanted to check if I was understanding the situation properly:
1) Are the AT&T models impossible to bootloader unlock?
2) If this is true then I guess any ROMs other than stock based are out of the question?
3) Is it not possible to have root on MM? Is this just because it hasn't been done yet, or is there something inherent in MM that makes it impossible?
4) Therefore, it's only possible to have rooted s5 on LP? And only ROMS based on LP are available?
Thanks in advance !
How did you update the firmware, since i'm having an AT&T S5 with 5.1.1 on it (G900AUCU4COI5), and when searching for updates it's always telling me that there are no updates available, although i'm sure that there are at least 10 mini-patches and patches (5.1.1 -> 6.0).
@tooplanx
Your assumptions are correct. There is an encryption key that has the bootloader locked down and only the carrier can release it. Most Samsung US variants are notorious for this. So yes only stock ROM or a 5.0 based custom ROM is available. Root could be possible through a security exploit on MM (especially since its security patches are now 6 months out of date) but I don't think any developers are working on it that I know of as most of them have moved onto other devices and variants. So at this time yes it is only possible to have root on 5.0.
@Cornul11
Are you using a working AT&T sim card when checking for the update? It won't appear when using another network.
Cornul11 said:
How did you update the firmware, since i'm having an AT&T S5 with 5.1.1 on it (G900AUCU4COI5), and when searching for updates it's always telling me that there are no updates available, although i'm sure that there are at least 10 mini-patches and patches (5.1.1 -> 6.0).
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Unless you have an AT&T working sim, you will need to install the upgrade with some software called 'Odin' and the manually downloaded stock 6.0 ROM for the G900A. Kies doesn't work either.
Have a look for 'Odin upgrade' in these forums, it should be easy enough to find.
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@tooplanx
Your assumptions are correct. There is an encryption key that has the bootloader locked down and only the carrier can release it. Most Samsung US variants are notorious for this. So yes only stock ROM or a 5.0 based custom ROM is available. Root could be possible through a security exploit on MM (especially since its security patches are now 6 months out of date) but I don't think any developers are working on it that I know of as most of them have moved onto other devices and variants. So at this time yes it is only possible to have root on 5.0.
@Cornul11
Are you using a working AT&T sim card when checking for the update? It won't appear when using another network.
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tooplanx said:
Unless you have an AT&T working sim, you will need to install the upgrade with some software called 'Odin' and the manually downloaded stock 6.0 ROM for the G900A. Kies doesn't work either.
Have a look for 'Odin upgrade' in these forums, it should be easy enough to find.
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I don't have an AT&T sim card, so no updates were being shown as available for me. I downloaded the firmware and installed it using ODIN, now i have the latest available version which is G900AUCS4DQD1 (6.0.1).