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LinkKokiri83

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Hiyas, i got a bad esn galaxy s4 (cricket) off ebay, on purpose. Everything works fine as a secondary media player and gaming phone. Only problem i have is i cant update to kitkat, and im sure any further updates as well for lack of connection to a service. The phone has no sim card as well. Is there a way to install System updates from usb, or a rom i could install via odin thats already updated? Thanks in advance. =)
 
You should be able to do the updates via WiFi - go to Settings .. About Phone .. System Updates and hit the Check Now button while you're connected to WiFi.
 
about device > software update > united states > accept tos > registering device to processing failed. Keep looking over the net and cant find anything or files needed to update manualy. sch-r970c is the model, cricket, bad esn, no sim card.
 
LinkKokiri83 said:
about device > software update > united states > accept tos > registering device to processing failed. Keep looking over the net and cant find anything or files needed to update manualy. sch-r970c is the model, cricket, bad esn, no sim card.
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Model: SCH-R970C
Model name: GALAXY S4
Country: Cricket
Version: Android 4.4.2
Changelist: 1033761
Build date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 07:00:46 +0000
Product Code: CRI
PDA: R970CVVUFNC6
CSC: R970CCRIFNC6
MODEM: R970CVVUFNC6
 
LinkKokiri83 said:
odin keeps crashing when i load the kitkat into the ap slot. (3.09)
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Have you made sure that you have unzipped the firmware .zip file so that you have a .tar file?

Taken from the download link I posted earlier...

"Instructions
Extract (unzip) the firmware file
Download Odin v3.09
Extract Odin zip-file
Open Odin v3.09
Reboot phone in Download Mode (press and hold Home + Power + Volume Down buttons)
Connect phone and wait until you get a blue sign in Odin
Add the firmware file to AP / PDA
Make sure re-partition is NOT ticked
Click the start button, sit back and wait a few minutes"
 
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