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Whats the new "Android System Update"?

I just got an android 48.6MB software push on my phone today, anyone know what it is? for that matter where are the software pushes stored?

Perhaps the new EK02 update? It has been push for the past days system wide.

Use the search button, it is your friend...
Either way, its an update to get rid of the LOS issues people were having among other bug fixes. and as far as i know, it is stored in /cache

Didnt see it in /cache unless its hidden, thank you for reply it was EK02

Does anyone know how this would trouble rooting?
I know that I had been rooted, I applied the update (since I knew it was coming and what it was for), error message popped up and phone locked. As a result I used CWM and restored an old backup and sure enough everything is fine. Unrooted, factory reset, applied update. I am good.
Now how do I root? Can I root? What root method? I have been using the ZedoMax 4.1 root with Odin but I am not sure that this is the best root out there. Would any of these revert the update?
Thanks!

Booo 2.3.6/EK02 didnt fix shutter, focus sound now, I still wake the baby up if I take a photo. Is there a Non-Root kill for this that works 100% because I notice if you use the barcode scanner app it doesnt make a shutter noise.

hello all,
Can I do apply this update..?
I ask you because, my phone are only unlocked...I use my phone on Mexico
NOTE: The phone not ROOTED..!!
I waiting your response....

GeoJam3s said:
Does anyone know how this would trouble rooting?
Now how do I root? Can I root? What root method? I have been using the ZedoMax 4.1 root with Odin but I am not sure that this is the best root out there. Would any of these revert the update?
Thanks![/QUOTE}
I'm curious. After you restored an old backup and unrooted/reset, did the update get pushed to your phone again? Here's the easiest way to root
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342728
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DataHawg said:
GeoJam3s said:
Does anyone know how this would trouble rooting?
Now how do I root? Can I root? What root method? I have been using the ZedoMax 4.1 root with Odin but I am not sure that this is the best root out there. Would any of these revert the update?
Thanks![/QUOTE}
I'm curious. After you restored an old backup and unrooted/reset, did the update get pushed to your phone again? Here's the easiest way to root
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342728
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Yes. The update pushed to my phone. I didn't know if any of the previous settings would cause my phone to brick, but apparently it worked fine... no problems... flawless root.
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4NDR01D5 said:
Booo 2.3.6/EK02 didnt fix shutter, focus sound now, I still wake the baby up if I take a photo. Is there a Non-Root kill for this that works 100% because I notice if you use the barcode scanner app it doesnt make a shutter noise.
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theres some app for no shutter sound, it acutally might be called that no shutter cant remember..
If not, just flash a rom that has camera sounds removed?

So, I'm on Blazer ROM and I'm getting the update push. Will it brick me if I update? I seriously don't need that at the moment so its in my best interest to figure that out first before I go ahead.

Did anyone else try to update theirs? I have EK02 and Starburst 1.9.8. I just want to make sure this won't brick my phone or do any damage. I'm away from home for another three weeks and I wanna make sure this update won't make mine a useless piece of crap.

Annoying that root ed people are getting the update push as well...
Does that mean it's tied to your acct?
Should probably expect more of these in the future...I wouldn't install it on a root ed phone...

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Has anyone on a rooted Epic 4G Touch ran this update? And if so, did it unroot or brick anybody? I'm getting tired of getting the update notification pop-up.. I'm either going to follow the guide to removing it, or run the update, depending on any official word that it won't screw up my customized phone... I certainly don't want to have to redo everything.
Thanks in advance!

I tried to run the update it restarted my phone and it give me a explanation mark with green android icon. wtf does that mean??? I restarted the phone now the update message doesn't even pop up assuming it updated it???
Android version : 2.3.4
Kernel: 2.6.35.7 zedomax
hardware version: d710.10
buildnumber: midnight rom 2.0

I blindly installed the OTA yesterday.
I had Rooted stock version of 2.3.4.
Now I have Rooted 2.3.6.
Looked up information all yesterday and all I could see was LOS fix and system RAM was increased by decreasing the OS requirements (somehow). Some people said this
made their phone perform faster.
Right away I noticed I had to reset all my bluetooth connected devices.
No other problems were noticed. I am still rooted, woohoo.

Just tried installing this on the latest Blazer Rom (not the beta one) and got a error after restarting. It then booted into Team Rogue recovery and I rebooted the phone and now it dosen't ask me for a update. My baseband version is eg30 and kernel is ek02. Don't think I am doing something wrong, if I am can someone tell me

chaosbelow247 said:
Just tried installing this on the latest Blazer Rom (not the beta one) and got a error after restarting. It then booted into Team Rogue recovery and I rebooted the phone and now it dosen't ask me for a update. My baseband version is eg30 and kernel is ek02. Don't think I am doing something wrong, if I am can someone tell me
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same thing happened to me on my epic 4g touch. No update message yet.

deziking said:
same thing happened to me on my epic 4g touch. No update message yet.
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Well I think it's a good thing it didn't ask me because I didn't want the update considering I like my ROM. The update only fixes LoS issues and other problems. You can actually find the updated kernel on these forums and flash it to your phone if you have problems with signal otherwise the update really doesn't do much.
You can also flash to Blazer Rom EL13 beta rom and it will improve your data speeds but users have reported slower WiFi speeds. It also gets rid of the update message since its the latest update. ლ(ಠ益ಠლ)
TL;DR: The update is useless unless you have LoS issues.

chaosbelow247 said:
Well I think it's a good thing it didn't ask me because I didn't want the update considering I like my ROM. The update only fixes LoS issues and other problems. You can actually find the updated kernel on these forums and flash it to your phone if you have problems with signal otherwise the update really doesn't do much.
You can also flash to Blazer Rom EL13 beta rom and it will improve your data speeds but users have reported slower WiFi speeds. It also gets rid of the update message since its the latest update. ლ(ಠ益ಠლ)
TL;DR: The update is useless unless you have LoS issues.
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Sweet thanks for the info I'm going to update the kernel when I get home, I have been having Los issues.
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Cons of switching to yakju from yakjuux?

I wanna switch so I can get updates from Google, and not Samsung
So what are the cons of switching?
I heard it makes your boot loader locked, what does a locked boot loader mean?
I don't plan on rooting by the way
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA App

Been there, I am with Bell, had yakjuux and flashed to yakju. No regret, nothing really changed so far.
Your boot loader will stay unlocked, you it wipes your devices completely as a scurity measure. So make sure you do a backup 1st.

Malarie said:
Been there, I am with Bell, had yakjuux and flashed to yakju. No regret, nothing really changed so far.
Your boot loader will stay unlocked, you it wipes your devices completely as a scurity measure. So make sure you do a backup 1st.
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did you get android 4.0.2?
oh man... im such a noob to these things
can someone in toronto (mississauga / brampton) do this for me?
ill pay you

There is no point to doing this. All ICS builds are ICS. Not everyone on yakju gets their updates faster than people on yakjuux. You will not magically get the 4.0.2 update just by doing this.

joshnichols189 said:
There is no point to doing this. All ICS builds are ICS. Not everyone on yakju gets their updates faster than people on yakjuux. You will not magically get the 4.0.2 update just by doing this.
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this is exactly what i was thinking right now...
i don't mind if samsung updates my phone instead of google, but the question is
how much longer does samsung take?
i don't wanna wait till the galaxy s2 gets ice cream sandwich

"Androind Updating" after changing to yakju
Using the USB drivers and Firmware from the Samsung Germany website I went from yakjuzs (Hong Kong) to yakju.
After doing this, I powered off my phone, and powered it back on.
After the Google Logo and Animation, I get a message box that says "Android Updating...". after short period of time (under 2s) at the bottom of the screen it says "No Service", then the message box says "starting Applications" under the "Android Updating..." message. The phone then finishes initialization as normal and goes to the home screen.
This made me think that my phone might be trying to upgrade from 4.0.1 to 4.0.2. So I went to the system settings > about phone > system updates and checked for updates. It said my phone was up to date, and the version in the about section is 4.0.1.
Has anyone had this happen to them before? Have any ideas?
This happens every time I shutoff my phone and turn it back on.

subxero123 said:
this is exactly what i was thinking right now...
i don't mind if samsung updates my phone instead of google, but the question is
how much longer does samsung take?
i don't wanna wait till the galaxy s2 gets ice cream sandwich
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You will not wait that long. It is still AOSP ICS, no matter who builds it. The wait will never be much longer than yakju devices. Hell my friend is on yakju and got the volume fix a week ago so so much for that.

1Speed said:
Using the USB drivers and Firmware from the Samsung Germany website I went from yakjuzs (Hong Kong) to yakju.
After doing this, I powered off my phone, and powered it back on.
After the Google Logo and Animation, I get a message box that says "Android Updating...". after short period of time (under 2s) at the bottom of the screen it says "No Service", then the message box says "starting Applications" under the "Android Updating..." message. The phone then finishes initialization as normal and goes to the home screen.
This made me think that my phone might be trying to upgrade from 4.0.1 to 4.0.2. So I went to the system settings > about phone > system updates and checked for updates. It said my phone was up to date, and the version in the about section is 4.0.1.
Has anyone had this happen to them before? Have any ideas?
This happens every time I shutoff my phone and turn it back on.
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Android upgrading is not the same as changing to a new version its a feature in ICS that optimizes installed apps and whatnot, completely different things

1Speed said:
Using the USB drivers and Firmware from the Samsung Germany website I went from yakjuzs (Hong Kong) to yakju.
After doing this, I powered off my phone, and powered it back on.
After the Google Logo and Animation, I get a message box that says "Android Updating...". after short period of time (under 2s) at the bottom of the screen it says "No Service", then the message box says "starting Applications" under the "Android Updating..." message. The phone then finishes initialization as normal and goes to the home screen.
This made me think that my phone might be trying to upgrade from 4.0.1 to 4.0.2. So I went to the system settings > about phone > system updates and checked for updates. It said my phone was up to date, and the version in the about section is 4.0.1.
Has anyone had this happen to them before? Have any ideas?
This happens every time I shutoff my phone and turn it back on.
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This exact thing is happening on my galaxy nexus. I hope someone can help because I am also stuck on 4.0.1

subxero123 said:
I wanna switch so I can get updates from Google, and not Samsung
So what are the cons of switching?
I heard it makes your boot loader locked, what does a locked boot loader mean?
I don't plan on rooting by the way
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA App
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you can follow a guide I've made to switch
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1464881

TenPercenter said:
This exact thing is happening on my galaxy nexus. I hope someone can help because I am also stuck on 4.0.1
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Easy solution: flash a 4.0.3 ROM in ClockworkMod Recovery.

synaesthetic said:
Easy solution: flash a 4.0.3 ROM in ClockworkMod Recovery.
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thanks I can do that. Do I need to do 4.0.2 first?

TenPercenter said:
thanks I can do that. Do I need to do 4.0.2 first?
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No - ROM's here are full ROM's. You can flash a top of everything and it will be fine. All you need is unlocked bootloader and clockwork mod recovery installed (check stickies in General/Development subforums)

Only issues i have had after switching is now my battery meter always shows "On Battery" even after charging .. It charges fine, and i can get 100% Charge, infact i find i have better battery life on 4.0.4 Yakju then on 4.0.1 Yakjuux ... Unfortunatly the batter thing is annoying me even though its the only issue i am having.
I have also noticed my benchmarks on the device have fell a little bit. I may find a Yakjuux build and revert back to it. But for now ill test this build for a week and see how it goes.

[Q] T-Mobile update service Notification

I have a notification from T-Mobile update service. It says New software is available. I'm rooted and running a custom rom. Should I start the update or will it not get along with my phone?

UnderCoverLover said:
I have a notification from T-Mobile update service. It says New software is available. I'm rooted and running a custom rom. Should I start the update or will it not get along with my phone?
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DO NOT accept the update!! Running a custom rom will brick your phone. You have a couple of options. Flash back to stock and then you can accept the update. BUt since your rooted use titanium backup, and freeze device manager and then reboot and the update notice will go away.

I couldn't wait so I accepted and my phone booted into clockwork recovery. Then nothing happened so I rebooted. Then the update message was gone. What do you think it was?

You dodged a bullet bro. It was the update to UVLDE. Its an update T-Mobile is sending out to prep your phone for the ICS update next week.

Oh, I thought maybe I was special and I was getting ics early. Anyways thanks for your help. If I bricked this phone my wife would kill me because she wants it when I get a different one later in the month.

UnderCoverLover said:
Oh, I thought maybe I was special and I was getting ics early. Anyways thanks for your help. If I bricked this phone my wife would kill me because she wants it when I get a different one later in the month.
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lol.. everyone is gonna be special on Monday

I got the same notification. I'm rooted as well, can you point me in the direction to flash back to stock? I don't know how to do that
Sent from my SGH-T989 using XDA

I see lots of bricks coming soon. LOL. Just use search function for stock rom...

The same applies with the kernel i'm assuming eh?
Sent from my SGH-T989 using XDA

FarReach said:
I got the same notification. I'm rooted as well, can you point me in the direction to flash back to stock? I don't know how to do that
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Here ya go!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1513359

I pressed 'clear data' on Device Management (in manage applications) and the update notification disappeared. I rebooted twice since doing this yesterday and it hasn't come back.
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[Q] Problem with updating to 4.2

Hello there, I have a problem.
I have Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Takju, build JZO54K, version 4.1.2
I'm in Slovakia, O2 provider (don't know if that helps)
Today(November 19) I've got notification that I can update to 4.2 (same thing happened four days ago(November 15)), so I started updating.
I saw the icon of Android guy, with some blue wires or something. Than the icon changed, the Android guy was lying and there was red triangle with exclamation mark in it.
Did it happen to anyone else? Is there some problem with my phone or should I just wait and the update will eventually arrive?
Sorry for my english, and thank you for your help

problem updating to 4.2
Are you rooted?

JamesPumaEnjoi said:
Are you rooted?
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No. I would like to be updated automatically, I don't want to make it manually if I don't have to. Because I would screw it up.

4.2 Update issue
It could be that the phone isnt accepting the phone over the OTA (OVER THE AIR) ive seen this issue before on android phone usually if it wont take it OTA the only other way flash it manually . you dont necessary have to root phone you can always look for the OTA UNROOTED Image which you can flash through fastboot

Froz3nsolid said:
It could be that the phone isnt accepting the phone over the OTA (OVER THE AIR) ive seen this issue before on android phone usually if it wont take it OTA the only other way flash it manually . you dont necessary have to root phone you can always look for the OTA UNROOTED Image which you can flash through fastboot
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Thank you very much
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But, can it be this problem even thou I previously did have OTA update to 4.1.2 and there was no problem at all?

4.2 update issue
could be, im really not sure that is odd that the phone did the 4.1.2 but not 4.2
i have another question when he accepted the update where you on mobile network or wifi

Froz3nsolid said:
could be, im really not sure that is odd that the phone did the 4.1.2 but not 4.2
i have another question when he accepted the update where you on mobile network or wifi
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When the notification about update came up I was on mobile network, but I was low on battery, so I waited till I get home. Then I did it on charger and home wifi network

laker_faker said:
When the notification about update came up I was on mobile network, but I was low on battery, so I waited till I get home. Then I did it on charger and home wifi network
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were you completely stock? root doesnt matter but you have to be stock, no custom kernels or mods.. and you cant have cwm either

k786 said:
were you completely stock? root doesnt matter but you have to be stock, no custom kernels or mods.. and you cant have cwm either
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yeah, completely stock, don't know what cwm is sorry:/ But as I sad, previous OTA went through without any problem, so it can't be it, can it?

laker_faker said:
yeah, completely stock, don't know what cwm is sorry:/ But as I sad, previous OTA went through without any problem, so it can't be it, can it?
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thats weird.. if you are stock the ota should be applied without any issues

k786 said:
thats weird.. if you are stock the ota should be applied without any issues
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Well yeah, but it's not

Yea got ahead give it a good charger and hook it up to wifi and see if that does the trick , when i got the prompt on my Nexus 7 i was connect to wifi and it went through fine
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Froz3nsolid said:
Yea got ahead give it a good charger and hook it up to wifi and see if that does the trick , when i got the prompt on my Nexus 7 i was connect to wifi and it went through fine
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But I did exactly that
I was hoping that more people would have the same problem so I can find a solution, but if it's just me, than there is not much hope.

Also i would check ur baseband(radio) to see of its up too date the lastest i believe is XXLF1
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k786 said:
thats weird.. if you are stock the ota should be applied without any issues
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yeah, completely stock, don't know what cwm is sorry:/ But as I sad, previous OTA went through without any problem, so it can't be it, can it?
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Try this.....boot the phone and go to settings >>>apps>>>all>>>>Google frameworks service>>>>>clear the cache AND THEN the data in that order....when you go back to check on the update it'll say last checked 12/31/69 you want to see that and then search for the update....that clears framework and helps pull the update to your device....I've used this method and it worked for me with ICS after 3-4 tries give it a go and let us know what happens

JamesPumaEnjoi said:
Try this.....boot the phone and go to settings >>>apps>>>all>>>>Google frameworks service>>>>>clear the cache AND THEN the data in that order....when you go back to check on the update it'll say last checked 12/31/69 you want to see that and then search for the update....that clears framework and helps pull the update to your device....I've used this method and it worked for me with ICS after 3-4 tries give it a go and let us know what happens
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I did that and the same thing happened again. The problem is not in that I don't see the updated, problem is that it won't install. Updating starts and about halfway through the red triangle appears and I'm screwed.
I'm really depressed now

Froz3nsolid said:
Also i would check ur baseband(radio) to see of its up too date the lastest i believe is XXLF1
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I have I9250XXLA2 good sir
I see that that's way too old, but how do I update it please?

LF1 is the bb version for 4.1.2;
'fastboot flash radio bbversion.img'
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1812959
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laker_faker said:
I did that and the same thing happened again. The problem is not in that I don't see the updated, problem is that it won't install. Updating starts and about halfway through the red triangle appears and I'm screwed.
I'm really depressed now
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How's it going did anything work?

JamesPumaEnjoi said:
How's it going did anything work?
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I didn't do anything yet. I want to try the radio update, but I'm too afraid I'll screw it up so I do nothing :<

[Q] Blue LED and no screen :(

tl;dr I have a blue LED showing up in the top left of the phone and nothing showing up on the screen after the SAMSUNG logo appears. I do hear the Sprint 4G LTE music, but that's it. The screen is off.
NOTE: I'm running Sprint's stock 4.1.1 ROM rooted.
Other threads I looked at (neither is the same issue):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=581929
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1792477
I had my first OTA update appear today. When I ran the update, Clockwork showed up and upon hitting "Yes", it failed. I looked around online and found this guide to reverse my rooting: http://www.epiccm.org/2012/06/sprint-sgs3-stock-restore.html
I was able to successfully flash TeamEpic-RemoveRoot-from-Recovery-signed.zip, but I didn't hit the keys right for the next one and ended up booting into the OS.
After restarting the phone, I hit the right keys and started ODIN. I saw COM show up in blue and put the TeamEpic-Sprint-SGS3-stock-boot-and-recovery.tar.md5 file in the PDA area then hit Start. I got a green PASS and then closed Odin and waited.
The phone had a black screen with that blue LED in the top left. I waited a while and then just powered it off. Took out the battery and tried again, same thing; although, the SAMSUNG logo does show up. It turns off when the Sprint part is supposed to show and at that moment I can hear the audio but the screen turns off. In this mode, the phone gets very very hot.
I can still boot into the stock recovery, but I can't do much else.
I just wanted the OTA . Does anyone know what might be happening?
EDIT: I put Clockwork Recovery back on, and then Advanced Recovered the boot part of a backup I did before this mess. Surprisingly, that worked. Problem is, I still haven't gotten the OTA working.
Ideas?

Just odin the stock tar
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CrfEpic4g said:
Just odin the stock tar
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What do you mean by that? Which stock tar?

I think the latest tar we have is still Lj7 but idk. just flash the lj7 tar in odin and update to the latest ill try and find it for you
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http://www.hotfile.com/dl/161492098/9fa8372/L710VPALEN_L710SPRALEN_SPR.zip.html
Theres a link to lj7 just download that flash it in odin and youll be back to stock. Then all you have to do is update to mb1.
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Saturn2888 said:
tl;dr I have a blue LED showing up in the top left of the phone and nothing showing up on the screen after the SAMSUNG logo appears. I do hear the Sprint 4G LTE music, but that's it. The screen is off.
NOTE: I'm running Sprint's stock 4.1.1 ROM rooted.
Other threads I looked at (neither is the same issue):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=581929
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1792477
I had my first OTA update appear today. When I ran the update, Clockwork showed up and upon hitting "Yes", it failed. I looked around online and found this guide to reverse my rooting: http://www.epiccm.org/2012/06/sprint-sgs3-stock-restore.html
I was able to successfully flash TeamEpic-RemoveRoot-from-Recovery-signed.zip, but I didn't hit the keys right for the next one and ended up booting into the OS.
After restarting the phone, I hit the right keys and started ODIN. I saw COM show up in blue and put the TeamEpic-Sprint-SGS3-stock-boot-and-recovery.tar.md5 file in the PDA area then hit Start. I got a green PASS and then closed Odin and waited.
The phone had a black screen with that blue LED in the top left. I waited a while and then just powered it off. Took out the battery and tried again, same thing; although, the SAMSUNG logo does show up. It turns off when the Sprint part is supposed to show and at that moment I can hear the audio but the screen turns off. In this mode, the phone gets very very hot.
I can still boot into the stock recovery, but I can't do much else.
I just wanted the OTA . Does anyone know what might be happening?
EDIT: I put Clockwork Recovery back on, and then Advanced Recovered the boot part of a backup I did before this mess. Surprisingly, that worked. Problem is, I still haven't gotten the OTA working.
Ideas?
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Why are you so intent on taking the OTA? Freeza has a stock rooted ROM over in his thread. And if you want just update the baseband, just flash the "MB1 Firmware/modem/baseband update" file in the aforementioned thread.
If you're already rooted with a custom recovery (which you were/are), there's no reason to unroot just to flash the OTA. Freeza typically has his stock rooted ROM updated with the OTA within a week of it being released. In my area OTAs are kind of late, so he typically gets it out before I even see the notification.
So, in summary. OTAs are not required, XDA (and Freeza in particular) has you covered.

topherk said:
Why are you so intent on taking the OTA? Freeza has a stock rooted ROM over in his thread. And if you want just update the baseband, just flash the "MB1 Firmware/modem/baseband update" file in the aforementioned thread.
If you're already rooted with a custom recovery (which you were/are), there's no reason to unroot just to flash the OTA. Freeza typically has his stock rooted ROM updated with the OTA within a week of it being released. In my area OTAs are kind of late, so he typically gets it out before I even see the notification.
So, in summary. OTAs are not required, XDA (and Freeza in particular) has you covered.
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I'll go ahead and give it a try then. I haven't ever had a ROM update since I got the phone in October so I figure the upgrade won't work right, and I'll need the full ROM. Currently doing a backup.
Does flashing a ROM affect all app settings? And if so, by that point I'd just wanna have another ROM. The main reason I am fine w/ the stock ROM rooted is bc all my settings and apps are already installed and configured as well as the fact that I know it will work properly. So if this removes my settings, no reason to go stock anymore aside from the fact that I've seen that CyanogenMod doesn't get as good of signal on the S III as stock-based ROMs. Do you know if this still true?

Saturn2888 said:
I'll go ahead and give it a try then. I haven't ever had a ROM update since I got the phone in October so I figure the upgrade won't work right, and I'll need the full ROM. Currently doing a backup.
Does flashing a ROM affect all app settings? And if so, by that point I'd just wanna have another ROM. The main reason I am fine w/ the stock ROM rooted is bc all my settings and apps are already installed and configured as well as the fact that I know it will work properly. So if this removes my settings, no reason to go stock anymore aside from the fact that I've seen that CyanogenMod doesn't get as good of signal on the S III as stock-based ROMs. Do you know if this still true?
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Strange. I upgraded the ROM by flashing, everything seemed to work as I'm at 4.1.2 now, but the Upgrade notification is still there for some reason. Is there any way to tell the phone it's been upgraded?

Saturn2888 said:
Strange. I upgraded the ROM by flashing, everything seemed to work as I'm at 4.1.2 now, but the Upgrade notification is still there for some reason. Is there any way to tell the phone it's been upgraded?
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Setting >scroll all the way to the bottom >about phone>read what it say there. If it says your on latest then it should be ok you may have to clear some things and if it doesn't say latest just edit the build prop.
Go to this thread by Cnexus and follow all instructions http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39627397
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Saturn2888 said:
Strange. I upgraded the ROM by flashing, everything seemed to work as I'm at 4.1.2 now, but the Upgrade notification is still there for some reason. Is there any way to tell the phone it's been upgraded?
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Are you on MB1 or MA6?
Just flash an updated rom, or follow the instructions in my OTA thread for how to get rid of it
Saturn2888 said:
I'll go ahead and give it a try then. I haven't ever had a ROM update since I got the phone in October so I figure the upgrade won't work right, and I'll need the full ROM. Currently doing a backup.
Does flashing a ROM affect all app settings? And if so, by that point I'd just wanna have another ROM. The main reason I am fine w/ the stock ROM rooted is bc all my settings and apps are already installed and configured as well as the fact that I know it will work properly. So if this removes my settings, no reason to go stock anymore aside from the fact that I've seen that CyanogenMod doesn't get as good of signal on the S III as stock-based ROMs. Do you know if this still true?
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If you dirty flash the rom over whatever you had before, it should not affect any settings

CNexus said:
Are you on MB1 or MA6?
Just flash an updated rom, or follow the instructions in my OTA thread for how to get rid of it
If you dirty flash the rom over whatever you had before, it should not affect any settings
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MB1 as of now. What do you mean by dirty flash the rom?
edfunkycold said:
Setting >scroll all the way to the bottom >about phone>read what it say there. If it says your on latest then it should be ok you may have to clear some things and if it doesn't say latest just edit the build prop.
Go to this thread by Cnexus and follow all instructions http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39627397
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I think the message isn't showing up anymore bc it hasn't bugged me at all today. Device Status is and has always been "Modified" anyway.
Thanks!

Saturn2888 said:
MB1 as of now. What do you mean by dirty flash the rom?
I think the message isn't showing up anymore bc it hasn't bugged me at all today. Device Status is and has always been "Modified" anyway.
Thanks!
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A dirty flash is when you flash without clearing anything, and that's why no data is lost when you do one of those. However it can lead to issues, so i would advise against it when possible

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A dirty flash is when you flash without clearing anything, and that's why no data is lost when you do one of those. However it can lead to issues, so i would advise against it when possible
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Yeah, last time I did that, the system wouldn't boot.