Related
Hi guys,
I wanted to sell my GN on now. I did a cwm recovery back to 4.0.1 which went fine but when i tried to install the OTA update that always proceeds the 4.0.1 restore it starts installing then i get the red triangle android and the update fails as i have to pull the battery.
Is this because its still rooted or because i flashed the 4.0.4 bootloader n radio? Does anyone know where i can get stock gsm bootloader thats cwm flashable?
Any guidance/ help appreciated!
marc.tulley said:
Hi guys,
I wanted to sell my GN on now. I did a cwm recovery back to 4.0.1 which went fine but when i tried to install the OTA update that always proceeds the 4.0.1 restore it starts installing then i get the red triangle android and the update fails as i have to pull the battery.
Is this because its still rooted or because i flashed the 4.0.4 bootloader n radio? Does anyone know where i can get stock gsm bootloader thats cwm flashable?
Any guidance/ help appreciated!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Follow the instructions in the "flash" link in my signature.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
I have unlocked, rooted, and installed Clockwork Recovery on my Galaxy Nexus (GSM, Wind Canada), and now I want to flash 4.0.4 yakju.
My current bootloader is PRIMEKK15 and my current radio baseband is UGLA4
Is flashing 4.0.4 yakju as simple as downloading the image found on google's site (yakju-imm76i-factory-8001e72f.tgz), putting it on the phone, going to Clockwork Mod, navigating to "install zip from SDcard", then choosing yakju-imm76i-factory-8001e72f.tgz, or do I have to open the tgz, then open the tar inside, and then extract this zip and install that in CWM http://i.imgur.com/wXC64.png
Since it's not a custom ROM like AOKP or CM, do I have to wipe data/factory reset in clockwork? Do I have to flash gapps?
Do I have to flash the new bootloader and radio baseband found in 4.0.4 separately?
Also, some people report reception problems with the baseband included in 4.0.4. If I want to go back to UGLA4, is that possible? I would be using the CWM "radio.img" for UGLA4 found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23149491&postcount=139
I think that's all the questions I have, lol.
Well first off, if you're going to do it I'd just recommend you wait for the 4.1.1 image for the GSM GNex to drop. If you're really ansy, then you could flash 4.0.4 and you'll still get the OTA, but just something to think about.
Now to the question, no, you don't flash it like a ROM in CWM recovery. If you wish to completely move to yakju (or takju) to get on the Google update line (not sure why else you'd do it), you need to flash the images via fastboot. All parts of the images. It's important to have the proper bootloader and radio if you intend to receive and automatically install OTA updates. If you don't, you won't be able to install it as it checks for the radio and bootloader as part of the install process.
Follow this guide from Efrant, it's gold: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1626895
Don't use a toolkit!
Also, some people report reception problems with the baseband included in 4.0.4. If I want to go back to UGLA4, is that possible? I would be using the CWM "radio.img" for UGLA4 found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...&postcount=139
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I haven't heard about any issues with the latest 4.0.4 radio outside of isolated problems. You can change the radio if you want (via fastboot, rly quick), but as I said, it'll stop you from auto-installing OTAs (which is why you went to yakju, isn't it?). You'll also get a new radio with 4.1.1.
Hmm, I might not even bother, seeing as to get the updates I'd lose CWM and root. Perhaps I will just wait for 4.1 like you said and install that.
By the way, since I am on 4.0.2 but I have CWM, does that mean even if my yakjuux build got 4.0.4 OTA, I wouldn't get notified (because of the custom recovery)??
EDIT: Say Google puts up a 4.1 image next week, I would just need to download it and follow the same steps that are outlined in that post (flashing all the different images in fastboot)?
Matt08642 said:
Hmm, I might not even bother, seeing as to get the updates I'd lose CWM and root. Perhaps I will just wait for 4.1 like you said and install that.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You can flash CWM and root it again after going to yakju, but you'll have to update manually (no auto-installing OTA) after that. You have to pull the image and flash it, and use an app like "OTA root keeper" to hold onto root.
By the way, since I am on 4.0.2 but I have CWM, does that mean even if my yakjuux build got 4.0.4 OTA, I wouldn't get notified (because of the custom recovery)??
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You'll be notified, but the update won't install. It requires stock recovery to auto-install.
Cool. In that case, I will just wait for JB, then once I flash that image myself, I will reflash CWM and root my phone again.
Thanks for the help, and thanks for the link to that thread!
Matt08642 said:
Cool. In that case, I will just wait for JB, then once I flash that image myself, I will reflash CWM and root my phone again.
Thanks for the help, and thanks for the link to that thread!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
No problem.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium
if i manually update from 4.0.4 takju to the jb 4.1.1 through cmw, will i still get OTA updates in future. also, if the i do the update, will it lock the bootloader and erase cwm? thanks
wasya152 said:
if i manually update from 4.0.4 takju to the jb 4.1.1 through cmw, will i still get OTA updates in future. also, if the i do the update, will it lock the bootloader and erase cwm? thanks
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
OK to get a few things right here, you need to have stock recovery to install OTA, no it won't relock boot loader, yes it will erase CWM. Your rom needs to be 100% stock (including boot loader, kernel and radio aswell as rom and recovery).
The way I just went to 4.1.1 (takju) I was running the preview JB Google IO rom anyway so in CWM I reflashed that to undo any system changes I made. Then using Mskips nexus tool kit I used it to flash stock recovery and then BOOT (NOT FLASH) to CWM. Find the update and flash it. Before you do all this use titanium to back up your stuff, do a nandroid and get voodoo OTA root keeper so you get root back after the update.
Then using the tool kit again I used it to flash CWM back. Then your done. I won't give further instructions but for further reading efrant has very good posts about this stuff, mskip has very good instructions on his tool kit in the thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1419170
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1392310
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
i'm still a little confused. my phone is completely stock. it's a takju 4.0.4. i don't want to wait for the OTA for jb 4.1.1. i was going to use the nexus tool kit to unlock the bootloader ( i believe that's required to boot it into cwm) then run the OTA update that people posted for my version to update it. I don't care about keeping cwm or bootloader, just want the update now and keep the phone still stock. i also want to make sure that i'll get OTA updates in the future. It looks like I can just boot it into cwm without flashing it, so that's what i'm going to do.
wasya152 said:
i'm still a little confused. my phone is completely stock. it's a takju 4.0.4. i don't want to wait for the OTA for jb 4.1.1. i was going to use the nexus tool kit to unlock the bootloader ( i believe that's required to boot it into cwm) then run the OTA update that people posted for my version to update it. I don't care about keeping cwm or bootloader, just want the update now and keep the phone still stock. i also want to make sure that i'll get OTA updates in the future. It looks like I can just boot it into cwm without flashing it, so that's what i'm going to do.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
can anyone confirm that i can just boot into custom recovery and apply the update zip and still keep everything stock?
wasya152 said:
can anyone confirm that i can just boot into custom recovery and apply the update zip and still keep everything stock?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeah you can but you need to unlock the boot loader to do it, which wipes your entire phone so back up any thing you want to keep like photos or music. When the bootloader is open you can just leave it and just lock it if you need to send for warranty. Or if you already have root but locked boot loader there is a free app to unlock it on play store
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
The Gingerbread Man said:
Yeah you can but you need to unlock the boot loader to do it, which wipes your entire phone so back up any thing you want to keep like photos or music. When the bootloader is open you can just leave it and just lock it if you need to send for warranty. Or if you already have root but locked boot loader there is a free app to unlock it on play store
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
once, i update the file using the nexus toolkit to boot into custom recovery, once it updates, it will lock the bootloader and the phone will be back to stock right? or is the bootloader going to stay open.
also, will i still get future OTA updates if i just do the update by booting into recovery and not flashing cwm?
wasya152 said:
once, i update the file using the nexus toolkit to boot into custom recovery, once it updates, it will lock the bootloader and the phone will be back to stock right? or is the bootloader going to stay open.
also, will i still get future OTA updates if i just do the update by booting into recovery and not flashing cwm?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Once you unlock it the bootloader stays open until you choose lock I again. You can still get ota but remember you need the matching bootloader, kernel, radio and unmodified system and recovery. So just booting cwm is fine to apply and then after its applied the patch you can flash what ever you want again. I find its always a good idea to make a back up of a 100% stock rom and keep it on the pc just in case. This is all simple and quick with the tool kit
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
The Gingerbread Man said:
Once you unlock it the bootloader stays open until you choose lock I again. You can still get ota but remember you need the matching bootloader, kernel, radio and unmodified system and recovery. So just booting cwm is fine to apply and then after its applied the patch you can flash what ever you want again. I find its always a good idea to make a back up of a 100% stock rom and keep it on the pc just in case. This is all simple and quick with the tool kit
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hey, first, thanks for the replies. Second, if I unlock the bootloader to install update, make no other changes, meaning everything else is stock and the update is googles stock update, them once the update is done, can I run the toolkit again to lock the bootloader. Doing this will it bring my phone to same everything as a stock ota updated one? Or is me unlocking and then locking bootloader going to cause me to have a different version for the next ota
wasya152 said:
Hey, first, thanks for the replies. Second, if I unlock the bootloader to install update, make no other changes, meaning everything else is stock and the update is googles stock update, them once the update is done, can I run the toolkit again to lock the bootloader. Doing this will it bring my phone to same everything as a stock ota updated one? Or is me unlocking and then locking bootloader going to cause me to have a different version for the next ota
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
No worries its fine. Yes after you have successfully applied a stock OTA patch onto a stock rom then you are running the same as everyone. Their are minor regional differences, like takju and yakuto (what ever lol) toro, toro plus etc but flashing a ota patch from a different build won't work on a rom that doesn't match.
You can go to the Google developer site and search for the full ROM and you know definitely its 100% as its meant to be, the patches just write over the bits which change in updates. The thing to bear in MIMD about flashing the whole ROM from Google site is that it will wipe your entire phone
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images (keep looking through for the build you want and you can flash it using the flash tool. Back up your stuff like music photos etc first)
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
I am a n00b.
Just today I changed my phone from yakjuux to yakju, and it all seemed to go smoothly.
I am receiving texts, and everything seems to be working, and when I was trying to update to jelly bean OTA, everything was going well, until a little red triangle popped up over the little android, and my phone restarted with no change. I flashed my original radio image (UGLA4) so Im not sure whats up with that. If anyone has any suggestions about how I can fix this it would be greatly appreciated.
If not, I would like to restore my phone to yakjuux using a backup I made using this website: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21266325&postcount=239 as a guide. I have all the files saved onto my laptop, but Im unsure about how to use them and restore my phone to its original state (yakjuux)
Many thanks
lechickenwing said:
I am a n00b.
Just today I changed my phone from yakjuux to yakju, and it all seemed to go smoothly.
I am receiving texts, and everything seems to be working, and when I was trying to update to jelly bean OTA, everything was going well, until a little red triangle popped up over the little android, and my phone restarted with no change. I flashed my original radio image (UGLA4) so Im not sure whats up with that. If anyone has any suggestions about how I can fix this it would be greatly appreciated.
If not, I would like to restore my phone to yakjuux using a backup I made using this website: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21266325&postcount=239 as a guide. I have all the files saved onto my laptop, but Im unsure about how to use them and restore my phone to its original state (yakjuux)
Many thanks
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You are seeing the little red triangle because you have an image that is not stock. You need to do the optional steps to get the ota (i.e., you need to flash the bootloader, radio and recovery). Go back to the convert to yakju guide and do them.
P.S. why did you not flash the JB images instead of the ICS images??
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
thanks
efrant said:
You are seeing the little red triangle because you have an image that is not stock. You need to do the optional steps to get the ota (i.e., you need to flash the bootloader, radio and recovery). Go back to the convert to yakju guide and do them.
P.S. why did you not flash the JB images instead of the ICS images??
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I flashed the bootloader, radio and recovery(I probably should have mentioned that in my initial post). Do I need to download a new image to flash onto my device? And how can I tell if its stock? I got my factory image from the link from your guide.
Im not sure why I didnt flash the JB images... I'll blame it on my n00bery.
Redoing
lechickenwing said:
I flashed the bootloader, radio and recovery(I probably should have mentioned that in my initial post). Do I need to download a new image to flash onto my device? And how can I tell if its stock? I got my factory image from the link from your guide.
Im not sure why I didnt flash the JB images... I'll blame it on my n00bery.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Will there be any problems if I follow all the steps in your guide, and pretty much redo everything? I would flash the bootloader, flash the same radio (UGLA4), flash the data paritition, flash the system partition, flash the kernel and flash the recovery the only difference being that I would use the JB image rather than the ICS image.
Thanks again
lechickenwing said:
Will there be any problems if I follow all the steps in your guide, and pretty much redo everything? I would flash the bootloader, flash the same radio (UGLA4), flash the data paritition, flash the system partition, flash the kernel and flash the recovery the only difference being that I would use the JB image rather than the ICS image.
Thanks again
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
There will be no issues. Note that if you flash the UGLA4 radio, the next OTA update will not install. You will need to flash the XXLF1 radio before attempting to install the next OTA update. (That is probably why you are seeing the red triangle -- the OTA is expecting to see the XXLA2 radio, and it is seeing the UGLA4. If you want the update to JB to install, just flash the XXLA2 radio, and the update will install.)
radio
efrant said:
There will be no issues. Note that if you flash the UGLA4 radio, the next OTA update will not install. You will need to flash the XXLF1 radio before attempting to install the next OTA update. (That is probably why you are seeing the red triangle -- the OTA is expecting to see the XXLA2 radio, and it is seeing the UGLA4. If you want the update to JB to install, just flash the XXLA2 radio, and the update will install.)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Im worried about not flashing the original radio... Im with wind mobile, and I heard that ugla4 is designed to fix roaming issues with winds service. If I switch the radio to xxla2, Im worried that I might get some of these roaming issues and a rather expensive bill.... thoughts?
lechickenwing said:
Im worried about not flashing the original radio... Im with wind mobile, and I heard that ugla4 is designed to fix roaming issues with winds service. If I switch the radio to xxla2, Im worried that I might get some of these roaming issues and a rather expensive bill.... thoughts?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Flash the XXLA2, install the update, then flash back your UGLA4 if you feel it necessary...
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
efrant said:
Flash the XXLA2, install the update, then flash back your UGLA4 if you feel it necessary...
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
After updating to JB, I got prompted to update the OS to 4.1.2 and tried the OTA. For some reason it worked even though i wasn't using the corresponding stock radio image, and now I'm being prompted to do another OTA update (4.2.1). Seeing as the OTA worked last time, I tried to do it once more with the 4.2.1. update, but i ran into the same problem as last time: a little red triangle appeared over the little green android. So I did what you suggested, and flashed the xxla02 radio, and then tried to install the OTA but the little red triangle appeared again. So my question is; are there new corresponding stock boot, radio, and recovery images for JZO54K? If so, i probably still have the boot, radio, and recovery images that were stock to JRO03C.
I figure that if i flash the new stock boot radio and recovery images, the OTA should go smoothly. Any thoughts? Or should I just manually flash the 4.2.1 update that i can download from the google developers website ?
lechickenwing said:
After updating to JB, I got prompted to update the OS to 4.1.2 and tried the OTA. For some reason it worked even though i wasn't using the corresponding stock radio image, and now I'm being prompted to do another OTA update (4.2.1). Seeing as the OTA worked last time, I tried to do it once more with the 4.2.1. update, but i ran into the same problem as last time: a little red triangle appeared over the little green android. So I did what you suggested, and flashed the xxla02 radio, and then tried to install the OTA but the little red triangle appeared again. So my question is; are there new corresponding stock boot, radio, and recovery images for JZO54K? If so, i probably still have the boot, radio, and recovery images that were stock to JRO03C.
I figure that if i flash the new stock boot radio and recovery images, the OTA should go smoothly. Any thoughts? Or should I just manually flash the 4.2.1 update that i can download from the google developers website ?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Not all updates will update the radio or boot images, but some will. If you are on 4.1.2, for future updates to work, including 4.2.1, you need the boot, recovery and Radio images from 4.1.2.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
efrant said:
Not all updates will update the radio or boot images, but some will. If you are on 4.1.2, for future updates to work, including 4.2.1, you need the boot, recovery and Radio images from 4.1.2.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks efrant, youre a legend. Do you by chance know what the stock radio image for 4.1.2 is? And the boot and recovery images can be downloaded from the google developers web site right?
lechickenwing said:
Thanks efrant, youre a legend. Do you by chance know what the stock radio image for 4.1.2 is? And the boot and recovery images can be downloaded from the google developers web site right?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I think it is xxlf1. Go to randomphantasmagoria.com. Oldblue910 has mirrored all the old factory images there.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
I am on a rooted stock ROM 4.1.2 (LDMF1) on an i747m.
Can someone point me to an upgrade procedure to KK?
desirus said:
I am on a rooted stock ROM 4.1.2 (LDMF1) on an i747m.
Can someone point me to an upgrade procedure to KK?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1725839 is full of ressources.
What exactly are you trying to do? Get the official update or flash a custom rom?
If you want the official, remove root and install the OTA (you can use towelroot afterward to root).
If you want a custom rom, follow the FULL instructions in the rom's OP that you choose.
BWolf56 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1725839 is full of ressources.
What exactly are you trying to do? Get the official update or flash a custom rom?
If you want the official, remove root and install the OTA (you can use towelroot afterward to root).
If you want a custom rom, follow the FULL instructions in the rom's OP that you choose.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thank you
I want to the official ROM for KK, which I can find.
OK so from what you said the first thin I do is unroot? I will research that.
I was wondering if I can go direct from 4.1.2 to 4.4.2?
I would use ODIN on my PC?
Do I have to do any sort of backing up ( I have Titanium pro) before hand, restore procedures?
desirus said:
Thank you
I want to the official ROM for KK, which I can find.
OK so from what you said the first thin I do is unroot? I will research that.
I was wondering if I can go direct from 4.1.2 to 4.4.2?
I would use ODIN on my PC?
Do I have to do any sort of backing up ( I have Titanium pro) before hand, restore procedures?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Tibu is my fav backup app, just make sure you don't restore system app/data. Just make a batch backup and restore once you've flashed KK.
Unroot can be done directly in SuperSU (app).
Yes you can go directly to KK (or any other version), just don't downgrade once you'll have the 4.3+ bootloader or you'll brick your device.
And yes, use Odin on your PC, mobile Odin doesn't flash bootloaders.
The entire process is fairly simple. Just gotta be patient
galaxy S3 AT&T: from stock 4.1.2 to 4.4.2
I am new to these forms, please help me with my questions.
I have a smartphone SGS III AT&T. It is unlocked and working perfect with:
ROM: 4.1.2 Stock
Baseband: DMG2
Kernel: 3.0.31-1300972
Build Number: JZO54K.I747UCDMG2
I am not in USA, so my Smartphone is unlocked.
Initially I used the *#197328640# commands to unlock it
I want to apply enewman17 thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2789917 to upgrade to 4.4.2
My questions are:
1. When the procedure is finished, the smartphone still unlocked?
2. If it became locked, is there a free procedure to release it again?
regards
franzrocamolina said:
I am new to these forms, please help me with my questions.
I have a smartphone SGS III AT&T. It is unlocked and working perfect with:
ROM: 4.1.2 Stock
Baseband: DMG2
Kernel: 3.0.31-1300972
Build Number: JZO54K.I747UCDMG2
I am not in USA, so my Smartphone is unlocked.
Initially I used the *#197328640# commands to unlock it
I want to apply enewman17 thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2789917 to upgrade to 4.4.2
My questions are:
1. When the procedure is finished, the smartphone still unlocked?
2. If it became locked, is there a free procedure to release it again?
regards
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Unlock is "permanent". You shouldn't lose root but everything you do is at your own risk.
AT&T I747 from 4.1.2 to 4.4.2 Perfect procedure
BWolf56 said:
Unlock is "permanent". You shouldn't lose root but everything you do is at your own risk.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
BWolf56...you are right!!!
Ran all procedure http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2789917.
My I747 AT&T is now in 4.4.2. No problems at all. Still Unlocked.
One point more:
When I was in 4.1.2 Stock, I was not able to use "USB Theter" because I am not with AT&T SIM Card. With this version I can USB Theter without restriction.
unrooted 4.1.1 won't update dead android
My AT&T SG3 was rooted until yesterday with stock 4.1.1. I unrooted, re flashed stock image and stock recovery. The phone status says "Normal" now so I think I successfully unrooted. When I try to do the OTA after downloading, it goes to a screen which says installing then updating with an incremental percent counter. When it reaches about 29%, it just reboots and comes back with "Install Interrupted The software update could not be installed". When I do "adb reboot recovery" from a command window, I see a dead android with a red triangle and I assume that has something to do with it or is some kind of symptom. Is there anything I can do to get the latest stock image installed? Did I miss something in the unroot process?
SGH-I747 4.1.1 1747UCDLK3
hannahse said:
My AT&T SG3 was rooted until yesterday with stock 4.1.1. I unrooted, re flashed stock image and stock recovery. The phone status says "Normal" now so I think I successfully unrooted. When I try to do the OTA after downloading, it goes to a screen which says installing then updating with an incremental percent counter. When it reaches about 29%, it just reboots and comes back with "Install Interrupted The software update could not be installed". When I do "adb reboot recovery" from a command window, I see a dead android with a red triangle and I assume that has something to do with it or is some kind of symptom. Is there anything I can do to get the latest stock image installed? Did I miss something in the unroot process?
SGH-I747 4.1.1 1747UCDLK3
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm in the exact same boat. I was rooted with stock rom and recovery previously. No matter what I've done, it always fails.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using XDA Free mobile app
Yellow triangle did not solve problem
hannahse said:
My AT&T SG3 was rooted until yesterday with stock 4.1.1. I unrooted, re flashed stock image and stock recovery. The phone status says "Normal" now so I think I successfully unrooted. When I try to do the OTA after downloading, it goes to a screen which says installing then updating with an incremental percent counter. When it reaches about 29%, it just reboots and comes back with "Install Interrupted The software update could not be installed". When I do "adb reboot recovery" from a command window, I see a dead android with a red triangle and I assume that has something to do with it or is some kind of symptom. Is there anything I can do to get the latest stock image installed? Did I miss something in the unroot process?
SGH-I747 4.1.1 1747UCDLK3
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I spent several hours on this again today. I thought I had discerned the fix when I found a post showing the custom download count on the download screen and references to the yellow triangle program to reset it. I rerooted the phone, put stock recovery back, zeroed out the counter with yellow triangle, put the stock image back with ODIN, factory reset, and ended up with an unrooted phone with zero count. The download screen now says:
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: No
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: Official
QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE (in light Grey)
I thought that would do it but the OTA still fails and I still see the red triangle on the stock recovery page. The only thing I can think of now is that SuperSU is still on the phone. It is disabled but still has 12KB of data that I don't know how to clear. I used the stock image from the skipsoft Android Toolkit.
Any ideas would be really appreciated.
I would steer clear of the toolkit. Follow enewman17's how to update thread in the General section. Seems to have a pretty good success rate.
get KK 4.4.2 in your AT&T SG3 without OTA
BWolf56 said:
Unlock is "permanent". You shouldn't lose root but everything you do is at your own risk.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
hannahse said:
My AT&T SG3 was rooted until yesterday with stock 4.1.1. I unrooted, re flashed stock image and stock recovery. The phone status says "Normal" now so I think I successfully unrooted. When I try to do the OTA after downloading, it goes to a screen which says installing then updating with an incremental percent counter. When it reaches about 29%, it just reboots and comes back with "Install Interrupted The software update could not be installed". When I do "adb reboot recovery" from a command window, I see a dead android with a red triangle and I assume that has something to do with it or is some kind of symptom. Is there anything I can do to get the latest stock image installed? Did I miss something in the unroot process?
SGH-I747 4.1.1 1747UCDLK3
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I did the same than you and also what n01un0 says but couldn't get OTA update to 4.3 or 4.4.2.
If you want the 4.4.2 in your S3, follow enewman17's http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2789917 Thread.
It worked perfect for me from 4.1.2 stock to 4.4.2. The final result is the same that you get by OTA (if OTA works)
unrooted 4.1.1 won't update dead android - solved
hannahse said:
My AT&T SG3 was rooted until yesterday with stock 4.1.1. I unrooted, re flashed stock image and stock recovery. The phone status says "Normal" now so I think I successfully unrooted. When I try to do the OTA after downloading, it goes to a screen which says installing then updating with an incremental percent counter. When it reaches about 29%, it just reboots and comes back with "Install Interrupted The software update could not be installed". When I do "adb reboot recovery" from a command window, I see a dead android with a red triangle and I assume that has something to do with it or is some kind of symptom. Is there anything I can do to get the latest stock image installed? Did I miss something in the unroot process?
SGH-I747 4.1.1 1747UCDLK3
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I solved my problem by a convoluted process that I could not recommend but will lay out as best I can in case anyone is that desperate. I had re-rooted and un-rooted a couple times since my last post and finally decided to try a different stock image. I found a link to one in an article
how-to-unroot-att-galaxy-s3-sgh-i747 (sorry - not allowed to post URL)
The link is to stockroms.net. Really slow download - it took a couple hours. After the download (and unzip),
I attached my unrooted phone via USB cable to my computer.
Installed it with ODIN and watched the phone reboot
It seem to get stuck on the Samsung splash screen.
I went into recovery mode and noticed that - at last - I did not have the red triangle and no dead android. I tried wiping the cache a couple times from the recovery screen but it still seemed to get stuck at the splash screen (not sure if I waited long enough).
I finally did the factory reset from the recovery and it finally came back to life and went through the whole initialization thing. I confirmed a couple times that the red triangle was gone and noted that I had gone from Android version 4.1.1 to 4.04. Maybe that was the key or maybe I had a bad stock version of 4.1.1. IDK. But I started going through a series of updates. I am currently at version 4.3 and downloading what I hope will be the last update.
Started with 4.1.1 and used outdated stock image to go back to
4.04 - small update but version still
4.04 - cleared data from AT&T Update App to get around the wait 24 hours - got the update installed to version
4.1.2 - checked for update and got upgraded to
4.3 - check for update wanted me to wait 24 hours and I could not see how to clear the data - so changed the phone's date to next day. Automatically started downloading a new update - I'm hoping its the last