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[Q] How To Update Rooted S3?

I have a rooted Galaxy S3 with stock rom.
I keep getting a pop up for a system update, but cant update.
Please tell me how to manually update, and (where) I can find the latest stock updated software
Thanks

Voodoo8648 said:
I have a rooted Galaxy S3 with stock rom.
I keep getting a pop up for a system update, but cant update.
Please tell me how to manually update, and (where) I can find the latest stock updated software
Thanks
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Take a look in the android dev sections to this forum. If you ever update once rooted, you should be flashing a new ROM (clean or dirty flashing) to receive the next update. Running stock ROM in between a Sammy update and while having the older ROM without the newest update will yield that result.

Xontic said:
Take a look in the android dev sections to this forum. If you ever update once rooted, you should be flashing a new ROM (clean or dirty flashing) to receive the next update. Running stock ROM in between a Sammy update and while having the older ROM without the newest update will yield that result.
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I dont know what any of that means.. I just want to update my phone. This cant be brain surgery.

Voodoo8648 said:
I dont know what any of that means.. I just want to update my phone. This cant be brain surgery.
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This might be a foolish question, but why root your phone to leave it as is?

Xontic said:
This might be a foolish question, but why root your phone to leave it as is?
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Wonderful question. I would LOVE to unroot my phone :good:

lol, well if you want to read up on installing a custom ROM, then that is your ticket to experiencing the world of rooted phone glory. If not, I recommend looking up the unroot method...

Xontic said:
This might be a foolish question, but why root your phone to leave it as is?
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There are plenty of reasons for rooting but remaining stock (such as: tethering, Droid wall, Titanium Backup to allow me to backup and restore app data, removing bloat, etc).
I have flashed custom rooms in the past on my Evo but right now I am happy with my S3 at stock.
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Xontic said:
lol, well if you want to read up on installing a custom ROM, then that is your ticket to experiencing the world of rooted phone glory. If not, I recommend looking up the unroot method...
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Oh, okay, Thanks for the help!

Voodoo8648 said:
I have a rooted Galaxy S3 with stock rom.
I keep getting a pop up for a system update, but cant update.
Please tell me how to manually update, and (where) I can find the latest stock updated software
Thanks
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I was in the same boat at you. I put it off for a while but finally decided to update tonight. I followed the steps posted here.

You can update your baseband by flashing a properly packaged official baseband zip, or flash from recovery tool (my preference), like the one here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29820376. There are also unofficial, or leaked basebands, available to flash from all-in-one zips, such as the one here: http://goo.im/devs/freeza/Galaxy-S-fre3-LIGFirmwareModemAIO.zip.
As far as the build version goes, that does not have to match your baseband (modem). Most of the ICS ROMs are LG8, although there are some LI3 ICS ROMs to choose from. There's also a leaked build of Jellybean, builds LIF & LIG, with a third leak LIH reportedly coming out tomorrow. Once rooted, you can update your build version by flashing the ROM of your choice, based upon the build of your choice.
One of the top developers, and probably the greatest asset to this community, is freeza. He explained the difference very well here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=32095775
That's a long-winded response, but I hope it answered your original question, and helps you out.
Have fun!
Edit: Once you're rooted, you'll still receive OTA update notifications, which will continually annoy you until you choose to update and reboot. Once you reboot, the update will fail because of your custom recovery (you will NOT lose root) and the notification will go away....until the next OTA...
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m20120 said:
I was in the same boat at you. I put it off for a while but finally decided to update tonight. I followed the steps posted here.
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Excuse me for my stupidity but I'm new to android. I'm also using the sprint variant of the s3 and have it rooted with stock rom. However my build number is IMM76D.L710VPALF9. I'm assuming the last 3 are the update versions. What is the current version and how do I update to it?
Also, I'm rooted with Clockwork mod 5.5.0.4. How do I upgrade this to version 6.0.1.2? Will I have to unroot then root again?
Thanks for clearing anything you can up. Don't mean to pirate the OP but I figured I'd post in this thread rather than make a new one. Thanks again.

johnnygabe89 said:
Excuse me for my stupidity but I'm new to android. I'm also using the sprint variant of the s3 and have it rooted with stock rom. However my build number is IMM76D.L710VPALF9. I'm assuming the last 3 are the update versions. What is the current version and how do I update to it?
Also, I'm rooted with Clockwork mod 5.5.0.4. How do I upgrade this to version 6.0.1.2? Will I have to unroot then root again?
Thanks for clearing anything you can up. Don't mean to pirate the OP but I figured I'd post in this thread rather than make a new one. Thanks again.
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You can flash a new recovery using ODIN, or Mobile ODIN. I use Mobile ODIN. There's a thread on recoveries here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31894089
As far as the versions, see my previous post on this thread.
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Can anyone tell me how to just UNROOT?
Maybe step by step instructions and where to get the software?
Thanks

Voodoo8648 said:
Can anyone tell me how to just UNROOT?
Maybe step by step instructions and where to get the software?
Thanks
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There is a link to a video of the unroot process in this post.

I just discovered a reason NOT to unroot...
I just found out that I can tether free wifi hotspot!
Zoing!:victory:

Voodoo8648 said:
I just discovered a reason NOT to unroot...
I just found out that I can tether free wifi hotspot!
Zoing!:victory:
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That is one of the reasons that I am rooted... so I can use WiFi Tether. I do not it much. Hardly any data at all. But when I am in a spot and need a wireless connection and I only have my phone it comes in handy.
Some other reasons:
- DroidWall: Lets me block individual apps from accessing the internet.
- AddFree: Block ads in some apps.

why would you do that?
Xontic said:
This might be a foolish question, but why root your phone to leave it as is?
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so you don't have to pay Sprint 12 dollars a month to teather.

No update via OTA or Kies

Anytime I try to update my phone via OTA, it says connection failed (done so since I bought the phone in June). When I try to update via Kies, it says "This is the latest firmware" Current version: PDA:LG1 / PHONE:LG1 / CSC:LG1 (ATT); Latest firmware version PDA:LG1 / PHONE:LG1 / CSC:LG1 (ATT). I know there have been several updates as I'm on I747UCLG1. I was rooted, but reverted in attempt to exchange out my phone due to battery issues (which were instantly gone after returning to stock). My girlfriend also has the AT&T S3 which has always been stock and is having the same issues. Does anyone know why this is happening or a simple way to update (simple enough to explain to someone who is not tech savvy over the phone)? I just don't know why the phones show there isnt an update when there has been several.

Jaydawgx7 said:
Anytime I try to update my phone via OTA, it says connection failed (done so since I bought the phone in June). When I try to update via Kies, it says "This is the latest firmware" Current version: PDA:LG1 / PHONE:LG1 / CSC:LG1 (ATT); Latest firmware version PDA:LG1 / PHONE:LG1 / CSC:LG1 (ATT). I know there have been several updates as I'm on I747UCLG1. I was rooted, but reverted in attempt to exchange out my phone due to battery issues (which were instantly gone after returning to stock). My girlfriend also has the AT&T S3 which has always been stock and is having the same issues. Does anyone know why this is happening or a simple way to update (simple enough to explain to someone who is not tech savvy over the phone)? I just don't know why the phones show there isnt an update when there has been several.
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The update after UCLG1 hasn't made it to kies. It's a staggered rollout it seems. Either that or it's been pulled.

I have the exact same issue. My phone says the server is unavailable OTA, and Kies says I have the latest firmware. I took my phone to an AT&T store, and the guys were clueless. My friend got the update on his phone and it's really no big deal, but just keep your fingers crossed it doesn't do this when Jelly Bean comes out.
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I had the same issue, LG1 would only show up, couldnt get the LH9 to even show up via OTA, kept telling its is up to date.
So I ended up just grabbing the stock LH9 update.zip that gunnyman put up in another thread and just used that on the stock recovery to update it to LH9.
Dixit

dixit said:
I had the same issue, LG1 would only show up, couldnt get the LH9 to even show up via OTA, kept telling its is up to date.
So I ended up just grabbing the stock LH9 update.zip that gunnyman put up in another thread and just used that on the stock recovery to update it to LH9.
Dixit
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Do you mind giving me instructions or linking me to the thread on how to do that?
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I just had a crazy idea. I have quite a bit of bloatware and pre installed apps disabled. Can that be the problem and is messing up the update?
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Vanillamarble said:
Do you mind giving me instructions or linking me to the thread on how to do that?
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I just had a crazy idea. I have quite a bit of bloatware and pre installed apps disabled. Can that be the problem and is messing up the update?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=31714056&postcount=23
Thats the post to where gunnyman put the original OTA update.
Take that file, rename it to update.zip and copy it to the root of the internal storage. Then boot into STOCK recovery, not CWM (if you have CWM, you will have to put it back to STOCK recovery) and choose update via zip file, and choose that zip file, it will update just like the OTA does and be identical to stock OTA update. Then you done.
Dixit

Do I need to be rooted for this to work? I know you can do this same procedure unrooted with the Jelly Bean leak.
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Vanillamarble said:
Do I need to be rooted for this to work? I know you can do this same procedure unrooted with the Jelly Bean leak.
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If you are asking me, then no. You need to be on stock recovery and you cannot have any FROZEN apps via Titanium Backup as the update itself is an offset patch, so it cannot find the file (because you froze it) then it will fail.
Dixit

I downloaded the file and renamed it to update.zip. I saved it my internal SD card, and it's not showing up in stock recovery. Did I do something wrong? Oh yeah, if I update this way, can I still connect to Kies or will my device be "modified"?
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Vanillamarble said:
I downloaded the file and renamed it to update.zip. I saved it my internal SD card, and it's not showing up in stock recovery. Did I do something wrong? Oh yeah, if I update this way, can I still connect to Kies or will my device be "modified"?
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I dont think it will work on internal, I cant remember though. I believe I put it on my External SD as I have one in there. If you have one, put it in there and it should work. It will not show "modified" on status, that only shows up if you are rooted.
Dixit

dixit said:
I dont think it will work on internal, I cant remember though. I believe I put it on my External SD as I have one in there. If you have one, put it in there and it should work. It will not show "modified" on status, that only shows up if you are rooted.
Dixit
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Ok thanks. I've been to lazy to go out and buy an SD card lately. When Jelly Bean comes out, this means I will be able to get it through Kies right?
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Vanillamarble said:
Ok thanks. I've been to lazy to go out and buy an SD card lately. When Jelly Bean comes out, this means I will be able to get it through Kies right?
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Yes. This is an ORIGINAL STOCK update, its not modified in any way shape or form, so dont worry, its not going to affect your future updatability. That only gets affected when you are rooted. Updates like this one where its patch offset based, the update will fail due to when you root most people freeze apps. That fails automatically on patch offset updates.
Jellybean may be a full udpate which Kies will do.
Dixit

Thank you so much Dixit. You really helped me out. I did what you said and the update was installed no problem.
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Vanillamarble said:
Thank you so much Dixit. You really helped me out. I did what you said and the update was installed no problem.
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Nice......... good to hear.

Rooted stock rom - can I update?

I searched and couldn't find an answer, maybe I'm just a bad searcher. I'm using the rt66 root injected stock rom and this morning I checked "software update" under "about phone" and it started downloading a 330+ mb file. I'm assuming this is the JB update that was just released, will it install correctly or should I stop the download? I don't want to brick my phone and I can wait until I'm home to update. Thanks.

kingston73 said:
I searched and couldn't find an answer, maybe I'm just a bad searcher. I'm using the rt66 root injected stock rom and this morning I checked "software update" under "about phone" and it started downloading a 330+ mb file. I'm assuming this is the JB update that was just released, will it install correctly or should I stop the download? I don't want to brick my phone and I can wait until I'm home to update. Thanks.
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IIRC I tried the same thing, it just gave me an error message, didn't actually update anything. You can try of course, I don't think it'll work. Also, if you're already root, you should probably install CWMRecovery or TWRP Recovery and make a backup of your phone, just so you can feel safe about it.
I would make a backup, go ahead and try the update. It'll probably fail and not harm your phone, or update properly. Good luck, and post back with results if you can, I'd like to know what happens

Thanks for the reply. I already have twrp and a nandroid backup. I think I'll wait until I get home to try and apply the update.

Use voodoo ota rootkeeper.
Go to my firmware/ota thread for instructions. Stickied in development.
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kingston73 said:
Thanks for the reply. I already have twrp and a nandroid backup. I think I'll wait until I get home to try and apply the update.
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Just to let you know for when you get home from work, your update will fail. You're going to need to have Stock Recovery. There is a flashable floating around here somewhere.
The OTA will check for /system integrity. Meaning that it will look for all the /system/apps that are supposed to be there (meaning if you've deleted any bloat and not just froze it-fail), stock recovery, and NO ROOT (hence the OTA Rootkeeper). If any 1 of those are not as they should be, the OTA will fail.

Thanks for the reply again. So the easiest thing for me to do is first install root keeper and then find and flash the stock recovery. The only thing I've done is flash the root66 and then installed twrp, I haven't frozen any apps or deleted anything.

DocHoliday77 said:
Use voodoo ota rootkeeper.
Go to my firmware/ota thread for instructions. Stickied in development.
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Doc, I was reading your instructions in your firmware/OTA thread, it looks like you recommend mobile odin pro which I already have. If I follow your instructions for that method it should give me the OTA, correct? Thanks for that entire thread, very informative.

Could someone be so kind to help me...I am rooted with a stock rom, but I have added Photosphere and Keyboard 4.2, so I guess not technically 100% stock. I am selling my GS3 and I want to get rid of root, and put back to 100% factory condition including this new 4.1 JB update. What's the easiest way to do this?

agtitan said:
Could someone be so kind to help me...I am rooted with a stock rom, but I have added Photosphere and Keyboard 4.2, so I guess not technically 100% stock. I am selling my GS3 and I want to get rid of root, and put back to 100% factory condition including this new 4.1 JB update. What's the easiest way to do this?
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flash back stock ICS and update from that.
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I can't update, recovery turns on instead

Thanks for the help. An FYI for anybody else wondering, if you have the root66 root injected rom on your phone the OTA will work and install. I just did it, weird thing is initially it said it failed but when I rebooted I have 4.1.1 and google now. Restored root using root keeper, easy process overall.:good:

kingston73 said:
I searched and couldn't find an answer, maybe I'm just a bad searcher. I'm using the rt66 root injected stock rom and this morning I checked "software update" under "about phone" and it started downloading a 330+ mb file. I'm assuming this is the JB update that was just released, will it install correctly or should I stop the download? I don't want to brick my phone and I can wait until I'm home to update. Thanks.
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I've been told that its fine too do it, youll just lose root access, but mine had failed when I was rooted, so I just odined back to stock. Also, its recommended that you do a factory reset after the update. Had problems with Wifi calling myself, before I performed a Factory Reset. The root66 file for JB should be up soon. Its says uploading

agtitan said:
Could someone be so kind to help me...I am rooted with a stock rom, but I have added Photosphere and Keyboard 4.2, so I guess not technically 100% stock. I am selling my GS3 and I want to get rid of root, and put back to 100% factory condition including this new 4.1 JB update. What's the easiest way to do this?
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If you update via Kies and then do a factory reset, you should get what you're looking for.
Completely stock, no root.
Try it out.

OTAs have always worked for me while rooted, but many people report otherwise.
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Oh and imo kies sucks! Most others agree.
But to each his own. I cant be much help for kies problems though just fyi.
I really just think all other methods are much more reliable.
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DocHoliday77 said:
OTAs have always worked for me while rooted, but many people report otherwise.
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Oh and imo kies sucks! Most others agree.
But to each his own. I cant be much help for kies problems though just fyi.
I really just think all other methods are much more reliable.
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I agree, Kies does suck, but it's the only way I've found to update and keep the ROM completely stock if the OTA fails. It updates via download mode, so it shouldn't matter if you're rooted, or even if you have a custom recovery.
I tried updating to JB using the OTA this morning, and it failed, but Kies worked fine.

Thsts whst the full fw Im hosting is for. You can flash it via odin if the ota fails. Just a better way imo. Glad you got it regardless though!
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Just got an update

The only different I can see so far is the s voice. It also still shows 4.1.2. Stock unrooted. The samsung keyboard has a prev. Next button. Can email the pics I took while it was updating.
https://www.dropbox.com/sc/arf2g1yfe82bo5d/uXylt4PMXo

DadamsJR said:
Did anyone check for software update and get it?
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I got it, same file size as your picture. Haven't noticed much to be different. Baseband is UCAMH3, but I don't remember what it was before, if it was different.

DadamsJR said:
Did anyone check for software update and get it?
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I got it too. I notice that I can now make a Google Hangout video call over LTE.

It seems like it's running smoother now

DadamsJR said:
Did anyone check for software update and get it?
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I got it too, thanks for the heads up :good:

can / will anyone convert this to something we can flash in twrp, for those of us rooted and normal update doesn't work?
Thanks!
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supra90mkiii said:
I got it, same file size as your picture. Haven't noticed much to be different. Baseband is UCAMH3, but I don't remember what it was before, if it was different.
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Anyone kind enough to make a flashable Baseband only UCAMH3 zip? I would love to try the new Baseband but I am only a Tmobile Rom.

Hopefully someone will zip it up for all of us to try out the modem and if stock rooted whatever else is in the update.
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DadamsJR said:
It seems like it's running smoother now
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Um, no. Its called placebo

Vandam500 said:
Um, no. Its called placebo
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Uh no I don't believe that's the case cause it was real glitchy the days leading up to gettanding this. Messenger would freeze and fc along with Internet. Can't Judge on battery life yet but it seems about the same.

Its def smoother, as a matter of fact smoother than my s4 hopefully Samsung gets the 4.3 update right
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Got the same update. My sound profiles went back to factory settings.... meh... haha more work for me to do on a Sunday
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I do not know about smoothness or battery but after updating, Bluebox Security Scanner shows I am patched for both the 8219321 and the 9695860 bugs. I cannot remember which one it was but before the update I was only patched for one. Root also survived.

Just curious how the update isnt breaking root. It is breaking mine, just on stock with UCAMA4 rooted fine, grabs the update and installs and *poof*, no root

OK, maybe I'm just really really stupid (probably HAHA) but every time I've tried to DL this and the thing reboots, it reboots into TWRP, and there I'm stuck - would have thought it would have tried to install itself outside of TWRP recovery, or am I really missing some point here?

OTA update requires stock recovery to install.
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Modem Zip request
Any kind soul can zip up the modem only update ?

Svoice got an update/makeover. The also removed the ripple lockscreen. Was my favorite
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I got it too. I notice that I can now make a Google Hangout video call over LTE.
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Google hangout was already allowing prior to update.
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inthepit said:
Svoice got an update/makeover. The also removed the ripple lockscreen. Was my favorite
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Google hangout was already allowing prior to update.
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I did a recovery install via Kies to get my Note 2 back to stock which removed root. I then made my phone download software updates which now has it at 4.1.2 with Baseband Version I317UCAMH3. I changed the day numerous times and tried Software Updates again but it says I am now at the most current version so I then rooted the phone again! Mine still has the ripple lockscreen as well. I'm not sure why yours disappeared!

inspron said:
Any kind soul can zip up the modem only update ?
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+1 There are a number of folks posting they took the MH3 OTA update... what is being asked here is if one of you could kindly post the OTA update file (i.e., on dropbox, then share the dropbox link). In the past, ATT OTAs were stored in " /cache/fota" folder. There are folks here on XDA who can extract the kernel... extract the modem... etc from that OTA and repackage in flashable zips for the rest of the community to try (those who either cannot get the MH3 OTA to download/install... or for those who do not want to flash back to stock in order to take the MH3 OTA). Can someone who has updated to MH3 take a look (via your favorite file explorer) and see if they still have the MH3 update in /cache/fota folder? Thanks.

New ATT update E98020H?

http://www.att.com/esupport/article.jsp?sid=KB420581&cv=820#fbid=PE5a28w3yca
There seems to be a new update can anyone figure out what changed and if it is worth to update?

Emmanuel2000 said:
http://www.att.com/esupport/article.jsp?sid=KB420581&cv=820#fbid=PE5a28w3yca
There seems to be a new update can anyone figure out what changed and if it is worth to update?
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Good question from the looks of the information found in the link its still 4.4.2 just with some security updates. From a view doesn't seem like it but also wouldn't hurt to see it offers some improvements.
Android version: 4.4.2
Baseband version: APQ8064/MDM9x15M
Software Version: E98020h
Kernel version: 3.4.0
Build number: KOT49I.E98020h
If your own E98020g then the update is just only 5mb
E98020g -> E98020h: 5.15 MB (Wi-Fi not required)
Then again after the stunt AT&T pulled graying out the APN in the last update its pretty much at your own risk at this point.

Alright, I went ahead and let the update download and install. Upon the phone rebooting, it is now stuck in CWM recovery. I can't seem to get out of it. I guess the update is not friendly with custom recoveries.
Anybody have suggestions on what to do? I found similar posts on the LG G2 forums, but they talk about connecting the phone to adb while still in CWM. Every time I try that, I get "device offline" and can't send any commands.

This sounds the same as last update three months ago.

CapnPez said:
Alright, I went ahead and let the update download and install. Upon the phone rebooting, it is now stuck in CWM recovery. I can't seem to get out of it. I guess the update is not friendly with custom recoveries.
Anybody have suggestions on what to do? I found similar posts on the LG G2 forums, but they talk about connecting the phone to adb while still in CWM. Every time I try that, I get "device offline" and can't send any commands.
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As far as I've ever known you always need to have stock recovery with a update like that.... You probably have to use lg flash tools to get back to stock ... IMO
2SHAYNEZ

shayneflashindaily said:
As far as I've ever known you always need to have stock recovery with a update like that.... You probably have to use lg flash tools to get back to stock ... IMO
2SHAYNEZ
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That's pretty much what I've figured as well. I'm working on getting back to stock now. I should've known better...

CapnPez said:
That's pretty much what I've figured as well. I'm working on getting back to stock now. I should've known better...
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Sucks cause I have the update notification and can't clear it Lol ... I know I'm gonna accidentally hit that damn thing Lol ....
2SHAYNEZ
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Is there a way to update ....... Lol this notification is gonna piss me off
2SHAYNEZ

Just updated this morning, I was VERY unhappy with the last update, it really bogged down the phone and I experienced some other small issues...after updating this morning, I have double the amount of free RAM as before and phone feels much more snappier again!

Just updated... i rooted with towel root, installed busy box,supersu, and 6.0.4.4. Cwm No problems yet...
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jburgos3 said:
Just updated... i rooted with towel root, installed busy box,supersu, and 6.0.4.4. Cwm No problems yet...
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Just checking. Were you rooted before the update?

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Just checking. Were you rooted before the update?
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No sir..I flashed back to stock so that I could get the update.
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Anyone know if it is possible to unroot (through superuser) , take the update and root again? I might try it tomorrow but need to go to work soon and need the phone for work so not today.

daaaamn it , i hit that notification i knew i would ......im having to go back to stock but i am having a hard time with it ..... what is the EASIEST way to do it ,

I try to install update, but is necessary download via wifi, not download using data phone
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psal217050 said:
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bro, backup all app/data, then make a factory reset, wipe dalvik, then configure again your phone, download update via wifi, then restore your data, then root.... that's it
you look, your phone have is better and run perfect with 4.4.2 updated

shayneflashindaily said:
daaaamn it , i hit that notification i knew i would ......im having to go back to stock but i am having a hard time with it ..... what is the EASIEST way to do it ,
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I used this method with this image the last time I went back stock.
I may just pass on this update as it is too big of a PITA to go back stock and then re-customize everything.

Saved my life!
jburgos3 said:
Just updated... i rooted with towel root, installed busy box,supersu, and 6.0.4.4. Cwm No problems yet...
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I want to thank you very much!
The only reason I even created a profile on this forum is o thank you! Yes, clicked the thank you button!
Worked like a charm! I never heard of towelroot until now, and it took about 3 seconds to download and another 3 to install.
Worked like a charm no issues sir.
THANK YOU AGAIN!
That is the easiest root I have ever done in my life!

shayneflashindaily said:
daaaamn it , i hit that notification i knew i would ......im having to go back to stock but i am having a hard time with it ..... what is the EASIEST way to do it ,
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Sounds like you're in the same boat i was. Sucks.
I ended up using this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=44983841, but i needed to do it slightly differently. It gave me a lot of grief last night, but I ended up getting it to work if i pulled the usb in and out of the phone when the lgflashtool showed that it was "ready". I can't fully remember the exact combination that worked, but i finally got the kitkat tot to flash and then update and towel root. If you have any more questions, let me know and I'll try to step through it when i make it to my laptop.
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For what it's worth I am stock rooted and was able to do the update with no problems. I would suggest if your not sure of what your doing to look through the forums and find a safe way to unroot, go back to factory rom and then do the update. It will save you hours of trouble. Good luck

Lol I must have hit the button while sleeping ..... Buddy called me and I remember hitting the notification area ...boom stuck recovery loop... Its all good now I got it all figured out and restored my stock kk. Pain in the ass lol. Is that update even worth it ... What all is in it ? Nothing major I'm guessing
2SHAYNEZ

BBChevy said:
I want to thank you very much!
The only reason I even created a profile on this forum is o thank you! Yes, clicked the thank you button!
Worked like a charm! I never heard of towelroot until now, and it took about 3 seconds to download and another 3 to install.
Worked like a charm no issues sir.
THANK YOU AGAIN!
That is the easiest root I have ever done in my life!
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Thanks glad i could help... but the devs who created them are the beasts... enjoy!!!!...
Now does any one know how to update the recovery. From 6.0.4.4 without having to go back a few roms.. thanks
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