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are we still waiting for the official jellybean?

i posted a thread about a couple of weeks ago, asking how to update to the official jellybean.
then people said it's not official and it's just a preview version and i should wait for the official version.
so.. my question is.. are we still waiting for it?
if it already came out, how would i update my unlocked & rooted 4.0.4 official yakju to officialy 4.1 jellybean?
please help,

wow surprise surprise.
as soon as i posted this message and looked at my phone, it says "system update is available blah blah...."
but when i posted that previous post, some guy said i won't be able to receive OTA updates if i have custom fonts and clockwork recovery mode installed...
so what's going on? i'm very confused... (yes i'm a noob)..
and if i accept this update, will i lose unlock and root?
and all my contact info and data too?

dlxowhd said:
wow surprise surprise.
as soon as i posted this message and looked at my phone, it says "system update date is available blah blah...."
but when i posted that previous post, some guy said i won't be able to receive OTA updates if i have custom fonts and clockwork recovery mode installed...
so what's going on? i'm very confused... (yes i'm a noob)..
and if i accept this update, will i lose unlock and root?
and all my contact info and data too?
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If you've modified your /system and have a custom recovery installed, OTA will fail. Just flash the update through custom recovery.

JaiaV said:
If you've modified your /system and have a custom recovery installed, OTA will fail. Just flash the update through custom recovery.
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i'm sorry but can you please tell me how to do it step-by-step or post a link?
i don't have to clue.

dlxowhd said:
i'm sorry but can you please tell me how to do it step-by-step or post a link?
i don't have to clue.
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Go read.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1529058
Sticky in this same forum and is just the beginning of threads you could find to learn how not to have to post threads like this again.

ok i just read that link..
it talks about unlocking/rooting (mine is already unlocked and rooted) then talks about installing custom roms..
what i'm looking for is step-by-step guide of how to go from rooted 4.0.4 to rooted 4.1.0..

dlxowhd said:
ok i just read that link..
it talks about unlocking/rooting (mine is already unlocked and rooted) then talks about installing custom roms..
what i'm looking for is step-by-step guide of how to go from rooted 4.0.4 to rooted 4.1.0..
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Custom ROMs include rooted stock ROMs. There are far too many threads on this very same subject for me to hold your hand the whole way. I'm sorry, but I'm not a give a man a fish kinda guy.

dlxowhd said:
ok i just read that link..
it talks about unlocking/rooting (mine is already unlocked and rooted) then talks about installing custom roms..
what i'm looking for is step-by-step guide of how to go from rooted 4.0.4 to rooted 4.1.0..
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I have not tried this myself. I always flash back to stock to accept an OTA.
Free tool trying to protect root across manufacturer's OTA updates:
http://www.google.com/#hl=en&gs_nf=...f.,cf.osb&fp=ce19979f0aca28f&biw=1280&bih=655
If you are completely stock and on stock recovery you can accept the OTA. Search the forums or google how to forever root or keep root on a galaxy nexus. Worst case you can flash back to stock 4.0.4
Before doing so:
Make backups of everything. Pics, contact, nandroid backups, music, etc......Become familiar with the different recoveries. Google will provide videos and links how to do this. There are a number of apps that you should use to flash ROMs most are free but I recommend the paid versions. Do your homework and you will better understand the essential of what you are doing.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1442184
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1769174
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Have a look at the "flash" link in my sig to revert to stock, and the "update" link to update from 4.0.4 to 4.1.1. You cannot apply a stock update to a modified ROM...
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I got my update at 330 today , it's flippin sweet
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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.
Sent from my SPH-L710 using xda app-developers app

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.
Sent from my SPH-L710 using xda premium

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.

[Q] Sprint Samsung Galaxy S3 Rooted ICS... Should I OTA JB?

I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 (SPH L710) from Sprint that I rooted a few months ago. I'm not too familiar with rooting, but knew I needed to do it to utilize the Wifi Tether app I wanted to use. It's worked pretty well ever since, only have to re-start the wifi app sometimes to make it actually connect.
For the past week I've been getting tons of pop-ups advising that there's a new update I should accept and install. I would assume this is Jellybean. So, I have a few questions:
1. If I'm already rooted and I accept this, will it delete my root?
2. I have SuperUser v. 3.1.3 which has a check box "temp unroot" If I check this box then allow the over the air update, will it allow me to go back and uncheck this box after the uprade to JB, thus restoring my root?
3. I researched apps in the Playstore and came across one from Voodoo called "OTA RootKeeper" if I use this, (or can I even use it on this device?) will it allow me to simply accept the OTA upgrade and then it'll re-root the phone afterwards?
4. How can I disable the OTA pop-up notice?
Please excuse my elementary questions... I know enough to read a basic set of instructions to get the root on the device (I've previously rooted a few Evo's and unrooted one all successfully), I also know how to Google questions I have and tried using the search feature here, but didn't really see answers to the questions I have.
I'd appreciate the assistance!!

It's not jb, but if your stock rooted just use root keeper and temporary unroot.
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Take the update. But if you have a custom recovery it may fail to need stock recovery. But it won't harm your device.
Sent from Pluto.

Speedin07si said:
It's not jb, but if your stock rooted just use root keeper and temporary unroot.
Sent from Pluto.
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Take the update. But if you have a custom recovery it may fail to need stock recovery. But it won't harm your device.
Sent from Pluto.
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+1
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Speedin07si said:
It's not jb, but if your stock rooted just use root keeper and temporary unroot.
Sent from Pluto.
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Take the update. But if you have a custom recovery it may fail to need stock recovery. But it won't harm your device.
Sent from Pluto.
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The update they want me to load isn't JB? It's pretty big, like 85MB... Any idea what it is then? Think I can simply accept it and it'll install or will I need to check the temp unroot box in SuperUser first?

JE1058 said:
The update they want me to load isn't JB? It's pretty big, like 85MB... Any idea what it is then? Think I can simply accept it and it'll install or will I need to check the temp unroot box in SuperUser first?
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its the li3 update. Would temp unroot. you need stock recovery too with no altered system files. Would be easier to use one of the ones from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1904099 or here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1743923

Once rooted, you cannot accept OTA updates due to having a custom recovery. You can get rid of the notification, without installing anything or losing root, two ways (that I know of). The easiest is by accepting the OTA and letting it fail.
Possibly the hardest/riskiest is to edit your build.prop and change everything that references the older build to the newer one, ie changing all LG8 references to LI3.
Updating is, once rooted, based upon preference. You should always investigate the changes from one version to the next, & decide if those address issue(s) you may have experienced. Updates will generally address one, or all, of the following: kernel performance (could impact battery life, hardware performanc, etc.), baseband performance (could impact cellular reception, network speeds, wifi performance, bluetooth, etc.), firmware updates (could impact overall hardware performance & functionality), &/or system software updates (could impact hardware/software performance, user interface).
The beauty of being rooted is that you have the choice of addressing all of the above at once, or being selective and updating only the items that address what you want them to. For example, you can choose to update your kernel only, or to just flash a new baseband & update your modem.
I choose to run a custom ROM based on the LG8 software build, paired with the leaked LIF baseband & firmware, and the stock LI3 kernel. I've found this combo to give me the best battery life, cellular & wifi performance, hardware performance, and stable day-to-day UI.
If you absolutely just have to have the latest of everything, use one of the methods described in the previous posts.
Good luck, and have fun!
EDIT: PRL can be updated regardless of root status...just an FYI...
Samsung Galaxy S3
OdexedBlue ROM
LI3 Stock Kernel
LIF Baseband
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What if I haven't rooted yet? Is this update safe to accept, or will it interfere with current root methods? Thanks in advance.

RN-Dude said:
What if I haven't rooted yet? Is this update safe to accept, or will it interfere with current root methods? Thanks in advance.
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You can accept the ota, root methods wont change

i also got the update but i am rooted i tried to install and it just went into recovery mode and nothing else happened. how do i get the pop up to come back up

I am getting a new Samsung Galaxy S3 (SPH L710) this week. I will probably get the update notification too when I connect it to the internet. Can I apply the OTA and then do root?

ArunOnline said:
I am getting a new Samsung Galaxy S3 (SPH L710) this week. I will probably get the update notification too when I connect it to the internet. Can I apply the OTA and then do root?
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That would be the easiest way. Get all the updates, then root once. But, you will need to use one of the previously mentioned methods for all future updates, like JB. When you get to that point, I have found the easiest way to do it is to get rid of the notification by letting the update fail, then waiting for one of the nice people here to offer a rooted version of the update w/kernel (odex, not deodex, unless you plan on developing stuff yourself) and an AIO (all-in-one) firmware update like here. You can just flash those through CWM or TWRP.

jmdatcs said:
That would be the easiest way. Get all the updates, then root once. But, you will need to use one of the previously mentioned methods for all future updates, like JB. When you get to that point, I have found the easiest way to do it is to get rid of the notification by letting the update fail, then waiting for one of the nice people here to offer a rooted version of the update w/kernel (odex, not deodex, unless you plan on developing stuff yourself) and an AIO (all-in-one) firmware update like here. You can just flash those through CWM or TWRP.
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@jmdatcs: Thanks a lot for the reply. I will apply all updates and then will do the root using qbking77 method which I guess is the easiest or should I use the qcom toolkit?
I do not want to flash any custom ROM right away as it has ICS by default. I will get the custom ROM for Jellybean once its available, through CWM or TWRP as you mentioned.

qbking77 rocks. I've learned so much from watching his videos. You can't go wrong in applying any of his methods.
Samsung Galaxy S3
OdexedBlue ROM
LI3 Stock Kernel
LIF Baseband
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Wait, why did the update work on my rooted phone? It did get rid of the root but I just rooted it back.

esqueue said:
Wait, why did the update work on my rooted phone? It did get rid of the root but I just rooted it back.
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You had stock recovery. That's the only way an OTA will take, & you lose root when it installs.
Samsung Galaxy S3
OdexedBlue ROM
LI3 Stock Kernel
LIF Baseband
XDA Premium - Support our developers, modders, & themers!

Hey I just got an update notification....it says it is 81 mb....Is this jb? ....Should I accept?....and if so can I use a non stock recovery?
Edit: Had to join the party!!!!
Pulling out my Anaconda on your Moma

Should I flash a leak or is it better to go back to stock recovery to update OTA?
I'm not sure on what to do... please help...
So I rooted my s3 and kept the stock rom. I'm not the as well versed as many of you are in all this and just want to get my phone working faster (it seems like it's not down/up loading as fast as it should be so I think it needs the update but I just rooted the phone and wish I knew about the update cuz then I would have waited... anyways... what should I do now??? is it better to unroot, temp unroot and get stock recovery (which is confusing to me on how to do it...) or should I flash a leak (I think that's what people in the forums are referring to anyway...)????????
Please help...
Mahalo for your patience as well if you have to send me to elementary school
or if there's a link to a forum you know of that already answers this question I'd greatly appreciate stirring me in the right direction...

koloheboi said:
I'm not sure on what to do... please help...
So I rooted my s3 and kept the stock rom. I'm not the as well versed as many of you are in all this and just want to get my phone working faster (it seems like it's not down/up loading as fast as it should be so I think it needs the update but I just rooted the phone and wish I knew about the update cuz then I would have waited... anyways... what should I do now??? is it better to unroot, temp unroot and get stock recovery (which is confusing to me on how to do it...) or should I flash a leak (I think that's what people in the forums are referring to anyway...)????????
Please help...
Mahalo for your patience as well if you have to send me to elementary school
or if there's a link to a forum you know of that already answers this question I'd greatly appreciate stirring me in the right direction...
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You obviously didn't search, which can be forgiven since you didn't create a new topic, but rather chose an appropriate one to post your question in; however you didn't even take the time to read any of the 17 posts on this thread!
Read post 6 in this thread. I already provided a very full & detailed answer for you.
After you've read it, should you still have any questions, let me know.
Samsung Galaxy S3
OdexedBlue ROM
LI3 Stock Kernel
LIF Baseband
XDA Premium - Support our developers, modders, & themers!

DrgnRebrn said:
You obviously didn't search, which can be forgiven since you didn't create a new topic, but rather chose an appropriate one to post your question in; however you didn't even take the time to read any of the 17 posts on this thread!
Read post 6 in this thread. I already provided a very full & detailed answer for you.
After you've read it, should you still have any questions, let me know.
Samsung Galaxy S3
OdexedBlue ROM
LI3 Stock Kernel
LIF Baseband
XDA Premium - Support our developers, modders, & themers!
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Thnx man... so I like what u said and so where do I find link to download the necessary things to set my phone how u set up ur phone?
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[Q] Wireless Tethering and sim unlocking

Hi guys,
Today I brought a new T-mobile Samsung Galaxy S II for cheap. It already got stock JB rom 4.1.2 installed and I rooted the phone. I have 2 questions.
1) I would like to sim unlock the phone without calling t-mobile if possible. I tried checked out Galaxy_s unlock by helroz and there was one other app, but it would not allow me to install it. Anybody got any ideas how to do it?
2) I would like to have this stock JB rom if possible rooted of course, but I would like to set up wireless tethering and don't pay extra to t-mobile for doing it? Thanks.

pug_ster said:
Hi guys,
1) I would like to sim unlock the phone without calling t-mobile if possible. I tried checked out Galaxy_s unlock by helroz and there was one other app, but it would not allow me to install it. Anybody got any ideas how to do it?
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You can try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2024514
It will take a lot of reading and some work but it is free. You can also pay someone for an unlock code.
Also, questions should be posted in Q&A.

meekrawb said:
You can try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2024514
It will take a lot of reading and some work but it is free. You can also pay someone for an unlock code.
Also, questions should be posted in Q&A.
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Thanks, I tried. It doesn't work probably because I have a JB stock rom. I think I have to revert to an ICS stock rom with a different modem in order for it to work.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1705710
I have another question, if I were to install this rom above, do I have to install thru kies or use twrp? Thanks.

pug_ster said:
Thanks, I tried. It doesn't work probably because I have a JB stock rom. I think I have to revert to an ICS stock rom with a different modem in order for it to work.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1705710
I have another question, if I were to install this rom above, do I have to install thru kies or use twrp? Thanks.
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I think the file in that link is for Odin. You should be able to TWRP flash any of the ICS ROMs in the development thread and then flash the UVLE1 radio.
Radios:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1895400

meekrawb said:
I think the file in that link is for Odin. You should be able to TWRP flash any of the ICS ROMs in the development thread and then flash the UVLE1 radio.
Radios:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1895400
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Actually, I installed cm9 ics rom and it didn't work when I pressed *#197328640#. I mentioned in the other thread, but I managed to install the stock ICS versio with the uvle1 radio and I managed to unlock it.

pug_ster said:
Actually, I installed cm9 ics rom and it didn't work when I pressed *#197328640#. I mentioned in the other thread, but I managed to install the stock ICS versio with the uvle1 radio and I managed to unlock it.
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I forgot to say it had to be an ICS TW ROM. Sorry about that. Glad you got it sorted.

pug_ster said:
Hi guys,
Today I brought a new T-mobile Samsung Galaxy S II for cheap. It already got stock JB rom 4.1.2 installed and I rooted the phone. I have 2 questions.
1) I would like to sim unlock the phone without calling t-mobile if possible. I tried checked out Galaxy_s unlock by helroz and there was one other app, but it would not allow me to install it. Anybody got any ideas how to do it?
2) I would like to have this stock JB rom if possible rooted of course, but I would like to set up wireless tethering and don't pay extra to t-mobile for doing it? Thanks.
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sup dude... look theres a way to do it i just dont recall how... you have to be rooted and get a file that has a lot of numbers in which you will find the unlock code. its in these forums somewhere but it is possible to do cause i was able to do it on cm10 4.1.2 . ill look around and see if i find it. ill keep you updated.

I747M identified as I9300 ?

Hi,
Got an GT-I9300 from Amazon just to discover that is a SGH-I747M but tweaked to show it as a 9300.
Now I'm stuck in 4.04 and can't upgrade to 4.1.2, tried stock 747m ROM but odin upload fails. Ofcourse Kies upgrade is not available.
Any way to solve this?
Some screenshots:
i.imgur. com/j5UvuzP.jpg
i.imgur. com/KcB5KW3.png
i.imgur. com/AiluWDj.png
Thanks

japi2000 said:
Hi,
Got an GT-I9300 from Amazon just to discover that is a SGH-I747M but tweaked to show it as a 9300.
Now I'm stuck in 4.04 and can't upgrade to 4.1.2, tried stock 747m ROM but odin upload fails. Ofcourse Kies upgrade is not available.
Any way to solve this?
Some screenshots:
i.imgur. com/j5UvuzP.jpg
i.imgur. com/KcB5KW3.png
i.imgur. com/AiluWDj.png
Thanks
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You sure you don't have that flipped? An I9300 that shows as a 747m
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

Before you attempt to flash anything, download an app to verify which processor or amount of ram you have. If you flash the wrong thing, you'll end up with a nice shiny paperweight.

loserskater said:
You sure you don't have that flipped? An I9300 that shows as a 747m
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I'm pretty sure is a 747, if you check the screenshots I posted, the phone has 2 cores (vs 4 of the 9300) and more RAM than the 9300.
mrhaley30705 said:
Before you attempt to flash anything, download an app to verify which processor or amount of ram you have. If you flash the wrong thing, you'll end up with a nice shiny paperweight.
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Yes, check the posted screenshots. Says hardware is 747

Your links aren't working to for me to see the pics but if the hardware is i747 then you will only want to flash i747 ROMs. Its a fairly simple matter to edit the file descriptors to change the information that shows in the about phone menu. I have been seeing alot of this from recent Amazon S3 purchases, sounds like some kind of scheme to make more money.

dntesinfrno said:
Your links aren't working to for me to see the pics but if the hardware is i747 then you will only want to flash i747 ROMs. Its a fairly simple matter to edit the file descriptors to change the information that shows in the about phone menu. I have been seeing alot of this from recent Amazon S3 purchases, sounds like some kind of scheme to make more money.
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Just replace the spaces in the original post links
I've tried with 747 roms without luck, thats why I'm asking what I should do in this case
I'm pretty sure that I'm not the first wanting to have the correct ROM

Ahh silly me, didnt notice the space
Anyways, it has the correct gpu/chipset to be an i747, so your suspicions are correct. The next question is what isn't working when trying to flash to stock? Error codes etc.

dntesinfrno said:
Ahh silly me, didnt notice the space
Anyways, it has the correct gpu/chipset to be an i747, so your suspicions are correct. The next question is what isn't working when trying to flash to stock? Error codes etc.
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Dont worry. I put the space because this forums blocks links for new users
Software update with OTA simply says "error processing". -> i.imgur. com/0ALVRSd.png
Over Kies gives the message I posted on the first screenshot
I can't remember the exact error on ODIN, I'll take a look and post

japi2000 said:
Hi,
Got an GT-I9300 from Amazon just to discover that is a SGH-I747M but tweaked to show it as a 9300.
Now I'm stuck in 4.04 and can't upgrade to 4.1.2, tried stock 747m ROM but odin upload fails. Ofcourse Kies upgrade is not available.
Any way to solve this?
Some screenshots:
i.imgur. com/j5UvuzP.jpg
i.imgur. com/KcB5KW3.png
i.imgur. com/AiluWDj.png
Thanks
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Yeah, similar issue here. About Phone says i9300. When I booted into download mode, it said SGH I747. When I tried using GooManager to install a custom recovery, it detected the phone as 'd2can'. I'm bewildered.

Quarmzz said:
Yeah, similar issue here. About Phone says i9300. When I booted into download mode, it said SGH I747. When I tried using GooManager to install a custom recovery, it detected the phone as 'd2can'. I'm bewildered.
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d2can is an i747m aka the canadian version which is identical to the us variant hardware wise.

dntesinfrno said:
d2can is an i747m aka the canadian version which is identical to the us variant hardware wise.
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All right. I wanna flash a custom recovery. Which do u suggest?

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All right. I wanna flash a custom recovery. Which do u suggest?
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Before i did anything i would make sure that you are able to flash a stock rom in case of any problems.

dntesinfrno said:
Before i did anything i would make sure that you are able to flash a stock rom in case of any problems.
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And that brings us to my other question: Which ROM is gonna be the stock ROM? The i747 in the Download mode screen?

Quarmzz said:
And that brings us to my other question: Which ROM is gonna be the stock ROM? The i747 in the Download mode screen?
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I would recommend following the steps in this thread to verify the hardware is infact that of an i747, if so use Odin the flash a stock i747 rom of your choice.

dntesinfrno said:
I would recommend following the steps in this thread to verify the hardware is infact that of an i747, if so use Odin the flash a stock i747 rom of your choice.
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Except 4.3 stock unless you want to be there for a while(can not downgrade) and face a whole world of hurt if you are not using your exact carriers modem/bootrom.

So guys is there any solution? I can't flash stock 747 ROM via odin or kies. I'm stuck on 4.04 forever?