This is to confirm that I managed to install the most recent OTA JB leak from my out-of-the-box Bell Galaxy S3, without having to flash anything, no CWR, no rooting required. Also didn't have to wipe any data or factory reset, after the update all my apps and data were in order as if I did a Kies update.
This is all you need to do - keep in mind this only works for UNROOTED stock Bell firmare (I747MVLALH) cannot by any means guarantee results for any other carrier/version.
Download latest OTA leak here
Save zip file to EXTERNAL SD CARD of your phone, do not unzip or rename.
Boot phone in stock recovery (Turn off phone & start up by holding down Volume Up+Home+Power, let go when the Samsung logo appears)
From Recovery menu select ->Wipe cache partition (this step, if ignored may be the reason why this didn't work for other users)
From Recovery menu select ->Apply update from external storage->select zip file you saved on external SD earlier and let the phone do its thing. It will take a few minutes before the slider bar shows up so don't panic thinking that its not working, in my case the upgrading process took about 15min
Restart phone, and enjoy JB!
All apps and data were still there, no need to reconfigure anything. Flash counter did not get tripped, ROM still shows as "Samsung Official".
Bell TV app still works, which means that Bell still recognizes the phone, however KIES does not, so for upcoming official OTA update you will need to revert back to stock ROM.
Google Now works great, the speech recognition is almost flawless, has recognized everything I said and I have a pretty thick accent in English. To get it working, you just need to update Google Voice search, for me the update request showed up automatically.
As far as bugs, only thing I found so far is WiFi tethering will only work when set as open (no password) and grey notifications bar (which may be just part of design). Some people reported issues with music player but its working fine for me.
As for performance, I find that apps open with zero lag, I did find some choppiness when scrolling lists in certain applications and websites. See attached quadrant result.
For those who try it please post experience and other issues/bugs that may be there.
Update: To enable voice response from Google Now, download this from Play Store, then select US English language, thats it!(credits to DEEZENUTSZ)
Update: some users reported GPS inaccuracies, this can be resolved by clearing cache data for the maps application. Mine works great so far.
Update: ***IMPORTANT PLS READ*** All app related issues reported by users in this thread (GPS, maps, bluetooth, music player etc) are resolved by clearing cache and data for each app. Alternatively, you can do a factory reset and it will take care of every app issue and force closes. Again, the above method works only for STOCK UNROOTED Bell ROM, any other ROM would require ODIN flashing and/or flashing stock Bell ROM first. I will no longer reply to issues that have already been discussed, so before you start firing your negativity bombs, please take the time to carefully read this step-by=step guide and all the updates I added. Oh, and don't forget to thank me once in a while
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cozanostra said:
This is to confirm that I managed to install the most recent OTA JB leak from my out-of-the-box Bell Galaxy S3, without having to flash anything, no CWR, no rooting required. Also didn't have to wipe any data or factory reset, after the update all my apps and data were in order as if I did a Kies update.
This is all you need to do - keep in mind this only works for stock Bell firmare (I747MVLALH) cannot by any means guarantee results for any other carrier/version.
Download latest OTA leak here
Save zip file to EXTERNAL SD CARD of your phone, do not unzip or rename.
Boot phone in stock recovery (Turn off phone & start up by holding down Volume Up+Home+Power, let go when the Samsung logo appears)
From Recovery menu select ->Wipe cache partition (this step, if ignored may be the reason why this didn't work for other users)
From Recovery menu select ->Apply update from external storage->select zip file you saved on external SD earlier and let the phone do its thing. It will take a few minutes before the slider bar shows up so don't panic thinking that its not working, in my case the upgrading process took about 15min
Restart phone, and enjoy JB!
All apps and data were still there, no need to reconfigure anything
Bell TV app still works, which means that Bell still recognizes the phone, however KIES does not, so for upcoming official OTA update you will need to revert back to stock ROM.
Google Now works great, the speech recognition is almost flawless, has recognized everything I said and I have a pretty thick accent in English. To get it working, you just need to update Google Voice search, for me the update request showed up automatically.
As far as bugs, only thing I found so far is WiFi tethering will only work when set as open (no password) and grey notifications bar (which may be just part of design). Some people reported issues with music player but its working fine for me.
As for performance, I find that apps open with zero lag, I did find some choppiness when scrolling lists in certain applications and websites.
For those who try it please post experience and other issues/bugs that may be there.
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Thanks for the info. I'm on stock rooted, will this work or do I have to revert to the non-rooted? If it works with stocked rooted will I lose root?
MagicMan3 said:
Thanks for the info. I'm on stock rooted, will this work or do I have to revert to the non-rooted? If it works with stocked rooted will I lose root?
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I believe you will loose root, so maybe better off reverting it before you apply update
cozanostra said:
I believe you will loose root, so maybe better off reverting it before you apply update
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Is there a way to root this one without tripping the flash counter?
MagicMan3 said:
Is there a way to root this one without tripping the flash counter?
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Just went in download mode to check, and surprisingly the counter was not tripped, more specifically:
Custom Binary Download: No
Current Binary: Samsung Official
System Status: Official
:victory::victory::victory::victory:
cozanostra said:
Just went in download mode to check, and surprisingly the counter was not tripped, more specifically:
Custom Binary Download: No
Current Binary: Samsung Official
System Status: Official
:victory::victory::victory::victory:
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You flashed over a rooted rom?
I got error 7 with both rooted stock and just stock.
Odd though, I went into download mode by accident first and System Status showed "custom"... hmm...
MagicMan3 said:
You flashed over a rooted rom?
I got error 7 with both rooted stock and just stock.
Odd though, I went into download mode by accident first and it showed "custom"... hmm...
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That might be your problem, bring the phone back to its out-of-the-box state. Here's the stock rom: http://www.hotfile.com/dl/170455695/ba5821b/I747MVLALH1_I747MOYCALH1_BMC.zip.html
cozanostra said:
That might be your problem, bring the phone back to its out-of-the-box state. Here's the stock rom: http://www.hotfile.com/dl/170455695/ba5821b/I747MVLALH1_I747MOYCALH1_BMC.zip.html
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I will try that again.
If it works, how can you root without tripping the counter?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-1758914.html
I can confirm this works! I'm on stock Bell not rooted and installed the OTA file and worked like a charm. Got 5178 in Quadrant right after update. Seems to be some issue with WidgetLocker not always engaging on the lock. Also the ebay app is constantly stop working so I uninstalled it for the time being. So far loving the changes
UPDATE: I guess eBay recalled the 2.0 update of their app so once I unistalled 2.0 and re-installed from the app store I am no longer having the crashing issues!
Who's going to try it on the AT&T SG3?
Works Amazing!
Confirm it works AMAZING!
Upgraded from the L1 patch earlier this week from Bell!
0 issues with any apps!
Smooth AS BUTTER!
NO MEMORY LEAK!
NO LAG!
VERY RESPONSIVE!
Only issue! Tethering is as the original post confirms not working.
Any fix would appreciate.
THANK YOU! HIGHLY RECOMMEND TO ALL BELL/VIRGIN S3ers!
*DAMN I HATED THAT L1 UPDATE! MADE MY PHONE SLOW AS HELL!*
it will fail on ATT when i verifies the system image. flash team insomnia's rom of this, it is modded in the build.prop for att.
I have noticed if you flash stock LH1 through MOBILE odin with ever root. the JB update will fail system verification.
But if you flash LH1 stock through regular odin it works like a charm.
Flash unrooted LH1 stock with odin
Boot into recovery and flash the JB update from external SD
Odin flash CWM.CWM_Recovery_6.0.1.2.tar (yes trips flash counter. but use triangle away app chickens.)
Use cwm to root with the CWM-SuperSU-v0.96.zip
Bluetooth audio for music doesn't come through my headset but call audio does
EDIT: After a reboot looks like Audio now comes through the headset. Not sure if it will always stay working but it's working for now
Trussello
Please make working CWM image out of this, aye! With root and about. This manual steps and Odin usage make me nervous. And everybody else.
TRusselo said:
it will fail on ATT when i verifies the system image. flash team insomnia's rom of this, it is modded in the build.prop for att.
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team insomnia HAS a working rooted CWM image out of this... i said that in the post you quoted.
{09/11/2012}(V2)TeAm_InSoMnIa ARISTODEMOS JELLY BEAN BELLS NEW LEAK VLALI3
direct link....
http://team-insomnia.org/GalaxyS3ROMs.html (then click the jelly bean Tab)
and personally i prefer Odin to heimdall or cwm... i have used it on all my samsung devices hundreds of times with no real problems... odin works. odin is safe. odin is samsungs tool for loading firmware.
Can anybody confirm if this would work for telus? Heard that it does!
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TRusselo said:
it will fail on ATT when i verifies the system image. flash team insomnia's rom of this, it is modded in the build.prop for att.
I have noticed if you flash stock LH1 through MOBILE odin with ever root. the JB update will fail system verification.
But if you flash LH1 stock through regular odin it works like a charm.
Flash unrooted LH1 stock with odin
Boot into recovery and flash the JB update from external SD
Odin flash CWM.CWM_Recovery_6.0.1.2.tar (yes trips flash counter. but use triangle away app chickens.)
Use cwm to root with the CWM-SuperSU-v0.96.zip
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Thanks for the added info. Question: would re-flashing the stock unrooted LH1 with odin affect the counter? I'm thinking of doing that when the official JB OTA is out but would need to bring it to a state that Kies recognizes first.
RageATheM said:
Bluetooth audio for music doesn't come through my headset but call audio does
EDIT: After a reboot looks like Audio now comes through the headset. Not sure if it will always stay working but it's working for now
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Can you give any more details on this? I just went down to try on my motorola hands free box, and media audio was disabled by default, so I enabled it. but with bluetooth on, the music player crashes, but works fine again when I disable bluetooth.
codo27 said:
Can you give any more details on this? I just went down to try on my motorola hands free box, and media audio was disabled by default, so I enabled it. but with bluetooth on, the music player crashes, but works fine again when I disable bluetooth.
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I have the motorola S10-HD bluetooth headphones. They were already paired before I did the upgrade. After the upgrade the first time I turned them on, they auto synced to the phone as usual (including both media and phone checked in settings) but when I pressed play on my music it came through my phone speaker. Next I called the phone and answered with the headphones and audio came through the headphones. I rebooted the phone. Turned the headphones back on, auto connected and everything worked. I get no crashing just wasn't putting the audio through the right device at first.
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Ok.. So I got my S3 (Sprint version) in November. After I upgraded to JB (Android v4.1.1) I rooted my device. Played aroubd with some ROM's, had the TWRP recovery installed. Everything worked fine, and the phone actually still works great. A couple of weeks ago it told me there was a system update available. I didn't know of it was safe to allow it to happen or not since I was rooted so I used TWRP recovery to flash a stock rom that would unroot my s3 and reset the flash counter to zero and make it all stock in one bang. So I did that, went and cleared the data in Google Services Framework so I could redownload the update, I restart to let the update install and it shows the android guy with the blue thing in his belly, but only goes about half way through the process and just stops, the android guy quickly dissapears and another pic of him pops up of him laying on his back with a red triangle over his belly, then the phone quickly reboots and goes back to my lockscreen.
As seen in the pic, I must be getting some of the upgrade as the baseband version shows MA6, but the build number still shows LJ7 and the Android Version still shows 4.1.1. Also I went to the camera and can take burst shots by holding dowb the camera button, which is a new feature.
But with things the way they are, I can continue to clear out the data from google services framework and still get notified of the 157mb update download. But every time I do it, it does the same thing as explained above. I have also tried to download the update in a .zip file and flash it in recovery mode. There it seems like it goes through the entire process but I still get the same result as seen in the pic. I also tried downloading the stock recovery and flashing that with Odin just in case. So basically I have a sprint galaxy s3, unrooted, 4.1.1 android software with a bit of 4.1.2 in there. Does anyone have an idea how to fix this?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Mike
Sent from my SPH-L710 using xda app-developers app
I really hope someone helps with this, because oddly enough, I just had the exact same problem!
rmstorms said:
Ok.. So I got my S3 (Sprint version) in November. After I upgraded to JB (Android v4.1.1) I rooted my device. Played aroubd with some ROM's, had the TWRP recovery installed. Everything worked fine, and the phone actually still works great. A couple of weeks ago it told me there was a system update available. I didn't know of it was safe to allow it to happen or not since I was rooted so I used TWRP recovery to flash a stock rom that would unroot my s3 and reset the flash counter to zero and make it all stock in one bang. So I did that, went and cleared the data in Google Services Framework so I could redownload the update, I restart to let the update install and it shows the android guy with the blue thing in his belly, but only goes about half way through the process and just stops, the android guy quickly dissapears and another pic of him pops up of him laying on his back with a red triangle over his belly, then the phone quickly reboots and goes back to my lockscreen.
As seen in the pic, I must be getting some of the upgrade as the baseband version shows MA6, but the build number still shows LJ7 and the Android Version still shows 4.1.1. Also I went to the camera and can take burst shots by holding dowb the camera button, which is a new feature.
But with things the way they are, I can continue to clear out the data from google services framework and still get notified of the 157mb update download. But every time I do it, it does the same thing as explained above. I have also tried to download the update in a .zip file and flash it in recovery mode. There it seems like it goes through the entire process but I still get the same result as seen in the pic. I also tried downloading the stock recovery and flashing that with Odin just in case. So basically I have a sprint galaxy s3, unrooted, 4.1.1 android software with a bit of 4.1.2 in there. Does anyone have an idea how to fix this?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Mike
Sent from my SPH-L710 using xda app-developers app
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I suggest you should go check out the Sprint Samsung s3 forum under the Android development section the check out for the stock rom, try using the 1 click Odin or check out in there the proper way to restore your device, then continue reading the forums to check out when or how is the proper way to apply that update it could be that its bugged or that your device lost some permissions so best way to solve it should be to restore it to its original state.
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rmstorms said:
Ok.. So I got my S3 (Sprint version) in November. After I upgraded to JB (Android v4.1.1) I rooted my device. Played aroubd with some ROM's, had the TWRP recovery installed. Everything worked fine, and the phone actually still works great. A couple of weeks ago it told me there was a system update available. I didn't know of it was safe to allow it to happen or not since I was rooted so I used TWRP recovery to flash a stock rom that would unroot my s3 and reset the flash counter to zero and make it all stock in one bang. So I did that, went and cleared the data in Google Services Framework so I could redownload the update, I restart to let the update install and it shows the android guy with the blue thing in his belly, but only goes about half way through the process and just stops, the android guy quickly dissapears and another pic of him pops up of him laying on his back with a red triangle over his belly, then the phone quickly reboots and goes back to my lockscreen.
As seen in the pic, I must be getting some of the upgrade as the baseband version shows MA6, but the build number still shows LJ7 and the Android Version still shows 4.1.1. Also I went to the camera and can take burst shots by holding dowb the camera button, which is a new feature.
But with things the way they are, I can continue to clear out the data from google services framework and still get notified of the 157mb update download. But every time I do it, it does the same thing as explained above. I have also tried to download the update in a .zip file and flash it in recovery mode. There it seems like it goes through the entire process but I still get the same result as seen in the pic. I also tried downloading the stock recovery and flashing that with Odin just in case. So basically I have a sprint galaxy s3, unrooted, 4.1.1 android software with a bit of 4.1.2 in there. Does anyone have an idea how to fix this?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Mike
Sent from my SPH-L710 using xda app-developers app
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You cant install an OTA update unless you have the official stock rom and the stock recovery because custom recoveries will install it and I believe im correct when I say that to flash an OTA update you have to odin to stock and then do the update.
There is absolutely no need to go back to stock to take the update. If you head over to freezas stock rooted thread, you can flash the updated firmware there and thats really all you need
Most roms have already updated their bases to MB1 (4.1.2), so I suggest you either wait till your rom is updated or flash an updated rom, you're not missing out on huge changes either way
Most custom touchwiz roms will allow updates, but you have to flash stick recovery 1st. The 157mb update is for mb1. You could just change your build prop to get the notification nag to go away
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If you're on stock rooted with no apps removed, do what I did. Plug phone into odin, flash stock recovery, update, flash custom after update done, re root, done.
Sent From My Rooted, S-OFF'd Blackberry Curve using the iOS XDA Application for Android.
Just flash a updated rom issue should go away there is a flashable I can't seem to find right now that stops the nag. I think it is a build prop mod.
tazfanatic said:
Just flash a updated rom issue should go away there is a flashable I can't seem to find right now that stops the nag. I think it is a build prop mod.
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Yup, if you just wanna make it go away, go into your build.prop and change all instances of "LJ7" (or "MA6" ) to "MB1"
CNexus said:
There is absolutely no need to go back to stock to take the update. If you head over to freezas stock rooted thread, you can flash the updated firmware there and thats really all you need
Most roms have already updated their bases to MB1 (4.1.2), so I suggest you either wait till your rom is updated or flash an updated rom, you're not missing out on huge changes either way
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That's all I do. Once an update comes out I just head over to Freezas page and update my rom. Stock look and feel with the root in place.
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Any update on this? I have the same issue.
Thanks
coderaja said:
Any update on this? I have the same issue.
Thanks
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There's several ways to fix this issue posted on the other page. Use one of them.
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So I have a Sprint Galaxy Note II... I'm all jumbled up, i did a load of work on it way back and just now read about the knox counter... i got a lil worried and checked to see what mine was... there was NO COUNTER and both of my entries said CUSTOM and my flash count is 4...
I'm Confused cause i cant get my wifi to turn on ATALL and my white back has paint cracks, so i was gonna take it in to sprint... how am i supposed to do that? i have the knox apps on my phone, but no knox counter in odin mode. i know i can root my phone and reset my flash counter and set my phone back up to stock roms and settings... I've attached a picture and odin details to depict this problem. if someone could give me the best solution here, should i take my phone in or keep it seeing as it does not have knox... also, as far as i know i don't have root accesses atm. but every time i boot my phone it says SU permissions has stopped working. when i updated it did it through the sprint network so it was an official rom. i didn't get a choice it just happened one night when i was sleeping. i had 4.2 rooted with custom recovery (e3) and i still have that custom recovery. please help me XDA Forum users.. your my only hope.
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these are the only listings in odin mode.
Well first of all DO NOT take your phone to the Sprint store the way it is. It's pretty obvious that somehow your phone was able to download and install an OTA on top of your already rooted phone. It sounds like you're gonna have to put your phone back to factory ROM no matter what because you're phone is now pretty messed up and you want to take it in to get it swapped. I see no other choice but to odin your phone back to stock.
Install and flash billards back to stock un root, with counter reset, you won't have any issues..
It's not broken, just flaws to its pretty white look. I would never take it in the way it is. I DO NOT WANT A KNOX COUNTER IF AT ALL POSSIBLE! I just need my wifi working. Can I flash back to 4.2? If so could I get a link to a step by step tutorial? Thanks for the reply guys.
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It's not broken, just flaws to its pretty white look. I would never take it in the way it is. I DO NOT WANT A KNOX COUNTER IF AT ALL POSSIBLE! I just need my wifi working. Can I flash back to 4.2? If so could I get a link to a step by step tutorial? Thanks for the reply guys.
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What you posted is not a knox counter. That is standard for any platform.. I'm currently back to mc2 stock and mine says the same thing.. Knox counter you will have a warranty void entry at the bottom..
supermth2 said:
It's not broken, just flaws to its pretty white look. I would never take it in the way it is. I DO NOT WANT A KNOX COUNTER IF AT ALL POSSIBLE! I just need my wifi working. Can I flash back to 4.2? If so could I get a link to a step by step tutorial? Thanks for the reply guys.
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Here you go. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2086769
download MC2 and put it on your external sd card, then wipe everything EXCEPT your external sd card and flash. it takes just a few minutes and your phone will be like it come out of the box. Once it's done you can then take it to the sprint store for whatever reason.
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one last question. how can i use titanium backup it my root sevices wont work? all i get is "superSU has unfortunetly stoped working." i need all my contacts backed up.
supermth2 said:
one last question. how can i use titanium backup it my root sevices wont work? all i get is "superSU has unfortunetly stoped working." i need all my contacts backed up.
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Back your contacts up to google, not the phone.. When you flash a new rom,then set it up google will install all of your contacts from your google account.. I do not use titanium for anything other than un-installing things I do not want..
UPDATE!
I ran the zip andit seemed to load up fine. I got a "digital sigiture varifacation" error, my phone reset and booted up like it was all puked out, froze trying to acsses settings. I reset it and its all good but i got nowhere... still on the same custom rom that isnt even custom, still dont have root... wifi still not working. what next guys? i appriciate the help btw. thanks.
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I ran the zip andit seemed to load up fine. I got a "digital sigiture varifacation" error, my phone reset and booted up like it was all puked out, froze trying to acsses settings. I reset it and its all good but i got nowhere... still on the same custom rom that isnt even custom, still dont have root... wifi still not working. what next guys? i appriciate the help btw. thanks.
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What steps are you doing? Post and I will see what your issue is and try to get you back on track.
I put the zip in the root of my sd card, backed up my photos, shut down my phone, boot into recovery, and apply update from sd card, select my zip, it begins to load up reading
"install/update from sd..." the next thing I see is "digital signature verification failed" it runs a few lines so quick I can't read them and reboots all messed up, I restart, and I'm right where I began.
That's exactly what I'm doing. Idk what recovery I have, it just says "recovery menu (e3)" with a blue backdrop. Dose this help?
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supermth2 said:
I put the zip in the root of my sd card, backed up my photos, shut down my phone, boot into recovery, and apply update from sd card, select my zip, it begins to load up reading
"install/update from sd..." the next thing I see is "digital signature verification failed" it runs a few lines so quick I can't read them and reboots all messed up, I restart, and I'm right where I began.
That's exactly what I'm doing. Idk what recovery I have, it just says "recovery menu (e3)" with a blue backdrop. Dose this help?
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Are you on a custom rom now? or are you stock? I need to know so I can get a better idea of how to move you into the right direction once and for all.
See that's the thing. Odin says I'm on custom everything with a count of 4. But my phone updated through the sprint network while I was sleeping one day so It used an official rom, but I never got a Knox counter, and my recover and everything never went back to stock.
Sorry if the problem is innoying, if you want I could make a video showing the problem and link you to it.
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supermth2 said:
See that's the thing. Odin says I'm on custom everything with a count of 4. But my phone updated through the sprint network while I was sleeping one day so It used an official rom, but I never got a Knox counter, and my recover and everything never went back to stock.
Sorry if the problem is innoying, if you want I could make a video showing the problem and link you to it.
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Everytime to flash a rom, you will have a flash count. With the knox thing that is a prart of the MK4 update, but it can be ridden with no problem.
Flash back to 100% pure stock unrooted with stock recovery.. When you are done, and you go back to download mode,you will not see the knox count, only the normal one you would see if flashing a none MK4 rom.. If your phone is out of warranty, then do not worry about the knox counter.. If it is still under warranty, when you need to go to the Sprint store, by flashing back to unroooted stock MC2, the knox counter will not show, and everything will show normal instead of custom..
So follow these steps once again.
1)Put (if you have not already) Billards Stock MC2 unrooted with counter reset on your external Sdcard.
2) If you do not already have one, install a custom recovery.
3)Boot to your custom recovery and do a complete wipe cache, delvik cache, data, system..
4) once done install the zip
5) Once the zip starts billards version of TWRP will start. when it does do a complete wipe again.
6) Go to install and choose the billards zip again and run it
7) When it is done it choose reboot, but it will reboot into a special feature included, but you have to do nothing else. Once it is done it will boot let it do its thing, and when done you should be back to 100% MC2 stock..
When it is all done, set up your phone like you would normally do.. At some point sprint will tell you about a system update.. Let it run on its own and you should be at MK4. Yes you will have the know counter, but that is no real big deal,as I mentioned earlier.
Yesssss! - update
I got knox disbled and got clockworkmod recovery going. got the zip installed after wipeing my cache and then got stuck in the wonderful boot loop.
got into stock recovery, wiped cache again, factory reset the device....... AND BAMN!!!! just like new thanks for your help guys. so happy to be able to take my phone in and get it replaced.
Congtats see it is not all that complicated.
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I have a Sph-L900 Sprint Galaxy Note 2. About a month ago the device started acting up Saying it couldn't connect to my Samsung Account, and the only way I was able to fix it was a factory reset. That soon turned into not being able to connect to my Google account and knox issues where something was trying to access my device administrator, and the only fix was to keep updating the samsung security police. The device began shutting off and restarting about two to three times a day with the same error notifications popping up on start up. I kept doing a factory reset in order to get ride of the issues but would reappear shortly after.
I have never tried to root my phone because I wanted to wait for my contract to be up before messing around with it.The most I have done is install a few 3rd party apps and use the google launcher apk as my everyday launcher. Eventually because it keep restarting so often I thought I would try to put cyanogenmod on it using the installer app.Unfortunately it kept saying it couldn't communicate with my device and had to abandon that option. A few hours later the phone restarted again but this time became stuck on the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 logo on start up. I tried to another factory reset hoping that would fix it but this is what happened
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The whole thing is in red and keeps saying error and fail.
I have no idea what the issue being a noob, but started looking through forums and posts hoping to get an answer. I thought trying to reload the stock rom might be my best bet and started looking into how to unbrick the phone on youtube and forums.
I downloaded Odin and tried [ROM][ODIN]SPH-L900 MK4 (MK4 Modem/Kernel/Bootloader/ROM - Full Restore - Unrooted), Galaxynote2root.com, and QBking77 methods and files for putting factory stock rom back on the phone. I spent all day trying each one only to get "nand write start fail" when trying each tar file on odin.
I wanted to see if someone might actually be able to explain to me the exact issue and hopefully a possible solution.
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I have a Sph-L900 Sprint Galaxy Note 2. About a month ago the device started acting up Saying it couldn't connect to my Samsung Account, and the only way I was able to fix it was a factory reset. That soon turned into not being able to connect to my Google account and knox issues where something was trying to access my device administrator, and the only fix was to keep updating the samsung security police. The device began shutting off and restarting about two to three times a day with the same error notifications popping up on start up. I kept doing a factory reset in order to get ride of the issues but would reappear shortly after.
I have never tried to root my phone because I wanted to wait for my contract to be up before messing around with it.The most I have done is install a few 3rd party apps and use the google launcher apk as my everyday launcher. Eventually because it keep restarting so often I thought I would try to put cyanogenmod on it using the installer app.Unfortunately it kept saying it couldn't communicate with my device and had to abandon that option. A few hours later the phone restarted again but this time became stuck on the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 logo on start up. I tried to another factory reset hoping that would fix it but this is what happened
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The whole thing is in red and keeps saying error and fail.
I have no idea what the issue being a noob, but started looking through forums and posts hoping to get an answer. I thought trying to reload the stock rom might be my best bet and started looking into how to unbrick the phone on youtube and forums.
I downloaded Odin and tried [ROM][ODIN]SPH-L900 MK4 (MK4 Modem/Kernel/Bootloader/ROM - Full Restore - Unrooted), Galaxynote2root.com, and QBking77 methods and files for putting factory stock rom back on the phone. I spent all day trying each one only to get "nand write start fail" when trying each tar file on odin.
I wanted to see if someone might actually be able to explain to me the exact issue and hopefully a possible solution.
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Not sure what the issue is, but if your not rooted you can not use method you tried.. If you can get back into your phone, root it using the toolkit found here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957155 it will install a custom recovery for you during the process. once done you can us the restore method you tried.. You might want to also, uninstall all the apps you have installed one at a time, until you find the one, that might be given you the problem..
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Not sure what the issue is, but if your not rooted you can not use method you tried.. If you can get back into your phone, root it using the toolkit found here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957155 it will install a custom recovery for you during the process. once done you can us the restore method you tried.. You might want to also, uninstall all the apps you have installed one at a time, until you find the one, that might be given you the problem..
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Thanks for replying, unfortunately I'm not able to get into my phone as it is just stuck on the Galaxy note 2 logo image on start up. Someone on the google+ community said that it could of happened from the 4.1 to 4.3 update. I guess my best bet is to go to the Samsung kios at Best Buy and see if they can reflash my phone. If I do get it up and running I will install a custom recovery like you mentioned.
Can you reboot and hold the power, home button, & up arrow to get into download mode?
If you can, flash things from there. Odin. I would do the billiard back to stock. Or possibly try the philz recovery.
Please let us know what happens.
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Can you reboot and hold the power, home button, & up arrow to get into download mode?
If you can, flash things from there. Odin. I would do the billiard back to stock. Or possibly try the philz recovery.
Please let us know what happens.
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This is the best I can do with what I have to show you the process. I'm using this download SPH-L900_MK4_Full Restore_UNROOTED one click process as an example. It happens when I use the regular versions of oden and add the tar. files where it says PDA. I have used several versions like Sammobile that people have recommended, but In the end it always says Fail
I tried using the billiard one but since it's set up for twrp I'm not sure how to istall it with odin on the PC
I don't know. I'm just guessing. I'm not an expert. Post in the billiards forum.
I guess i would go to my "prepatory" thread and try flashing a new recovery. I guess try TWRP first. Then try the billiard back to stock. If still no. Try philz and then back to stock. I can't promise anything, but that is my advice.
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This is the best I can do with what I have to show you the process. I'm using this download SPH-L900_MK4_Full Restore_UNROOTED one click process as an example. It happens when I use the regular versions of oden and add the tar. files where it says PDA. I have used several versions like Sammobile that people have recommended, but In the end it always says Fail
I tried using the billiard one but since it's set up for twrp I'm not sure how to istall it with odin on the PC
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That is a very old version of Odin I might add. Download and use Odin 3.07. When using make sure you right click and choose run as administrator. Flash philz 6.0.7.9 do a full wipe reboot into recovery then flash billards return to full stock with counter reset, you should not have any issues..
Hey. If i knew the answer i would tell you. Lol. I'm sorry that i don't. But you need to get something going through odin. Something is messed up on your phone and you need to replace it with something works. If you can't get Anything to flash from odin.... Well i can't imagine what else there would be to do. Except take it in for a replacement.
Sorry to hear this. I remember bricking my phone and was really scared as I did not want to go to the sprint store and go through all that nonsense. I hope you get it up and running. I know someone in this awesome community will help u out.
Wish I could help.
What version of odin are you using?
Let's see if this helps.
First download this Toolkit. It's an awesome tool. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957155
(you will need to read those instructions for drivers install etc)
There really should be no reason why you can't simply reboot your phone into download mode and flash it back to stock. Just make sure you enable usb debugging mode within developer options BEFOREyou begin.
If you want a custom ROM right away, use the toolkit to root and install custom bootloader and recovery, then flash the ROM from recovery per usual.
From that point you can either flash a stock unrooted MK4 ROM or a stock rooted ROM or you can go with a custom rooted ROM. You will need to decide what you want right now.
If you want to stay on a stock unrooted MK4 ROM then you can go ahead and download this stock MC2 with flash count reset. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2086769 then once that completes you can simply let the OTA update your phone to MK4 and that will put you back at stock MK4.
You can also just flash the stock MK4 ROM via this page. Follow the instructions. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2591898
I, like everyone, am looking forward to installing this update. However, I have heard from others (people with other phones or carriers) that Android L isn't all that great, mainly because of some bugs. Of course this may have had to do with a carrier's modification of Lollipop, so while this would likely be fixed, it certainly gives me pause to go to the effort and update (restore stock recovery, unroot, and other necessary prep work) to find out it's really not that fantastic or T-Mobile needs to fix some things.
So, I was hoping that those if you who have successfully updated could tell me (and others who might want to know) how Lollipop is for you.
Also, if you could tell us what you were before updating (rooted, S-off, using Xposed, none of the above, etc.) it would give us an idea of the difference in systems.
Thanks!
I was rooted, boot loader unlocked, TWRP installed. So I restored a non-root version and restored the recovery.img (took me a bit as I had downloaded an older version not realizing that so the OTA failed).
Upon the first boot up after the OTA, my wifi failed to work at all no matter what I did. I ended up doing a factory wipe (which wiped all my programs and settings - ouch) and now all seems to be working (but I am still setting things up).
-brad
I was stock unrooted, with S-Off and SuperCID. It took the OTA without a hitch. Had a little trouble getting play services to update, but after a restart it did fine. So far everything seems to be working. No bugs that I've found yet. Liking the new features a lot. Really wish they had brought VoLTE with this update.
I'm a long-time user of Team Venom's ViperROM, and only come back to stock for things like this.
I used an RUU to go back to stock, as the stock recovery I had wouldn't work with the OTA from my backup, and AndroidFileHost is down, so I couldn't use the only link I could find to get the latest recovery before this update.
Anyway, I downloaded the update just fine, and it installed just fine, and everything works just fine so far. It feels a whole lot snappier than before. I like the new notification system. The only thing that's driving me crazy is that I can't make the recent apps button into the menu button without installing anything extra. Come on, HTC, add that!
In conclusion, everything is as snappy and pretty as ever before, Wi-Fi speeds are good, call quality is good, and I am thoroughly enjoying it. When Team Venom pushes out their custom ROM, I'll be ecstatic.
I installed the new update this morning and rerooted after. I can't get AdAway to work properly. Otherwise, everything has been much faster and more responsive than it was previously. Feels like a fresh install. Only big issue I've come across is it uses GPS constantly which heats up the phone and kills the battery. I had to turn off GPS to avoid this. I think it may be related to the new Trusted places feature, as the updated Google service uses the GPS a lot.
I RUU'd back to stock after realizing that just going back to an old backup would still result in "Software Status: Modified." After I did that, update installed smooth. I haven't had any of the problems with wifi or data that some people have complained about. I still am not a huge fan of all the t-mobile bloatware, and will probably root/rom it within the month to something a little(lot) cleaner.
StormChaser46 said:
I installed the new update this morning and rerooted after. I can't get AdAway to work properly. Otherwise, everything has been much faster and more responsive than it was previously. Feels like a fresh install. Only big issue I've come across is it uses GPS constantly which heats up the phone and kills the battery. I had to turn off GPS to avoid this. I think it may be related to the new Trusted places feature, as the updated Google service uses the GPS a lot.
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Just out of curiosity, what method did you use to obtain root?
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Just out of curiosity, what method did you use to obtain root?
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It was already rooted and the bootloader was unlocked before the update. I just had to reflash TWRP recovery, reflash the supersu.zip file, and then reinstalled supersu from the Play store.
Voice Dial
Discovered today that when you use a bluetooth to activate voice dialing now it gives you the choice to use the google/now app instead of the pre packaged voice dialer.
I was full stock and locked and accepted the OTA without issue of course. Had a little trouble with Google Play Services wanting to update but failing to finish the update. Did some reading and found a solution on androidforums that worked - cleared data and cache on both Google Play Servies and Google Play and then the update succeeded. Since then all works well and I too feel it is much snappier than KitKat. Haven't tried all apps yet but so far so good.:good:
Edit: I had used lollipop on my M7 reconfigured as GPE and really liked the Nexus experience. Since Jumping to the M8, I have chosen not to unlock and root (yet) as I anticipate a jump to the M9. That being said, I like the added features I have seen so far in the pure Sense experience. Notification on the lock screen are better, the Smart Lock works great at home and at work, so far no issues. Loving it. Will write back after a few days of exercise.
Hey, sorry for the basic question here. Just bought an used HTC M8. When I booted, i got the message "this build is for development purposes only do not distribute outside of htc without written permission. Failure to comply may lead to legal action," which I gathered means the phone is unlocked. What steps can I get to get updated to Lollipop?
Can I just download TWRP and flash RUU 4.20.531.4 from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2714456 ?
Or do I need to find a way to get to stock t-mobile rom and then back up and recover to 3.32.531.2 recovery before I can get OTA updates?
Thanks!!
pewpew22 said:
Hey, sorry for the basic question here. Just bought an used HTC M8. When I booted, i got the message "this build is for development purposes only do not distribute outside of htc without written permission. Failure to comply may lead to legal action," which I gathered means the phone is unlocked. What steps can I get to get updated to Lollipop?
Can I just download TWRP and flash RUU 4.20.531.4 from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2714456 ?
Or do I need to find a way to get to stock t-mobile rom and then back up and recover to 3.32.531.2 recovery before I can get OTA updates?
Thanks!!
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You can do an RUU, but the first thing I would do is get S-Off. I don't know if it is still Sunshine (an app that was $25) that is the leading method, but even still, it's worth it. If you have S-Off, there are really no mistakes you can make and can't undo....[well, you can't brick it or throw it in a lake].
I am so dependent on customizations, such as button modifications, definitely Ad-Away, and other things, most of which were possible with a custom ROM, or Xposed, but since Dalvik is gone, I understand Xposed won't work. This gives me pause. No matter how nifty Lollipop is, if there is no way to do certain customizations/modifications, and if Ad-Away won't work, I would seriously consider waiting until these things are remedied.
StormChaser46 said:
I installed the new update this morning and rerooted after. I can't get AdAway to work properly. Otherwise, everything has been much faster and more responsive than it was previously. Feels like a fresh install. Only big issue I've come across is it uses GPS constantly which heats up the phone and kills the battery. I had to turn off GPS to avoid this. I think it may be related to the new Trusted places feature, as the updated Google service uses the GPS a lot.
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No luck on Ad-Away yet?
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No luck on Ad-Away yet?
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It works fine, UNLESS you haven't disabled system RW protection but I thought everybody knew about that. If you are not s-off, or have not applied the mod to disable system RW protection, you will never be able to modify the hosts file while booted into Android system and so Ad Away app won't be able to either.
In this case all you can do is manually create a modified hosts file and push it with ADB or copy it through file manager while booted to recovery.
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It's my only concern so far, HTC messages app works though, I've seen various reports about it but no fix so far. Everything else is running smoothly and I'm liking it. I wish wifi networks would be added to trusted locations but there are apps that allow this
I like T-Mobile Lollipop better than international, for one you don't get those annoying notification vibration.
Did they disable HTC Backup? Havent been able to get a backup to start when connected to wifi.
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Did they disable HTC Backup? Havent been able to get a backup to start when connected to wifi.
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Did you try manually running it? My backup didn't run properly and it managed to install apps that I had deleted.
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Behold_this said:
It works fine, UNLESS you haven't disabled system RW protection but I thought everybody knew about that. If you are not s-off, or have not applied the mod to disable system RW protection, you will never be able to modify the hosts file while booted into Android system and so Ad Away app won't be able to either.
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Ok, well I'm S-off, and the only thing I know about the system RW protection is that it exists and while I have one xposed module note that purports to enable it, it does not work. I know this because I can't get Root Logger to work. But right now ad-away on kit Kat is fine.
So is there an disable RW system protection mod I need to run? If so, when should I run it? Now before I upgrade (as I have been still hesitating, but it's getting difficult to resist at this point..especially with La Pollo replacement for Xposed (even though there are no modules written for it yet...at least we have the framework. )
Strange I didn't know about this system RW mod.... I will look around in the regular M8 forum, but if anyone can fill me in, I'd appreciate it.
I have a T-Mobile Note 3, all stock, not rooted. I recently installed the lollipop update, and now my screen rotation stops working.
A reboot fixes it, but it will stop working again later in the day.
I have auto rotate on, smart rotate is not on, auto brightness is on (a search said this worked but it was for an older firmware).
Has anyone seen this or possibly know a good fix?
Wow, nobody else has seen this?
WatermelonSlim said:
I have a T-Mobile Note 3, all stock, not rooted. I recently installed the lollipop update, and now my screen rotation stops working.
A reboot fixes it, but it will stop working again later in the day.
I have auto rotate on, smart rotate is not on, auto brightness is on (a search said this worked but it was for an older firmware).
Has anyone seen this or possibly know a good fix?
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hello
i had a few issues when i upgraded from 4.4.2 to 5.0 stock lollipop... first of all check if the baseband shows same as the build name.. it should both finish in OB6 ....also try booting the phone in safe mode to see if its and app/tweak error... u could also try a factory reset or a full factory reset from recovery screen with a full wipe and cache and dalvik cache erased but i dont know if its possible in stock android recovery since first thing i do when i unbox the phone is to root... always running rooted and with custom recoveries since i like to mod and tweak my phone i suggest you to try to root and release your phone full potential hope this works for you.
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Reinstalling the lollipop firmware may correct it.
Odin, Kies or whatever method you used, try a reinstall.
Pp.
PanchoPlanet said:
Reinstalling the lollipop firmware may correct it.
Odin, Kies or whatever method you used, try a reinstall.
Pp.
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I just went to Settings, General, About Device, Check for Updates and installed it from there. When I go there now it says the device is up to date, so no way to do it the same way as the first time.
Tostido has a full firmware zip available, you can download extract and reflash using Odin 3.09.
Find it here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=59257327
This will reinstall the latest update and should correct rotation problem.
Pp.
Funny thing is my wife has the same issue on hers. I guess we'll both have to reflash.
Is there a way to flash that toastido version without losing everything? I have a bunch of apps installed, pictures, memos to myself, etc.
WatermelonSlim said:
Funny thing is my wife has the same issue on hers. I guess we'll both have to reflash.
Is there a way to flash that toastido version without losing everything? I have a bunch of apps installed, pictures, memos to myself, etc.
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sure there is... i suggest you to root your device... its very easy and means no harm unless you start playing with system stuff but basically it just unleash your phone full power.... and once you rooted you just install titanium backup which is the best back up ever (in my opinion) and u do a full system data/user data back up which it will save ALL phone and apps settings and data and you just save the titanium back up folder to your pc and then put it back once you done flashing... also be careful once u flash and you are reverting the back up since the error might be a misconfiguration somewhere... but u can choose manually which stuff u wanna restore like accounts messages phone call history and more... also remember to root back again and installing a custom recovery like TWRP or CWM so i can flash stuff and back up and get a better recovery experience and also u could flash the SD card write fix since on newer versions phone wont let you write data directly to a SD card.... hope it helps at all and good luck
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