I have T-Mobile s3 is there a difference checking software updates (ota) vs using kies? I am unable to get my phone to connect with my pc. Will one get updates faster than the other?
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I noticed on www.sammobile.com/firmware they. Show 4.1.1 for my phone ota. Is this the official firmware coming from T-Mobile that has been approved.
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No, it's a dev leak.
BlackKnight said:
I have T-Mobile s3 is there a difference checking software updates (ota) vs using kies? I am unable to get my phone to connect with my pc. Will one get updates faster than the other?
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It will get you the same ota update once released, but with kies you can get that ota whenever you want. With software update on the phone tmobile pushes it out by region. So while one or two areas will get it initially, others will have to wait until their regions rollout is scheduled. This is where kies is handy.
Another way is to go to that link for sammobile. Once released they should have the full fw available for download. Flash that with Odin.
If Samsung ever brings their ota system back up you could find the smaller and easier to use ota on that same page. That would be flashed in recovery.
And of course you can be sure you will find it here on xda!
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DocHoliday77 said:
It will get you the same ota update once released, but with kies you can get that ota whenever you want. With software update on the phone tmobile pushes it out by region. So while one or two areas will get it initially, others will have to wait until their regions rollout is scheduled. This is where kies is handy.
Another way is to go to that link for sammobile. Once released they should have the full fw available for download. Flash that with Odin.
If Samsung ever brings their ota system back up you could find the smaller and easier to use ota on that same page. That would be flashed in recovery.
And of course you can be sure you will find it here on xda!
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If I use the sammobile firmware once the ota update is available will I be able to use the ota and restore back to factory rom?
BlackKnight said:
If I use the sammobile firmware once the ota update is available will I be able to use the ota and restore back to factory rom?
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Otas patch your existing system files to bring you upto the desired build. There are no otas that will go back. To do that you have to flash the full fw file in odin, this will wipe everything and take you back to either original or updated stock.
So yes you can always go back, but not via an ota.
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I'm a real noob at this but read up as much as I can.
I rooted my T-mo GS3 using this method:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1735561
with CWM.
Now I want to have the update. I'm assuming I can unroot my phone and then do the OTA update, but what methods are available to root the phone after the OTA update? My wife also has one of these phones, and has already done the OTA, but hasn't rooted her phone yet, so I really need this info for both phones. Could I use this method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1771687 to root both our phones? Do I need to unroot and reset the flash counter on my rooted phone before doing that? Does that update included the latest radio update for these phones?
Thanks!
I'm in the same situation as you. And, this is the first time I root my phone.
I read a lot on the forum but it's kind of confuse me.
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Are you talking about the official ota update or the leaked jb patch?
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chrisram88 said:
Are you talking about the official ota update or the leaked jb patch?
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he mentioned OTA, so it should be the recent Tmo update.
To OP: I know 1 thing that the radio fix is not included in the OTA update
rookiegenius said:
he mentioned OTA, so it should be the recent Tmo update.
To OP: I know 1 thing that the radio fix is not included in the OTA update
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True... Yea you can root with the no trip method. It's stock rom with root so it won't trip count. After that download Rom Manager and add cwm thru there or goo app for twrp recovery
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But, if i already root my phone with this http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1735561 can i still get the OTA update? This is for future reference, let's say the official JB. (i already have the recent OTA t mobile update before i rooted my phone)
Thanks for your help.
leesanhua said:
But, if i already root my phone with this http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1735561 can i still get the OTA update? This is for future reference, let's say the official JB. (i already have the recent OTA t mobile update before i rooted my phone)
Thanks for your help.
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I'm not sure. It might work or not maybe even thru Kies. Just depends cuz some were able to update last ota with no problems. I know that if you have custom recovery the OTA will fail unless you have stock recovery with root and use voodoo root keeper to try and keep root. The easiest way will be Odin back to stock and apply jb ota once released then root it back once someone confirms a method or wait till a dev releases a full rom.
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Well, I only rooted the phone and did not do anything else on it yet. So, I guess I don't need to use ordin to go back stock? The, I should be able to do the OTA?
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leesanhua said:
Well, I only rooted the phone and did not do anything else on it yet. So, I guess I don't need to use ordin to go back stock? The, I should be able to do the OTA?
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Yea let's just play the waiting game lol
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as long as you have the stock recovery on your phone and not cwm or twrp, you can get an ota. to be safe, if you ota root keeper in the market youll even keep root
mikeyinid said:
as long as you have the stock recovery on your phone and not cwm or twrp, you can get an ota. to be safe, if you ota root keeper in the market youll even keep root
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How do I know if I have stock recovery but not the cwm or twrp?
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You can flash it with Odin. It's pretty easy to find
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he mentioned OTA, so it should be the recent Tmo update.
To OP: I know 1 thing that the radio fix is not included in the OTA update
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Is the radio fix in the Kies version of the update?
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True... Yea you can root with the no trip method. It's stock rom with root so it won't trip count. After that download Rom Manager and add cwm thru there or goo app for twrp recovery
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Do you have a link for that method? Does that method work after the update?
Thanks!
infectedspam said:
Do you have a link for that method? Does that method work after the update?
Thanks!
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Here is the link to the no trip method. It was confirmed in the thread that it worked with latest update installed . http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1771687
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I was rooted on the previous stock software. Installed the update via Kies on my windows machine, then re-rooted using this tool:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1746682
Everything worked perfectly.
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You mentioned a radio 'fix'. But its not a fix that I am aware of. Just an update. As long as you update via odin or kies with the official ota or firmware you will get the FULL update. This means other partitions will receive patches as well. If you update only by flashing a rooted rom using cwm or twrp you will NOT get the updates to the other partitions, including the radio. (You can flash the radio separately of course but would still not get the updates to other partitions).
You can preserve root using the ota rootkeeper, or after updating, reroot using another method.
My recommendation is to update via kies or odin with official firmware and then reroot. (Using ota rootkeeper is up to you).
Hope this helps clear some things up a little for you guys.
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Thanks for all the help. I'll try to give it a shot after the weekend and see what happens!
Looks like bell is a day early..
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Sooo jealous!! Cant wait to get home and see if rogers is on board
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I'm download from my Bell phone right now.
SaskTel too!
Downloading now.
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ROGERS IS AVAILABLE!!!! YAY!!!!
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Mr Patchy Patch said:
ROGERS IS AVAILABLE!!!! YAY!!!!
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Nice! Just spent the morning reverting back to stock and now the update is here. Downloading now too!
Forgot that the Software Update option was in About Phone for a minute...
I am on Rogers but with ktoonz kernel. No update available. Do I have to revert back to complete stock?
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Is it 4.1.1 or 4.1.2?
Or better still.. 4.2 ?? (One can hope)
once i go back to stock, how exactly do i automatically upgrade?
would it be through KIES?
or would a message automatically pop up?
Just updated to 4.1.1 on Bell, too bad it not 4.2 but still way better than ICS.
whip_it said:
once i go back to stock, how exactly do i automatically upgrade?
would it be through KIES?
or would a message automatically pop up?
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Go into settings>about phone > software update
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Never mind. Left the tab open too long, haha.
Congrats!
If anybody cares im downloading the ota right now so I can get a rom out.
What if ota says:
"Access to the software update service is provided to users in the order in which they request it"
and kies says:
"Your devices current version is not supported"
lukesjeans said:
What if ota says:
"Access to the software update service is provided to users in the order in which they request it"
and kies says:
"Your devices current version is not supported"
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If you have a non-stock recovery you will not be able to update OTA or via Kies. If you are using a non-stock firmware it won't update OTA or via Kies either.
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If you have a non-stock recovery you will not be able to update OTA or via Kies. If you are using a non-stock firmware it won't update OTA or via Kies either.
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i flashed a odin file the other day to remove root.....i just factory reset and device status is normal. Stock recovery is on and SU app is not installed...
Woot New Roms!!!!
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lukesjeans said:
i flashed a odin file the other day to remove root.....i just factory reset and device status is normal. Stock recovery is on and SU app is not installed...
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Did you use the RWC firmware? If you used the Bell or Telus ones it won't work.
http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=8&view=8565
is this jb?
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Did you use the RWC firmware? If you used the Bell or Telus ones it won't work.
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Yes i did rogers bloat and all
TLS2000 said:
If you have a non-stock recovery you will not be able to update OTA or via Kies. If you are using a non-stock firmware it won't update OTA or via Kies either.
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I just updated with twrp surprisingly it worked using stock software update.
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I have not had the option of the ota update yet. Tried to manually update via the update screen but it says it is up to date. Why don't I have the jb update and is there a way to dl it from aTT directly? Not rooted yet.
Jellybean is a Kies only update.
crusian said:
I have not had the option of the ota update yet. Tried to manually update via the update screen but it says it is up to date. Why don't I have the jb update and is there a way to dl it from aTT directly? Not rooted yet.
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There is no ota update for jellybean. You must use kies and read the instructions for that better than you read the xda forum rules. Mod please lock this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1984126
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Hello when i connected my phone with Kies it showed me that my firmware number is LJ1(ALB) and it is unable to check for updates...
Can you please tell me what this LJ1(ALB) means ???
LJ1 is what software version you are on. That is what the phone shipped with. You are 2 updates behind. The one after LJ1 is ljc and the new ota is ma7. I'm surprised your phone isn't prompting you to accept an ota. Are u rooted and on stock rom or what is your setup?
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LJ1 is what software version you are on. That is what the phone shipped with. You are 2 updates behind. The one after LJ1 is ljc and the new ota is ma7. I'm surprised your phone isn't prompting you to accept an ota. Are u rooted and on stock rom or what is your setup?
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and ALB what means ?
What is the best method to update BOB7 to 5.1.1?
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If you're not rooted, KIES or OTA are the official update methods. Either of those will download the update. OTA update patches current stock incrementally and some updates may be large. I'd prefer KIES rather than OTA if going from OB7 to OK1.
Odin is the riskier unofficial (somewhat equivalent) of KIES for rooted users. Stock tars are found in the general forum for faster downloads. Good to have latest for backup in case rooted users need to return to stock. You would need Odin to root but I wouldn't start with it until updated, if not rooted yet. But you wouldn't need Odin if remaining un-rooted.
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blackangel104 said:
What is the best method to update BOB7 to 5.1.1?
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Use odin and download the OG5 tar or OK1, or if you're on stock then just update ota
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blackangel104 said:
What is the best method to update BOB7 to 5.1.1?
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Kies has always worked for me even when rooted.
poit said:
Kies has always worked for me even when rooted.
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I rarely hear that repeated for confirmation but there may be a prerequisite to start using KIES- BEFORE ROOT? Afterwards, it seems to quiry for an elusive serial number that you just can't seem to satisfy despite trying numbers from phone or original box. Some have reported KIES only works for un-rooted phones but a few reported, it works?
Anyway, that's why I also recommended KIES before root.
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