Its been awhile since i was online..got the maintenance update i see all over the forums. Iv seen many different replies. I running Darkside Digital Warfare 2.7 which is gingerbread. If i allow the update to download will it brick my phone? i know it will unroot it which really doesn't bother me much since im sure i can root it after the ICS update rolls out or i might just stay stock since my flashing of roms has gone down lately. Any help would be appreciated
Safer to do it in Odin if you want the update.
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awrnsmn said:
Safer to do it in Odin if you want the update.
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Read somewhere that doing it through Odin might brick it..or maybe im wrong..i saw the thread that goes through the step by step process on how to do the update through odin..maybe ill go with that..
IllBill said:
Read somewhere that doing it through Odin might brick it..or maybe im wrong..i saw the thread that goes through the step by step process on how to do the update through odin..maybe ill go with that..
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You won't brick with Odin.
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To put it simple.
If you.are going to be stock and update ota then do it as tmobile says. Lde then ics.
Now if your a custom rom person, then just wait till there is a flashable ics.zip and flash it.
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You guys stop being confused. The update will only be available via kies and it does a version check first. It will make you do them in order.. but if your rooted already its dumb to go back for all of that bloated jazz.. just flash custom roms when they are released.
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There just way too many threads regarding official ics update. So can somebody please guide me. I'm currently rooted running cm9 I want to go back and install the recent update. With the 3d it was easy because I could just place the rom in my SD card and install it. But from what I'm reading there is extra steps I need to take on the epic. Thank you for your help! God is going to bless you with at least 6 kids.:thumbup:
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Mexhawk06 said:
There just way too many threads regarding official ics update. So can somebody please guide me. I'm currently rooted running cm9 I want to go back and install the recent update. With the 3d it was easy because I could just place the rom in my SD card and install it. But from what I'm reading there is extra steps I need to take on the epic. Thank you for your help! God is going to bless you with at least 6 kids.:thumbup:
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God already gave me 7 so I'll pass on the kids but...
If you want flash the OTA update, flash back to EL29 stock (search EL29 One Click). The OTA ROM has been posted here ("How to manually update..." in General Forum) so just follow the instructions (I believe rename to update.zip, then go to stock recovery and select "install update.zip") but that is from memory.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1765953 there ya go. Has every thing you need with a little reading.
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I need a computer right? Why can't I just do it with my phone :banghead::banghead:
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Ok that was easy. I back up the stock ROM before installing ics. And boom I was able to restore. I did not do that before cause I saw somewhere is a thread thag said it was not going to work. Well it did! Wohooooo
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And why is this thread titled ultimatum? Just curious. Lol
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Mexhawk06 said:
Ok that was easy. I back up the stock ROM before installing ics. And boom I was able to restore. I did not do that before cause I saw somewhere is a thread thag said it was not going to work. Well it did! Wohooooo
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Glad you got it Mexhawk.
---Jay--- From the GNex
I just woke up to find my videotron sgh-t999v received the OTA update , but when i tried to install it , it rebooted to CWM , and then failed?
Must i remove CWM and SU user in order to apply the update properly?
Yeah for ota you gotta have stock recovery and I got that update was hoping it was jb update lol
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htc fan89 said:
Yeah for ota you gotta have stock recovery and I got that update was hoping it was jb update lol
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Pardon my ignorance , but this is my first android device , with my first OTA update .. I searched high and low for methods of removing CWM but i''m confused, i saw methods involving using looper.zip , deleting /system/hijack/.. or using mobile odin to install the OTA . I couldnt find looper.zip anywhere, not even on clockworkmod.com . Which method will allow me to keep all my data ?
Thanks for helping this noob.
I just tried Mobile Odin , but same results.. update failed. What can i do?
So it fails when you try flashing stock recovery through odin, not really sure but this maybe you have to flash stock recovery and stock rom for the ota to work. This would cause you to lose your data, there's a thread about how to root a t999v try asking there
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The phone is rooted already, and i would really like to save my data. What is the best way to remove CWM ? Can i just deleted the files from my phone using ES file explorer + root access ?
Damn I seem to be in the same boat here. Mind you, I do have some apps (bloatware) frozen and even uninstalled. I think that this might be causing the problem. However, Titanium Backup seems to be hanging when I try to reinstall from my backups dammit!
Use kies. Download from samsung and follw directions and it should download and install it for you.
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I know it would work but UCK....I hate Kies. It installs a bunch of crap on your PC.
By the way, THIS IS NOT AN UPDATE TO JB!! Those are merely bug fixes for ICS. It will update from T999VVLALE6 to T999VVLALH2. Lets just say "I have my sources".
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I know it would work but UCK....I hate Kies. It installs a bunch of crap on your PC.
By the way, THIS IS NOT AN UPDATE TO JB!! Those are merely bug fixes for ICS. It will update from T999VVLALE6 to T999VVLALH2. Lets just say "I have my sources".
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Yeah its minor upgrade plus adds the brightness toggle in notification
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htc fan89 said:
Yeah its minor upgrade plus adds the brightness toggle in notification
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I also wonder if they fixed the incorrect value in the framework for "cell standby"...
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I also wonder if they fixed the incorrect value in the framework for "cell standby"...
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91 % discharging , 15m47sec on battery , screen is at 61% , and cell standby is 12%, i seem to recall the cell standby always being much higher, so maybe they did change the framework.
Updating via kies worked, it removed CWM and SU . Still Android 4.0.4 , but with brightness in notification bar.
Touch screen issues still persist in games like Worms, where after a moment they do not respond at all anymore.
T999VVLALH2
Not really worth the update.
In case anyone is having problems still or doesn't want to update through kies you can download the fw from the link below to install with odin.
http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3&model=SGH-T999V&pcode=0&os=1&type=1#firmware
You have to register though.
Also appears to only be out for Videotron and Mobilicity.
If anyone has updated and rooted (or even if you havent updated yet) and is willing to grab a copy of the modem let me know.
I'm still looking for both the original and the updated ones from both Mobilicity and Videotron.
Thanks!
Edit: Direct links to the download pages.
Videotron: http://www.hotfile.com/dl/173149966/1ff667a/T999VVLALH2_T999VYVLALH2_VTR.zip.html
Mobilicity: http://www.hotfile.com/dl/173149930/c320b64/T999VVLALH2_T999VYVLALH2_MCT.zip.html
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DocHoliday77 said:
In case anyone is having problems still or doesn't want to update through kies you can download the fw from the link below to install with odin.
http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3&model=SGH-T999V&pcode=0&os=1&type=1#firmware
You have to register though.
Also appears to only be out for Videotron and Mobilicity.
If anyone has updated and rooted (or even if you havent updated yet) and is willing to grab a copy of the modem let me know.
I'm still looking for both the original and the updated ones from both Mobilicity and Videotron.
Thanks!
Edit: Direct links to the download pages.
Videotron: http://www.hotfile.com/dl/173149966/1ff667a/T999VVLALH2_T999VYVLALH2_VTR.zip.html
Mobilicity: http://www.hotfile.com/dl/173149930/c320b64/T999VVLALH2_T999VYVLALH2_MCT.zip.html
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Hey thanks alot for those links! I hate Kies and there's no way I was gonna install it on my fresh Win 7 install!
Since it's the first time I'll be updating through Odin, could you tell me if my root and CWM will be preserved? By the way I installed Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper.
CWM will not. It will write its updated stock recovery. I have had both success and failure with ota rootkeeper, but I probably did something wrong when it failed. Should work for you though, just dont wipe data/factory reset before restoring root. Many others reported it working btw.
If you do lose root it shouldnt be a ptoblem to reroot the same way you did the first time.
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So has anyone updated successfully with root and want to grab that modem? Its really quite easy. If you're interested ill pm you the instructions. Still need all the ones I listed above.
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DocHoliday77 said:
So has anyone updated successfully with root and want to grab that modem? Its really quite easy. If you're interested ill pm you the instructions. Still need all the ones I listed above.
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I have rooted successful from this update, pm the details
Hey guys. I now have the updated Videotron modem. Will post it in my modem thread shortly. Thanks to HTC Fan for the modem!
Now I still need the following to complete the collection:
Mobilicity: Original VVLLE6. And Updated VVLLH2
Videotron: Original. VVLLE6
Again, just let me know here or pm me and ill send you the instructions.
Thanks!
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I gave a Galaxy S3 and what happen was i was rooted then accidentally updated phone so i lost root but the superuser icon was still there. So tried to reroot and it would not help so my question is how can i reroot my phone with superuser icon already installed because when i try it the phone thinks that it is already rooted.
Flash the Superuser zip file in my signature.
Sinve you've updated you're probably going to have stock recovery giving you some problems. If it does check post 3 of the firmware thread in development stickies for the fix!
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This does seem to be happening an awful lot lately!
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U got to to a wipe get rid of su it happened to me to
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Hello, so I never took the OTA update to Kit Kat. I just stayed on 4.3 and flashed a Kit Kat Rom. My sig says what I'm running right now. My question is.....can I just update my bootloader somehow from MJB to the new one so I can get the latest modem? I dont want to have to go back to stock and get the ota and then reflash my rom and all that stuff. Or do I have to do that?
Oh and if I have to go back to stock to get the new bootloader and modem....will this suffice? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2658486
Just follow enewman17's thread on how to update. Its in the General section. And yes you have to go back to stock 4 3.
My warranty bit is 1. Will that be an issue?
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Nope. Doesnt affect OTA's in my experience.
Lol you answered my question on both threads....hah thank you sir!
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