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FH15????

my wifes eg4t has asked her to update to the above twice now and neither has worked...it just sits at the Android with the yellow triangle with the ! insode of it for hours until i pull the battery. her phone is running stock, rooted with a custom recovery...could this be why the flash wont take!?!?

bush2088 said:
my wifes eg4t has asked her to update to the above twice now and neither has worked...it just sits at the Android with the yellow triangle with the ! insode of it for hours until i pull the battery. her phone is running stock, rooted with a custom recovery...could this be why the flash wont take!?!?
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Do you mean FH13? The reason it isn't taking the update is because it has a custom recovery. The device must have stock recovery, and in my experience, no removed stock apps if running stock w/root.

Febby said:
Do you mean FH13? The reason it isn't taking the update is because it has a custom recovery. The device must have stock recovery, and in my experience, no removed stock apps if running stock w/root.
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yea thanks bud, thats what i thought...appreciate the help
ok how do i get back her stock recovery without having to odin to complete stock...is there some way i can just reflash the recovery like i can my GNEX???
by the way i have the ota update for ICS...can i just flash that??

Would like to know the same thing and if u could do a factory reset or somthing

bush2088 said:
yea thanks bud, thats what i thought...appreciate the help
ok how do i get back her stock recovery without having to odin to complete stock...is there some way i can just reflash the recovery like i can my GNEX???
by the way i have the ota update for ICS...can i just flash that??
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You can just save the hassle of all this stock recovery if you want... by using this one click (non rooted) update to FH13
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1835033

You should be able to find the complete one click odin method that does not do a data wipe. So of you upgraded to fh13 and want to go back to ff18. Then find the one click no data wipe and that may do it. If you want tl go back to el29 do the same thing. However going back from ics to without a data wipe could prove faulty. But you could odin back to ff18 then do a titanium back up to back up all apps and data. Then do a complete odin based wipe back to el29 then try and restore via titanium. That may give you the all around solution you guys are looking for. But it's all theoretical have not tried this exact method myself but should work.
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thanks, i swooped over to qbking's youtube channel and found it all...thanks everyone

Is FH13 being pushed by Samsung or something? I was wondering why the notification looked a bit different from previous ota's then I noticed the update is coming from the update Samsung software section and not the update firmware like in the past. Just curious since that option never gave us an update before lol
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RayTrue04 said:
Is FH13 being pushed by Samsung or something? I was wondering why the notification looked a bit different from previous ota's then I noticed the update is coming from the update Samsung software section and not the update firmware like in the past. Just curious since that option never gave us an update before lol
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Being that its the first kies supported update for us might explain that.. Just guessing.
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MoHoGalore said:
Being that its the first kies supported update for us might explain that.. Just guessing.
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Honestly I love the idea of Samsung pushing the ota's directly. Something about Sprint I just don't trust. Feels like they just sit on their butts most of the time..
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how to go back to stock???

i bought my phone on 9-21-12... how do i go back to complete stock and have that same firmware? i forgot to nandroid before flashing a rom and i want to go back. can someone give me a hand?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1737859
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My best guess is to unroot it.....that will go back to stock
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im running a diff rom though

FLBoy1991 said:
im running a diff rom though
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First reply is 100% correct.Second, not so much

Naddict said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1737859
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Thanx bro I may have a few questions, is it ok to pm u???
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And once this thing is done down loading, do I flash it the way I would a normal Rom?? Through twrp???
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FLBoy1991 said:
And once this thing is done down loading, do I flash it the way I would a normal Rom?? Through twrp???
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no, once u downlaod the odin file, thats just the first step, u still need to download the modem
best method ive found to be is to download the modem for ure smartphone and then odin back to stock, but before u do odin back to stock, i recommend getting the triangle away which removes ure custom count flash so then if u do return it back to the store they wont know. which is explained on the second post.
just follow the instructions which guy posted ontop with the link to odin back to stock, it shows u on the video how to return back to stock.

Practitioner said:
no, once u downlaod the odin file, thats just the first step, u still need to download the modem
best method ive found to be is to download the modem for ure smartphone and then odin back to stock, but before u do odin back to stock, i recommend getting the triangle away which removes ure custom count flash so then if u do return it back to the store they wont know. which is explained on the second post.
just follow the instructions which guy posted ontop with the link to odin back to stock, it shows u on the video how to return back to stock.
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Ive actually simplified this and am in the process of uploading this file to the site. Full stock with LI3 OTA based on the one in the dev section, but will also flash: Stock Recovery, LI3 Modem, and no root access. System will show as normal as this is totally unmodified stock. The equivalent of the odin tar but updated and flashed without odin. Just flash in recovery like any rom https://dl.dropbox.com/s/sqns12krx5u0rr9/LI3_STOCK_COMPLETE.zip?dl=1

billard412 said:
Ive actually simplified this and am in the process of uploading this file to the site. Full stock with LI3 OTA based on the one in the dev section, but will also flash: Stock Recovery, LI3 Modem, and no root access. System will show as normal as this is totally unmodified stock. The equivalent of the odin tar but updated and flashed without odin. Just flash in recovery https://dl.dropbox.com/s/sqns12krx5u0rr9/LI3_STOCK_COMPLETE.zip?dl=1
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well even better

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypmqJbZqOaU&feature=youtube_gdata_player
How to unroot/unbrick thanks to QBKing77 for all the awesome videos.
Sent from Pluto.

Brand new and quick way to do it on this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sho...Quick Return to COMPLETE UNROOTED STOCK (LI3)
Rooted Evo dead
Rooted Evo shift dead
Rooted Galaxy s3 alive and well!

Need some help guys!?

My friends has a gs3 he purchased on release day and rooted it. The past week he accepted two ota's which broke his root. So I'm trying to root it for him but here's where the confusion kicks in. On sprints website it actually show these updates are old and not new and there's two more recent ones he never got pushed to him. Right now the phone is on LG2 and won't update any further. What do I need to do to be up to date with root. Should I just look for a way to root this build or try updating it. By the way I haven't seen any root methods for this build which is why I'm asking. Thanks in advance to anyone who responds :beer:
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Not 100% sure what you're needing. But look here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31981341
(Latest stock is LI3)
And then here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1941546
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drewmonge said:
Not 100% sure what you're needing. But look here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31981341
(Latest stock is LI3)
And then here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1941546
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Thank you! One more question. I'm reading but I don't see anything regarding data wiped. So does doing any of these steps wipe out all data?
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The method he used to root it in the first place should work again. Try that.
Then once it's rooted again go to this thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1904099
Download the file "LI3 STOCK WITH AUTO COUNTER RESET" in the first post and flash the file in recovery. That will put the phone to 100%stock, unrooted, on the latest build.
From that point, if he wants to, he can reroot the phone and install the latest TWRP recovery. After that, tell him not to accept any OTA updates. Come back here to the development forum and someone will have the update in flashable form so that root isn't lost.

AdRock02gt said:
The method he used to root it in the first place should work again. Try that.
Then once it's rooted again go to this thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1904099
Download the file "LI3 STOCK WITH AUTO COUNTER RESET" in the first post and flash the file in recovery. That will put the phone to 100%stock, unrooted, on the latest build.
From that point, if he wants to, he can reroot the phone and install the latest TWRP recovery. After that, tell him not to accept any OTA updates. Come back here to the development forum and someone will have the update in flashable form so that root isn't lost.
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Yup thats the most easy way of doing it. you say ur not rooted but do you have custom recovery? If so then re rooting before the flash wouldn't be necessary.
It will not wipe data however its recommended that you do. granted it will probably work just fine if it being installed over top of a stock Rom. Then to keep root/recovery just follow the instructions in the post

billard412 said:
Yup thats the most easy way of doing it. you say ur not rooted but do you have custom recovery? If so then re rooting before the flash wouldn't be necessary.
It will not wipe data however its recommended that you do. granted it will probably work just fine if it being installed over top of a stock Rom. Then to keep root/recovery just follow the instructions in the post
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I'm not sure if he has a custom recovery but I'm assuming if he was able to accept ota's and install them fine he must have stock recovery. I'll have to check and see a lil later as he's at work now.
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Any reason why his phone got these updates pushed back to back? And better yet why did it it stop at LG2 and not push LI3 and the one before that? Those two where his first updates since having the phone and they're mad old lol
Wish you guys had Odin OneClicks like we do for the GS2. Them things are so easy and stoopid proof lol
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RayTrue04 said:
Any reason why his phone got these updates pushed back to back? And better yet why did it it stop at LG2 and not push LI3 and the one before that? Those two where his first updates since having the phone and they're mad old lol
Wish you guys had Odin OneClicks like we do for the GS2. Them things are so easy and stoopid proof lol
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Sprints update system sucks......As for odin, you select the file you want to flash and click start......pretty stupid proof if you ask me. There is a .tar for the most recent update and the jellybean leak available in the development section.

shiftr182 said:
Sprints update system sucks......As for odin, you select the file you want to flash and click start......pretty stupid proof if you ask me. There is a .tar for the most recent update and the jellybean leak available in the development section.
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Yes it is stupid proof but it also makes you have to take an extra step to reset the count. On my phone I just deal with the Odin OC which don't mess with your counts and come rooted then mobile Odin for the rest. Never have to worry about a flash count. But anyways thanks for all the help guys! I'm going to try and get this done tonight. Even though we both going for the note 2 in just a matter of days
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Update question, jelly bean

I currently on ics stock phone but rooted so I can delete bloat. I am currently downloading jelly bean from samsungs website. http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SGH-T999 . I don't want to brick my phone or anything and I am not sure about how to go about this. What is the best way to go about this? Can I just simply open odin and load jelly bean in there and install? How should I go about this? Thanks in advance.

Also when I get jelly bean on will my cwm files work or do I need to wait for a new version to come out?

Flash the stock rooted version:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1991255
Otherwise you'll need to flash back to stock. Then update
You can't update with a custom recovery like cwm.
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I think thats already what I got. I don't have any custom roms or anything. Just stock with root for my current setup. 4.0.4. Can I just upgrade straight to jelly bean then without wiping my data?

In your second post you mention your cwm files. Do you have a custom recovery?
How did you root might be a better question?
Just rooted you can update, but will probably lose root
If you have clockwork (cwm) or twrp recovery the update won't flash
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The way I rooted was using the method zedomax posted. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1735561
I did find an article that I think is the answer im looking for. Right now I got odin putting the stock out of the box software back on.

How did you get Odin to do that? I have CWM installed and everytime I reboot the phone (Home, Vol Up, Power) CWM comes up but Odin doesn't recognized the phone as being connected. It will only recognize my phone when it's booted normally into Android.

All I did was follow the steps in the 2nd link I posted. It worked and I just did an update through the settings menu.

Chicago281 said:
How did you get Odin to do that? I have CWM installed and everytime I reboot the phone (Home, Vol Up, Power) CWM comes up but Odin doesn't recognized the phone as being connected. It will only recognize my phone when it's booted normally into Android.
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u need boot to Download mode not Rocovery mode.
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Thanks. I really feel like a noob!

Chicago281 said:
Thanks. I really feel like a noob!
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You get everything going? I'm on jelly bean now so happy to help out if I can.

Chicago281 said:
Thanks. I really feel like a noob!
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Now just gotta wait for root so I can get rid of these t-mobile programs.

Michowski said:
Now just gotta wait for root so I can get rid of these t-mobile programs.
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Just fyi, any previous root methods will still work
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DocHoliday77 said:
Just fyi, any previous root methods will still work
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So I can do the same thing over as I did the first time? I followed zedomax's video first time around, all the same files will still work on JB? Heres his link, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJss1_dZZeY

Indeed
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Michowski said:
So I can do the same thing over as I did the first time? I followed zedomax's video first time around, all the same files will still work on JB? Heres his link, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJss1_dZZeY
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It should, though I would recommend a different way.
You can get the root66 firmware from the FW thread linked in my sig. Its just the stock fw, but prerooted.
Flash it via odin and youre done!
If you dont want to mess with the fw you can use the method you posted, but id get up to date files first.
I havent watched it in some time but I think you can get most of what you need from the fw thread, post 2. If you need help finding something else just let us know.
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DocHoliday77 said:
It should, though I would recommend a different way.
You can get the root66 firmware from the FW thread linked in my sig. Its just the stock fw, but prerooted.
Flash it via odin and youre done!
If you dont want to mess with the fw you can use the method you posted, but id get up to date files first.
I havent watched it in some time but I think you can get most of what you need from the fw thread, post 2. If you need help finding something else just let us know.
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Im gonna download your file and give it a go. Thank you for your replies, much appreciated.

Michowski said:
Im gonna download your file and give it a go. Thank you for your replies, much appreciated.
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Is there any way to find official JB file that came out today? I dont want to download leaked or unofficial versions.
Thank you!

labrea said:
Is there any way to find official JB file that came out today? I dont want to download leaked or unofficial versions.
Thank you!
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I downloaded mine here, http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SGH-T999

Michowski said:
I downloaded mine here, http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SGH-T999
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I guess official JB update released today but your website shows 20.10.2012. is it going to be same firmware as tmobile released today?

Stock Samsung recovery for AT&T galaxy s3 i747

Stock Samsung recovery pulled straight from stock firmware and packaged as a Odin flashable tar file. I decided to do this for those who may want or need to flash the stock recovery. I have tested this and worked fine on my phone. I am not sure if it will work with any other carrier besides AT&T so if you try it do so at your own risk and if it works report it and I will add any other confirmed carriers that it works for. I am not responsible if you brick, melt or blow up your phone so don't cry to me lol...
Below is the link to download the tar file. If anyone wants to make a cwm flashable zip feel free to and post a link to where it can be downloaded....
Edit....
It has been confirmed that this will work on Bell devices also...
http://db.tt/AvISQtPy
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garydv2002 said:
Stock Samsung recovery pulled straight from stock firmware and packaged as a Odin flashable tar file. I decided to do this for those who may want or need to flash the stock recovery. I have tested this and worked fine on my phone. I am not sure if it will work with any other carrier besides AT&T so if you try it do so at your own risk and if it works report it and I will add any other confirmed carriers that it works for. I am not responsible if you brick, melt or blow up your phone so don't cry to me lol...
Below is the link to download the tar file. If anyone wants to make a cwm flashable zip feel free to and post a link to where it can be downloaded....
http://db.tt/AvISQtPy
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sorry to ask such a nooby question but is this the stock recovery as in the ROM or as in a recovery like cwm or twrp?

eddied042092 said:
sorry to ask such a nooby question but is this the stock recovery as in the ROM or as in a recovery like cwm or twrp?
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This is pure stock. Not custom (new vocab: custom is what you call cwm and twrp, stock is, well, stock ;P)
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rani9990 said:
This is pure stock. Not custom (new vocab: custom is what you call cwm and twrp, stock is, well, stock ;P)
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Thanks lol I knew that already its just I just barely upgraded to thw gs3 from an htc vivid and im not sure if this had an hboot menu like that one did you know? Im just a little new to the whole samsung thing my bad
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eddied042092 said:
Thanks lol I knew that already its just I just barely upgraded to thw gs3 from an htc vivid and im not sure if this had an hboot menu like that one did you know? Im just a little new to the whole samsung thing my bad
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Samsung doesn't have hboot. Only recovery and download (Odin) modes.
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lessthanzach said:
Samsung doesn't have hboot. Only recovery and download (Odin) modes.
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Can you explain to me what the odin mode is for?
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eddied042092 said:
Can you explain to me what the odin mode is for?
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Odin mode or download mode is for flashing a new firmware. I mainly posted this stock recovery for the ones using a custom recovery like cwm or twrp and just wanted to flash the stock recovery back so they could update their phones via a OTA update. If you are running a recovery like cwm or twrp and your phone tells you that you have a ota firmware update available it will not let you install it with a custom recovery. To update via a OTA update you must have the stock Samsung recovery. So now anyone using cwm or twrp can just flash this stock recovery download everoot from the play store for free then run ever root update their phone run ever root again and never even lose root privaledge on their phone....
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Has anyone tried it on a canadian i747m yet ?
I'm not willing to be the first one to try it out as I can't afford to brick it due to software incompatibility. :/

Thanks for posting this Gary! And good to see ya here, we gotta get the remaining skyrocket crew to join the dark side lol
Does anyone know if stock recovery is required to perform official OTA updates with the S3 on AT&T? I remember needing stock recovery for updates to the S2 Skyrocket, but I'm not sure if anything's changed with the S3 (and I did see a Rogers user say he was able to get the jb OTA while using TWRP for recovery, so maybe it isn't necessary?).
EDIT: Also wanted to mention, in case anyone is wondering, this .tar does work with Mobile Odin Pro. Just used it successfully.

From what I've heard yes you do need the stock recovery to ota update on the s3. Again I hadn't tried it but that's what I hear anyway.
Oh and its good to be here. I still have my rocket. Its used for highly experimental testing and flashing lol.. I've soft bricked it three times since I've had my s3 in less than a month lol. I just hope my next experiment whatever that may be isn't my last lol...
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garydv2002 said:
Stock Samsung recovery pulled straight from stock firmware and packaged as a Odin flashable tar file. I decided to do this for those who may want or need to flash the stock recovery. I have tested this and worked fine on my phone. I am not sure if it will work with any other carrier besides AT&T so if you try it do so at your own risk and if it works report it and I will add any other confirmed carriers that it works for. I am not responsible if you brick, melt or blow up your phone so don't cry to me lol...
Below is the link to download the tar file. If anyone wants to make a cwm flashable zip feel free to and post a link to where it can be downloaded....
http://db.tt/AvISQtPy
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You didn't mention it, or I missed it, but this is LH9 stock, yes?

eduardo_b said:
You didn't mention it, or I missed it, but this is LH9 stock, yes?
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As far as I know the stock 3e recovery has not changed, it's the same for any build number for the S3. The stock recovery is on a partition separate from the rom so it shouldn't matter which build you're on.
(99% sure on this but someone please correct me if I'm wrong)

skrambled said:
As far as I know the stock 3e recovery has not changed, it's the same for any build number for the S3. The stock recovery is on a partition separate from the rom so it shouldn't matter which build you're on.
(99% sure on this but someone please correct me if I'm wrong)
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Stock 3e recovery? Not familiar with this, so research seems in order. Thanks.

Stock 3e recovery == Stock Samsung recovery
However, I'm still curious to know if the stock recovery is indeed the same for any build number / variant of the North American GS3...

Anyone know if this triggers the counter?
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It did not trigger my flash counter....
And I also agree with skrambled I think the stock recovery is for all builds of the S3
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Worked perfect on my att gs3 running jelly bean. Thanks for posting. I would also be curious if this works on the other variants as well.
No tripping of the flash counter either.
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I don't use ODIN enough to remember. Which button do i pick to flash the "stock recovery.tar"? (bootloader, PDA, PHONE, CSC)
thanks

eggwardo said:
I don't use ODIN enough to remember. Which button do i pick to flash the "stock recovery.tar"? (bootloader, PDA, PHONE, CSC)
thanks
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Pda.... make sure re-partition IS NOT checked....
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garydv2002 said:
Stock Samsung recovery pulled straight from stock firmware and packaged as a Odin flashable tar file. I decided to do this for those who may want or need to flash the stock recovery. I have tested this and worked fine on my phone. I am not sure if it will work with any other carrier besides AT&T so if you try it do so at your own risk and if it works report it and I will add any other confirmed carriers that it works for. I am not responsible if you brick, melt or blow up your phone so don't cry to me lol...
Below is the link to download the tar file. If anyone wants to make a cwm flashable zip feel free to and post a link to where it can be downloaded....
Edit....
It has been confirmed that this will work on Bell devices also...
http://db.tt/AvISQtPy
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Tapatalk 2
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this stock recovery, will it "upgrade" my phone to 4.3? as in make all the adjustments already made go back to new? asking because i accidentally upgraded what i think was a Knox security thing that crashed my SuperSU and now i cant even start it.