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How can I remove twrp from my s3...???

It seems to be blocking the update videotron is pushing..
Thanks.

Replace it with something else
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It'll have to be stock recovery for it to even download to the phone I'm pretty sure.
Only a few options I can think of.
Get a stock VLALE6 recovery and install it.
Flash the stock FW and then update.
Or just flash the updated stock FW.
Has it already downloaded the ota?
It should be in /cache/fota/ if it has. It'll be update.zip.
If it did, I can help you get it installed as is. Make a copy of the update.zip if you can btw.
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Here's the link to the updated FW VLALH2:
http://www.hotfile.com/dl/173149966/1ff667a/T999VVLALH2_T999VYVLALH2_VTR.zip.html
And link to original FW VLALE6:
http://www.hotfile.com/dl/163232712/b049991/T999VVLALE6_T999VYVLALE6_VTR.zip.html
If you want you can try using Mobile Odin. Download the LE6 FW and choose to install it in Mobile Odin. You can deselect everything but recovery and flash. Then you should be able to get the ota.
You could also pull recovery.img from the FW re-tar it and flash with pc odin.
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Ok, thanks Doc, I think I understand. I'll give it a shot in the morning.

Flash this stock recovery with Odin. http://stockroms.net/file/GalaxyS3/SGH-T999/stockrecovery
And this is the stock rom which is also flashable in Odin. http://stockroms.net/file/GalaxyS3/SGH-T999/StockROMs.net-SGH-T999_TMB_1_20120523140229.zip

knickfan5745 said:
Flash this stock recovery with Odin. http://stockroms.net/file/GalaxyS3/SGH-T999/stockrecovery
And this is the stock rom which is also flashable in Odin. http://stockroms.net/file/GalaxyS3/SGH-T999/StockROMs.net-SGH-T999_TMB_1_20120523140229.zip
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Always good to have another resource, but two things real quick...
He can't use this FW. Its for the T999 but since he's on Videotron he will almost certainly have the model T999V.
It does not say what build either the FW or the Recovery are. I'm guessing they are both the original build UVALEM, but it really should specify.
Thanks anyway man.
@OP
If you do have the T999V like I suspect, use the links I gave you a couple posts up.
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Thanks Doc, I do and I will....

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DocHoliday77 said:
It'll have to be stock recovery for it to even download to the phone I'm pretty sure.
Only a few options I can think of.
Get a stock VLALE6 recovery and install it.
Flash the stock FW and then update.
Or just flash the updated stock FW.
Has it already downloaded the ota?
It should be in /cache/fota/ if it has. It'll be update.zip.
If it did, I can help you get it installed as is. Make a copy of the update.zip if you can btw.
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Here's the link to the updated FW VLALH2:
http://www.hotfile.com/dl/173149966/1ff667a/T999VVLALH2_T999VYVLALH2_VTR.zip.html
And link to original FW VLALE6:
http://www.hotfile.com/dl/163232712/b049991/T999VVLALE6_T999VYVLALE6_VTR.zip.html
If you want you can try using Mobile Odin. Download the LE6 FW and choose to install it in Mobile Odin. You can deselect everything but recovery and flash. Then you should be able to get the ota.
You could also pull recovery.img from the FW re-tar it and flash with pc odin.
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I have odin 3.04 on my computer, can I use that..??
Thanks.

I'm guessing it would work ok, but 3.07 is the lateset. Here's the thread for it. I would get the updated one personally.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1728605
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Well hell, seems I managed to do it, thanks again Doc...
For a while, it looked like my brain had finally reached capacity....

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Rickkins said:
It seems to be blocking the update videotron is pushing..
Thanks.
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download rom manager and flash cwm and boom done

puchodog1977 said:
download rom manager and flash cwm and boom done
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you realize how old this thread is right?

HELP with Sprint Galaxy S3 rooted phone
Somebody installed the TeamWin rom on my Sprint Samsung S3 phone. I just want to factory default my phone and get it back to the way it was. Is this info still valid to do that?
Thanks

indyharleyguy said:
Somebody installed the TeamWin rom on my Sprint Samsung S3 phone. I just want to factory default my phone and get it back to the way it was. Is this info still valid to do that?
Thanks
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Yup. Just flash your stock firmware in Odin
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Do NOT use the QCOM Toolkit to Root the AT&T JB release!

If you try to root using the method in the toolkit it will screw up the phone and you will have to revert to stock using Odin. The phone will try to boot up but when it reaches the AT&T logo it will go black and the notification light will shine blue forever until you reboot.
If you did try to root using the QCOM Toolkit and you hit this snag use these links to revert back to stock/JB stock: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2031840 ------ http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426

I tried rooting the new JB release using qcom and when I try to do as you stated odin just hangs at setup connection. Any ideas how to get around this?
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Disregard i got it

Use cf root . Works no issues.
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dadeeyoh said:
I tried rooting the new JB release using qcom and when I try to do as you stated odin just hangs at setup connection. Any ideas how to get around this?
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Disregard i got it
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That's why I just flashed pre rooted route 66 version worked without any problems
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Erazo1986 said:
Use cf root . Works no issues.
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Thats what i did...but i still dont know where to get cwm for rogers.
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Mr Patchy Patch said:
Thats what i did...but i still dont know where to get cwm for rogers.
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go to clockworkmod or team epic recovery is another place to get it
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white00gt said:
That's why I just flashed pre rooted route 66 version worked without any problems
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Same here on Bell. And I didn't even have to factory reset coming from Serenity 1.2

I was running aokp for last 7 months and wanted too return to stock to try stock att 4.1 jb update this is what I did .first I have to say that I used root66 and although it worked I was seeing a few little issues. My camera was very dark looking and colors seem to be washed looking and also sound was low. I didnt really notice it much but from what I could remember my phone when I first got it was fine. So what I did was downloaded official jb from the sammy site and. Again re wiped my phone again and flashed with Odin stock rom. And wow what a difference I had forgotten what iI was like to have everthing work perfectly on my phone ..dont no why people hate tw so much..I rooted this time my self. And decided to stay stock for a while till 4.2 get all the bugs worked out..in all stock is running awesome great batterylife super smooth never a fc at all super fast camera and so on..good job. If you want perfect stock is great..
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Odin all day
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[Q] Downgraded from 4.3 back to 4.1.1 and now I'm bricked

Last night I downgraded my phone from 4.3 back to 4.1.1 and it worked fine. So after the 4.1.2 OTA update started and my phone rebooted. Since then it has been stuck at the Samsung Galaxy Note II screen and will only boot into download mode. Does anyone know any way to force it into recovery mode.

What model? I317m or i317?
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I ask cause I want to downgrade. But seems impossible for i317m users. Rogers bell etc.
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Gutierrez2071 said:
Last night I downgraded my phone from 4.3 back to 4.1.1 and it worked fine. So after the 4.1.2 OTA update started and my phone rebooted. Since then it has been stuck at the Samsung Galaxy Note II screen and will only boot into download mode. Does anyone know any way to force it into recovery mode.
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your not bricked
get the appropriate stock odin firmware for your phone and use odin to put yourself stock.
Where you on official 4.3 or leak 4.3?

pandpet first
jester12345 said:
What model? I317m or i317?
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I ask cause I want to downgrade. But seems impossible for i317m users. Rogers bell etc.
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i317 the at&t version

voluntas scirmto
bbrennan said:
your not bricked
get the appropriate stock odin firmware for your phone and use odin to put yourself stock.
Where you on official 4.3 or leak 4.3?
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Official 4.3. I've tried that and it won't boot

I am on the leaked 4.3 from designgears and want to get the official how do I do that?
I have an AT&t i317

Gutierrez2071 said:
Official 4.3. I've tried that and it won't boot
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unfortunately due to you being on official its a one way street. LOCKED bootloader, there is no downgrading. Now i believe I read on the s3 forums that if you can reflash the current official bootloader and rom you 'might' be able to boot, suck part is I dont think anybody has posted it yet.
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tubaboy26 said:
I am on the leaked 4.3 from designgears and want to get the official how do I do that?
I have an AT&t i317
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NO
no you dont, stay on leak and stay having the freedom of not being locked down

Listen to the above post.... g
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bbrennan said:
unfortunately due to you being on official its a one way street. LOCKED bootloader, there is no downgrading. Now i believe I read on the s3 forums that if you can reflash the current official bootloader and rom you 'might' be able to boot, suck part is I dont think anybody has posted it yet.
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NO
no you dont, stay on leak and stay having the freedom of not being locked down
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I managed to find a modded bootloader on here and was able to boot up again I'm stuck on 4.1.1 now but its working again

Gutierrez2071 said:
I managed to find a modded bootloader on here and was able to boot up again I'm stuck on 4.1.1 now but its working again
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Mind posting the steps you performed? You might help other members out making the same mistakes you made. And can you just one click back to 4.3?

Yes ....please post...as many users need a bootloader downgrade method ....g
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gregsarg said:
Yes ....please post...as many users need a bootloader downgrade method ....g
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I've seen a lot of luck from this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2502464
Edit: DO NOT run this on the official ota update.

Ya luck for non canadian varients lol.i think were screwed over here
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flymacs said:
I've seen a lot of luck from this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2502464
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You trolling? @Milkman00 reports it not to work with new official 4.3 ota. Just wanting to make sure no one is led astray...
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joedeuce said:
You trolling? @Milkman00 reports it not to work with new official 4.3 ota. Just wanting to make sure no one is led astray...
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No, I'm not trolling. Nothing to troll for. If there are issues with this downgrade on the OTA 4.3, I highly recommend following Milkman00's advise.

I think there is some confusion here.
I was on the stock 4.3 and tried using ODIN to undo the bootloader. It didn't work. Not only did it not work, but it rendered my phone unusable. It claims that there is a firmware problem and to use Kies to restore the firmware, which cannot be done currently as the latest firmware in Kies is <4.3.
DO NOT USE THAT METHOD. Long story short is that I now have a Note 3 because I broke my Note 2. :/

Milkman00 said:
I think there is some confusion here.
I was on the stock 4.3 and tried using ODIN to undo the bootloader. It didn't work. Not only did it not work, but it rendered my phone unusable. It claims that there is a firmware problem and to use Kies to restore the firmware, which cannot be done currently as the latest firmware in Kies is <4.3.
DO NOT USE THAT METHOD. Long story short is that I now have a Note 3 because I broke my Note 2. :/
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Ouch! Hopefully, thanks to you and joedeuce, the rest of us on the official ota won't go down the same path.
Thank you

I hope not. That is why I posted it. Didn't want anyone else to experience my pain. :/
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working downgrade!

Ive made a downgrade that brings you from the 4.3 ota to 4.1.1. the downgrade works but it has the 4.3 bootloader. just flash it via odin, then set it up and then you wont have sound or signal. to get that you must flash the modem file and voila it works. if you want toot just flash chainfires root and then flash recovery via odin. i am currently using this downgrade now with working everything. credit goes to santij07 fro his helpful thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2625461&page=6
Install instructions
1. flash s3modder.tar via odin
2. set up phone
3. flash cf autoroot via odin
4. flash open recovery or that of your choosing via odin
5. reboot into recovery, flash modem, wipe caches
6 enjoy
*i am currently working on a 4.1.2 version if someone can get me the 4.1.2 firmware*

download links will be up soon

https://www.mediafire.com/folder/t4...0323sh,rgoxgli4fqjg2rt,2i6f2e4uparo6vr/shared

First

Reserved.
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....just when you thought couldn't done. Go XDA devs!
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Gonna give this a whirl when I came back home......
big ups to santij07 & rkant18 for publishing this much-needed "workaround."
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Does the camera work?

mrhaley30705 said:
Does the camera work?
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yessir everything works.

re: flashing modem
It have the 4.3 modem (MJB). Do I still need to do this, as in, flashing your aforementioned file?
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rkant18 said:
Ive made a downgrade that brings you from the 4.3 ota to 4.1.1. the downgrade works but it has the 4.3 bootloader. just flash it via odin, then set it up and then you wont have sound or signal. to get that you must flash the modem file and voila it works. if you want toot just flash chainfires root and then flash recovery via odin. i am currently using this downgrade now with working everything. credit goes to santij07 fro his helpful thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2625461&page=6
Install instructions
1. flash s3modder.tar via odin
2. set up phone
3. flash cf autoroot via odin
4. flash open recovery or that of your choosing via odin
5. reboot into recovery, flash modem, wipe caches
6 enjoy
*i am currently working on a 4.1.2 version if someone can get me the 4.1.2 firmware*
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Hey there,
I clicked on the link that you provided (not for the files, but for the thread). I noticed on *that* thread, it was for i747M. Is this/your thread exclusively for i747? I don't want to chance it and brick my device due to a variant mess-up.
Thanks for publishing this info. =)

The link is if the i747m but I used the same process just with the i747 files.
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And I only flashed the modem because I wasn't getting network/sound
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If I do this will I be able to unlock my s3
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pitbullmommy45245 said:
If I do this will I be able to unlock my s3
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From the threads I have been reading, NO, you can not unlock using this.
This procedure will allow you to downgrade your ROM to 4.1.1 while leaving you on the 4.3 bootloader. To unlock using the free method you must be on completely stock 4.1.1. Completely stock, including the bootloader, which would be LK3 for the i747, I believe.

pitbullmommy45245 said:
If I do this will I be able to unlock my s3
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no you may not be able to unlock as unlocking would result in a bootloader issue

pitbullmommy45245 said:
If I do this will I be able to unlock my s3
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Why don't you give it a try and let us know? I think as long as you installed the 4.1.1 modem, you will be able to unlock you phone.

i wasn't able to. i actually traded my s3 for a s3 running 4.1.2 and on that one i just downgraded and then succesfully unlocked that one. sadly i don't have either anymore because the one running 4.1.2 was having speaker issues. i now have a vivid and wish i wouldn't of traded lol.

Have any of you guys tried the downgrade and be successful
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rkant18 said:
Have any of you guys tried the downgrade and be successful
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I was able to downgrade from 4.3 to 4.1.1. I do have a few questions though...
1. S3ModedRom.tar: Is it for the I747 or I747m?
2. Modem file: Is it flashed through TWRP or CWM?
3. How do I go back to 4.3?
Also...for those wondering if you can FREE UNLOCK: NO. I get only a blank service menu
Input on the above questions will be greatly appreciated. Especially the 3rd question

All of these files are for i747 only and modem is flashed via recovery of your choice
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rkant18 said:
All of these files are for i747 only and modem is flashed via recovery of your choice
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Any ideas on going back to 4.3? Im currently downloading Samsung Kies. Any objections to that?

Followed the directions from a rooted 4.3 install and everything worked flawlessly. Thanks!!!

[Q] Stuck on rooted stock 4.1.2 firmware and I can't seem to do anything about it.

I'd love to update my firmware to KitKat but nothing I do will let me update it. When I do an OTA update it goes to 27% and then fails (I've tried this multiple times and it ALWAYS fails at 27%)
So far I have tried these other methods:
Installed (and uninstalled/rebooting my PC) Kies multiple times and tried various methods of upgrading it through there like trying download mode, which the phone didn't even recognize because it stayed on "Connecting" until it timed out, but it says I'm on the most current version which is total BS. I then flashed this rom (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1980644) via Odin to see if that would help updating it OTA but it didn't. It still stopped at 27%. I've done a few factory resets and tried each method again after each time. Still nothing works.
Is there anything you can suggest to help?

What bootloader do you have ??
If you have either the official 4.3 or 4.4 loader. ..The flash will fail because those bootloaders cannot be overwritten. ..g
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And if you want stock rooted 4.4...just flash zen arcades rooted stock 4.4 rom using TWRP OR CWM recovery. ..g
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2802189
Check the first page of the thread. ..g
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I did a factory reset before flashing that ROM via Odin.
My firmware is only 4.1.2 so I'm pretty sure I don't have either the 4.3 or 4.4 bootloader but I don't know which I have for certain. I do know I used the rom I linked to earlier to root my phone when I first rooted it. ChainFire AutoRoot if that helps.
I was looking at installing SaberKat 1.5 because it sounded like a good option due to the lack of bloat and a few tweaks.

Freshenstein said:
I did a factory reset before flashing that ROM via Odin.
My firmware is only 4.1.2 so I'm pretty sure I don't have either the 4.3 or 4.4 bootloader but I don't know which I have for certain. I do know I used the rom I linked to earlier to root my phone when I first rooted it. ChainFire AutoRoot if that helps.
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Okay. ..
If you have the 4.1.2 loader that isn't the problem. ..
I'd just flash Zens 4.4.2 rom...and then you can retain your 4.1 loader... (good)...
Locate the TWRP recovery thread in development. ..and flash the new recovery via Odin....then flash Zens stock 4.4.2 rom....and done...g
Here ya go...see the first page of the thread. ..
Once you have TWRP...you can flash the rom above. ..or any 4.4 build...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1981198
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Good to go! Thanks for all your help!

Freshenstein said:
Good to go! Thanks for all your help!
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Always welcome. ..
And very sorry about the late reply to your P.M....
It was late. ..And I crashed. ...lol
Enjoy the rom...
If you have any WiFi issues. ..
Flash the latest version of AGNI kernel. ..g
http://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/?id=2368#downloads
And don't worry about the N7105 designator. ..as its fully compatible. .g
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