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rooted phone and firmware update

Hi, with the help of this forum I was able to root my gio so that went fine now comes the question. II hooked the phone up to the pc and samsung kies said there is a firmware update so I clicked it and I got a disclaimer that when you're phone is rooted that upgrade to latest and greatest firmware this might fail because of the root.
What should I do now, do I have to unroot it before I put the new firmware on, or can I just proceed with firmware upgrade with the phone being rooted.
Thanks in advance.
Jan

Samsung kies wont notice you with that message.
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I'm unable to upload a pic since I need to have 10 posts before i can use an external link, I tried just a few minutes ago and the same disclaimer keeps popping up.

Whats your current android version?!
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Android version 2.3.3
Base band version s5660xxkpa
kernel version 2.6.35.7-perf-cl561624 [email protected]#1
buildnummer gingerbread.xxkps

Backerje said:
Android version 2.3.3
Base band version s5660xxkpa
kernel version 2.6.35.7-perf-cl561624 [email protected]#1
buildnummer gingerbread.xxkps
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wah? what region that? are u know flash using odin multi downloader? i'm use that. my gio still on root. but, i flash it, all gone include root. so need to flash update.zip back. i'm using DXKT8. all fine for me.

SemBoyHehe said:
wah? what region that? are u know flash using odin multi downloader? i'm use that. my gio still on root. but, i flash it, all gone include root. so need to flash update.zip back. i'm using DXKT8. all fine for me.
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The region is the netherlands, I'm not using odin I only rooted my phone using update.zip and reboot with recovery mode. The phone still has a stock rom.

Might be dutch (correct me if im wrong.
Go to sammobile for latest european firmware 2.3.6 and look for tutorials how to flash with odin
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voetbalremco said:
Might be dutch (correct me if im wrong.
Go to sammobile for latest european firmware 2.3.6 and look for tutorials how to flash with odin
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Sorry for the late response (I was on holliday), with my stupid head I wasn't paying attentionin samsung kies and let kies update the phone. All went well unitl my laptop decided to update some drivers from the phone,my phone just started with flashing. So I got an error lucky me phone was still working, I ased a colleague of mine who I knew had experience with odin. After downloading the correct firmware he used odin to flash my and it works perfectly now
Thanks for the help over here.

Firmware updates

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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Hk international Stock rooted question

If we rooted and added recovery. Have we lost The ability to do updates..
When i check for updates it says system has been modified.. Will there b a work around.. And anyone have the backup for the international hong kong .. I didnt backup before i rooted and cwr
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Of course u lose the right for ota by rooting.
I'm also from HK
I think you can search for firmware from samfirmware
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If you have root, just buy / install mobile odin and download roms from samfirmware. Advantage is that it can pre-root the roms before installation.

Update not working????

Hi
I updated my firmware to the open Europe (oxx) last week. Then today I updated to the BTU firmware but for some reason kies sees the device as TPH instead. Is there any way I can get this thing back to official BTU? ?
Thanks
Steve
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download Samsung Galaxy S/S2/S3 csc from playstore... you need to be root to use the app. run it and see if you can change the csc. a word of caution. it will wipe your data. so make a backup first.

No it wouldn't work. Something about it not available on a single csc device
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When I connect to kies it says it doesn't support updating because I have TPH but when I do *#1234# I get the attached image. I am so totally lost. All I want is to have official BTU with kies support.
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Same Problem for me here in germany. Flashed the leaked Firmware then updated to the dbt.and Kies tell me that my phone is not suported. Is there any way to get it work?
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Well I was kinda lucky as I dropped my phone and it got run over by a lorry, so I got a replacement on the insurance.
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[Q] Will there be a Lollipop Odin file eventually?

Im not used to having a non rooted phone and I was just wondering if there usually is a tar file after an update that you can flash manually through odin. I don't think I can update my Note 4 OTA cause I'm on T-Mobiles network and I don't think it's gonna do it? Appreciate any answer.

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I have the same question...

Same

Check the Sammobile site if the firmware is up there then you can download it and get the Odin file.
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