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[Q]Stock ROM

Does anyone have the stock ATT ROM for this device?
I've had some random issues with it that I'd like to go back to factory stock and see if they're hardware related or not. I've done hours of searching and can't find any information on it anywhere.
Help please?

here you can find stock rooted roms: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1584427

Roeni said:
here you can find stock rooted roms: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1584427
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Thanks, but that's the opposite of what I need. I'm currently rooted and want a stock rom back on my phone. It's the non-rooted ROM that I can't find.

I think you can't get that off of samfirware.com I think that's the site
-sent from my insanely awesome captivate glide-

how do you back up your original rom? I could make one for you if you tell me how? I would like to have a backup before I flash anything as well.

dudejb said:
how do you back up your original rom? I could make one for you if you tell me how? I would like to have a backup before I flash anything as well.
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Follow the rooting guide in the Android developement forum, then instead of flashing the rom first and then the Recovery, flash the recovery first.
Boot into it(volume down + power button) and choose the nandroid backup.

jayjayjoker2 said:
I think you can't get that off of samfirware.com I think that's the site
-sent from my insanely awesome captivate glide-
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I downloaded the appropriate firmware from that site, but when I apply the update in recovery mode it does the following (the green text should be yellow, but I figured you'd like to be able to read it):
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[COLOR="Green"]-- Install /sdcard ...
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package...[/COLOR]
[COLOR="Red"]E:signature verification failed[/COLOR]
[COLOR="Green"]install_package = (2)
Installation aborted.[/COLOR]
This is the firmware I downloaded: http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3&t=1&o=1&m=SGH-I927&r=5#regiona

you need CWMR (clockwork mod recovery) I don't know how to do that with this phone
-sent from my insanely awesome captivate glide-

jayjayjoker2 said:
you need CWMR (clockwork mod recovery) I don't know how to do that with this phone
-sent from my insanely awesome captivate glide-
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Or maybe you need to use Samsung kies you should be able to get it from the same site
-sent from my insanely awesome captivate glide-

jayjayjoker2 said:
Or maybe you need to use Samsung kies you should be able to get it from the same site
-sent from my insanely awesome captivate glide-
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Tried Kies a few times. Not once has it been able to flash the device. It will download the required files, and typically it'll just stop at that point and error out. Once I saw it try to update the device, then go back to the downloading files and then just never go anywhere...
Of course, looking now in Kies, It doesn't even pull a current firmware version, it's just blank space where it should be..

If I remember correctly, FW from samfirmware are Odin flashable....

gabby131 said:
If I remember correctly, FW from samfirmware are Odin flashable....
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I didn't even think to check that. I'll extract it now and attempt and post back with my findings.

So, flashing the stock rom from SamFirmwares worked great with Odin, no issues. I still have SuperUser installed on the device, but Titanium backup says that it can't get root privileges. My screenshot app works just fine still though, and my AT&T update failed. The download went fine, after it rebooted, the update went to "Preparing" and then "Update is failed" and it rebooted saying the update couldn't be installed at this time...
What on earth am I doing wrong?

Gizmokid2005 said:
So, flashing the stock rom from SamFirmwares worked great with Odin, no issues. I still have SuperUser installed on the device, but Titanium backup says that it can't get root privileges. My screenshot app works just fine still though, and my AT&T update failed. The download went fine, after it rebooted, the update went to "Preparing" and then "Update is failed" and it rebooted saying the update couldn't be installed at this time...
What on earth am I doing wrong?
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I'm sorry, you mean the flash did not wipe your data? If yes you might need to restore factory settings (wipe data)...then update..

gabby131 said:
I'm sorry, you mean the flash did not wipe your data? If yes you might need to restore factory settings (wipe data)...then update..
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Nah, I'm not worried about my data. I just want to remove root so I can update to 2.3.6, plus I don't really have much of a reason to be rooted at this point, especially with a confirmed ICS coming "soon"...

Gizmokid2005 said:
Nah, I'm not worried about my data. I just want to remove root so I can update to 2.3.6, plus I don't really have much of a reason to be rooted at this point, especially with a confirmed ICS coming "soon"...
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i also flashed the stock firmware from samfirmware, and yes it does not wipe data, but does remove root completely....

gabby131 said:
i also flashed the stock firmware from samfirmware, and yes it does not wipe data, but does remove root completely....
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That's what I was expecting...but Superuser is still installed, though TitaniumBackup complains about not having root privileges, my screenshot app still works, and my OTA update fails.

Gizmokid2005 said:
That's what I was expecting...but Superuser is still installed, though TitaniumBackup complains about not having root privileges, my screenshot app still works, and my OTA update fails.
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yeah...the SU app is still there but it's functionality is obliterated. So if you are rooted and your device is needed to be serviced, just flash the non-rooted stock ROM (recommended samfirmware) and, you may need to factory reset to perform updates....hopefully this would do the trick

gabby131 said:
yeah...the SU app is still there but it's functionality is obliterated. So if you are rooted and your device is needed to be serviced, just flash the non-rooted stock ROM (recommended samfirmware) and, you may need to factory reset to perform updates....hopefully this would do the trick
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Well, that's what I did last night, flashed the stock non-rooted ROM from samfirmware last night, I just didn't reset the device settings/data afterwards. I can try resetting the data tonight and see if I can get the OTA update though.

Do you have clock work mod installed? Can that be effecting you from getting your updates if you do?

New official update from AT&T!

I've been a long time lurker, first time post.
I have been running the official AT&T ICS release I927UCLH2, and was notified of an update for my phone from Device Management. I am now updated to I927UCLJ3 baseband. To my surprise, my keyboard backlight is now working. So far, everything looks good. There is no sign of this update on the Samsung ICS page. Maybe AT&T is just going to push it out and forgo Kies altogether? Who knows?

GrepACE said:
I've been a long time lurker, first time post.
I have been running the official AT&T ICS release I927UCLH2, and was notified of an update for my phone from Device Management. I am now updated to I927UCLJ3 baseband. To my surprise, my keyboard backlight is now working. So far, everything looks good. There is no sign of this update on the Samsung ICS page. Maybe AT&T is just going to push it out and forgo Kies altogether? Who knows?
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I get notified too; however because I have CWM installed, it interrupts the installation and I can't install the update.
Any thoughts on what to do to get it installed?

PacoL250 said:
I get notified too; however because I have CWM installed, it interrupts the installation and I can't install the update.
Any thoughts on what to do to get it installed?
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Seconded here. Do we have to remove CWMR in order to update from the new OTA update?

I just got a software push from AT&T for my Captivate Glide. After the restart, the keyboard lights now work! About phone says: Android v. 4.0.4. Baseband v. I927ULCLJ3. Build number IMM76D. I'll see if other things have been fixed like, ringtones that stop working and clock being x time slow. Both of which required a system restart

Gizmokid2005 said:
Seconded here. Do we have to remove CWMR in order to update from the new OTA update?
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I reloaded the stock recovery from my LH2 install and tried the OTA update. It downloads the update but fails to install with an "Update Failed" after the reboot.
I never rooted my phone only installed CWM for the Keyboard fix and to backup with CWM. Wish I had never installed CWM now.

Just got off the phone with AT&T myself, the rep said it should be available on Kies, they want me to try the new firmware before they'll continue warranty procedure on my wife's glide.
Edit: Well it's not, but it should be soon I guess.
Second Edit: On phone with samsung, they say the update is still "on hold" on his system. At&t told me to call them if I needed help with the firmware update.

Thanks for the info. Kies kept crashing on me so could not try it and OTA says I need to way 24hrs to try again.
Will try Kies on a second computer.

Is there any way to reset the 24hour AT&T update time without erasing the data partition?

PacoL250 said:
I get notified too; however because I have CWM installed, it interrupts the installation and I can't install the update.
Any thoughts on what to do to get it installed?
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Gizmokid2005 said:
Is there any way to reset the 24hour AT&T update time without erasing the data partition?
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I was able to flash back to the 4.0.4 default ROM from samfirmware and then disable automatic time update and move my day ahead one.
Official update get!

Gizmokid2005 said:
I was able to flash back to the 4.0.4 default ROM from samfirmware and then disable automatic time update and move my day ahead one.
Official update get!
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I might have to try something similar since Kies nows says that "You device does not support upgrading via Kies". Since I did not root my phone it must either not be happy with the flashes I have done to recovery even though I have flashed back to stock recovery or the Keyboard fix I did.
This blows.

does anyone know if i flash with a stock AT&T from sam firmware on a Rogers i927(r) will I be able to update to the new AT&T version on Kies ?

VideoRoy said:
I might have to try something similar since Kies nows says that "You device does not support upgrading via Kies". Since I did not root my phone it must either not be happy with the flashes I have done to recovery even though I have flashed back to stock recovery or the Keyboard fix I did.
This blows.
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Success!!
Here are my steps:
1. Restore a backup I made with CWMR before when I first installed it before making any mods.
2. Reinstall stock Recovery before doing anything else.
3. Get OTA update even though less than 24 hours since I restored a previous point in time.
Doing the stock ROM was my second choice but since I had a backup at least most of my apps and settings were recovered.
Good luck!

2.3.6 phone says no OTA update. I'll try Kies later.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I927 using xda app-developers app

is there someone who would upload it somehow, so I could flash it via ODIN, or something? I cannot update OTA, cause I live outside the US and at&t doesn't reach this destination. . .

Can somwone post the stock LH2 recovery please?
Sent from my SGH-I927 using xda app-developers app

SamMobile download link
This ROM version is downloadable from SamMobile Firmware Page:
link
Downloading is in progress.
You can flash this with Odin.

Is this the same as before with Samsung Touchwiz for the homescreen ?

yohan4ws said:
Is this the same as before with Samsung Touchwiz for the homescreen ?
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Yes it is essentially the same, but all the things that were wrong are supposedly fixed
Sent from my SGH-I927 using xda premium

How do I root this ?? I have CWM installed on it but am not sure where to get a CWM zip to install SU...

I found an odin flashable I927UCLH2.md5 and used it, and when into settings, about phone, software update, and it gave me an update and I'm downloading it right now.
The phone is now at I927UCLJ3. So AT&T can OTA push it instead of trying to force the phone to work with kies

[Q] OTA to MA7 didn't work

I have my GN2 rooted (via toolkit), currently on LJC. Also have OTA Rootkeeper installed.
When I tried to accept the OTA update from Sprint, it downloaded (something), rebooted, etc. But the phone is still on LJC.
Checking for software updates now tells me that my software is current.
I've tried clearing the download cache and Google services framework, but the phone still thinks it's up to date.
What's the next, best step?
I don't really want to go the route of a custom recovery and flashing if I can help it.
Thanks

Stuck?
mevensen said:
I have my GN2 rooted (via toolkit), currently on LJC. Also have OTA Rootkeeper installed.
When I tried to accept the OTA update from Sprint, it downloaded (something), rebooted, etc. But the phone is still on LJC.
Checking for software updates now tells me that my software is current.
I've tried clearing the download cache and Google services framework, but the phone still thinks it's up to date.
What's the next, best step?
I don't really want to go the route of a custom recovery and flashing if I can help it.
Thanks
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Unfortunately it looks like something is messed up. Hopefully someone with more knowledge will come along, but I know for me, I had to factory reset and manually load to MA7...

Looks like this got it going again. At least the download has initiated this time. (Crosses fingers)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=38124467&postcount=76

mevensen said:
Looks like this got it going again. At least the download has initiated this time. (Crosses fingers)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=38124467&postcount=76
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Scratch that. Got the download going again, rebooted, but still on LJC.
Tried hiding root with rootkeeper, is there a chance that having root hidden still gets in the way of the update?

Check out Post 121 here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2146385&page=13
I had a similar setup and using OTA Rootkeeper worked for me. Maybe if you have Exynos Abuse, it is causing trouble?

To MA7
Try one of Garwyns MA7 One Clicks from your rooted LJC. They will get you on MA7 kernel, and updates (no Data or Full Restore). Modem flashed seperately.

I have this same problem. I actually got so frustrated I unrooted and did a factory reset. Even with a factory reset the update STILL doesn't work. I've tried a few times. It just reboots and fails half way through. I'm not sure what to do at this point and I'm tempted to just bring it to a sprint store.

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I have this same problem. I actually got so frustrated I unrooted and did a factory reset. Even with a factory reset the update STILL doesn't work. I've tried a few times. It just reboots and fails half way through. I'm not sure what to do at this point and I'm tempted to just bring it to a sprint store.
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when you were rooted did you uninstall any stock apps? this can cause update to fail. search qbking77 video on how to install update on GN2. again, complete update through Garwynns MA7 One Clicks. simple and flawless.

No removed apps on my side. I may look into the one click update, although I don't know that I favor a method that requires flashing radios separately.
Sent from my SPH-L900 using Tapatalk 2

egeek1 said:
when you were rooted did you uninstall any stock apps? this can cause update to fail. search qbking77 video on how to install update on GN2. again, complete update through Garwynns MA7 One Clicks. simple and flawless.
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Thanks. I found that I did remove sprint zone. However, even after putting it back on it still won't work.
I just found the one click thing. Seems very simple and I'll give that a try. Thank you very much

Modem install
mevensen said:
No removed apps on my side. I may look into the one click update, although I don't know that I favor a method that requires flashing radios separately.
Sent from my SPH-L900 using Tapatalk 2
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Modem flash no more risky than Rom flash. Simple> copy MA7 Modem.zip to SD external and flash through TWRP recovery. MA7 Modem can be flashed to any SPH-L900 Rom (LJC, MA5 etc.). Go to Rwilco12.com and download the SPH-L900_MA7_Modem.zip and install after you've installed Garwnny's MA7 one click of your choice.

egeek1 said:
Modem flash no more risky than Rom flash. Simple> copy MA7 Modem.zip to SD external and flash through TWRP recovery. MA7 Modem can be flashed to any SPH-L900 Rom (LJC, MA5 etc.). Go to Rwilco12.com and download the SPH-L900_MA7_Modem.zip and install after you've installed Garwnny's MA7 one click of your choice.
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lol
I had been resisting putting a custom recovery on, because I know I'm only a step away from custom ROMs (that I became addicted to in the past). Yet, I submit now. TWRP is on. All is good. Thanks for the push.

flashaholics unite
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lol
I had been resisting putting a custom recovery on, because I know I'm only a step away from custom ROMs (that I became addicted to in the past). Yet, I submit now. TWRP is on. All is good. Thanks for the push.
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lol. You're welcome.

Originally Posted by mevensen<br />
Looks like this got it going again. At least the download has initiated this time. (Crosses fingers)<br />
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=38124467&postcount=76
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Scratch that. Got the download going again, rebooted, but still on LJC.<br />
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Tried hiding root with rootkeeper, is there a chance that having root hidden still gets in the way of the update?
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That is correct. Even with the hidden root your binary counter is probably above 1. Try triangle away and then hide root again and then do update. If that doesn't work you may have to do what I did.
Ran triangle away, did the superuser root cleanup and unroot. Then install update then root again.
Sent from my Amazing Galaxy Note 2!

[Q] Please help me get a usable phone again

I decided to try cyanogenmod on my SGH-I747 but have had so many issues I would be happy at this point if I could just get a working phone again.
I started with a 4.3 OTA-updated phone. I rooted the phone, then tried to install the latest 10.2 ROM. I also tried 10.1. I used CWM: I would have preferred the latest version but the best I could find that was not an .img file (I used Odin) was in the 5.x range. In both cases I hit what I believe is a bootloader error ("assert failed: ... Status 7"). At this point the phone is wiped with no recourse. I attempted to install the stock boot image for the I747, but after doing so the phone will no longer boot.
EDIT: I am able to get to downloading mode. I am afraid to use it to install stock firmware b/c of a post I found here claiming that downgrading from 4.3 OTA (e.g., to 4.1) will brick the phone.

tn6 said:
I decided to try cyanogenmod on my SGH-I747 but have had so many issues I would be happy at this point if I could just get a working phone again.
I started with a 4.3 OTA-updated phone. I rooted the phone, then tried to install the latest 10.2 ROM. I also tried 10.1. I used CWM: I would have preferred the latest version but the best I could find that was not an .img file (I used Odin) was in the 5.x range. In both cases I hit what I believe is a bootloader error ("assert failed: ... Status 7"). At this point the phone is wiped with no recourse. I attempted to install the stock boot image for the I747, but after doing so the phone will no longer boot.
EDIT: I am able to get to downloading mode. I am afraid to use it to install stock firmware b/c of a post I found here claiming that downgrading from 4.3 OTA (e.g., to 4.1) will brick the phone.
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i actually had the same problem earlier today. what i did was use odin to install clockworkmod recovery. after it reboots, hold VOLUME UP and HOME at the same time. if you have a micro sd handy, download any of the two updates here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2498233 place them on you sd card and in recovery format cache and factory reset/data. then highlight "install zip from sd card" or something that sounds relevant. select the zip you placed on your sd card earlier and there.

Worked, I think
MrHaPpY66 said:
i actually had the same problem earlier today. what i did was use odin to install clockworkmod recovery. after it reboots, hold VOLUME UP and HOME at the same time. if you have a micro sd handy, download any of the two updates here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2498233 place them on you sd card and in recovery format cache and factory reset/data. then highlight "install zip from sd card" or something that sounds relevant. select the zip you placed on your sd card earlier and there.
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Thank you. The phone now boots to a white screen with an AT&T symbol. How can I install either a stock or custom ROM without ruining everything again?

tn6 said:
Thank you. The phone now boots to a white screen with an AT&T symbol. How can I install either a stock or custom ROM without ruining everything again?
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i think this should be a help http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2539313

No luck
MrHaPpY66 said:
i think this should be a help http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2539313
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That appears to be the standard tutorial for rooting/flashing. I did it anyway, even though didn't the file you had me install before already root the phone? In any event, I ran CF-root and then I attempted to install CM 10.2 and it failed: "failed to verify whole-file signature." I believe that was the first error I hit in the beginning of this exercise. Additionally, now I get an error on the welcome screen that says "Unfortunately, SuperSU has stopped."

tn6 said:
That appears to be the standard tutorial for rooting/flashing. I did it anyway, even though didn't the file you had me install before already root the phone? In any event, I ran CF-root and then I attempted to install CM 10.2 and it failed: "failed to verify whole-file signature." I believe that was the first error I hit in the beginning of this exercise. Additionally, now I get an error on the welcome screen that says "Unfortunately, SuperSU has stopped."
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for the supersu, you probably need to go update it on the market or disable KNOX

assert failed... getprop("ro.bootloader")
MrHaPpY66 said:
for the supersu, you probably need to go update it on the market or disable KNOX
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Thanks for the suggestion. I went back to the no-KNOX file you pointed out earlier. I assume that is the same type of file as the CF-Root so I assume I don't need to install CF-root anymore after installing the no-KNOX file. So now I follow the tutorial from your second response minus the root step. I no longer get the SuperSU error. However, I still can't load a ROM. I get the same "assert failed... getprop("ro.bootloader... Status 7" that I mentioned in my first post. When I googled this in the first round, I saw several posts saying it means I had a bad bootloader. That is when I tried to flash the stock bootloader, which nearly hardbricked the phone. Do the two files you initially posted include a bootloader file?

tn6 said:
Thanks for the suggestion. I went back to the no-KNOX file you pointed out earlier. I assume that is the same type of file as the CF-Root so I assume I don't need to install CF-root anymore after installing the no-KNOX file. So now I follow the tutorial from your second response minus the root step. I no longer get the SuperSU error. However, I still can't load a ROM. I get the same "assert failed... getprop("ro.bootloader... Status 7" that I mentioned in my first post. When I googled this in the first round, I saw several posts saying it means I had a bad bootloader. That is when I tried to flash the stock bootloader, which nearly hardbricked the phone. Do the two files you initially posted include a bootloader file?
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i think they contained the mj2 bootloader and modem. hmm i've been doing a little snooping around and i found this. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2540998 the thing is i still don't understand how to go from leaked (mj2) to the official release (mjb) maybe updating to this will help

MrHaPpY66 said:
i think they contained the mj2 bootloader and modem. hmm i've been doing a little snooping around and i found this. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2540998 the thing is i still don't understand how to go from leaked (mj2) to the official release (mjb) maybe updating to this will help
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I'm worried about switching bootloaders. This post seems to indicate that doing so after I installed 4.3 OTA will brick the phone. Does anyone know if that is true?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2321310

tn6 said:
I'm worried about switching bootloaders. This post seems to indicate that doing so after I installed 4.3 OTA will brick the phone. Does anyone know if that is true?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2321310
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ohh ho ho it's true alright. the new 4.3 bootloader, i'm guessing it is mjb, doesn't allow any downgrades. Downgrades of any kind will absolutely give you a nice, good brick. anyways do you understand how to go from 4.3 leaked to 4.3 official?

MrHaPpY66 said:
ohh ho ho it's true alright. the new 4.3 bootloader, i'm guessing it is mjb, doesn't allow any downgrades. Downgrades of any kind will absolutely give you a nice, good brick. anyways do you understand how to go from 4.3 leaked to 4.3 official?
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No idea. I went ahead and tried to install the I747UCDLK3_aio.tar.md5, which I hoped was a 4.3 bootloader (don't know how you are supposed to tell). The error I got was this was another failure--this time saying the package was for d2att and this is a d2spr. My phone is definitely not a sprint phone. Some posts say I have to update the build.prop file, but I don't know how I can do that before a ROM is even installed.

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No idea. I went ahead and tried to install the I747UCDLK3_aio.tar.md5, which I hoped was a 4.3 bootloader (don't know how you are supposed to tell). The error I got was this was another failure--this time saying the package was for d2att and this is a d2spr. My phone is definitely not a sprint phone. Some posts say I have to update the build.prop file, but I don't know how I can do that before a ROM is even installed.
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I realized that many of the errors I was getting seemed to be tied to cyanogenmod or stock. So I downloaded Hyperdrive and it installed with zero hiccups or errors. I have a working phone again.
Thank you for your helpful insights.

tn6 said:
I realized that many of the errors I was getting seemed to be tied to cyanogenmod or stock. So I downloaded Hyperdrive and it installed with zero hiccups or errors. I have a working phone again.
Thank you for your helpful insights.
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you're welcome and i glad i was a help to you. anyways where'd you get hyperdrive? i've been trying to get my phone back to official stock and off the leaked one.

MrHaPpY66 said:
you're welcome and i glad i was a help to you. anyways where'd you get hyperdrive? i've been trying to get my phone back to official stock and off the leaked one.
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I downloaded hyperdrive from the official spot: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2106830. I wouldn't have minded going back to stock, but clearly that was not going to happen any time soon.

tn6 said:
I downloaded hyperdrive from the official spot: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2106830. I wouldn't have minded going back to stock, but clearly that was not going to happen any time soon.
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so how's the rom so far? probably going to get it myself.

MrHaPpY66 said:
so how's the rom so far? probably going to get it myself.
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Zero issues. Worked great all day with no problems. Plus I am now able to tether and use the mobile hotspot, features that I couldn't get to work on the stock rom even with foxfi or similar apps.

tn6 said:
Zero issues. Worked great all day with no problems. Plus I am now able to tether and use the mobile hotspot, features that I couldn't get to work on the stock rom even with foxfi or similar apps.
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so i see it's a lot better than stock. i'll install it as soon as i can and thanks for the link to the rom

[Q] rooted sprint s3 getting sprint message for update

hello all, I have the sprint s3 its has been rooted for a while, I've been getting this message about ota from sprint I tried to avoid the update but noticed my google play does not see my phone any more plus a couple of other things so I figure take the update. The phone will not take the update I get an error. How can I get the phone updated and keep my root and not have to re-root the phone or re-root my wifi mod or lose anything? I attached screen shots of the phone current info as well as the update image. let me know if anything else is needed? thx

arcolino1 said:
hello all, I have the sprint s3 its has been rooted for a while, I've been getting this message about ota from sprint I tried to avoid the update but noticed my google play does not see my phone any more plus a couple of other things so I figure take the update. The phone will not take the update I get an error. How can I get the phone updated and keep my root and not have to re-root the phone or re-root my wifi mod or lose anything? I attached screen shots of the phone current info as well as the update image. let me know if anything else is needed? thx
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Odin the Stock ND8 only thing is that it will wipe everything from the system to your internal SD card.......and you will have to re root...im sorry and even if you could manage to update it you probably would still have to re root it

6th_Hokage said:
Odin the Stock ND8 only thing is that it will wipe everything from the system to your internal SD card.......and you will have to re root...im sorry and even if you could manage to update it you probably would still have to re root it
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there has to be another solution
how about backing up the phone
then un-root
take update
then root
do I need to root the wifi mod as well?

arcolino1 said:
there has to be another solution
how about backing up the phone
then un-root
take update
then root
do I need to root the wifi mod as well?
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well if you have the Latest Philz installed you can make the Back up then figure out how to unroot your phone completely then see if your phone will update and if it does just go back into Philz then re root your phone with the Re-root(SuperSU) option in the Philz Recovery settings then reboot your phone into the rom.....i know as nerds/geeks we want to find another way lol

6th_Hokage said:
well if you have the Latest Philz installed you can make the Back up then figure out how to unroot your phone completely then see if your phone will update and if it does just go back into Philz then re root your phone with the Re-root(SuperSU) option in the Philz Recovery settings then reboot your phone into the rom.....i know as nerds/geeks we want to find another way lol
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thanks for helping me
I played around with the phone when I first got it, folks on here gave me steps on rooting and moding the wifi, which was a year ago.
is that an app called philz? if so where do I get it?
does philz run pre boot or while phone is on?
btw I have one of those custom pre boot apps do you need the name of that?
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arcolino1 said:
thanks for helping me
I played around with the phone when I first got it, folks on here gave me steps on rooting and moding the wifi, which was a year ago.
is that an app called philz? if so where do I get it?
does philz run pre boot or while phone is on?
btw I have one of those custom pre boot apps do you need the name of that?
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Philz is a touch based custom recovery which you can get here

6th_Hokage said:
Philz is a touch based custom recovery which you can get here
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I checked it out on youtube it looks good the thing is I all ready have a cwm installed
is it ok to install another cwm when there is one all ready installed?
if not how do I remove old one and install new one?

arcolino1 said:
I checked it out on youtube it looks good the thing is I all ready have a cwm installed
is it ok to install another cwm when there is one all ready installed?
if not how do I remove old one and install new one?
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you can just download the zip file then flash it in your current recovery but make sure you download the latest one

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you can just download the zip file then flash it in your current recovery but make sure you download the latest one
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the link that you sent is for the s3 sph-l710 ?
after I have this it gives option to
backup data
then I un-root
do the update
then root
will I need to re-apply the sprint hotspot mod? I really like that it comes in handy
I will not lose data?

arcolino1 said:
the link that you sent is for the s3 sph-l710 ?
after I have this it gives option to
backup data
then I un-root
do the update
then root
will I need to re-apply the sprint hotspot mod? I really like that it comes in handy
I will not lose data?
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well its the unified D2LTE....so all the US S3's and you might have to re flash the hotspot mod...

6th_Hokage said:
well its the unified D2LTE....so all the US S3's and you might have to re flash the hotspot mod...
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ok the philz install went smoothly
I used odin
strange the update notification is gone so I did a check for update, nothing happens
so I left it rooted till I get the notification again
I did not see on the philz cwm an option to un-root??
I am figuring my next steps will be
get the update message
un-root the phone (these two steps might be reversed un-root then wait for update message)
do update
then re-root with philz
verify my root and verify my sprint hot-spot mod still working if not reapply mod.
let me know if I am missing something, or is there a way to get that update?

arcolino1 said:
ok the philz install went smoothly
I used odin
strange the update notification is gone so I did a check for update, nothing happens
so I left it rooted till I get the notification again
I did not see on the philz cwm an option to un-root??
I am figuring my next steps will be
get the update message
un-root the phone (these two steps might be reversed un-root then wait for update message)
do update
then re-root with philz
verify my root and verify my sprint hot-spot mod still working if not reapply mod.
let me know if I am missing something, or is there a way to get that update?
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well Philz wont un-root your phone but it will re-root it that's why i said you would have to figure out how to un-root your phone and basically that's it

6th_Hokage said:
well Philz wont un-root your phone but it will re-root it that's why i said you would have to figure out how to un-root your phone and basically that's it
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is the update not coming down anymore because of the new cwm?
do I need to manually install update
on my google play it does not show my sprint sph-l710 it has
model GT-I9300 , carrier softbank
I am thinking the update will fix these issues?
any idea whats going on?

arcolino1 said:
is the update not coming down anymore because of the new cwm?
do I need to manually install update
on my google play it does not show my sprint sph-l710 it has
model GT-I9300 , carrier softbank
I am thinking the update will fix these issues?
any idea whats going on?
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that's strange....what model does your phone say in "About device" in the settings of your phone? and the update should fix that....but i have personally never heard of Philz Recovery changing the model number before...

6th_Hokage said:
that's strange....what model does your phone say in "About device" in the settings of your phone? and the update should fix that....but i have personally never heard of Philz Recovery changing the model number before...
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I was thinking same thing strange, it was showing that way before I went to philz
that what got me on the need update road. I am thinking could it mean I am hacked or something?
sprint saying they are showing the sph-l710 on there side. Im not sure what is going on. I only mess around with phone when
I need to root which was a year ago, I installed cwm, rooted phone and sprint hot spot mod.
how do I manually install update?
can the philz block update?

arcolino1 said:
I was thinking same thing strange, it was showing that way before I went to philz
that what got me on the need update road. I am thinking could it mean I am hacked or something?
sprint saying they are showing the sph-l710 on there side. Im not sure what is going on. I only mess around with phone when
I need to root which was a year ago, I installed cwm, rooted phone and sprint hot spot mod.
how do I manually install update?
can the philz block update?
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i don't think it would but to update your phone to 4.4.2 you need to go to this screen (see screenshots down below) and manually make your phone search for the update

6th_Hokage said:
i don't think it would but to update your phone to 4.4.2 you need to go to this screen (see screenshots down below) and manually make your phone search for the update
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lol I all ready said I did that step a while back, it does nothing when I click on check now. it says system up to date last checked for update on 1/1/13
does philz block checking for updates?

arcolino1 said:
lol I all ready said I did that step a while back, it does nothing when I click on check now. it says system up to date last checked for update on 1/1/13
does philz block checking for updates?
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well according @bilgerryan just having a custom recovery in general blocks the OTA that you need to be on completely stock to get the OTA