Help Upgrading to 4.3 - AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III

I'm currently on 4.2.2 using SlimBean. I tried to upgrade to 4.3 using Odin and it softbricked my phone, and took almost all night of going in circles getting it to come back (my boyfriend walked me through it, and saved it, phew). I don't know where to go from here or how to go about it without screwing anything up like last time.. can anyone help? D: (I'm also pretty newbie at this, I'm sorry. D: )
We tried to google and search everywhere for how to properly do this or how to do this without screwing up like we apparently did! Also, upgrading his using Odin worked... mine didn't. T_T
And does anyone have any suggestions for the least buggiest roms out there? I always seem to flash ones that give me major problems (phone randomly turns off or restarts, camera doesn't work, random things crashing, losing service permanently, etc.)
Thanks!

Which 4.3 ROM are you trying to upgrade to?
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Bruce Lee said:
Which 4.3 ROM are you trying to upgrade to?
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Well, I'd like to run Quantum but I thought I had to upgrade to 4.3 first as I'm currently on 4.2?

Someone feel free to move this if needed but has anyone found a way to store photos on 4.3 camera to external SD card?
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ckburks said:
Someone feel free to move this if needed but has anyone found a way to store photos on 4.3 camera to external SD card?
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Start your own thread.
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Try to copy, browser crashes

So this has been going on for a while and I've just ignored it, tried to search up a fix
But couldn't find anything.
Anyone else had this problem?
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Doesn't happen to me
Please add more info like Rom and version number
Doesn't happen with other browser apps
Do youth have the sprint galaxy s3 and not the one from another carrier
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Sorry. I use Chrome and dolphin.
Also I'm not rooted either.
I know there was a small update a while back but if I remember correctly it didn't start right after that
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I had this happen a while ago. The clipboard was corrupted. There is a procedure to clear it. I will look for it.
Edit:
Take a look at what I posted over here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=32659083
Let me know (and click thanks) if this fixes your problem.
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Well crap. I don't really wanna do a factory reset or root my GS3.
I'm damned
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pbrbent said:
Well crap. I don't really wanna do a factory reset or root my GS3.
I'm damned
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Are you rooted? You can clear it without a reset if you are rooted.
Edit: Just saw your later post that you are not rooted. Some have reported that they could clear the clipboard by deleting items using Polaris Office. You might try that but it did not work for me.
Another thread on the issue can be found here.

Backup solutions?

Ok, So i have a defective note II :crying::crying::crying:... In a dark enviorment and with brightneess set all the way down there is a big blob inside the screen..... So im recieving a replacement device in 2 days :fingers-crossed: . so to my question... Is there any way that i could backup EVERYTHING so it will be on my new device?? I mean setting, pictures, videos, movies, wallpapers, apps, and especially 3rd party apps NOT found in playstore. my device is NOT rooted and can not root since sending it back to ATT.
please help, thanks alot
Sebas
Root, make a backup, unroot then root new phone, restore backup, unroot. Only way I no besides copying your whole internal sd on the new phone.
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Android The Greek said:
Root, make a backup, unroot then root new phone, restore backup, unroot. Only way I no besides copying your whole internal sd on the new phone.
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I will have possesion of both phones at the same time. Like i can have BOTH phones fir up to 10 days. How would i do the internal sd? how would i copu it? what would i copy? where would i paste it?
Sebastianq28 said:
I will have possesion of both phones at the same time. Like i can have BOTH phones fir up to 10 days. How would i do the internal sd? how would i copu it? what would i copy? where would i paste it?
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Never mind. To copy apps you need access to the system folder which means you would need to root.
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Never mind. To copy apps you need access to the system folder which means you would need to root.
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.... So do i have any options if i need to remain non rooted? any next-best-things?
Weird..I just noticed this last night....wtf I dont notice it unless I have screen britness all the way down plus a filter n it shows up on blacks...hmmmm I dont think I will b sending it back. Dosent bother me ,, just wonder what it is
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twanskys204 said:
Weird..I just noticed this last night....wtf I dont notice it unless I have screen britness all the way down plus a filter n it shows up on blacks...hmmmm I dont think I will b sending it back. Dosent bother me ,, just wonder what it is
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What????
The blob the op is talking about
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Ooooh ok I'm the op. Lol. And yea... I payed good money for this phone and I want it to be perfect. Haha I suggest u file a warranty complain to lol.
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Dosent bother me enough....im just gonna buy the s4 when it comes out
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Just thought of this....
Back up you phone in kies
The restore when you get your new one.
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Could you link me to anywhere that can tech me how to do this? Thanks.
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http://m.samsung.com/us/kies/
Download on computer. Install. Backup. Press thanks button
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Android The Greek said:
http://m.samsung.com/us/kies/
Download on computer. Install. Backup. Press thanks button
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None of my apps got backed up..... but thanks
Did you select back up apps in options
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Yeah but you need the pro version for it to be downloaded on another device....
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you could odin a custom recovery image, boot into recovery and create a nad of your phone and then dropbox it for safe keeping. Flash the original recovery - i think i saw it in the development threat - and check the flash counter to see if you tripped it... if you did then you'll have to follow the instructions in the dev thread on how to reset everything to stock, it'll take a bit of the search function and some reading but should be releatively easy.

Gallery drains my battery

Hey guys does anyone else have the problem where stock gallery version 4.1.1 drains my note 2 battery. I am not sure why but i t seems to be on for no reason. I am stock with wind mobile waiting for 4.1.2 update which should be 2 weeks away.
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This happened to me a few weeks ago. Ive read on the forum that there might be a bad image file thats causing the gallery app to keep running. So what I did is I delete all the pictures I have on tje phone and started fresh. Since then I havent seen gallery took so much of off the battery.
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Interesting. I will try that. Thanks for your help.
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Ur welcome. Let me know if that works for you.
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vseslija said:
Hey guys does anyone else have the problem where stock gallery version 4.1.1 drains my note 2 battery. I am not sure why but i t seems to be on for no reason. I am stock with wind mobile waiting for 4.1.2 update which should be 2 weeks away.
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What I did is first go to manage apps. Head down to media storage and clear data. Reboot phone. See if that works. If not then I have backed up both sd cards to pc. Cleared both and formatted them and put it all back on reboot the phone and ur golden.
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Ok so I have formatted sd card as well as did a hard reset on my phone. This seems to work for now. I will report if the gallery starts acting up again. Thanks guys.My battery is doing much better today.
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[Q] What Stock Apps are safe to Uninstall?

I've had my GS4 since Monday, and I'm loving it. Now that I've played around with it for a couple days, it's time to debloat it! I've done it once before already, but I must have deleted an app that was important, because i kept getting force closes every 5 minutes. I've already searched the forums, and haven't seen that anyone has posted a list of "Unnecessary" stock apps.
If anyone knows of a thread with that info, please direct me!
Just use Kies to recover back to original. Under tool setting.
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gizmoscoop said:
Just use Kies to recover back to original. Under tool setting.
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I just restored to a previous backup.
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Magna Carta compatibility

so the other day i saw a new app called magna carta and checked it out. for those of you that dont know what it is: http://www.droid-life.com/2013/06/2...tall-to-be-the-first-to-get-jay-zs-new-album/
now according to the article it would say your phone is not compatible when trying to install it, but when i did it went through the install and everything and said i would receive the album. im wondering if this is because i am on rootbox and the build is changed and it makes it compatible with the app.
what id like is for someone who is completely stock to try install the apps and post results. my theory is that if it wont let you install we could change the build.prop and trick it to think it was samsung thus letting any rooted android user have access to getting the album free.
funniest part is im not a rap fan nor a jay-z fan but i think this would be cool for those who are and dont have a galaxy.
I'm stock and rooted and unlocked but this is what i get.
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antonio824 said:
I'm stock and rooted and unlocked but this is what i get.
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I'm on AOKP and I was able to download it, so I'm wondering if you have 4.2.2 on your phone you can get it.
If this was the case than someone with a nexus could get it.
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That's so weird cuz I checked the build.prop and it still says lg and what not
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It shows up for me obviously. Its supposed to be for select Galaxy phones. So its weird that it works for some of you.
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itll b available on torrents for free same day
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It shows up for me obviously. Its supposed to be for select Galaxy phones. So its weird that it works for some of you.
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I checked the build prop on this rom and it hasn't been changed, so I'm not sure how I was able to get it, I was expecting to get the "not compitable with your device" message, but it gave me the install option.
I was able to download the album as well. I know a lot of s4 owners had problems with the app. Also I'm using Banks minimal gapps, so not sure if thats the reason why I was able to get it.

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