(ATT S3) I was running 4.1.2 then rooted and installed custom rom.. notice phone having few issues so i decided to revert back to the stock firmware but flashed the 4.1.1 firmware. so my baseband shows the new update but shows 4.1.1 version. The phone runs fine but have any of the new features so how can i fix this.
If your phone is stock firmware for your carrier have you tried updating ota or through kies?
khoury1 said:
(ATT S3) I was running 4.1.2 then rooted and installed custom rom.. notice phone having few issues so i decided to revert back to the stock firmware but flashed the 4.1.1 firmware. so my baseband shows the new update but shows 4.1.1 version. The phone runs fine but have any of the new features so how can i fix this.
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If you reverted back to a truly stock ROM, then you can update it using Kies.
I have a rooted Note II AT&T and I am trying to update my phone to 4.3. It always stop during the installation. I do not have a custom rom and I was wondering how to update it to 4.3
ApocalypticBluDroid said:
I have a rooted Note II AT&T and I am trying to update my phone to 4.3. It always stop during the installation. I do not have a custom rom and I was wondering how to update it to 4.3
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[whisper]If you read it, 4.3 will come[/whisper]
When you rooted, you got a custom recovery, and that stops the OTA update.
Hi,
I just noticed that my wife's Galaxy S III still has original 4.1 stock ROM. I tried to do a OTA update (Rogers) but the system is saying that there is no update available. The phone is rooted.
Do I need to unroot the phone to get the update?
Thx,
Roli001 said:
Hi,
I just noticed that my wife's Galaxy S III still has original 4.1 stock ROM. I tried to do a OTA update (Rogers) but the system is saying that there is no update available. The phone is rooted.
Do I need to unroot the phone to get the update?
Thx,
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Just download 4.3 Rogers and you now have the latest firmware with root. Good Luck
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426
If you load 4.3 with an updated bootloader, you won't be able to downgrade the OS.
audit13 said:
If you load 4.3 with an updated bootloader, you won't be able to downgrade the OS.
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Yeah that is true but if you don't want 4.3 then you can always download the 4.1.2 or 4.1 instead.
Thanks ALL
Thanks All!
I have an S3 1747M unlocked and rooted running 4.3. I am having problems since I did an OTA upgrade to 4.3 and I cannot receive text or calls. I would like to downgrade to 4.1 or upgrade to 4.4. Can I do this? Can anyone suggest what process I need to go through or what would be the best ROMs ffor 4.4?
daniel54 said:
I have an S3 1747M unlocked and rooted running 4.3. I am having problems since I did an OTA upgrade to 4.3 and I cannot receive text or calls. I would like to downgrade to 4.1 or upgrade to 4.4. Can I do this? Can anyone suggest what process I need to go through or what would be the best ROMs ffor 4.4?
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You probably won't be able to go back to 4.1 since you upgraded to 4.3 OTA and this would update your bootloader.
I think it would be best would to install a custom recovery and custom rom.
Hey guys I am trying to update my galaxy s3 to kitkat. I am running galaxy s3 at&t variant 747 rooted 4.1.1. I747UCDLK3 update to kitkat. I realized I need to update to 4.1.2 first before doing the 4.3 update. I can't seems to find files I need for 4.1.2. Can someone point me in the right direction. Thank you for your help.
Are your running stock 4.1.1? If you are and your phone is not sim unlocked, unlock it using the free method. Once unlocked, use Odin to flash back to stock unrooted 4.1.1 and then run OTA until you get to KK. It's a longer process than trying to flash straight to 4.4 but is a safer method for people that are new to flashing ROMs.
I am on the stock rom 4.1.1. Does CWM recovery need to go back to stock as well? That is a good idea to unlock before I update.
If you flash back to stock 4.1.1 with Odin, it will wipe everything and put the phone back to completely unroot stock and stock recovery. Stock recovery and being unrooted is required for OTA updates.
Ok is this the link to unlock phone?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2529200
Yes, that's it.
I can't seem to find 4.1.1 rom file links seem to be bad on unlock page.
There are stock rooted 4.1.1 images here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426
You can use the free unlock method even if the ROM is rooted.
For some reason the at&t mirrors don't seem to be working either.
Mirror2 for the stock rooted 4.1.1 works for me.
I would like to root again after kit kat Is it easy to root with knox? Does unlock stick through kit kat? I really appreciate all of the help. Great website. Great people.
Many people have had success with rooting by using Towelroot.
The sim unlock is permanent.
Let me know how it goes for you @thepar. I expect to be updating to kitkat in the coming week.
For the benefit of those searching the forums to unlock their phones my experience may be of help to those on 4.1.2 or possibly even MJ2. I have had my SGS3 since June 2013 and only allowed one update, that was to 4.1.2. My phone was rooted long ago, but I just unlocked it earlier today and that was with a custom recovery in place and without unrooting. In my case I did not revert to the 4.1.1 rom. I did downgrade the modem to dlk3, that of 4.1.1 while leaving the rom and bootloader at MG2. After completing the unlock I upgraded the modem back to MG2. I have confirmed that SMS, MMS, phone, and wifi functionality is intact.
In truth, I will probably not go back to stock to get to kitkat. I am considering upgrading to the leaked MJ2/4.3 bootloader and MJB modem and then flash a kitkat rom which will work on them, there are several.
I just did the unlock yesterday. I need to find someone with a t-mobile sim to test if the unlock worked. Will I still be able to update the OS even though it is on rooted stock? What will it update me too?
I am kind of debating if I should install a custom rom minus KNOX.
thepar said:
I just did the unlock yesterday. I need to find someone with a t-mobile sim to test if the unlock worked. Will I still be able to update the OS even though it is on rooted stock? What will it update me too?
I am kind of debating if I should install a custom rom minus KNOX.
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If you want to run an OTA update, you need stock recovery and an unrooted system.
I have a stock recovery but the os is rooted. I don't mind using oden to update the os. I might be better to install a rom with knox removed. I can't seem to find 4.1.1 stock unrooted. I did find 4.0.1 ICS.
You can find a stock ATT 4.1.1 ROM on sammobile.com.
You cannot use Odin to flash a stock KK ROM because it was never released in an Odin format by ATT. ATT provided the KK update via OTA updates. Complete KK updates were provided for i747m only.
Thanks so much!! downloading now.
Let us know what happens. Cheers
I have decided to go custom rom route. It is better to update stock ota first then install custom rom or custom rom straight from 4.1.1?