So I was on 4.3 Virgin Mobile S3 when I decided to root it and install CM11. The root went fine, but the CM11 install failed. Then my nandroid backup didn't restore correctly, so I had to reinstall an OTA firmware through Odin, only when I did, it came back with Sprint installed instead of Virgin Mobile. And now Kies is being really screwy and I can't even turn it on anymore, but can still access Download Mode. Is there anyway I can restore it to Virgin Mobile firmware so that I can use my plan? I don't even care if it comes back without root, I probably won't ever root again after this :/ Thanks in advance if you can help.
Edit: SOLVED! Reinstalled the Sprint OTA and managed to install a stock MK5 rom from this forum. This truly is a magical place.
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I just got a s3 the other day and was gonna root and install some roms. My s3 has been updated to the 4.1.2 ota. I was simply wondering if I were to root it and install a rom and decided to go back could I simply flash the odin 4.1.1 image for it and then go ahead and update ota again? Had done this with my note 2 before and was just wondering if anyone else had any insight. Thanks
****EDIT****: i decided to just try for myself seeing as my s3 is just my play around device and i always have my s4. i flashed the latest android 4.1.1 before they had the ota update UCDLK3. Odin went great and then when i booted back up i stuck at the samsung screen. but to fix just went into stock recovery and factory data reset and boom my device booted up into a clean fresh state. no problems with wifi or anything. so for those of u wanting to unlock your device but had updated to 4.1.2 or maybe just want a clean slate (my position) then i can confirm it works just fine. and then you can just do the ota again if wanted (doing this as i type ). hope this helped.
You can flash with Odin. I used the all in one. The WiFi will stop working on stock ROM. When you flash new ROM WiFi will work again. You may have a couple of bugs to work out but it is worth it. Just google to find solutions. Good luck.
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Well I gotta say I love the update alot but my s3 is flashed to boost mobile and apparently when i updated to the new mk3 my data went away...I know for a fact if i can edit my apns i can get it to work...the only way ive been able to always edit my apns was with the apn backup & restore app....but you have to be rooted...so my question is there any way I can edit apns without being rooted... or even flash?? Thanks in advance!!!!
Yes you can re flash without being rooted. Some has rooted 4.3 on Virgin Mobile S3 over at the androidforums.
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ROOTED THE UPDATE SUCCESSFULLY
Reverted to stock recovery, flashed custom recovery, flashed SuperSU.. rooted!
No problems
UPDATE: SuperSU is not working after boot. It says "Unauthorized access to a secured area has been blocked" does anyone know how to get around this??
SECOND UPDATE: After rebooting, it has reverted me to the stock recovery. This is crazy. Hopefully someone can help with this.. or post a version of 4.3 without this Knox pain in the..
THIRD UPDATE: EDIT: I fixed it!! I have root access! I was able to locate SuperSU in system/app and reinstall; load up SuperSU and enable survival mode. Now I'm freezing Knox with Titanium Backup
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http://androidforums.com/newreply.php?do=newreply&p=6286627
Also was it worth the upgrade? I want to go to it but I bet when I do CNexus would already have a flashable zip I would have went back to stock with root for nothing.
Wow lol should read more...but thatnk you very much!!!! Yes man i really enjoy the update...i mean if what you like are stock touchwiz features youd be very pleased...and once again thank you
No problem. Also my phone is flashed to Virgin Mobile I updated to MK3 modem and my data still works but I didn't upgrade the OTA from sprint. I flashed the at&t rom of TW 4.3 update and I liked it since I love touchwiz but since data and sms wasn't working I went back to MIUI.
Here is what happened, i downloaded the OTA from AT&T, unrooted my phone and installed the update. It went all the way through, rebooted and that's where it stops. As soon as the AT&T welcome screen comes up the phone just freezes. When i plug it to my PC the phone is not recognized. Kies says it can't connect to the device. I'm able to get into download mode and odin seems to find the phone. But in download mode there is no option to reboot or anything. It only says "custom" on all options.
Can anybody help?
Factory reset usually solves most boot hangups. It will wipe your internal sd if you have stock recovery though.
i can't find any option to do a factory reset. I flashed Philz touch with odin, it said it passed. Tried a factory reset but it still freezes at the AT&T homescreen.
Any other way to do a factory reset?
Why'd you re-root BEFORE installing the update? Is there a particular reason? From what I've read on here, towelroot will easily root it afterwards.
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keithfrombm said:
Why'd you re-root BEFORE installing the update? Is there a particular reason? From what I've read on here, towelroot will easily root it afterwards.
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I took root off the phone since most of the time root stops OTA updates. Then i downloaded and installed the update. I had plans to root it again after the update.
Hello there. I also attempted the 4.4.2 OTA from stock 4.3, and now I'm having this exact same issue. The device had TWRP recovery installed, so I re-installed the stock recovery. It was also rooted and a few system files were edited (lock sounds, hosts file), I reverted all the changes, did a full unroot via SuperSU and proceeded with the OTA. It seemed successful until it tried to boot.. it now freezes on the AT&T logo, as the OP mentioned. I installed TWRP recovery again via Odin so I could back up all the data from the phone and do a factory reset. Unfortunately, this did not fix the freezing. I've attempted reverting back to the latest official Odin .tar (4.1.1), which I've now learned is not possible since the 4.3 update and its locked bootloader. It would seem that the only thing that would do the trick now would be an Odin-flashable 4.4.2 tar. For now, I've installed CyanogenMod as a temporary solution.
I dunno if it has been tested yet but this is a TWRP/CWM flashable zip which also preserves root.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=53539462&postcount=5
It didnt work. I am currently uploading two more attempts now and will post the links in that thread as soon as they are ready.
this worked for me
Hi All, Just wanted to share a solution that worked for me. I was in the same boat. OTA update locked phone on ATT screen. Used steps 2 and 6 from link below and now have 4.4.2 running on my phone. Happy flashing.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=53574211
I had CM12 installed with root, But i took it off and installed a stock 4.1 ATT firmware so i could update it normally again, And i took root off through super su. But every time i try to update it, The 700mb file downloads and goes to install with stock recovery (i reinstalled that back on there because i though TWRP was messing with it) and when it gets to around 25-31% area, It fails and when my phone restarts, it says failed to update. Does anybody know how to fix this? Thanks in advance
What is your end goal here, completely stock? If so check this out http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2261153
Tutorial: How to use KIES Emergency Firmware Recovery (EFR) ....
Or get your stock firmware from sammobile.com and odin it into your phone. Done properly ypur phone will be completely stock again. <--just did this the other day with my phone and worked flawlessly. I did back up all pics and such to pc first just in case. Stock everything was flashed.
Not sure about data loss or flash counter trips. I've been out of the game for awhile.
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Hello,
I needed to unroot my phone to configure android pay and went to super su and uninstalled root, now i´m stuck at the tmobile screen and cant pass that.
I went to download mode and tried to root it again but get the same result. Tried to flash stock ROM and it fails on ODIN. Looks like its soft bricked.
The fact that i`m using ODIN on Windows 10 makes any difference? I mean, i manage to flash unikernel but I cant flash the stock ROM with ODIN.
I`m running 5.1.1 stock rooted
Thanks for any help.
Flash full firmware in odin
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Flash full firmware in odin
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I did that and it worked, thanks! Funny thing though, after a couple of days running tmo stock, the phone stopped connecting to the network that I use here in Brazil. I got the data connection but can´t place calls. Any ideas?