Hi all,
Background - I'm doing a research project using phones as enhanced cameras, processing images in board. The phones we were using don't work due to low light (different environment) so we're going to buy a bunch of Galaxy S3s. The ones I can get in best buy are android 4.3, which OpenCV native camera doesn't work on.
I've flashed one to MetalFan's 4.1.2 since it is said to be close to stock. I've tried to get the stock file off stockroms.net but is doesn't want to download. I'm happy to stay with MetalFan's however I do want to be as close to stock as possible. I also want the smallest chance of something going wrong - we're going to be buying 10 more on top of the one I have here and flashing them all tonight so I want the fewest chances to wreck it as possible, hence the smallest number of steps.
So does anyone know 1) where I can dl a stock 4.1.2 image and 2) how I would best flash it. I am on a mac so would use Heimdal rather than Odin.
Tom
If you purchase S3s on 4.3, or they have 4.3 as an official update (I. E. The build number goes to the one that is 4.3 (varies by carrier)) then you cannot use Odin or equivalents to revert to anything <4.3 because it will hard-brick itself. If you need a stock 4.1.2 file to flash, you can find a stock, rooted, odexed or deodexed ROM for the model of phone (carrier specific, obviously) and flash it through recovery. Or, if you want, I can try to set up a fully set up CWM backup of my SPH-L710 MD4 4.1.2 Sprint S3 in my Mega account and post a link to download. Hope I helped/can help
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So with my USB being bad I have to use my buddies gnex to charge my battery. More of a problem however is the fact that every way I've found to get back stock involves connecting to a PC.
I've found a way to do it with "Mobile Odin" but you have to be on the same Android version as the Odin tar file. Only tar file I've found is 4.0.2 and I searched high and low for a 4.0.2 rom.
Any of u happen to have a 4.0.2 rom chill'n in you're HD to save my ass?
I have a Gnex-toro.
Nobody has a 4.0.2 Rom?
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Nobody has a 4.0.2 Rom?
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I think you must have warranty with any stock rom that comes from Google. Only thing you have to check is your bootloader. If that is closed you are fine.
What rom do you have now? and what recovery? and are you rooted?
And lastly, why do you want to go back to such an old version, and not some more recent stock version.
One last thing, you can try to buy the USB connector on ebay and replace yourself. Or you can try to send it to warranty in current condition, maybe they won't care since it's a hardware problem.
I'm on:
AOKP jb milestone 1 (4.2.2)
TWRP Recovery
Most definitely rooted.
As I said in my op, I need a 4.0.2 Rom in order for the only Odin tar file I've found to work. Its a 4.0.2 Odin tar.
If I replace the USB myself, I've just wasted many months of warranty payments.
If you want to create ODIN images of 4.2 you may be able to do that.
Chainfire supposedly did something like this here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1586807
Notice that these are for maguro and not your device, but you might be able to make odin files for your device from factory images, hints here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=30366696&postcount=50
Hey, I just realized something: You're just looking for a 4.0 ROM, not an ODIN repack of a rom? I was confused.
You can try to get from goo.im (for example, http://goo.im/devs/aokp has old AOKP versions) or just travel back in the development forum and look at the earliest ROMs.
I'd take an updated Odin too. I'll look into making my own tar. I tried flashing img's from the 4.2.2 Google release but that didn't work.
As far as looking for a 4.0.2 Rom, I've tried. Oldest aokp is build 18 4.0.3. Odin file wouldn't work with it.
Here's where im getting my info from: post #48
Http://rootzwiki.com/topic/19864-vz...ockrootflash-romsfaq/page__st__40#entry759280
for anyone else trying to get back to stock without a usb, i couldn't get it to work.
i borrowed my friends phone and usb port to get mine back to stock. these phones come apart pretty easy actually
Hi!
I have the T889V variant of the Note 2 and I have been rooted for quite a while now, but I need to go stock as I am selling my phone and the buyer wants it absolute stock. I am running Jedi X. I remember when I flashed Jedi, I chose the carrier files for Bell as I am a Virgin Mobile user (although the phone is with Wind but it is unlocked).
I have found a back-to-stock guide on here which basically told me to Odin back to stock image > root > triangle away > super SU unroot
One of the threads also has a stock BUT rooted image file. Can I use that instead to make the first two steps as one? And also, will flashing that give me stock recovery?
Finally, will I run into trouble because I chose another network's carrier files during installation (instead of Wind)?
Please someone help me. I am using the money to buy my parents their 25th anniversary gift. I am a university student and I'm on a student budget and selling this will likely be my only source of money.
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I got your PM. Have you at any point flashed a baseband meant for any other model than the T889V? (e.g. if you applied my LTE mod or while installing some ROMs.)
If no: contact me, I'm looking for some partition dumps. Then just flash the 4.1.2 BMA3 mrRobinson rooted image through Odin. Triangle Away, then unroot (or cleaner yet: flash the stock unrooted Odin ROM.)
If yes: remember how I said in my LTE guide that the "mod permanently damages your phone, and irrevocably voids your warranty"? Well... That's the exact thing I was referring to. I haven't found a way to go back to the T889V modems, which means any attempts to genuinely go back to stock will end in boot loops and frustration. (That's what I'm thinking those partition dumps may help relieve, but I haven't tested it out yet.)
Jedi ROMs are TouchWiz based and thus contain "carrier specific content" a.k.a. CSC files, the "carrier" files which you chose on install. Since you're doing a factory reset and changing them back to Wind's, they're not going to be much of a concern here.
I'm sure this has been asked many times before, but I just wanted to make absolutely sure I'm ready before I flash, so I don't brick my phone. I have been reading the forums for a few days now. I have an S3 (i747M) with Fido. I'm not totally sure which ROM to go with. From what I understand so far, I'm thinking StockMOD or Dandroid. I want a fairly minimalistic OS, latest version (4.3 vs 4.4?), so I can play the occasion game on it and get good idle battery life. I believe I have rooted my stock rom and I have disabled some of the bloat through the "Application Management" option under settings. Any advice on flashing? I have spent many years building, modding and generally tinkering with windows pcs but I haven't done anything with phones, android or linux. Any advice? Obviously do the backup of my current phone with the app mentioned on the related ROM installation page. I assume I can restore my phone back to this stock ROM is the new one fails? After the backup, do a full phone wipe and default restore. Then hook the phone to my PC via USB and use the related program to flash the phone? Thank you for any and all replies in advance. :good:
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I'm sure this has been asked many times before, but I just wanted to make absolutely sure I'm ready before I flash, so I don't brick my phone. I have been reading the forums for a few days now. I have an S3 (i747M) with Fido. I'm not totally sure which ROM to go with. From what I understand so far, I'm thinking StockMOD or Dandroid. I want a fairly minimalistic OS, latest version (4.3 vs 4.4?), so I can play the occasion game on it and get good idle battery life. I believe I have rooted my stock rom and I have disabled some of the bloat through the "Application Management" option under settings. Any advice on flashing? I have spent many years building, modding and generally tinkering with windows pcs but I haven't done anything with phones, android or linux. Any advice? Obviously do the backup of my current phone with the app mentioned on the related ROM installation page. I assume I can restore my phone back to this stock ROM is the new one fails? After the backup, do a full phone wipe and default restore. Then hook the phone to my PC via USB and use the related program to flash the phone? Thank you for any and all replies in advance. :good:
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in my opinion or anyone will say that 4.3 is the most stable right now, and 4.4 is only available for CM based roms.....Samsung Touchwiz will always be the last to update their devices to 4.4 while custom roms AOKP, SLIM BEAM, PAC ROM, BEAN STALK, CM, PARANOID, ETC they will always have nightlies on latest the Android version but will take sometime for stable roms to be released
1st before you think of flashing please research and know what you're getting into
2nd read all the info. ROOT your i747m with cf-auto root (i recommend it cuz its the simplest, easiest, safest way to root)
3rd install custom recovery there are two that i know of but am confident and comfortable with clockworkmod recovery....u can try TWRP
4th yu can either wish to stay stock touchwiz, 2types of stock
-one that comes from samsung all bloated and no tweaks and
-the one that is taken by devs debloated, modded, customized, xposed mod, minimalistic, faster and better.
--OR you can go completely Android vanilla stock, which has nothing but the normal google staff (ITS LIKE A NEXUS DEVICE from Google) you dont have any bloatware, or features/addons just plain stock
5th Once yu know the basic, the universe is yours, with Android comes endless customization and possibilities just like Microsoft Windows, Linux, ubuntu or even OSX
6th wish to become a DEV its your choice, wish to modify, play with the filesystem its your choice but without knowledge of what you're doing bricking is easy as just deleting a file yu think its not important
7th help the rest with android as you do with PC
PS am learning to code now but one thing at a time so am starting with Web design, plan to learn some computer languages, hacking, etc computer science :laugh: maybe yu can help me out
everything you need to know about what i said or root http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1725839
Thanks for the reply. It's been a while since I originally posted this. I decided to hold off on a custom ROM at that time but I find myself back again, still wanting to customize my phone (especially now that my contract is about to expire). I figure that if I do brick my phone beyond repair, I'll just get another phone anyways so not so worried about it now.
Anyways, one concern I have about flashing a custom ROM on my S3 is can I go backwards in Android versions? I can confirm that I am running the stock (Rogers / Fido) Android 4.4.2 which I believe is Kitkat? I am very interested in going either StockMOD or Dandroid, which as far as I can tell are 4.3 Jellybean? Can I do that?
Yes, you can run a 4.3 rom on your phone as long as you do not try to downgrade the bootloader.
You can go back to completely stock Rogers by using Odin to flash as stock kk rom from sammobile.com.
audit13 said:
Yes, you can run a 4.3 rom on your phone as long as you do not try to downgrade the bootloader.
You can go back to completely stock Rogers by using Odin to flash as stock kk rom from sammobile.com.
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Thanks for the reply. Regarding the bootloader, the versions of Android I'm looking to install say they need the 4.3 bootloader. How can I check which bootloader I am running on my phone?
If you're phone is running stock Rogers kit kit, you have a kit kat bootloader which you can't downgrade.
If the rom needs a 4.3 bootloader and since you have a newer bootloader, you can probably load the rom.
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I'm not totally sure which ROM to go with.
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Using the most recent build of the most popular ROM has it's advantages.
cm-12.1-20150807-NIGHTLY-d2att.zip
fast, light, stable, secure, supported
Hello folks.
I am new here and am not sure how it all works so please forgive me if I have posted in the wrong spot or am asking something that has been beaten to death already.
I have a AT&T GS3 I747 . I received the OTA 4.4.2 update for it and used it just fine. One day i got a bug in me to root and flash it. I rooted it, installed CWM 6.0.47 or something like that and installed Gummy Rom running kitKat 4.4.4.
I would love to return my phone to 4.4.2 with or without root. Is this possible? I have read and read to NOT take these backwards after JB 4.3
I have looked until I was blue in the face for a rom to use and am drawing blanks. I probably found one once and didnt know it. I can flash and all that and do it regularly, I just don't understand all the fancy lingo so I probably overlooked what I am looking for.
So bottom line, is it poissible for me to go back to stock 4.4.2? I would love a stock rom minus all the at&t bloatware since I will be unlocking it to straight talk.
Thanks for your time and once again, my apologies for dragging this all up again if it has been covered already.
First thing to do is update that custom recovery, or at least confirm you're on the latest version. I think that version you quoted is a little dated, and that has potential to cause you some problems flashing ROMs. An easy way to get and install the latest recovery is an app called Flashify.
Next have a look around the development section: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3-att/development
You'll find some debloated TW ROMs for that stock feel without the AT&T & Samsung junk along with plenty of other good ROMs to choose from.
It's wise of you to be cautious @DjPorkchop.
You are correct, you should never again downgrade your bootloader and modem, also called firmware and baseband. The very latest AT&T OTA updated bootloader and modem to NJ1, it is part of the 4.4.2 stock install. The OTA before that loaded NE4 bootloader and modem, they were also in a 4.4.2 stock rom, but you can not downgrade to them if you are on NJ1. AT&T has not issued an newer bootloader and modem than NJ1.
The good news is that the custom ROMs do not flash bootloaders and modems. You are safe to install even a 4.4.2 custom ROM on NJ1 firmware for this reason. There are stock system dumps available, with these you have to use caution because the bootloader and modem may be present, not always however. Talkingmonkeys has a TouchWiz based 4.4.2 ROM, TMS3KK, that is available in two versions, the second is heavily debloated. I am using the 4.3 Android version and will be soon updating to the heavily debloated 4.4.2 version. (He's still doing some minor theme tweaking on the newer version.)
How do I tell if I am on NJ1 or NE4? As I recall, I got the 4.4.2 update and all but immidiatly after had my phone shut off. I don't recall ever getting a 2nd update to 4.4.2 as long as my phone was active. I have been known to be wrong before though.
And I thank you much for the info. I will go check that thread out as soon as possible.
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How do I tell if I am on NJ1 or NE4? As I recall, I got the 4.4.2 update and all but immidiatly after had my phone shut off. I don't recall ever getting a 2nd update to 4.4.2 as long as my phone was active. I have been known to be wrong before though.
And I thank you much for the info. I will go check that thread out as soon as possible.
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There is a "Samsung Info" app in the PlayStore that will give you the info.
Or, in a terminal emulator you could enter:
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getprop ro. bootloader
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getprop | grep version.baseband
Thanks for letting me in on that app. It shows me on NE4.
So off I go to figure out what I am going to do to this phone. I am going to visit that thread you mentioned to me and see if I can make heads or tails of it and get a rom for this phone. I ike Gummy rom but it is a bit to much for me. I really want to get back to as close to stock as I can get safely without bricking my phone.
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Thanks for letting me in on that app. It shows me on NE4.
So off I go to figure out what I am going to do to this phone. I am going to visit that thread you mentioned to me and see if I can make heads or tails of it and get a rom for this phone. I ike Gummy rom but it is a bit to much for me. I really want to get back to as close to stock as I can get safely without bricking my phone.
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Ok so I revisited that page again and I can't make heads or tails of what to do. I know for certain I am on NE4. That is all I know. Any suggestions from that page to get me as close to stock as I can? I see there is a stock theme revert as well on that page.
Sorry to be such a pain. I am one of those guys that figured out how to root and flash and never should have.
Have a look here to return to stock: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3-att/general/ucuemjb-to-ucufne4-firmware-update-t2808654
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Ok so I revisited that page again and I can't make heads or tails of what to do. I know for certain I am on NE4. That is all I know. Any suggestions from that page to get me as close to stock as I can? I see there is a stock theme revert as well on that page.
Sorry to be such a pain. I am one of those guys that figured out how to root and flash and never should have.
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That room comes with a dark theme. The revert is not needed unless you want the lighter colored stock theme. I use the dark because, supposedly, a dark setup is a little easier on battery drain compared to light or white themes. I didn't install the extra battery mod, he had enough options built into the rom to suit me.
after 6 long frustrating hours i was able to fix it my self thanks for the reply and help xda frndz i did was my device bootloader and modem was already on the 4.4 build and i had installed a 4.3 rom over it that was causing the issue so from the upgrade to 4.4 thread the link i posted earlier i had file named as <UCUENE4_Restore_2> it was the stock 4.4 rom maybe but in the thread it was written that i have to update the bootloader & modem to NE4 before upgrading the rom so in my case the bootloader & modem was already on NE4 the rom was on 4.3 so when i flashed the (UCUENE4_Restore_2 ) file the rom updated to 4.4 baseband was back but no sound still so i downloaded the NE4 modem & bootloader file from androidfilehost.com and flashed it and after a factory wipe it was all ok
now every thing is working fine.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2549068
Heres my advice. GET A LIFEE Just kidding First, go and get your ROMs from a trusted source. SamMobile is GREAT! They have all stock ROMs ever created for every samsung smartphone, for free. All you have to do is create an account, which is also free. You can pay to get faster download speed (it takes about 40-60 minutes to download a ROM on free) After you are done creating your account, go and search samsung galaxy s3 and choose your carrier and model. Go to the latest rom. you can't downgrade/go lower than what you have (you cant go to 4.1.2 if you have/had 4.3, or go to 4.3 if you have/had 4.4.2), or that will brick your device (however, you can downgrade builds, which are mini updates which include bugfixing and so on). The latest version for most s3's is4.4.2. Its also the last major upgrade samsung will create (there will not be a 4.4.4, or even a lollipop version, unless your thinking CM12). You will also need to extract ALL files from the .zip(whether you have 2, or more files.) and insert them in the appropriate place in ODIN. i recommend using odin 3.07. Before you connect your device, put it in download mode, and make sure only F. reset time and auto reboot is checked. (if you have important files, you can disable F. reset time, as that will preserve them, but there is a risk of boot-loops) good luck with the procedure! If you have questions, feel free to PM me (my posts are not always clear) Leave a like if this post helps.
Sammobile will not have any ROMs for the i747 beyond 4.1.2 as AT&T never released a complete ROM beyond that version.