Here is the ota file I just pulled from my s3. It's a cfg file though, and the recommended way to install is via adb sideload.
Stock users please test it. People who are rooted, use xposed, TiBu to freeze bloat, tell me how to update without a factory reset. I have already tried unrooting and using stock recovery, I am now unfreezing all bloat and uninstall xposed to see if it works.
https://mega.co.nz/#!W0JHQKAK!pA52fCAkUxTMia9A21KL1TrR8bmJT10jhNlBvn5j-Mk
Devs, is there a way to modify the update script so it doesn't check for modified system status? I'm worried I can't update because of tripped knox and if so I'm screwed
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Here is the ota file I just pulled from my s3. It's a cfg file though, and the recommended way to install is via adb sideload.
Stock users please test it. People who are rooted, use xposed, TiBu to freeze bloat, tell me how to update without a factory reset. I have already tried unrooting and using stock recovery, I am now unfreezing all bloat and uninstall xposed to see if it works.
https://mega.co.nz/#!PJ40jDCY!I2A0Di...381MaXx3_0dl8I
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Can you please PM @DocHoliday77 to help him build the Stock ROM for us? He does not have the AT&T Device, but can surely help us in building the ROM. Greatness of him!!
He may ask for some other files for building AT&T ROM for us. If he can build the ROM for us, then we dont have to take the pains of testing the CFG file!!
Thanks man!!
Thank you for sharing this. We'll be hard at work on this now
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bkong said:
Here is the ota file I just pulled from my s3. It's a cfg file though, and the recommended way to install is via adb sideload.
Stock users please test it. People who are rooted, use xposed, TiBu to freeze bloat, tell me how to update without a factory reset. I have already tried unrooting and using stock recovery, I am now unfreezing all bloat and uninstall xposed to see if it works.
https://mega.co.nz/#!PJ40jDCY!I2A0Di...381MaXx3_0dl8I
Devs, is there a way to modify the update script so it doesn't check for modified system status? I'm worried I can't update because of tripped knox and if so I'm screwed
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Anybody have this hosted on a different mirror? The link asks me for a decryption key.
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Anybody have this hosted on a different mirror? The link asks me for a decryption key.
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Wait until later tonight or tomorrow when enewman17 or docholiday release a flashable
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@bkong
Link is bad, clicking it links to a url with "..." in the middle
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@bkong
Link is bad, clicking it links to a url with "..." in the middle
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reuploaded it with new link, does it work now?
I'm also waiting for a flashable zip because I can't get adb working and ota fails every damn time.
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reuploaded it with new link, does it work now?
I'm also waiting for a flashable zip because I can't get adb working and ota fails every damn time.
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you can't just flash an update.zip through stock recovery?
Appears to be working! I've got someone who is going to try to get me everything I need to build a rom from the AT&T release, so if all goes well I should have it up this afternoon! :fingers-crossed:
Success!
used the odin flashable 4.3 file from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2722660 , went back to stock 4.3 and then used the OTA provided by the OP to get to 4.4.2
edit: please wait for the devs to work their magic to get fully working and easily flashable roms
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you can't just flash an update.zip through stock recovery?
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I believe that wipes all your data so I wanted to avoid that, and it might not work according to some peoples experience,
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Appears to be working! I've got someone who is going to try to get me everything I need to build a rom from the AT&T release, so if all goes well I should have it up this afternoon! :fingers-crossed:
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Awesome, will this be an odin flashable tar that will keep your data? I have been struggling for the past few hours trying to update without losing all my data. I flashed this rom [http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2498233] that is stock and includes knox but Adb doesn't work for me and the at&t software update says its up to date, which its not, so I think the rom might have a problem, and I'm trying to figure out how to reinstall twrp so I can restore my backup but knox is blocking me. Hopefully I can just odin your rom and towelroot and be done with it.
DocHoliday77 said:
Appears to be working! I've got someone who is going to try to get me everything I need to build a rom from the AT&T release, so if all goes well I should have it up this afternoon! :fingers-crossed:
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could you make an update.zip for users with stock recovery as well?
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I believe that wipes all your data so I wanted to avoid that, and it might not work according to some peoples experience,
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OTA shouldn't wipe any of your data. The way it works is it patches the existing files on your device with any changes to bring it up to date. Shouldn't touch any user data at all.
Awesome, will this be an odin flashable tar that will keep your data? I have been struggling for the past few hours trying to update without losing all my data. I flashed this rom [http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2498233] that is stock and includes knox but Adb doesn't work for me and the at&t software update says its up to date, which its not, so I think the rom might have a problem, and I'm trying to figure out how to reinstall twrp so I can restore my backup but knox is blocking me. Hopefully I can just odin your rom and towelroot and be done with it.
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It'll be recovery flashable. Im not sure yet if Ill be trying to create an Odin flashable one. Will need to have someone pull the system.img slightly differently if I do. (Would need to Odin flash 4.3, flash TWRP, boot straight to recovery and flash the OTA, then while still in recovery dump the partition.) Even then, no guarantee it would work quite right. These things can be a little finicky.
How is Knox blocking TWRP though? You should be able to flash that via Odin. Since you updated using the OTA though, every time you reboot, it will rewrite the stock recovery. So when you flash TWRP via Odin, uncheck the Auto Reboot box, then after the flash is successful, pull the battery. Then put it back in and boot straight to recovery and flash your rom.
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could you make an update.zip for users with stock recovery as well?
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I will try. No guarantees though. Its been a long time since I've messed with OTA's, so I'm not completely sure I will remember exactly what to do with it. I should be able to do it though. Just not making promises!
bkong said:
I believe that wipes all your data so I wanted to avoid that, and it might not work according to some peoples experience,
Awesome, will this be an odin flashable tar that will keep your data? I have been struggling for the past few hours trying to update without losing all my data. I flashed this rom [http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2498233] that is stock and includes knox but Adb doesn't work for me and the at&t software update says its up to date, which its not, so I think the rom might have a problem, and I'm trying to figure out how to reinstall twrp so I can restore my backup but knox is blocking me. Hopefully I can just odin your rom and towelroot and be done with it.
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Not sure whether you can use Mobile Odin Pro to do that. Extracting the file from the OTA.zip and renaming it from 2400258.cfg to 2400258.zip makes it recognized in MOP, and the options are there to avoid the wipe, but I know earlier OTAs like that did wipe.
Note - I have only gone so far as loading it into MOP; waiting to see if someone more foolhardy than me is willing to actually do it.
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Not sure whether you can use Mobile Odin Pro to do that. Extracting the file from the OTA.zip and renaming it from 2400258.cfg to 2400258.zip makes it recognized in MOP, and the options are there to avoid the wipe, but I know earlier OTAs like that did wipe.
Note - I have only gone so far as loading it into MOP; waiting to see if someone more foolhardy than me is willing to actually do it.
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Tempted to try it (flash through stock recovery) but not my phone lol
Unless MO is written to specifically handle it, it will probably fail. (Im not sure if it is or isn't)
Sorry if I was misinformed about it wiping data. On TMobile neither OTA's or flashing in Odin ever wipes data. Afaik, Odin will only wipe data if there is a data.img included in the .tar file. Our OTA's have never touched anything but dalvik on the data partition either from what I remember.
DocHoliday77 said:
Unless MO is written to specifically handle it, it will probably fail. (Im not sure if it is or isn't)
Sorry if I was misinformed about it wiping data. On TMobile neither OTA's or flashing in Odin ever wipes data. Afaik, Odin will only wipe data if there is a data.img included in the .tar file. Our OTA's have never touched anything but dalvik on the data partition either from what I remember.
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Let me be more precise; the technique I was talking about is found at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1767827 and applies the OTA in a way that wipes. Not sure whether MO would do the same or not; I haven't played with it since the upgrade to 4.3 last year and my memory is hazy.
Just tried and ADB sideload of this file to my S3. After renaming the .cfg file to .zip.
I get an "assert failed" on "getprop("ro.product.device") == "d2att""
Any suggestions? I'm wondering if the phone is reporting something other than d2att?
So no one tested this via stock recovery? Need to know if the update can be done through stock recovery.
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Let me be more precise; the technique I was talking about is found at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1767827 and applies the OTA in a way that wipes. Not sure whether MO would do the same or not; I haven't played with it since the upgrade to 4.3 last year and my memory is hazy.
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Just tried this method.
I got the assert failure again, and it happily wiped my internal SD but didn't install the OTA.
Good thing I'm not using this device for anything critical, I'd be rather pissed off.
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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
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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.
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I think you can't get that off of samfirware.com I think that's the site
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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
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you need CWMR (clockwork mod recovery) I don't know how to do that with this phone
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Or maybe you need to use Samsung kies you should be able to get it from the same site
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jayjayjoker2 said:
Or maybe you need to use Samsung kies you should be able to get it from the same site
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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....
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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"...
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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"...
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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
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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
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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?
I am putting together a quick guide on how to update your Stock ROM, Rooted, custom recovery T-Mo GSIII without having to wipe your phone.
You will need:
- Kies (If your phone has not prompted you to install the OTA yet, Kies will download and attempt to install it for you) (http://org.downloadcenter.samsung.c.../20120809103126135/Kies_2.3.2.12074_13_13.exe)
- ODIN 3.7 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1270006&stc=1&d=1345396888)
- STOCK T-Mo GSIII recovery.img (I extracted this from the stock ODIN image for T-Mo) (http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1269983&stc=1&d=1345396186)
- TWRP or CWM ODIN Flash-able recovery (CWM - http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1269979&stc=1&d=1345396186 , TWRP - http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1269980&stc=1&d=1345396186)
- Recovery flashable SuperSU root package (http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1269984&stc=1&d=1345396186)
SO, place your phone in download mode (Vol Down + Home + Power), and via ODIN, flash the "Stock-Recovery-Image(Working T-Mobile T999).tar" image. ( This is putting the stock recovery back on your phone so the update can install).
When it reboots, either select yes to allow the OTA update to install (if your phone is already aware there is an update) on your phone, OR plug you phone into your PC and allow Kies to prompt you to update your firmware. Select yes and allow the OTA to install.
Once completed, your phone is updated without having to wipe, but you have lost root and customer recovery, so.....
Again, in Download mode, Flash either of the provided ODIN flash-able custom recoveries (TWRP, or CWM) I prefer TWRP
Once that is complete, you can reboot your phone into the new recovery (Vol UP + Home + Power)
Once in recovery, flash the SuperSU.zip package and Voila, all done, Triangle away and you in cool runnings.
Let me know if I need to clarify anything here. It makes sense to me, but then again, I fumbled through it to figure it out and extract the right recoveries and set permissions etc.....
Please hit the thanks button if this helped you in any way
Hans
Nice instructions, but I'm going to wait a few days. I'm want to see if the dev that did the flash and root without tripping the flash counter will do the same for the new firmware. I'm still not too keen on custom recoveries yet even though I backed up my IMEI, so I just want to be rooted. If not, I'll use your guide.:good:
Wildchld already released it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1838101
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Wildchld already released it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1838101
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But with Wildchild's it's a complete ROM (650-700MB), correct? Are you not wiping when you flash his?
Actually I'm not 100% that you need to do a full wipe, but I'm guessing you probably should. Depends on what's different. You can always nabdroid and give it a shot. I will later if I have time.
Anyway, I was more responding to the post above mine about stock with root than to the op. Sorry if shoulda been a little more clear on that.
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i might wait. finally got google now and google wallet working and i dont want to mess it up lol
RotaryXperiment7 said:
i might wait. finally got google now and google wallet working and i dont want to mess it up lol
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What did you have to modify to get them working? Like I said before, I made this little method so you did not have to wipe your phone to get the OTA installed.
The only thing I could see that would cause the OTA to break wallet, or Google now would be that if you have to modify pieces in the /system/ directory that would be overwritten. The only thing I had to do after updating was re-flash my little installer for international boot image, re-remove Carrier IQ as it was added back, and revert the googlesearch.apk to the earlier backed up version (functioning unified search) with titanium. Outside of that I run a pretty tight ship as far as system modifications go outside of root and root privileged programs.
had to edit build pro for wallet
Thanks op, this worked great for me! Updated and rooted again...
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I tried several times but couldent unroot my phone. I even tried through the root kit by mskip. I think the problem may be that I got my phone unlocked, not using an unlock code but some other method (all I know about this method is that my phone says"restricted access" for a few seconds upon restarting.)
Any suggestions on how to unroot? Also, if I unroot, will I loose the unlock?
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I tried several times but couldent unroot my phone. I even tried through the root kit by mskip. I think the problem may be that I got my phone unlocked, not using an unlock code but some other method (all I know about this method is that my phone says"restricted access" for a few seconds upon restarting.)
Any suggestions on how to unroot? Also, if I unroot, will I loose the unlock?
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I think the best method to unroot your phone will be to ODIN it back to the stock T-Mobile image. (Overwrites EVERYTHING, probably your unlock as well).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1737855
Above is the link to the stock image.
Apologies, in general, but I feel you may have the wrong thread if your looking to unroot your phone. That is off topic on what is being discussed here.
has anyone tried this and kept google wallet and google now working? Any troubles?
I'm wanting to update but I'm rooted withthose two apps finally up and running.
arts711 said:
has anyone tried this and kept google wallet and google now working? Any troubles?
I'm wanting to update but I'm rooted withthose two apps finally up and running.
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I would assume the build.prop file will be overwritten. So its possible you would need to modify after updating. May not be any way around it.
If you want to test for others, make nandroid backup , upgrade and test. If it works, update us. If not, update us
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I would assume the build.prop file will be overwritten. So its possible you would need to modify after updating. May not be any way around it.
If you want to test for others, make nandroid backup , upgrade and test. If it works, update us. If not, update us
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So (in case this all doesn't work out) to restore via nandroid, just root and apply right?
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I would assume the build.prop file will be overwritten. So its possible you would need to modify after updating. May not be any way around it.
If you want to test for others, make nandroid backup , upgrade and test. If it works, update us. If not, update us
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You are correct about build.prop being overwritten.
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arts711 said:
So (in case this all doesn't work out) to restore via nandroid, just root and apply right?
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Well if it doesn't work (Which I think it won't), you don't need to worry about restoring root. You just need to flash a custom recovery to revert your nandroid backup. Your root and customization will come back with that.
But with some of the added features that come with the update, I would say don't look back. Upgrade to the latest, then reapply your customization to get wallet and all working again.
IF you have to revert your nandroid back, make sure to do a factory wipe before you revert to your backup.
thanks! i'll give it a shot this weekend once i get more time.
I've used two different versions of Odin and two different T-Mobile stock recoveries (other one is here), and I can't get stock recovery to replace CWM on my GS3. Odin reports that the flash is successful, but when it reboots, ROM Manager still shows me as having latest CWM Touch, and the T-Mo update fails. I'm attempting the update via Kies right now, but I anticipate failure due to CWM still being installed as recovery.
-- I have Cerberus anti-theft installed, but I don't see anything about protecting recovery.
-- I have Busybox installed, but that shouldn't affect recovery.
Any ideas?
EDIT: Interestingly enough, where the OTA update failed, the Kies update went smooth as silk. Now to re-root and remove bloatware!
RaymondPJR said:
Nice instructions, but I'm going to wait a few days. I'm want to see if the dev that did the flash and root without tripping the flash counter will do the same for the new firmware. I'm still not too keen on custom recoveries yet even though I backed up my IMEI, so I just want to be rooted. If not, I'll use your guide.:good:
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Are you referring to MrRobinson's rooting method? I'm waiting for it too.
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Im unable to update. I used Odin to flash the stock recovery, then downloaded the update via settings-> about device-> software update. Installing reboots the phone but then fails and reverts to current state. I can't update through kies also bc it just says "connecting", no errors. I tried uninstalling/reinstalling drivers but kies never completes connecting. Any help?
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EDIT: I uninstalled all my samsung drivers and Kies from "Programs and Features" in win7, deleted Samsung folders from HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and HKEY_CURRENT_USER. Reinstalled Kies and connected my phone to install the drivers. Kies was stuck in the connecting loop still, so I unmounted my sd card, turned on USB debugging and Kies finally connected and asked to upgrade. Upgrading at this moment.
I'm trying to update to 4.1.2 and I'm getting "apply_patch_check("system/lib/libwebrtc_audio_preprocessing.so" as not being the original file.
I have no idea what changed that or how I can return it to normal. Any ideas?
Not enough information.
Was your phone completely stock and unaltered before you tried going to 4.1.2? What method are you using to get to 4.1.2?
garyd9 said:
Not enough information.
Was your phone completely stock and unaltered before you tried going to 4.1.2? What method are you using to get to 4.1.2?
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I was on stock, then used CF-AutoRoot. Pretty much nothing besides that. According to other threads, if I used voodoo OTA and just unfreeze the AT&T apps it should work, it has for them.
Would this be due to some other root app?
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I was on stock, then used CF-AutoRoot. Pretty much nothing besides that. According to other threads, if I used voodoo OTA and just unfreeze the AT&T apps it should work, it has for them.
Would this be due to some other root app?
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Okay.. so you were NOT completely stock. You also didn't mention what method you used for the update. Was it pushed to you over the air, or did you download it and copy it to your phone?
If you are following instructions from other threads on the update, then you might consider posting this question on one of those other threads.
I can tell you what *I* did, but I won't support that: I used ODIN to get my phone 100% back to stock (ODIN to replace the stock firmware/kernel/recovery, factory reset to erase the phone) and then installed the update via external SD. After the update was installed, I used ODIN to replace recovery, and then used that recovery to re-root and restore my backups.
Take care
Gary
garyd9 said:
Okay.. so you were NOT completely stock. You also didn't mention what method you used for the update. Was it pushed to you over the air, or did you download it and copy it to your phone?
If you are following instructions from other threads on the update, then you might consider posting this question on one of those other threads.
I can tell you what *I* did, but I won't support that: I used ODIN to get my phone 100% back to stock (ODIN to replace the stock firmware/kernel/recovery, factory reset to erase the phone) and then installed the update via external SD. After the update was installed, I used ODIN to replace recovery, and then used that recovery to re-root and restore my backups.
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Sorry.
And no, I guess not completely stock. Just CF-AutoRoot.
I tried both OTA update and copying the update to my /cache and using ODIN. Where is where I was getting the error.
If I flash back to stock and don't factory reset/erase my phone, would this still fix any modded files like audio_preprocessing in my /system/? Flashing back to a stock ROM won't erase my apps/settings correct? I'm still pretty new to this.
What backup method did you use? ADB nandroid or something like Titanium?
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I tried both OTA update and copying the update to my /cache and using ODIN. Where is where I was getting the error.
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That statement is confusing. You got the error trying the OTA or when updating via a manual copy to /cache?
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If I flash back to stock and don't factory reset/erase my phone, would this still fix any modded files like audio_preprocessing in my /system/?
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If you flash back to stock via ODIN, it should completely rewrite everything in /system to revert it back to factory (as well as unroot your device.)
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Flashing back to a stock ROM won't erase my apps/settings correct? I'm still pretty new to this.
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It shouldn't, but that doesn't mean it won't. That's why I'm a big fan of backing things up.
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What backup method did you use? ADB nandroid or something like Titanium?
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I have an external memory card and use TWRP (replacement recovery) to backup. I ALSO backup with titanium backup pro to the external sdcard.
Gary
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 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
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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.
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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
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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."
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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."
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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")
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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?
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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?
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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
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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
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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?
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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so how's the rom so far? probably going to get it myself.
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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.
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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.
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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
Just got it on my htc one... for use on stock rom/stock recovery....
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23622183712466856
RUU coming too
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2867643
Can I use the zip u provided to update? I'm totally stock. S-on. On 4.4.2. And how to do it it's been years for me. Thought I needed a .pmg file?
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Can I use the zip u provided to update? I'm totally stock. S-on. On 4.4.2. And how to do it it's been years for me. Thought I needed a .pmg file?
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If you are s-on, you can't flash anything custom or stock. You will need to root and s-off first. Or you could take the ota if all you want is the update. If you want to get some customization on there...you should do some reading through the threads. Things are a bit different since a few years ago and this phone doesn't have an external sd card...
Sent from my Lunar Ecliptic One.
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Can I use the zip u provided to update? I'm totally stock. S-on. On 4.4.2. And how to do it it's been years for me. Thought I needed a .pmg file?
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First link is 100% stock and will work on stock recovery. Just place it on the phone storage or SD and boot to stock recovery. Choose the appropriate "apply update from" and then point to that file.
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If you are s-on, you can't flash anything custom or stock. You will need to root and s-off first. Or you could take the ota if all you want is the update. If you want to get some customization on there...you should do some reading through the threads. Things are a bit different since a few years ago and this phone doesn't have an external sd card...
Sent from my Lunar Ecliptic One.
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every time i try to get into the recovery menu i just get a picture of the phone with a red triangle and exclamation point.
Any idea if towelroot works with this update? I noticed that the update notes on the vzw website says "Device root vulnerability issue has been resolved"
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every time i try to get into the recovery menu i just get a picture of the phone with a red triangle and exclamation point.
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That is your stock recovery. Stock recovery is not meant to go into like custom ones. It's used for ota's, factory resets, and that's about it.
Sent from my Lunar Ecliptic One.
got "invalid operation" when trying to update with the zip file, it is on device storage, any ideas? does the zip need to be renamed?
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got "invalid operation" when trying to update with the zip file, it is on device storage, any ideas? does the zip need to be renamed?
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When flashing an OTA everything has to be bone stock. If you have stock tethering enabled, Xposed Framework installed, or files missing from /system/apps, it will fail.
That's a bummer. I'm totally stock. Just changed fonts, that's it. Guess it just won't go. thanks
I restored stock recovery and stock hotspot and the OTA still won't install properly -- I'm not sure what I'm missing. Is there any way to flash the OTA when rooted without wiping my phone?
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I restored stock recovery and stock hotspot and the OTA still won't install properly -- I'm not sure what I'm missing. Is there any way to flash the OTA when rooted without wiping my phone?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2485319
Flash in trwp the full odex ROM. I don't know if updating via ota while rooted will work. I know unlock and s-off doesn't matter from personal experience.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2485319
Flash in trwp the full odex ROM. I don't know if updating via ota while rooted will work. I know unlock and s-off doesn't matter from personal experience.
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In the past, simply restoring stock recovery, updating normally, and then flashing a custom recovery was enough. Doesn't seem to work this time, or there's simply some customization I've forgotten about.
If I'm not mistaken, just the presence of the su binary can be enough to abort an official ota. If you have the official OTA zip and attempt flashing through the stock recovery and it fails, the error message should give some indication of the problem. The script runs a check on the contents of /system and if anything is off it will fail.
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If I'm not mistaken, just the presence of the su binary can be enough to abort an official ota. If you have the official OTA zip and attempt flashing through the stock recovery and it fails, the error message should give some indication of the problem. The script runs a check on the contents of /system and if anything is off it will fail.
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Su is fine. It simply won't work afterwords. Any other system changes will cause it to fail though.
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Su is fine. It simply won't work afterwords. Any other system changes will cause it to fail though.
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So I have TWRP, root, s-off, and XPosed installed. Verizon sent me the OTA update, but I need to return everything to stock before I do anything with the update? I'm a little dense here...
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So I have TWRP, root, s-off, and XPosed installed. Verizon sent me the OTA update, but I need to return everything to stock before I do anything with the update? I'm a little dense here...
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Disable xposed. Flash stock recovery and take the ota. Then flash custom recovery via Fastboot and flash su.zip in Twrp.
Assuming of course you made no other /system mods other than root and xposed.