Rooted/Flashed my phone a long time. Constant bugs and errors. I really don't remember what all I did but I think I almost have it completely unrooted and back to stock. However, I can't update OTA. I've reflashed using this file, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2658486. Fixed just about all my issues and I actually have a lot of space on my phone. When I try to do the OTA Update, it doesn't install the update. Once it boots into recovery mode to install the update it gives an error. Can someone help my to 100% fully get my phone back to stock and be able to install OTA updates? I'm clueless.
First, did the 4.4.2 ota fail after a certain percentage? If so you may actually be partially updated already. If so, flashing MJB firmware/bootloader will hard brick.
Install and open Terminal Emulator and enter this:
getprop ro.bootloader
If it says MJB, you are still on 4.3 and can refresh that. If it says NE4, do not flash MJB!
If you can still flash MJB, there is a thread in General (I think that's where) that has the Odin flashable firmware package. Flash that with Odin and factory reset. Then try the OTA.
Factory resetting with stock recovery installed will wipe internal sd card, so back up first!
There are also a few threads in General that can help you update if the OTA continues to fail.
I'm unrooted. At least im pretty sure of that. I cant run superu anumore and root checker says im not rooted. Can I still access the terminal without being rooted. I know I had clockeork mod recovery. I also had used cyanogen mod at one point. Now I have the stock recovery but when I boot into recovery I get an error. I will post the error and install percentage as soon as the ota update downloads.
Yes, you can still run getprop w/o root. Just install terminal emulator by jackpal from the play store.
Yeah it said I747UCUEMJB. Like I said my recovery gives me an error. When I try flashing at all with odin it fails. Trying to install the ota update now. After it fails ill give the error recovery gives me. OTA update fails at 24%
Ok, booting into Android system recovery gives me a no command error than it shows the list of options. When I go to reboot system now, it gives me a no command error as well. Download mode used to give me an error, might only show up when attempting to flash something. However, these are the details of my ODIN Mode right now.
Product Name: SGH-I747
Custom Binary Download: Yes (1 Counts)
Current Binary Custom
System Status: Custom
QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE
Warranty Bit: 1
BOOTLOADER RP SWREV: 2
When you try to flash the firmware with Odin, what does it say in the message box?
Have you tried flashing TWRP via Odin?
A lot of people seem to be having issues with the OTA failing at 20-something percent. No idea why though. I know some found that their firmware was partially updated afterwards though, which is why they couldn't flash with Odin. Need to know what odin says about the failure to know for sure though.
You might need to factory reset btw.
I've already did a factory reset when I flashed this latest rom from that thread I posted.
Point me in the right direction of the firmware I need. I've got AT&T btw.
Try MJB firmware again. Im assuming that's what you tried to flash with odin earlier right? When/if it fails again, copy the text from the message box and paste it here.
So you want me to try flashing using Odin with that firmware I provided in that link? Like I said, ODIN on the pc gives me an error. I'll provide the error later when I get off work. Before I just put the firmware on my sd card, went into refovery mode and installed it from there.
From what I can see that is for flashing in recovery only. Of in only flashes .tar and .tar.md5 files.
This is the stock MJB firmware you can use in Odin:
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23329332407590581
Its from enewman17 in his how to update thread here (step 4):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=53563776
If you still want to update to 4.4.2, that thread has had a pretty good success rate from what I've seen.
Let me know if you have any ither questions about this.
I'll try ut as soon as I get home from work and posy my results. Thanks for the help so far!
Wow I think one of the reasons I couldn't use ODIN after trying to unroot, is because I never had turned on USB Debugging mode. You wanted me to just go through Step 4 for right now right? Just to get back to stock 4.3 AT&T S3 like right out the box?
Thanks so much Doc. After following step 4 on that thread I was able to Ota update!
DocHoliday77 said:
From what I can see that is for flashing in recovery only. Of in only flashes .tar and .tar.md5 files.
This is the stock MJB firmware you can use in Odin:
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23329332407590581
Its from enewman17 in his how to update thread here (step 4):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=53563776
If you still want to update to 4.4.2, that thread has had a pretty good success rate from what I've seen.
Let me know if you have any ither questions about this.
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Been using my newly updated S3 and now the Touchwiz Home stops on startup and resets my default app settings repeatedly. Not sure what's the deal, tried suggestions on diff sites and am trying a factory restore, wipe date, and wipe cache partition. Any clue how to fix this?
PS: Seen in Android System Recovery it says KOT49H.I747UFNE4. Should that be I747UCEMJB since that's what mine is and recovery still gives me no command when I start it up?
You said you had updated with the OTA so NE4 would be correct.
As for recovery, if you want to keep stock recovery, enewman17 has it available in one of his threads (in development section I think). Redland that by itself and it ought to be good to go.
Otherwise, use Odin to flash TWRP recovery.
Factory reset should take care of the launcher/home issue you mentioned. You may not be able to though since it sounds like recovery is corrupted. Fix recovery as I said above and then try the reset.
If you factory reset with stock recovery installed, it will wipe your internal sd card. With custom recovery it will not.
You could also try clearing data for Touchwiz Home in application management.
I am having issues updating OTA too. It gets to 100% and then says my phone will reboot in 5 seconds, then it reboots and some at&t logo with a % counter comes up, that gets to 100% then it reboots into Android and it still says 4.3...what am I doing wrong? Anyone have any advice? Many thanks if so.
Thats a new one for me...how exactly are you going about updating? Are you using one of the threads here? Have you recently modified anything?
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Thats a new one for me...how exactly are you going about updating? Are you using one of the threads here? Have you recently modified anything?
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I am trying to update by going to settings --> more --> about device --> software update. Not using a thread, no. I was rooted and uninstalled google books and newsstand then unrooted and did a factory reset in stock recovery because I found out that if you are rooted the OTA update won't take. I am 100% bone stock now except for the 2 bloatware apps I uninstalled. I have since reinstalled them via the play store , but I hear they need to be system apps?
They do, but they also need to be the same versions that were originally included. If you get them from the store they'll be updated and will cause the ota to fail.
my work requires encryption. i was on slimkatv22 at the time and had to encrypt. as encryption kept failing, i went back to stock. way back to stock.
so i'm running
JZO54K.I317UCAMH3 ROM
TEAMWIN Recovery
I317UCUCNE5 Bootloader
with Root and Busybox installed.
everytime i try to update via device update, it downloads, reboots and runs TWRP, I decrypt using password, reboots and the update fails with "Update Interrupted" message.
Is there a way to update ROM and keep encryption?
You can't OTA stock ROMs without stock recovery.
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You can't OTA stock ROMs without stock recovery.
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Thanks for your response. I tried updating ROM via ODIN and was not successful. Always got stuck in boot logo after i flashed new ROM.
Is there a stock recovery I should flash over TWRP to try?
Thanks for your help.
I have never used encryption so I can't really help if there are specifics around that. What exactly are you trying to install through Odin? If it's the firmware such as THIS it should overwrite the custom recovery with the stock one. If the stock ROM isn't booting you might have to boot into recovery and factory reset/wipe dalvik cache. This is my first Samsung phone so if nothing helps someone else who'd like to offer their assistance would probably be more knowledgeable.
I was going back to stock, which I guess, was mostly successful. however, I've not been able to install new ROM, namely 4.4.2 I317UCUCNE5. so if I install from your link, that should overwrite custom recovery and allow me to upgrade to 4.4.2 ROM either OTA or via Odin?
Maybe? Using the OTA always tells me there isn't an update (cause I'm on T-Mobile I guess?) and I haven't seen any files to update to Kitkat firmware through Odin
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2618447
i'm going to try this.
thanks,
miserly said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2618447
i'm going to try this.
thanks,
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haven't had time to try. tbutbut i noticed that foxfi doesn't work even though i'm rooted. i searched for tether and doesn't seem to be a working solution for a free app.
SOLVED
finally got around to following the directions from dicksteele and voila! i'm on 4.4.2!
thanks all!
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have a gs3 that was on 4.1.2, it is rooted and had a custom recovery but stock rom. i started the ota update which i assume was 4.4.2 took about 30-40mins to download then not thinking i started the process but failed cause i had a custom recovery. so i used the tool kit and put the stock recovery back on the phone. now i cant get it to show the ota update, just says system up to date. ive tried factory resetting. ive tried changing the date on the phone, all that does it says connecting to dm server. will it not download that update again since it downloaded it once or whats going on? just want the stock 4.4.2 on the phone.
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have a gs3 that was on 4.1.2, it is rooted and had a custom recovery but stock rom. i started the ota update which i assume was 4.4.2 took about 30-40mins to download then not thinking i started the process but failed cause i had a custom recovery. so i used the tool kit and put the stock recovery back on the phone. now i cant get it to show the ota update, just says system up to date. ive tried factory resetting. ive tried changing the date on the phone, all that does it says connecting to dm server. will it not download that update again since it downloaded it once or whats going on? just want the stock 4.4.2 on the phone.
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You might try KIES. That's how I upgraded from a rooted stock JB, to stock KitKat (unrooted)
Or follow enewman17's thread in the General section.
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So the other day I sucessfully rooted my phone by flashing SuperSU with a tethered CWM recovery. Unfortunately, I made the mistake of performing an OTA while the phone was rooted, causing a bootloop. I managed to get the device up and running by reflashing the bootloader, recovery, and a pre-rooted system.img. However, I now would like to get the phone back to how it was out of the box so I can get OTA updates. How can I do this? My phone is a ZE551ML WW.
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So the other day I sucessfully rooted my phone by flashing SuperSU with a tethered CWM recovery. Unfortunately, I made the mistake of performing an OTA while the phone was rooted, causing a bootloop. I managed to get the device up and running by reflashing the bootloader, recovery, and a pre-rooted system.img. However, I now would like to get the phone back to how it was out of the box so I can get OTA updates. How can I do this? My phone is a ZE551ML WW.
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just flash stock rom from Asus download desk and flash it via adb...Btw u can get updates on this one too but just make sure you un-root first before applying any OTA and yeah don't delete any bloatware or system app
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just flash stock rom from Asus download desk and flash it via adb
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I can't seem to get my computer to recognize the phone while it is in recovery mode. ADB works fine when booted into android though.
I was able to update the phone by putting the zip file in internal storage. Everything seems to be normal now.
Does it no longer work? I've the correct drivers installed. I pulled the firmware straight from Sammobile. I flash through download mode, but after the restart, it just sits at "Samsung". That is with Kit Kat. With Lollipop firmware, I just get application and UI crashes on welcome screen.
You need to wipe data in recovery first.
This will solve both issues, the crash in lollipop and the downgrade to kitkat.
ashyx said:
You need to wipe data in recovery first.
This will solve both issues, the crash in lollipop and the downgrade to kitkat.
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Well, all I've got available to me is download mode. So, I should try and get TWRP back onto it, wipe, then flash firmware via download mode? I'm coming from BlissPop, trying to bring it back to stock Kit Kat, so I can sell it. xD I tried flashing autoroot, but I don't think it works, as it only boots into download, not TWRP.
UPDATE: I totally forgot the device had it's only recovery with options. Lmao. Sorry. Thanks.