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I bought a T-Mobile Galaxy S 3 LTE with model number SGH-T999L. I used Odin V3 1.85 to flash TWRP recovery and CyanogenMod 10.0.0.
Everything went well but my camera doesn't work. On launching the camera, I get a "Can't connect to camera" error and it quits. The same behavior is observed when using other camera apps. I tried the instructions in this thread(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2239414) but it did not fix my problem. I now want to go back to my stock ROM. I successfully downloaded and flashed stock recovery using Odin. However, Odin fails when I try to flash the stock ROM obtained from the samsung website. It gives me a "write failed" error and stops. Any tips or suggestions to help me out would be appreciated. Thanks
Is it supposed to use T999 firmware?
Only odin flash T999L firmware. I dont see it released yet at samsing-updates.com though.
Maybe samfirmware.com? I can look later.
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newidforu said:
I bought a T-Mobile Galaxy S 3 LTE with model number SGH-T999L. I used Odin V3 1.85 to flash TWRP recovery and CyanogenMod 10.0.0.
Everything went well but my camera doesn't work. On launching the camera, I get a "Can't connect to camera" error and it quits. The same behavior is observed when using other camera apps. I tried the instructions in this thread(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2239414) but it did not fix my problem. I now want to go back to my stock ROM. I successfully downloaded and flashed stock recovery using Odin. However, Odin fails when I try to flash the stock ROM obtained from the samsung website. It gives me a "write failed" error and stops. Any tips or suggestions to help me out would be appreciated. Thanks
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Why not reflash the stock ODIN flash rom and make sure it all works ok for you, that will tell you exactly what the problem is.
If the stock rom is working properly, then there is only one thing left which is the culprit and that is the CM10/AOKP/AOSP
or PORTED roms which many people seem to like flashing.
The CM10/AOKP/AOSP and ported roms are excellent if you are a developer or if you like to do a lot of experimentation with your phone.
So the thing to do now is reboot your phone to recovery mode, do a "Factory Reset", "Wipe Cache", "Wipe System" and "Wipe Dalvik".
When that's done Open Odin and put the stock rooted T999 Tmobile Jellybean 4.1.2 into Odin's PDA slot, go into download mode
and once you see Odin is connected to the phone start the flash. Have patience for the phone to boot after its done flashing.
Here is the stock rooted Odin flash T999 Tmobile Jellybean 4.1.2 rom that you can download if you like: T999_UVDMD5
Official JB Firmware - Latest JB 4.1.2 Firmware
My suggestion to you is to only flash Samsung T999 Tmobile stock based Jellybean 4.1.1 or 4.1.2 roms in the future.
But who am I to say whats best..... This is just my personal opinion...... Which usually is not worth a dime. LOL
Sorry, but untill we know more about it, I would not flash T999 firmware onto the T999L.
Its only been out a day and tgey are different model phones with different hardware.
If you decide to try anyway, please post your results
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DocHoliday77 said:
Sorry, but untill we know more about it, I would not flash T999 firmware onto the T999L.
Its only been out a day and tgey are different model phones with different hardware.
If you decide to try anyway, please post your results
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I am a newbie. I thought the T999 was the same as the T999L. That would explain why Odin doesnt flash stock T999 onto my device. Can anyone here post a link to the stock SGH-T999L ROM?
Just did a quick check and I dont see that the firmware has been made available for download yet.
If you want stock I would flash one of the stock based custom roms via recovery for now.
Out of curiosity, what is your current baseband version?
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DocHoliday77 said:
Just did a quick check and I dont see that the firmware has been made available for download yet.
If you want stock I would flash one of the stock based custom roms via recovery for now.
Out of curiosity, what is your current baseband version?
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Baseband version is T999LUVAMB7. Still waiting for stock ROM to be released on samsung-updates or sammobile.
newidforu said:
Baseband version is T999LUVAMB7. Still waiting for stock ROM to be released on samsung-updates or sammobile.
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I had the same issue with the same phone. Got it 2 weeks ago haha. Did you happen to make a backup first using CWM Recovery? If so, you can just restore that backup and you'll have your camera functionality back. It's pretty annoying switching back and forth from CM10.1 back to stock just to take pictures but Rom manager makes it pretty quick and effortless.
Actually now that I think of it, they prob wont release the original firmware. Seems like the first build is never available, only when an update is released do we get firmware we csn download.
I am working with another member on getting something going for the T999L, but right now we are stuck until a verified safe method of rooting is found. (Dont want to flash a recovery or cf autoroot w/o knowing it wont screw something up)
Itll happen, but we just gotta be patient.
Just reread the op and see that you say you flashed TWRP. So you were able to initially gain root without any problems?
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DocHoliday77 said:
Actually now that I think of it, they prob wont release the original firmware. Seems like the first build is never available, only when an update is released do we get firmware we csn download.
I am working with another member on getting something going for the T999L, but right now we are stuck until a verified safe method of rooting is found. (Dont want to flash a recovery or cf autoroot w/o knowing it wont screw something up)
Itll happen, but we just gotta be patient.
Just reread the op and see that you say you flashed TWRP. So you were able to initially gain root without any problems?
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I used Odin to flash Clockwork Mod recovery first. I did not like Clockwork Mod's interface and reflashed with TWRP. I had no problems to gain root with either of these methods. I also tried Cyanogenmod stable 10.0.0 and then 10.1 RC2 without any problems. As far as I can tell, all apps work except for the camera. One word of caution though. As you can see from my posts, I am new and dont know what I am doing. I might have just gotten lucky since my device is still unbricked. I had only one "scary" moment during the entire process. I used TWRP to wipe my phone clean and was stuck with no OS install file. ADB sideload did not work since it could not recognize the device at that point. Luckily, I had a micro SD card lying around and was able to put in a new OS install file using my laptop and then TWRP was able to handle it.
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faytx1 said:
I had the same issue with the same phone. Got it 2 weeks ago haha. Did you happen to make a backup first using CWM Recovery? If so, you can just restore that backup and you'll have your camera functionality back. It's pretty annoying switching back and forth from CM10.1 back to stock just to take pictures but Rom manager makes it pretty quick and effortless.
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Wish I had made a backup! Could you zip up the files contained inside "/system/cameradata/" folder and post a link here? It would help me and anyone else with the same problem restore the camera's functionality. In case you want to try it out, follow the instructions in this link but using the files from your stock backup
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2239414
newidforu said:
Wish I had made a backup! Could you zip up the files contained inside "/system/cameradata/" folder and post a link here? It would help me and anyone else with the same problem restore the camera's functionality. In case you want to try it out, follow the instructions in this link but using the files from your stock backup
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2239414
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Here is the cameradata folder from the T999L.
http://d-h.st/Ciy
Good Luck!
How did you get Cyanogenmod installed on the t999l every time i try it aborts with status 7
Mine was failing with this same error. I reverted back to stock, re rooted, then downloaded the flash directly to the phones internal storage. Worked like a champ. I think in my case, there is an issue with the SD card, its kind of old.
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Beefstew said:
Mine was failing with this same error. I reverted back to stock, re rooted, then downloaded the flash directly to the phones internal storage. Worked like a champ. I think in my case, there is an issue with the SD card, its kind of old.
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You reverted to stock on the T999L? please exspain how that was done
Re flashed stock ROM using Odin. I believe I got the file from Samsung's website, but I'm not positive of that. I do know its huge, over 1 gig. If you need help with the re flash I know there are already how to's on here about that, so I won't go into it here.
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You must be using a T999 as your sig indicates, not a T999L. Am I correct?
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Don't I feel like a tool now. Yes Doc, plain old t999 here. Now that I read back through the whole thread here I see that I was being a bit redundant. Now I will return to my closet under the stairs.
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No worries! We all do stuff like that from time to time!
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Ok so I was ultimatum 1.4 since the second day I got my phone back late last year. However recently I want to change up my rom so I thought of looking into CyanogenMod which has 10.0 stable version on there site with Jelly Bean 4.1.2. I went ahead and download the rom and flashed it on to my phone after having wiped my phone clean. Everything went as clockwork and I booted up into the new rom. I after restarting my phone I got a message that there was a update. I investigated further and it was just released 2 or 3 days ago. I would really like to have the new RC4 version since it has a lot of bugs worked out. However every time I try to flash my phone I get an error 7 and I fails. I have tried wipping everything and start from scratch and it doesn't work. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Have you tried searching??
The problem you have has literary hundreds of threads created.
I usually help out but seeing how this certain topic pops up every other day I strongly recommend using the search feature here in XDA or at least try Google.
Trust me its been answered tons of times. Take the time to search and read before posting.
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Ok so I was ultimatum 1.4 since the second day I got my phone back late last year. However recently I want to change up my rom so I thought of looking into CyanogenMod which has 10.0 stable version on there site with Jelly Bean 4.1.2. I went ahead and download the rom and flashed it on to my phone after having wiped my phone clean. Everything went as clockwork and I booted up into the new rom. I after restarting my phone I got a message that there was a update. I investigated further and it was just released 2 or 3 days ago. I would really like to have the new RC4 version since it has a lot of bugs worked out. However every time I try to flash my phone I get an error 7 and I fails. I have tried wipping everything and start from scratch and it doesn't work. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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This guide will get your phone back up and running properly, this is a easy and sure way fix your error 7 problem.
In the future unless you like to do a lot of experimentation only flash Touchwiz Jellybean based Tmobile custom roms.
Any other kinds of roms are basically intended for developers and those people who like to experiment with their phones.
- Follow this step by step guide for best results:
Download the newest pre-rooted Samsung Galaxy S3 T999 Jellybean v4.1.2 rom: T999_UVDMD5
After downloading make a folder on your computer's desktop and unzip the file
using Winzip or 7zip so the .TAR file is in the new folder you just made.
Download and extract Odin into the same folder you made containing the TAR file.
Here is the link for Odin: http://d-h.st/Q14
• Download ODIN which is required for flashing the stock rooted firmware (a windows app)
• Download the Odin Flash firmware for T999 Tmobile then copy it to the same folder as Odin
• Run Odin by double clicking the Odin.exe within the same folder as the TAR file you extracted
• Turn off your phone and boot into DOWNLOAD MODE (Volume Down + Home + Power Hold until phone powers up, then release and press Volume Up to enter Download Mode)
• Once in Download Mode, connect the USB/Charger cable to the phone and plug into the USB port on your computer.
• You should now see a COM** port listed toward the top-left of Odin (under ID:COM)
• Click on the PDA button in the middle-right area of Odin.
• Browse to and select the Firmware you downloaded (TAR file)
• Make sure Auto-Reboot and F. Reset Time are the only options checked and that PDA is the only other thing checked.
• TRIPLE CHECK your settings and that you have selected the correct firmware for your model phone and are using the correct options.
• If you are using a laptop, make absolutely sure you are plugged in, or if on battery, that it is charged enough and will not go into sleep mode during flash.
• Click Start to begin the flash. This will take a while, so be patient!
• Once complete, in the top-left box in Odin, it will say PASS and the phone should have automatically rebooted.
• You may unplug the phone and close Odin if you wish.
• Wait at least 5-10 minutes for the system to boot the first time and then build its cache!
• (It may seem to hang during boot, this is normal and you must be patient!!!)
Good Luck!
metadox said:
Ok so I was ultimatum 1.4 since the second day I got my phone back late last year. However recently I want to change up my rom so I thought of looking into CyanogenMod which has 10.0 stable version on there site with Jelly Bean 4.1.2. I went ahead and download the rom and flashed it on to my phone after having wiped my phone clean. Everything went as clockwork and I booted up into the new rom. I after restarting my phone I got a message that there was a update. I investigated further and it was just released 2 or 3 days ago. I would really like to have the new RC4 version since it has a lot of bugs worked out. However every time I try to flash my phone I get an error 7 and I fails. I have tried wipping everything and start from scratch and it doesn't work. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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See below
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KorGuy123 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22
Post 2
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What ever that link is in your post, it's NOT working, it goes to some xda error page.
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What ever that link is in your post, it's NOT working, it goes to some xda error page.
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I fixed it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38880428
He needs to updates his bootloader.
This is brought up 2-3 times a day now.
The bootloader file would be a considerably smaller file than a stock rooted rom and is intended for the d2att instead of the t999 you suggested.
Not trying to step on toes. Just trying to help.
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This is what I have tride
jayRokk Thank you for your suggestion. However I wouldn't have posted if I would have found a clear answer. I searched the forums and Google and thats what led me to post here. It seems with differrent bootloader version and ROMs not every case is the same. Maybe I'm wrong, if I am can you please explain?
Misterjunky I have a AT&T i747 version not tmobile so I don't think your suggestion would work.
KorGuy123 I have ClockWork Mod Recovery version 6.0.3.1 and I tried your suggestions with the wipe order but it still doesn't work.
Problem: I can install CyanogenMod 10.0 Stable, Ultimatum 1.4, Ultimatum 2.0 and Stock rom no problem. However If I try
aokp_d2att_nightly_2013-06-03
cm-10.1-20130602-NIGHTLY-d2att
cm-10.1.0-RC4
I get the error 7. Any suggestions?
metadox said:
jayRokk Thank you for your suggestion. However I wouldn't have posted if I would have found a clear answer. I searched the forums and Google and thats what led me to post here. It seems with differrent bootloader version and ROMs not every case is the same. Maybe I'm wrong, if I am can you please explain?
Misterjunky I have a AT&T i747 version not tmobile so I don't think your suggestion would work.
KorGuy123 I have ClockWork Mod Recovery version 6.0.3.1 and I tried your suggestions with the wipe order but it still doesn't work.
Problem: I can install CyanogenMod 10.0 Stable, Ultimatum 1.4, Ultimatum 2.0 and Stock rom no problem. However If I try
aokp_d2att_nightly_2013-06-03
cm-10.1-20130602-NIGHTLY-d2att
cm-10.1.0-RC4
I get the error 7. Any suggestions?
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As I mentioned earlier your boot loader is out of date. That is separate from your recovery.
The link I put up would have lead you to this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41503727
That has the link for the updated at&t boot loader in it. Flash it in odin and you'll be able to flash the newer versions of CM10 and the newer AOKP if you wanted to.
If you search "status 7" or " bootloader " you'll find a handful of threads about this issue. It's been going on for a couple weeks now.
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I'm a pretty patient person, and you are new here so I don't mind helping when ever I can.
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KorGuy123 said:
As I mentioned earlier your boot loader is out of date. That is separate from your recovery.
The link I put up would have lead you to this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41503727
That has the link for the updated at&t boot loader in it. Flash it in odin and you'll be able to flash the newer versions of CM10 and the newer AOKP if you wanted to.
If you search "status 7" or " bootloader " you'll find a handful of threads about this issue. It's been going on for a couple weeks now.
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I'm a pretty patient person, and you are new here so I don't mind helping when ever I can.
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Do you rock sorry for the misunderstand. I didnt know the bootloader and the recovery where different things. Flashed the newer bootloader and was able to install CM 10.1 RC 4. Thanks again!
metadox said:
Do you rock sorry for the misunderstand. I didnt know the bootloader and the recovery where different things. Flashed the newer bootloader and was able to install CM 10.1 RC 4. Thanks again!
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Np. Glad to help. Don't forget the thanks button.
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Np. Glad to help. Don't forget the thanks button.
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Dude. I also have been reading for Status 7 error for hours... trying to go from CM10.0.0 to Quantum 1.9.
You are the only person I found that remained patient and didn't just shout about updating CWM. I was done in by an old bootloader as well.
Thank you so much. Much appreciated. :good:
- For android 4.3, there has been a lot of talk on the developer section, and from what I can see, the major bugs/issues have been fixed. Like the ROM not rebooting correctly. For those using 4.3, is this true?
- Also, from what I understand, this was due to the recoveries not being ready for 4.3, however CM released their own bare bone recovery to fix that issue. And then I've read that the TW recovery has also been updated to solve this problem.
-There is a lot of information in the development forums, but I have not seen any post on the steps on what to do in order to upgrade from 4.2 to 4.3.
-Right now I have CWM 5 recovery, because that's been working for me, and I never bothered changing (bad experience with trying to upgrade/change a recovery). Now from what I understand, I should be able to flash the newest touch recovery (via the goo app?), and then wipe and flash any 4.3 ROM. Any detail instructions would be a help, or if someone can create a tutorial post, that would be great.
Thanks in advance.
Here is a post I made yesterday about how I switched from 4.2 to 4.3
I hope it helps. I have been on hellybean 4.3 for two days and everything is running great.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=45021060&postcount=632
You could just install ROM Manager and update from there. It's super-easy (you need ROOT, but I presume you have that since you're flashing ROMs anyway). :good:
Sicily1918 said:
You could just install ROM Manager and update from there. It's super-easy (you need ROOT, but I presume you have that since you're flashing ROMs anyway). :good:
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Many people have had bad experiences with ROM Manager. Especially in the Gingerbread days when its use was more common for this sort of thing.
Just my 2 cents.
monkeybuttons said:
Many people have had bad experiences with ROM Manager. Especially in the Gingerbread days when its use was more common for this sort of thing.
Just my 2 cents.
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Interesting -- always been good to me, although I only use it to update the recovery; for the ROM itself I use Cyanogen's update util. I also use CWM, not TWRP, so there's that...
bobiscool07 said:
- For android 4.3, there has been a lot of talk on the developer section, and from what I can see, the major bugs/issues have been fixed. Like the ROM not rebooting correctly. For those using 4.3, is this true?
- Also, from what I understand, this was due to the recoveries not being ready for 4.3, however CM released their own bare bone recovery to fix that issue. And then I've read that the TW recovery has also been updated to solve this problem.
-There is a lot of information in the development forums, but I have not seen any post on the steps on what to do in order to upgrade from 4.2 to 4.3.
-Right now I have CWM 5 recovery, because that's been working for me, and I never bothered changing (bad experience with trying to upgrade/change a recovery). Now from what I understand, I should be able to flash the newest touch recovery (via the goo app?), and then wipe and flash any 4.3 ROM. Any detail instructions would be a help, or if someone can create a tutorial post, that would be great.
Thanks in advance.
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Ur best and safest approach would be to DL Odin and the drivers for ur phone, then go to techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/hercules and DL twrp2.6.0.4, this is the 4.3 compatible version, then put ur device in DL mode and connect to odin, load the tar file in PDA and click start, 30 sec and u have the latest and greatest twrp recovery, now go get hellybean 4.3 or beanstalk4.3 and flash it, watch the beauty take place...
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I updated my rom today like I usually do from the CMUpdater and it updated from 4.2 to 4.3. I didn't mean or want to do that, but it didn't tell me otherwise. Now I'm having issues left and right......the one time I don't back it up...grrr.
I'm having the most issues with Gapps. I downloaded the new one and installed it and Google Music and Youtube keeps crashing. I guess I'll be doing the full wipe now.
Did u update to 4 3 gapps? It won't do it automatically, even if u updated through goo it just looks at what version is installed and updates that version, 4.3 gapps can be found in any 4.3 thread
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Ur best and safest approach would be to DL Odin and the drivers for ur phone, then go to techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/hercules and DL twrp2.6.0.4, this is the 4.3 compatible version, then put ur device in DL mode and connect to odin, load the tar file in PDA and click start, 30 sec and u have the latest and greatest twrp recovery, now go get hellybean 4.3 or beanstalk4.3 and flash it, watch the beauty take place...
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Why do some of those files say hercules, and others sgh-t989? Aren't they the same phone?
I rooted my Samsung Galaxy Note 8 GT-N5110 wifi version using CF-Auto-Root. It is running Android 4.1.2 and now that the new tablets have come out ie; 8.4" tab, note 12.1 2014 edition etc., I don't think there's much hope for Samsung to update the OS as the device has been out for approx 14 months.
So anyway I rooted because I was low on memory and wanted to move some apps to ext SD card. However being on Android 4.1.2 I believe is the reason I still cannot do this. Any apps I have downloaded from the Play Store won't let me do this. I have read online that this feature was added in higher version of Android. From what I have read 4.3 is more stable than 4.2.2.
Wondering if there is any way I can get Android 4.3 on my device? I have read a bit about 'cyanogenMod's' and 'clockwork recovery' and don't really understand much about it yet.
Is there any way for me to re-root my device so that I will have Android 4.3? If so, would I have to un-root it first before rooting again?
This Note 8 tablet is the second device I rooted. The first was my S3 phone which was great after rooting as I just wanted to freeze the bloatware using Titanium Backup Pro which I did. Love it. But with the Note 8, rooting it has not achieved what I need so far. Hoping someone can help this almost newbie!!
There is no 4.3 for our device the only thing that is out there right now is the ported version of 4.3 made available to us by @ykkfive found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2642647 there are some rumors that we might get Kit-Kat 4.4 so IMHO I think they are going to bypass 4.3 all together for our device, but again those are just rumors.
As far as custom recovery goes I would suggest you look into Philz recovery made available to us by @Phil3759 found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2201860
Hoping this help
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Unroot and push 4.2.2, all your issues will be solved. I tried custom ROMs and found stock 4.2.2 works just fine, without Google Music Player update or just disable it all together.
PS, use saferoot.zip next time... it does not require flashing, and will not break your device from using OTA or Kies for firmware updates.
Now you need to run triangle away to clear your flash counter before removing root.
Two things:
One: the current version is 4.2.2. If you are running 4.1, there is an update available
Two: Samsung stated that there will be an update to KK for our devices.
There has never been a 4.3 ROM for our device, nor is there a compelling reason to have one. Plenty of KK ROMs in the development section though, although I really didn't care for any of the ones I tried. The only way I know to root this device is with CF Autoroot, and that is also what worked for me. I am not sure why it did not work for you. Once you root, you can do everything you've been able to do with your S3.
Thank you for the helpful replies.
@gooberdude I guess the first thing I need to do from what you're saying is use Triangle Away to reset the counter. Then to unroot. No clue how to do this, but I guess I've got a lot of searching to do to find out. Any help would be appreciated!
You mention to 'push' 4.2.2. It is not available either over the air or through kies. So, how do I do this? Again help would be appreciated!
Thanks!
Yes use triangle away to reset counter then if you not already have done so download and install Odin 1.85
Next search the stock firmware for your model here http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/
Get your Note into download mode ( Press and keep holding the Volume Down, Home and Power ) and connect it to your PC, Odin should "see" it the first slot under ID:slot should turn a different color if so you are in good shape, now put the Firmware you download from above mentioned site click PDA*button and select the downloaded .tar.md5 file, Important: In Odin, make sure Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time options are enabled. Also, ensure that the Re-partition checkbox is not enabled and hit start and let Odin do the rest and you should be up and running in no time
Hoping this helps
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Harjan112 said:
Next search the stock firmware for your model here http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/
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Which country do I choose? (I am in Canada) Do I pick any of the english speaking ones who have 4.2.2?
i used Odin 3.07 is that the right one? ....Still looking at the rest of your post instructions. Thanks!
Festivale26 said:
Which country do I choose? (I am in Canada) Do I pick any of the english speaking ones who have 4.2.2?
i used Odin 3.07 is that the right one? ....Still looking at the rest of your post instructions. Thanks!
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You can also check here http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=GT-N5110 look for XAR "cellular south" from what i read this is the "US-version" or look for BTU "United Kingdom" both should work as long as it is for GT-N5110 you should be good.
As far as Odin goes I have used 1.85 and that worked for me really well, if 3.07 worked for you then that is great and I would stick with that
Hoping this helps
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Harjan112 said:
You can also check here http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=GT-N5110 look for XAR "cellular south" from what i read this is the "US-version" or look for BTU "United Kingdom" both should work as long as it is for GT-N5110 you should be good.
As far as Odin goes I have used 1.85 and that worked for me really well, if 3.07 worked for you then that is great and I would stick with that
Hoping this helps
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Thanks for all the help. I will try this tomorrow. Too tired tonight. Thanks again!
Festivale26 said:
Thanks for all the help. I will try this tomorrow. Too tired tonight. Thanks again!
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So I've been doing a lot of searching and reading online before doing more to my Note 8 tablet. Cause if I knew then what I know now I wouldn't have rooted it.
Anyway, I have seen a YouTube video of how you can unroot your phone (tablet - any Android) using Super SU. I assume I should use Triange Away first then do that. Then there are 3 files I need to remove: /system/bin/su + /system/xbin/su + /system/app/Superuser.apk.
Then of course remove any apps that I installed that required root access like Greenify, Busybox Free, Multiwindow Manager etc.
So if I do that it sounds like I will be back to a warrantied fully stock Note 8.
SO MY QUESTION THEN: How do I upgrade my firmware to 4.2.2 and if I do will I be voiding the 2 year warranty I have bearing in mind I will have unrooted my device?
Festivale26 said:
SO MY QUESTION THEN: How do I upgrade my firmware to 4.2.2 and if I do will I be voiding the 2 year warranty I have bearing in mind I will have unrooted my device?
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If you download a stock Rom and flash it with Odin from one of those sites I mentioned before you will be on 4.2.2 it will flash a full stock firmware, and therefore you do not have to "upgrade" your firmware, so in short if you use triangle away and flash a stock Rom your Note will be like the day you first broke the seal and took it out of the box.
Now if you decide to get 4.1.2 then you could "update" to 4.2.2 by going to... settings...about device...software update...update and let the device look for an update and let it install.
Hoping this helps
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Wha??? If you have stock ROM and it is rooted... run trianagle away, and have it clear out your counter. Once cleared you can verify then do a factory reset after you boot to home screen. Once reset, you will have a clean like new OS load. then you can push an OTA with settings, about device, check for updates. If you flashed
Of course you have to USE triangle away but isn't that what I already had stated above when I said go the Odin way and flash a stock Rom?
And also generally speaking, a factory reset does not always erase data stored on the internal or external sd card. This data must be manually erased by formatting the sd cards.
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Wha??? If you have stock ROM and it is rooted... run trianagle away, and have it clear out your counter. Once cleared you can verify then do a factory reset after you boot to home screen. Once reset, you will have a clean like new OS load. then you can push an OTA with settings, about device, check for updates. If you flashed
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I rooted using CF-Auto-Root so that I could use apps like app2sd to free up some space on the internal 16gb (9 or 10 gb available to user) by moving apps to ext sd card. I did not add a mod or recovery or anything else after rooting. I am in Canada and there are no OTA updates available for the Note 8. So I am stuck at Android 4.1.2. After I rooted I realized that what I really need is at least Android 4.2.2 in order to move apps to ext SD card.
So, ideally, what I'd really like to do is unroot my device after using Triange Away, delete the 3 leftover files I mentioned earlier, and then delete any apps that require root. I have a warranty until February 2016 and I'd really like to be able to use it if necessary as I've heard that some have had battery issues after several months use. ANYWAY, is there any way I can stay unrooted, and yet upgrade the OS to 4.2.2 (which does not seem to be available here in Canadan-I guess we're stuck at 4.1.2. Even if 4.4.2 KitKat becomes available it will not help me with my low storage issue as KitKat stops apps from writing to ext SD Card. SO, I really prefer to have 4.2.2.
I am assuming all the instructions everyone has offered me above all have me remain rooted? Would I be able to remain rooted, upgrade to 4.2.2 then use Triangle Away and unroot?
Sorry for the long winded post, just wanted to clarify a few things.
The ONLY way for you to get 4.2.2 if you are not able to get an O.T.A..... is too USE triangle away as @gooberdude has stated AND donwload and Flash a 4.2.2 Stock Rom with Odin from one of the site that I gave you above, you will NOT be rooted after you flash the Stock Rom and you should not have any warranty issues at all.
Hoping this will clear things up
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@Harjan112 Yes thanks! That answers my question!
Harjan112 said:
Of course you have to USE triangle away but isn't that what I already had stated above when I said go the Odin way and flash a stock Rom?
And also generally speaking, a factory reset does not always erase data stored on the internal or external sd card. This data must be manually erased by formatting the sd cards.
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I know a factory reset will not erase SD storage... As for that, really there should not be any thing there the system needs to operate. So what ever is on SD is not important to the OS.
As for getting root without flashing... Saferoot.zip. I have it installed and never had to use Triangle away. the nice thing about it, is that OTA and Kies will allow firmware updates. So, when updates become available, I'll be able to update.
If the OP would backup the important stuff he needs, and just do a factory reset, he should have a near factory untouched OS. This will allow OTA and Kies to function. Then all he needs to do is set USB debug in developer options and run saferoot.zip from a windows pc or laptop. As an option install rootcloak and substrate apps to truly hide root from apps that may detect it. Once done your rooted device will be just as upgradable as a factory device.
Festivale26 said:
@Harjan112 Yes thanks! That answers my question!
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So have you tried flashing already? I have the same problem in Brazil, OTA / Kies never detects an update to 4.1.2... And I don't even rooted or anything that could impact the process.
@gooberdude I like your idea of using safe root but I don't understand what 'flashing' means nor what cloakroom is although I am guessing it's an app? Also what are substrate apps? @fmachado2906 as I said I don't know what flashing means.
Why does Samsung send some countries an update but not others? It's frustrating.
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@gooberdude I like your idea of using safe root but I don't understand what 'flashing' means nor what cloakroom is although I am guessing it's an app? Also what are substrate apps? @fmachado2906 as I said I don't know what flashing means.
Why does Samsung send some countries an update but not others? It's frustrating.
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@Festivale26 flashing = downloading the firmware, opening Odin, setting up the firmware there and clicking on Start, not necessarily in this same order =)
By the way I'm tired of waiting, just downloading 4.2.2 and will try later.. I'll let you know how it went.
plz any one help me
.i tried 4.3 at&t s3 debrick image by using this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2660566
.but it didn't help me out
I suggest using our debrick thread here in this same section.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2549068
Not all bricks are fixable, and if you've ever updated to 4.3 or above, older images will not work.
If you need further help please be as detailed as possible about the device and what happened.
Good Luck!
(If you determine you really do need the 4.1.1 debrick.img and can't find it let me know.)
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DocHoliday77 said:
I suggest using our debrick thread here in this same section.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2549068
Not all bricks are fixable, and if you've ever updated to 4.3 or above, older images will not work.
If you need further help please be as detailed as possible about the device and what happened.
Good Luck!
(If you determine you really do need the 4.1.1 debrick.img and can't find it let me know.)
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i detailed what i did to my at&t Samsung galaxy s3 i747
.my at&t s3 i747 running 4.1.1
.i tried to put 4.3 through Odin(its almost done the work)
.but after finishing work my phone gets automatically rebooted(while android updating)
.and failed by turned off(total dead)
that's what happened.i tried lot of debrick images from 4.1.1 -4.3 of at&t s3 i747
.........but when i used connecting my phone to charger without battery,the red LED blinked
So Odin said PASS and it rebooted? That part is normal. And are you saying that after it rebooted, it said Android is Updating and then it just died?
If i am reading that correctly, I don't know that this debrick method will work for you. It leads me to suspect that there is a deeper hardware problem, possibly with the memory I'm guessing.
It's still worth a try though. From what you described, you are going to need the 4.3 debrick.img though. The 4.1.1 image won't work after flashing 4.3.
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So Odin said PASS and it rebooted? That part is normal. And are you saying that after it rebooted, it said Android is Updating and then it just died?
If i am reading that correctly, I don't know that this debrick method will work for you. It leads me to suspect that there is a deeper hardware problem, possibly with the memory I'm guessing.
It's still worth a try though. From what you described, you are going to need the 4.3 debrick.img though. The 4.1.1 image won't work after flashing 4.3.
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dude its working(from your thread)
.but it didn't work without debrick SD card
.i need help.....And i want my phone to run 4.4.2(on at&t s3 i747).....
And thanks dude your threads are awesome..:good:
harijohn said:
dude its working(from your thread)
.but it didn't work without debrick SD card
.i need help.....And i want my phone to run 4.4.2(on at&t s3 i747).....
And thanks dude your threads are awesome..:good:
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Ok. So you are able to boot download mode, correct? Let's get it booting on its own for now, we can worry about updating after.
Download the MJB 4.3 firmware from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2722660
Extract the .tar.md5 file
Remove the sdcard
Flash the MJB firmware in Odin
Reboot.
If it hangs during boot up, reboot into recovery and factory reset. (This will wipe internal sd unless you flash a custom recovery first).
At this point you should be back up and running normally. Let me know how it goes and Good Luck!
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Ok. So you are able to boot download mode, correct? Let's get it booting on its own for now, we can worry about updating after.
Download the MJB 4.3 firmware from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2722660
Extract the .tar.md5 file
Remove the sdcard
Flash the MJB firmware in Odin
Reboot.
If it hangs during boot up, reboot into recovery and factory reset. (This will wipe internal sd unless you flash a custom recovery first).
At this point you should be back up and running normally. Let me know how it goes and Good Luck!
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dude i put stock s3 4.3 bootloader.
and its working fine without the debrick image SDcard...
what should i have to do after that to get a 4.4.2?
That's awesome news! Glad to hear it's fixed!
You have a couple of options to update from here. If you are with AT&T, got to Software Update in the About Device menu. Might take a day for the ota to become available.
Alternatively, enewman17 has two threads in the General section for updating from MJB to NE4. One will fully update everything to 4.4.2. The other will only update your base firmware, leaving your rom, kernel and recovery as is.
I recommend reading both OP'S and the last few pages of each thread. Then pick which one you want to use.
If you have rooted or flashed anything since debricking your phone, I highly recommend using the one that only updates the base firmware.
If you are still 100% pure stock, either one should work fine. (I do still prefer the base firmware update personally, but either should work ok.)
If you have any questions about them, feel free to ask. And congrats on fixing your device!
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That's awesome news! Glad to hear it's fixed!
You have a couple of options to update from here. If you are with AT&T, got to Software Update in the About Device menu. Might take a day for the ota to become available.
Alternatively, enewman17 has two threads in the General section for updating from MJB to NE4. One will fully update everything to 4.4.2. The other will only update your base firmware, leaving your rom, kernel and recovery as is.
I recommend reading both OP'S and the last few pages of each thread. Then pick which one you want to use.
If you have rooted or flashed anything since debricking your phone, I highly recommend using the one that only updates the base firmware.
If you are still 100% pure stock, either one should work fine. (I do still prefer the base firmware update personally, but either should work ok.)
If you have any questions about them, feel free to ask. And congrats on fixing your device!
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dude thanks i had updated my phone to 4.4.2
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if any updates to 4.4.4 please let me know dude
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and once again thanks bud
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