yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] MurphyZombie:
Ok so download mobile Odin, FlashKernel and Stock Rom without root to the sdcard. Do a factory reset, install mobile odin, flashkernel and then flash stock rom. Then Factory reset again to remove mobile odin and flashkernel. format internal sd card.

If that sounds good I just need a link to a safe stock rom without root if anybody has one.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] creepyncrawly:
http://samsung-updates.com/ and http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/ both have stock firmware downloads.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] saj222:
That order sounds good to me. I've never performed this procedure myself so please report back and let us know what happened.

Go here for stock http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1968625
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] aybarrap1:
This should work fine.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrhaley30705:
If the counter hasn't been tripped, just flash the full stock (not rooted) version of lk3 with Odin. After it boots up, pull everything you want to keep off the internal sd. Then perform a factory reset from the settings menu. This will remove all the apps you've installed, as well as wipe your internal sd card. Now, you should be ready for a warranty return.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] MurphyZombie:
Ok well now I have a problem. the cutom binary was at 0. I flashed the stock with mobile odin and now it says Yes (1 counts) So what do I do now?

I called samsung and got a warranty repair setup. so I kind of need to get this fixed.

Edit. Ok So I'm thinking I'm going to have to try and re-flash stock rooted rom again with odin, Then use triangle away to remove the counter then what? Once I use triangle away will that fix it for good? Then I just remove the root files and factory reset? I really don't want to try flashing stock non-rooted again.

Edit 2. Ok so here is what I have done. I re-flashed stock rooted using odin. I installed triangle away. reset counter to 0. I booted into download several times to make sure it was at 0. I then flashed stock non-rooted rom using odin (not mobile odin) I rebooted and checked counter was still at 0. It was. I did a factory reset. booted up and double checked SU and all files were gone. Rebooted into download and counter was still at 0. I just yanked the battery and sim and not going to touch it again, lol. Thanks everybody for all the help :)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] melvinaury:
Hi if you flash a factory ROM with Odin it will reset the counter to 0.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] MurphyZombie:
Good to know for the future :)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bdithug:
Really? I thought triangle away was the only way. What's the point of triangle away then?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrhaley30705:
No, only way to reset the flash counter is with Triangle Away.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] saj222:
You're a pro now! ;)

Good idea to put the phone aside for now.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sephk:
I had the same issue today, it was stuck at Samsung logo. Recovery->wipe->reboot worked.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] HiKsFiles:
Oh yeah, 4.1.2 now available in Canada! :victory:

http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/?model=SGH-I747M&pcode=0

Can we expect a MrRobinson's stock rooted version soon? :fingers-crossed:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Night_1:
The 4.1.2 is now available to sasktel customers as well....now...i have a question...i forgot ot turn off the update check....so now i have the update downloaded (phone downloaded it while i was asleep) and i do NOT wish to install it and lose root....is there a way to delete the update and turn off the messages to install it??
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrhaley30705:
Try using voodoo ota root keeper. It usually will restore root after an ota. Also, I think it's drm manager, maybe. Clearing data for that should start the update timer again
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Night_1:
Thank you... I will give it a shot....

If by chance I screw it up.... Is it possible to re flash the stock root injected 4.1.1?

Sent from my SGH-I747M
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] MurphyZombie:
Just a heads up for everybody who had read my previous post the past few pages about flashing back to stock. I got my phone back from Samsung. They replaced all the boards on the inside and it's working great again. I'm super happy! Thanks again for all the help.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Satstalker:
I just download voodoo ota root keeper and clicked on the protect root. How do you re-install root after an update? Thanks.

Edit. It looks like you don't need this app if you have superSU installed as it already supports OTA protection.

I have SuperSU installed but it says no guarantees. :(
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Prufta:
You just select protect root and root would be protected, once installed the OTA just install back voodoo and select restore root.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Satstalker:
Nice one Prufta. Thanks.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Prufta:
My pleasure to help.

Just hit thanks!!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Satstalker:
Quick question. Has anybody tried voodoo ota root keeper or SuperSU option to protect root and did it keep root when you updated OTA.

Thanks.

I'm still on the bench about updating and loosing root.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Charrion:
I tried Super SU survival mode but still lost root after the update. I guess I'll just have to wait for Mr. Robinson to work his magic.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Satstalker:
Thanks for the reply.

One down and one to go. Can anyone confirm if the voodoo ota root keeper works.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrhaley30705:
I used it successfully going from LEM to LG1 (att), but haven't used it recently
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrRobinson:
incoming...

Rogers is up. Telus will be next, then Bell then that other one like 4 people have.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] post-mortem:
Then there's AT&T, which will probably never happen... *sigh*
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] matrixzone:
Do we have 4 way extended reboot menu mod available for any of the carrier?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] G4L4><y:
Big Thanks...:highfive:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Night_1:
So was I.... Took a few reboots then had to delete 3 odex files in data/app and reinstall those apps...

Voodoo OTA RootKeeper worked for me... But full flash of mrrobinsons injected ROM would probably make it a less buggy install... Made a few bugs for me... Nothing some reading on this site couldn't help me with though :)

Sent from my SGH-I747M
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] iamborba:
Can i flash the new rogers 4.1. 2 with twrp. Or do i have to use odin?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Night_1:
I used Odin when I flashed the 4.1.1 sasktel rom... Then ota to 4.1.2...I have not used twrp so I do not know...

Sent from my SGH-I747M
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrhaley30705:
That depends on the type of file you downloaded. If it's a tar or tar.md5, you need Odin.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] iamborba:
Sorry guys should have been more specific.I'm talking about the latest rooted image provided by mrrobinson.i used odin to get his 4.1.1 image and i installed twrp after.just wondering if i could just use twrp to flash his latest rooted image.

Thank you for the quick responses.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrhaley30705:
Can't recovery flash a tar or tar.md5 file.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] iamborba:
Don't know,ive only ever flashed .zip files in recovery
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrhaley30705:
It was a statement, not a question. To flash in recovery, you need an updater script, Update binary, meta-inf folder inside the zip folder.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] iamborba:
Thanks.Guess ill just flash it using odin like i did with 4.1.1
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrhaley30705:
Well, if your familiar with heimdall, version 1.4.0 works on the s3. But it's a little more complicated to load the flash package.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Satstalker:
Quote (

incoming...

Rogers is up. Telus will be next, then Bell then that other one like 4 people have.)

Thanks Mr Robinson. :)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Night_1:
More than 4 ppl have lol.... I've flashed almost 6 for other ppl lol :D

Sent from my SGH-I747M
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] matrixzone:
Will the latest rogers telus releases works with mobile Odin?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrhaley30705:
They should, but just as before it won't flash bootloaders
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrRobinson:
thanks for always replying to people here. Maintains the thread for me.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] matrixzone:
Thanks just wanted to check, previously stock in bit because the ROM formats the internal memory which in turns remove the mobile Odin from memory resulting in blank mobile without recovery or anything
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrhaley30705:
To my knowledge, which is att based stock ROMS, only one stock package wiped the phone and that was UCALG1. All the others for the I747 were no wipe.

---------- Post added at 11:51 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:50 AM ----------

No problem. That's what this whole idea is about right? Helping each other ;)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Satstalker:
I flashed mine today to 4.1.2 on Rogers thanks to Mr Robinson for his great work making these firmware updates with the root injected into it. Mine went smooth as usual with no problems. To tell you the truth i really don't see any difference.with this update.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] melvinaury:
Mr. Robinson I live in Puerto Rico and I use AT&T, i check the first post and notice that you had also an image for Puerto Rico. I know that I use the AT&T image. But for other people can you specify for wich company is the image. In PR we had Sprint, T-Mobile, Claro PR, AT&T, Open Mobile and others prepaid services.

Thanks or you'support.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] TheStrokerace:
They are all the same. You can download the one for bell and it will work on your phone. Or you can get an international and flash it to your phone. Some features may work and some may not. It depends on how much you want to play with your phone. I think it has more to do with google play store.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] HiKsFiles:
How do we know if the bootloader has changed between 4.1.1 and 4.1.2 ?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrhaley30705:
You can check it, but it will probably say a different version.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2292957

First post, at the bottom, tell how you can check it. Generally, when the version changes its a good idea to update them.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] kvenubabu:
Thank You. I am using the root injected stock image .
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] loonieryan:
Just flashed Fido 4.1.2 ROM on bro's phone. I can confirm for everyone else who might be wondering that flashing the rooted ROM DOES NOT wipe your data/settings/apps, so don't worry about that. It gives you root which allows you to do things like run Titanium Backup to create full app/system backups.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] xmetalfan99:
I am new to ATT. I have been on verizon and always rooted my phones right away. Since this will be my first on ATT I want to check to see if there is anything I should look out for, make sure I do or do not have certain versions, and anything else I may need to know. I've read the guide and watched the video.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] melvinaury:
For the moment it's the same steps to root than the verizon version.

Only download the file, boot on recovery, run odin. And ready to g..
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] post-mortem:
Make sure you do an NV backup. I suggest EFS Professional.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] seaskimmer:
Upgraded my Bell i747m to 4.1.2 no problems.

Thanks mrRobinson!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] BigPuck84:
Ok, so I just a S3 on AT&T. It's on Jelly Bean 4.1.1. So from my understanding is that since I'm on JB, no matter what method I use to install a custom recovery, it will trip the flash counter? Correct?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] pdl2mtl90:
Used this method to root my AT&T S3 last night...went so smooth. I was leery as this was my first root but I followed the directions exactly and it turned out great. Thanks for the hard work and time it takes to help us noobies out!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrhaley30705:
As i understand it, Yes. But, Triangle Away can reset it.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] matrixzone:
Op waiting for the At&t update
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ankurbajaj9:
Att has released the update .. how much time will it take for the rooted update?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrhaley30705:
At the risk of sounding rude (and I apologize if it sounds that way), but mrRobinson will get to it when he gets to it. He handles multiple threads just like this one on multiple devices. The update is not even 24 hrs old. Thank you to everyone for your patience and understanding. Have a nice day and happy flashing :)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Tx Redneck:
Tl;dr

Koff sumobish!

Saved and Texan by the Grace of God, Redneck by choice.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] matrixzone:
4.1.2 is not available even on sammobile, it seems have to wait more.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ankurbajaj9:
I was just asking as to how much time would it take generally .....a week, 2 weeks etc etc. I'm not able to get a update from ATT so was thinking if I should try some other thread or should wait for this
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] tamanaco:
Hopefully mrRobinson is already on the case. His no fuss Odin-flashable stock ROMs with injected root have been very stable on my S3. I'll sit tight and wait for his update as there is no feature in 4.1.2 that I cannot live without. http://xdaforums.com/member.php?u=3355398
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Shone1980:
I am on s3 rogers 4.1.1 stock rooted. Is there any way to keep root and update to 4.1.2 and how?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sakdroid:
My S3 is 4.1.1 and rooted with this method and been using past 8 months. After Root, i froze all debloated applications include AT&T Software update.

Recently i found Greenify app for better battery and as per this app, it says no need to Freeze apps. So I defroze the apps thru TiBu and added it to Greenify yesterday night. After that i got message stating, connecting to DM Server and this morning i keep getting an update is available.

Note: I used just root process only and haven't installed custom recovery.

Is it ok to continue with this update?

Should i remove the exisitng root before update?

If I continue with update, I know, i will loose root. Would there any other issues?

Is there any other thing i need to be cautious before i update?

I can use without root for a while until mrRobinson gets a update with Root.

Appreciate your help!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] aybarrap1:
Just use CF root by chainfire after the update. Since it uses ODIN it is simple and gets you root back.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrhaley30705:
Cf root does work, but it will trip the flash counter.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bass_me:
Can't you just run triangle away and reset the counter?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrhaley30705:
Yeah, but since this is a "no trip"thread, I just wanted to put that out there ;)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sakdroid:
Should i need to unroot first before update? or just continue update?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrhaley30705:
Yeah, probably a good idea.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] waiters:
Can't wait to op is updated! How are u guys updating?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrhaley30705:
Some ppl actually do the ota, using ota voodoo root keeper. There's one recovery flashable Rom in development that's rooted/deodexed already, and there's an update.zip in the general forum that's pure stock. It's not rooted, but CF-AutoRoot will root(it does increase your flash counter, though).
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] aybarrap1:
I did the ota. Just went with CF auto root for root purposes and used triangle away for the tripped flash counter. Figured this was just as easy.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] waiters:
We probably won't see the op updated till the full firmware is released huh? Like.. On sanmobile and not just ota updates which we have now?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Night_1:
Just wondering why my phone status changes between normal and modifed......sometimes it will say normal....then after a reboot it will show modified....then after no apparent length of time (30 min to 3 days) it will start flip flopping between normal and modified again....flash counter isnt tripped....doesnt affect the function of the phone....just wondering if this is normal behaviour...

I flashed the stock root injected Sasktel rom from Mr. Robinson...4.1.2...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrhaley30705:
Sammobile or kies, you are correct.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] waiters:
Oh haha sorry I brain farted
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrhaley30705:
Well, this isn't exactly the place for that kind of question, as this thread is about the stock Rom with root that won't trip your flash counter;). But yes it's normal. Some times a different modem may cause the switching to be less often, but it will change data networks on its own.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Night_1:
Thank you... I couldn't find the answer anywhere.... Was just curious... Not a problem for me... Just one of those "I gotta figure this out" kinda thing hehe :)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] roadcarver1971:
Will root keeper still work in this situation?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Satstalker:
You will lose root.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] n01un0:
Okay, I have read and searched through this thread and about twenty others for the last two hours and my head is spinning because I am getting freakin confused. I'm sure my question has been directly asked and answered but for the life of me, I find bits and pieces but not a definitive one. So please don't shoot me for asking and tell me about a search button, lol.

I used this method to root via Odin about six months ago which I think was the 4.04 version. I left everything stock. No custom rom or custom recovery. Just bone stock with root. I believe I updated via the OTA to get to 4.1.1 without any problems.

When I try to OTA to this new 4.1.2 update, it downloads, reboots, get about 20% of install and then fails. As I have read, this is not uncommon but from what I gathered, it's because of non stock recovery which I have so I'm confused.

What do I need to do to get the update?

Do I need to Odin back using the 4.1.1 in the OP? Do I need to unroot? If so, how do I do that?

I just really do not want to Odin anything because I dont want to deal with reinstalling all my apps and setting up my sync stuff,etc.

If I can avoid all of that and just apply the update, that would obviously be my first choice.

Thanks again in advance for the help and advice.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bass_me:
Failures like that are the reason that I don't particularly care for large OTA updates. I know it's really is a pain to have to wipe everything but I've always found that's the best way to apply any major updates or any ROM is to back up first and then wipe. I've always done it that way and never had an issue (knock on wood). I always pull my Sim and SD card prior to the wipe and update. Probably don't need to do that but I always do it. Better safe than sorry.

If it was me and I really wanted to have the 4.1.2 update, I'd wipe and use odin to go completely back to stock 4.1 1. Then I'd try the OTA to update. If successful then I'd root and reinstall my apps.

Personally I'm holding off right now on the update in hopes that the AT&T version shows up and the OP gets the thread updated. Or that sammobile gets it and I can just Odin and then root.

There might be a simpler way for you to update maybe somebody else will chime in with a suggestion.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] IC-USER1:
As I understand this. You are on a stock 4.1 AND rooted but NO custom recovery. Soooo.. ...

IF you decide to update your phone using OTA =

You do not need to un-root. But.....

You WILL lose root.

________________________________

in the other side of things _______________________________

IF you want to update to android 4.1.2 and the corresponding new firmware.....

BUT, you want to keep root; you could:

STEP1 - as your phone is right now (rooted and stock rom / firmware )

You can follow steps given on mrRobinson thread to install custom recovery. (Or any other thread that explains how to install custom recovery to a rooted GS3)

< < which recovery you choose is a matter of personal choice either CWM or TWRP will do just fine > >

And then when step 1 complete. ....

STEP2 - follow steps outlined on thread [ROM] update 4.1.2 UCDMG2 (rooted) by: loserskater

[ which in itself is a 2 part process. Part 1 is to flash the ROM file and part 2 is to flash the firmware << note: firmware only includes things like the modem itself...But without the Android ROM >> ]

Just note that in the first post there are 2 files and one of them is listed as a "quoted file" by: enewman17

So, 2 files one by loserskater and one by enewman17

One is: ROM w/ NO firmware 》loserskater

Second is: FIRMWARE w/ NO rom 》enewman17

Each file has its own guidelines ( like wipe cache and stuff like that )

I really hope this helps, since I am not an expert myself. I'm new here at this forum and to the rooting scene itself.

Cheers !
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] n01un0:
I'm okay with loosing root if it means I don't have to start over fresh with reinstalling all my apps and settings.

How do I go about updating via OTA?

I've been trying to do it via OTA but as I outlined, it keeps failing about 20% into the install.

Do I need to unroot first? If so, how do I do that?

Thanks guys for your input thus far!!