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[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] haywood:
>>>>> I had same issue when I accidentally ok'd the AT&T OTA Update but here's what I did for my stock-rom/just rooted S3::

1) wiped my phone and re-rooted my S3 per mrRobinson's method... (once it completes your phone will now keep giving you the "google.acore" or whatever it's called popup and just give u the "OK" button to close the popup....

2) this will be annoying, but now you have to go thru the initial setup of your phone as normal BUT u will have to keep clicking OK to that repetitive popup error while doing so (trick is to be prepared to know what your going to press next on your screen immediately after clicking OK to the error... do this to get thru setup of your phone. (yeah it's a pain)

3) once you setup and can see your home screen (and yes you are still intermittently hitting the OK to the popup errors) go to google play and download OTA Rootkeeper, run it and choose the Option to protect root and then choose the disable root phone option.

4) then just go to your update (it's in settings,about device, update section, if you didn't auto-receive the update request) and download it.

Then once AT&T Update finishes and logo disappears, it will reboot and no more popup error. Now ur on UCALH9 and just go to your OTA Rootkeeper app and re-enable your root!

NOTE >> Aside from the extra asinine 5 minutes it takes to get thru phone setup and then google play download OTA Rootkeepr (oh forgot to mention: during the app download you can just leave the popup there and don't bother pressing ok until the download finishes as it will download in background), it was simple and worked perfectly with all my rooted requiring apps working 100%.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] haywood:
Are you sure your not unzipping it and missing seeing it bcus when I first unzipped in winzip I missed it due to the fact that the resulting file looks exactly like the original zip..... same zip icon & name which makes it look like it didn't unzip but the file is a .tar file that Odin should find if your directing it to the correct unzipped folder.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sneakyws6:
Yeah i went ahead and just wiped the phone and started over. downloaded all of my apps and updated them, then did the newest ATT OTA and will leave it at that for now until the new ATT root image is configured. Phone works and I am happy, just hate not having some of the programs I use like Ti Backup until I get rooted.

Mr robinson any rough ETA's on when the ATT image will be ready by chance?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] zaghy2zy:
I don't wanna be repetitive, but he already stated that he won't be working on th LH9 OTA for AT&T because there isn't any FULL IMAGE for him to work with. Essentially the OTA update is just a small update, that he can't work with. Until there's a version of the update that has ALL the android files, there won't be an eta for it.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] AtoZ0to9:
Why not just Odin a root injected .tar and go from there?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] AtoZ0to9:
Open odin first... then hook up the phone in download mode...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] poetikal:
Alright, maybe someone can answer this. Since I lost root with the OTA, if I were to flash the older ROM to get root back, will I lose my data (contacts, SMS, etc)? Or will it still be intact from going back since it's a stock ROM? I'm gonna shoot for the OTA Rootkeeper method to try and keep root.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] AtoZ0to9:
It will be like out the box... What's so special about this OTA that everyone wants? The modem can be flashed separately...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] poetikal:
Ahh. I assumed it didn't because flashing the original stock ROM with the one with root kept everything intact, but I guess since this small update changed a few things, it would then clear all data and start fresh. Alright, thanks for the answer!!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] AtoZ0to9:
It won't wipe your internal SD, but it's gonna boot up like an out-the-box phone... Login to google and it'll sync everything, and opening the Play Store *SHOULD* autodownload your apps... keyword being *SHOULD*...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] husky55:
The update was rather small, about 82 MB. It took a few minutes to flash. After the flash, Android took a while to update the files, seemed like many. I do not have the change logs handy, but of the top of my head, there is the new screen brightness slider, VPN app, txt/sms seemed to improve, better keyboard touch and feel etc... I thought it was a worth while update for me.:)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] poetikal:
Oh alright, thanks for that! And to answer your question, it adds a brightness slider, a VPN Client, and fixed some Wi-Fi issues as far as I know.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] AtoZ0to9:
Post back if the OTA Rootkeeper works... also the paid version of SuperSU has Survival mode which does the same... Food for thought...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] aramos87:
So If I already updated and lost root.. this method can be used to flash back to the image before this update? Also did reverting back to that image wipe your data?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] AtoZ0to9:
Better let them finish and report back, but yea it's gonna wipe your data... read back some posts... I run AOKP, so I don't care about the OTA, etc... just trying to help out...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] aramos87:
Yeah I actually meant to quote the procedure I seen a few pages back. I'll just wait until I get home and read the feedback. Im sure I wont ve without root for long. Thanks.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] doodman:
?

Can anyone explain what this thread is for? There is no clear description in the original post. All I can gather thus far is that this download (via Odin) allows for one to flash a rooted version of stock TW rom without tripping some flash counter?

What is this "flash counter"??

I checked my download mode on my galaxy nexus and I don't have one.

Thanks!

PS

Just got the white Spigen Ultra Thin Air case in the mail today. Will pick up the actual GSIII sometime in the next few days!! :)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] zmore:
In the simplest "PC" terms:

Imagine you bought a PC that came with a version of Windoze7 with no "Administrator" (root) account on it, and if you tried to install Linux it would trip an internal counter that meant you've voided your warranty. That's what the stock Touchwiz ROM on your phone is like.

This is also a stock ROM -- so that it won't trip the counter -- but with a modified rooted kernel so that you can then install other ROMs through recovery (CWM or TWRP instead of ODIN in download mode) which never trips the counter.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] AtoZ0to9:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1896773
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] id_mew:
My friend came from the u.s and he has an at&t Galaxy S3 and he wants to use it with mobility city in Canada would he be able to?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] zaghy2zy:
NO. Mobilicity uses a different network band that can't be accessed by the i747. The T999 version (TMobile version) will be able to do so, but not the I747.

Additionally, this question must be posted on the Q&A section of the forum over here: http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1713

I'm not the OP, or Mod, but it would be great if we keep this thread filled with relevant questions.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Randomacts:
Are ALL of the links for the AT&T one down for anyone else? All three of them :(
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dammit_dan:
Yeah. They seem to be. Anyone have another link for them?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] drothenberger:
You can always download the original image from samsung-updates.com and then use the toolkit to root it. It will trip the flash counter, but you can now reset it using Triangle Away, so it doesn't matter.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] drothenberger:
I put up a temporary mirror of the AT&T LG1 root-injected file here: removed

Edit: I removed the link because dev-host is up now and I pay for bandwidth.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Randomacts:
They are back up now.

Does that work for the OTA update that just went out?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] drothenberger:
The toolkit should be able to root LH9 (the OTA version) just fine. In fact, it works for any ROM because it just uses Odin to flash a custom recovery and then uses a CWM-flashable script to install root.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] hunter99507:
Any news on a stock root injected H9 rom?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] drothenberger:
mrRobinson won't make a root-injected LH9 ROM until Samsung releases LH9 as a full ROM instead of an OTA.

In the meantime, there are a few ways you can get to LH9 pretty easily now.

If you already have the root-injected LG1 downloaded, flash that with Odin, follow the instructions to install a custom recovery (either one from clockworkmod.com or TWRP) and then use the instructions here to install LH9.

Otherwise, download all the pieces from the PIECES section at the end of this post and flash them in CWM or TWRP. Make sure you do the kernel after the ROM.

You can also check out this thread by gunnyman for more options.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] EVOme:
Please answer this....If I stop at Step 2, will it cause my phone to be wiped at all? I kind of have it the way I really like it and don't want to mess with it.

Please and thanks!!!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] patthe:
hi

so i have a S3 from rogers unlock, and i use BELL, so what methode should i use BELL or ROGERS ????
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] AtoZ0to9:
Wouldn't matter... might as well use BELL...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] patthe:
So this wont brick the device or not boot anymore if i use the wrong one ?

this will just root still have to get a roms after if i want to ? :)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] AtoZ0to9:
The hardwares the same... so either one would work... If your ultimate goal is to make it to a custom rom, use the rogers if you feel more comfortable like that...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] patthe:
Ok Thanks for the quick reply i will do the bell one for now.

So this will root, so what roms you guy suggest ? There is a lots i see.

I kind of like the the stock setting with sensor and that.

But i want jelly bean for sure :)

any suggestion ?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] AtoZ0to9:
That's all up to you man... I only use AOSP based ROMs and other people only use TW roms... you'll just have to try some out... No one can decide for you... I think theres some JB TW ROMs, look in the dev forum, not original dev if you want TW JB...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] patthe:
And a last thing, if i just do the Stock_root66_Bell with root, and i get OTA, i will loose root right ?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] AtoZ0to9:
OTA will break your root unless you use an app like OTA Rootkeeper of the paid version of SuperSU has a survival mode option... also, if CWM is installed, the OTA won't install... You have to have the stock 3e recovery...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] patthe:
Ok i install the BELL roms, bad idea, lol

app program jam, freeze, phone super slow,

so i install the rogers on top back, and work Pfiou :)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] typedink:
So there is something that let's you OTA uodate and not lose root? Hmm, didn't know that. Thanks for mentioning it. I'm gonna look into it.

I was wondering in the root injected Rome is that cell standby reporting issue fixed? I ask cause mine seems to be showing high and my screen or on time is low.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dhostetter:
Voodoo OTA works great for protecting root also.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bakasam:
Total noob question here but:

I'm currently on an AOSP based rom and I'm trying to go back to rooted TW stock Rom/kernel/modem. Looking to do this on the Bell image (Its a bell phone). Is there a way to make the stock rooted images from the OP into a CWM/TWRP flashable zip?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrRobinson:
A lot of people have that already. Just look right in this forum for roms labeled as TW based. They typically list the exact base they are from so you can pick what you want.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bakasam:
Yeah but i'm looking for a bell based one. almost all of them are AT&T based. And based on the past the AT&T based roms kinda derp out my network connection but i'll give it a try again
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] caanda45:
I think you can use a AT&T based one, just make sure the modem is the Bell one, which you can find here to flash...http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1831898

---------- Post added at 11:18 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:13 AM ----------

Yup flash this, which is a rooted stock rom.......http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1739426 and then flash cwm or TWRP, I used this to root and then I flashed Kalagas`s I9300 theme which can be flashed on our I747`s and 747M versions...Kalagas theme here...http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1804162
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] nellycruzz:
I used a 7z extractor and when the image was extracted (att image) it was well over 1gig tar file. Is there something wrong there?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] repseki:
How can I do a full format of data and system? I keep getting the "android.process.acore" has stopped error. Thanks!

Update: figured it out. Booted into recovery did a full wipe and then loaded the rooted Rom again and it is perfect. Thanks!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] chocodough:
ok dumb question.

I am going to put the LG1 back on because the LH9 update has horrible battery life.

So since this image is already rooted, I was wondering. After installing it, if I needed to do a factory reset on the device in the future, would it retain root or would I have to reflash the image?

I ask because I like to factory wipe my phone periodically when I don't feel it's quite fresh anymore, and I was just curious if the root stays or not afterwards.

Thanks.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrRobinson:
the factory reset through cwm or stock recovery will wipe data. This will leave this image intact with its root. If you format system you'll need to reload something.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] expertzero1:
ive flashed the stock att tar in odin.

Phone seems to be stuck on the samsung boot animation part.

Any suggestions? Using stock cable.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] AtoZ0to9:
if you're coming from an AOSP ROM, also flash the stock kernal, and wipe cache in recovery...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrRobinson:
if coming from a different base you really need to wipe data in recovery. this odin will give you the stock kernel so no reason to worry about that. Its just the /data side that will cause issues if coming from a non TW base.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] AtoZ0to9:
Thanks for pointing out the kernal is in the stock flash... I figured it may be, but I've never gone back to stock or even thought about it, so I had no reason to look...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] tousen:
Hi!

I have a Rogers S3 but unlocked it to use Bell network.

I'm now using CM10 but want to go back to stock ROM. Which one should I install, Rogers or Bell image?

Thanks :)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] expertzero1:
lol crap!

well too late for that now, any suggestions?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrRobinson:
Not too late. You're fine. Boot into recovery (vol up+pwr+home), and wipe/factory reset. Then boot to download mode and flash with Odin.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] expertzero1:
whoops forgot to post, odin cwm and wiped everything..

everything is good now

thanks !
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] typedink:
OK today my phone keeps popping up a message that I have a update from at&t and it will download over wifi. I'm a bit unsure of connecting to wiring cause of this. If I have OTA rootkeeper should I be safe if it does update on its own?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] drothenberger:
If you're rooted and have a custom recovery installed, you can use the instructions in this thread to apply the OTA. It's easiest to use the alternative method to flash all the pieces.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=31802808

This thread explains how to apply the OTA directly from AT&T without losing root.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=31761715

One of the last posts in the first thread describes how to root LH9 (the OTA) in case you lose it.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] chocodough:
Personally I wouldn't upgrade to LH9. After I did my battery life was horrible!

Normally I use my phone lightly, and can usually go 2 or 3 days between charges. With LH9 I was loosing 60+ % battery a day with the same light usage.

I finally downgraded back a rooted LG1 and deleted the auto update AT&T program from my phone so I won't be forced to update. I'm going to stay on that until Jelly Bean comes out.

I honestly don't understand how crap like this passes by QC at Samsung and AT&T. A lot of people I've read on various forums notice terrible battery life after upgrading to LH9.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] typedink:
Well I used the OTA Root keeper and restored root after updating. I will test it out, see how battery goes and if it sucks I'll I assume be able to use the same method as before when I first rooted to get back to it, as I do not have a custom recovery installed and only used Odin to root with the stock root injected image in the first post.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] hightechlive:
I got a new gs3 and it came with the latest update so can I still root it?

Sent

-SGH-I747 using xda premium
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] zmore:
Of course. Either odin the rooted LG1 from this thread and then OTA update to LH9 with stock recovery (while using rootkeeper) then install CWM or TWRP recovery after, or, easier, just directly flash the rooted LH9 from the other thread in this forum.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] drothenberger:
This post gives some directions:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=32218479

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If you downgrade from LH9 to LG1 you will need to do a factory reset in recovery or you will get errors from android.process.acore. Beware that factory reset from the stock recovery will wipe all internal storage including any pictures, videos, and music you have there.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] zmore:
Ah. Wasn't aware of the touchwhiz downgrade issues.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] typedink:
After upgrading OTA and using the Keep Root, anyone have texting issues? No texts go out unless I reboot each time.

I think it may be an issue with LTE... when it shows 4G LTE the bars are low, it wont get a message out but will let one in. When it says just 4G the bars are full and I was able to get a message out.

Could something have messed up my LTE signal? I know some people lose their IMEI or something like that right, would that show no LTE if so, or mess up signals?

I did a Speed net test and halfway through it stopped and said Network Issue, just not sure if its a AT&T thing or something due to my OTA updating yesterday and keeping root.

Anyone experience anything similar?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] drothenberger:
I had a similar problem. I couldn't send or receive SMS messages unless I was on a call. I called AT&T and they re-registered by phone on the network and that solved the problem. I'd try that first if I were you.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] typedink:
When your on a call its connected to 4G only so it goes through, but when your not, at least for me, when I'm not its 4G LTE. But I'm calling to have them do this so we shall see. Thanks for the tip.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] otoolerc:
Hey, folks - I apologize in advance if this question is repeated elsewhere.

Right now I'm on stock, rooted and have CWM installed.

As far as I can tell, I haven't yet tripped a counter - though this is just through reading, not through any digging on my phone.

If that's the case, should I be following the steps outlined on the OP before I go ahead and flash CM10 from Original Development - or any other ROM, for that matter?

Do I need to follow these steps every time I wish to flash a new ROM?

My only previous experience flashing anything was with the Galaxy Ace... this is by far a superior phone (dollar wise, as well), and comes with a more strict warranty.. I just seek some clarity so I can continue tweaking my phone.

If you help me out, great; if you kindly point me in the right direction, thanks; and if you must, ridicule my newbness or just down right ignore me, I'll try to get the point.

Thanks a ton.

SS include just in the off chance someone notices something amiss.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrRobinson:
Once you have a non-stock recovery installed, as you do, you can simply flash any of the roms in this forum. They are flashable zips and are flashed right in CWM. You'd only want to follow the steps in this thread again if you had tried those roms and wanted to get back to stock but keep root.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] otoolerc:
Ah, ok - so I'm good to go then...

From your message, I'm taking away, that if I want to return to stock (the zip of which I do currently have backed up), then I'd follow these steps to put my flash counter back to its original state, therefore "restoring" the legitimacy of my warranty by it showing it never having been changed from original stock in the first place.

Seem near the point?

I have other questions, but they're a little off topic from this thread.

I do appreciate the assistance.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrRobinson:
Near the point, but not quite there. Following these steps puts you back to rooted stock. You'd simply have to delete Superuser.apk and the su binary to be 100% stock. The flash counter should have never incremented using this method so it is already at 0 for you. If you were to trip it you'd simply have to use one of the methods avail to reset it regardless of whether you were on stock or not.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] foboi1122:
I noticed the ATT base band for that image is I747UCALG1 where as in my phone, the baseband is I747UCLG1 (no "A"). Can i still use the AT&T image provided in the OP?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] AtoZ0to9:
yea...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] foboi1122:
Cool, just wanted to make absolutely sure i'm not gonna brick a 700 dollar phone
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] PeteSeiler2010:
I did this on my phone and I wound up having to do a factory reset, all of my apps kept crashing.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ARchamps:
Thank you for this. I followed this and easily rooted my unlocked Telus GS3 on Rogers. Worked perfectly!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrRobinson:
You need to do a factory reset if you were coming from a different base.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Mad Medik:
Disregard. Problem fixed.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] kaiso:
Att ucalh9

Never mind