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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] OneStepAhead:
this is always the case with OTA updates, have to have stock recovery

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well at least this way you can get google wallet updates and not have to keep using an outdated and potentially insecure hacked wallet apk
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] john9:
looking forward to it!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] teh roxxorz:
Basically it will happen in 2 ways [overall, not listing full details]:

1- flash the rooted rom with the update > then flash all additional rooted update zips / odin packages

2- unroot > flash stock recovery [resets flash counter] > apply ota > re-root
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] RandomKing:
There's only two ways to update:

1) While using a stock rom, with stock and odexed everything, simply wait for Sprint to push the update to your phone.

2) If deodexed, modified, or on a custom rom, wait for the developers to make flash-able updates.

You can not have root customizations and Sprint pure updates together. Besides, returning to stock from a custom rom to receive Sprint's update? You're usually giving up more than you're gaining. :laugh:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] freeza:
Okay, it's up in the OP!

As for which one you should do? Basically it's like this:

-If you don't care about updated firmware or you want to wait for me (or someone) to make the firmware flashable in Odin, then download and install this one.

-If you want to fully updated, firmware and all, then you should probably download the other file I'm about to add to the OP, which will install the stock recovery, so that you can download the OTA yourself on your phone and it will install.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] teh roxxorz:
Bout to be on that like freeza blowing up krillin.

De-oxed on its way?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] daniel06gt:
Now I don't have a problem waiting for you or someone to make the updates flashable, then also I wouldn't mind doing the OTA myself in which case I see that I'll add teh stock recovery which means I can't ever flash anything right? i mean it's not a custom recovery so i'm screwed? I hope i'm making sense here haha
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] teh roxxorz:
What you would do it flash the stock recovery [needed to take the OTA] > then just flash the cwm recovery and the the root zip.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] daniel06gt:
ahh perfect. and i'm assuming these would be uploaded by the OP sometime soon, and just keep them saved for when they need to get used
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mrlou623:
I'm dumb. Getting the phone tomorrow. If I take the update from Sprint, can I root and install recovery after? Sorry if some of you are laughing right now.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] teh roxxorz:
Right, the OP or someone else would posted update zips of the firmware as time went by.

There's no need to go to degrade yourself when asking a question. And yes, if you take the ota, you'll still be able to flash cwm recovery using odin, then flash the root zip in recovery and be all set.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mrkrabs:
Has the modem files been upped yet?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Jettubby:
No you are not up to date. The baseband should end in LF9 also. There's another thread here with a zip you can use to apply the entire update like I did. Just be sure to wipe cache and davik after the update. ;)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] freeza:
Latest OTA coming along with all firmware files.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] misagh99:
Does any of these step reset my flash counter? I have to return my phone to sprint because we don't have 4g lte in our area. If it doesn't, does any one know how to reset counter flash on sprint g3 or any advice?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mlin:
I don't think it matters. If you're outside of your 14 days you're going to have a tough time returning it either way. Didn't you realize your area didn't have lte at the time of purchase?:confused:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mlin:
New as in newer than lf9?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mlin:
just 're root the phone using the same method as before. I restored to stock to get the full update and re rooted immediately after with no issue.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] misagh99:
i bought my galaxy s3 8 days ago, but idk if I go to sprint to retun it, do they check custom binary download in download mod or not?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mlin:
probably not. I returned a rooted evo lte on my 14th day with no problem. They usually just check to see that the phone is still on like new condition.

I know people want to care about this flash counter thing but I really believe it's a non issue. Sprint really seems to care less about the root of modification status of a phone.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] misagh99:
on my way to exchange my galaxy s3 to s2. let see whats happens.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mlin:
Good luck! Gotta ask, what is the benefit of the s2 over the s3?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Trev186:
Double the RAM makes a huge difference trust me!

Everyone is always focusing on the # of processors but a lot people don't realize many apps are not even coded to make use of multi cores.

Ram on the other hand helps make things overall more smooth. With more free RAM u can multitask a lot more applications.

Android does a good job.managing running applications but occasionally it can't respond fast enough to keep up with you.

I have around 400-500 applications and I constantly have more than 1 GB of free RAM in memory.

I also need the extra memory so having 32 GB internal storage in addition to my 64 CBS SDXC card is essential.

I am little crazy though...if they release a 64 GB version stateside I would upgrade in an instant...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mlin:
Right. But he's exchanging an s3 for an s2... or so it seems.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] freeza:
LG2 update is uploading. FULL odex with proper ROOT (SU) first.

:)

DeOdex followed by flashable firmware including baseband/modem is next.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Naddict:
Awesome... :D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] freeza:
Odexed is up :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] chrisngrod:
Thank you... downloading!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Trev186:
So is the flashable version of LG2 linked on the front page missing anything ?

I know previously we had this choice of an easy flash but losing some parts of the firmware updates or flashing the true update through Odin.

What changed in the newest update ?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] freeza:
Not a true update through odin, flashable via CWM.

I will be uploading all the firmware bits for flash through Odin though, including the baseband.

The only issue this update has is that I forgot to change the updater-script to say "installing LG2 update" and it says it's installing LF9, but it's purely cosmetic :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] x_SCOS_x_ELITE:
thanks for the latest LG2 I want to try my hands at a custom rom but had to send for a replacement because of overheating and couldn't pull update from phone
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] xtrezpasor:
Can any one update there profile or prl after flashing this? Mine keep failing...

Sent from my SPH-L710...if some one helps you press the thanks button
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ttieder:
is there any diffence with this update?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] freeza:
DeOdexed is live
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eibbojtir:
Just flashed LG2, updated PRL and profile just fine, no errors.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mlin:
Thanks, freeza for getting these updates to ids so quickly!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] freeza:
It looks as though this update contains a Google 'security' fix that disables "searchable items" in Google search. Meaning you can no longer search your contacts and other types of data from the Google Search Box. I will be posting up a fix.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] xtrezpasor:
Profile update keeps failing. Any one else have this error?

Sent from my SPH-L710...if some one helps you press the thanks button
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] w8setter:
Could anyone tell me what the newest baseband version is? :confused:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] strongsteve:
Are we going to get the baseband/modem this time? If not, where can we get that?

Sent from my Galaxy SIII
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mlin:
Damnit Apple! You've won the battle but you're still losing the war!

Freeza, are you planning on uploading the firmware as well? If not then I'll update via stick then just refresh the deodexed ROM.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] FrameCityJackal:
Hey buddy!!!! :p

Have the devs talked about using torrents yet, these huge files are taking so longer compared to torrent downloads. My ISP was saying it was going to take 11 hours to DL and I was stuck at 56MB for the longest :eek: I know it's not going to take 11 hrs. Wouldn't torrents be a most effective way to DL roms if people are willing enough to seed?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Bizdady:
Thanks for the quick update. I kept clearing the message away but it kept popping back out lol Was getting annoying.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] freeza:
i have the firmware ready to go but the modem partition size is like 60mb. i need to find a way to trim it so that odin will accept it... unless you want to do it manually, which is easy enough :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] hunterbeav:
I am rooted with stock Rom....so I can download the update to root of phone and then flash it using cwm....is that correct?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] freeza:
JK, I figured it out. FIRMWARE coming up!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Naddict:
Can you use mobile Odin for this once you do put it up? :D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] freeza:
Baseband and other firmware now available from the OP!

Grab it while it's hot.

mobile Odin, you say? O_O
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] il buono:
You makes me happy :D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ReggieTee:
I'm confused. I'll wait for QBKing to do a tutorial video. I'm stock rooted and was about to flash the update via CWM. Now what's the Baseband, Modem, etc. that was justed posted? Is that not in the L12 update that I was about to flash? I guess the better question is what is this last update freeza just uploaded?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Naddict:
Nvm... Flashed and all is good
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Naddict:
Baseband is the modem... You can flash it separately in cwm to have the latest modem from the mothership....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ReggieTee:
So the modem isn't in the zip for the actual ROM, correct? Modem has to be flashed separately. I think I got it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] freeza:
Well, updates usually consist of a number of things....Not all are flashable via custom Recovery.

The OTA (over the air) or update process usually goes like this

-Phone firmware (this is the bootloader, radio(sometimes called baseband and modem), and other files). Updates like this are useful from on a lower level, not always seen or realized by us. Often times the radio will be updated to handle signal, gps, or other things better. This part of the OTA is not flashable by a custom recovery because of signature checking and other things that go on. That's why in order to get it, you must either go back to stock (almost completely) OR wait for other methods of getting the firmware onto your phone.

-Phone software (Android): This part of the update is usually extracted by developers and integrated into current custom and stock ROMs to have all the latest software. This will include bug fixes or 'security updates' and other random changes to the OS. This part is flashable via custom Recovery.

What I've done is enabled both things with minimal time and effort.

The baseband, which is arguably one of the more important parts of the update, usually would be flashed with Odin along with the other firmware parts; bootloader, etc. But since I couldn't make it flashable with Odin, I did the next best thing--enable it to be flashed in Recovery! This means you no longer have to flash anything back to stock to get the latest firmware updates, and they can all be done on any custom ROM with any Recovery.

So basically, to get the effect of the full update--especially if you're running stock rooted with recovery and/or insecure kernel, you will want to flash like this: REQUIRED: Odin.

-Flash the Odin firmware package that includes the bootloader,trustedzone,rpm,sbl2,sbl3.

-Boot into recovery and flash the baseband/modem/radio/whatever.

-Wipe Dalvik and flash the ROM. No need to wipe your data or anything like that.

-Reboot and prosper!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] w8setter:
You are the man......If i coulda just had a little patience this update would of been alot easier, but im sure the next will be:D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] freeza:
It most definitely will be :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] gr33nd3vil:
Thanks freeza for another amazing release.

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So you didn't say where in Odin does the file go so we can flash?

I guess my question is we can flash the modem through CWM, and the other parts even if on a custom rom need to be Odined. However where do they go / and will it mess up anything?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ttieder:
If I am running blazer rom should I still oden the firmware or just flash the modem
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] gr33nd3vil:
That's the same thing I'm stuck at =/
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] qhinton:
i flashed with cmw no problems i dont even think there was a modem update
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] gr33nd3vil:
There's 2 files to flash. 1 in CWM which is the baseband

The otehr is with Odin which is the firmware adn crap.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] PhantomHacker:
Pda slot, I belive.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] gr33nd3vil:
Nevermind Odin the Firmware zip by placing it in PDA

and

then CWM the modem / baseband update.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] GlitterKill:
Fan-freakin-tastic! Worked like a charm! Went from Stock rooted running Blazer Rom 1.4 to now running baseband LG2 by using your recovery flashable upgrade! Thanks for the great work!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mdcarter67:
are the links down? I can't download.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] gr33nd3vil:
There working fine
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Vdubtx:
Nope, not down. I just downloaded.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] DroidGnome:
Worked like a charm.. i THINK :)

The only thing I don't like is the new search... so... Here's the original APK :) Enjoy
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] gr33nd3vil:
Which is this?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] acleansc4:
Thanks so much for the detailed explanation. I'm still not 100% on the wording above.

I'm stock rooted on LF9.

Did you say you we can flash both "firmware" and "modem" via CWM recovery?

Then at the bottom, you say to get the "effect of the full update", that Odin is required? So if we use Odin, we're loading the firmware file in the PDA slot. Do we leave the "auto reboot" checked or unchecked? If unchecked, do we pull the battery to turn off then boot into CWM recovery to flash the modem? So once firmware & modem is installed, then we'll flash the ROM?

Still learning, hopefully makes sense and others are having the same questions I have...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] freeza:
Well, it's like this in a nutshell:

Odin would usually flash the entire firmware, if made correctly. However, Odin won't flash my baseband modem because it is 60MB (the size of the whole partition) and the actual baseband should be slightly less (around ~40 MB). Since I didn't trim the baseband modem of 0s to match what it should be, Odin has an issue with that, which is why I had to go the CWM route for the baseband modem. That's why you need to flash parts of it in Odin and the baseband in CWM. It's sort of confusing but not once you get it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] xtrezpasor:
I'm sorry for the Noob question but I downloaded both baseband files. I'm running lg2 rooted deoxed using your deoxe file. How do I've updated my modem? Just flash the file or I need to oden first.

Thanks

Sent from my SPH-L710...if some one helps you press the thanks button
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mbene913:
Is this the update that gives us the brightness widget? I read about a new update but I don't see any new features.

Baseband version :L710VPLG2

Hardware version:L710.14

Did I do it right?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] JTIII:
I can't flash the Other Parts in Odin for some reason. It gets stuck at 'Get PIT For Mapping' for a few minutes then it fails the flash. I've done it twice now and I got the same result. This is the same problem I had when I first rooted the S3 until I found a working clockworkmod.tar. Any ideas why this is happening?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] gr33nd3vil:
Dix you put the file in PDA?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] gr33nd3vil:
Yes
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] gr33nd3vil:
Just flash the modem zip in cwm or twrp...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Bizdady:
So I flashed the cmw modem zip part of the baseband and everything seems fine. I havent done the odin tar part yet? Is the odin part necessary?

I forgot to flash the odin part last night and now I wont have access till late late tonight.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] halmo20:
I'm on PLG2 but don't see the brightness widget... Any idea? I thanks.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] GatoL0c0:
Where on the internal storage does the baseband update save the backup to?

From a Third Galaxy not so far away...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Bizdady:
I saw it in the root of the internal sd card.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] limeaid:
I don't have the brightness slide either. I don't think it's in this update
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Putrid Polecat:
How long do you have to wait after applying the update for the phone to boot? I've been on the SGSIII screen for over 2 minutes. Also, I moronically cleared the cache instead of just the dalvik cache (cleared both). Is that a disaster? :eek:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Bizdady:
Nope just takes a while to boot up on the initial boot after wiping cache.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Putrid Polecat:
Thanks. My phone won't get past the GS3 screen. It was stock rooted.

I flashed the Odin firmware. Then I got into recovery and flashed the modem. Then cleared cache and Dalvik. Then I flashed the Odexed ROM.

All the steps completed without error. What did I do wrong?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mbene913:
Should my kernel have been updated? It still says July 4th.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Putrid Polecat:
Flashed back to stock and all is well...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] JTIII:
Like always...latest version of Odin as well...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] yoniinfante:
Does anyone knows of a LF9 modem zip.??? LG2 is not good on battery life
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] DatDude123:
Read the OP dude. It's there. Below the newest one.

D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] yoniinfante:
"Dude i dont need the whole update i asked just for the modem.zip" thanks for the help...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Bizdady:
Anyone try flashing the Odin part of the firmware with Mobile Odin?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] alexnaoumi:
guys. I really need your help. 3/5 times when I call people it stays stuck on "dialing" and then it beeps (beeps sound like the other line is busy) and it hangs up automatically but the beeps continue forever until you reboot. Is there any fix?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] fergie716:
Try this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=28617824

If that doesn't work try updating profile and PRL then reboot
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] shinesthru:
C'mon, man, you should really lay off the sarcasm. There are plenty of people here willing to help, but you are coming off as a bit demanding. You want it your way, and you want it now. Ever heard the adage about catching flies with honey? Good luck.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] aaron130:
So if I'm stock rooted with the last update I need to flash the deodexed and the baseband in CWM then I flash the other part in Odin correct? Can I use mobile Odin? And this will keep my CWM and root correct?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tj.iscool:
I used this method
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] anderd:
How does one go about using this backup to revert back to LF9? Ive tried flashing the one via odin, completes, but still on LG2, was wondering if maybe the backup would work but i have no idea how to use the backup as its not in zip/tar format.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dropzone9540:
Worked like a champ. Nandroid, flashed full odexed update through CWM recovery first, restart into recovery, then the radio update. Got an error after rebooting when the update says it's trying to install which I think is normal, but now I've got the new kernel, radio, updates, and everything seems to be working just as before. PLUS no more annoying update notification. Thanks!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] chrisngrod:
I really needed to update.

Flashed firmware via Odin, modem and latest version of Phantom ROM at same time via CWM. No wipe no anything (I know people ask that question a bit).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFQGOuZ9Muc
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] aquariex24:
Hi, I am new to this kinda stuff and a little confused by some of the posts that I think address my issue but I just want to make sure. I had my phone rooted with CWM using the stock ROM and kept on getting the notification saying I needed to update. Of course as a noob I got tired of it clicked "Install Now." :rolleyes: So it rebooted and then loaded into the CWM recovery mode and failed to install because of something along the lines of what I think said "e-certificate." I rebooted the phone from the CWM recovery and everything is working fine. The update notification is gone but the update obviously not applied. Could someone please provide me in simple dumbed down terms what I have to do in order to resolve this mistake? Again, I read a few posts in which I wasn't 100% sure if they were addressing the same user error (most likely because I'm not yet familiar with certain terms yet).

I also noticed that for some reason now in my notification sounds list "Facebook Pop" and "Join Hangout" were then listed twice but ended up deleting one of two files found within my notifications folder. Perhaps this was a result of my mistake as well. Hopefully nothing else happened that I'm unaware of at the moment.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] verngator:
Did I do this correctly?

Flashed the DeOdex and Radio files via ClockworkMod Recovery. I feel confident about everything but the Odin part as this is my first Samsung phone.

For the 3rd file - LG2firmwareODIN.tar.md5 - I started Odin, selected the file in PDA, unchecked Auto Reboot...turned off the phone and restared in Download mode...the phone was recognized in Odin - blue box for COM...then I selected Start.

Odin messages -

<ID:0/004> tz.mbn

<ID:0/004> RQT_CLOSE !!

<ID:0/004> RES OK !!

<ID:0/004> Removed!!

<ID:0/004> Remain Port .... 0

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 1 / failed 0)

then box turned GREEN with text PASS!

So...phone was still in Download mode. I shut it down, then restarted. Am I done? Didn't know if I had to do something else after the PASS! message in Odin. The phone seems to work - I can make phone calls, check for new PRL, and update profile.

Here's the versioning I see -

Baseband Version -

L710VPLG2

Kernel Version -

3.0.8-618049-user

se.infra@SEP-114 #1

SMP PREEMPT Wed Jul 4 12:41:41 KST

2012

Build number

IMM76D.L710PALG2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dropzone9540:
I don't think flashing the ODIN file was necessary if you did the other files by CM recovery. If I'm wrong, someone please tell me as I didn't bother with the odin files.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Naddict:
Verngator...you did fine, you could have flashed the zip file in CWM, but ODIN way is OK too...profit and enjoy.