yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mitalf:
Dingding

Did you check to see if your gmail account had notifications turned on? Mine kept making that ding-ding noise until I figured out how to disable it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Perno:
Ha, I was hoping to avoid this (going through each app) but that's what I did. Turns out it was Yahoo Mail. I turned off the notifications at the top of the screen, but they hid the notification "sound"! Thanks for your help!
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] REDFOCZ:
Didn't want to put this in a development section since I am not a dev but wanted to share.

This morning I received an OTA updated on my I747, that Updated my kernel and Modem. I went from UCLEM to UCLG1

Here is what changed

Old Medem and Kernel

New kernel and Modem
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] br123:
Try searching. Do you still get local device results or web-only results?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] REDFOCZ:
When I did a search before posting, got web only and nothing showed up. If this was posted already my apologies.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] the1stSecond:
On your phone, when you search do you get results from the web and your device, or only from your device?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] jbrook10:
I installed and I only get Web results now.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] mobilehavoc:
Maybe I'm lucky I get Communication with Server failed when checking for update. Any other changes?

I'm assuming Kies should have this update too right?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] REDFOCZ:
Sorry I misunderstood the question, thought I was asked if I searched before posting the thread lol.

When I search on the device only pulls up web results no longer brings up device results.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] br123:
Yeah, that's what I thought. It's an update to address an lawsuit Apple brought against Samsung for unified search. Google removed on device search results, probably until a better solution is found. Really disappointing. I'm not updating for sure.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] robstunner:
Mines downloading now. OTA Rootkeeper engaged. (stock rooted rom prior to update)

(trying to flash a stock recovery, wont work with CWM btw)
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] biggins1870:
Let us know if you're able to keep root.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] REDFOCZ:
Updated the title to include that the universal search feature had been removed with OTA.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] RikF:
Surely this is a class-action in the making? People purchase product with a specific feature set, feature is later removed. Now, it might be cheaper than fighting with Apple, or might be enforced by the courts, but it doesn't change the fact that something you paid for has been taken away.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] the1stSecond:
I could have sworn I read that it was only on the Nexus device relating to this.

Samsung's/ATT's getting ahead of the curve here or something?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] robstunner:
OK,

Rooted, protected with OTA Rootkeeper, and flashed stock recovery. Got the update installed and OTA Rootkeeper restored root. Happyface.

(doesn't fix standby reporting bug)
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] iceman4357:
anyone that installed notice a difference in the baseband/radio? better/worse reception or data speeds?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] I Am Marino:
It's most likely to keep Apple from trying to block the GS3.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] the1stSecond:
I just got off of live chat with tech support. I had a good tech. He copied and pasted the OTA information he had internally.

Went something like this:

"Reason: Google Search Update"

And then the base band, how to tell customers how to perform the update, etc

Its a 10mb file.

So, pretty much it down grades the search function of Google Search.

Awesome...
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] REDFOCZ:
I just rooted the phone after the OTA, have CWM and SU :D
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] robstunner:
10mb to remove a function? Can't just be that can it?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Artimus009:
See if there is a brightness toggle on the pull down menu. The I9300 got that in a ota.

Stock AT&T SGS3 rocking KT747
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] bravomail:
talk about timing

I'm glad I removed AT&T firmware upgrade in my ROM. :cool:
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] the1stSecond:
I have no idea. A dev would know better. I am not seeing much else different after 30 minutes of playing with it.

Nope, no brightness toggle in pull down.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] REDFOCZ:
So far from what I can see, it has a new kernel, Modem, and removed the universal search feature.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] robstunner:
Nope :-/
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] the1stSecond:
So, would installing this apk (on a rooted device), restore the universal function?

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=28547185&postcount=19

Or is that specific to Sprint? I found it in the Sprint thread talking about the "security" update from Sprint that also stripped their Google Search function down.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] BonesHopkins:
ummm....maybe I'm missing something but I don't see a single difference between your old and new screenshots... :confused:
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] werked:
Me either....

Sent str8 from my half eaten Banilla Ice Cream Samich
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] REDFOCZ:
Opps give me a sec, Ill update first post. I didnt name the files in photobucket haha

Here it is
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] MCKang25:
So to clarify this is NOT the OTA that the international versions got fixing, the standby bug, brightness in menu etc...
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] mobilehavoc:
Can someone confirm that you can just install the Google search apk after the update and get local search back like the Sprint people are saying is possible
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] zmore:
So, since this "update" didn't include any of the bug fixes or new features that the international got, and only RIPPED out the search device feature to appease Apple, I see ZERO reason to update. I'll be staying on my rooted UCALEM stock for a while (until CM10 draws its first breath)

On another note, before I go looking, does someone know how to permanently ignore the update notifications if you choose to postpone?

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] defnow:
I believe you freeze device management through titanium back-up.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] the1stSecond:
Did you install CWM (a customer recovery) after your stock root? If you did you can just install this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1732039

Then just remove the update service from the phone using Aroma. If ever ready/want to install an available over the air update just revert back to UCLEM stock rom and your update service will be re-installed. That's what I did.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] freakboy13:
What he said...

Get TiBu and freeze every single at&t app you have. I also froze anything with Samsung on it to including kies.

Unless an update is critical I never update cuz it's usually after the fact you find out "they took away my root..."

"they removed what? "...etc. etc .

My phone. My way.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] zmore:
Yeah, thanks. I've already frozen just about every bloatapp except SVoice and KiesAir, but I'll go freeze this now and thaw it out to check again later if needbe.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] alanbot:
GoogleQuickSearchBox.apk does work and fixes the searching, but once you reboot it goes away and needs to be installed again. Is there a fix for this?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] bonefan03:
I'm not sure, but depending on how you installed it it may be able to remain after reboot. For example, if you installed it like any other application (i.e. From your phone) the application was installed in your data folder. But, if you tried installing the apk using adb to your system folder it might hold thru reboot. I could be wrong but give it a try it might work
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Snook321:
Hey.... How did you get the weather in your notification bar?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] mobilehavoc:
Is there a way to flash the kernel and baseband from this OTA only? Assuming they might provide improvements.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] humblehyper:
That sucks they removed the universal search function on this update. I ain't updating mine! I paid for it and they can't take that away!
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] msd24200:
Ok any download link for this apk?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Bruce Lee:
Has anyone notice better reception with the new radio?

Sent from my SGSIII with the XDA Premium App
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] mobilehavoc:
Can someone extract or post the new modem so we can flash with mobile ODIN? Also Kernel?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] fleurdelisxliv:
mine has not updated does it just start on its on or do you have to search for it
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] msd24200:
Go to settings, about device
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] fleurdelisxliv:
yes i know lol it has not updated the ota. i was just wondering if it wld do it auto or do i have to push the update :) bc if i have to push it i will not ill just leave it alone
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] msd24200:
I received a notification
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] beast3300:
Yes please!
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] fleurdelisxliv:
thank you i havent had any as of yet!!!!!!!!!!
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] augustorm:
Okay so both sprint and ATT have now stripped the universal search feature and I'm assuming my Tmo is next. However I still get device results when searching so atm I'm good. Now onto the big question. Why is the S3 different than my other three past droids? I have always had to manually update the ota. Meaning I have physically had to go into settings and click on "update" for the ota to start. Are you peeps suggesting that the S3 is automatic with regards to updates?

Meanwhile I will be going back into TiBU to put other shtuff on ice.

Peace
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] rllong1:
I looked through the thread an couldn't find an answer. I saw that you could maintain root; But I am not rooted now. If I update with the recent ota will I be able to root after that?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] zmore:
Beautiful Widgets. (I don't think the notification is enabled by default, though)
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] nc2nc2:
Pulled from Sprint GS3 forum. Installed on my phone after update via Root Explorer. Backed up the non-universal search apk and Copy Pasted the universal search apk into /system/app and fixed permission, then a reboot. Works perfectly

Somebody could pull a copy of the apk from at&t GS3 version and post it here, but im guessing it's the same (Sprint version is 1.4.1.338691). Is it the same for AT&T? Forgot to check and do that myself.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] alanbot:
PM me if you want the link I can't post any outside links yet.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Dolio:
I would also like to confirm it will be possible to root after the ota is installed..
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] cloud92:
Great thread! I just got my S3. As far as the frustration. I'm blaming Apple on being such patent trolls. They steal the notification bar from Android and Google doesn't start throwing a tantrum like a tired and hungry 2 year old like Apple does... sigh... sorry lol. Thank God for amazing devs to help us navigate past this stuff. Can't wait to root mine and debloat it. I'll avoid the update as well.

Thanks to all!
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] alanbot:
I deleted the old search apk in the system/app folder. I Installed the new one in my system/app folder. I booted to CWM and fix permissions. Now it's there even after rebooting.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] lostaggie:
Mine keeps saying server unavailable... Anyone get that? Any solution?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] bonefan03:
I forgot about fixing the permissions, did u use adb or root explorer?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] cmjkxa:
Same. People have been saying to exchange phones but I've had the same issue on previous Samsungs and eventually got the ota.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] fleurdelisxliv:
+1 every samsung i have had did this
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] REDFOCZ:
Yes, you are still able to root after the update. I rooted and installed aokp then Odin back to stock.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] aimfire72:
For the life of me, cannot get the ota to install... Downloads fine and reboots, starts to install, but then stops at about 29% due to an "error".

I'm on stock, but rooted with cwm recovery... what am I doing wrong here?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Randomacts:
If we are rooted can we not download the OTA?

Edit: yay its downloading.. To be honest I don't use the search.. but I'll prob still download the fix. I just checked for the update manually and then it gave me a notification that there as a update ready.. *I suppose that is what people got .. people probably had the device somehow download it automatically but not install ofc*

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Any guide on how to install that?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] wankelrx:
Is unfreezing all bloatware required before updating?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] nc2nc2:
Download from PlayStore/Market
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] REDFOCZ:
You will not be able to update if you have cwm the update will fail. Have to be on the stock recovery.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] vviper55:
I have a rooted s3 running ultimatum rom. I saw the update come in on my phone but it immediately disappeared after it started. I checked my phone and it didn't update anything. I still have the att update service running. I'm guessing the update noticed too many changes on my system and failed?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] BonesHopkins:
And it eventually worked? I have my phone's box sitting in my car and had planned on exchanging it mainly because of this but if you're sure it will eventually work, I'd just as soon hold on to it because I hate exchanging things.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] mobilehavoc:
Now we have the update.zip how do I force it to update via Samsung stock recovery? I'm guessing if I put the file in /cache/fota/ which is all the update software does it will work but I don't know how to put the SGS3 into recovery mode and force it to update using the FOTA?

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I figured it out BUT it wiped data in the process :(

Luckily apps are installing again. See separate thread for instructions.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] kmp4life:
What app to freeze?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] zmore:
You can use Titanium Backup to freeze/disable apps (in the paid version only), or, new to ICS, you can use the built-in App Manager to disable bloat apps. You just have to remember to uninstall any updates before it'll let you disable it, though.

I froze most of my bloat in TiBu simply because it's faster to batch select rather than do 'em one by one, and they all show as disabled in the app manager too, so the process is "compatible".

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] drothenberger:
CWM-flashable version of OTA leaving Universal Search

I put together a CWM-flashable version of the OTA that preserves root and doesn't remove Universal Search.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1768826
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] jdeslip:
After getting the "update" do voice actions still work. Like can you still press the microphone and say "Call Bob Smith"? Or do voice actions just search the web as well?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] fleurdelisxliv:
the other ones did but you know i cant say that it will work im good without the updates bc i will flash roms soon enough :)
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] mterrence5:
I am seeing 20mb/3.3mb speeds whereas before I was getting 8mb/15mb.

It also says 4G lte now while I'm at home and I don't live in LTE coverage....... I wonder if they messed with the display settings. I will have to try speed test in Boston later today.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] cell128:
The sad part about this is next year in future phones this search patch will stick and there might not be ways around it I think because it was never built into the original rom
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] billism:
It can always be developed by a third party. The phone will likely need to be rooted, for local device search, but it will still be possible.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] werked:
Updated this am. Didn't use the local device search much anyway. Also got updated baseband and kernel, not sure what has changed in that regard. I did a speed test before and after and it was better but not sure if it means anything bc they were both worse than speeds I was pulling yesterday. Will probably try again later.

Sent str8 from my half eaten Banilla Ice Cream Samich
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] artisticcheese:
It's our safe to put on Rom with frozen apps?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] stoobie-doo:
Can anyone point me to what needs to be done in root explorer - is it as simple setting the four permissions that the apk in stock has, i.e. all three reads plus owner write, onto the restored apk, or something else?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] drothenberger:
I don't know, but it's safe to try it. The flashable zip includes a bunch of binary patches to files. It starts by checking that all the files it will patch are there and unmodified and will stop if that's not true. I don't know the details about how TiBu freezes files, so it may work or not. Worse case the zip aborts before it makes any changes with no harm done.

If you do try it, please report whether it worked or not in this thread. Thanks!
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] shortskoolbus:
It works until you reboot...
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] mobilehavoc:
Yeah and takes only 2 minutes to reinstall after a reboot also your settings are preserved so just install after reboot and you're set until the next one. Not such a big deal if you ask me honestly
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] jdeslip:
For those of you who did the update. Are all the voice actions still working? For example: is the voice action for say "call bob smith" still working in the search widget if you press on the microphone?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Descadent:
i could care less about searching through the phone itself but did anyone decide the if the update to this radio in the update helps signal strenght or even what radio update really did? I've been searching but I haven't found anything relative to the radio update part of the ota update.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] eyecon82:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1762570&goto=newpost
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] vinuneuro:
Is it necessary to have all the stock apps to use this update? I thought I remember reading earlier that it updates certain bloat apps and fails if they're not there.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] drothenberger:
Yes, I think that's correct. I know it works if they are frozen, but I think it will fail of they have been removed. It's safe to try, though.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Eddie Bombay:
This is BS I kept hitting postpone every 8 hours and somehow my **** updated.

Lame.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] msd24200:
Mine did the same thing!
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] alanbot:
Boot into cwm recovery choose advanced menu and choose fix permissions .
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] sailindawg:
What I've found is that one has to go to app manager and force stop AT&T software update / clear app cache. Seems to keep the update message from reappearing.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Altair8800:
fix permissions

Sorry for my noob question. :confused:

How did you fix permission? Could you provide a step by step guide please?

Thanks.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] drothenberger:
Assuming you're using Root Explorer:

Navigate to /system/app.

Long-click on another .apk file and choose Properties.

Note that permissions (rw-r--r--), the owner (root), and the group (root).

Click on "Mount R/W" at the top right of the screen.

Long-click on GoogleQuickSearchBox.apk and choose Permissions

Set the permissions so Owner has Read and Write and Group and Others have just Read. Press OK.

Long-click again and choose Change Owner.

Set the Owner and Group to "0 - root". Press OK.

Click on "Mount R/O" at the top-right.

Reboot just to be sure.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Altair8800:
Thanks a lot. You are my hero now! :D
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] wavrunrx:
F*** you apple.

:cowboy:
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] fleurdelisxliv:
i never even got the update msg :confused:
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] WMguy:
Yes, that still works fine.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] fleurdelisxliv:
well got the update today oh well :silly: it just started updating after i postponed it so idk
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] jas27:
Thank you, got the universal search back!
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] crawlgsx:
I purposely have been trying to update and it just keeps telling me it is up to date (UCLEM).

Guess it knows if you want or don't want to update and does the opposite :good:
[Motorola Droid RAZR] pyroemaniac:
Is it just me or does there seem to be more focus on gsm roms than the cdma? Im not trying to complain, just wantin some cdma lovin :D
[Motorola Droid RAZR] mattlgroff:
The way its turned out is that CDMA Roms are on droidrzr.com and GSM Roms are on XDA.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] blackhemi4x4:
I dont mine the address bar going away, but getting it back sucks. My Nexus S, all you had to do was scroll up the page a line and it would pop back. SGSIII, I'm having to scroll all the way to the top of the page to get it back.

Is there a setting to change this or am I doing something wrong?

I know there are other browsers, but I prefer the stock one, so please don't tell me to use one of the many others :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] sage3:
That's the only way I can get it back as well. I haven't seen any settings for this, though I have found something you might want to try. In your browser go to settings -> Labs -> Check Quick Controls. Sliding your finger from the edge gives you some controls. This gives you an option to pull up the address bar while anywhere on the page. Will probably take some getting use to though. Only weird thing is that when you have quick controls on, scrolling to the top of the page will not bring up the address bar.