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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] m20120:
There is an update from LG8 to LI3 that can be flashed to a stock rooted LG8 (see here). I used this process to get from LG8 to LI3 and it was painless. I am not sure if there is an update that will get you all the way from LG2 or if you would have to take each step to get from LG2 to LI3.

Edit:

I found an update file that goes from LG2 to LG8 here. Perhaps the procedure (above) could be used two times. The first to get from LG2 to LG8, and then repeat again to go from LG8 to LI3. You will need to follow the step to flash the Epic Root from Recovery each time since LG8 and LI3 both contain code to restore the stock recovery if your phone has a recovery that is not stock. The Epic Root from Recovery makes sure that your custom recovery sticks.

I have not done this before so, proceed at your own risk. May want to do some searching and reading on LG2 to LG8.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] FractalSphere:
You can flash LG2 to LG8, and then flash LG8 to LI3 in succession, then the Tean Epic Root after (but before, reboot), right? Or do I need to flash LG2 to LG8, the team epic root, (reboot), and then do the same for LG8 to LI3, team epic, and then (reboot) again?

Thanks!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] m20120:
I know that this will work:

flash LG2 to LG8, the team epic root, (reboot), and then do the same for LG8 to LI3, team epic, and then reboot

I seems that you could also:

flash LG2 to LG8, and then flash LG8 to LI3 in succession, then the Tean Epic Root and then reboot

I have not done the two updates without rebooting before to know if it will work or not. I just know that once you have flashed to LG8 (or later) you must flash the Team Epic Root before rebooting or you will lose your custom recovery on booting the ROM.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] FractalSphere:
I'm still getting the status 7 message, even with the first update (the lower one). Do I HAVE to rename the file to 'update.zip'?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] george1614:
I think he was telling the truth because i got the same notice to update. I am currently on lg8 and bet it was LI3 update.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] IceCreaMan:
i've got the same error and renaming and the location of the file did not make a difference. I also tried flashing a new version of clockwork but still no dice. I'm gonna double my upgrade path to L8 to see if that is where the problem lies as I think i flashed a rooted L8 stock rom.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] m20120:
What recovery are you using? I was able to make it work with CWM. I did not try with TWRP.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Joe Trojan:
Yes I get the Status 7 also. I have CWM and it didn't work for me. I would like some steps to make this work.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] m20120:
The only other thing that I can think of is that the Update checks to make sure it is patching (i.e. updating LG8 to bring it up to LI3). It may fail if you have modified any of the system files. If you have altered apk files on your device (example google search) you may need to restore them to the originals that came with the ROM you are trying to update.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] IceCreaMan:
how did you guys upgrade to LG8? maybe we have something in common based on rom or root method.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Joe Trojan:
I have CWM 5.5.0.4

My s3 came with LG8 or did OTA on its own, I don't remember. But I'm still stuck with this dreaded Status 7 that leads to ditch the installation. What I can say is that the messages that follow are these:

Verifying current system...

assert failed: apply_patch_check("/system/csc/feature.xml" "7675e1fd5bcf550056a47451b0173da0d281b514", "010a3e38c0e0ea7ee299b2474390bb7666dbab42")

E: Eror in /sdcard/z_root/ea5db7d1ce298.update_8SPH-L710_LG8_to_LI3(1).zip

(Status 7)

Installation aborted.

Worth continuing or wait til JB release?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] pjacobs76:
I'm getting the same status 7 error message when trying to update. I am on stock rooted ROM LG8, and the only modification that I did was remove the camera shutter sound. Is this enough to cause the status 7 error? I've tried updating through CWM and stock recovery but both give me the status 7 error.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dcharleyultra:
Yes, it's enough to cause the abort.

Swyped from my SPH-L710
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Cooljb:
Stock Email app not syncing

Since getting the JB update my yahoo email (which is set up in the stock email app) is not syncing and I'm not getting notifications for new email. It's really strange - if I go in the settings while in the email app, syncing is enabled for every 15 minutes. But if I go into the main phone settings, and select the email setting, it shows the yahoo account but underneath it says "Sync Disabled". WTF? I don't see any other way to set it to automatically sync. I even got desperate and did a full data wipe/reset but still the same. Anyone else having this problem or know how to fix?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] zanderman112:
My yahoo mail is syncing fine on LJ7 via the stock app.

Not sure what you could've done to mess it up.

Sent from my trusty Epic 4G tweet machine.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Cooljb:
Well I figured it out - and I feel pretty stupid. I had the global sync disabled which was preventing the email app from syncing. I could swear that they were independent before. I always had the global sync disabled because I didn't want all that traffic/battery drain going on all the time. But my email still synced before. Anyway I just enabled the global sync and individually disabled syncing for all of the accounts/items except for my email account. I know I didn't have to do this before so obviously JB is really enforcing the global sync toggle globally for real now.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] clark44:
If anyone can get the ota file itself that would be great.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] raiderep:
Back to stock waiting for update, if I get it first I'll post it up :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] budde2:
Anybody get the update yet ???
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Nevell:
Well since this isn't JB and we have no LTE here and probably won't have for the next 10 years dealing with Sprint. I have no use for this update.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] budde2:
That sucks wish it was jellybean
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Upstreammiami:
Does this bring a new radio?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] master acehole:
Most new builds do since nobody has got the ota yet we are not 100% sure
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tofumonster:
Yes! Excited for the LTE stuff since I'm in the DFW area.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jamcar:
Only reason for this is the modem and I will flash that, if there is one......
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jsmcmahon89:
Totally with you here...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Centsless:
Something needs to happen in the Fort Worth, Mid cities area. T-Mobile is looking really good lately.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] budde2:
I did a speed test on my buddies T-Mobile S3 and he was getting 25+ all day yesterday he says is just sick how fast his **** be
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tft:
can you get OTA via wifi? nothing here..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dutchman71:
Nothing showing up here yet either. Maybe later today I hope.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] javier21:
,

Great thanks..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] RawisTheGameHhH:
more like later next week or the week after
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] master acehole:
Yea i didn't LG8 notification update till three weeks later
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] RawisTheGameHhH:
i'll just wait for the zip to flash on stock
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dutchman71:
Downloading now....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] RawisTheGameHhH:
from the phone or the zip?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dutchman71:
81.5 mb phone is downloading after manual check
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] kegacide:
I actually hate when Swype is preloaded into phones, then you usually can't install the beta and get the latest versions until the phone manufacturer updates and sends out... which is usually forever...

i like being able to update Swype the instant a newer one is ready...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] New2Android:
Downloading!!!!!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jjdevega:
Mine as well:) I feel like I'm receiving a present lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] RawisTheGameHhH:
nothing as usual
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] budde2:
I have nothing yet either maybe later tonight or tomorrow
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mrg02d:
Okay, so this includes a new radio? I'm guessing for LTE? Probably worthless for anyone without LTE service huh?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] criptix:
Post the zip before you install if you can.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] hayabusa1300cc:
For some time now, swype beta let's you install side by side with preloaded
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] criptix:
Nm I'll post

---------- Post added at 10:51 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:38 PM ----------

http://www.mediafire.com/file/z7eggheasucbaz5/ea5d7d1ce298.update_SPH-L710_LG8_to_LI3.zip

Enjoy
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Orbiting234:
Also available from Google directly: http://android.clients.google.com/p...0/ea5d7d1ce298.update_SPH-L710_LG8_to_LI3.zip

Followed now by: http://android.clients.google.com/p...0/eec955eb4a5b.update_SPH-L710_LI3_to_LJ7.zip
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Nevell:
@OP I added a tag hope you don't mind. If so I can remove it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Orbiting234:
Two things I have noticed so far:

1. The built in version of Swype does not have any voice capabilities which seems odd.

2. The Sprint Connections Optimizer just barfs out a "Setup has not finished yet. Please try again later." error when trying to see if it was checked on or off. Updating profile and clearing the cache for the app has no effect on that error.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] criptix:
odin back to shipped stock, for some reason it was failing on checking my system. Weird thing i had twerp installed and still got the ota & yes i flashed back to stock recovery as well to try.....least my system will be fresh and new lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Cooljb:
Go to the settings for SWYPE and select SWYPE Connect. It includes "Dragon Go!" as an add-on for speech to text, but you have to install it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Orbiting234:
Nope, no option there on this build. Only things under Swype Connect are the Facebook, Twitter, and Gmail integration options and the ability to get updates over cellular. Dragon Go addon not listed. Which is a shame.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] poit:
Just a headsup, if you manually download this update you can't install it from an exFat formated card. (At least I couldn't). Stock recovery doesn't seem to recognize exFat either. I had to us an old Fat32 sdcard to do the install.

One more note, I did lose root, but since I had backed up root with OTARootkeeper I could restore root with one click. Once I restored root with OTARootkeeper I re-installed it using the Superuser app, since it was showing an error. All is now good.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] freeza:
Looks like I have work to do huh? :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] FrameCityJackal:
Those already rooted and get the ota use the root keeper app and you should keep root. I haven't tried it yet I'm not downloading anything on 3G that big lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] freeza:
I'll have rooted odex and deodex ROMs up in about an hour and a half. I've already got the update applied, nandroided, and practically ready to go :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] myn:
Danke for posting :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] chrisfales:
Looking forward to a TW-free version as well good sir! Thanks for putting this together for us!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tft:
sprint probably aware how crappy their network is so they're rolling out the OTA one city each day, everyone should have the OTA by end of 2013.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Cooljb:
That's interesting, mine does have Dragon Go!. I had Swype Beta installed before the update - maybe that's why I have it. Anyway it's worthless. It says it's an add-on - which implies you can use it from within Swype ,but you can't. All it does is install Dragon Go! as a separate app. Pretty lame actually. Dragon Go! might be okay for other stuff. I'm going to play around with it, but it doesn't integrate with Swype.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] roccop02:
Waiting for the rooted versions. Tried Odin back to stock, but no OTA available yet. Who will have the first custom rom for the new build??
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] pastert33:
Is this safe to flash within recovery?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] zanderman112:
So, i downloaded the update from the google server.

Then i flashed the stock recovery using Odin, and tried to use VooDoo OTA RootKeeper to backup root, temp unroot, and flash the update.zip

Isn't wanting to work for me. Guess i'll just install CWM again and wait for freeza to get his rooted build up
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] budde2:
Still no update for me :(:(:(:(:(:(
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] slickdaddy96:
Anybody got thoughts on why the Sprint Optimizer says that setup is not complete yet, and any thoughts on how to fix it or does it even need to be fixed?

Edit:

Nevermind, after a little while I got the disclaimer pop-up of the optimizer that I had to accept, and now it is working. I guess things had to install and settle down.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] criptix:
It will pop up after awhile....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] blkhwkz:
I'm stock rooted, I used OTA RootKeeper to restore root without issue after manually installing the update via stock recovery. Only thing I noticed was when I ran Titanium Backup it said my su permissions had a problem it would fix. I didn't temp unroot that would be the only real difference between what you and I did.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] slickdaddy96:
Here is really all you have to do. Make sure you are stock enough for it to flash. It doesn't matter if you flash with stock recovery or CWM. I flashed with CWM, but had modified some files to have Google Now on my device, so it told me what checks it faulted on. I know for certain it looks for the stock GoogleSearchBox.apk and GoogleTTS.apk along with the gmail.apk. I am unsure of what other checks it looks for because I haven't modified anything else. Once I went back and changed the modified apk's in my system folder to .bak and put back the stock ones, I was able to flash in CWM and there was no problem. I then immediately flashed (while still in recovery Team Epic's Root from Recovery zip file and then rebooted. Fixed back all my Google Now stuff, and bang worked fine for me.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Orbiting234:
How long is "awhile"? Have had the update installed for over 6 hours now and no random pop up from the organizer has appeared yet.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] slickdaddy96:
Just download it from here and install it. Then you don't have to worry about when you will get it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] budde2:
Well just downloaded from here and installed have one question doing it that way doesn't make the counter do whatever it stays the same right
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Orbiting234:
No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Read closely what was said. When I say I've "had the update installed for over 6 hours" that quite literally means I am already running LI3 and trying to get that specific Sprint Optimizer error that you encountered to go away. :p
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] criptix:
It went away after I was connected to wifi for a few minutes.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] fzammetti:
Ok, I pulled a big-time bonehead move: I installed the update (zip referenced in this thread, downloaded from Google, on stock rooted GS3, via CWM... installed fine) but I forgot to run OTARootKeeper before hand so now I'm rootless.

D'oh! What a moron!

So, my question now is if there is a root procedure for LI3 yet? Same as before perhaps? I lost CWM too of course, not as critical to me as root but I'd like to have it back of course... So I'm wondering, is it just ODIN CWM v5 and then use Team Epic Root From Recovery v5? That's what I used last time... if that's still the correct procedure are there newer versions I should use?

Thanks,

Frank
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Z a p i x:
Downloaded the update from Google... Used OTA Rootkeeper (never done that before), rebooted into recovery, CWM... Ran the update which installed without a problem, then ran the team epic root .zip again just for good measure (and the fun of it). Rebooted, and everything was good and still rooted, so I'm happy with that.

But um... Ugh, the version of swype they included makes me want to sent Sprint "DO NOT WANT!" pics -.-

Managed to remove it and reinstall the version directly from Swype.

Edit note:

I did this a second time last night on another phone and had the exact same results. I kept root and CWM without any issues.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] fzammetti:
Did you still have CWM after this or was stock back?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Z a p i x:
still have CWM :D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] fzammetti:
Hmm, odd, wonder how you managed that? Some people get all the luck! LOL

Anyway, in case anyone else has the same questions I did: yes, the procedure I mentioned worked just fine, I'm rooted again with CWM after the update, no problem :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Z a p i x:
luck was being dismissed from jury duty this morning.

Keeping CWM was nothing more than my phone fearing me spending more time watching QBKing videos :rolleyes:

Same thing happened to me with my Galaxy Note 10.1 actually. I ended up avoiding the file which kept installing stock recovery over CWM. Turned out updating with Kies instead of downloading the OTA was why. I didn't used Kies in this case though, just the download from google. Maybe I am lucky :victory:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] fzammetti:
See now, I LIKE jury duty... but, little-known fact, judges don't like when you jump up as the foreman is reading the verdict and yell "No, give him the chair, that's what we agreed on!"... especially when the case is a shoplifting case. Who knew.

;)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mossolb:
I could not apply the update using TWRP.

Reinstalled CWM through Mobile Odin, applied the update and TeamEpic root from recovery followed by reinstalling TWRP. Maybe I'll just stick with CWM again.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Cleanser2012:
Do i have to rename the zip to update.zip on stock recover because i did that and i got status 7 error then i tried the same file in cwm. Or do i have to unroot as well? Im lost :(
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] fergie716:
Yea rename to update.zip, I had to place mine on the external sd
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Cleanser2012:
I get status 7 error when i try and flash the zip i have tried on stock and cwm recovery plus i redownloaded the file so im all out of ideas
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Cooljb:
How did you remove the stock swype? I hate it too and want to revert to the beta.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] .Bambino:
I didn't get no update via my phone. Waiting for everyone to work out the kinks they are having then I will swoop down to download it. I am assuming CRT still does not work. I miss CRT. :(
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rpruey3:
Anyone know what this text is about. I started getting it after the update.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rpruey3:
Had the same issue. Flashed stock recovery and still would give me error 7. Had to oden back to stock lg8. Even after removing root and installing stock recovery it would not work. For some reason even after all that my device still said modified. Mybe someone who know more about this can tell me why my system status still said modified after unroot and stock recovery was flashed.

Only way i got it fixed was to oden the stock rom then all updates worked and i could us the update.zip
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bonebeatz1234:
http://goo.im/devs/freeza/Galaxy-S-fre3-LI3FirmwareModemAIO.zip

this is all i did works on every rom. this update works in any recovery too.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] GOINGham:
ahahaa that is spot on!

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Can someone tell me what the MMS fixes are? Is this worth it?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Nevell:
Looks like programming codes that are being sent to your phone from Sprint. But if your seeing them then they aren't working right.

I know that is how Straight Talk sends codes to phones. Its called the Air Tank.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] vicoleon:
The best

This is the best phone ever. Can't wait to get one.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] .Bambino:
Looks like Freeza works fast. Nice work bro. Thanks.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Centsless:
Help

Is this all I need to do to fully get the update? Just flash this .zip from CWM? Will it keep root?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] fzammetti:
FYI, I *DID NOT* rename the zip, and I placed it on internal "SD", then just booted to CWM and flashed it. No unroot first, no restoring stock recovery, etc. Yes, I lost root and CWM as a consequence I had to re-install CWM via ODIN and re-root via root-from-recovery zip install, but that was the only "hiccup" I experienced.

Although I was rooted and had CWM installed, one thing I HADN'T done was remove any stock apps... I disabled a bunch of course, and even a few via Titanium that I couldn't do through plain Settings, but that's the only "hacking" I'd done to my phone, I *specifically* did NOT uninstall any apps that came with the phone. My suspicion is the people getting the error 7's have removed some apps, which causes the validation before install to fail.

To me, with this phone, with so much space and plenty of horsepower, I don't see the need to uninstall apps like I did on my Epic 4G. Disabling them seems to be quite sufficient, and doesn't risk breaking OTA installs (so far, and in theory). Like I said, a few apps won't let you disable them via Settings (parts of AllShare for example), but Titantium does that, and the OTA validation doesn't seem to mind disabling instead of uninstalling. That's been true of the last two updates at least, maybe my luck will run out when Jelly Bean hits, we'll see :)

P.S. - I too got those text messages right after install, two of them back-to-back, but I haven't seen any since, about 14 hours now.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Z a p i x:
You need to be rooted, and need an app to uninstall apps and a file explorer with root access. I used Titanium Backup and ES File Explorer. Make backups if you can to be safe. If you use Titanium Backup, and already have a backup of the Swype beta, keep in mind that you will need to have your max backup settings to 2 or higher.

- Uninstall Swype

- Delete libSwypeCore.so from the directory */system/lib/

- Reboot into recovery and clear the Dalvik cache

- Install Swype!

Beta version - 1.1.1.7628

Sprint version - 1.1.0.7309
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bonebeatz1234:
it keeps everything intact .
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mensaphone:
Why is this such a small file/different than the update file?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Centsless:
No need to rename the file?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Cooljb:
Thanks. I asked a guy who works with me and he told me pretty much the exact same thing. Thanks again for the help. :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bonebeatz1234:
go to android development for this phone look for freeza i only want the important stuff all the firmware i could careless about swype. He has the complete update broken down or the entire thing.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jimbobtexas:
It does that when you have a ****ty font.

Seriously, though - I think it's a function of activating your phone, like you just did after flashing this update.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rpruey3:
Whats wrong with ****ty font punk:rolleyes:

Thanks for answering though
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] hayabusa1300cc:
Contacts apk force closes on me even after erasing data on it
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] poit:
I'm noticing that I haven't gotten the dreaded "You have lost data connectivity" alert since the update. Could be a coincidence, or maybe they fixed it. Anyone else?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] cpc-wpv:
so clearly now, thanks dragon :good: