yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] drothenberger:
Yes, the instructions with the OP will work and will not lose your root, but they do require that you have a custom recovery (CWM or TWRP) installed. If you do, then you can either:

Download I747UCALH9_OTA.zip and install that in recovery.

Download all the files in the PIECES section to your phone. Install them all in recovery before rebooting, making sure to install the kernel after the ROM.

The first method involves downloading a smaller file but will only work if you are on completely stock (but rooted) UCALG1 and no have mods installed, no custom kernel, and have not removed any applications. The second method is more foolproof (it will work regardless of whether you are completely stock or not) but requires downloading larger files. I personally recommend the second approach since it's easiest.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] kirkgbr:
Worked perfectly drothenberger. Many thanks!!!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] neons88:
update baseband

hi im at this firmeware now UCALG1 how can i update to this new firmeware I747UCLH9 and not lost my root for galaxy s3 sgh-i747 step by step guide?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] drothenberger:
I answered this same question two posts up. If you have some questions about my post, please ask them specifically.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] neons88:
update baseband

Hi everyone can someone help how to update my s3 sgh-i747 att to new baseband I747UCLH9 with out loosing root?

please send me step by step guide which to download to update new baseband.

My baseband now is this UCALG1 and like to update to new baseband I747UCLH9 and keep root?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] neons88:
update baseband

okay the only thing i have to download to protect my root to update to new baseband on a s3 sgh-i747 att is this right I747UCLH9 and for pieces rom complete only not everything in pieces right? when you say download everything this when i get confuse?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] drothenberger:
You should download all four files mentioned in the PIECES section: bootloader, modem, kernel, and ROM. Put them on your phone and then boot into your custom recovery (CWM or TWRP). While in recovery, install each of the four files. Make sure you install the kernel last.

You will not lose root if you do this.

Post again if you don't already have a custom recovery installed and need help with that.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] slawcop`:
I guess I missed it...how do you Make sure zip file signature verification is off when flashing remove-OTA-recovery.zip. I keep getting failed to veridy whole-file signature error...when completing the final steps...thanks
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] drothenberger:
In TWRP there's a check box on the "Swipe to Confirm Flash" page. In CWM, there's an option "toggle signature verification" on the same screen with the option "choose zip from sdcard".
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] slawcop`:
I was following these steps http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=32218479&postcount=158

since I am on the I747UCALH9 stock.....i get to step 12 when I get that error...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] drothenberger:
Yes, the steps in the post you mentioned are for rooting LH9. You are getting the signature verification error because the ZIP files I linked in that post are not signed. You will need to turn off signature verification for that to work, using the method appropriate for your recovery, as I mentioned in my previous post.

Did that work for you? I'm confused by your response as to whether you are still having a problem and requesting help or just reporting that you got an error that you have since resolved.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] xdapooh:
A quick update: I went the "pieces" way and everything worked out well, thank you. The only thing that came out of the woodwork was that I ended up with both superuser and SuperSU installed. I used SuperSU's method for removal and reinstallation from the market and everything was fine after that

drothenberger, you've provided a great service to the community, thank you.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] slawcop`:
Yes sir it worked. Thank yoy I am rooted and back up and running.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jimpjr:
When I flashed the newest Rooted Rom LH9 for some reason now WiFi is broken, WiFi will not turn on at all I even tried Master Clear and nothing...any suggestions?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] drothenberger:
Try reflashing your kernel. You can find the LH9 kernel in the PIECES section at the bottom of the OP.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jimpjr:
Ok. Ill try that now, thank you

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Thank worked like a charm, tyvm!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dratsablive:
Followed the steps outlined in original post, was on root injected stock rom from Odin. No hiccups, no errors, software is up to date and am still rooted.

Thank You!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sinichi21:
Anyone here having problem with the yahoo news widget? mine keep saying network error even though im on my wifi or lte connection is working
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] vinuneuro:
Is there any advantage doing it this way instead of taking the OTA update since I have to go back to stock LG1 anyway?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] drothenberger:
Well, the method leaves your Google Search intact in case you still have Universal Search and it will remove the stuff that comes with the OTA that restores stock recovery on every boot. Also, you can jump directly to LH9 without first going through LG1 by installing the fields in the PIECES section. Other than that, no.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] vinuneuro:
Thanks, didn't know that.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] cjbnc:
Worked like a charm and so easy. Thank you very much.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] diablo009:
wrong thread. wipe wipe wipe :)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bigdog533:
Can I come from another ROM altogether and flash back to this using the Pieces section?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] drothenberger:
Yup. Just make sure you flash the kernel after the ROM.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Rodman101:
Frozen Apps

I had a couple of apps frozen using Root Uninstaller, and to my dismay I recently found out I can't unfreeze them. I thought if I flashed the OTA, it would magically unfreeze them for me since they are newer versions. Could it be that I just flashed it wrong or something or is it really not possible to unfreeze apps?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] eduardo_b:
Okay, I've read most of the thread and it appears I can use pieces to update rooted LEM to LH9 after flashing CWM recovery, installing ROM, kernel, modem and bootloader in that order and then flashing all of them. Is that correct? And I use Vodoo to save current root. Yes? I can't find modem zip here and I wasn't able to find modem thread.

If I'm missing anything else, please let me know. I know the zip files should be on external card, which I assume CWM will find. Now I just need to refresh my memory about flashing recovery. This is what happens from not doing it routinely. :fingers-crossed:

Thanks.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] drothenberger:
Yes, flashing all the pieces in the order you mentioned should take you from LEM to LH9 correctly. The link to the modem thread is in the PIECES section. And you shouldn't have to do anything special to retain root, although using Voodoo Root Keeper shouldn't hurt either.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] eduardo_b:
I think I read I can also use Root Manager to obtain CWM recovery. Would that be preferable?

Thanks for your replies. You knowledge and skills are much appreciated.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] drothenberger:
If you're already rooted, you can use ROM Manager to install CWM or GooManager to install TWRP. I prefer the latter, but either will work fine.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] eduardo_b:
Yes, I meant ROM Manager, which I also have. The phone is rooted with CWM. I find the hardest part of booting into recovery is managing to hold down the right buttons on the phone at the same time, so the option of obtaining recovery with ROM Manager seems better. Probably why I've avoided updating for a while. Thanks again.

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I forgot to ask if there's any issue with ROM Manager and I747. I see any number of threads with warnings about ROM Manager and bricking, but they seem related to flashing wrong ROMs etc for model or model not being supported. ROM Manager auto updates, so I have latest version (5.0.2.4) with CWM 6.0.1.2 recovery. Go ahead?:confused:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] drothenberger:
I have never used ROM Manager for anything but installing CWM.

You might want to try Quick Boot from the Play Store. It will also let you boot into recovery. After you update to LH9 you can install the boot menu mod or 15 toggles mod in the OP for other easy ways to boot to recovery.

You shouldn't have any trouble installing the pieces with the latest CWM. Just make a nandroid first, in case, and make sure you install the kernel after the ROM.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] eduardo_b:
Is backing up with Titanium Backup the equivalent of nandroid?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] drothenberger:
No. A nandroid backup is when you do a backup from CWM or TWRP. It backs up more than Titanium Backup and allows you to restore your device completely should you be unable to boot into the ROM for some reason.

TiBu is good for some things, like switching ROMs or rolling an app back to a previous version, so I personally do both. I do TiBu backups on a schedule and nandroids before I install anything through recovery.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] eduardo_b:
Nandroid couldn't mount external SD card for backup or to find zip files and it couldn't create secure pathway to internal SD card for backup. Mind you there's many GB of available space on both. Is there a thread on this I can look at?

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I looked at a few threads but didn't see much that applied to my situation, so I pulled 64 GB ext SD that had 22 GB of free space, put in 8 GB SD, mounted and formated it in CWM recovery and finally it is backing up. This is class 10 SD but it still seems sort of leisurely about backing up.

So, should I place the four zip files in root of this SD card or in a folder, and if the latter, is there a name CWM will be looking for?

Sorry if this is somewhat off topic, but perhaps it will help anyone wanting to update who is having issue with backing up first.

Cheers

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Success! Did nandroid, installed all four zips in order and baseband now shows LH9. Booting into CWM recovery from ROM Manager was easy and reliable. I noticed an issue at end of nanroid about not finding android.secure and thus not backing up apps, but apparently that is okay because ICS doesn't use android.secure. There's two 10 MB files in CWM backup folder on ext SD, so I assume that indicates a successful backup.

:victory:

Do I still need to backup apps with TB?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] drothenberger:
Glad it worked for you.

Like I mentioned before, I do TB backups on a regular schedule mainly to prevent against accidental deletion of data and to be able to roll back to an older version of an app in case an update breaks something that's important to me. You can do them or not as you see fit.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] tonyph33r:
can anyone make circle blue battery icon for this LH9 please
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] steelcity:
i just got my S3 it came with LH9 but i flashed a rooted LG1. I am just wondering what is even the advantage of going through this process to update it back to LH9?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] drothenberger:
The brightness bar and some bug fixes. For example, with LG1, music goes to my bluetooth even when I have something plugged into the headphone jack, but with LH9 it doesn't.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] steelcity:
thanks, i plan on flashing some roms later on but i'll probably do this for now just to get rid of the update notification. I'm confused as to which zip i should use though. Coming from rooted stock LG1 can i just do I747UGLH9_OTA_no_kernel_bootloader_modem.zip or should I use I747UCALH9_OTA.zip

edit: used the full zip and it worked
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] drothenberger:
The full zip is fine. The other one would have updated only the ROM and not the kernel, bootloader, or modem. That would also have worked, but would not be a complete LH9 update.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sigp23940:
So has anyone tested these modification files on the new mrrobison JB image? Specifically the tether/cell fix and the 15 toggle ones?

Thanks!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] amnigo:
Would also like to know this.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] psenseny:
I tried flashing the 15 toggle Mod on the new JB update and it froze on the Updating System during boot. Had to restore Nandroid.

Anyone know if these mods can be revised for the new JB build?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sKoWN_kAT:
Coming from UCALEM/UCLEM, stock rooted with a few mods... No inc ring tone, native tether enabled, mr Robinsons debloat. I want to update but Im afraid to flash anything since cant backup imei info. *#7428# phoneutil crashes every time. I did a nandroid backup last night. I also have nandroid from original CWM install. Should I revert back to original backup, try to save IMEI, then flash updates? Im a little confused as to where I should start with updating. TIA
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] psenseny:
I found this thread for the toggle mods for the newest [official] JB build in case anyone is interested;

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1895880
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] drothenberger:
mmcblk0p7 is the kernel. Do you have a custom kernel installed? If so, you can try the "no_kernel" zip in the OP (I haven't tried it myself, but it should work) or you can revert back to the LG1 stock kernel (you can get it here) and then proceed.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jordanmc109:
I get the exact same error. Possibly because I have Google Wallet installed and to do that I have to install a zip to modify the NFC libs and that possibly messes with the kernel??
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] drothenberger:
It's not a library, it's the kernel itself, so it's probably not related to Google Wallet. Try flashing the LG1 kernel I linked to and then try again. Google Wallet may prevent it from working too, but the error you quoted is from the kernel itself.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jordanmc109:
Ok I did that and now I am getting:

assert failed: apply_patch_check ("/system/app/GoogleTTS.apk", "65933477a698d6192ab3b5750166fc24fb65ca1b", "286f7a49454a8923401a45a7cf356a2a73b0ce2")

Probably has something to do with me adding Google Now I'm sure.

sorry I cannot quote...too much of a newbie to XDA.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] cruzad3r:
thank you for making this. it works for me but now my device status is Modified.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] drothenberger:
Device Status Modified is nothing to worry about. It means you have some software installed that is considered "dangerous" like Busybox or Superuser. If you Odin back to stock LG1, it will go away. Even the flash counter is no worries now that we have Triangle Away.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jordanmc109:
Removed all the Google Now modifications and still getting the same error.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] hokiemoto:
Would anyone be kind enough to post the SamsungCamera.apk and SecMms.apk out of this? Thanks!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] drothenberger:
That error is because the checksum for that file is not what the updater expects, which means it's not the same as the file from stock LG1. The easiest way forward for you is to use Odin to flash the root-injected LG1 ROM, reinstall your favorite recovery, then come back and do this. Or look at the other OTA thread for other alternatives.

If you do flash the LG1, you'll lose Universal Search. But you can always re-install it using the link here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1739426&highlight=googlequicksearchbox+apk
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Jaskwith:
Strange thing happened to me when I used your method....it worked and all but I lost like all my pictures.... I didn't lose movies that I recently put on my SD card in a desperate folder or music. I am thinking it must have just been a specific path that got erased because like I said its only the pictures I lost.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] amchandr:
To everyone who is getting this error > assert failed: apply_patch_check("EMMC: /dev/block/mmcblk0p7apply_patch_check("EMMC: /dev/block/mmcblk0p7

I had also received this error even though i was on UCALG1. As OP indicated in the initial post, make a nandroid backup and then flash the stock rom link provided by OP (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1739426), then patch the I747UCALH9_OTA.zip update provided by OP. You can re-install CWM recovery touch version and then root the device by Samsung GS3 QCom ToolKit.

I am able to re-install stock, patch the UCALH9, install cwm and root successfully.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] stan.s:
I got a fail on /system/app/googleTTS.apk I have google Now installed.

fwiw, I ended up flashing MrRobinson's etc and then your CWM..... didn't lose any apps, etc. But I had to try Mobile Odin Pro and that caused some additional errors in between, along with the Google Now stuff.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] amnigo:
I think I know the answer, but just wanted to double check here.

I am on LG1, but flashed the LH1 modem. Am I unable to flash this update in that scenario?

If so, if I just flash the LG1 modem back would I be good to go with this update, or would I need to do a full system flash back to stock LG1?

Thanks in advance.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] drothenberger:
You can just flash the LG1 modem.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] amnigo:
Thanks. Just flashed and everything seems to be working perfectly.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] cruzad3r:
but i like my device said Normal lol

thanks for making this flash btw; very easy and quick
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] fmllc:
All is good excep wifi mod doesn't seem to be working...keep getting that damn annoying blah blah blah is connected popup!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] nakedninja42:
If you are still on odex rom, you need to go to /system/app/secsettings.odex and either remove or rename the file to something like .odex1. Then reboot.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] drothenberger:
The zip file for the mode deletes the odex file already. A reboot is definitely required though.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] drothenberger:
The mod removes the notification from the notification bar (the thing you see when you drag down from the top of the screen). I doesn't remove any pop-ups. The mod is working just fine for me, though.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] nakedninja42:
Ah, I removed it myself just out of habit :)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] vmxice:
I applied the OTA.zip file over the top of my over the air update I did last night. It worked fine with no problems yet. Make sure you do a backup first though.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bigdog533:
I have root and still running stock ROM and I followed the steps but still had the update stop. I have flashed Androids before but I'm having problems with this one. If some could give me some ideas I would appreciate it.

thanks in advance
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] johnnyutah22:
I'm on Mr. Robinsons root injected UCALEM with cmw and many mods and deleted bloatware. I never bothered to update to his UCALG1. Here's my question, is there any way to just flash the UCALG1 stock with cmw instead of using ODIN so that I can use the method in this thread to get to UCALH9? I'm on my macbook so using ODIN is a bit difficult. There has to be an easier way to get to stock. Am I missing a stock UCALG1 rom out there that's flashable via cwm?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] fmllc:
My wifi is all jacked up! Keeps losing connection and regaining every so often....will flashing a previous modem fix this?

Galaxy S III I747
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] stan.s:
The important part is that if you use mrrobbinson's Odin files then you won't lose applications through the whole process, even starting where you are. The only thing that I have to reinstall was wifi apn data.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] johnnyutah22:
Yes I understand but with Titanium and nandroids I'm pretty sure I'll be good. I just can't believe there's no way to flash a UCALG1 rooted stock rom with cwm.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] drothenberger:
I need to see the complete error message it gives you when it stops to know how to fix it.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] altitude909:
Worked like a charm, thanks!

Did a back up of my debloated build, went back to my backup of my rooted stock, installed the zip, restored data from my debloated build (all via the latest CWM from UCALG1). Done!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] onurd:
15 toggle mod

is there a 15 toggle mod for LH9?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] husky55:
I already applied the OTA update to my rooted SGS3 prior to reading this thread. I lost root and then I had the most frustrating problem, my CWM will not work, not matter how may times I flashed it. It always reverted to stock recovery and to make it worse, the stock recovery crashed on me. I struggled with this problem for 2 days, 10 hours each day. But I finally fixed it.

I only mentioned this because as I read this thread I just think that if I have had this CWM flash OTA by drothenberger I would not have to spend 2 days pulling my hair out.

The method by drothenberger is the most comprehensive and best method to apply the OTA update. I went through hell without it.

Please tap the Thanks button for a great job at the very least !!!

:)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] drothenberger:
I never saw a thread with directions on how the mod was created, so I can't reproduce it for LH9. If you can find the directions, I'll be happy to do it.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] cheetablaze:
Awesome! Worked on the first try, thanks a lot! I kinda wish there was a recovery .zip that we could use to go back to rooted LH1. I haven't turned on my computer in a long time to do fancy work on a cellphone.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mobilehavoc:
Confused. Someone who flashed this ota now has LH9. Can't they just create a flashable zip of their current system partition? We already have kernel and radio. That way people on LH1 can just update to LH9 without any issues? Make sense?

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] drothenberger:
I found the thread describing how the toggle is done and have ported it to LH9. You can find the mod in the OP.