yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
No simplest way is this

1 LJ7 w count reset.

2 Twrp if you want it

3 Root if you want it

Done

Bootloaders not needed. OTA file not needed. Just one file and u have stock jb

I feel like the original point of this thread is being defeated... :-/

And if it being 100% official from sprint is that important but you want to keep root it doesnt get easier than this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1941546
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eyecon82:
Thanks..now no need to flash LI3 and the JB OTA back to back! Glad you figured out the modem..

does this have stock kernal, baseband, and Rom im assuming?

oh i see..thanks..i meant dirty install meaning installing stuff over things...I like to start off at a "out of box" then updating to the newest version

my use of words was wrong
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
Yup just like before. Stock everything now with modem. And might as well make a note here til i figure out how to call more attention to it. I recommend if flashing the full jb rom that you use the old bootloader files especially if you upgraded to jb via ota or used freeza's AIO's. They guarantee triangle away stays working.

Again, just throwin that out there, not required at all but def worth mentioning to anyone that plans on rerooting/reflashing another custom rom
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eyecon82:
can you explain the bootloader thing? not sure what that it is

also the triangle away thing?

I used your previous method..going to LI3 stock non-rooted, then flashing the JB OTA file back to back...then rooting...will my triangle away still work?

I left you thanks for your responses =)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
It will however the way you did it means u have the new bootloader files from jb. Samsung made changes which although triangle away still works, your count will automatically reset to 1 on every boot if you are not running stock. If your on the old bootloader files at the bottom of my post, triangle away will reset your count and it will stay at 0

If you plan on staying stock then it doesnt so much matter. my zip will still reset u and youll be on stock so it will remain at 0 anyway. This was just for anyone planning on flashing and continuing to use Triangle away
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eyecon82:
oh ok..so if i don't really care about the counter, this whole triangle away thing is a moot point for me right?

to me, i care about getting back to stock "out of the box" state...i can care less what my counter states
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
Yup just know alot of people are anal regarding their count so i try to spread the word
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Nubbleet:
Thanks, its always good to keep a copy of this ROM handy in case I need to go in to the sprint store.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rt-hemiboy:
Wow alot of good info here just what i need it..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mike02466:
so I flashed bootloders then L13 16 GB counter reset no problem. However, when flashing "eec955eb4a5b.update_SPH-L710_L13_toLJ7.zip" it fails (status 7) Any ideas?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] djomega971:
Signature verification failed

I have the 16GB GS III on Sprint.

Flashed the JB update zip last week and wanted to go back to ICS.

I'm not rooted, nor am I running any custom recoveries.

I downloaded the LI3 ICS STOCK WITH AUTO COUNTER RESET for the 16GB model that you posted a link to.

Rebooted into stock recovery and then did a full data and cache wipe before attempting to flash.

Upon trying to flash, I received a "signature verification failed" error.

Thinking this might have something to do with possibly the bootloader version having been updated with my previous JB flash, I then downloaded the ==OPTIONAL==ICS_LI3_BOOTLOADER_TZ_FILES.zip

Performed same steps as above and then tried to flash ==OPTIONAL==ICS_LI3_BOOTLOADER_TZ_FILES.zip in recovery.

I received the same "signature verification failed" error on that zip as well.

Can someone please tell me if they've experienced this or if they can tell what I'm doing wrong?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mike02466:
Having my own issues as well. But flashing bootloaders went fine for me so problem isnt with that file. Sorry, can't offer more.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
Were you using twrp? And was the stat 7 fail at the end or did it hit as soon as it started the flash?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
Those are not signed images so they cannot be flashed in stock recovery. You need cwm/twrp to flash them
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mike02466:
Uh-oh. Yeah, running TWRP 2.2.0 Haven't updated to latest. Fails within 2 seconds. Am I screwed?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] djomega971:
billard412 - That would explain it.

Thanks for the quick answer!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
lol no. Had that happen like 1/5 of the time doing this with twrp. If you no longer have it just reflash twrp. If you need to reset your count again rerun LI3 if not then just reinstall the update to LJ7 and it should not have stat 7 this time
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] panja7:
Worked thank you!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mike02466:
Running fine now. Thanks bro.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eyecon82:
Because official ota won't work on this

However he has it built in now so need to.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ReggieTee:
So I use TWRP recovery and FreeS3 JB Rom. Is all I have to do is flash this file in recovery to get back to stock unrooted official JB?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eyecon82:
Yep :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
That'd be it
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] razorlove:
another confirmationof this working beautifully. FWIW i was on baked6. thank you and everyone else invovled for making this for us. this is just as important as the most pimp out out custom ROM.

cheers:good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mrcollpepper:
Pm sent

sent from your mom's room
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Toney Starks:
what if i still want to remain rooted but want to return to stock jb?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eyecon82:
Flash this file and root again. Or just flash a stock jb rom from freeza
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
Says in op. Flash the team epic root zip after this before rebooting
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eyecon82:
Oh. So no need to reboot and use Odin and then flash? Just flash it back to back?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
Ya thats the point. its all done in a single flashing session
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mrcollpepper:
This worked awesome. Thanks for the help. The thread can be a little confusing but the last post on 19 is right. This is what I did and I am rooted 4.1.1 lj7

Boot into recovery> wipe data> wipe cache> wipe dalvic> flash LJ7 > flash CWM> flash root> reboot> profit>???? And I was on ics running strongsteves odexed blue6.1

Thanks again and I hope this makes it easier for those that want to get to j.b. and be rooted for what ever custom Rom they choose to run.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eyecon82:
you can just wipe/format data...that wipes cache and the dalvik in cache and data
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
Ya might be overkillin wit the 3 wipes but in short, Yes
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mrcollpepper:
Data wipes data and cache. But i have never seen it say it wipes dalvic. But i do wipe all three out of old habbit. Like the old epic4g days of wipe three times each. Another habbit to break. Lol.

But thanks again for this. I will always keep a current copy on my sd for a just incase.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] drewmonge:
Hi Billard, I've had this problem for the past few weeks where I'm getting this phantom "No Sim Card/Emergency calls only" notification at the top of the lock screen (which shows up on every ROM now.) And I can't get rid of it. I've tried using Sextapes LJ7 tar file to Odin back to unrooted stock, twice, but to know avail. Still there.

Talking to Samsung's techs, they said it was a known issue effecting some S3's and they recommended sending it back for a replacement. But that would mean 2-3 weeks without my phone. They did say the latest OTA to LJ7 from LI3 might fix the problem.

So my question is, should I try downgrading to LI3 along with the original ICS bootloader zip, (which btw, I don't see posted anymore). And try updating with the actual OTA update from Sprint? Or should I just say screw it and send the phone back to Samsung since I already tried Sextape's tar file? Think it would make a difference? Or should I just send it back? Thx
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
Ya that's the first I've heard of it. At least that persistent anyway. I doubt the ota would fix it. You probably have to send it in. If you want to be sure then flash the li3 boot loader files which I'll link.(I pulled the links since they're not necessary and caused confusion). Followed by the li3 and then the jb ota which I'll link as well. I recommend cwm to flash these as twrp seems to throw an error a lot flashing all 3. If you want to make it legit then flash the LEN tar and manually get all the ota's up to jb. Like i said probably won't help you but it's worth a shot to try

http://androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390135922294523494 #3 jb update

https://rapidshare.com/files/1858214151/==OPTIONAL==ICS_LI3_BOOTLOADER_TZ_FILES.zip #1 bootloaders
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eyecon82:
look below
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SF Steven:
Thank you for pulling this together. That said, you should probably add a note that the TWRP version you're linking to is a custom build with a background that could be considered offensive.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
Were u offended or do u mean in general? Plus didn't find it that big a deal because its only a theme. Delete the ui.zip file from the /TWRP/theme/folder of your internal SD and it becomes normal twrp again.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SF Steven:
Both. :)

Aside from the fact that I don't want to see girly bits (at all, ever), the background image combined with the font style/size/color and button layout made me crazy when trying to navigate around recovery.

I figured out where the theme lived and deleted it, so it wasn't the end of the world.

Just my $0.02.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
Well I hope the other 17 people who downloaded it liked it. Switched the link but its still on my androidfilehost account if anyone still wants it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SF Steven:
I wasn't trying to be a jerk. Really.

I genuinely appreciate your work and contributions to the community at large (and the direct benefit I got!) and I don't mean to diminish or minimize that.

My apologies if I sounded b!tchy - I was still struggling to figure out where the theme lived, since it wouldn't die even after repeated flashes with a non-themed version of TWRP (seriously, it felt like a practical joke because I could NOT get that chick's @ss out of my face every time I booted into recovery).

:laugh:

I meant it more as a suggestion that giving people a heads-up that it was a themed version of TWRP would be nice; even though I probably still would have downloaded it (and been just as horrified), at least I would have been expecting a different interface (ba-dum-bum!).

I'm sorry if I was rude.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eyecon82:
1. Can you keep custom recovery without root?

2. Can you keep root without having a custom recovery?

3. If question 1&2 are a yes, what do you do to keep both a custom recovery and root? Flash both?

4. If question 3 is to flash both, does it matter in what order? Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
Yes yes yes no
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eyecon82:
For question 3, is it back to back flashing custom recovery and root?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
That's right
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
Its all good. Thought everyone knew how to theme twrp by now. Just haven't figured out a good way to leave my mark yet and I guess the recovery theme wasn't it...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] RascalDoc:
Personally I liked it fine. I can look at parts all day just for the beauty of them all. As to the rest though, it was durn hard to read and figure out what was what (aside from the obvious distraction).

My $.02 (which is worth less and less these days) Thanks for all of this billard.....

---------- Post added at 12:44 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:39 PM ----------

will CWM read TWRP nandroids, and vice versa??

Thanks in advance
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
No they can only read the backups they created.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] RascalDoc:
bummer
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jose2020:
I am on stock with stock recovery (trying to use this to fix a error) will I need to get a custom rom first and then flash this? If so any recommendations on the safest easiest one?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
Easiest way is to flash cwm/twrp with Odin. Then reboot straight to recovery and flash this.

If you have root already then skip odin and flash twrp with goo manager or cwm from ROM manager
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jose2020:
Ok after installing it it wont boot pass the samsung logo, using the stock 4.0.4 LI3 safe for any model version.

EDIT: after multiple tries and a factory wipe on recovery its working
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] flashin_rom_diva81:
I agree 150%. Some of us are females. Just sayin.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] B5Z:
This will come in handy some day - Thank you for putting this together for us!!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] p1garcia:
Thank you this worked like a charm. I was on a stock rooted rom and could not manually install the JB update because I removed sprint zone. Does anyone know what happened to the photo Gallery? Was it renamed in JB?

*Edit* Found the APK's to fix this in the Theme/apps section.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Mr Ian B:
Billiard, need your guidance please.

Currently have Sprint 16gb with Freeza jb leakPBLJ7 working flawless but my counter at 1. I used triangle away to reset counter to 0 but, when I reboot it goes back to 1. Any suggestion to clear it permanently and stay rooted? Is my process below correct or not?

Wipe data and cache

clear dalvik

Flash 16gb jb file with counter reset in op

Flash cwm zip file

Flash Team Epic Recovery 5 zip

Tia,

Ian B

P.S. 5 mins ago just got the official jb ota message on the phone. How should I handle that if already on Freeza jb?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] GaryJ51:
Thanks much for the restore.

I was on a JB custom rom and did a PRL update on my phone tonight that appears to have fried the internal sim card. I lost all service after the update and nothing I've done was successful in getting reconnected.

I reflashed to stock and reset to factory so I can take it into the local Sprint store tommorow.

Wish me luck.

Sucks ...

EDIT: Used QBKing77's Unbrick Method and data connection restored.

All's well ...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
Thats correct. You are probably on the newer jb firmware which tries to break triangle away. Flash this in recovery https://rapidshare.com/files/1858214151/==OPTIONAL==ICS_LI3_BOOTLOADER_TZ_FILES.zip and it will give u the older bootloader files which will fix triangle away. It will not affect performance or anything else. Run triangle away after flashing and the count should stay at 0 and ignore the update message. It must be a mistake unless we really have an update coming
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Mr Ian B:
Flashing your bootloader file now and re running triangle away. Give me a few mins and let you know how it did.

Thanks,

Ian B

---------- Post added at 12:44 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:38 AM ----------

Thanks billiard for your help. Bootloader counter back to 0 official and stayed at 0 after using triangle away and rebooting phone.

Ian B
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] auau465121:
i need help flash 16gb and i can't connect data and have no sounds and my internal sd card is gone???
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
Internal sd should be intact. That shoulnt have been affected unless you flashed the 32gb file instead which i think would brick you rather than jack up internal storage. This should fix your sound and data issue tho. Download this and extract. Load NON-HLOS.bin into phone slot of odin and flash. Dont ask y but that should fix the issue

https://rapidshare.com/files/2783675969/Odin+Modem.zip
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] auau465121:
trying now

---------- Post added at 01:40 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:34 AM ----------

Thanks worked like a charm had to nadroid backup to get my internal back i so wanted this to work . i just want to be %100 stock
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
I knew this issue existed but thought i had it solved so it wouldnt occour. guess i gotta look into it more. If you need tho. this is all stock with root if you need it. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1941546 Sextapes is linked at the bottom, doesnt have root but it wipes your internal sd out. either way its stock with all the parts
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] auau465121:
Thanks but i have been having the strangest problem with odin and roms every-time i do odin i can't go pass the samsung screen ever since I went to jelly bean :confused:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
Make sure you are wiping before the odin flash. I say before assuming you have cwm/twrp. If u wipe after itll still work but i believe stock recovery wipes out internal sd. Usually solves them problems with hanging tho
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
on an additional note, if you go back a page i linked someone to the old bootloader files. Flash them before my lj7 and your issue with no data/sound shouldnt happen again
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] auau465121:
yeah thats the problem i have to odin cwm to wipe data and all that for it to load which increases my count to 1 again which puts me right back where i started
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
Well if you have cwm before u odin then wipe, flash the preroot with odin and if you need recovery you can install it with goo manager/rom manager or adb to avoid the count. Or if you have cwm/twrp now then open the odin tar in 7zip and delete recovery.img file. itll flash the whole jb tar but keep cwm. Just boot straight to it after the odin flash and wipe so its not overwritten
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
Updated 16gb version. the issue should be fixed
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eyecon82:
You don't need to wipe dalvik. That is a redundant step
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
only to repond with a little sentence like this
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] razorlove:
Hi billard what was updated? Previous worked fine...just asking. Thanks:)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
Something involving the counter reset. Was causing phones with a certain firmware to have no sound/signal on boot. Shouldnt effect anybody who already had it working.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] RascalDoc:
Weird. No matter what I have tried I can't get this to work. When I reboot I'm hung in a ongoing boot animation from whichever ROM I started from. I do factory reset then flash return to stock then root from recovery without success
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mrcollpepper:
You may have a bad download. I would redownload all components and try again

sent from your mom's room.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] RascalDoc:
Got it. Jellybean stock sortof with root. Thanks to all who patiently assisted.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] steezc:
Thanks billard412! Everything worked fine for me. Off to sell my s3 :)

Sent from my GNote II
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rollrsk8ter:
Ok... So I have a 32GB Sprint model, was running the leaked rooted LJ7

so I flashed this from CWM:

LJ7 Jellybean with counter reset - 32gb ONLY

http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390135922294523485

Now I have no data, says "insert SIM card to access network services"

also baseband version shows:

unknown

edit: Ok, so I was able to root again, install custom recovery then restore my backup from earlier today. Then I still had the "insert SIM...", so I flashed the LJ7 Firmware and got it back working. BTW... I did a hashcheck on the file before I started.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
The file probly needs the same update that I just gave the 16gb version.Samsung changed a lot in the firmware to make this not possible so I'm constantly having to update these to make them work. Problem is I don't own the 32gb version and I have to rely on others to update that version. I'm currently waiting on a reply from another member now for the fix so I'm tryiin here. Cut me some damn slack here the 32gb is not very common it's hard to find people who own it.

To anybody else who comes across an issue like this refer to my post a pg or two back. Flashinng the modem in Odin will fix this.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rollrsk8ter:
Billard, sorry I was so harsh at first yesterday. Just having another bad day! Using standard methods was not possible for me, because my micro-usb is whacked and the phone goes connected/disconnected over and over again with my computer. Even bought high quality cables and still same. So I am taking over to Sprint today to get it fixed. So thankful that I have a wall charger and spare batteries!

Anyway.... Today I reflash the 32GB reset counter file, then I was back to "insert SIM...", so I flashed the NON-HLOS.bin file through ODIN and prayed it stayed connected long enough. It worked...back to stock, with everything working.... stock LJ7, stock recover and data still in place.

Many Many Thanks!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
No biggie just wish there were easy terms to explain why that weird shiit with the modem happens so I could post a disclaimer or something. Either way hopefully today it'll be a thing of the past when I get that 32 GB version updated. Just get tired of something that's supposed to be universal needing 15 damn work-arounds. I never did hear back from that other member so if anyone has a 32gb with the latest firmware pm me so I can get this shiit rollin
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Mr Ian B:
Flashed last night to get back to unrooted stock jb and worked like a champ. Thanks for your awesome work. Had flashed the goodness rom and cause a lot of issues that after flashing ota jb zip still showed left over pieces of that rom. Now everything is clean with a factory wipe before flashing this zip. Now need to do some reading before deciding which rooting method to use this time since I no longer have cwm recovery.

Ian B
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] d0g:
Trying to download ... but I'm only getting 5k/sec from goo !

"4 days left" :-O

Are there any mirrors?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] d0g:
Help! Goo down! Need mirror!

update: this seems to work:

http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390135922294523748

... but the md5 is different ... is it the same file?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
Same thing just made at different times. If there are any differences they're minor
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] RascalDoc:
For my nickel......twrp
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Maddhadder90:
I have a 32gb on the latest firmware and tried using this with twerp and it said it was completed and when it rebooted it said please insert SIM. I had to unroot install stock recovery then install stock firmware through the recovery. Not really sure if it's because I used twerp and not cwm or not.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
Its in need of an update. Working on it..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ubigred:
I keep getting an error message

E:Signature verification failed.

For the record , I'm using 16gb (w/counter reset).
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
Are you using a custom recovery? Sounds like you're on stock.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ubigred:
Not sure, how can I tell?

I think its stock.

IF I need to get Clock Work Mod, how do I get it?

or

Can I flash the 16gb (w/counter reset) zip in Odin?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
Im gonna go out on a limb here and say u got stock. Grab any recovery from here(except stock)http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1900492&highlight=recovery

Flash in pda slot of odin. When the flash is done reboot straight to recovery and you should have cwm/twrp.