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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] FMinMI:
Help with update to S3

Hello all,

I have an old VZN S3 with rooted stock kernel BMA2 (4.1.2). I was looking to update it something newer and found this thread. I am only interested in a stock ROM with root. Right now I have no backup software installed (CWM or TWRP). I would first like to make a full backup of what I have just in case, then update to JB.

My questions:

1) What is the best option to do a full backup given my current and future ROM? I would like one that would allow me to go back to 4.1.2 from the JB ROM I will load if I have issues or just don't like it on the S3.

2) If I follow the steps in the top post, and I use VRBMB1 Image Download #1, am I correct in reading that I will end up with a pretty-much stock ROM that is still rooted? I want to be able to install several programs such as WiFI Tether Router, TB Pro and SuperSU but don't really want to install any custom ROMs.

Thanks for your help in advance.

Frank in Michigan
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] FMinMI:
Anybody still monitoring this thread?

Was wondering if anyone is around - have been looking for some advise on my old S3...

Thanks

Frank in Michigan
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] newbe1droidx:
Well I,ll give it a try. Have an old metro PCs s3 CDMA.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] FMinMI:
Thanks. LMK how it goes and what steps you took.

Frank in Michigan
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] newbe1droidx:
Well I had carbon rom 4.4.4 on it. Last couple weeks was looking to update to latest as this is only a mp4 and mp3 player now with internet access. Metro shut down its CDMA network a couple years ago. What network were you hooked up to?

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OK after re reading your original post I see what you are looking for. First you will need to install twrp if you are already rooted. You can use flashify from play store and load the newest one for your specific phone. 3.0.2 I believe. Twrp is crucial to backing up and installing a ROM. Also titanium backup in play store will do a backup also. Make a backup with each program and save to your computer or a disk before proceeding.

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You will need to make sure you have superSU also
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] FMinMI:
OK. Yes, I am rooted and OTA is blocked. Installing TWRP is no problem. SuperSu is already on it, and I also have TB Pro (that is how I froze OTA).

I am not sure what you are talking about regarding installing version 3.0.2. Are you refering to FlashFire? Again, I want to move off of 4.1.2 to JB and the VRBMB1 that is in the first post without bricking my phone if possible. And I have ODIN on my PC...

EDIT:

Oh - and I am not sure if my bootloader is unlocked...

Thanks.

Frank in Michigan
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] newbe1droidx:
OK what phone company was your s3 ?with

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3.0.2 is the latest Twrp version. Hmm I believe if you are still on android 4.1.2 you will need and are able to unlock your bootloader. Are you on a computer or the xda app?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] FMinMI:
Sorry for the delayed reply. I have a problem in my basement and must get it fixed.

I have been communicating via my computer

My S3 is a Verizon brand. I believe I used the root66 ROM when I did 4.1.2, which had very few modifications unlike some other ROMs.

Yes, I do have 4.1.2 currently. I really dont know if I had unlocked my bootloader. How can I check?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] newbe1droidx:
You know its been a few years since I did mine. What I would do is go to the Verizon galaxy s lll forum at xda. Since you are Verizon and not a off shoot like metro, it will be easy to find the info you need. I would start at the beginning as tho you just got it and read how to unlock the bootloader. There may also be a way to check it that I am not aware of. If you are using the phone now, you may need to upgrade radio and/or bootloader to move up to newer android. I think I had to at one point. But that may have changed. Also go to sammobile and sign up so you can download original firmware. Do not take the NE1 version as the bootloader will be locked and I am not aware of an easy fix for it. It can be rooted tho. I know a lot is available for your s3. Take your time and it will work out. Wish I could be more help. If I remember something I will post it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] KeithLing1115:
i cant get my i535 to take the no wipe stock image. getting "SW REV CHECK FAIL: Fused 2 > Binary 0" on my phone and nand write fail aboot.mbn in the odin window. all i get is soft bricked. any ideas how to get this phone to take this update. i see plenty of you have had success. thanks in advance.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] CCallahan:
Mine is doing the same thing. Telling me now to use the Software Repair Assistant and try again. I'm trying to use this now but not sure if it will even install correctly on my PC.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] madmatt5510:
I'm having trouble opening and installing the Samsung Drivers. What app can I use to do this. It's downloading as a .exe file and once it's no longer in my pop-up I can't do anything with it. I'm a total noob and I just want to be able to install my first custom ROM. I've been trying for weeks to figure out how to get around that dang Verizon junk that won't allow me to access Recovery. I'm using Verizon Galaxy S3 SCH I535 rooted with Kingo/Superuser. Please help me, thx!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] M4gicM@:
You know this sounds like something I am seeing as well. I did not attribute it to SU loading late but perhaps that is what is happening. I found that the phone hated when I used ES file manager (root) to check permissions on apps in /system/app . It would just lock up and sit there. After about 1min it would reboot. I tried this twice and it always resulted in a reboot. The third time I used terminal emulator to ls -al and chmod and there was no lockup. Since I did this right after boot and I used terminal emulator to su + commands it contradicts the loading of SU late, but you did say "certain" programs so I guess your theory still holds water. I have not gone into check permissions via ES file manager for fear of it locking again. I would also be interested in the 'root' of this issue:silly:.

EDIT: I am seeing this phenomena at different times with different apps. I am not sure what is up. There is even a guy using scottsrom ule that experiances it. My best guess is that a force close does the warm reboot. I have never seen the force close dialog so maybe it just locks and reboots.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] imagecolour:
There was a sort of miracle yesterday night as i was scratching my head for a Data signal . First I loaded TWRP recovery and later

I Loaded [OFFICIAL][MODEMS] <VRLJ1> Verizon SGS3 (SCH-I535) from http://rootzwiki.com/topic/34053-of...zon-sgs3-sch-i535-odin-or-recovery-flashable/ and later on i loaded the Eclipse-2.1-d2vzw-102012 Rom from http://eclipserom.com/vforum/showthread.php?5688-ROM-Nightlies-Eclipse-2-1-D2VZW-10-20-12-Build . I was blown off as i got 3g and H+ data and Voice perfect on My Verizon S-3.

I am able to get Data and Voice on GSM and Only Voice on A CDMA Sim. There is something strange as i am having a signal strength of -120dbm 99asu but the signal icon is totally blank or zero.I do not have any call drops or no disconnection from the network and the voice quality and data is very good but it shows no signal.Can someone help me in getting a signal sign.I am in India and on Airtel GSM network.

One more thing If i Use a CDMA Sim from Reliance , the phone works perfectl for Voice but no data and it even shows the Network signal .There is no signal drops.

Please suggest what do i do to get the Signal for GSM and Data for CDMA.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
I have just received word that VRBLJ1 will not be final OTA. There is already a new test build as there are still a couple of bugs in J1 to be ironed out.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tailsthecat3:
Dang it.

Aside from nitpicking, this release is fine. No issues in day to day usage.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] stevefxp:
Email App Background Color

After applying the latest leak my wife's email is displaying with white lettering and black background. I tried shutting off the power saving option but no go. Originally her app had a white background and grey lettering.

Anyone running into this issue with the latest leak?

Steve
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
Not an issue actually. The e-mail app has been replaced with black background by default to save battery life (white pixels use more power in AMOLED screens). Same in first leak as well.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] buhohitr:
Just a quick question, when I flash twrp, this will automatic unlock the boot loader right? Is there a way to push root without unlock bootloader on the latest JB? Thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
If you read my instructions carefully you can see that Root and Unlock Bootloader are a separate process from Custom Recovery (TWRP in your case). If you just want Root without unlocked bootloader the instructions are in step 3.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
yes flash the prerooted VRBLJ1 version that mr. robinson released for us. Section 1 of my guide if you need instructions.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] buhohitr:
+1 Thanks

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+1 thanks. let say I download the pre-rooted version of JB and later on to prepare for the final JB OTA, I just Odin the full stock ICS firmware, then the OTA should show up and update the normal way?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] arifiano:
Swype & predictive text issues

Anyone else having issues with using swype and predictive text?

I can swype but nothing appears on the screen. and predictive text is not working. Everything is turned on in the settings.

ideas?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tailsthecat3:
At least we'll be able to "upgrade" easily thanks to open1your1eyes0's contributions
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ratledge:
I dunno. Something is really screwy - I've seen all the different oddities here, including the email is reverse colors (white on black, but only once out of 20 times using it - definitely not consistent), and random reboots left me no choice but to reset back to my HE version, which is 100% stable. Weird... SU definitely has something to do with it, or elevated privileges, anyway.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jank0023:
I'm getting a lot of lockups across multiple apps. Screen locks up and than I have to do hard reset. I did the no wipe update...wondering if I need to do a clean install..going to try to wipe partition and dalvik...crashing quite a bit though, my YMCA app (i use to scan my membership) while setting up google wallet it did a bunch, finally went through. Just trying to type into Chrome a search, it crashed 4 times in a row...

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Well, wiping dalvik and partition did nothing...first thing i do is open up chrome, just try to start typing into URL and it locks up...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
wipe data...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jank0023:
If I'm going to wipe data, shouldn't I just do a clean install since I'm going to lose everything?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tailsthecat3:
Sure.

In the past, I've used the untouched version, set everything up, apps and all that, then went the "no data" route.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
the full wipe version will reformat the entire internal storage... if you odin the no wipe version, install a custom recovery, then wipe data, the rom data will be erased but not the internal storage.... there is a difference!! Now if you keep everything stored on a external sd card, then yes use the full wipe version and do a clean install from the start. The main reason open1your1eyes suggests using the no wipe version is so folks that store files on the internal sd do not lose them during a odin session, then turn back to this thread and ask where thier files went.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jank0023:
Thank you much folks, will let you know how this works...now I need to do the customer install of wallet...

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Wow, did the wipe data...restarted, it started installing apps that were backed up on google. First thing I do is click on chrome to type in URL and it locked up...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Ryno77:
Try deleting apps that cause problems then reinstall. I use Chrome exclusively and have no issues.

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From Twitter

@droid_life: Anonymous tipster says Jelly Bean update for VZW Galaxy S3 is coming this Friday. That would be a record for VZW.Shared via TweetCaster

This is copy and paste from the clean rom 4.5 thread.... I did not find this info but when looking on twitter I saw the post. What do think the chances of that are?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] control1110:
Is there a way for me to install this if I am already rooted without having to wipe data?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Ryno77:
Follow the no wipe steps in the op.

Sorry, my response was a little short. Do you have a specific question? Using Odin install the no wipe version. You may have to root again but op provided instructions. There is a no wipe rooted version posted in development too.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] control1110:
If I use Odin and the steps provides in the instructions I will have to root again. Where is the no wipe root version posted I do not see it?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] buhohitr:
First page in OP, under download, step 8.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AmanteNJ:
Mine works ok, you might want to check the settings or reinstall swype
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cnlson:
came back to say - IT WORKS!! huzzah! watched the 50 years of bond youtube on it and some videos using the stock video player. sometimes it seems to get a little herky jerky but to be expected. overall it was slick. it blanks the screen when playing unless you need the controls, they show the image does not until you leave the video playing.

Any idea when the new update will be available? there are some small issues that bug me a little. I have two swypes installed now and no idea which to uninstall. seems like it idles way good, less than a percent an hour but when using with the screen on it burns the battery like it is not on power save...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jrgonz454:
Are you using a 64gb SD card? I was having the same issue and I used a 4gb card. redid the process and was able to get the unlock bootloader and Root going.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] NeWCuLTKiNG:
Hopefully they get the CPU getting stuck at max frequency fixed, also media and system causing wakelocks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
Glad to hear you got it up and running. That dongle is a little buggier than I hoped but it is still very useful for a quick movie or photo viewing with the family after a vacation. :)

To fix the Swype issue just uninstall whichever Swype gives you the uninstall option. You'll be left with one that only has "Disable" option. That one is the original one that comes with the new ROM (Swype is now preinstalled in Jelly Bean TouchWiz).

As long as your 64GB microSDXC card is formatted as FAT32 you should have no issues. Make sure to check as default is exFAT.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ct_tec313:
OP not trying to bother you bro but i pm you yesterday about a potential issue i was wondering if you got the message, you don't care, you want me to f*ck off..lol.... just trying to trying to find and answer bro.....:confused:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wooddale:
If we use this version we dont need to use EZ unlock- EZ recovery just do it per instructions? If we need to go back to stock for whatever reason can we still just use EZ ulock to lock then nflash stock rom in oden? Will we have jb radio and still be able to flash whatever other one we might want? Did I ask enough questions?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Kirkenjerk:
Doing it per the instructions on the front page will unlock your bootloader. No need for EZ Unlock.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] FAUguy:
One issue I've noticed with J1 is that sometimes up in the Notification Bar it says:

Memory Card has been unexpectedly removed, preparing SD card, damaged SD card, and repeats it over and over in a loop.

I've tried a few other cards, and they all were doing it, even after a battery-pull.

Ended up doing a clear cache, dalvik, fix permissions and it seems to be OK now, but I've never had this happen with the stock ROMS.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] FAUguy:
Something else I noticed with J1 is how long it takes the battery to charge.

With ICS the bateery would take about 3 hours to fully charge if it was down to 10%. Now it's taking like 7-8 hours to charge.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tysdad08:
I still don't see a download link for #9 am I missing it somewhere?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] FAUguy:
You only need #8, the no-wipe ROM.

The #9 is the full-wipe and was moved to Optional Downloads in the first post.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
Battery still charges in 3hrs for me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] diesel1218:
Camera and Gallery

So I just put this on my S3 last night for the first time, however I noticed that this doesnt have the JB gallery or Camera. Looks like it is verizons version. How do I get the JB gallery?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wooddale:
I read that the gally and camera are or were seperate files when you got bean tgey dont come with you need to download them the other post about flashing bean tells you all about it
[HTC One S] thekkiller:
Hi everyone.

I am aware that this problem might have been already solved, but i kept searching those three days about a similar thread or solution on the forum but there was none.

I own a vodafone Htc one S bought days earlier, i did the update from the update menu in the controle panel, but i wanted to see what custom roms were like, so i went throught unlocking bootloader, installing CWM and then flashed some roms posted on the forum, but none of them had the otptions the stock were having (the sound options when ringin and some other stuffs the stock one had), so i decided to take a look a the TrickDroid rom, wich seemed to be perfect for me, assuming it had all the stock options+tweaks to add or remove them, and more ram optimised thank the stock one , so i went trought the process, flashed the boot.img that came with, but got stuck on the htc screen with no other possibility than to flash another Rom, then i came up knowing that to be able to use the TrickDroid rom, i had to be already on the official one, so this is were my problem starts :

I have done all the steps to flash stock rom, assuming relocking bootloader, flashing original recovery and boot, then downloaded the RUU_Ville_U_ICS_40_S_HTC_Europe_2.31.401.5_Radio_1.06es.50.02.31_10.09a.50.04L_release_275655_signed.7z Rom, when the installing starts, it keeps giving me the 131 error, client ID.

I looked everywhere for a similar thread or solution, but nothing that could help me.

I checked my boot loader and its giving :

****TAMPERED****

****RELOCKED****

VLE PVT SHIP S-ON RL

HBOOT-1.14.0002

RADIO-1.08es.50.02.21

OpenDSP-v29.1.0.45.0622

eMMC-boot

Jun 11 2012,14:36:28

So figured out that i need an RUU that comes with radio 1.08es, but the problem is i checked those 3 days for it, but werent able to find any.

I am stuck with a paranoid rom wich is much less good (for me) than the stock one (but indeed lighter with no operator stuff, but i learned how to get rid of the stock operator apps).

I just wanna go back to the official rom, with sense, or, at least, a custom rom wich have the same capabilities of the stock one, without bugging.

Thanks in advance.

EDIT:Resolved :) .

2 fixes :

A custom rom that is stock : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1970131

Debrand device : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1674202.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] BrooklynSpartan:
Hi im currently using the frosty jellybean v7 rom for my gs3. But i really dislike the battery life for this rom.

Im looking for a good rom, touch wiz or not. With a good battery life and great features in a most stable manner. Also, if there is one that can wifi tether t mobile, than let me know of my options. Also if possible, is there a non touchwiz rom with actual touchwiz features like svoice or motion/nfc?

Thanks in advance.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jneal9:
Best advice is just to try each one. You're going to get a different answer from everyone and only you know exactly what you want. That being said, it's AOKP for me.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] nicky9door:
There's quite a few AOSP/CM based ROMS in the original development section if you want to stay on JB but try something new and without Touchwiz. Battery life is decent too especially cuz alot of the Samsung bloat isnt running.

AOSP Roms use android's built in Wifi Tether. Not sure if this is compatible with how T-mobile's tethering plan works as I'm on a Canadian variant. NFC is available on these roms as well but SBeam is not.

As for the Touchwiz features, some of them can be mimicked with apps though how I'm not sure how effective or faithful these apps are. Try googling the name of the feature and add "Aosp" or "Galaxy nexus" to the search to see if there is a stock version of that feature
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] djintrigue808:
Bad battery how?

Sent from my SGH-T999 with frosty jellybeans.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] osmosizzz:
PA android but at the end its your call
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Naaser:
Stay on stock
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] The Archangel:
best way to learn is to flash each rom an decide for yourself
[Motorola Droid X2] huskerstylee:
Had to SBF 2.3.5, phone became obscenely buggy all of a sudden.

I used One Click to root, Super User is saying the su binary is outdated.

One of the stickies in the dev section says (2.3.5 only) zergRush under "Rooting", tried that, but have the same binary issue.

I am certain I am missing something glaringly obvious, but I don't play with my phone as much so I'm pretty rusty...:confused:
[Motorola Droid X2] sd_shadow:
only two ways to get 2.3.5 system version 1.3.418 rooted

magic md5 root

or sbf to 2.3.4, root with pete's (not zerg), use voodoo ota root keeper ( run, back up su, temp unroot), install ota update 1.3.418, restore root with voodoo

see how to root 2.3.5/1.3.418

there are two leaked 2.3.5 versions 1.3.412 and 1.3.413, 412 can be rooted with zergzush

but these two leaks are no longer compatible with eclipse rom, if you plan on that

or rather not compatible with current version of eclipse

links in my list

sd_shadow's [Collection] of Links: FAQs, Guides, Rooting, SBFs, ROMs... - Google Docs

edit:

use superuser's built in updater, to update binary

superuser's default is to notify if a newer version is available

tap on left tab 'info', tap to check for updates (middle of screen)

or uncheck notify if binary is outdated, don't really need update
[Motorola Droid X2] huskerstylee:
Thank you sir, worked perfectly!!
[Motorola Droid X2] couped127:
Needing to understand how to root my droidx2 in noob terms

Ive been trying to figure out how to root my droid x2 all day. I tryed one way and it didnt work. Ive read the advice here but after completing the first step of downloading the root im lost because i dont understand the lingo. Can anyone explain how to do this in NOOB terms? Thanks in advance.
[Motorola Droid X2] sd_shadow:
did you read http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=29872446#post29872446