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[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] gregnx:
This worked for me, too.

To flesh this out a bit, I was rooted with stock recovery. I installed Voodoo Rootkeeper and ignored all of the warnings that said the app doesn't work with Samsung or Kies or Odin, and enabled it. Downloaded the OTA update, it said it would reboot, upon reboot it enumerated the apps and completed bootup with JB installed. Went back to rootkeeper and recovered my root. Apparently everything is working, all apps still there, still rooted so AdFree is not complaining. As far as I can tell, this worked.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] josepresas:
Downloading in Houston :)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] adracup:
If i have a leaked version of jelly bean, will i still receive the official ota?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] K_esco:
Got here in atlanta a few hours ago. Runs super smooth and seems that my screen is now brighter and the bluish tint i had is gone.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] fermunky:
What is this blocking mode you speak of?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Shayd93:
Help anyone? Stuck with update
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] fermunky:
Oops, I'm a moron, it's a new Settings menu option. Checking it out now.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Shayd93:
Blocking mode is like ''DO NOT DISTURB'' Won't pick up calls messages emails won't Flash notification L.E.D depends what do you block''
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] iPhoneSlayer:
Houston, TX

I saw a tweet in the morning saying that Jelly Bean is starting to roll out for T-Mobile. I went to settings - About Phone - check for updates, thinking that with my luck, it won't we available for a few more days. To my surprise it started downloading! Can't wait, till it finishes! Now if my N7 gets the update soon, it'll be a good week :)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mattedwards2686:
YAAAY!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] bbowman:
OTA and Kies update available to me in Irvine CA
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Five10legacy:
I am new to rooting and I am currently running Wicked v7 rom blue with T999UVLJ4. I was wondering with the official update for jelly bean out what should I do. Should I use odin to put the latest ICS stock firmware on it then use Kies to do the official jelly bean update or is this a bad thing to do for me if I want to re root and put a custom rom back on my phone? Should I just wait all together till one of the customs come out and just flash it on. I just want to know what is the best way to upgrade to jelly bean. If anyone could help it would help me out I would really appreciate it.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Huge cohones:
Update available over here in nyc
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] The_MamaBee:
Got it! I was still reveling in ICS goodness after my Vibrant. This is great! Love it so far. Can't believe my phone feels even faster and more responsive.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] warlock257:
Got mine in Toronto :silly:

Using a T-mobile branded phone with Mobilicity.

OTA failled because it went into clockwork. I'm going to try the zip file in this forum instead.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] luislyricz:
Im also in the same boat great to see tmo stepped up
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] trikar21b:
I'm wondering the same thing as well. I don't want to have to go back to stock to do this if we can avoid this option. Been running Frosty JB with minimal bugs and don't want to go through a lot of work to end up back on that.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] djmariah:
Downloading mine right now - Salt Lake City
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] kingston73:
So as I said early, I had the root66 root injected rom installed and had twrp recovery. I flashed Voodoo root keeper and saved root with the app and then I downloaded the ota and tried installing the update without any other changes and initially thought the update had failed, mainly because it said "update failed"....

When I rebooted I didn't have root but used Voodoo to restore root. I tried to find the update and install it again but when I checked it said there was no update package, I went back to "about phone" and the update had actually installed and I'm now on 4.1.1

Just used Goomanager to get twrp back and all is good.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Dantenios:
Will work with mobilicity?

So, can anyone confirm or let me know if this is OTA is available in Canada for Mobilicity yet? Or am i able to manually install any of the ones that can be downloaded online. Note: I'm running Rooted, CM10 stable (or so it says) version.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jonathan3579:
Downloading right now. All I had to do was check for the update. So happppppy!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] bardhi92:
Denver, Colorado.

Just received the update OTA.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] polarbearmc:
a little disappointed that the notification bar isn't black anymore (looked so nice!) but at least i finally have JB. blocking mode is a nice addition too. there's also easy mode, not that i'd use that.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] krazyq:
update available via Kies, so excited!!!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] chamala2000:
Chicago - started to update via OTA but was slow so did it over KIES
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] redhooka:
Now when do we get JB 4.2?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jonathan3579:
Son of a... my camera and gallery apps are gone. :mad: I don't know what else might be gone. And the notification bar is grey now instead of black. Blah.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] zephr5:
Is there any wifi calling?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mattedwards2686:
Wifi Calling didnt for me on the OTA update, but it does on the root66. I did two factory resets of the OTA and couldnt get any audio. Hope this helps!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ump:
Still having no luck getting update to work.

I also have rt66 injected with root tried ota several times I get update failed. I downloaded the file and used the recovery method listed in another post, I get status 7 aborted. I have tried using the voodoo to unroot and try still it fails I have rebooted and checked like other have said and still I on 4.04.

Thoughts?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] kingston73:
I'm not sure what I did differently from what you are doing. I'm going over the steps in my head again and it seems like you are doing what I did, so I don't know what changed unless it's because I had TWPR recovery for some reason? Do you have a backup of the original rom? Maybe try that, or just go all out and flash back to stock and go from there. I didn't use Voodoo to unroot, I just used it to save my root before I tried flashing the update.

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This was asked but hasn't been answered, I have the same question. Have any of you done a reset or have you all just kept things as-is? Also, for those who have had the update since this morning, can you comment on battery use yet? Maybe post a screen shot?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] stargtsi:
I just installed it via kies and rooted it. Now my phone boots up with a blue led no screen any ideas?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] redhooka:
That was already there.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] g2uzer:
Wondering the same thing
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mike.r.olson:
I'm still pretty new to Samsung/GSM phones. How long is it usually before Sammy releases source after they release an update? Coming from 3 consecutive HTC CDMA phones, it was an ETERNITY.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] eutterr:
Try UVALJ4 ICS then do UVDLJA JB update :good:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Slicktune:
Sam is the man!!!!

Now we have S voice, Change is Good!:good:

So Happy Right Now!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mt3g:
Really? Pretty sure Google Now is something you should be excited about... not something you already had...
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] kingston73:
So nobody else has had any issues? I've had the update for an hour and 40 minutes and my phone has been awake the entire time and is now really, really hot. I just went into recovery and factory reset to see if that will solve the problem, but has nobody else seen this? I'll post a screen shot if it happens again, but my media was out of control and at the top of the battery use list.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] chamala2000:
They add Swype, and lock screen can have 5 icons.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] fermunky:
S Voice was on my phone before the JB update...
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
For all those having problems updating, or if you have questions about how to or anything, go to my FW thread. Both the OTA and Firmware are there for download and there are instructions for multiple install methods.

Development stickies, check my sig gor link.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mt3g:
Factory reset it and report back, I had that happen to me with stock roms a lot, if I pushed the phone for a long period of time, even on some stock based custom roms.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] exdroid1:
Woohoo Hawaii got it too!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] r0me0ne:
finally has actual SWYPE keyboard not samsung version of it! so much better
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ump:
OK, so I have tried several times now using both the ota and downloading the update and using recovery, still same issue "status 7"

It does same something about failed update ckeck and missing a file which I think was accesstMobile_Tmo.apk.

Does anyone have an idea?

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Hey Doc

Been there and tried your suggested methods also still same failed message "status 7"
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] kingston73:
Doc was quick and made the odin flashable root66 version so I'm going to try a fresh install with odin and see if that fixes things.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mondokat:
Just got this OTA and the only issue I had was that my google voice seems to have had its data cleared. I had to set it up again.

Other than that, good to go.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] YPhoto:
If you updated your Google Voice from the play store today (there was an update), it seems to clear your data and require setup all over again. I had to and I have yet to install the TMO OTA.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Correction: mrRobinson makes the root66 versions. I take no credit for the awesomeness that is root66!

We just decided to link to them in the firmware thread to make them easy to get to, plus its firmware! ;)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ferlogan:
Jb .update succesfull Soft keys not vibrate when pressing needhelp please
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
@All

In order to flash the OTA, you must be 100% stock UVALJ4.

No mods, no bloat removed, no deodexing, no kernel, etc.

Only exception to this is CWM is supposed to be able to flash it even though its not stock recovery. I dont use CWM, so I don recommend this method, but it is an option.

Other exception is using Mobile Odin or Rootkeeper you can be rooted and stay rooted.

I recommend either flashing the Odin version in Mobile Odin Pro, or the root66 version in PC Odin.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] monkeypaws:
Mine do. Go into the sound settings. At the bottom it'll say Baltic feedback. If all else fails reboot or factory reset.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] r0me0ne:
settings > sound > check haptic feedback. make sure power saving mode is turned off
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] darkphantom:
If my phone is on the stock 4.0.4 but is rooted, and I update, will I lose all my information and apps, etc? I know that I will lose the root.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
You shouldn't lose anything. Still, nandroid first as things csn happen thatll force you to factory reset.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] aznmode:
Here's the email I got from samsung....

We're happy to announce the Android™ 4.1, Jelly Bean update is now available for your Samsung Galaxy S® III. In addition to Android 4.1, Jelly Bean you will also receive new and enhanced TouchWiz® features, making for a faster, richer, and more responsive device experience.

Android™ 4.1, Jelly Bean features:

Google Now contextual and voice assistant

Rich notifications that can expand or collapse

Automatic widget adjustment to easily arrange your home screens

Enhanced Samsung TouchWiz features:

Camera enhancements including: live camera and camcorder filters, pause/resume video while recording, and Low Light photo mode

Blocking Mode to disable incoming calls, notifications, alarms and LED indicators for a designated period of time

Pop Up Play picture-in-picture video window is now resizable and can pause while in picture-in-picture

Swype® is preloaded as an alternate keyboard

Other cool new stuff for your Galaxy S III:

AllShare® Cast Hub TV mirroring accessory support has been added

ESPN's ScoreCenter® application with custom integrated AllShare technology to stream sports highlights directly to your Samsung SMART TV™ is available as a free download from the S Suggest™ app on your device
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] kingston73:
I don't know what's wrong with my phone, but my cpu is on constantly and the top thing is android/process/media. Under battery use Media is the top one and it's got com.sec.android.providers.downloads as the top thing in that catogory. I have no idea why it's doing this, I did a full odin flash of the root66 rom and the only thing I restored using titanium is swype 1.3
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] AB33:
The update took my Quadrant Standard score from 4700 to 6000.

(Stock Unrooted)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DsturbD:
got my email from samsung today and im downloading the update OTA as i type

not bad, i should do that as well, just went back to stock the other day, good timing :)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Oyeve:
Same here.

Loving JB so far. My only issue is with PowerAmp. When I have the phone display off and pull my headphones and then plug them in it turns the phone screen on. PA did this on my old SGS1 and its annoying.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ump:
Finally got updated by using MrRobinson's latest root66
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
In apo manager find all the apps listed under media in battery stats and clear data. Then reboot and give it 5-10 mins to rebuild the medis library.

I think these need to be cleared:

Media Storage

Downloads (both of them)

com.sec.android.providers.downloads

If anything else is showing under Media in batt stats clear that too.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] androidmonkey:
I just upgraded OTA via 4G. Took about 20 min. Painless.

Now, I know the top features in Jellybean are:

1. "Project Butter"

2. Google Now

3. Offline voice typing

4. New notifications

I see 2 - 4 but I don't really notice any "butter".

Is there anything else that was added that I should checkout?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] rookiegenius:
Jelly bean is A-w-s-o-m-e. Love love it. My phone is much much faster now. love google now too !
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] luiferrestrepo:
Not need to be factory to upgrade.

I TRIED TO UPGRADE TO JELLY BEAN AND MY PHONE WAS ROOTED. IT FAILED THEN I INSTALLED THE APP TO TAKE THE TRIANGLE AWAY CLEARED THE COUNTER AND TRIED WITH KIES AND IT WORKED. :laugh:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] rookiegenius:
I notice the significantly faster speed. maybe that is "project butter" ? man! app now lauches really quick
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] kingston73:
This is all I've tried so far:

factory reset, wiped dalvik, cache, everything possible

completely wiped internal sd card

flashed root66 rom using odin

tried your suggestions above and wiped data for all listed under "media" and rebooted

It is still making "media" the number 1 battery consumer, and android/process/media is still either 1st or 2nd in cpu usage. This is with an unrestored system, no apps other than the ones that come in the rom originally. WTF is wrong with my phone? I just don't get it, what else could I possibly do to solve this issue?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] androidmonkey:
Wrong thread? This is for the OTA update.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] kingston73:
Yes, thank you I know that. This all started when I updated using the OTA.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] androidmonkey:
Were you stock before the OTA update?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] AnotherDude0:
Looks like I'll have to wait and go home to upgrade with Kies. :( I'm rooted with CWM and the OTA keeps trying to load via CWM. Tried using Doc's UVALJ4 - UVDLJA via Recovery and no go. I'm guess it's because I've removed some bloat ware... At least I can reroot after I upgrade with Kies.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] kingston73:
Before the OTA I was stock with root. I originally downloaded and flashed the OTA and it all seemed to work fine, but the battery started draining incredibly fast. To try and fix the problem I did all the things listed above with no luck, so I think now I will try to just go back to unrooted ICS and try the OTA over again, unless anybody has a better idea?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Id suggest odin over kies. Easier and a lot less screwy!

Hmm. I have seen it take a while to settle but it usualky isnt the case. You may need to wipe your internsl sdcard too if you havent already.

Only other thing I can think of is to Odin bsck to UVALJ4, boot and let it run a few min, then Odin the UVDLJA firmware.

Do you have media files scattered around in storage? Anothrr thing to try is delete all media, int and ext sdcard, then boot, wait a few and if it settles down then put your files back on and reboot again.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] theironmonger:
I will wait.

I cant help you at all the only thing I suggest is go back to unrooted ICS rom then update as I am on wicked 7 and I have been reading these posts I am trying to decide what I should do also.

Please post your results....after unrooted ICS install and update. thanks
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] wideasleep1:
Not exactly smooth for me either...am stock recovery with root66 only, no other mods. OTA failed twice during the unzipping (~25%), and a d/l of the OTA is failing at a similar point in stock recovery, with e:signature verification. I'm stumped, and trying the ODIN Full JB Root66, but the AFH server is sllllloooooooowwwww...../sigh

edit: I toggled Voodoo with root/no root, and no difference..still failed.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] kulzboy:
hmm phone seems to charge slower running this than cm10 or is it just me?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] someonenewhere:
I upgraded using Odin ... easier and faster!

I've yet to see an issue ... lost my root upgrading though....

but will root again in a bit..
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] theironmonger:
install from odin--- not over the air. Seems as if the whole planet is downloading this stuff.

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T999_UVDLJA is this what you had success with? prerooted
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] LiquidGlow:
Finally!! But wait...

I got an e-mail from Samsung this afternoon telling me that the Jelly Bean update was available (Yay!). Except when I got home to update my phone through Kies, the download of the update stops at 69% and I get an error message telling me that there was an error (Really???). I've tried twice so far to get this damn update and am currently on my third try but I'm not holding my breath anymore. I'm on the most recent stock rom and I have yet to root my phone (wanted to wait until the JB update) so I can't imagine what could be causing the issue. Unfortunately when I try forcing an OTA update, I keep getting a notice telling me that my device is already up to date.

Has anyone else come across this issue? :confused:

Edit: Okay...so the third time is not the charm -_-;;;

Update: Okay so I tried again...and again...and after the 6th time or so I walked away in frustration. After coming back to give up and unplug my phone from USB, my phone was on the black screen with the android dude in ODIN mode. So if anyone else runs into the same problem I did...just storm off in a rage...that seems to do the trick!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DaRealestEver:
My galaxy s3 is still on stock but it is rooted. Will i lose my root if i update to jb? Will the root cause any problems when downloading jb over the air?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] wideasleep1:
Some report no OTA issues, some do...best to just try. Use Voodoo just in case. ;)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DaRealestEver:
thanks
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] bbowman:
mine was rooted and stock before I did the upgrade OTA which finished perfectly. Root is gone though, will wait a little bit before rooting again.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] someonenewhere:
I just owned myself trying to re-root lol....

Bricked it, but with Odin I re-flashed the Official JB Firmware Update and I'm back on stock ...

so yeah, you'll lose root when you update ..
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] kingston73:
I haven't done anything to the external card yet, but i did completely format the internal card and reflashed the root66LJA rom using odin. I'll give it 30 minutes of doing nothing at all and see what happens, if its still out of control I guess I'll finally do like you suggest and go back to stock, unrooted ICS and try to start over again. I envy all you who OTA'd with no issue at all. :(

EDIT: It's still too early to be sure but I think your idea about deleting everything on the external card may have worked. I took the external card out and let it sit for about 15 minutes and then went and checked battery stats, the cpu was sleeping for most of that time where before it was awake for 100% of the time. I deleted and FAT formated the sd card and put it back in and will leave things sit for a while to see if it still goes back to sleep. Also, that android.media.process thing is gone from CPU usage now. Thank you sooooo much for that idea, I was going crazy trying to figure it out.

So in the end, I hope all my troubles may have helped or may later help somebody else out. I still don't really understand what was happening or why the sd card was causing it, any ideas?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] voltik:
I tried using Mr. Robinson's root66 file but winrar or 7zip could not extract the file. I've already downloaded it twice and the md5 doesnt match. Don't know whats going on.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] aznmode:
Same here. I was using Frosty 4.0.4 ICS with derkernel 7b and flashed google now inverted. Compared to this official JB that was much butter smooth. I think the new notification gets more clutted with emails too. So I ended up going back to my previous ICS setup.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] theted:
YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ive always not been a fan of ota because of bloatware i was actually:victory: gonna put a custom rom on my s3 till i got the update and its so smooth compared to ics its amazing first ota update im actaully happy about http://xdaforums.com/images/smilies/victory.gif
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] elreaver:
Lost root?

Can anyone else confirm the loss of root after a successful OTA install?

Haven't downloaded mine yet, still @ work...
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] voltik:
Will the toolkit work to root JB update? OTA with voodoo didnt work for me nor root66 file. I have to go with the offical rom using odin.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] wideasleep1:
I just ODIN'd the JBRoot66, with no issues...give it a go!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Not trying to sound rude at all guys. But have you read through this stuff? Theres even a thread dedicated to firmwares and otas. I just cant quite get why so many people are having so many problems. It shouldnt be too difficult if you follow the instructions..like I said, not trying yo be rude, but I keep seeing the same problems over and over all day.

This isnt directed at anyone in particular btw.

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Yup itll work. A little out of date and takes longer imo.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] voltik:
I downloaded JBRoot66 using Mr.Robinson's link and twice the file would not be read or extracted by winrar or 7zip. Checksums didnt match either.