yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
Interesting......
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Whiplashh:
?... :D

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Whiplashh Rom

Look it up. :trooper:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Bdozier:
Wierd MD4 issues.

I have searched the thread to no avail so here it goes...

I may not be searching right.

I am stock unrooted on a s3. I manually updated to mc3 when qbking77 posted it just fine using his method. When the md4 was posted, I downloaded and installed as the tutorial described. After Odin, my phone went into stock recovery and after some more installing, I saw some files that failed and then it said installation aborted. I restarted the phone expecting bootloops or other failures, but it booted just fine. I went into "about phone" and saw md4 in the build and my phone acted fine. I then saw my email app had inverted colors and some new options like delete all. I also noticed that when I hung up the phone, the hang up screen at the bottom included "video call". I could not find that anywhere else and at the end of one call I quickly pressed it before it disappeared to my home screen. That took me to a black screen then it forced closed. There were a couple of other things there that were new on that release.

Well, it still bothered me that I got an installation aborted message so I redownloaded md4 on a different computer and went through Odin. It skipped stock recovery all together and booted just fine. But now I don't have the "added features" listed above even though it shows I am running md4 in about phone.

This morning, I looked at my phone as it sat on my bedside table and it rebooted itself without any input from me.

If any of this has been seen before? I am downloading MD4 again, QBKing77's method, but wanted to see if there was anything that you guys could help me with. Thanks in advance.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
If you manually downloaded, it doesn't sound like you downloaded the right file. Especially since you say that some files showed as "failed".
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Bdozier:
That is what I thought so I repeated the process from the beginning and got different results.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] FLBoy1991:
I'm just now getting the OTA... -.-

FML lol :banghead::confused::thumbdown::D:D:D:D:D:D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Whiplashh:
At least you got it :)

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Whiplashh Rom

Look it up. :trooper:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
Lol, I left Best Buy after using my Sprint upgrade last night. Within 5 minutes I got MB1 and then I just forced MD4 :thumbup:

Only took 1 try to force it, and no Google account issues :cool:

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Exactly. That only furthers the fact that you downloaded the wrong file. Verify the md5sum next time.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Whiplashh:
Sometimes this is how I think my phone feels about updates...

View attachment 1939052

(300th post :p)

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Whiplashh Rom

Look it up. :trooper:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
Lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Whiplashh:
You are a lucky one. It took my 30-40 trys to get the update with the Google trick. :sly::cool:

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Whiplashh Rom

Look it up. :trooper:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
Hahaha, yeah I know :D

'Bout to root this bad boy and TPR it :cool:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Whiplashh:
Man, try stock for a bit. ;) lol. You rarely hear that on the XDA.

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Whiplashh Rom

Look it up. :trooper:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
....Does 1 night and afternoon count?? :D:D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Whiplashh:
I guess so. I an probably going back to cm10 anyways. :D

I cannot wait for cm10.1 to be stable!!!! Daily driver right there.

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Whiplashh Rom

Look it up. :trooper:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
I know, very nice features :good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] FLBoy1991:
Ditto... but my ocd wouldn't let me rest until I got the official update... now I can go back to the almighty cm10
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Whiplashh:
:) Been with cyanogenmod since cm7 on the evo.. Can't wait till cm 10.1 is complete. Md4 and CM10 play very nicely already..

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Whiplashh Rom

Look it up. :trooper:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] IceCreaMan:
+1 I did the same thing and it worked for me
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
It works for some but not for all, easiest fail-safe way to do it is to just flash freeza's stock rooted
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Chuck_IV:
I did the update on a phone that was just newly operational, right outta the box.

Opened the phone, provisioned it. Up and running with no apps for about 1 hr. Smooth as silk. Got the update shortly after and after the update, there's a noticeable hitch to every move/swipe to another launcher screen.

There was no real data to wipe in my case but I tried anyway just to check, but it didn't change a thing. Stilling laggy with the hitch.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
Are you sure it was MD4? As soon as I got mine out of the box (Saturday afternoon) it took the MB1 up late and then I forced MD4.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Chuck_IV:
Yes. I forced it, knowing it was out. Took me 3 or 4 tries to force it. I figured get the phone up to date before it really gets any use(as mentioned in a prior post, it's my wife's phone, so I doubt I will root it).
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] cas8180:
Many people are reporting this now. As am myself others are just in denial :p

On a side note you should have excellent battery life now though!

Update:

I usually have force GPU hardware rendering checked in the developer options I guess this option got reset when I ran my update. I checked this option and it did help with the choppyness its definitely better but not gone.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Omar04:
It doesn't help at all. :(

Started to experience the hitch only on games like Subway Surfers and Temple Run. :eek::sly:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] cas8180:
Sorry bro. Welcome to the hitch boat. Hopefully enough people complain about it and sprint/Samsung will release an update. I have been thinking of rolling back to mb1 or ma6 as I really don't use multi window
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Omar04:
Sprint ZONE got an update a few min ago. Actually is better than ever. BTW still showing update for MD4 available. :what:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] cas8180:
I got that too. Maybe as a stop gap solution someone could release some stock mb1 and ma6 ROMs with ota killer embedded in them???
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jhill110:
You liked cm7? Had it on my opti s. Thought it was junk. It never worked right. Devs worked hard on it but then abandoned the effort.

Submitted Via Subspace
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jdelano:
You can modify the build prop file to read: (find these settings and modify to match)

ro.build.version.incremental=L710VPBMD4

ro.build.description=d2spr-user 4.1.2 JZO54K L710VPBMD4 release-keys

ro.build.fingerprint=samsung/d2spr/d2spr:4.1.2/JZO54K/L710VPBMD4:user/release-keys

ro.build.PDA=L710VPBMD4

ro.build.hidden_ver=L710VPBMD4

These items are edited in my build.prop for SS OdexBlue MB1 to stop the OTA nag message.

You should backup the current build.prop file by making a copy before attempting to make any edits.

I hope that helps.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Whiplashh:
It was junk on optimus s. I had it on my optimus s and Evo 4G. It was awesome on the EVO 4G/EVO shift 4G. So smooth (for gingerbread, if using a different launcher, ADW wasn't what it is today) and it improved the crappy battery life on the EVO and EVO shift

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Whiplashh Rom

Look it up. :trooper:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] j76ms:
Anyone have any issues using 3rd party launchers? I am stock never rooted and updated to MD4. Since the update I have noticed that occasionally when I am using TSF, or Next launchers the screen will flicker. Really weird. Sometimes a re-boot will help and sometimes it won't. I have gone back to Touchwiz and everything works as it should. Any thoughts?

Thanks!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] NYCHitman1:
Go into developer options and disable HW overlay
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] j76ms:
Thank you kind sir! I will give that a try. I just rebooted but it usually doesn't take long to start acting up. I assume this flicker is a known issue with this update?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] NYCHitman1:
Truthfully, I have no idea since I can't stand TouchWiz. However, when flickering issues did arise on AOSP, it was generally fixed by enabling that option that I spoke of previously. Either way, give it a try and see if it re-appears. Good luck! :good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Whiplashh:
I haven't had that issue with the update.. that is very odd..

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MIUI - Thanks to Evo4gNoob

Look it up. :trooper:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] poit:
Hmm, seems like that got rid of most of the screen stuttering.,

Edit : nah, it's not really any better.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Omar04:
For anyone that would like to learn how to get logcat.txt to pull ota links to share. I created a thread on S4 forums its general so is the same for any device. No root needed even on 4.2.2. :victory: go here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=41200880#post41200880
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Whiplashh:
Have you tried a factory reset? How did you update?

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Whiplashh Rom

Look it up. :trooper:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] j76ms:
I have done 2 factory resets it did not fix the screen flicker when using 3rd party launchers. Checking the HW disable under Developer mode seems to have helped. The only issue now is that the launchers stutter a little more than usual when swiping screens. This is definitely better than the screen flicker. This comes and goes.

I don't understand why this occurs with other launchers. Everything works normal with touchwiz.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ragnar:
Maybe the 3rd party launchers need to update their apps to the new release. Things do change and they may have not upgraded yet. I suggest maybe going to their website or email through play store and let them know what's occurring.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] j76ms:
Definitely, will do. Is it possibly to download the previous version (before MD4) and install it through the update.zip process? I wouldn't mind giving that a try if I knew it wouldn't fry my phone. I am inexperienced with this type of stuff so please excuse the noobness. :) I am not rooted.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Exit_Only:
Use nova launcher. I got zero screen flicker
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Frostacious:
On md4 but dont know ehy this update ia showing. Can some one show me how to extract.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Omar04:
103.9 MB is the same exact size of MD4 OTA update. Are you sure you are on MD4? Because you're not.

Looking at your Screen Shot you aren't on MD4 you only have MD4 modem. Actually you are on MB1 (see build version and Kernel info its MB1) LOL

Look at my capture: look at kernel and build info. Yours did not match MD4 information.

This is from my OTA Thread: See signature also.

[MB1_to_MD4][103.9MB] JB 4.1.2

DOWNLOAD HERE

MD5=C7F22401D6569D28044312F318FDF2DB
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Frostacious:
Sweet thank you.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lancelot916:
everything I have is md4 but my baseband says mc3. how do I update that?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Omar04:
Flashing MD4 Modem

Go to: Rwilco12's Android Repository

and select your modem version and method. The link will sent you straight to the Galaxy S3 Modem section for Sprint Devices.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
OR you can just grab the flashable from here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1910947
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Omar04:
Flashing just the modem is the only thing he needs. He can chose from various methods and only takes a few seconds.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Bolo4GSiii:
View attachment 1967048

sent from $amsungG$3
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ragnar:
A huh?? And? Are you showing us how your phone is not up to date?

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] daniel4653:
He's telling us that he is a hipster. Running the "old" MB1 build :P.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] TheKenRob:
MD4 Flicker issue

I actually would use kernel cleaner, ref Mijjah, then do a re install. Also Holo Launcher seems to be liked a lot by MD4
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] flastnoles11:
yes, you'll get prompted for ota updates because md4 well be an official ota... whether or not you well be able to accept the ota depends on a multitude of different things

SPRINT GS3 FAQ
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Whiplashh:
So if I am rooted, on mb1, and only changed build.props like the camera shutter, will my update fail if I reflash stock recovery?

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
It may or may not fail, i know people who took OTAs while on stock rooted with mods... And it went through, as well as people with unmodified stock rooted who still had it fail
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Whiplashh:
This is what I see lol.

It just says latest is mb1

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Omar04:
View attachment 1906823
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Jay5583:
What differences do you notice,if any, between MC3 and MD4? (I'm assuming you ran MC3 since you're part of the elite "TEAM SXTP"
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] JoeFCaputo113:
Simply put MD4 is the "official" Sprint release. MC3 was basically a test build. I think at least lol...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Jay5583:
No offense but I didn't ask what you thought. I know the differences between an official update and a leak that we may or may not see. I have had an Epic 4G, E4GT, using an SG3, and others that I care not to list. Been flashing for a while.

I did ask Omar04 what differences he may have noticed , if any
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Whiplashh:
So has anyone been pushed this yet?

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Omar04:
Only thing I notice So far is better performance. Let you know more later only have 5hrs testing it.

Team SXTP
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] freeza:
Quick, everyone, check for updates at once. Someone is bound to get success.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dragonsofcp:
Customizable notification toggles? :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] -EViL-KoNCEPTz-:
Maybe if everyone does it at the exact same nanosecond it will tear the fabric of time and space and instantly issue updates for 5.0 from sometime next spring. :rolleyes:

For all you impatient type folks, OTAs are usually pushed in chunks by ESN # blocks based on when the ESN was activated. First to be activated first to be updated. However there are occasions when they are pushed to different blocks simultaneously depending on region and number of devices active in the region/market the push is going to.

☆SoA: Son's of Android™☆

I like to break stuff! :D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Whiplashh:
Look what I just got!View attachment 1907572

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Omar04:
very nice so its aliiive! :victory:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Whiplashh:
Well I took the update.... my device was stuck on Samsung screen so I had to tar down to LJ7... took the MB1 update again and now I can't get Md4. :(
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] gronimo21:
Where and how did u down grade to lj7 I been search to do that to get my msl code
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Omar04:
http://rwilco12.com/downloads.php?dir=Files/Devices/Samsung Galaxy S3 (SPH-L710)/Stock ROMs/JB
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] gronimo21:
thank you sir
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Omar04:
Well I got the OTA (MD4) trying to pull logcat to share OTA link but having a hard time pulling it :(
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] MadFlava:
Noob ;)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Azzair113:
Nope didn't see it highly upset was looking forward to them....:(
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] m20120:
take a look in /cache/

do you see the file there? What is the name?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] GiantJay:
If anyone wants to force the ota just clear data in Google Services Framework and the check for Update Samsung Software. It can take several tries but it will work. You will need to be on stock recovery for it to actually install.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jmb521:
I tried that..it didn't work. Although I did think the date was funny. View attachment 1907963
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rocket321:
*Moved post to ROM thread*
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Omar04:
You need to try at least 4 times.

Team SXTP

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I can't see cache contents because I reverted back from MD4 leak to LJ7 to MB1 to pull link and root is needed to see contents there also to pull logcat on JB.

Team SXTP
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jmb521:
Just did...still nothing
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] kbboykin:
Sprint has it posted as MC3
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Cooljb:
Can anyone that's got this OTA confirm the version? It's pretty goofy that Sprint is showing the version as MC3, but the official source that Samsung released is MD4. There is no Samsung officially released MC3 version.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] gronimo21:
Md4
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] JoeFCaputo113:
No they don't.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] blazerboy567:
It is posted in the community forum on Sprint as MC3 update 4/24/13.

What a bunch of aholes now it has MD4 Lmao...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] kbboykin:
Exactly, and now they have fixed it and are reporting it correctly as MD4. But IT WAS posted as MC3 when it was first posted earlier this am. :p
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Cooljb:
What he said... (actually I corrected them!).
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] JoeFCaputo113:
Yeah because MC3 was the leaked (AKA not official) version. MD4 is the newer refined version (working out all the kinks and what-not) and now is an official released OTA from Sprint... that's where we get MD4.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
Hi Whiplashh

Can you add that this is an OFFICIAL ota and that it will include premium suite? Thanks :thumbup:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Cooljb:
Anybody done a comparison between MC3 and MD4 source for differences?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] freeza:
no one has extracted the update file from cache?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] blazerboy567:
This is the only time I spam this forum is for the ota zip come on!!!!!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] evilmrt:
Huh, tried the clear data on framework trick several times. Nothing. :confused:

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Yeah tried it like 20 times. No workie.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] illogos:
That has never worked for me either.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Whiplashh:
I will in a little bit, but my phone soft bricked right before school so I tar.ed back to LJ7. When I get Md4 back (in a few min, just got home) I will try.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] freeza:
Grab that update zip please! :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Whiplashh:
I am trying too!!! Lol. I just can't seem to get the update pushed again!!!! :(

Is there any tricks to it?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] fzammetti:
Hmm, so seems this update brings us the Paper Artist app from the Note II? Interesting.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] freeza:
not any that I can think of :'(
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Whiplashh:
Well. . . I hope my phone gets the update... sometime..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Costas86:
I got the MD4 update in, clicked on apply update, rebooted into CWM and said something about signature not being verified, clicked on reboot device, took me back to my home screen. Now it says the device is up to date but still on MB1. Any advice? Root noob here btw.

Edit: forgot to add, I used Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper to disable root prior to doing the update.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Omar04:
If you edited or removed any system file it will fail because OTAs are patches that verify MD5s and integrity of any file been patched. If it find something edited or missing it will abort.

BTW when you root you can't apply OTA files root breaks integrity of the system in OTAs "eyes" you better use a Odin OC No Data MD4 if you are already in TWiz rooted.

(Something like that)

Team SXTP
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] freeza:
,Hi, can you extract the update from your cache partition?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Costas86:
I have no idea how to do that, if you were to give me step by step instructions I could give it a try.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] budde2:
Can someone please post the update zip
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Omar04:
If you are rooted already you can use root explorer or ES File explorer enable root access on it and navigate to cache folder. And copy paste it to pc.

Or you can use ADB to pull logcat and search for OTA link.

Team SXTP
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] freeza:
Do you still have a custom recovery installed? (CWM or TWRP)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Costas86:
Found it,

SPH-L710_MB1_to_MD4.zip

does that sound about right? It's 104mb, if so, let me know where I can upload it and I'll get it up there.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Omar04:
Yes that it is pal. You need to upload it to a file sharing like Mediafire.

Or you can pull logcat with Terminal emulator and search for the OTA link for us to download from server.

Team SXTP
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] freeza:
Yes!

Dropbox please :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] blazerboy567:
We have a winner!!!!!!:thumbup:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Omar04:
Since you are having a hard time pulling OTA link from logcat...

I'll revert back to LJ7 Root it and force the Update then pull the logcat and post OTA link. In a few.

Team SXTP
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Costas86:
Alrighty, I'm currently uploading it over to mediafire. In the mean time, if I wanted to go ahead and give the update another shot after removing the modified system files, what would be the easiest way to go about doing that?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Omar04:
You need to replace all modified files with unmodified ones. But is better practice just to flash Odin OC No Data MD4 over MB1 is the easiest way less trouble at the end.

http://rwilco12.com/downloads.php?dir=Files/Devices/Samsung Galaxy S3 (SPH-L710)/Stock ROMs/JB/MD4

Use the No Data one if you want to preserve everything as you have it set up right now.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Costas86:
That sounds a little over my head lol, I'll probably stick with MB1 since it's been working just fine for me so far.

Here's the link to MD4 zip

http://www.mediafire.com/?kltacapg85k5t8f
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Orbiting234:
Or just grab it from Google direct:

http://android.clients.google.com/p...0/ebe16cf30fd6.update_SPH-L710_MB1_to_MD4.zip
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Omar04:
Damn it you beat me to it. LOL :good:

Revert back and root procedure canceled. LMAO you saved me some time thanks.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Whiplashh:
Thanka for the link!!!

How are you forcing the update?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jeffgus:
So that means the file is also here:

http://android.clients.google.com/p...0/ebe16cf30fd6.update_SPH-L710_MB1_to_MD4.zip

[edit]

I see people beat me to it. :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] || Acer ||:
Awesome! So just rename this to update.zip and flash it in stock recovery, correct? :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] freeza:
Thanks guys :)