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[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jcm.hdl:
A little noob here

Yes I'm new at those things, a little noob...hahahaha Well I have a cuestion... How can I get root access and clockworkmod if I have 4.1.2 on my cellphone? I checked the toolkit but there is only for devices with 4.1.1

Please help meeee!!;):fingers-crossed:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrhaley30705:
Root with CF Auto Root

Dl Rom Manager from the market.

It will install CWM for you.

If you would prefer TWRP instead of CWM, download goo manager. Open the app, Grant root access, press menu, install open script recovery
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jcm.hdl:
Thanks man! and with this I should be able to install custom roms right?

:D
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] tokuzumi:
Yes.

I rooted with the CF Auto Root, then installed GooManager from the play store. There is an option in the settings menu to install OpenRecovery script (if you want TWRP recovery). If you want ClockworkMod, you will need to do the instructions for installing CWM. Then, just download the rom you want, boot into recovery, and flash away.

My favorite way to boot into recovery is to download terminal emulator from the play store, and type the following commands (enter after each one)

su (after hitting enter, you should see #, instead of $)

reboot recovery

It's easier than powering off the phone, and holding down buttons until recovery shows up.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrhaley30705:
With twrp and Rom manager, just open the app and select "reboot to recovery"
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] drwx:
I'm on my 2nd samsung phone on att (had a captivate and now an s3)..........i wouldn't hold my breath on ATT doing any sort of jump of versions in firmware.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Pond Scum:
Yeah. I can dream though... :)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] lthary:
Yes ATT have their part of fault in delaying the updated, but Samsung share the same guilt. Apple do not need the ATT or other company to approve the release of their OS. Maybe Samsung need to stand up for their products and release the updates for all of the phones and not to wait for ATT to fix their fkg apps . This is one of the main reason why android phones sales is not that great compared to Apple. Maybe this phones company should not bow to telecom company. Just a thought!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] rjayflo:
Reason why Android is behind Apple is because they bully the carriers. As you can see...there is zero bloat from carriers and Apple controls the update process. Carriers have no say, but with Android they do
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] lthary:
They have a say because the phone company allows them. If you samsung decided to stand up for your product, you will send the update true Kies and not worry about ATT bloat
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Gage_Hero:
Found this today...

Could be the international version.. not sure. can't vouch for reliability.....found on Roger's site so who knows...

Tweet from samMobile

Samsung delayed 4.2.2 for Note II and S III. Reason new TW for S III and Note II.

Found here... doing google search for i747m 4.2 update

https://twitter.com/SamMobiles/status/344545767609999360
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] lthary:
It must be for the international ones. And if you are on ATT by the time they are ready to release 4.2.2 , 7.1.1 will be out:D
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Gage_Hero:
What is that one going to be called? sushi?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dave1977nj:
Enough said LoL
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] aybarrap1:
AT&T does not really care about the customer as long as they make profit. That is the way they think because the mass lets them get away with it.

You are free to be upset but accept it the way it is. Raise a formal complaint with AT&T. However, if you want guaranteed timely updates on android devices, stick with the Nexus. No contract pricing but you get what you want without being at the mercy of the carrier. You only other option for non carrier and manufacturer update delays is to go Apple.

I gave up on receiving any type of updates on AT&T phones years ago and I rooted. Now I can update and be content. Besides devs tend to fix problems with the stock ROM and debloat them. If you don't like stock you have the option of AOSP roms as well.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Russ77:
simply put, filing any sort of complaint with at&t, the BBB, or the FCC is just frivolous.

1. did at&t commit to regular updates in your contract? no.

2. is at&t advertising an update or different firmware for this phone? no.

3. when you bought your device did it come with the firmware that at&t was advertising, or update to it shortly after activating? yes.

technically, like it or not, they really aren't doing anything wrong and are in no way failing to deliver what was advertised when we bought these things.

if you really really want the update, do it yourself, there are many ports of the 4.1.2 update available, or you can flash the official T-Mobile update as I wrote up in the first page. one thing we should all appreciate is that at&t does NOT lock down the boot loader and then patch every exploit.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] RockRatt:
Very true with almost all. I have never waited for an ATT update on any of my Galaxy Series phones... But ATT IS changing their game and locking bootloaders now as in the SGS4. I would NOT be surprised in one of our I747 updates it will include a locked boot loader. So root and ROM it NOW to avoid that in the future!!! I have been SO TEMPTED to get the SGS4 from ATT but after seeing that I need to buy it RIGHT NOW orbface a locked boot loader in their next update the makes the boot loader bypass (Loki) non workable. So ATT is out to f+×* us in the future... I can feel it already. T Mobile is looking better and better...

Sent from My Spiderman Themed I747
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] HiKsFiles:
Pretty sure the only reason why AT&T locked the S4 bootloader is because they were aware it was coming to the Play Store both unlocked and with AOSP preinstalled.

With that in mind, I don't think they will be locking the S3 bootloader when 4.2.2 comes out.

And yes, I did say 4.2.2... I don't think the i747(m) will ever see 4.1.2.

We all know carriers don't want/like to upgrade phones. It spells "wasted money" to them.

With that in mind, it only makes sens for them to upgrade a phone when the next "major" version of Android comes out. In our case, that's JB 4.2 since we are already running JB 4.1

And personnaly, I'd rather be updated to 4.2.2 than 4.1.2!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] lthary:
Still no one can answers why att have to provide updates for a samsung phone who is coming with a samsung software. Why not Samsung release the update an we will all be happy. Is not only the ATT fkg every costumers, in my point of view Samsung is doing the same. At the end is a Samsung phone.

With all the respect for Android, this is the main reason why Samsung is doing bad business in the USA, ,not caring for the user of there product, ,just for the money!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] RockRatt:
Well at least Samsung "Has To" provide updates for AT LEAST 18 months with updates per the agreement from Google. All the phone makers that use android software are bound to this. I am not sure if this carries to the providers though.

Next is that MOST users of Samsung phones don't care AS MUCH as us users here about the android updates as long as their phones just plain work for them. For example my parents, and a few coworkers don't follow what is the newest updates. I have had to tell them about it for them to even look to see if there is a upgrade available.

If you've been with ATT and had Samsung phones long enough you would know that usually we have MANY updates from Samsung that never get released. Basically they are leaks that have all the ATT bloat already installed. We used to see 3-5 leaks and then usually one of those turns out to be one that ATT actually releases. So I do believe that ATT is almost always the main reason for slow updates. In some ways they have actually gotten better that they used to be.

Sent from My Spiderman Themed I747
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] rkant18:
How is it that the gs2 got the update but the s3 still hasnt gotten it. AT&T has really dissapointed me this time.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] lthary:
I still do not understand why Apple can release their update without ATT approve, and Samsung cannot ?! :confused:ATT is a telecom company and should not have a say in samsung software . Maybe Samsung need to grow up and stand behind their product.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] RockRatt:
I hear ya on that one as well, but MAYBE since the iphone is already so locked down down by Apple and closed source ATT let's them handle it their way. Where Android being open source and we can install almost ANYTHING we want ATT has to try to keep their control over us, and they are making things harder for us all the time. I will NOT be surprised if they choose to lock our SGS3 bootloaders she we get a 4.2.2 firmware from them. Everyday I am more and more interested in switching providers with all the crap they pull.

Sent from My Spiderman Themed I747
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] lthary:
I see your point. Is all about the control, what a company like ATT can gain by controlling what we are doing with the phone as long we pay our bill ? And why Samsung don't have a say in how one of their product is update? When is coming to switch the providers, in my eyes they are all the same, and I like my unlimited plan :p
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] RockRatt:
My unlimited plan has been the ONLY thing that has kept me here this long. But T-Mobile has a Full Unlimited plan as well for $30 a month. That plan just has less talking minutes, but I don't talk on my phone that much anyways.

Sent from My Spiderman Themed I747
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] tokuzumi:
I forgot about that option. I rarely open GooManager, other than to update TWRP.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dave1977nj:
so yeah the update is out so what is this thread about now? :confused:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] BritOnTour:
OK, somewhat obvious question: Where can I get the rooted 4.1.2 rom? Can I install this over rooted 4.1.1 and keep all of my apps and data?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] tokuzumi:
The best place to check for roms would be in the Android Development section.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] malbec82:
I tried to install the update, but I got an error since I have a rooted phone

any ideas how to solve it?

thanks!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] tokuzumi:
If you want to stay rooted, might as well just flash the stock rooted rom over in the development section. It's titled "Stock Rooted Rom", and references 4.1.2 in the title.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] malbec82:
what about if I want to restore my phone as original?

should I installed stock room ?

how I can delete CMW and put back the original recovery boot?

thanks!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] tokuzumi:
I'm no expert on all things GS3, but in order to go back to stock, you will need to flash a stock rom through odin. This will put everything back (bootloader, system, etc). From there, you should be able to be ready to accept the updates, as i don't think the 4.1.2 rom is available via kies, or odin just yet.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] malbec82:
thanks again

I will try to download the stock room and installed via Odin
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jack man:
you could also use the emergency recovery via KIES to force the 4.1.1. It flashes the stock bootloaders and recovery and everything but it will erase everything on the sd card. Plus it takes about 15-20 minutes for kies to go through the whole process.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] malbec82:
thanks!

That's what I actually did. I recover everything using KIES and now I just finished installed android 4.1.2
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] TheStrokerace:
I am sorry, don't know the thread, but its here on the site. I will say no to keeping all your data and apps. Its been so long that I forget what I did or if I lost my apps and data. But I have a feeling I used titanium pro to back up the info. ANd yes, it will write over the rooted 4.1.1 as that is what I had when I did it.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] runtohell121:
Anyone have a flashable zip for native tethering for rooted phones?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Nishchhal:
Yea the update was disappointing but hey you can always try roms before completely switching phones
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] philippemartin123:
What were you actualy expecting????
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] TheStrokerace:
A phone that works. I am not a gamer, nor do I watch videos or listen to music on my phone. I don't care about the weather or sharing my status on gaybook. I don't need a gps to know where I am. I already know and I know where I am going. I don't need play store, I don't need an app to suggest apps to me. I want a phone to work. I got the over size paper weight because it can run linux. But even that is a flop as no one knows how to install linux on the phone or how to get the wifi adaptor into monitor mode to hack wifi connections. SO what good it. I wanted a portable computer and this fails big time. SO I still have to carry a laptop with me.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] philippemartin123:
So u didnt find this out before you got the phone or this just hit u right now bc it seems **** the windows or blackberry phones r doing all of these things u just replied gps gaybook weather and there r apps to get the wireless nic in monitor mode if that helps u with the phone but hey man if this is all news to u after u got the phone than you should ressearch more b4 u get ur next phone.O im not suggesting for u im not an app im just trying to figure out how u got in this problem so I can understand it myself
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] TheStrokerace:
Umm, I say cool ads for this phone. I hear all these techies saying you can do so much with this phone. So, I thought I would try it out.

Can this phone be hacked, yes it can.

Can it do more then any other phone out there. No it can't.

I had the Iphone before Iphone was available in Canada. It lasted 2 weeks before I traded it for some computer parts. Then the 3g Iphone came out and I got a few of those and threw one away and the other I traded for a blackberry curve. I stayed with the Curve till my contract came up 8 months ago and got a crappy S3. Now I can either sell it or wait out my 3 yr contract.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Ethere:
Has anyone not received the update yet? I'm still on 4.1.1, completely stock, and when I check for updates it tells me that I am running the latest version and that it'll check again in 48 hours.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] aybarrap1:
So you obviously went with the "coolness" factor of the phone because everything you want was never advertised. From the sounds of it you don't want android. If you don't want the frills with android then I suggest you stick with Nexus devices only.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] danvee:
Never heard of a service tying you into a 3 year contract.... Wow...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] aybarrap1:
What? Just noticed that. This dude is getting ripped off this is true.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] psp9000333:
hey, i heard that finally att is going to update their galaxy s3's and note 2's the to 4.1.2 or 4.2.2 or 4.3 either late this November or early this December. either dates or versions we will be getting an update. i got this from this news report or blog. if anyone can find it post the link plz.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] aybarrap1:
Doubtful that it is official. AT&T is notorious about being extremely quite on anything to do with updates. Typically any information provided is within days of the update.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] danvee:
4.1.2 is out now for the AT&T S3...:)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrhaley30705:
Some Canadian carriers enslave customers for 3yrs on their contracts
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] TheStrokerace:
I want that works, not look pretty. Nexus is exactly like the S3. I wanted a portable computer like everyone says it is. But its not. Not even close. I tried to use team viewer on it today and connected to my home computer. It even failed at that.

---------- Post added at 09:32 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:31 PM ----------

Did you know the new update that everyone else is using works on AT&T already
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] danvee:
Yikes .... That's worse than US carriers.....

Sorry to hear that.

Is there a better 'subsidy' on the phone's cost?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrhaley30705:
No, not from what I've heard. They can afford it since they don't have to pay for health care :p
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] danvee:
Well, that's Ok then... :sly:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] miscrap:
Haha. I tried to trick the system by changing the date on my phone to a future date and now it tells me I have the latest version and have to wait 273 hours before I can check again.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dratsablive:
Are you on the AT&T Network, using an AT&T Sim Card?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Krosa:
You can always go custom mod to get the 4.2-4.3(cm its a good one)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] robertlewisca:
Strange yet good experience updating

So, I had a pretty strange, and yet positive, experience updating, and didn't know if anyone else had experienced something similar. I was rooted, and on stock 4.1.1 with CWM recovery. I used the 'check for updates' function on the phone, it found the update and started downloading. After it taking FOREVER to download, it started the update process.

I expected that upon restart, the update would fail because I don't have the stock recovery. However, it didn't. It actually went through the flash in CWM just fine.

Then it got a little strange. Before rebooting, CWM came up with a warning saying that the update was going to flash the stock recovery, and did I want to stop it from doing that. I chose to cancel the flash of the stock recovery, and then the phone restarted as it normally would after an update.

Right after restart, the phone came up with another prompt, saying something like 'this update will make you lose root access, do you wish to reverse this?'. I chose yes, and it showed an on-screen prompt saying something like "fixing", and then went into the updating of all of the apps.

Then, when all was said and done, and the phone was rebooted, I got a prompt saying "update failed". However, when I checked version numbers, I had 4.1.2. I confirmed I still have root. And everything seems to be functioning fine.

I fully expected to have problems, but somehow everything worked out fine. Very strange, not that I'm complaining! Any similar experiences?

I believe I used the 'free' toolkit to root originally.

As a side note, I reset Google Wallet before the update, and then reflashed the newest version from the Google Walled thread after the update (and did the mod to the build.prop) and it seems Google Wallet is back up and running, although I didn't re-flash the library fixes. Again, interesting, but everything seems to be working fine now. I expected I would have problems if I didn't re-flash the library fixes, but apparently they weren't touched in the update process?

Current versions now on phone:

Android Version 4.1.2

Baseband Version I747UCDMG2

Build Number JZO54K.I747UCDMG2

All 4.1.2 features are working fine.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] :
Same thing happened to me but it was an outrageous amount like 2500 hours :eek: Thankfully I made a Nandroid backup the night before, so flashing that fixed it :)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Shep FC3:
Nice, I'll have to try the latest GW. I had it working on 4.1.1, but it broke when it updated
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bigdaddyrobb:
Same exact thing happened to me this weekend. I was looking around here to see if it happened to anyone else cause I thought I did something wrong.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] n311.dunkle:
So far the only option I see is to update to 4.1.2 through the Samsung Kies software. It is available but we will lose root and I don't think there's a sure fire way to get it back after the update. Anyone found an Odin flashable update that doesn't destroy root?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] tokuzumi:
You can still root via CF Auto Root with the newest software update. It's just as easy as it was with previous software versions.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] kingsway8605:
Doesn't really bother me. There is really no reason to run tw anyway. In cdma phones it makes sense because cdma is closed and aosp hurts phone signal over time.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jmatt78:
When I tried to update too 4.1.2 on kies it said 4.1.1 is up to date.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jack man:
The only way to get the official 4.1.2 update is OTA. It's not offered through KIES. And to get it OTA without ANY errors you must be 100% stock.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] KarmaCamel:
Attempting Non-OTA 4.1.2 Update (Unsuccessfully)

Okay, I assume I'll eventually need to remove CWM to get this working, but nonetheless I'm giving it a shot.

I downloaded the update.zip (found online - can't post link because I'm a noob).

But when I try to install via CWM I get an error from set_perm due to:

Unable to change permission on /system/etc/install-recovery.sh​

I've tried removing that script by remounting /system RW, but although I can write to /system/etc I still can't delete that file. :crying:

My next stop is to remove CWM, but curious if this forum has any suggestions (e.g.-"You are Wasting Your Time.") before I do so.

Thanks!! My goal is simply to reduce the pain associated with taking updates when rooted with CWM.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jack man:
Why not just install a 4.1.2 custom ROM? They're better. (You would think after how many years of smartphones that the manufacturers would branch out to hire some of these developers here on xda. It only makes sense.)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] KarmaCamel:
I would almost prefer to, but the trouble of restoring all of my apps - even with Titanium - is more of a hassle IMO than restocking recovery / installing / rerooting. If someone comes out with a ROM that doesn't require a factory reset and wipe I'm all in. Until then I'm likely sticking to the (admittedly inferior quality) stock ROM.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] aybarrap1:
If you do not wish for reset and wipe then do not install this update. Regardless of method (OTA, Kies, or custom ROM), the update wipes and factory resets the phone. No matter what you do, you will experience this...even with the update provided from the manufacturer/carrier.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jmatt78:
When I tried to update over the air it kept saying something about update interrupted