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[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Calebz:
Tried that on mine. All the buttons are grayed out. Can't seem to stop the process or clear the data in the app manager in the stock ROM.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrhaley30705:
You can't if you updated. There's not a firmware package available.

The best we could hope for is someone dd'ing the partitions needed to build an Odin package (without bootloaders) and then someone actually turning that into a tar.md5 file. I would do it and post it up, but I haven't updated and I don't plan on updating.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] pdl2mtl90:
Yea, tried that. All greyed out. Also tried clearing Google Framework based on a search but that didn't help either. Guess she will have to wait 60 days since she won't let me root her phone!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] beaverslayer:
Download the free version of titanium backup. With it you can clear the data on the update services app. I know this worked on older versions of the ROM. Haven't tried it on 4.3 though.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrhaley30705:
Need root access to use titanium
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] pdl2mtl90:
Won't work, her phone is not rooted.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] theramsey3:
Have you tried advancing the phones time/date the 1,477 hours which is 61.541 days? make the phone think it is the end of february or whatever you want.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] pdl2mtl90:
That is why I am in this boat!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] theramsey3:
Well aside from rooting the phone and using the above mentioned methods, Perhaps, since you haven't taken the update yet you can use odin to downgrade to something like 4.0.1 and then as soon as it boots it will force you to take the update. This would also erase any data currently on the phone. I personally see no other way to do what you want to do. You said each time there were Issues (power/internet glitches) well if there were none of these issues don't you think the phone would download the update?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] pdl2mtl90:
Probably, she isn't worried about it. Just would like to fix the Swype issue not staying default after a reboot. I on the other hand like to mess with things so I am rooted and did the manual update.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] CYRAXDroid:
So I just updated to 4.3 and I see some roms are for 4.4 how can I update to 4.4 I'm not rooted yet and att
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] stoobie-doo:
Has anyone been able to encrypt their phone after completing the upgrade? After I enter the password, I see the castle tower Android and the phone reboots, but no encryption occurs.

I upgraded with Mobile Odin Pro, preserved root, and have SuperSU supressing Knox notifications
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] stevedrz:
For those using 4.3 now, have you noticed that in use memory seems to be quite high? I tend to get up to 1.35gig of 1.5 used, and even see my home screen redraw at times when coming out of apps.

Ram management in android happens in the background, but I suspect this 4.3 release to be a bit hungry on ram...

Stock, non rooted..
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] MercilessLTD:
On MJ2, my memory usage was much higher than stock 4.1.1. Typically my 4.1.1 memory usage was 800 MB, but MJ2 was around 1.1 GB. I haven't installed MJB, however, so it could be even worse.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Capa1970:
My ram usage on 4.1 was always high and so I can't say that I see any difference (I run Apex).
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bdclary:
Alright, I'm now spooked.

On Nov 20th, I downloaded the 4.3 update OTA. After updating I had some minor issues (e.g., slightly more battery drain, delay in waking up), but nothing that was disastrously worse than 4.1.2.

Shortly after, I heard that the 4.3 rollout had been pulled, but was restarting. So yesterday I decided to check for an OTA update just in case a new version was available, but no update was available. While doing this, I decided to check the build version and remembered it being I747UCUEMJ2.

Today, I come to this thread to check if my build is the same as the official OTA release, and I see that people are mentioning the I747UCUEMJB build. So I got back into my settings to verify what my build is, and now it says the build is I747UCUEMJB.

Either I was hallucinating yesterday, or the build version was updated between then and today. Could that have happened when I checked for OTA updates?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] xhozt:
No idea but there are 2 different builds.. But i have no idea the difference if any
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] indymx:
I'll vote for hallucination. I downloaded the OTA about the same time as you and got the I747UCUEMJB version.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bdclary:
Was there ever a I747UCUEMJ2 version?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrhaley30705:
Yes. MJ2 is the leak that preceded the official MJB ota. The major difference is that mjb is fully Knox'd. Once flashing the ota, you can't downgrade.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bdclary:
Was MJ2 ever available OTA?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] RoryB:
No, it was a leak.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] daredevvll:
Turkey version?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] laanrobe:
In addition to the above, I turned off (froze) the below apps about a week ago without yet experiencing any negative side effects. Please note that I used 'Clear data' and 'Force stop' for each of these apps before turning them off, since I got the impression that some still loaded in memory after having been turned off if I did not stop them first. However, this could be an incorrect impression, but it cannot hurt to force stop before turning off an app. In some cases you might have to uninstall updates before you can turn off the system installed app.

Adapt Sound - don't think it works on the SIII

Bubbles - not using any live wallpapers

Calculator - I use a (better) third party app called RealCalc

CapabilityManagerService - 'pops up automatically when headphone jack is used', don't need it

ChocoEUKor - font I don't use

Clocks - turned off all clocks (digital, funky, modern) except for the main Clock app

com.samsung.android.sdk.spenv10 - S-pen, not relevant to SIII

com.telenav.app.android.cingular - not using Telenav app

CoolEUKor - font I don't use

Deep Sea - not using any live wallpapers

DeviceHelp - don't need this

Favorite Apps - not using this widget

Favorite Contacts - not using this widget

Group Play - don't use group play

HP Print Service Plugin - don't use HP printers

Luminous dots - not using any live wallpapers

Mobile TV - paid AT&T service I do not use

My Files - I use ES File Manager instead

Phase beam - not using any live wallpapers

Polaris viewer 4.1 - useless if you use Google's Quickoffice

RoseEUKor - font I don't use

Samsung account - don't use a Samsung account

Samsung Apps - not interested

Samsung Books - not interested, I use Google Books and Kindle

Samsung Music - not interested, I use Google Music

TalkBack - accessibility service, not relevant for me

Windy weather - not using this widget

Yahoo! Finance - not using this app/widget

Yahoo! News - not using this app/widget

YP - not using this app/widget

Hope this helps for those who want to freeze as many unneeded apps as possible without any unwanted side effects! :fingers-crossed:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Capa1970:
Awesome, Iaanrobe!

I found everything except for that telenav app. Not sure why but many, many thanks!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] n0013z:
just got an s3 from ebay locked to att&t. want to know, if i unlock it using the method on this forum, will i still be able to get the 4.3 update OTA or should i update it first then unlock it?

also i live outside the US, will this affect the OTA update?

btw, is the 4.3 recommended at this point or should i stick with the 4.1 stock for the time being?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] laanrobe:
You're welcome, glad I could provide this! For com.telenav.app.android.cingular you can read 'AT&T Navigator'. The app shows up in my application manager with the original name of the apk file and not with the app name, because I never updated the app. Launching com.telenav.app.android.cingular takes me straight to the Play Store to update AT&T Navigator...

In general I am pretty happy with 4.3 now with decent battery life and no other issues, maybe because I did a factory reset before I did the OTA upgrade. This upgrade did seem to resolve some issues I had before with GPS lock and Mobile Hotspot.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] guywong:
You must be on 4.1.1 to unlock

I did unlock my phone using the method provided in this thread and was able to upgrade to 4.3 OTA, but your phone must be on 4.1.1 in order to do that.

​http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2176719&page=4 (#34 from Gage_Hero)

I also saw this thread just now. Have not read it:

​http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2529200​

I suspect living overseas should not be a problem but I really don't know that. It doesn't hurt to try if that is what you want to do. We all know by now that there is no going back if we do the upgrade OTA. So that may not be the best strategy.

Good luck!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] NYYFan02:
My battery has been horrible since the 4.3 update, Android OS has been eating like 40% of my battery for some reason. I
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Capa1970:
Yeah, when I initially upgraded I noticed about a 10-15% drop in battery life but I have made some adjustments and am now getting about 10% better battery life. I posted this earlier:

The good news is that I discovered yesterday that I can now with 4.3 (1) freeze any app and that I can (2) access "app ops" and deny any permission given to any app, like accessing my contacts, location, texts, etc. I have noticed that my battery life has improved after I made some changes. If you have the launchers Nova or Apex then "app ops" can be accessed by long pressing on an empty space on the home screen/shortcuts/activities/settings/app ops.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sailindawg:
[MENTION=4923617]Capa1970[/MENTION]

Are rooted? If not that's well worth upgrading to having the ability to freeze apps on stock. I've shut down some apps on stock 4.0.4,but it's limited.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jack man:
Wow. Lots of settings to mess with there. I'm getting pretty decent battery life on stock but I'll take any opportunity to make it better. Which ones did you edit that you think made a difference in battery?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] aybarrap1:
Research around to see what it's safe to disable while keeping the features you will use. Then disable those which you have no plans of using. Pretty simple really. If you root, you can take it a step further and disable services as well that you normally cannot by using titanium backup.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Capa1970:
I am not rooted at all---100% stock, but with the ability to freeze any app and change the permission on any, it sure does feel like I am rooted ;)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] NYYFan02:
Wow that's a lot of options in there! I disabled location under "Android OS" since that was eating most of my battery, we'll see what happens.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] matrixzone:
Can you please share those settings?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Capa1970:
Don't forget to also freeze all AT&T apps and thank Iaanrobe for this amazing list!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Jakeuten:
Still no odin flashable stock image for 4.3?:(
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] TH3F4LL3N:
I've been looking all over for one. I bricked my phone and I am in desperate need of one. But I can't find one either :(
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] TommyM85:
Why is everyone just now getting the OTA 4.3 update, Ive had it for 3 weeks?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] NYYFan02:
Ehhh, didn't do much, Android OS is still destroying my battery for some reason..I'm getting a ton of "alarms" in BBS for android.content.syncmanager.SYNC_ALARM and com.android.internal.policy.impl.Keyguard.LANDSCAPE_WAKE_TIME_LIMIT_EXPIRED
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] lemonboi5:
Do you like S3 4.3?

So since the drop, I have to say.. I liked it, but definitely wasn't too happy on it. I quickly went back to 4.1.2... lol One feature I did not like was the whole "Oh you can't connect to this Wifi because its quality is bad" I know the quality of the internet is bad at KFC don't gotta tell me that, but I just want to connect and use the front flip app, lol.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] saatu:
No 4.3 update yet on my I747

I am non-AT&T customer residing outside the US and holding SIII I747. I am checking daily to see if I can receive the 4.3 JB update but all my phone has to say is "No update available".:( Is it because I am a non-AT&T customer and/or residing outside the US?:confused: I was in the same location when I received my 4.1.2 update

Any help would be very much helpful!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] pc103:
Read carefully here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2540998
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] saatu:
Thanks! It is very useful. Glad to see there is a way around to get official 4.3 instead of relying on AT&T. But, will the official 4.3 update the bootloader and wipe out our data as mentioned in http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2387423 ?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] pc103:
If it's OTA with bootloader, I beliieve so, yes. Best to first back up as needed & wipe caches & data for this one anyway.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Dre009:
I can confirm that it does update your bootloader and also wipe all your data.

Luckily i backup up like always.

I wouldn't recommend getting the OTA 4.3.

I switch to Quantum 4.4 and cant go back to stock 4.3 thru a nandriod restore. Getting the AT&T boot logo freeze.

So also waiting on the Odin image for 4.3.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] saatu:
Can you please give me a link for Quantum 4.4 upgrade for i747? Any known issues would be very much useful
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] PwnCakes193:
I think you have to wipe /data between CM and TW installs.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Dre009:
Just link the link in PwnCakes signature :)

I wipe all cache, data and even internal storage twice.

The issue must be related to the stock ROM or the MJB bootloader.

Don't have a problem not able to going back to stock for now as i'm hooked to Quantum v3 ROM.

Only want to be able to go back to stock in case of any mishap or other cases.

Update: After wiping cache, data and even internal storage twice.

I restored the system, rebooted back into recovery and then restore data and boot

and wipe caches again and reboot to system,

I successfully boot straight back to stock
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] afrobull:
So just so I can understand - if I updated through the Official 4.3 Update from AT&T (through my stock phone ROM) there's no way to go back to previous versions? (Even using Mobile ODIN and trying to flash 4.1.1?)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] xhozt:
Correct
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] afrobull:
Well that's a bummer - guess I'll have to just hope that someone eventually figures out a way around this Knox nonsense.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Jakeuten:
Here's my dilemma:

I updated to 4.3 from 4.1.2 after making sure I had done everything so it would go through.

After having 4.3 for awhile I decided to root.

I backed up everything.

Then after getting cwm I flashed CM 10.2 stable.

Then I realized I miss TouchWiz and all of it's features, and what makes a S III a S III.

The back up failed and I tried flashing 4.1.1 through Odin, resulting in a brick.

I reflashed cwm and unbricked my phone, and am still on CM10.2.

Is there any way to revert to 100% STOCK 4.3 without resulting in hard brick?

If so, a tutorial?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] FtaWolf:
Go to development thread look for s3rx v3 thread. There u will find touchwiz 4.3 android. It'll be Rooted no Knox.. It'll have all features as ota release & more.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] tejajuloori:
will flashing s3rx/dandroid work if I'm on stock 4.3 with root?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrhaley30705:
Can anyone confirm if att pulled the mjb update?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] xhozt:
Nope.. I do not think they did
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sailindawg:
I'm still running 4.1.1 & still no update from AT&T. Have called about 4-5 times, all futile conversations with unkowledgeable CSR 's that try to either use their script or tell you to call Samsung. Quite useless, my next phone will be a Nexus or Moto.

AT&T should not be involved with updates, it should be done through Samsung & KIES. Rogers is doing it right by having the update available through KIES.

I find it both sad & humorous that AT&T CSR' s will tell you that AT&T has nothing to do with the update.

I now understand why people root & use custom Roms. I just haven't made that leap.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] pc103:
On AT&T is 4.3 is our latest over the air (OTA push) update. If you connect a stock 4.1.2 phone (rooted or not) with stock recovery, the 4.3 OTA gets pushed to it. The 4.1.1 reference you saw was by people whose phones did not qualify for the OTA push. (missing stock 4.1.2, etc).

If 4.3 is your goal I hope you understand the bootloader & Knox changes. You must, go from 4.1.1 - 4.1.2 - 4.3.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sailindawg:
[MENTION=531042]pc103[/MENTION]

Are you saying that I need to have 4.1.2 installed before I can recieve the AT&T OTA push? AT&T 's website indicates that the push is for OS 4.0 - 4.1.2. Their tech support site indicates that the size of the OTA will vary depending upon the OS installed.

This thread recommends 4.1.1 - 4.1.2 - 4.3. However, I thought that was because most would be coming from rooted devices here.

As far as KNOX, it's one of those things. I do like some of the 4.3 updates & some of the Samsung changes. The 4.3 roms seem interesting but I don't want to give up stability. I need to read up on some of the roms. Maybe root & flash a stock rom with KNOX removed.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] pc103:
The AT&T statements could mean that stock 4.x phones would get appropriate pushes OTA until they reach 4.3 size will depend on which stage or how many pushes to reach 4.3

I didn't worry, just followed instructions in the dev threads & installed 4.3 ROM, Modem & kernel over earlier bootloader. It's stable & fast with great battery life & App Ops works. Loaded 4.4 launcher too.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sailindawg:
PC103, you installed a 4.3 room over an earlier bootloader like what I'm running with 4.1.1? If that's the case, my bootloader remains unlocked. Are you using a stock recovery? Do you have the new features of touchwiz plus Samsung ' s other tweaks?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] pc103:
Yes I have all of the perks & none of the downside. Samsung TW runs great but I switched to Google's 4.4 launcher & it's faster. I posted full details of what I flashed somewhere here. I've been using CM 5 for recovery throughout.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sailindawg:
Any bugs, major or minor? The one thing that stops me from taking that route is the possibility of stuff not working right or everything goes wrong & I brick the phone.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] pc103:
This is a pure stock 4.3 daily driver. Upndwn4par pre-rooted the rom & removed Knox. My own experience showed the insecure kernel is needed for wifi & com stability.

I posted full details in #320 at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=48783825#post48783825.

I read 1000's of postings before attempting this. The test I did with the secure kernel also showed me dirty flash is not an option. What I have is a smooth fast, low battery, full service stable 4.3 that wears well. The more I use it the better it gets. Downflashing is not an issue, I made sure I had a back out plan.

I recently swiched to the KitKat launcher by simply loading GoogleHome.apk

Triangle Away does not support 4.3.

4.3 MMS notifications no longer preview the message.

I've grown used to the 4.3 tabbed Settings menu.

Full backups were an important part of the prep.

I also cleaned up the nested (cascading "/0/") folders one time to normalize phone storage.

I formatted & reloaded my external SD too.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sailindawg:
Thanks for the reply. That's a lot to take in. No chance of losing your IMEI taking the route you did?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] pc103:
This close to stock, imei risk is slim to none. Feel free to ask questions though.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sailindawg:
Reading the Srx3 thread, the modem flash takes care of the IMEI. If it doesn't show, a reflash may be necessary. That thread covers a lot of topics.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] pc103:
imoh If you're talking about flashing an i747 with the rom kernel modem combo I detailed, imei damage is not an issue. Nothing has been added or substituted in the partitions to destabilze them.

Don't take it from me though. Here is an expert tutorial. xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1857054
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sailindawg:
Reading through the posts that's the impression I was getting regarding IMEI.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] pappcam:
I had my doubts that the Gear thing would be successful and now that basically only 1 or 2 devices are compatible with it is the final nail in the coffin.

I'm not unhappy with my custom 4.1.2. TW rom (S3Rx 2.2) but it would be nice to get an update on this thing before Samsung completely abandons it.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] beesal:
They did released 4.3 in uk but they had several complain about the issue and bug in the update so they pulled it out but they might be releasing soon but i cant see the chances of Samsung jumping to 4.4 any time soon.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] loki2828:
I played with the leaked version of 4.3. the fit and finish of it was a lot nicer than stock 4.1.2. but i use bluetooth all the. time and it npt working right is a deal breaker
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] redondo_se:
I'm using the i747z 4.3 ROM, and Bluetooth is working great in my car. Are you having problems with a headset or something?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] altitude909:
^

Ditto, I use it with my BT speakers and my headset, no issues.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] stoobie-doo:
T-Mobile US is now rolling out OTA - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2533706
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Fendulon:
Nice. Only time will tell what happens with our update. I just want to see some custom 4.3 ROMs. I'd love to see Dandroid on 4.3.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Sir_Brizz:
Hopefully a good sign. I flashed StockMOD yesterday and I'm loving it. The S3 has never felt so quick.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] loki2828:
it worked fine with my car, but both my headsets stuttered/skipped with it.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sakdroid:
Looks like T-Mobile was scheduled for 11/25 and they got update earlier.

Come on AT&T...