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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] poit:
I haven't had the lag issues, in fact the phone seems smoother than ever. The "stupid light" can be turned off under Settings>My Device>Accessability>Flash Notification. (After the update my light flashed even though this wasn't selected. Toggling it on and off fixed it.)

As far as battery, I've noticed a very slight drop in battery life. I'd suggest you go through all the sync settings on your phone. I found a lot of them turned on by default even though I keep them off. That may help with your battery issues.

In other words, go through every setting you can find, and if it can possibly affect battery life it is worth toggling on and off once just to be sure it is set where you want.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] un1ocked:
but overall, the battery performance seems to dropped a lot
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] poit:
After a bit of tweaking it seem to be pretty close to MD4.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] un1ocked:
are you sure? i did an FR before. so, there was no account attached to my phone

hope that sprint/samsung will release a fix
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] noles4life50:
I beg to differ, I'm getting great battery life and no lag at all... This update is tits
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Wired0980:
Your screen was on for 3 hrs and you still at 25%. Mine not like that
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] noles4life50:
I average 4 to 5 hours screen on time with 12-16 hours on battery.. This new update is running great for me, can't complain about anything
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
Do you have any particular settings you're using? I've been getting horrible battery life on 4.3 for whatever reason
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] kaos420:
did you go into system/bin and rename files like

gsiff_daemon --> gsiff_daemon.bak

mpdecision --> mpdecison.bak

qosmgr --> qosmgr.bak

smd --> smd.bak

smdexe --> smdexe.bak

after i did this and debloated . my battery life is as good as md4 any day of the week.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
I don't see a qosmgr file in bin?

I did the others but battery life still isn't too great compared to MD4
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] kaos420:
Was a copy paste that's not there. But I did that debloated removed all Samsung apps. Use greenify with donation xposed module. My battery life's the same. I'm o.c too to 1.78mhz
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] un1ocked:
what kernel are you using right now?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] noles4life50:
Just flashed and went, haven't renamed anything, no extra tweaks (except the sound mod) and using stock kernel
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] kaos420:
only one available 12-5-13 decimalmans 4.3tw.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] AwesomeEvo:
I have a question.. So i updated to the newest firmware MK3 with stock everything, stock recovery, stock kernel, stock rom.. Now I am wondering if I can root now without bricking the device.I have not looked into this so I don't know how. I am just looking to root this device. And it does have KNOX because I looked at it on setting where android manager is too but KNOX is not on.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Wired0980:
Your Knox boot loader is always "on". :) But it can be rooted easily just read around on these forums. I think the easiest way would be to flash cwm or another custom recovery in Odin then flash either cnexus' stock rom with root or one of the other 4.3 stock roms we got here. But you said you just want root so you could flash the supersu zip in cwm then. Either way you won't brick your phone just trip Knox counter in bootloader.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] AwesomeEvo:
well the other thing is that i hate is that i have a mac so odin isn't available to Macs. So you have a other way possible?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] hayze87:
chile please

4.3 is inevatibly the death of Samsung's and I relationship. .
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Wired0980:
I haven't ever tried it but maybe mobile Odin would work
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dcharleyultra:
One needs to be rooted to use Mobile Odin.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Wired0980:
Well I guess he's screwed then....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] meyerweb:
This should work for you: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1963812
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Wired0980:
That would work if he could use odin .
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] s1dest3pnate:
Is there a new Sprint VVM (visual voice mail) app in this? Can someone extract it for us, please? :fingers-crossed:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] alysher:
NM. figured it out
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
For those of you that need it, I extracted the stock MK3 tar from Kies (since all other sites are ridiculously slow) and I'm uploading it to my site and AFH right now

Will post as soon as it's ready
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dromango:
I have stock 4.1.2, MD4 baseband.

What do you suggest I do to upgrade to 4.3 without the knox boot?

the ota notification is getting annoying....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] s0c9:
deleted as I resolved the issues
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] 3ryce:
Any word on getting past the new security and flashing roms for thos that already upgraded to 4.3. And also about resetting the new boot loader count.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jvjidNite:
Looks like the battery charging animation is gone. Makes me wonder if my phone is even charging lol.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ct_tec313:
thank you a bunch!!!!!!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
You mean the one that fills up the screen when powered down, or the one in the status bar?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jvjidNite:
Status bar. It shows the little lightning bolt it just doesn't show the animation where the battery fills up. It looks like it's charging though I checked by going into the battery settings
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] kaos420:
thats a easy fix. just gotta edit the framework or systemui. right now i think we should worry about the update lol. but the animation is super easy to do when you decompile one of those 2 files.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] robert93436:
now we wait for the stock rom w/o knox
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
Yeah that's a mod bro...stock MD4 doesn't have it, so MK3 won't either haha
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jvjidNite:
Ah I see. My bad haha thanks for the info.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Chad The Pathfinder:
Is there a way to decompile the .p files? all I can get to recognize them at all is gedit but even it says "no can do."
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ty080279:
that brings a good point. will the new 4.3 update require the new bootloader?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] kaos420:
really bro. read the thread a little. like the title of the thread. it has a new bootloader. their maybe a way to run it with old bootloader. all talked about already. read alittle.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
No they are binary diffs, you need to use apply_patch (included in stock recovery) to apply them over the existing files and patch in the differences
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
95% that we will be able to run it without the MK3 bootloader

Otherwise I have a few tricks up my sleeve to get everything to work right

We will be able to flash the new modem though, as soon as I'm done pulling the files I need from this test device
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
Just an update for you guys:

Modem is pulled, making it into a flashable now

System is pulled, someone is uploading for me so I can start the rom

And meanwhile I am disabling SELinux in the kernel :good: :thumbup:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] kaos420:
today has been a miserable day for me with work and life. this makes it alittle brighter. thanks man. cant wait. sad but this **** brings me joy.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] leaderbuilder:
Great work Cnexus!!

Been lurking over here again for a couple days - have 5 GS3's in my family so I'm sure I'll be working on them soon.

Kind of silly how many people 'jumped in' and updated without thought about the consequences of the locked bootloader - knox.

But I do see that most who did were of the noober veriety.

Hopefull more will read all the way through a post and learn some more. But doubt it. I'm sure there are going to be tons of posts asking how to 'downgrade' etc. Same as on the S4 side.

Really appreciate your time and support.

Looking forward to your update(s)!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bsaucier0810:
Sweet been waiting since 3am when I got the update for this..Christmas may just come early this year..lol

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
Guys, MK3 modem is up, have at it!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2538978
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bsaucier0810:
First yay

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Fire Ball:
I flashed the update zip and now my warranty bit says 1 and it says custom under OS status! I haven't flashed a custom recovery, kernel, or anything else. Idk why KNOX was tripped when I haven't done anything since updating! Smh. It's really not a big deal to me but it might be to some people.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] websterverga:
Need Help

It wont work it just says that

"system/csc/feature.xml"" has unexcpected contents"

''E:error in tmp/sideload/pakage.zip"

(status 7)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
You need to be on 100% stock, not modified in any way

That message is telling you that your feature.xml has been modified from stock.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] kaos420:
wait to flash the modem i gotta be 100% stock?

edit nm i got it. flashed with twrp
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] websterverga:
How do i do that

How do i do that
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bsaucier0810:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1904099

[ROM/RESTORE][!MD4 OTA!](5-10)Quick Return to UNROOTED STOCK WITH FLASH COUNT RESET

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Wired66:
I bought my phone off eBay and there is no warranty on it. So I don't have to worry about the Knox Bootloader, right?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] kaos420:
If you have tep from sprint you still have a warranty
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Wired66:
Don't know what tep is but I have the phone currently on Ting Wireless. So no warranty for me.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] kaos420:
Ah tep. Is sprints total equipment protection. I bought mine used and still have warranty.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] counterfeit187:
well, crap. after updating decided the modem/firmware was all I wanted, then tried to go back to CM11. I got CWM on it, but it won't let me do anything usefull. can't flash any zips without a status 7 error. Hoping something comes along to fix this, but in the meantime any ideas or solutions?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] kaos420:
Did you do the full update or just the modem zip. If you did full update your screwed until some figures bootloader out.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] counterfeit187:
That's what I feared. :( and now I have cwm recovery and don't know how to get it back to stock. I guess I'm hoping for a Mk3 factory image or something to get back to complete stock.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] thenexusgeneration:
After browsing the pages here and in the 4.3 and up thread, I have a couple of questions, some obvious and some possibly not. First, is there a dev or two already working on unlocking this pointlessly locked bootloader? Second, I understand that you can root but not install custom ROMs or recoveries with a locked bootloader; which method of rooting would be recommended? Third, once rooted on this update, will I have the same normal root privileges as normal, just no flashing capabilities? Appreciate any answers.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jhill110:
Not necessarily true!.

Check out billard412's thread on on returning to stock with counter reset...

Here

Post # 676

Remember to choose the right file (16 gb or 32gb version) in the OP.

If you have any problem downloading the file let me know and I'll get you a fast D/L link
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Razorwindmo46:
Nothing says 16gb or 32gb both links are the same file
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bsaucier0810:
He told you..Its in the OP...see the red area above

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] das_webos_transformer:
Yes, Odin, in theory, should work.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lordnykon21:
There are two separate download links, one for 16gb and one for 32gb. Since most devices are 16gb, choose the first zip, with md4.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lordnykon21:
Here's a screenshot of the 32gb link
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] kaos420:
be careful trying to downgrade. its all over this forum and s4 that when trying to go back it bricks the device. i would be very hesitant. look at all the international users who took the wonky update and are stuck with a flaky device. just look around the forum. there is already a few bricks in q&a from trying to downgrade.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] counterfeit187:
In theory yes, but it doesn't because Knox firmware won't allow older firmware to be flashed in Odin. I just had to follow steps to unbrick.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Wired0980:
So I tried to flash this on my wife's phone keep getting "signature verification error" in recovery. She is completely stock and I've downloaded the file like 5 times. Any idea
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
Are you flashing using stock recovery? Check the md5sum with the one that is on the mirrored link
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Wired0980:
Yeah stock recovery. Gonna download one more time then check md5 try once more. After that I give lol she can live with it lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] anees02:
Make sure that she has stock kernel and rename the file to update.zip
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] RootUserDWR:
Guess it's going to be awhile before this whole Knox thing is taken care of.

Will there even be a stock rooted rom with no Knox?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Wired0980:
Yeah when cnexus is through kicking this things azz
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] kwdan:
I'm installing on my wife's stock s3 . Do I have to rename this file?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jvjidNite:
I didn't rename it. Just put it in the external SD card and used stock recovery to flash.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] hereignssupreme:
Is it possible to root and leave as stock root after updating? If so link me..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Razorwindmo46:
Thats going to take some time. I wouldn't hold my breath for it any time in the near future.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
All it will be is a stock rooted 4.3 rom. It's not like I am trying to remove Knox itself from the bootloader, which is over my head anyway.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dirkdigles:
Does this mean we'll be able to flash the stock rooted 4.3 with a 3rd party bootloader?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Razorwindmo46:
Just tried the mirror download and the file isn't any good. Will try again and repost.

Edit: Androidhost is under DDOS attack. "SYSTEM NOTICE: Apologize for any dropped downloads from IL. We have been under a severe DDOS attack and are working our hardest on mitigating it and preventing future attacks. Apologize for the inconvenience."
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] TT01:
My question of the minute

I have a stock rooted S3. If I either DL and flash, OR do the OTA, will this kill WiFi tether? The only thing I care about as I travel a lot and use my S3 as a hotspot for my tablet(s).
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
Use the google link if the mirror isn't working for you
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rocket321:
Flashing the stock OTA will likely kill wifi tether unless you pay the monthly fee to sprint.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Wired0980:
Finally got this to flash on wife's phone. Was playing around with it. The light on lockscreen is pretty cool
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] kaos420:
thats [MENTION=4645794]CNexus[/MENTION] goal i believe. so those of us who havent wont have to install the knox bootloader. i just want the rom and modem. could careless about bootloader if it works.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Razorwindmo46:
Serious issues.

What the he** is the dam image001.jpg that shows up in the notifications bar? If you open it up, it says no image available and causes the screen to shut off immediately then the screen won't stay on. I say this is a bad OTA upload.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] kaos420:
its already been said how to fix it. search through the thread.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Razorwindmo46:
I've read this whole thread since this morning and I am the only one posted this issue, hence no fixes.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] kaos420:
it was said in the 4.3 update thread.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Razorwindmo46:
?????????? Mind giving a link because there is nothing in this thread except to go back to MD4 which I'm about to till someone(hopefully QBKING77) posts a differnt ota. Searching hours is not in my agenda

Edit: Just used the MD4 restore. Phone is Fuc*ed. Can't go back after using this.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Hondroid:
Omg god we need a rooted zip. *meditates*
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] das_webos_transformer:
We aren't going to use a third party boot loader, that's wayyy too damn Risky. What would be ideal is to boot it on the boot loader we have now, which, may need a modified kernel. [MENTION=4645794]CNexus[/MENTION] what's your take?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] BlueAngel1953:
Everytime I try to update my phone I get the "error in tmp sideload package zip status 7" message is there something I am doing wrong?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Wired0980:
Try "wipe data factory reset" in recovery
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
Yes the goal is to boot it on MD4 or lower bootloader
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] kaos420:
ya this is known it causes a brick . there is a thread in general. as well as talked about all through 4.3 update thread.

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god i hate to see your notification count lol hope your making strides. good luck bud.

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http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=47746924&postcount=54
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] das_webos_transformer:
Hrm so we should have a ROM in no time
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] kaos420:
last he said he is having issues with getting it to boot. but we all know hes a miracle worker.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
Ok, anyone on stock MK3 have time to take a system dump for me? The one that I am working from seems to be messed up.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] das_webos_transformer:
My money is on the kernel, needs some lovin;)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] kaos420:
[MENTION=4376371]Wired0980[/MENTION] your wifes phone is bone stock and your on.or [MENTION=2954806]counterfeit187[/MENTION] can you help out cnexus bud?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Wired0980:
What does he need?

How do i get system dump?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] kaos420:
[MENTION=4645794]CNexus[/MENTION] he needs a adb pull of the system i believe.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
Do you have adb installed? If not download this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=42407269 and install that, then run it from your programs menu

Type in

adb pull /system sysdump

Let it finish (will take a while)

Then go into C:/Program Files/Minimal ADB..../ and there should be a sysdump folder. Zip that up and upload for me please, and then PM me a link
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Wired0980:
Got adb bout to get on laptop
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] das_webos_transformer:
You can pm it to me too if you want!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] kaos420:
i would hit thanks but i reached my limit. its appreciated.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
Thanks

PM it to [MENTION=4474559]das_webos_transformer[/MENTION] too, maybe he'll have better luck

[MENTION=4474559]das_webos_transformer[/MENTION] here's a link to the boot.img I pulled in the meantime: http://d-h.st/Ess
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Hondroid:
I'm running CleanBean 4.2 running MD4. If I can help in anyway lemme know.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] das_webos_transformer:
Will download when I get home! Thank you! screw my English paper lol.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] edozier:
My wife's is stock if I get the update on it soon I will do an adb pull but haven't gotten the ota yet
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] kaos420:
its in the first post. only way to install that is stock.

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you get it booting we all will write one page. well ill double space it in size 28 but ill write one.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Wired0980:
Uploading now all I got is drop box hope that's fast enough.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
Sweet

DB is usually very fast for me
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Razorwindmo46:
Really didn't want to and shouldn't have to do this. Something must have went wrong with CNexus backup if I'm not the only one that had the problem. No file exists in my download folders so that isn't a fix. Did the factory reset and all is good. To the others thinking I bricked my phone trying to go back to MD4. I didn't. It rebooted back to MK3.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
It's not a backup. If you downloaded from the google link, that's the official ota. And the other is just a mirror for it, but might be corrupted so I'm taking it down.

I did not touch either file posted in the OP.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ruthlessptizzle:
Can u just dial in the code and reset to factory its what they did to my phone to fix it once then do the upgrade if u wanna

rocking the 4.4
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] kaos420:
its not that img files thing. was posted for a few carriers. we had a guy on here who had a international version of the s3 had same thing.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Razorwindmo46:
Yeah, the mirror was having a DDOS attack. I believe you didn't touch it. Worked fine after I done a factory reset. Clicking Thanks for the up.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Wired0980:
Cnexus pm sent. Hope it helps
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
Thanks, downloading now
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Wired0980:
Whoops I was in a hurry to get it to ya . I forgot to compress it. Just thought about it. Hope that's not a problem
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
No problem it's fine
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] counterfeit187:
Sorry to bother, could I get access to that. I just want the recovery.img file, please.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
It's a system dump, there's no recovery in it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] das_webos_transformer:
[MENTION=4645794]CNexus[/MENTION] get any boot action? im at the splash screen
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
Same unfortunately
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] StaticMaal:
I don't know if this will help you all [MENTION=4645794]CNexus[/MENTION] and [MENTION=4474559]das_webos_transformer[/MENTION] but I installed the AT&T S3 4.3 roms and MK3 modem (thought that would fix data and sms) and the issues were the usual when you don't make any changes screen rotation, data and sms not working but I could make and receive calls. I also had to toggle airplane mode for the signal bars to show. Went back to 4.2 MIUI and nothing is broken my data and everything still works.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] das_webos_transformer:
sounds like its not the bootloader holding us up, im trying another method next that might yield something, but touchwiz takes so long to workwith haha
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] StaticMaal:
I know right I can't be simple as AOSP roms just do a little modifying and it's done. I probably need to deodex the system folder rom sprint OTA to get some files to see if data could be worked on but I probably won't I'll just let you guys do your thing.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] das_webos_transformer:
go for it, more people working on it faster it'll happen!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] stas333:
in. waiting on the file to install with CWM recovery
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
Finally. Sigh. This has literally sucked away my life for the past couple days...but I win!!

You guys ready for 4.3 that does NOT require being on the Knox bootloader? ;)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] das_webos_transformer:
could you link to what you flashed?