yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] allrockedout:
Up down can you please be clear on the flashing instructions than maybe more people would be interested in trying this.

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The order we need to flash these files and when and what to wipe
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] upndwn4par:
We had this same problem on the S4. As soon as I remember the cause I will fix it.

We have had this problem with the S4 for quite some time. Unfortunately, this is the new normal. I'll bet good money that we will never see another firmware tarball for an AT&T device. Sammy's solution was to set up shops in BestBuy where they will flash firmware for you. Everyone in the S4 forum now knows that when you bork your device you go to BB. It's not even discussed anymore.

I have said it before and I'll say it again...if you want to do the kind of things we like to do to our devices, we will soon have only two choices:

1) Switch to T-mobile where they don't lock bootloaders.

2) Switch to Nexus devices

I am doing both. F-Sammy and F-AT&T.

Rom flashing instructions are pretty clear:

Flashing a bootloader or modem require no special instructions. Except that you should never downgrade your bootloader after flashing MJB. Those days are over for this device.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] RockRatt:
Ain't that the truth. Sammy started making good phones with good hardware BUT I have to say that THIS FORUM and THE DEVS here gave the Galaxy Series the NEEDED BOOST and helped make them what they are today. Mark my words, if Sammy keeps it up and makes it harder for future devices the appeal to NOT ONLY our large (but rather small in terms of worldwide numbers of people) lose interest in Samsung devices it will start to fade away.

The Galaxy S1 was a good device but had its flaws, Sammy actually got its fixes from this site.

The S2 got MORE popular due to it being a good device and How Much could be done to customize it to make it better. The whole of XDA helped make it a excellent device and made it even more popular.

The S3 totally blew away the iCrap and slowly and surely started grabbing the attention of XiCrap users ready to get away from that locked Eco system.

Then Finally the S4 made it to the big time and was on all kinds of news sites and TV. Which also made the S3 start showing up more in TV ads even after the S4 came out. The S4 IS a great device bar none. ATT and Verizon screwed with the S4 more with each firmware and locking it down hard. Which in turn made it harder on the S3 ATT variant with the newest firmwares. At least it is still rootable at this time and able to have a recovery THIS TIME. Next firmware update watch and see, it will be even worse but it should by then be at EOL.

Next chapter I am RIGHT THERE with you and this probably will be my last Samsung Phone. Think of it this way, IF the S3 and S4 came with KNOX installed with the very first version it would be next to impossible to get root and specially recovery. I can ONLY HOPE that the ONLY THING that has kept me away from a Nexus Device will be fixed in at least 1 of 2 ways, 1 give us a gosh damb REMOVABLE MEMORY CARD SLOT. 2 Make it a MINIMUM of 64Gb internal or LARGER. I would PREFER BOTH but I doubt #1.

As far as the next Samsung phones, and I am thinking even the international phones will be harder to root and rom with the whole Knox thing.

GoodBye are the fun days with Samsung phones

SORRY FOR THE RANT. JUST FRUSTRATED WITH THE WHOLE BS we get from ATT AND SAMSUNG

Sent From My Spiderman,Ironman,Red,Dark Blue,Green, GreyedOut BadAss Themed I337
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] oldbbman:
Rock

Couldn't agree more about Sammy and ATT. Sad to because it is a great device.

I'm going rogue! Ordered my nexus 5 today. I can live with the no memory card and 32GB should be enough. :)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] upndwn4par:
Preach it brother RockRatt!

I don't want to start up any OT on this thread (oops, I already did...). But I will say this: External sd card will never happen on a Nexus device. Google made that clear. But 32GB is totally doable on the Nexus 5 because a full stock backup is 1.3 GB, and a VERY beefy ROM is 500MB.

OK...back on topic...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] PwnCakes193:
Coming to this from the MJ2 leak, how is it? Does that bootloader zip contain all the RPM, TZ and other jazz or is there a giant all in one file like there was for all the other releases? This whole thing has my head spinning :l
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] amfractal:
Thanks loser. Is there a 4.1.1 ROM without bootloader that I can safely flash over 4.3 OTA? If so could you please upload or link the file? I desperately need to go to 4.1.1 to unlock the phone. Is there any other method?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] supreme329:
Any luck on finding a fix for the app install issue on the Deodexed version? My brain is fried from searching for a solution.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] cruzad3r:
thank you for the tether mod
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] loserskater:
I believe the issue is the deodex. I'm working on a nfc fix for wallet, and noticed a file that looks for odex files. I haven't done much testing, but I'm pretty sure that's causing issues.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] supreme329:
So no theming or fun stuff for a little while?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] rfb813:
I backed up the new TW 4.3 roms with TWRP. Did this with the leak MJ2 and the official MJB. When restoring I find that after the restore the rom won't boot and I have to go back into recovery and dirty flash the Rom over the restored rom . Then it will boot and all my apps are in place. Any one else have this problem? I may go to Philz and the backup with CWM to see if that works. Any Ideas?

Edit: TWRP is not backing up boot, even though it is checked.

Edit 2: I had to uncheck and recheck Boot and now it is backing it up.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] FtaWolf:
Use latest cwm.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] upndwn4par:
I remembered what I did to fix the issue on the S4...deodex the odexed apps again. The kitchen seems to get the occasional hiccup for 4.3.

Fixed. Uploading now. This version is slightly less debloated.

Installed, then uninstalled an app from the Play Store and all is fine.

The current version of TWRP is pre-4.3, so it just probably needs an update.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] rfb813:
Just updated to 2.6.3.1. This is supposed to work on 4.3. Will test now.

Update: 2.6.3.1 works perfectly. you can get it here:http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=47840637&postcount=758 or with Goo Manager. I prefer to flash.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] :
sorry if i'm being ignorant here but i still don't understand how to get off 4.3 leaked and install one of these roms.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sip70:
sorry for my bad English. You can ask for more detailed instructions on installing this firmware ... That the first-Bootloader. Second modem. Third-firmware. Fourth-Kernel. Which of the kernel to install firmware upndwn4par Debloat and why?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] :
thanks for the help and highy appreciate it but i probably need detailed instructions because i had no success whatsoever. do i need to format something in between or what? sorry if i wasnt' specific earlier but i'm trying to install the full upndwn4par firmware with just root and knox removed. what kernel do i need for that??
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] FtaWolf:
Get one from post #18 from loserskater don't worry about kernel as it all fixed up. Running odex version here with xpose & wanam.

Mjb modem all working fine.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] :
could i get any instructions please?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] miten_sheth:
Is it possible to flash the newest modem on 4.1.2? It will not brick my phone right?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] RockRatt:
Yes as long as you have the ATT I747 S3. I tested that function previously on my phone. Your SIG says HTC so just wanted to be sure you know what forum your in. Guessing you have a S3 also.

Sent From My Spiderman,Ironman,Red,Dark Blue,Green, GreyedOut BadAss Themed I337
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] hassles:
It's not Samsung, it is your carrier.

In order to be allowed for carriers to use Samsung phones, the phones have to be re-engineered to conform to all the different radio and hardware standards of the multiple carriers around the world.

Because of this, you run into major issues that we here in Korea, do not have.

And, because we don't have all the lockdowns that you have in America, many developers are able to do crazy things.

Here in Korea, our Samsung phones have a lot of bloatware but they are not locked down like the North American versions.

Now, I am not entirely defending Samsung, but they are an extremely powerful company in Korea and they make and manufacture almost literally everything.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] miten_sheth:
I have got 2 phones.. Am using xda from my One.. And I remember you from the SGH - I777 forums.. Good to see you here my friend.. :)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] winosxbuntu:
Do I need or is it required to flash 4.3 MJB BOOTLOADER, I don't want to lose the option to downgrading back to 4.1.2 if 4.3 has issues with my phone

And 2nd this is for everyone just to be sure how do i flash all this files step by step what do I need

People are having a hard time with upgrading to 4.3 no-one wants bricks or no WiFi or wateva just cause they did not download this and this while flashing thanks

This is a noob questiom but again this is for everyone who has the same questions i have or having issues with this upgrades

ANYONE CAN USE THIS AS A REFERENCE IF THEY NEED HELP

(easier and better and helps keep xda clean without need of repeating same questions)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] :
i still haven't gotten any detailed instructions on how to get off the leaked 4.3 :(
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] :
Dumb question, but can we flash just the rest of the boot chain and keep the old aboot to prevent whatever it is (fuse?) that prevents downgrading?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] 1ChesterD:
Not a problem to do so. I' m currently running the mj2 bootloader with the mjb modem and this rom. No issues found over a couple of days. And yes, you can still downgrade
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] enewman17:
Its referred to as a qfuse. It's not actually a fuse so to speak, not something that is burned out but a onetime writable block on the emmc that can only be flashed in secession so once it's written 1 it can't go back to 0 only to 2. Does that make sense. Best way I can describe it.

http://www.mediafire.com/download/o4697zo9pbnz7dz/d2att_I747_MJ2-bootloader_MJB-modem.zip

This is the MJ2 bootloader and the MJB modem this will give you data and wifi on the new 4.3 OTA and keep you unlocked so you'll be able to use the last DLK3 Odin to restore your phone if need be.

Well first you need to update the bootloaders and modem if you want data and WiFi to work. Link above...

Next just like every other ROM

Make a backup/nandroid

Wipe data/factory reset

Install ROM

These are recovery flashable to there aren't many instructions.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] :
i tried to flash the zip you provided and it gave me an error. so i reflashed the leaked 4.3 firmware and followed your instructions. i flashed the upndwnpar firmware that is odexed, rooted, and with knox disabled. after that i rebooted. it got stuck on th first screen "samsung galaxy s3" i waited a few minutes and it booted to the to the next samsung screen all the way to the at&t one. now i'm just waiting for it to startup.

edit: it started up. i was about to get started until i got to thr connect wifi step. it was connecting until the phone suddenly shut down.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] enewman17:
Well if you were already on the mjb firmware it is suppose to fail. I made it that way so you won't brick your phone since that zip is the mj2 firmware but with the mjb modem.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] :
i was actually on the mj2 firmware before i started this. i edited my last post and the phone boot up but then shut off
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] theramsey3:
You can try what I did last night after I hard bricked mine and then recovered it.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=47911843&postcount=165

You will have to flash 4.3 bootloaders, kernal and rom via custom recovery.

Heres where I did it

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=47959048&postcount=183
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] :
i need a 16gb sd though. well what i did now was flash the 4.3 bootloader and modem. installed the firmware. flashed the kernel and it boot all the way but on wifi it froze and shut down. so i just decided to restore a TWRP backup i made on my brother's s3 which is running stock 4.3. it boots all the way but freezes at the at&t boot screen
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] enewman17:
You can try this rom I posted the other day I'm not having a single issue. http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=47941475&postcount=1963
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] :
thanks for the rom and i'll try it out as soon as i can. anyways is there anyway i can restore the backup i made? maybe make flashable zip or something??
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dave1977nj:
Can someone tell me what system app allows you to have the 4x3 Favorite contacts widget? I used a debloated rom and its not there and I would like it back. I don't think that would be considered bloat... Thank you. :highfive:

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Thank you for your time and efforts on this! :highfive:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Cryceratops:
I'm a bit confused.. if I have the 4.3 modem installed, and I want to Odin back to stock 4.1.1 for whatever reason, will this brick the phone? Can I only Odin another 4.3 stock ROM (if it were available) to get everything working?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] inspired55:
If you only are in the mjb modem you can go back to 4.1.1 if your on the 4.3 bootloader dont go back or a brick you will have
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] cheddleson:
Correct me if I'm wrong anybody, but you can still flash a 4.1.1 or 4.1.2 ROM on mjb boot loaders. You don't want to Odin back because those packages typically try to install bootloaders as well, and you CANNOT revert to an older boot loader. Again, if this info is wrong, please correct me.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] FtaWolf:
That's pretty much right. No going back on bootloaders . But can flash any Rom.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Mac1679:
NOOOOOOOOO. Don't leave us!!!!! You would have to change your handle to Upndwn4dblbogey. ;)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Cryceratops:
Does this mean if I'm using the I747MVLUEMK5 modem (I have a Canadian GS3) on 4.2.2 I can still Odin back to 4.1.1? But if I upgrade to 4.3 I can no longer Odin back?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] FtaWolf:
Only if u load the Mjb boot loader.

There's no going back on boot loader if u upgrade to Mjb boot loader.

But far as loading roms it shouldn't matter.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] :
i've tried flashing the leaked mj2 rom. boots fine. i set up my phone and restored the apps through google and the phone just shuts off out of nowhere and then freezes at the samsung galaxy s3 screen. i flash the official mjb and it also does the same to me but at the getting started screen. whatever i do the phone shuts off and freezes at the samsung galaxy s3 screen.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] FtaWolf:
Which recovery u using.. might need try different one. I used latest cwm here to install this Rom. For few days I had mj2 boot loader with mjb modem WiFi & data both working. Then after reading one loserskater, post I decided to bite Mjb boot loader for extra security from update. I can install any Rom, but boot loader can't be down graded..
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] :
i'm using TWRP recovery. my CWM.tar is pretty outdated so i don't use it. i've been trying to get back to stock 4.3 but i soon just stopped. i installed the leak but now that no longer works. i have both the mjb bootloader and modem.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] SuperFilapo:
You're in the same boat as my girlfriend. She can't get back to official 4.3(not even with the nandroid). So this is what we did:

1. Download loserskater's 4.3 MJB on page one of this thread(also can be found as post #18: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=47816011&postcount=18)

2. Move it to SD card

3. Boot into Recovery

4. Back-up

5. Wipe Data/ Factory Reset

6. Wipe Cache

7. Wipe Dalvik

8. Install the Unofficial(but very much like official) 4.3 MJB from loserskater.

9. Reboot

10. Once booted up, run that until there is an "official4.3.tar" available for Odin(may never come)

This works great but I do think that official 4.3 MJB is smoother than this unofficial one, but if you took the 4.3 OTA and decided to go away from it and flash something else, do not expect to be able to go back to official 4.3 as of this moment. This method, created by the OP + friends will have to do for now.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] waiters:
Can I install just the modem on dmg2 bootloader? And go back to old modem if I don't like? Want to keep my bootloader the same.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] upndwn4par:
Sorry buddy. :(

And Upndwn4dblbogey would be accurate on many days. :)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] enewman17:
Yes.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] supreme329:
1+
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] oldbbman:
Mac

Come join us on the Nexus side bro! :good::cool:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] :
i just decided to install the stockmod rom but the thing is it removed some apps i actually wanted so i'll just go and flash the 4.3 from loserskater because the one from upndwnpar didn't work for me
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] FtaWolf:
Noticed there wasn't a "/etc/init.d" folder. Does one need to be added are would it do any good ?

Had few script's that I wanted to use that I had collected. Are would it do any good?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] :
i've installed 3 ROMs already and i've had the same failure. I installed 4.3 leaked and it boots fine, then shuts off and stays on the samsung galaxy s3 screen. I installed StockMOD rom and it does the same. i installed the full 4.3 from upndwnpar and same fate. i feel like any ROM i flash leads to the same thing. i have no idea what's wrong with my s3 at this point.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] inspired55:
Have you tried to flash a 4.2.1 rom? I also read somewhere it might be a bad battery even though it's showing a good charge. Remember flash a rom only not the bootloader. Good luck
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Harshpatil:
Try odin back to stock if you havent flashed the new bootloader yet. Sometimes its better to start from scratch.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] :
no i haven't tried it actually. hm i doubt it's a bad battery because it boots all the way to the samsung galaxy s3 screen.

i had the 4.3 ota update way before this happened so i couldn't start from scratch. that was the first thing i wanted to try until i found about the bootloader.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] SuperFilapo:
[MENTION=4493700]MrHaPpY66[/MENTION]

You may want to kind of... start over(for lack of a better term) and try this method: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2539313

Get yourself a stable ROM by following that method and get it all nice and set up, then make a back-up of it. THEN(if you don't like the Custom ROM) try to switch to loserskater's MJB after you've completed all of the steps in that thread.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] CYRAXDroid:
Im trying to use task rom and I was told to update my bootloader so I came across this so im assuming that you flash bootloader and modem at the same time
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sephk:
I upgraded today both the bootloader and modem. After that I rebooted to my rom (PA 3.99 RC2) and everything was fine, infact I was getting better data speeds.

After that I rebooted to TWRP 2.6.3.1 and wiped and flashed d2att_4.3_MJB_Debloat_Deodex_v1.2 (even checked md5)

Now my device is in a boot loop. Just flashes Samsung and Galaxy S3 logo, vibrates and then reboots. edit- I wasn't pressing home button with power and volup. Back to recovery now, and flashed back to nandroid, everything is fine.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] CYRAXDroid:
Since I rooted my i747 UCUEMJB and thats my baseband Can I use this bootloader to update my bootloader because I cant flash any roms some others talked about updating my bootloader i was directed to this http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=47816011&postcount=18 but I thought the CDLK3 is older then UCUEMJB loader
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] :
i installed loserskater's MJB but also fell in the same fate as all the other ROMs i have installed. When restarted or powered back on, they all get stuck at the Samsung Galaxy S3 screen. guess my phone is pretty much screwed.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] theramsey3:
Have you tried this yet: flash the correct 4.3 MJB bootloader. Then the kernel (I used the one in the middle stock with init.d Support) and then the rom (I used loserakaters rom it's very stable highly recommended)

Flash each file one at a time and Clear the cache and wipe the dalvik between each file.

That's what I did to get mine fixed after I happened to it. (there was also a hard brick involved but I got that sorted out with the SD card method)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jazzespresso:
need a little help

My phone is S II AT&T I747, stock 4.1.2, rooted.

so i was out of country away, when I step in US, and open my phone, it prompt me OTA update..could not able to stop...it tried to install, but of course failed (since I have rooted phone)...

anyway, several hours digging this forums, I finally end up this thread, looks like this is what I need to do manually update AT&T official 4.3..

I see that upndwn4par posted several diffrent versions, and I am thinking to go with upndwn4par version (full).

when flash it, does it wipe's data? all my apps and data would be there, right? what about root (superSU)? any feedback about root or anything I should watch out?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] :
tried everything you just mentioned. well i just got off the phone with at&t and the phone works now. all i had to do was factory reset the phone one more time. not sure if they were doing something over there but yah it boots up and doesn't freeze anymore

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i recommend you stay on 4.1.2 because so far 4.3 has been a real pain in the arse because of the bootloader
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jazzespresso:
yeah...after reading tons of posts here and other threads, realized that many have problem with 4.3 upgrade..i will wait couple more days and see...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jazzespresso:
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[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dhanamjay:
I did flash that same ROM and works fine with out permissive. You would need to install MJ2 bootloader and MJB modem to work. MJB boot loader should work fine but you won't be able to downloadgrade boot loader once you have MJB for whatever reason.