yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] h4x0rj3ff:
I don't have anything in /cache does her phone have to be rooted to pull the update.zip from it?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Jackelope:
I rooted mine and installed ES File Explorer and told it to use root.

Then I clicked show hidden files and I found the update.zip.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] h4x0rj3ff:
:( she doesn't want her phone rooted (crazy I know lol) there's not another way (maybe thru adb?)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] buhohitr:
I have UPDATE.ZIP for S3 4.4 kitkat

Hi all, since I don't want my download source to shutdown, who ever REALLY NEED the 4.4 kitkat update.zip please PM me. It's a 400 meg file. If someone can provide a site for me to upload and share publicly I will gladly do so. Enjoy!

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The best way to root your S3 is using TOWELROOT app, it root you phone even without a reboot, download the app, tab to launch the app, tab on root and done. You don't even need a PC and she doesn't even know her phone is rooted...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] larry0987:
Just uploaded to onedrive.

https://onedrive.live.com/redir?res...527&authkey=!AMmQ3CV1Oi1G3Ro&ithint=file,.zip
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] techfreak243:
learned the hard way that you cannot downgrade back to 4.3 either NC1 or ML1, you must now use a 4.4.2 ROM. good thing i had Verizon's Software Upgrade Assistant installed to repair the installation.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] RedRumy3:
Awesome. So it begins!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] buhohitr:
Just curios, why you want to downgrade?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ShapesBlue:
Man I've been around the S3 forums for quite awhile and I've noticed we seem to have a ton of new users. It's a little odd

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] techfreak243:
a) i wanted to test to see if you could and b) if you could downgrade, so i can get a fresh start from a Kies update
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] JacobManning17:
How do I get this on my device?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ShapesBlue:
Download it. I already downloaded it myself, I don't plan on updating to it but I just wanted it to mess around with.

Flash in recovery if you want to update to kk

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] luis250:
how to enter recovery mode in 4.3

In my phone reboots why
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] buhohitr:
Power off your phone then hold down - Volume up + Home button + power button, when you see the logo appeared, let go all the buttons. You should be in stock recovery mode.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Bright09:
do I need safestrap to update to kk or can I just unroot and update and re root dont have a comp atm still. any reason to update like improvements lol just updated to 4.4.4 on my n7 today
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] GalaxyKnight14:
Error

I keep getting error 7 when trying to flash, anyone else?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Jackelope:
Yeah. I'm trying to figure out why. I used Titanium Backup, TowelRoot, Safestrap. I'm

trying to see if any of those is causing the error.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] GalaxyKnight14:
I have tried unrooting, flashing stock recovery, uninstalling all things root related including xposed, and i just factory reset but I still get the error. It says that it has something to do with system files. Something unexpected being there I believe but I am not sure what the extra file could be.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] luis250:
any odin file?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
Just checking in from work, glad to see y'all are making moves and caught the OTA!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] GalaxyKnight14:
The problem seems to be an extra file being in the system folder. If it is found and deleted then I am pretty sure that the update will install. Can anybody post an image of the files in their system folder? Just the folder names and file names.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] GalaxyKnight14:
These are screenshots of the files in my system folder, anything look out of the ordinary?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] XNO:
So confirming you can root the new ota?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] daimerion:
Uploading larry0987 's update.zip to android file host just in case its needed. ill come back with a link when its done.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] larry0987:
Tired ro manually apply the update in stock recovery and errored on /system/bin/ddexe being invalid. Not sure what that is or how to replace without odin.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] larry0987:
I have the file already just not at a place where I have a pc to flash with. Im on locked boot loader so i have to wait for odin. Was hoping to find another way to fix it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ShapesBlue:
That I don't know. Nice about the N7. I wouldn't be in a rush to download it.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Bright09:
yeah wasn't tinking about downloading it right away was gonna wait and see more on it and such and thanks man just need to install my stuff back on it lol and hopefully there is improvments....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] daimerion:
Sorry for the delay. Went out with the Fam for a bit.

Here is the update.zip on androidfilehost

http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23501681358550119
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Cstrrider:
Safestrap

Hi Everyone,

This is my first post in XDA apparently (Although I thought I did back in the Windows mobile phone times). I previously had my gs3 rooted and had a custom Rom installed with Safestrap on 4.3. I reverted it to stock and updated to the 4.4.2 OTA. I was able to Root my phone using the recently released Towelroot with no issue and was wondering if anyone has gotten Safestrap to work again? I am guessing it would be foolish to hope that the boot loader isn't still locked...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ShapesBlue:
The bootloader is still locked. I highly doubt it will be unlocked anytime soon. I have an unlocked bootloader so I don't know a whole lot about safestrap

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] daimerion:
Give Hashcode time, i'm sure he'll get it working for the newest update if possible
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Cstrrider:
Yeah I was a bit eager when 4.3 came out... My phone was still under warranty and i was planning on rooting and unlocking it the day that expired...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ShapesBlue:
For the masses that would be awesome man.

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Yea I was excited to get 4.3 but was patient and updated to a custom 4.3 and even tried a bunch of 4.4 roms but ended up back with wicked sensations 4.3 as the call quality on the kk roms was terrible

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Ryan829:
NEED HELP

Long story short. I accidently took the 4.3 ota. Was stuck on it for a while. Had HORRIBLE battery life and terrible bugs. Safestrapped to cleanrom and it made no difference. I was also saferooted. When I heard about the kitkat ota, i removed safestrap and factory reset back to stock. I removed root and uninstalled supersu. I found out later I forgot to remove the root triangle or something. I tried to take the 4.4.2 ota but it still said my device was custom, so I tried to do it via knox. When I tried via knox, it softbricked me. I thought nbd. I will load via odin. Nope. I installed stock 4.3 on my computer and have tried to flash it literally 100 times. I have tried every fix on every site I could find but nothing will work. I am stuck on the screen that says connect to verizon support assistant. I have tried using that tool too. To no avail. It get stuck at 83 percent every time. I have no idea what is wrong. I dont even know why it soft bricked to begin with. Need major help fast because I need my phone later today. Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] pstpup:
Towel root works on nc5.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] afaneh92:
Can you go to download mod if yes check usb driver installed correctly, plug in the usb cable from the back port of computer then flash stock firmware.

Else you can try this
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] outcasted2003:
I had the same problem, always stuck at 83% for 4 hours. I used Verizon's upgrade/repair program. Then my phone took the update with no problems.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jacksterson:
Oh man, you are a badass, thank you very much. This file is the 4.4 update, yes?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jmz768:
A few days ago, I used Towelroot and then deleted a bunch of bloat. What would I need to do if I wanted to take this update? I'm not even sure if I want it as my phone has been running great and I've freed up a lot of space.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Quantumrabbit:
4.4.2 is WAY faster. My phone feels so much better now. Also 4.4.2 contains a lot of security fixes. You want to be on the latest possible.

You would just towelroot again, and uninstall the same apps again. You lose nothing. My texts, phone log, apps, etc are all intact. But you get all the bloat back from upgrading.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jmz768:
I've been doing some reading on this and other forums and I seem to get the impression that the update will fail if you're rooted or have installed apps. Am I wrong in thinking that? Don't I at least have to unroot before taking the update?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] aarontsuru:
I was not able to take the update while rooted when I tried to go from 4.1.2 to 4.3. It would download, try to install, then fail. So I stayed rooted and stayed at 4.1.2.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] v1ncent:
My S3 was rooted and unlocked to 4.1.2 using the Casual method. I put off upgrading to 4.3 because I wanted to keep my bootloader unlocked (and I didn't want KNOX). Now that we have KitKat, do you think there will be a stock experience possible with an unlocked bootloader & custom recovery without KNOX (ROM/otherwise)?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jmz768:
So you never tried to unroot and update?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] aarontsuru:
Nope. Heard about all the issues with 4.3 and never tried again.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
Sure, in due time if past experience is anything to go by.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jmz768:
Hmmmm, not sure which issues you're referring to. I kind of feel the same way about 4.4. My phone has been great on 4.3 so I'm not sure it's even worth bothering.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TokedUp:
IMO 4.4 is way better than 4.3 I had to move back to an AOSP 4.4.x Rom after trying 4.3 TW for a while. SO many cool features like the Dialer, lockscreen music controls with full screen album art, just to name a couple. Not to mention how smooth and fast 4.4 is. I am basing this mainly on PA so the 4.4.x TW version might be very different. I just hope its not too different.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] aarontsuru:
Issues all over the internet, battery life and a bunch of other bugs. I think fresh installs were okay, but simple updates screwed up a few phones. Plus, everything getting locked down and me being pretty happy at 4.1.2, I sat tight.

But I'm heading into my last few months with the device, figured meh, let's 4.4 this.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Quantumrabbit:
I took the NC1 which unrooted me... had to towelroot to fully unroot, then took the OTA.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 5ft24:
Tried to update from the zip posted earlier. Had the error 7. Unroofed, removed safestrap, superSU, and triangle away. Same failure. Odin'd to stock ML1, used kies to update to NC1. Closed and restarted kies, no update available. Went to recovery and installed the update.zip. re-rooted with towelroot, reloaded SuperSU, busybox and triangle away. Working great and does seem to be faster than ML1
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 5ft24:
Here is the screenshot from about phone
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] saintlikesniper:
Hi all, I typically hang in the g2 forum rooted and such. Anyway my wife just got the kit kat update today and I was wondering if there is a way to enable art over dalvik. She doesn't like rooting or roms but i convinced her to try art. Its not in the developer settings so is there anyway to enable it say from command line or anything . before i get flamed I did search and tried modifying the property file.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 5ft24:
I believe art has to be compiled into the kernel or have art modules that load to support it. Stock kernel isn't going to have either
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] JacobManning17:
Hey again everyone, I just have a question for anyone who is on 4.4 currently.

I am still on 4.3 (ML1) and have done a lot with my root (xposed modules, various theme changes, on screen buttons, remapped soft keys, etc). In your opinion, is it worth unrooting to get 4.4 or is there not enough of an upgrade to justify it?

I'd like some of the kitkat features, but I have never unrooted (and I am kinda afraid to mess it up) and don't want to spend the time on it if there is not a strong advantage over my current set up.

Also, if anyone has any good data on battery/speed performance after the update I would like to hear that!

Basically any input is very welcome! I'm very much on the fence right now haha. Thanks :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 5ft24:
Haven't had it on for 24 hours yet, but it's definitely more responsive and snappy. Since 11am, it was at 100% charge. Took a bunch of pictures, went thru a bunch of emails, played probably 30 games of words with friends, and I'm still at 90%.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zachf714:
art is just a lib, add it to /lib and it would show in settings but if it is not compiled with the rom it is a shot in the dark to do that
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TokedUp:
.tar file where are you??????????????
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ShapesBlue:
Come on RC whip one up lol

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Bright09:
come on unlock boot loader.......
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TokedUp:
LOL I wish!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Ryezen:
So the camera, signal quality, etc. is as good as the VZW 4.4.2? That's what always had me holding out before...

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MD5 never matches for me. Downloaded twice and neither time matched up.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jtcressy:
Confirmation?

Can someone (dev preferably) confirm that towel root works on the NE1 update? I read a few posts a few pages back that had good news. Some people are updating to the 4.4.2 firmware after removing root and ARE able to re-root with towelroot. Some screenshots or videos would be nice!

Although, I might get impatient and go for it anyway since it's looking good so far. :good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 5ft24:
I've used towelroot twice on NE1 and it works without issues.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BTY2468:
Update Failed.

Hi! First post on XDA. I rooted using Towelroot and am on 4.3. I unrooted using SuperSU and tried the update and it failed. Rerooted using towelroot again to try and make some changes so the update will work. Any ideas?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] eric082684:
same issue here had to Odin back to stock, then it worked.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DigitalMD:
Never going to happen. no need to wish
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BTY2468:
9334

I'm assuming this will wipe your phone?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] eric082684:
yes
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] schwinn8:
Agreed, that's what's kept me held-off as well. Did you ever get an answer?

For the record, I just downloaded and my MD5 matches fine...

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Yes... exploring the ZIP shows that /system/CSCVersion.txt says it's I535VZWDNE1
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TokedUp:
Obviously TW 4.4.2 is going to be different than AOSP 4.4.2. Im sure the TW version will have better signal since it is using all the Samsung stuff that they dont release. The Camera will be better cuz of the Samsung libs. All I was suggesting is if u want a sneak peek at what Kit Kat has to offer just try one out. Paranoid Android is as stable as it gets right now.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] billquinn1:
Where or who does the .tar file come from? Just for knowledge purposes.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] allenc666:
Magic
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jtcressy:
Ok, after receiving confirmation of root from a couple members, I updated to 4.4.2 OTA and towelroot works out of the box! All I had to do was then install SuperSU and Busybox.

I came from safe-rooted ML1 and didn't have to factory reset at any point.

Steps taken:

1. Attempt to fully un-root ML1, which doesn't actually work fully. It just removes things like the SU binary and the kernel patch.

OTA updates with SDM and recovery method will NOT WORK, so I had to use Kies.

2. Installed Kies 3 on desktop, plugged in USB, installed VRUCNC1 update (took about 15 minutes)

3. Checked for new updates after installing NC1 and got prompted to install the "4.4.2" update. Took about 10 minutes.

4. Downloaded towelroot v2, rooted, *reboot*, Install SuperSu, update su binary, *reboot*, install busy box.

5. Enjoy all the rooted apps!

Now, I can have google wallet instead of isis wallet. :D

Rooted apps I use: Ad Away, ES File Explorer, Terminal Emulator, Titanium Backup Pro, ViPER4Android FX, Wanam Xposed, Xposed Framework.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Ryezen:
Happy for you that you figured it out. Where do you find a version of Ad Away that isn't "expired"?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] MIKEYSAKZ:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2190753
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DigitalMD:
Again, CAUTION, once you update, you may not be able to revert or use AOSP / CM ROMs later due to the locked bootloader.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 8ttype4:
Can you elaborate as to how you tried to de-root?

I'm coming from a 4.4 Aosp ROM, so should I wait for a flashable stock rooted ROM to come out, or go through all the steps like you did?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jtcressy:
If you are on the VRBMF1 or earlier baseband/firmware DO NOT TAKE THE OTA. I would HIGHLY recommend you wait for a custom rom based on TW 4.4.2. You don't know what you have 'til its gone, which is why I think people are taking the VRBMF1 firmware for granted. If you take the 4.3 or newer OTA you'll never have AOSP again, as far as we know. It's an extremely slim chance that someone figures out how to unlock the bootloader without frying the CPU. The steps I outlined in my last post only apply if you were stuck with 4.3 in the first place and had no choice but to continue with verizon's OTA firmware.

You are lucky, my friend. You can flash anything you want right now because you can have an unlocked bootloader. Don't squander it. :good:

For others who are stuck with the 4.3 firmware (and are rooted) intending to upgrade to 4.4.2, I can elaborate on the un-rooting a bit.

It's a hit/miss, since I didn't seem to fully be able to unroot. System status was still "custom" but I was able to remove as much as I could from /system pertaining to root. I ran su -c /system/xbin/unroot, which is the unroot script generated by saferoot when we rooted our ML1 firmwares.

If you have safestrap installed, you'll have to find another way to remove that though, since I never used it.

I also went into SuperSu's settings and tried to run the unroot procedure which might've worked, but I don't know. (would've helped if there was a log). Regardless of how much I did trying to fully unroot the phone, the NC1 update wouldn't work at all through the recovery method. So that's where I decided to try Kies, because it uses odin/download mode to update the software.

And it worked without wiping the phone. Not even a factory reset. I ended up with an unrooted NC1 stock firmware which let me update to kitkat.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] JacobManning17:
I haven't tried to unroot and install the update but if it is failing OTA then it could be because of the system status set to custom. I safe rooted ML1 and the custom flag was tripped but if you download the free Xposed module "Wanam Xposed" (tons of customization for TW 4.2+) then in the app go to Security Hacks -> Fake System Status and it will set it back to Official. This may solve the OTA problem and either way its nice to take out that changed part of the boot animation. Hopefully this helps.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jtcressy:
See, now it's something other than the system status, because I use wanam xposed and enabled that feature, but the recovery OTA still didn't work. So far Kies is the best way to update to NC1 and remove root without wiping/factory resetting the phone
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] JacobManning17:
I don't know if you necessarily need to use Kies to upgrade to 4.4.2

I was on saferooted ML1, decided to unroot (get rid of all my xposed stuff and use SuperSu to unroot; verified unroot with root checker) then installed the NC1 OTA. Everything seems fine there, update was successful.

Now I'm going to try to install NE1 (4.4.2) OTA as well. The update was found no problem and it is now downloading. I backed up everything on both avast! and Kies before doing this; I could've just done it all on Kies but I figured I would try it OTA just to see if it would be easier.

So yeah I'll keep you updated on it but it seems like everything is fine if you want Kitkat and are rooted but don't want to use Kies
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jtcressy:
I guess my unroot didn't work that well, or something else unbeknownst to me was causing it to have an error in the recovery. The only thing I needed kies for was to go from ML1 to NC1. After that I used regular OTA recovery method to go from NC1 to NE1. I suppose the only reason to use Kies is if the NC1 OTA fails to install repeatedly. In conclusion: If the OTA fails, use Kies. Otherwise it's fine to continue.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] XNO:
I went to check to see if my warranty bit was still void at 0-1 and it is gone now? So does that mean the new OTA fixed it?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jtcressy:
Wait, was your warranty bit "1" before you took the OTA or did the warranty bit disappear entirely?

EDIT: Just now booted into download mode. The flashcount AND the warranty bit are gone. All we have is two "official" indicators and one bootloader revision indicator. I can upload a picture if anyone wants. It's up to the devs to look at this and find out what this means.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] XNO:
It was a "1" on 4.3. I ODIN back to a fresh 4.3 just to be safe to remove root and recovery. Then I upgraded to 4.4. I used towel root to root, and then went and look to see if the warranty bit would show a "1" and its not there any more so it disappeared. This is what it says now.

ODIN MODE

PRODUCT NAME: SCH-I535

CURRENT BINARY: SAMSUNG OFFICAL

SYSTEM STATUS: OFFICAL

QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE

BOOTLOADER RP SWREV: 2

That's all no more warranty bit showing.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] JacobManning17:
Ok now I've been trying to install the NE1 4.4.2 OTA and I keep getting "Update failed, 402". I acutally took a video of it trying to update and then failing. It just booted back into NC1. Any ideas?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ShapesBlue:
Are you rooted prior to taking the OTA?

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Shallow_1:
Odin stock fw then update
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] JacobManning17:
I was rooted on ML1, unrooted, got NC1 and I am unrooted
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jtcressy:
Well, you'll have to odin the stock NC1 firmware like Shallow said (thus doing a factory reset), unless Kies is able to update you to NE1 sometime soon.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] JacobManning17:
Should I be rooted for the OTA to work? Crap I'd rather avoid reset but I'll do what I have to. There's nothing else that could work? And if I have to use Odin can someone direct me on how to do so?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ShapesBlue:
No you should be stock from what I've been reading

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