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[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] NAiLs00:
I'm in the exact same boat as you. I can't quite figure out why OTA nor Kies will work. I've also got 4.3 on my phone. I was actually about to post this up because I waited several days in hopes that something would fix itself, but got nothing. I've changed the date out to July 4th (Trying every day prior), trying to get it to recognize that there is an update, and still can't get it to update. I've done everything that I can aside from resetting my phone, which I don't want to do. I even fresh installed Kies on two computers and both won't see KitKat and both won't let me "initialize and check for firmware update," saying that the SGH-i747 cannot initialize.

Prior to KitKat, it would just say my system firmware was up-to-date, not this interrupted junk. That right there tells me it is seeing it, but it won't even attempt to grab it.

My phone is also complete stock and not rooted.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] NAiLs00:
I wanted to bump this. Anyone have any ideas what's going on with our phones?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
Have you tried downloading the ota and manually flashing? Its in this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2788012
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Tony90mr:
maybe

Is it that simple? I just flash it in through odin? Sorry but this is my main phone and I read people have had a lot of problems with the 4.3 version when they use Odin.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] NAiLs00:
I'm with Tony here. This is my main phone so I'm not looking to break anything, let alone completely wipe my phone with a manual install like that. Not at this time, anyway. I've thought about it, but am shying away from that for now.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Tony90mr:
data

I dont mind losing data by manual installing, but ai need to know it is safex
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] NAiLs00:
If I get some free time today, I'm going to contact AT&T to see if something is whacked on my account or if I need a new SIM. I swear that my original Galaxy had this same problem and they fixed something. I'll let you know what they have to say.

Also, so long as you follow instructions to the T, it is safe. I am not one to jump on something immediately, so I like to read about people's problems for a couple days. This one seems to be going along well. I put Cyanogenmod 7 on my original Galaxy S without a hitch, and the process has since been simplified big time!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] NAiLs00:
Well, I called and spoke with someone and AT&T has the ability to push updates manually if your phone isn't taking it. While she was waiting for the program to open, she was reading over the change log to see what all changed. She couldn't get her program to open, so she went to seek help. Unfortunately she came back and informed me that Kitkat isn't available yet, per a phone engineer. I let her know about many people receiving it already and pointed her to the S3 details on their website that says it's upgradeable to 4.4. I also showed her this:

http://www.samsung.com/us/support/S...?faq_id=FAQ00047464&fm_seq=51509&preview=true

She is going to speak with some other folks and call me back in an hour. Fingers crossed!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
Youre best bet if you are unsure about any of it would be to use enewman17's thread in General for updating. Most have had success with it and you'll probably find it has the most detailed steps for how to do it.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] NAiLs00:
Alright... The rep called me back to let me know what's up! Apparently AT&T is having problems pushing the update at this time and has no ETA when they'll have their end resolved. She suggested I go to Best Buy and have them update my phone through Samsung Experience. The store closest to me has Samsung Experience, so I'll stop there after work and update you. If you happen to try it out yourself before I reply, let me know how it goes!

Now whether AT&T is blowing smoke in my face on both the update problems and Best Buy thing... I have no clue.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] NAiLs00:
Well, Best Buy does indeed have the Samsung Experience dude present at two locations by me. One location said they didn't know what I was talking about and to wait for AT&T to have the update available. The other location the dude immediately knew what I was talking about and proceeded to update my phone.

They use a software called Smart to do this and it said there was an update for my phone. It took about 5-8 minutes and I was done. Unfortunately the Smart software wasn't so smart, because it just reflashed 4.3 onto my phone. I also attempted to do a manual check and it said "Software Update Interrupted." He proceeded to check again to see if the update was available and this time Smart was saying my phone was up-to-date. Hmph! The Samsung rep said he'd give me a call tomorrow and let me know why their Smart software didn't have 4.4.2 available, even though it should. He wasn't sure if it would just take another week before they got it, but he would get some clarification.

So much for that one. :(
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Resendetra:
I have been having the same problem. Everyone else seems to have gotten the update on their SIII's, but me. I feel left out of the KitKat club. Hah! Even my boyfriend has gotten it and we're on the same plan. I tried going through Kies, but it keeps saying that it doesn't support my phone. I even tried manually putting in the model number and S/N through Kies, but that just wants me to update it back to 4.1, which doesn't even make sense. I also tried changing the date on my phone to a future one, but that just made the wait time longer. It keeps saying my phone is up to date and it even says so on Kies. I don't understand...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
I hate kies. ....lol!

There are two threads in General which will help you to update manually.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Resendetra:
It was the only suggestion I was given on the AT&T community forums, I thought to at least try it. More of a headache than anything else. Hah!

The only problem is that I don't want to root my phone, like I have done with some of my old phones in the past, since this one is still under contract.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
Try this thread then.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2788012
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] NAiLs00:
Well, I stopped at Best Buy again today to see if they had 4.4.2 available and sure enough, they do. He told me the update came in yesterday. I had him update my phone and I'm happy to say I have KitKat on my SGH-I747.

Everything seems MUCH smoother. Bluetooth actually works and connects on its own (instantly, too), WiFi actually seems to be working instead of saying my connection is unstable, and the phone is overall swifter at tasks like it was prior to 4.3. There is also no annoying lock screen delay like 4.3 introduced for me. So overall, I'm VERY happy with 4.4.2. :good:

:D :victory:

... now to see if my battery life improves!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] icewebber:
Hi,

I am now living outside US and I have an UNLOCKED S3 i747 and I wanted to update my 4.3 to Kitkat 4.4. Unfortunately, AT&T dont push 4.4 update if you dont have an active AT&T account. Is there a quick and safe way to update without going through AT&T servers?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
Already answered this in a different thread. Check the General section.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shredfast:
Hello all!

Glad I can report that the towelroot exploit worked successfully on my Verizon Samsung Galaxy S5 phone.

I'm a noob to Android devices, but I think they are awesome

I've spent most the day reading up on Android backup and recovery, differences between rooting and unlocking the bootloader, and I have a couple of questions relating to these topics:

1) I've rooted my Samsung Galaxy S5, and, in the event that I accidentally loaded a virus on my phone, or seriously messed something up with my root access, I'd like to have a way out of it. I've been reading up on the Android Recovery Mode: Wipe Data/factory reset. My question is this: Is it still okay to use this feature after I've rooted my ROM using towelroot? Also, if I use this feature, will it also completely re-install system software (like a Win 7 Reinstall)? Or is this just deleting some user data and leaving the once upon a time read only folders alone?

If method one mentioned above isn't a full OS restore, I think this is my other option...

2) Since I've rooted my phone with towelroot, I know that my bootloader is still locked. I know that another backup option is to use CWM to do a custom backup/recovery, however, I know that unlocking the bootloader right now may not be possible. I can't find any already existing threads relevant to Verizon Galaxy S5 bootloader unlocking since towelroot has been released released, however, I have stumbled upon this website which mentions my phone in the list: (I can't post links yet, please google "samsung galaxy s5 cwm phizl", and click on the second link. What do you guys think of this guide, do you think this will actually work for the unlocked Verizon Galaxy S5?

Thank's for any help with this.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shredfast:
Does this question stump everyone?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] piehlg92:
If you do a wipe it goes back to how it was when you first installed the rom/ first boot.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fffft:
This is oversimplified, but the files on your phone are more or less organized like this -

1. User settings, installed apps (data partition) - this is what a factory data reset would erase.

2. System files (most of them) - these read only files don't normally change unless you get an OTA firmware update. If you accidentally delete or somehow corrupt system files, you can reinstall the firmware to fix these. A custom ROM (if your bootloader was unlocked) would replace the files here.

3. Cache. These are temporary files. Some problems can be fixed by deleting these. If deleted, your phone will rebuild the cache when it boots.

4. SDcard. Built in, internal storage space for user files, downloads, etc. If you have a physical SD card, that is seperate and referred to as the external or secondary SD card.

5. Other stuff e.g. the bootloader, modem, etc.

A 100% backup is often referred to as a "Nandroid". Meaning that you backup the entire memory (NAND). You can only do that properly with a custom recovery like TWRP or CWM. The next closest thing would be an app like Titanium Pro.

The system data reset will only default the user settings (data partition). It won't remove most user files (internal SD card) or touch the read only system files (system partition).

I don't know what your second question really pertains to. You should have described it fully, rather than try to get us to replicate your Google search. I'll just say that it's highly unlikely that anyone will figure out how to unlock the Verizon bootloader anytime soon.

Verizon has an unlocked Developer model phone, but it is handicapped by poor firmware updates. If you want the advantages of an unlocked bootloader, change carriers. Most carriers do not lock the S5 bootloader. Just ATT, Verizon and a few US CDMA carriers.

Because your bootloader is locked, you can't use a real custom kernel or recovery. But they can be emulated with Safestrap.

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[Acer Iconia A500] skinn1969:
Ok think my A500 is toast? Maybe someone can help me? Please!! boots to skrilak v8 and stays there.

Had omnirom kitkat running and all of a sudden stopped working. It will not boot or recover at all. I have skrilax v8 and twrp 2.1.3 Fails to mount /data /system /sdcard etc When booting to secondary image it fails (secondary image apk kernel error.I know i had root and su installed, stupid me didnt create a backup.

I can read the files in adb no problem, Has adb and fastboot mode on pc. Gets stuck on stage 2 and bct dump fails in a500apx program. ETC i have tried all for the last week and still no avail. I tried timmydeans too

I have my cpuid and skd #'s my problem is adb reports device as $roserial.no not the actual cpuid device? maybe i am doing something wrong?

Is there a way to partition this? is there a way to check partitions? i am pretty computer savy just cant figure out for the life of me why it wont start up.
[Acer Iconia A500] rickdtweet:
I think you'd better try to check this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1585907 and/or this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2755126 to unbrick your tablet and begin your unlocking process again.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] rbarcenaslp:
when will usa get tizen update for gear 1?
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] zadigre:
all countries should have it by now.

did you try to connect it to your computer and update it with kies?
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] rbarcenaslp:
Yeah says it's up to date and I tried flashing through Odin but USA doesn't have the firmware available. Everywhere else does tho
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] zadigre:
What is the country code (3 letters code) that you can see when connected to kies?

Sent from my Galaxy Note 3 SM-N900W8 with Tapatalk
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] kbboykin:
The US Country code I have is XAR, I don't know about the OP. I am still on Android. I have the Gear 2 Neo and want Tizen for my Gear 1.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] zadigre:
You can flash with an other region code using Odin... Like XAC...

Sent from my Galaxy Note 3 SM-N900W8 with Tapatalk
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GameGuru41:
I have a 2012 Kindle Fire HD and a fastboot factory cable. I originally used the KFHD System.img Restore Tool today and flashed a pre-rooted 7.4.8 image on my Kindle Fire HD. I wanted the Playstore so I tried Option 2 but when the system came up I couldn't activate WiFi. I tried Option 1 and WiFi worked. I wanted Playstore so I tried both 7.4.9 and 7.3.0 with Option 2 but no WiFi at all so I put 7.4.9 Option 1 on. I then followed a guide to put the Playstore on and it worked and then I tried to put the Amazon Kindle app on for my books but it said it was already installed but it wasn't available in the Apps section. I couldn't uninstall it as there wasn't an option for it so I couldn't reinstall. I decided I just wanted to put a custom ROM on like CM11 so I followed a guid and installed a 2nd boot loader and TWRP. I rebooted into TWRP and tried to mount it but it wasn't working so I exited out of TWRP, rebooted and connected my normal cable and started copying CM11 over to the Kindle so I could install it but my Kindle restarted and during boot it said updating and when it came back up I no longer had root any more. I have now been trying to redo it with KFHD Restore Tool but now of the version numbers are giving me WiFi.

Can someone please walk me through rooting and installing a custom ROM with my fastboot cable. I have tried so many guides and done so many thinks to my PC and am not sure where to go now. Could someone walk me through start to finish on exactly what to do since I do have a fastboot factory cable? Thanks in advance.
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GameGuru41:
Here is the error I am getting now. I have even have done Option 4 Erase Cache and User Data
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SafinWasi:
If you are rooted:

Place the ROM and GApps zips on the sdcard

Install the 2nd bootloader and TWRP. There are several ways to do this. Method 1:FireFlash by stanga72. Method 2:Flasher by me. Method 3:manual.

Boot into TWRP. Wipe data,system,cache,dalvik cache(but not internal storage)

Flash the ROM and GApps

If you want to install the bootloader and TWRP via fastboot,use these commands:

fastboot -i 0x1949 flash bootloader kfhd7-u-boot-prod-7.2.3.bin
fastboot -i 0x1949 flash boot kfhd7-freedom-boot-7.4.6.img
fastboot -i 0x1949 flash recovery kfhd7-twrp-2.7.0.0-recovery.img
fastboot -i 0x1949 reboot
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smash240:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSTUNQeSZtM

This video helped me a lot. i didnt need to buy any separate components or anything else of the sort.
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GameGuru41:
Thank you to all that helped. Via the KFHD System.img Restore Tool I was able to put a pre-rooted image on the Kindle, used KF First Aide to install Play Store so I could install ES File Explorer, installed 2nd boot and TWRP with Fire Flash and finally installed CM11 with TWRP. That was a long process.

Question. I bought a second blacklisted Kindle off eBay and wonder if it is possible to image this one I just completed so I can just duplicate it using KFHD System.image Restore Tool and can do this with just one step instead of the four I did on this?
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Red_81:
I'll try and get you the commands tomorrow from my other phone when I work from home tomorrow. They are listed somewhere here on the forums.
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SafinWasi:
Commands to backup system,boot and recovery partitions and boot0block:

adb shell su -c "dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0boot0 of=/sdcard/boot0block.img"
adb shell su -c "dd if=/dev/block/platform/omap/omap_hsmmc.1/by-name/boot of=/sdcard/boot.img"
adb shell su -c "dd if=/dev/block/platform/omap/omap_hsmmc.1/by-name/recovery of=/sdcard/recovery.img"
adb shell su -c "dd if=/dev/block/platform/omap/omap_hsmmc.1/by-name/system of=/sdcard/system.img"
mkdir C:\Backup
cd/
cd Backup
adb pull /sdcard/boot0block.img
adb pull /sdcard/boot.img
adb pull /sdcard/recovery.img
adb pull /sdcard/system.img
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Tony90mr:
Hello! I was wondering what would happen if I flash the i747M firmware to the i747. Can it be done simply through odin?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
The i747m and i747 use different bootloaders and modems. Not sure that the i747m ROM will work on an i747 bootloader.

I definitely would not cross-flash bootloaders even though the phones are supposed to be identical in terms of hardware.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] itony007:
Mild annoyance

When you get couple of texts but can read them through the preview or the notification bar and swipe to clear. It doesn't count it as read and so it'll stay there next time until you actually go in and view the message. Waste of a few seconds :D

Any fix or way to mess with this?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VinnytheMackem:
Hello folks.

Had a go at rooting Samsung i9000. It's quite old, and clearly clogged up to the hilt with the apps very laggy and frequently crashing. I quite fancied getting rid of the bloatwear too and the bloody annoying splash screen at start up!

Needless to say, it's all gone belly up. I've tried a couple of things using the guides here, but I don't want to keep pushing my luck in case I completely brick the device.

I'm running an i9000 in the UK on the o2 (Well, giffgaff) network. It was running Gingerbread, 2.3.5 I think. As it stands, I can get into the download option, but nothing else. I had used Odin 3, but have since read that the highest level is 1.83, which I now have. This might have caused the initial problem, but it's "soft" bricked. I've tried to flash over a stock rom again, but I keep getting failure notices. I can't get past the "Can't open the serial (COM) port" error message on Odin. I've downloaded the drivers and they have successfully installed.

One thing I don't think I did beforehand was to enable USB debugging.

I also tried the guide on here which uses the pit method, and curiously enough, it went through without the COM port error. The only thing that did, however, was to remove the "Phone + PC" logo. I am still able to get into download though.

Help! I am due to get a new phone very shortly, but it would be very useful to get the phone working again in the meantime! Any help very much appreciated.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pryerlee:
If Kies is running in background it will fail, Go into Kies, Tools -> Preferences, unselect "Run Samsung Kies automatically when a device is connected", save the change, close out of Kies, and then restart ODIN. Try flashing now.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gokulbalram:
Try uninstalling Kies and then reboot and install the Samsung Drivers. Try then.

PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFTTT, sent from my i9000
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] XDA111:
hi, yesterday i was messing with regestry files (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/snd) in my i-mate PDA2K and after a soft reset i lost most of the notification sounds like pressing the start button and ect ...

anyhow, can anyone just attach the folder snd.reg wich is located in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE ,noting that i'm using windows mobile 2003 second edition.

any help!!! ...
[Off-topic] Reinvented:
Hello all!

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All of my EPs, Albums, and Singles are 100% free, as I'm trying to gain a fanbase before I start selling my music.

http://iamreinvented.bandcamp.com/
[Off-topic] hanisod:
Hello

I'm a huge fan of electronic music!

I have to inform you that there's already an Electronic music thread, you can share your music there, even chat and the like...

BTW just a note from me: make more Hardstyle ?
[Off-topic] Naddict:
go here, thanks

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=406342
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJS123:
Delete thread
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] plastic_green_head:
I evidently removed something I shouldn't have when debloating & not my phone just gets to the AT&T logo and stays there indefinitely. I was already on 4.4.2 Stock OTA - so can I just flash from stock recovery or do I need to wait for a stock 4.4.2 Odin flashable rom?

Edit: Please delete or close. Flashed TWRP via Odin and then the OTA Rom from TWRP.
[General Questions and Answers] CrushTheRealMan:
Hello xda! I have searched for days and have been unable to find information on how to update the su binary for cm11. I understand that Superuser app (eg. Superuser (CWM and ChainSDD) or SuperSU (Chainfire)) will update the su binary if I use that app specifically. But this is where my dilemma introduces itself. CM11 has superuser built in. I've tried using a third party app (SuperSU) and updating the binary (which was successful). I prefer the UI of the built in Superuser. So I uninstalled it. But another problem arose; every app was given permission to the SU binary without a pop-up or notification. If it is possible, how do I update the su binary or send me to where I can find more information. Thank You very much in advance.
[General Questions and Answers] annik1s:
Did you ever find out about this? I've searched for days now too.. >_<
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Goody68:
Hello everyone :) I have seen a few post of people looking for Kitkat, Note3 and S5 Roms that work with our phone! Check out AT&T Note2 and N7105 threads to find some awesome Roms that work with our phone:D Just make sure you follow instructions in original post completely due to you have to flash certain things to make wifi work and add apns, modems etc! Hope this helps:o:o:o

Sent from my SGH-T889
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] plasticslug:
Have to agree, the features blew my mind. when I handled my moms brand new 5S .... I kind of had to laugh.. thinking I have these features on my note2... and not only that, I have the note 3 features as welll!!! the roms are so sweet I felt I have stole something.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] pvaldeben:
Have to agree been in easycat v2 for weeks now with s5 and note 3 features and forgot that its a custom rom.

I did have to install sd fix and foldermount from play store to fix the 2 issues I had.