yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] tailgunner9:
Yes but I was needing to get my Stock Recovery(Factory) for 4.3 not 4.4.2 So this may not work for me on 4.3 I have CWM now and that I think, is why I can not install the OTA to 4.4.2 I get on phone is because I have CWM Recovery. Seems enewman 17 4.4.2 has caused some to brick so scared to try it and mess up phone. So still do not know what to do to get 4.4.2 on my rooted S3 with 4.3 and CWM Recovery.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
Most of the bricks occurred because people ended up with a 4.4.2 modem on 4.3 firmware. Some also from using the ota, but that's happened with the normal unmodified one as well, so that's not enewman17's fault imo. If you follow the instructions EXACTLY, you should be fine. There is some risk, obviously, but blaming enewman17 in this case is not right.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] tailgunner9:
Thought this file of his was installing 4.4.2 so you should not still have your 4.3 firmware with his 4.4.2 install. Doesn't his firmware install 4.4.2 modem with the firmware or do you have to then install 4.4.2 modem separate? Maybe I am just confused. If so I apologize to enewman17!!!

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In message #100 the attachment S3 Stock Recovery, is this the Samsung 3e recovery for i747 4.3 or for 4.4.2???? See in message #3 even you had problems with his firmware, things that were wrong with it.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] enewman17:
It does install the 4.4.2 firmware.... I have too many threads. Thought you posted in just the rom thread.

The recovery for 4.3 -4.4.2 was the same. recovery didn't get updated in the ota.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] tailgunner9:
So can I use the S3 stock recovery you have on page #100 of 8Mb then on my 4.3 to get it out of CWM recovery and it back to Stock Samsung 3e Recovery? If so do I flash it in Odin PDA, check Reboot and anything else and CWM will be GONE?? Thanks for HELP
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] enewman17:
Correct. Just flash the zip in cwm and it will restore the stock recovery. If your worried, don't be.... Recovery is loaded and is actually running from cache. Once the flash is complete you can reboot back into recovery to make sure its stock again.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] tailgunner9:
Make sure I got this straight. put your Recovery zip from page #100 on SD car in phone and use CWM in phone now to flash from Zip SD. Correct???? Thanks a BUNCH!!!!!!!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] enewman17:
That's correct
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Haidary.T:
Hey! I was wondering if it's necessary to flash stock 4.4.2 before installing a kitkat rom? I was on 4.3 and I simply flashed a custom recovery, wiped system and data and finally flashed Slimkat 4.4.4. Are any components of my phone not yet updated from this procedure? Like cache.img or whatnot. I'm guessing I should update baseband and bootloader now but I want to know your opinion first.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] tailgunner9:
File from you to install Stock Samsung boot 3e worked like a Charm. I now do not have CWM Recovery. Well I unrooted yet still OTA to 4.4.2 will not install, Says Failed. Oh WELL!!!!! All for nothing!!!!!!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] RodMyers:
It took a couple of attempts but finally got all installed and rooted.

Note to re-find the de-bloating procedures and I'll be happy
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
Looks like ypu are already updated. When you ran getprop ro.bootloader, it returned NE4 as your current build. So you dont need to do any of this. You are very lucky it did not flash though. Any attempt to downgrade firmware will result in a hard brick. Don't forget this as you can never flash older firmware. Only the same as, or newer than what you currently have.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] JimFarliinNM:
I am currently running a nightly build of CyanogenMod 11.

Before last Friday, I was running a stock ROM (4.2.2, I think) rooted. Friday morning, I got an OTA update that (I believe) updated me to 4.3. Iwas in it for a short time before it did another OTA (which I assume was 4.4.2) and I was soft bricked. I went back to stock 4.1 to get back up, then got CM11 running 4.4.4.

CM11 would be great, except its a nightly, and it still has a few quirky bugs. But, I need my phone to sync with Outlook via Kies (calendar and contacts) and it won't do that with a custom ROM. My search led me to here.

CM11 won't work for me, because calendar/contact sync with Outlook is necessary. Plus, I want something more stable than the current nightlies. So I was trying to get to stock 4.3 so I could install the 4.4 OTA found here (I don't want to DL the actual OTA because I assume it'll soft brick me again).

Should I format before installing the MJB bootloader? I had to format to get CM11 running. Or do I skip to step X because my bootloader is already updated?

Thanks in advance for the help.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] enewman17:
From your previous post your firmware is already updated, don't attempt to try and downgrade. I purposely made the mjb bootloader so it will fail off it doesn't meet the requirements. If you just want the stock rom I have it in the development thread. All you have to do is flash on CWM or TWRP. If you want it completely stock again use the odex build and the stock recovery is posted in the op of this thread.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] JimFarliinNM:
Nice job. It works! ...or fails. It "operates as intended." ;)

Ideally, I want to be stock 4.4.2 rooted. So I should just jump to step 6 of the OP?

I thought to OTA "patched" the existing ROM, so I had to be on 4.3... I assumed that's why ATT gave me the 4.3 OTA before trying to give me the 4.4.2 OTA.

Just want to make sure because I don't like bricks. ;)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] cruzad3r:
is this the new "app" for using your phone as a hot spot? If so, does anyone know how to edit/make the mod for it? Thanks
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] luisfebar:
Wifi Hotspot, in spanish wifi zone, sorry i want to share internet but with other not att sim
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] JimFarliinNM:
Bump.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
No. You had found before that you are already updated to the 4.4.2 firmware. You cant flash the ota unless you are on full 4.3 firmware. If you are on a 4.3 rom, you still have the 4.4.2 base firmware and cannot flash the ota.

Im not sure why you are still trying to do this? Remember when you ran the getprop ro.bootloader, it said you were on NE4 already.

If what you are trying to do is get the stock NE4 ROM back after having flashed a different rom, then all you need to do is flash the rom from TWRP recovery. Its in the development section.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] JimFarliinNM:
Sorry, doc. Newbie (flashing and on XDA).

I want to get back on stock so that I can use Kies to sync calendar and contacts with Outlook. Kies does not work with a custom ROM. I haven't found another solution to Outlook-syncing that works for me.

Directions to where the stock NE4 ROM can be found?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
Its in the development section.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2788357
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] JimFarliinNM:
Thanks for the directions, doc. I *AM NOT* on the 4.3 bootloader (correct?) so all I need to do from that thread is:

Right?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] enewman17:
Correct
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] JimFarliinNM:
enewman, I'm getting ready to do this. You said use the "odex" version to go completely back to stock.

What's the difference between odex and deodex? I don't necessarily want to go back to stock, I just want Kies to recognize my OS as stock so I can sync with Outlook. If deodex will do that *and* its better than odex, I'll go with deodex. But I don't know the difference.

And stock recovery? Are you referring to something stock that was replaced by TWRP?

Also, what exactly do you mean by "Factory data reset" (Step 1)?

Sorry for the noob questions, just want to make sure I understand everything *before* I start to avoid a brick-tastic Saturday evening.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
By default, most of the apps and framework files are odexed on a stock build. In a nutshell, deodexing puts the .odex files back into the apps .apk file. The primary benefit is it allows us to decompile apps and modify things to our liking.

There's not really any drawbacks, but a deodexed rom does take a little more space on the data partition, and the first boot after flashing will take longer. Everything should function normally though.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] JimFarliinNM:
Time and space aren't issues, so I'll go with the deodex, tho tbh, I'm not going to be decompiling any apps myself. But I guess I like to have the option.

Thanks enewman17 and DocHoliday77 for holding my hand through the process.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] JimFarliinNM:
So I figured out step one and factory reset data through TWRP. (duh.)

I tried to install the deodex zip but it failed. Restoring data now to get back to where I was before this started.

I should have grabbed the log. Once restored, I will try again and post the error log.

EDIT: Unchecked the zip verification... Extracting now...

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EDIT 2: Same result as when I ran through the OTA update directly from ATT.

It ran through the Samsung bloat and when it got to the ATT bloat, it froze on the ATT logo.

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EDIT 3: Restored again. Back to CM11. Still just nightlies on CM11... might cure some quirks, but who knows what new ones will creep up.

Any tips for getting on stock 4.4.2? No idea where the problem is, other than ATK.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Gabe315:
Thank you so much! You saved my life for second time with this post. Worked perfectly. Follow the rules...and get rewarded :D

BTW, is there a way to clear the flash count? Just use Triangle away? Im kind of new to this
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] fezzy102:
I have been out of the loop awhile and looked around but have found no flashable for the new bootloaders and modem. Is there one that you know of or do we have to go the route that you have posted which by the way is a nice tutorial .
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] enewman17:
Yeah actually just posted one. http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3-att/general/ucuemjb-to-ucufne4-firmware-update-t2808654/post53984772
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bbbco:
So I hard bricked my phone following the instructions in the first post ... probably b/c I panicked when the reboot occurred and seemed to be stuck on the white AT&T logo forever, so I did a battery pull. I have no response from the phone after this smooth move.

Any chance you might have a UCUFNE4 debrick image or a better idea? I've tried a JIG, and swapped batteries with my wife's phone to ensure that I have a fully charged battery.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Gabe315:
So, i just wanted to know if I could skip directly to step 6 (and step 2) if i already flashed the Stock Restore from enewman17's previous post (AT&T I747 UCUEMJB 4.3 Stock Restore

Thanks
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Bugly Astard:
This tutorial is great and it worked. My problem is, apps like swiftkey or root explorer cant write to the internal storage. Is this a bug with 4.4.2? Example. if I try to download language pack for swiftkey it sais it cannot write to internal storage, and with root explorer if I try to extract from a zip it normally goes to the internal memory but now it extracts and theres no file there. This is great firmware, great battery life too, but these are big issues for me, as well as no data toggle (what the hell samsung???)

Anyways thanks much for this tutorial I probably have faulty hardware and/or installation. Is someone willing to test the swiftkey and root explorer issue I meantioned?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] enewman17:
The sdcard permissions it's not a bug, but actually a feature of 4.4. You'll just have to read up on it. Google wanted to keep 3rd party apps from just writing what they want. It was also to keep the sdcard tidy because that app is only allowed to write to folders it created.... Idk all it really did was piss of app developers and the end user. If your rooted it's actually very easy to remedy those permissions.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Carsus55:
I think he's taking about the internal memory, not the external SD card. I had to fix by using kts kernel.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] talkingmonkeys:
Theres a bunch of discussions you can read up on for more information about the new permissions

Sent from my SGH-I747 running TW4.4.2 TMS3KK
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] hittzman:
Very nice guide Enewman17. I am coming from a Galaxy S2 and now I have a rooted Galaxy S3, on Stock 4.3 and wish to update to 4.4.2, would I just be able to flash the OTA?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sja44:
Thanks

Worked well coming from 4.3

Why does AT&T make it so difficult for rooted or out of country phones to be updated?

The files for the Canadian S3 i747M are readily available on Sammobile - AT&T keeps them under wraps!!!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] FtaWolf:
Control. & $$$.

Sent from my SGH-I747 using LikeWise Lt S5 & [MENTION=265057]tm[/MENTION] Ne4 build.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
Does make me wonder though, would it illicit a response from AT&T if everyone in this forum emailed support and flooded their forums with requests?!

Sorry, I know its a bit OT, but I'm not even with AT&T, and it ticks me off that they won't release it. I hate seeing so many people having so many problems that would often be easily solved by flashing the firmware! I never really participated in these forums before, but after seeing all the issues brought on by having to perform a circus act just to get updated, it just didn't feel right to not try and help out where I could!

Doesn't seem to instill much confidence that they're going to do things right in the future when you guys are up for contract renewals!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Carsus55:
Current phone is the LAST one I'll buy through a carrier.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] gillonio:
[CODENeed a device with a custom recovery.

usb debugging turned on.

adb and a rooted device.

proper drivers for phone installed on your pc

Knowledge of flashing and using odin.][/CODE]

I have 411 stock, no root. Can i start from step one or i have to do something else before i start ?

tnx
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] FtaWolf:
If ur stock no root. U should be able to pull Ota without having to do this here. But it's been long time since I was on 4.11.

Sent from my SGH-I747 using LikeWise Lt S5 & [MENTION=265057]tm[/MENTION] Ne4 build.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Andresakapaco04:
Help stuck

Hey thanks for the post but i have a problem when i try to load the tar file on odin it just stops working and doesnt respond and odin just crashes please help .... I tried for hours but when i try to load da tar file in the pda it just crashes help pleaseed ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
If kies is installed on your computer, uninstall it. It tends to interfere with Odin.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] arrosen:
Soft Bricked after OTA update

I was on a non-rooted 4.3. I ran the OTA update and my phone is stuck at the AT&T logo (after the Samsung logo and the AT&T sound byte).

I flashed TWRP, but my bootloader is the 4.4.2 bootloader (FNE4).

Can I just reflash the stock ROM in the OP? I don't necessarily want root or TWRP, I just want my phone to work.

Or, should I just bring it back to AT&T and tell them that their OTA failed?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
If twrp is installed, AT&T will probably just blame the failure on that. If it were me, I'd try flashing the stock NE4 rom from enewman17 in the development section. But its up to you what you want to try. Theres just no guarantee it'll get you any further than you are now. I do think it has a good shot though.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
Hey everyone!

Need to ask a favor from those of you who are stock rooted (or are about to be) by using Towelroot. (Or are stock, rooted and have flashed back to the stock recovery)

After rooting, but before flashing a custom recovery (or after flashing back to stock recovery), please consider making a debrick.img for us to try to fix hard bricks with.

I have just posted a script that takes most of the work out of doing this. Instructions are posted here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=54220846

We need both 4.3 and 4.4.2 images from all I747 variants. If they work, you could be saving yourself and many others from a hard brick in the future!

Thanks guys!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] pdl2mtl90:
Was previously on 4.3 stock TW but rooted. Flashed the update file with TWRP and it worked perfect. Updated my phone to 4.4.2 and kept root. Thanks for the file!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] santij07:
:crying:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] santij07:
Hi again DocHoliday77 I need to know how I can pull al nesesary files like aboot.mbn and the rest of .mbn, system..img.ext4, cache and modem from my att i747 to do a flashable tar.md5 for odin, I try with EFSProfessional but files dont work if you can help with a link for that to try other method more acuracy, other tool to make it, I have cygwin to do the md5, thanks.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] davenrai:
Could step 3+ be done with CWM?

I already have CWM as my recovery and another kernel on the 4.3 tw rom
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Andresakapaco04:
Help!!!

hey guys well i bircked my phone i was updating from 4.1.1 ,, it bricked i got it jtagged ....and it booted up to 4.3 ...after that i odin flashed stock 4.3 again and it bricked...well i made a SD debrick and its the only way my phone boots up.....i want my phone to boot up without the Sd i keep flashing stock 4.3 odin but it no matter what it keep bricking and the only way it boots up is with the SD....What could be the problem???
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
Just a guess, but a partition that is not included in the stock firmware probably got overwritten or corrupted. Without knowing the exact cause of the brick its hard to say for sure.

What model is your device and what exactly did you flash. (First time and last time)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Andresakapaco04:
my phone is i7 47 att ..at the moment its running 4.3 with the SD DEBRICK ....the 1st time it bricked was me trying to update 4.1.1 to 4.3 via odin....after that i got it jtagged and when i got it back it booted up to 4.3 .....so after that i wanted to upgrade to kitkat and i followed a tutorial that made me flash 4.3 stock on my phone via odin..and well it bricked again....the last thing i flashed was 4.3 stock via odin but no luck it wont boot up with internal only the SD....please help maybe bootladers and modems problem maybe??? Thanks for attention
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] enewman17:
With your debrick image are you able to get into a custom recovery. If you can flash this. http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23269279319197285
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Andresakapaco04:
yeah iam but do i flash a custom recovery or do i flash it with the stock recovery?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] enewman17:
You flash with a custom recovery
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] davenrai:
nevermind
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Andresakapaco04:
Helppp stuck

i tried to flash with a custom recovery but it wont work the phone doesnt want to flash the bootlader zip file.... it says failed ...any other suggestions please help...what else can i do ??
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
Try flashing it again, but after it fails, copy log to sd. Then let us know what it says about the failure. (Will be toward the bottom of the log)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Andresakapaco04:
Thankss

:good::good::good:

thanks man the problem was the sd i was using was corrupted i guess so i used another one and it flashed the bootleaders with no problem man....and it boot without the SD....btw any suggestions man i want to upgrade to kitkat should i go back to stock like the tutorial said or just flash the update with the custom recovery.....give me suggestion im not trying to brick my phone again man ...THANKSSS
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] enewman17:
Awesome. Now that your on mjb bootloader and modem you can flash the mjb to ne4 firmware update I have here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2808654

UCUEMJB to UCUFNE4 firmware update.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Andresakapaco04:
okay i flashed the bootloaders and modem of ne4 ...now how do i upgrade to kitkaat 4.2.2 ...cause my phone is still on 4.3 ??
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
Enewman17 has a thread with the stock rom you can flash in the development section.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] chandi1985:
simply root and install twrp recovery if you are on 4.3 stock & after that flash 4.4

Friends just root and Install twrp recovery if you are on android 4.3 stock after that just flash 4.4.2 ota file with twrp recovery and after flashing this you will be in android 4.4.2.

But in this version nothing new..
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] StoneyJSG:
Where can I get the 4.3 Odin image? Is it an official samsung signed image? I rooted my phone and now it says "custom" under device status and I want to go back to full 100% stock so I can get the OTA to KitKat. I would like to keep my warranty bit at 0 if possible since I just got the phone a week ago.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] moporoco:
Pretty sure I hard bricked my phone. These are the steps I took.

- Confirmed my bootloader as I747UCUEMJ2 using terminal emulator

- Downloaded the 4.3 image from OP's link and confirmed the MD5, unzipped the tar.md5 file

- Booted phone to download mode and fired up Odin 3.07

- Placed file in PDA and only checked Auto Reboot and Re-Partition

- Odin said it was successful and rebooted the phone.

- Phone went dark

I have tried pulling the battery, booting into different modes, etc. The phone will not respond at all. Doesn't show a charge icon when plugged in and computer doesn't recognize a device has been plugged in. Holding the power button down does nothing, no vibrations, nothing at all on the screen.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] enewman17:
Yeah, after confirming your bootloader was MJ2 you skipped step 3 on updating them to MJB the Odin tar is not official and is ment to restore only not to upgrade.

Unfortunately your going to need to find a JTAG service like www.brickedmyphone.com or try the ext. sdcard debrick trick. There is a guide in the q&a section.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] davenrai:
Hey enewman

Could you help me out I'm still unsure which guide to follow to upgrade to 4.4 if I have 4.3 with custom recovery and kernel. Could you link me to the corresponding guide :(

Is there any way to flash 4.4 without losing wiping data?