yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] befreewv:
Update in case anyone is interested - I resolved this issue, but had to flash the stock recovery twice using cwm for it to actually "take". For whatever reason, flashing it only once would not work. Literally, flash stock recovery, reboot, then go back into recovery (still with cwm) and flash stock recovery again. Once stock recovery was on the phone and working, the wipe data cleared the it back to factory state and all issues with apps cleared up. Now on to some custom roms
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] nae10135:
Problems returning to stock TW 4.4.2

I had already followed the previous instructions to go from AOSP 4.4.2, update my firmware & bootloader to MJB via ODIN, flash recovery, flash OTA2, root, and then go about my way back to AOSP 4.4.4 variants successfully, several months ago.

My current bootloader is NE4.

Now I need to go back to stock, followed the updated instructions on post #1 (all via TWRM) and my phone boots to the ATT animation and seems to hang. It looks like I cannot revert back to 4.3 TW because if I do, the OTA bootloader will block it. Am I missing something?

Paging: [MENTION=4081205]DocHoliday77[/MENTION] , [MENTION=2972841]enewman17[/MENTION]
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
If you want to get pure stock, no root, no mods, use the PureStock_NE4 from here:

https://www.androidfilehost.com/user/?w=settings-dev-files&flid=19753

This has never been tested! If it fails, it will most likely do nothing at all to your device. But because it is untested, I can make no guarantees. If you want to wait, I can probably get around to testing it myself, but it'll likely be late tomorrow night.

If you want stock rooted, use one of the roms in enewman17's stock rom/system dump thread in the development section.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dustinharwood:
Bookish question and apologies if this is in the wrong place. I am completely stick trying to get my s3 back up and running. All of the is files are gone and every time I try to install a Rom, it fails. I've got it where it is giving me a system 7 error and that's it. Anything I can do besides just tossing it out?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
I would start a thread in Q&A for that tbh.

But please be detailed. We would need to know what was on the device, what firmware build it is on, what exactly is the problem (did you mean to say it has no OS?), and how did it happen.

Without that info, there's not much anyone can do to help, and we'd end up asking for it anyway. So by including it in your initial post you save yourself and anyone helping you a good bit of time.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Long Island NOOBIE:
This method of returning to stock firmware worked like a charm! You do have to strictly adhere to the instructions in the beginning of the thread. I reverted four AT&T S3s back to stock without an issue and are functioning properly. My family and I will be getting a fair trade in value when upgrading our cell phones after our two year contract expires soon. Thank you, sir for your guidance!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Flyeaglesfly05:
So concise!

You da man! Thank you so much for this great step by step guide.

Development of custom ROMs for this device has become so shaky since KitKat.

Like everyone has said... follow the directions to a T, and you will have an awesome, albeit stock, stable ROM again.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] a1morrison:
I just finished following these directions to the letter, and it worked like a charm, thank you.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] patsolt:
access denied

Hi DocHoliday77.

When I click the link for the pure stock download, I get a message saying that I need to sign into an account that has permission to access this folder or check with the developer to request access. What can I do to get the permissions I need to access this file?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dildano:
Get rid of SuperSU Installer?

[MENTION=2972841]enewman17[/MENTION]: Thanks so much for these instructions! This has allowed me to get my two GS3's back to stock unrooted NE4 so that I can sell them.

Question: When I boot up the first time after getting back to stock NE4, I get a notification from the SuperSU Installer. How can I get rid of the SuperSU Installer? Seems like the phone isn't quite 100% stock if it's got a SuperSU Installer that's going to pop up. I searched through the NE4 OTA update file, and couldn't find it anywhere in there. Is this something that TWRP is installing? If so, how can I prevent it?

Thanks!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] aeg1s:
So there is no way I can ever encrypt my phone again? I have the same exact results as you... This is really disappointing.

---------- Post added at 02:48 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:52 PM ----------

This works:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] youssefkr:
So after updating to 4.4.2 , I was thinking of flashing cm11(4.4.4) now , and the question is will I be able to flash stock again after cm11 ?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mwrobe1:
Sorry for the noob question here. The file linked above...that can be flashed in stock recovery if I am already on NE4?

EDIT: Nevermind...this will flash with TWRP just fine...THANK YOU.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] RayEdmondson:
OK, new problem. I stupidly downloaded and installed todays update from AT&T and now my phone won't boot past the Samsung logo. I used the instructions within this thread to update to KitKat and have had no issues with the phone until now. When my daughter installed the update on my old S4, it was to add Knox and Kids Mode to the phone. Could this be causing a conflict with the version I downloaded and installed through this thread?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] tejaswadiwala:
HELPP!!!Third party apps cannot use internal storage

I followed your method and it worked perfectly, now none of my third pary apps can access my internal storage. For example

1. In facebook I cannot save photos when I click on save photo an error message appers stating ' Error saving photo!'

2. In whatsapp I am not able to see profile pictures neither I am able to download new videos or images.

I followed all your steps correctly

I even did a factory reset after flashing through cwm

And then I went into cwm and wiped data and wipe cache

But still this problem persists. Please help me. Please. Please
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] enewman17:
It's not a problem with the ROM. Google changed permission on how apps can write to sdcards.

to fix you can flash the attached in a custom recovery like TWRP or CWM

or you can edit the /system/etc/permissions/platform.xml

Find:

<permission name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" >

<group gid="sdcard_r" />

<group gid="sdcard_rw" />

</permission>

change to.

<permission name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" >

<group gid="sdcard_r" />

<group gid="sdcard_rw" />

<group gid="media_rw" />

</permission>
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dcr4m:
Hey guys I was using 4.3 rooted with a costom recovery but I don't remember anything about which bootloader or recovery was it. Know I can't enter to recovery screen. MY Only choice to get download mod. I can't do anything else . In that case what should I do or how can I install 4.4.2?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] StoneyJSG:
Just make a Nandroid backup of your stock rom in TWRP or CWM recovery before flashing cm11. This way if anything goes wrong with cm11, you can restore your Nandroid backup.

---------- Post added at 01:05 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:52 PM ----------

Since you can get into download mode, have you tried flashing the 4.4.2 OTA .tar file that enewman17 made in ODIN?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] enewman17:
The Odin file I was able to make was of 4.3 if he's is on ne4 firmware it will brick the phone. I can't make one of 4.4.2 because I'm missing some images mainly the cache.img and a special system.img that I cannot make.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] basyir143:
Hi, i'm very new here. Is it possible to use this method to upgrade from an official 4.1.2 (I747UCDMG2) to the official kit kat (I747UCUFNE4) on my AT&T GS3? my phone is not rooted, it's still in the original condition when I bought it. But it seems that I've stopped receiving the official OTA update, so i'm stuck at 4.1.2. Please advise. Thanks﻿
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] StoneyJSG:
Oh, my fault. I thought you had made one for 4.4.2 as well. Didn't someone make a TWRP flashable one?

---------- Post added at 04:08 AM ---------- Previous post was at 04:00 AM ----------

Yes you can use this method to update, however you will need to root your phone and install a custom recovery for it to work. Also note that if you upgrade, you will then get all kinds of security crap such as Samsung KNOX, warranty bits, bootloader counter, etc. Have you tried updating manually by going to settings, more, about device, software update?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] tejaswadiwala:
HELP!!!

Thanks for replying, I am not talking about storage of sdcard I am talking about INTERNAL STORAGE(DEVICE STORAGE)

Like for example on titanium backup there is backup directory which shows a green tick when you open it but it shows me a cross(I thought I would make all the apps system apps which might solve the problem but titanium backup cannot backup).

So the problem according to me is that third party apps cannot write on INTERNAL STORAGE like I had explained above.

Inbuilt apps like camera play store,etc can use that storage but apps which I download from play store is not allowed to use.

Please HELP me solve the problem. Can you please upload official stock rom.

Thanks for replying again.

And you gave the sdfix I flashed it through cwm but it didn't work.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] RayEdmondson:
OK, got my phone to work again by doing the complete reinstall of the 4.3 official update. But now, I have another problem. I don't want to update to 4.4.2, just leave the phone at official 4.3 (which it says it is now). However, I cannot connect to the wireless network when I insert my sim card. It worked under 4.4.2, but doesn't under 4.3. Confused and wondering if I missed something.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] enewman17:
Yeah I remember now... Its a kernel thing... Still stock androids fault. App permission for where it can write is extremely limited. But apps should still be able to write to the internal but you will probably need to format your internal. So if you have an app that you use to save a file to downloads... Well this folder is not created by the app itself so it is not allowed to write anything in that folder. Back you internal up format it and start all over again.

I'm no longer doing work on the s3 so I will not be doing a kernel to remedy the situation. Sorry everyone been a good ride but I'm out.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrrocketdog:
and again , thank you enewman17 for help keeping the 'ol S3 up and running current builds. damn good deveolper. :thumbup:

"all i can really do , is stay out of my own way and let the will of heaven be done"
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] tejaswadiwala:
Will wiping the internal help?

Since it stock android, so it should work perfectly, Right?

Will wiping solve my problem? Actually I have already wiped it but the problem still persists.

Can you tell some other method so that I can get out of this problem.

Thank you enewman17.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dcr4m:
Hi guys I tried to update my 4.3 to 4.4.2 I use to have MJB bootloader than I just flash NE4 then I tried to flash I747UCUFNE4_Stock_Rooted_Odex but I didn't happen. Now I can't go back to MJB bootloader and I can't use 4.3 too , actually I couldn't flash anything it's giving some errors when I try it.Something like :

e error executing updater binary in zip ...

when I try to reeboot I can't pass At&t screen . So what should I do _?

I'm using costom teamwin recovery .

edit: I apply exactly steps and wipe. I try to back up from my restore it says restore Completed but again when I reboot I can't pass At&t screen.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] StoneyJSG:
Sounds like you are soft bricked. Have you tried flashing the 4.3 stock firmware in ODIN? You might also want to check out the SD card debrick method.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dcr4m:
I didn't try with odin but I can I'm looking for 4.3 stock odin version rightnow. I'll write to result.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] StoneyJSG:
This link should help you: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2722660
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] youssefkr:
A little help please [emoji2]
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dcr4m:
This Time I was succesfull with flasing 4.4.2 rooted odexed but now I think my Modem is not working I can't turn on wifi I can't get signal , I don't have signal and There is no voice on my phone . I don't know how it works but it looks like I don't have audio driver :) so what should I do as next step guys please help me or I'll be have to buy an I phone :(
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Archuriel:
I need a lttle help. I was flashing these files

I need a little help. I was flashing these files http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=53563776 and the firmware didn't take and SU did not also. I brought Su from the play store and i was flashing from recovery on the firmware. I had I have still 4.2.2 my kernel says 3.4.53 cynogenmod. cpu arm7 processor rev (v7). Liquid smooth 2.9. I am sorry I do not to navigate around and I driving under the influence of fatigue. I have been up for at least 30 hours trying to read and learn. I learned a lot. Chainfire had his hands full this time. Binary code from one busy box to another is a little different and that someone like me who did not know better installed the busybox installer from Rom Toolbox over the the busy box from TB and TWRP. recovery. I believe that this is why I'm stuck in the middle of transitioning my phone to 4.4 kit kat. I will sleep and Im sure someone will put my post here where it belongs as I have no familiarity with these forums. I do aplologize for my dumminess and I also thank you newnan up front because I do believe you going to save the day later on. I think I read a post from you stating your intentions of writing a full script. :good:

Please leave a bread crumb trail to the info later Im might never make it back on my own. :laugh:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Archuriel:
Good morning.

I woke up my browser is right there where I need it. I don't no how you reached through in to my side of this world and navigated me right to it but thank you and you left the lid off the peanut butter, but im not complaining. :laugh: Well I cant see my phone through my computer either the cable is bad now??? I should not try this over wifi right? Maybe I have to restart my computer. Maybe my cable is one of those cheaper ones. I rebooted my phone already I'll try the computer but I may need a better data cable right?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ohaai:
So I'm on a 4.4.4 ROM....but under baseband it ends in LK3...with is from 4.1.1 isn't it? So will this guide work for me? The ROMs I wanna try require ne4 =[

So will my device brick if I follow these instructions? I don't know which boot loader or modem the op was flashing from to get his success. Please help lol
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrrocketdog:
i used this guide to update from mj2 up to ne4 (per steps , not all at once), and worked fine.

just remember that once on ne4 you cannot downgrade bootloader to previous vesion or your device will brick.

"all i can really do , is stay out of my own way and let the will of heaven be done"
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ohaai:
So should I find a guide for going lk3 to mj2, and then come back here for mj2 to ne4?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrrocketdog:
[MENTION=4673498]audit13[/MENTION] , help please.

"all i can really do , is stay out of my own way and let the will of heaven be done"
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dawgdoc:
I would suggest going through MJB (the official release of 4.3 firmware), instead of MJ2 (the leaked release of firmware), on the way to NE4. It may not make a difference, but then again it may. In a different thread than this, enewman17 said that you must be on MJB to upgrade to NE4.

If you were stopping at the 4.3 baseband and modem I would have suggested the MJ2 combo, or the MJ2 bootloader and MJB modem. The later combination would allow you to downgrade. Once you get to the MJB bootloader and beyond (NE4) you can no longer downgrade.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] hatboy03:
Clearification

sorry for being stupid. In step 3. do i wipe & install Stock + Root first then wipe & install Stock DeOdex + Root? Then in step 4 do I wife & install s3 stock recovery then do a factory reset? Thanks!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] enewman17:
Step 3... do a factory reset in your custom recovery... TWRP, CMW, Philz... Then flash the ROM, just one of them... if you want stock use the Odex version not the deodex.

Step 4 is optional. Once you have the ROM installed then you can go back into your custom recovery and flash the stock recovery... reboot back into the stock recovery and do a factory reset. I only suggest this step cause the stock recovery seems to fix some internal storage issues and will undo sdcard encryption.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] hatboy03:
Thanks for the quick respond! It was a success for me.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] hayateyoshida:
Bricked my phone somehow...

I already had android 4.3 on SGH-I747 (obviously) and already had TWRP 2.7 on it. I attempted to install your (OP's) custom recovery and it came up with a bunch of error messages stating "command not found" or something along those lines and then failed. I then rebooted and got the AT&T boot screen loop and I now cannot turn my S III back on no matter what I try. It won't even charge - I have multiple batteries and phones, the battery is fine.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
Which custom recovery did you flash? I see no custom recovery in the original post.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] canodroid15:
I747u or i747m? This only works on i747u & if you were on older firmware than MJB, it won't work, has to be i747u on MJB to flash, if not you more than likely bricked it
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] hayateyoshida:
He lists them in step 3, I used the Stock + Root one.

I have the I have the AT&T version. It's not the M. 4.3 is MJB.

This is my second time using a process like this to update as I do not like having to reflash Odin back on in order to use OTA. I did a similar one for 4.3 and it worked flawlessly. I'm not sure where I went wrong this time.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] hefestto:
Alguien sabe que si cambiando ah esta rooms funciona a el 4g en perfecto estado??? Por ejemplo en Venezuela no me da señal de 3g solo esta en edge
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
Step 3 is where the ROM is flashed, not a custom recovery. Sorry, I was confused by your wording.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] canodroid15:
English please! Google translator?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] hayateyoshida:
My apologies for the confusion.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] n0013z:
Ok so I installed this rom without any issues coming from SlimKat to 4.3 to this rom. Everything on the rom seems to work but Im having one issue, I cant write to the internal memory, I cant manually write to it using file managers including ES file manager, I cant create files/ folders, cant copy and paste and apps doesnt seem to have permission to write to it either....no whatsapp doesnt create a folder and so I cannot get or take pictures or get voicenotes in whatsapp, mp3 downloaders cant downloads mp3's and stuff like that... seems to be a permission issue with the rom. What can I do to rectify this behaviour?

p.s. Ive reinstalled slimkat to test if this issue was present since I updated the bootloader to NE4 and the issue was not present, reinstall the Stock Rom and its there again.

Any advice is greatly welcome.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dll_guate:
Bricked

I followed the procedures to the letter and bricked my phone. Started the update and when it went to reboot it was DEAD. Took it to a phone shop and they said the motherboard was bad. Wasn't before doing this update! Just sayin'.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
You have an ATT s3 i747? Which file did you flash? mjb to ne4 or the straight ne4?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bigslimoid:
I'm on mg2 boot loader, android 4.1.1. Is this the right process for me to upgrade my boot loader?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrrocketdog:
this will do it. just a reminder though , once you upgrade you cannot downgrade your bootloader or risk serious brick-age !!

"all I can really do , is stay out of my own way and let the will of heaven be done"
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bigslimoid:
So if I do this my back ups will no longer work?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrrocketdog:
to tell the truth , to my best knowledge , i dont know. when i upgraded my bootloader/modem to ne4 i had trouble flashing older ROMs. i had to change the updater script to include ne4. i didnt have any backup to test with. hopefully someone else more knowledgeable will chyme in.

"all I can really do , is stay out of my own way and let the will of heaven be done"
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bigslimoid:
I flashed the mbj boot loader and stopped there. I was able to flash the ROM I wanted and still use my back ups
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrrocketdog:
good to here.:thumbup:

"all i can really do , is stay out of my own way and let the will of heaven be done"
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] slcdroidpunk:
(referencing very first post's steps )

I'm on bootloader I747UCDLK3 ( modem = MJB ). I just want to get them in sync. I am running a custom ROM already. I just have to flash the zip from step 1, correct?

If I want to go to NE4 ( just modem + bootloader ) can I just flash the zip from step 2.

At that point, I don't have to do anything else if I don't want, correct? I

don't

want to go back to stock. I just want to get ready to update to KK4.4.4 or maybe LP in the near future.

thanks all

( crap - how did i miss the two posts right above mine! Seems they are saying the same thing I just asked .... yes? )
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dawgdoc:
You are correct on all points.

Step 1, only, to bring the bootloader to MJB.

Step 2 to bring bootloader and mdem to NE4 withut changing your ROM.

Have fun flashing.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] slcdroidpunk:
Many thanks! Oh - one more question - any idea why the MJB modem/bootloader is so much larger? I found another zip in the FAQ thread that was only 2MB, more in line with the NE4 one. no biggie, just curious.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] yoonus:
Help - Stuck at ATT logo

My ATT Galaxy S3 was having LK3 bootloader and baseband.

As per OP, I flashed MJB bootloader and rebooted successfully.

Then flashed MJB to NE4 firmware update and rebooted successfully.

Then Wiped Cache, Dalvik and Factory Wipe. Flashed 'Stock DeOdex + Root' from recovery.

The phone now is stuck in ATT logo.

Any help is appreciated? Is there a different image I can flash?

Note: I was running an old ROM (probably 4.1.1) before performing above steps.

Thanks,