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[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] unimatrix725:
Thank you, I saw his thread on mjb ti ne4. Darn swiftkey acting up, else I would have pasted it. This is a reason why, I will soon jump ship to another OEM. I do not have reason to downgrade before KitKat anyway...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dawgdoc:
I know mrrocketdog has already replied, I am just adding to that answer.

Part of the confusion comes from how people define "locked bootloader." A large part of this community considers a "locked bootloader" to be one that will not allow you to flash unsigned ROMs, recoveries, etc. This does not exclude those bootloaders blocking the ability to downgrade to previous bootloaders. Using that definition all of the AT&T bootloaders for this device would be unlocked. You are still able to flash TWRP, CWM, and PhIlz custom recoveries as well as custom ROMs; both TouchWiz and AOSP/CM. This is the "locked bootloader" definition I work with.

Others would say that, in and of itself, the inability to downgrade the bootloader classifies a bootloader as locked.

I would consider the SGS3 on Verizon service to have a locked bootloader if you took the update to NE1 (4.4.2). You can not install a custom recovery. Other than the 4.4.2 stock ROM there are only two other ROMs you can use, both stock based I believe. They must be installed from within SafeStrap, not a custom recovery. It definitely can not be downgraded. Fortunately it can still be rooted.

I went into more depth about the bootloaders here.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] canodroid15:
[MENTION=5575315]dawgdoc[/MENTION], couldn't have said it better myself! ??
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dawgdoc:
I made this reply in the other thread you posted to:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] amti366:
Hi,

I am trying to follwing the steps provided in this tutorial to update my Galaxy S3 I 747 but need some help.

After going through most of the steps I am stuck on the last step "*You will loose root during the update* But the bootloader is not locked so you can still Odin your favorite recovery and flash SuperSU."

my problem is that I am not able to odin into my phone. this is due to a broken usb port. I am hoping someone here can provide me with an alternative to root the phone without connecting to the pc.

Thanks a lot

Matt
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] canodroid15:
Unfortunately, NJ1 & NJ2 cannot be rooted w/o a PC & Odin.

---------- Post added at 03:14 AM ---------- Previous post was at 03:08 AM ----------

I should also warn you, DO NOT TRY TO DOWNGRADE. YOU WILL BRICK THE PHONE. Best advice I can give you is to take it into a repair shop get the devices USB port fixed & then follow op's instructions to root via Odin & TWRP. This is the only possible way to root NJ1 & NJ2. Sorry bud.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] amti366:
Thanks for saving me a lot of time canodroid15. I am a little bit of do it myself guy so will try and repair the usb on the phone it was anyways on my to do list. Found some videos on the same online. the rooting part was weird as I saw on some threads (not on xda) that some people had success with kingoroot and when I ran it my rootchecker sometimes says I have root some times does not.

One last question does having root matter for installing twrp if I remember correctly I should still be able to install twrp and flash a rooted rom. Am I missing somthing? Reason I am asking this is because after installing kingoroot I was able to install rommanager and install twrp and I am not sure if that was because of incomplete/semi working root or something else.

Thanks,

Matt
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] canodroid15:
If you have TWRP on the phone, then yes you can flash any custom ROM & you're golden. Or just flash SuperSU in recovery. If you flash a custom ROM with root you'll be rid of kingoroot & rooted correctly. May I make a suggestion.... Try OctOS for d2att, I think you'll love it? Use open gapps for a complete installation.

https://www.teamoctos.com/weekly-builds/

http://opengapps.org/

Or if you want a good stock ROM that's pre-rooted just flash one of enewman17's TW ROMs ? Good luck!

If you don't mind, could you link me to the specific kingoroot that you used to root on NJ1? I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks man!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] amti366:
Thanks for the suggestions canodroid15. I will give octos rom a try. For now started with CM12.1 and will switch weekly to see which one I like. My main criteria is battery life. I would appreciate if you can provide the link for TW ROMS.

The rooting was little weird as I myself have no clear idea as to what rooted the phone. I started with the Framaroot (1.9.3) on this thread: http://xdaforums.com/apps/framaroot/root-framaroot-one-click-apk-to-root-t2130276

tried all options but didn't seem like any of them worked. I then tried this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2421802

which asked to use a older version of Framaroot (1.5.3).

when that too didn't work I tried the link on the above thread that said "Ultimate List of One Click Root Apps" and used kingoroot from link and then towelroot by going to their website from my phone itself.

At one of these points the phone was partially rooted (my guess it was kingoroot as that apk went the farthest (tried it a few times) untill the second last step before failing).

at this point my rootchecker showed I have root sometimes and no proper root sometimes. so I used the Rashr app from app store and installed twrp when root checker showed I had root.

Sorry for being so confusing but I was literally trying anything I could get my hands on.

Thanks,

Matt
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dawgdoc:
If battery life is your main criteria, check out these two threads:

http://xdaforums.com/android/general/guide-0-0-hour-idle-battery-drain-stock-t2973588

http://xdaforums.com/android/general/guide-extreme-battery-life-t3095884

They both are working to decrease battery consumption during idle times. They both depend on xPosed and the Amplify module. This approach should work on TW and CM/AOSP based roms.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dawgdoc:
As far as Enewman17's roms, he may have been referring to these:

S3Rx 4.0 TouchWiz 4.4.2 UCUFNE4 (11-9-14) || UCUFNJ2 (10-04-15)

Rooted UCUFNJ2 Stock ROM

[ROM] d2att UCUFNJ2 Stock Rom, Deodex, Rooted [8-20-2015]
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] EriksR:
Is it necessary to update the modem/bootloader in order to move to a 6.0M based ROM? (OctOS or unofficial CM...)

I'm currently on MJB and CM11. When I moved from stock 4.1.2 to CM11 it was necessary to update modem/bootloader to MJB in order to make SIMcard recognized.

If it isn't necessary then is it advisable? I find both arguments of

1. dont touch it if it works

2. update to get possibly more speed...

Anyone with expertise?

Greatly appreciated,

Eriks
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
I say update the modem and bootloader is the ROM you install yields an imei of null or wifi doesn't work.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] japi2000:
Guys, i'm on FNJ1, CM11 SNAPSHOT 20150831.

Whats the procedure to go back to latest stock rom in this device?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] japi2000:
Ok so, I installed the stock rom (UCUFNJ1) from the OP, but I needed to be non-rooted. OP says go to supersu and uninstall from there but it is not working for me. Keeps trying to uninstall without luck.

Any other way to have stock, unrooted UCUFNJ1 rom?

Thank you
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] enewman17:
I don't have an un-rooted version of nj1 but I do of nj2

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24438995911966882
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] japi2000:
Thanks.

I'm guessing I have to be on NJ2 modem/bootloader right?

Can you point me to a thread on NJ2 modem/bootloader upgrade?

If I upgrade to NJ2 boot/modem can I still use previous roms I've used like CM11 ?

Thank you!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] enewman17:
If your on nj1, nj2 might boot no problem but I don't know it's been a really long time since I've had my s3. Same with the cm Roms they should work nj2 firmware.

Here is the nj2 thread, firmware and roms linked in the op. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3183267

[ROM] d2att UCUFNJ2 Stock Rom, Deodex, Rooted [8-20-2015]
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] StoneyJSG:
I am on the NE4 bootloader. Can I flash the Nj2 rooted stock .zip file with flashfire using stock recovery or will it brick unless I use TWRP?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Andresakapaco04:
Can someone help me i was on ne4 firmware rooted and i flashed NJ1 bootoader because i wanted to update but now wifi doesnt work after i flashed nj1 bootloader i tried to flash stock nj1 rooted but it shows me error can any1 give me suggestions on what to do i really dont want to brick my device again please help,, like i said im on ne4 firmware and on nj1 bootlader and modem
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrrocketdog:
by firmware do you mean modem ? bootloader and modem should always match ; from all that i've read. i never mis-matched and never had problems. just sayin.

the OP has a nj1 bootloader/modem combo zip.

"err on the side of kindness"
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Andresakapaco04:
Yes I used the nj1 boot loader and modem combo and flashed it on my ne4 stock rooted rom I'm using the ne4 rom from op the ne4 restore zip, what can I do because I get error when I try to flash nj1 rom,, please any suggestion
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrrocketdog:
which recovery and version are you using ?

"err on the side of kindness"
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Andresakapaco04:
im using the twrp 2.8.1.0 thats in OP, my build number says NE4 and baseband says NJ1, my current ROM is the NE4 in OP the one thats says UCUENE4_Restore.zip, i wish i could update to nj1 but right now i just want to get my phone working again, im trying to flash the update zip but it wont let me, you think since im on the buildnumber ne4 if i flash the ne4 bootloader it might go back to normal, or any suggestions, thank you for helping me man im really fresutrated man thanks tho
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrrocketdog:
i would try updating twrp first. and then try and flash the nj1 combo zip. if you are absolutely certain !! that your bootloader is ne4 , then flashing the ne4 bootloader/modem combo would be my next try.

WARNING : if bootloader is nj1 and you flash a downgrade (ne4) serious possibility of a brick. [MENTION=2972841]enewman17[/MENTION] or [MENTION=4673498]audit13[/MENTION] , does this sound ok or do you have a better idea ?

"err on the side of kindness"
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Andresakapaco04:
well my bootloader is nj1 so i guess there no way i should try to donwgrade my bootloader to ne4 i dont want to risk a brick, im going to try to update TWRP no another versions maybe it will work better ill let you know thanks for the help, if u have any other solutions let me know okay lol my phone is been like this days now lol
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] StoneyJSG:
Have you tried using ODIN to flash the stock NE4 firmware? http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3-att/general/4-file-sgh-i747ucufne4v4-4-2attall-odin-t3305899
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] wrenhal:
No, if he has anything nj1 he doesn't want to flash anything ne4 at this point.

---------- Post added at 02:30 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:26 PM ----------

It sounds like you need the bootloader/modem combo for nj1, and a rooted touchwiz 4.4.2 rom on your external sd card. Then backup ALL important files. Wipe everything including internal sd (not external sd). Then install Rom, then nj1 combo file. Then reboot.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] StoneyJSG:
Yes, you can flash the ODIN NE4 stock files even if you're on nj1 or nj2. Just don't flash anything else (such as MJB). You can downgrade from nj1 or nj2 to ne4 without bricking. Chuckles5150 successfully did this.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Andresakapaco04:
Well what i did was use a more recent version of twrp and flashed the nj1 stock firmware after i went on to upgrade to nj2 deoxed and debloatesd i also flased nj2 bootloder and modem , only thing i notice now is that the fone overheats alot any suggestiona on dat, also if u can confirm i can flash ne4 rom right with nj1 or nj2 bootloadera? And thanks for helping me guys .... fone is just overheatijf alot it worries me
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] StoneyJSG:
You can revert back to NE4 from NJ1 or NJ2 without bricking. Once you are on Android 4.4.2 you have to stay on 4.4.2, no going back to 4.3 or earlier. You can jump around from NJ2 to NJ1 or NE4 or NJ1 to NE4 and vica versa. This has been confirmed in this thread here:

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3-att/general/4-file-sgh-i747ucufne4v4-4-2attall-odin-t3305899
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] wrenhal:
Good to know. I thought I was stuck in nj2. Think I had better battery on nj1
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] user-747:
I am trying to update from NE4 to NJ1 and it looks like there are two links in the very first post of this thread for the bootloader/modem combo: One of them leads to a file of 68MB and the other to a file of 19.8MB. Which one is the correct file to flash if I want to update from NE4 to NJ1?

Also, once my bootloader/modem is flashed to NJ1, do I need to flash ROM as well or the NE4 ROM is compatible with NJ1 bootloader/modem?

Lastly, do NJ1 files in links, update anything other than modem and a bootloader?

Thanks,
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] StoneyJSG:
The 68MB is the one you need. NE4 ROMs are compatible with NE4 and NJ1 ROMs are compatible with NJ1. NJ1 is identical to NE4 except NJ1 has the towel root exploit patched. NJ2 fixes the stage fright exploit.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jayrobinson:
I would prefer it packaged with TWRP if possible. I'd like to update without restoring as well. Thanks enewman, you rock!! :):)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Bob2014:
Slight preference for TWRP, but stock would be okay too since I can pretty easily flash TWRP with Odin. Whatever is easier for you. Thanks again!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jayrobinson:
I agree with Bob2014, whatever is easiest for you!!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] StoneyJSG:
Once updated to NJ1, you can't go back to NE4. All attempts result in bricking your phone.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mattsternc:
Ditto! I've got TWRP installed also ... so whatever is easiest :good:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sameog:
Easiest is the best way. [MENTION=3399401]enewman[/MENTION] = beast.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jfishel:
this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2789917

sanity check, NE4 Stock Recovery is the same as NJ1 Stock Recovery?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] enewman17:
Yeah there isn't anything updated about it. There were no patches to the recovery.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] enewman17:
NJ1 flashable rooted system.img and boot.img to update from NE4 is in the OP.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] media_ninja:
ODIN: FAIL

I did what you said and I know everything matched with my S3, but I got "firmware upgrade encountered an issue" everything says Official after I flashed stock recovery but it's stuck on "firmware upgrade encountered an issue" I used Odin 3.07, I thought nothing would go wrong but it did go wrong and I'm thinking of taking it to bestbuy and just complaning to them since I have geeksquad protection but I don't want to take the time of school to go there,

any help and input would be much appreciated, parents can't even trust me with an android device anymore.

p.s. this s3 is my refurbished one, not that it could make a difference or anything..
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Bob2014:
Hi, thanks for doing this. Unfortunately I have to report mixed success. Here's what I did:

Copy file UCUFNJ1_Rooted.zip to SD card

Boot into TWRP recovery

Click Flash, select file

Wait

Reboot when prompted

Stalled for a while on white screen w/ AT&T globe - didn't mess with it, just waited

Saw this: Android is upgrading...

Optimizing app XX of XXX

Starting apps

Finishing boot

Things looked normal (my apps, wallpapers, are there), but I noticed two problems.

First, I can't turn Wifi on, either through the notification shade toggle or in the settings.

Also I noticed this in the About Device section: Baseband version I747UCUFNE4, Build number KOT49H.I747UCUFNJ1 (I've attached a screenshot for reference). So I guess I have a mismatch somehow?

Not sure this is relevant, but in the UCUFNJ1_Rooted.zip archive, the file UCUFNJ1_Rooted\META-INF\com\android\metadata contains the following:

post-build=samsung/d2uc/d2att:4.4.2/KOT49H/I747UCUFNE4:user/release-keys
post-timestamp=1400500671
pre-build=samsung/d2uc/d2att:4.3/JSS15J/I747UCUEMJB:user/release-keys
pre-device=d2att

Not really sure what that file does but is the fact that it says NE4 a problem?

Anyway, any thoughts about how I can get my Wifi running and everything all matched up?

Sorry if I did something really dumb. Thanks a ton for any help you can provide.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Andresakapaco04:
helppppp

hey enewman17

thanks for all your work and dedication to the s3

i need help im still on the ne4 and i keep avoiding the update..but its anoying now that i want to update ...whats the easiest way t update to NJ1.... im on the rooted ne4 u posted up in the summer. but im just really nervours to brick my phone ...whats the easiest steps man i would prefer to flash a rooted NJ1 but i dont understand the "advanced users" in the OP can could guide me please so i can flash the new firmware without messing up ...i would apreciate it alot if you explained to me .....

thanks i apreciate the help.

another thing

if i just unroot my phone thru superuser, restart the phone and apply the OTA update will i get a brick or anything ??
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ramkumarc:
Works like a charm

Thank you buddy.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] enewman17:
I used the update binary from the last ota that's why that meta file is there. It's just a file... It does nothing but take up space and did nothing when installing. The reason your WiFi doesn't work is because you need the updated nj1 firmware. The nj1 rooted image is just the ROM and kernel. You need to flash the ne4 restore then just take the ota so everything gets updated.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrrocketdog:
never mind, i got it. thanks for your time and work [MENTION=2972841]enewman17[/MENTION].: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] DKaine:
Thanks for your excellent write up. I was wondering, if I used Mobile Odin to flash the cfg file in the "Advanced Users" section, would this still fail due to being rooted and/or would I lose root as if I had done the OTA?

Thanks,

DKaine
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] StoneyJSG:
Why not just stay on NE4 and freeze the update with mybackup root or titanium backup?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Beesvee:
I don't know if it was just my device or what but after I restored the NE4 firmware I had to leave my phone unrooted with stock recovery. When I flashed a custom recovery and downloaded the NJ1 ota it would seem to be installing but when it would reboot it would boot to my custom recovery and the ota would not install. So I flashed the NE4 restore zip again and then downloaded and installed the ota again and boo-ya NJ1. :p
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] osdave:
I followed everything in the original post. Everything seemed to work perfectly. However, I'm having an issue now - my Kindle app won't download books (said network connection required to download...), the Family Guy app won't open, and Showbox is giving me a connection error. Oddly, pretty much everything else works fine. I tried factory resetting, clearing cache/dalvik, and even uninstalling and reinstalling said apps. Any ideas? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Edited to add: Baseband and build both show NJ1. I tried wiping everything in TWRP and flashing the Rooted NJ1 zip in the OP, still same issue.

EDIT: I fixed it. I was going to remove this post, but figured I should leave it up in case anyone has similar problems. I used TWRP and wiped everything, including the system. I then flashed the NE4 Restore zip and restarted. I then installed TWRP again, rebooted into recovery, factory reset, and flashed the NJ1 Rooted zip. Voila, it's fixed. Weird...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Andresakapaco04:
is there anything special about the nj1 update any good features that are worth the update??
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] tallsilver:
Thanks enewman17

Followed your steps and got updated to the latest! Rooted, twrp'd, and did a backup. I'm planning on a new phone soon, but for now back to my favorite custom ROM.

One question! If I restore my stock, rooted, twrp'd backup, can I do the steps used to unroot and triangle away as I did with NE4? Should work?????

Thans enewman17 for all you do!!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] enewman17:
Yeah I did triangle away on the nj1 firmware and it works. So yeah you can.

No, fact I wouldn't mess with this update unless to want to return to stock and keep it that way for resale or whatever.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] StoneyJSG:
No all it is, is a kernel patch so towelroot will no longer work and I think maybe some more bloatware. I didn't take the update because I never got the notice to do so then once I found out what it does, I froze the update with the MyBackup Root app. Bad at&t, bad!