yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] n0013z:
Did this as well, got the same OS not installed result, however I rebooted still instead of trying to install anotehr Rom and it booted up the the NJ1 rom...try it again and see if it works for you as well.

Really good Rom Enewman17, having one issue though, I dont have access to write on the internal SD, any suggestions?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Robert417919:
Does anyone have a problem playing back screen recording with the default recorder and video app?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mhumfleet:
return after contract

Just to clarify can I use this and the stock recovery when I am upgrading my phone and turning it in for trade it?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] canodroid15:
Yep, just make sure you read & fully understand the OP, & that your phone meets all the prerequisites b4 flashing!

Sent from my OctOS d2att

Beware "The Kraken"?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Soheil.ysf:
Steps to use this ROM

Hi, I am fairly new to this whole rooting/recovery stuff...

The thing is I've got tired of my Samsung Galaxy S3 slowing down and want to remove the pre-installed ATT and Samsung apps from the phone.

I was wondering what are the steps to root my phone? I have Odin software and have downloaded the "Flashable Rooted NJ1 system.img and boot.img".

How should I proceed? Do I need to install a custom recovery like CWM or the stock recovery works fine for rooting purposes?

My phone info:

SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 (d2att)

Bootloader/PDA/Baseband Version : I747UCUFNJ1

Android 4.4.2

Kernel: 3.4.0-1514807

Thank You,

Soheyl
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] $avage$3:
Im on NE4 running 5.0.x ROMS without any issues other than moderate battery drain and camera, It was my understanding that the NJ1 was an upgrade to the NE4 with the SOLE purpose to return to an updated stock version.

1] why would I even want or need to go to NJ1 if Im not returning to stock

2]If this is an update to return to stock then why a rooted version

3] what are the differences in NE4 and NJ1 so if my questions are not answered then Ill be able to decide for myself
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
If you just want to root your phone, use Odin to flash a custom recovery. Then flash supersu from recovery, reboot the phone, connect to wifi or data, allow supersu to update and disable knox.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] OKAstro:
1. Users have reported better and more stable signal on NJ1

2. So users who want pure stock rooted can have one.

3. see 1 above.

If you want, just flash the NJ1 modem/bootloader zip and not this full ROM. But remember you can't downgrade back to NE4 or older modem/bootloader from NJ1.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] $avage$3:
very nice direct answer, thank you. Even with me living in a rural area, I have no signal issues so at this point I believe Ill wait until an update like this is actually needed.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] EG777:
Just a small question.

So I'm trying to use MIC on Whatsapp and all I get is an error:

Can't set the recorder now, please try again?

Any clue what this can be?

Please advise.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] samtani776:
Is there any way to get the debloated NJ1 Rom?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] canodroid15:
I don't believe there is one, just have to de-bloat your self, I did with tibu, it'd be nice to have a de-odexed version too....
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Mac Ròm:
I just flashed NJ1 from NE4 and use cm12 rom but the signal keeps dropping. Does anyone have this issue ?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] canodroid15:
It really has nothing to do with the modem, all 5.xx ROMs seem to have random signal drops on d2att, especially LTE. Whatever you do don't try to downgrade from NJ1!

Sent from my OctOS d2att

Beware "The Kraken"?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Mac Ròm:
Oh I see, thank you very much :):):)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dawgdoc:
Over the last couple of days I have seen comments in the Lollipop threads about some improvement if all of the APNs but one from AT&T are deleted. I don't recall if that was in the Cyanide thread or the thread by Matrixzone. However, heck out those threads before deleting the APNs on my say so.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Maheshzx:
Anyone know how to enable Hotspot? I can't use Shareit app because of that
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] canodroid15:
This actually works pretty good! Thanks 4 the info bro;):thumbup:!!

---------- Post added at 01:57 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:50 AM ----------

Start reading @ page 2 and continue thru a few pages you'll find your answer bud!??
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dawgdoc:
Glad it has made things better.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Maheshzx:
There is no information about it,read all the pages ;(

and tell me how to disable at&t boot logo
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] imk79:
Hello All,

I am facing following issue on my s3 and someone suggest me to do this method. Can anybody help me how to flash this through odin?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dawgdoc:
AT&T never released an Odin flashable version of a rom for this device since about 4.1.1. Everything since has been OTA updates. Nor have I seen where any of the devs have compiled an Odin flashable for NJ1. (I believe enewman17 did so for NE4, but if you have previously attempted to install NJ1 do not revisit NE4 unless you are certain your bootloader and modem are still at NE4.)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] imk79:
This the problem which I am facing:

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3-att/help/help-t3077773/post60019298#post60019298

Can u pls suggest any solution for this as I want to go back from stock or swtich to another rom as on the current rom whatsapp is not able to send pic and voice messages to other contact.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dawgdoc:
Okay, this was the correct thread for [MENTION=5511100]mrrocketdog[/MENTION] to send you to.

You can do what you need from the opening post on the first page of the thread. You will need to :

1) If your phone does not have a custom recovery, install a custom recovery. Use either Philz or TWRP, either is more current than CWM. You would use either the .tar or .tar.md5 file and install with Odin.

a) Philz

b) TWRP​

2) If you already have an outdated version of either Philz or TWRP, update to the latest version.

3) Once on a current custom recovery, use it to flash this file from the first post Flashable Rooted NJ1 system.img and boot.img

4) If you want fully stock, you would then flash the Stock Recovery from the first post. This will remove Philz or TWRP.​
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] imk79:
Thanks for the help dude. just few more question.

- How do I flash the custome recovery (TWRP or Philz) through odin ?

- Flash this rom through odin in download mode? or via custom recovery?

Thanks alot
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] JoshReuben:
A little lost: I'm on MUEND3 (last updated a few months ago), running CM5.1. I'd like to get caught up to date but don't want to brick myself in the process. I'd be super grateful if anyone could guide me through the correct upgrade path.

Tia!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dawgdoc:
Sorry for the delay, I shouldn't give a specific answer about Odin -- I don't use it because it won't work on Linux. But search for instructions regarding putting the recovery file in the PDA slot. When you find the instructions see if you should disable auto-reboot, pull the battery, boot into the new recovery -- all of this part is so the stock recovery does not reinstall itself.

Once Philz or TWRP is installed boot into recovery and flash the ROM image from there.

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Definitely don't use this ROM image, it is for the i747. I'm pretty sure you have the i747M, based on your device being on MUEND3.

i747 ROMs are only safe for you if they do not install the bootloader.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] joerolando2701:
No matter how many times I wipe prior to flashing I keep getting stuck on the att logo I'm using twrp 2.8.6.0 wiped int. SD and all others also tried redownloading I'm com I ng from lollipop and already had nj1 bootloader and modem any ideas?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] JoshReuben:
Thanks for your reply. I'm definitely on am i747 (not m) but must have installed the wrong bl back in December. Running cm12.1 just fine, but would like to get up to date.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] OKAstro:
Try flashing the NJ1 bootloader and modem again and then your ROM...I know it sounds strange...but I've had to do this going from CM ROM's to TW ROMS, and thought it might help you.

Also - you said you wiped everything, but did you format Data too?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] joerolando2701:
I was finally able to get it to boot by flashing sr3 RX ne4 booted that up then rebooted to recovery wiped all including data and SD reflashed nj1 (still says no OS installed) very long first boot but now booting fine haven't booted into recovery yet to see if it's recognizing the ROM yet for permission repairs etc... Lollipop must have made something goofy that nj1 didn't like that wasn't getting wiped or formatted properly

Recovery now recognizes the ROM so all that's left now since I preformed full unroot in super su is to flash the stock recovery from twrp and I should be fully stocked with no root hope that's goes smoothly
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dawgdoc:
ND3 on the i747M was the bootloader version roughly equivalent to NE4 on the i747, the i747M had both ND3 and NFx. Being certain you have the i747 you could always flash the NJ1 bootloader and modem from the first post of this thread using a custom recovery. BUT, doing so may carry more risk than if you were upgrading from NE4 to NJ1, I just don't know how much more risk. The trouble could be as simple as not installing because the updater-script in the file recognizes that you are coming from the "wrong" installed bootloader. That could be corrected by editing the script. OR, it could carry a greater risk of bricking your phone.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrrocketdog:
tuff call on that one [MENTION=5575315]dawgdoc[/MENTION]. not knowing any better , i'll go ahead and ask. with a rooted file mngr can you "replace " the 'M' bootloader with the ne4 ; or is that just not how it works ?

"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] imk79:
I had done the above flash the TWRP recovery first and then install the stock rom from page 1 but phone is stucking on AT&T logo when reboot. Any Idea?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dawgdoc:
Did you clear cache and dalvik cache?

Did you get any error messages while flashing?

Other than that another simple suggestion may be to turn the phone off and back on.

If none of the above is helpful, and you can boot into recovery, reflashing the rom may help.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] imk79:
I had tried all, didn't got any error while flashing and still I am able to enter into recovery flashed rom thrice but stil its stuck on at&t logo :( any solution?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dadams2169:
after bootloader and modem can i flash S3Rx 4.0 TouchWiz 4.4.2 to phone without issues?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] OKAstro:
Yes...That's what I did. I had problems with "OK Google" voice not working after flashing, so I also flashed a KK Gapps package and that fixed it.

ROM runs great on NJ1
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dawgdoc:
Another possibility is that you had a bad download of the ROM image. Did you verify the MD5 checksum after downloading the file?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] imk79:
How can I check that and this is the screenshot of recovery after flashed the rom
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dawgdoc:
This page has instructions on several ways to verify the md5sum while using Windows, it also has instructions for Linux and OSX.

Or you could simply download the ROM image a second time, although if it does not work you still do not know that the download was good unless you verify the checksum.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] imk79:
One thing I noticed when flash the rom and then click clear cache and delvick chache button and reboot the phone its booted and showing the dialog android is updating app and once finished them its stuck on that screen and when I pull off the battery and pushed it again its stuck again on at&t logo :(
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dunkin11:
Thanks

Thanks this worked for me :)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dawgdoc:
Did your download check out good?

I can recall how in the past some ROMs would get stuck at the same point as yours and the solution was to flash twice consecutively. But, I think you may have already done so.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dadams2169:
thanks this was the rom id been searching for just didnt know it. no issues. :good:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] imk79:
One thing which I noticed is that if I flash the 4.x rom it will stuck on the rom logo and when I flash 5.x rom it will flashed but these roms are not working ok like in one I have camera issue which is not working in second fone is getting very hot when I use it :(
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] InsaneDDay69:
i am unable to use my internal storage at all, i get a message saying "storage full or unavailable". has anyone figured out how to fix this? i've already tried fixing permissions in TWRP
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrrocketdog:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2257421

post # 24596 (?)

"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] InsaneDDay69:
It was my kernel, I guess I was still on cm. Flashed ktoonsez's kernel and all is good.

Sent from my Galaxy S III
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] OKAstro:
After following the instructions to restore to stock, here's what download mode gives me:

Current Binary: Samsung Official

System Status: Official

Qualcom Secureboot: Enable

Warranty Bit: 1

Booloader blah blah (can't make it out - too small) : 3

Should the last 2 items be different values?

Thanks
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
The warranty bit will always be one. The last value next to the bootloader may be the number of times a custom ROM was flashed to the phone. You may be able to reset the last value using Triangle Away.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] pwned101:
I know this is a very old thread but hopefully someone can help me out. I'm on the ne4 bootloader currently. In what order should I flash the zip files in the OP? System and boot img zip first and then the modem bootloader zip or the other way round? Or it doesn't matter? Thanks
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] canodroid15:
Depends on what you're trying to accomplish. Are you on stock & planning to update to full stock NJ1, or are you just trying to upgrade your bootloader & modem?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] pwned101:
My bad, should have been more clear. I'm trying to go back to full stock. Thanks
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] canodroid15:
Flash bootloader & modem then flash system img, you'll need to wipe everything but your external sd then flash.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] pwned101:
Thanks. Appreciate it.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] aj334:
Hi, could someone please help me get back to my stock NJ1 rom from the CM12.1 that I'm currently using(battery drains in less than 2 hours). Once I restore the backed up image of my NJ1(which has baseband unknown an imei null upon factory reset, and gapps stopped working error if I run just the restore) and do a factory reset, I'll be on my stock bootloader NJ1, right?(It says 1747UCUFNJ1 when I right-click to check the firmware).

It would be great if anyone could tell me the order in which I should flash these? Should I just do the usual data and cache(also, delvik) wipes, and then choose install zip to flash this: 'UCUFNJ1_Rooted.zip(no need to extract it right? Flashing it will be the same as I flashed the new CM12.1 I suppose.(install zip->install from sdcard -> and so on until I select this file)'

What should I be doing with the other two files? Stock recovery, if I want to replace the CWM that I currently have on? and the bootloader, only if I'm not currently on NJ1? Oh and flashing the recovery if needed, is like : vol.down+home+power ->odin download mode -> pda, auto reboot -> and PASS. is it?

Thanks.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] enewman17:
OK so you'll want to completely wipe everything. Do a factory reset and format the internal memory. Flash the rooted nj1 rom with twrp or cwm, don't extract the zip before hand just copy to the external sd flash then reboot. If your baseband is still unknown then you can flash the firmware in the op in twrp or cwm reboot and you should be good to go.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] aj334:
Thanks a million, enewman. Worked like a charm. Didn't even have to flash the modem file afterwards because, all was good once I wiped my internal memory and flashed the rooted NJ1 zip. You're a lifesaver!!:good::laugh:...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] agaurav:
Recover from S3 update issues

First of all - apologies for reposting a second time in a different thread. I already asked a question and a helpful person directed me to this thread.

I have an AT&T S3 I747 that has KOT49H.I747UCUFNJ2. I received an OTA update last night and after that "Settings stopped working". I tried to wipe the cache but no help. Then I wiped the data/factory reset. After that the phone boots to setup page. I select language to English and then it says Settings stopped working and does not proceed. I am now stuck with a paper weight that I want to desperately recover.

I am happy being on stock ROM and don't really need anything custom. Since I can't even setup my phone, my options are probably very limited. I am very new to the process so most acronyms and software utility names don't mean anything to me unfortunately.

Can I somehow connect the phone to my PC and download a new ROM for the device? If yes, then are there step-by-step instructions someplace? Some of these forum posts seem to be written for the informed and skilled. Thanks a lot.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
I see that the phone is on NJ2 and the links in this thread are about NJ1. You'll need to install a custom recovery to the phone such as TWRP to replace the phone's currently recovery program in order to install the NJ1 boot.img and system.img file from this thread. I do not recommend flashing any bootloader or modem from this thread.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] pwned101:
Sorry abt OT, but can we have a flashable I747UCUFNJ2 zip? Please? [emoji2] [MENTION=2972841]enewman17[/MENTION]
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] agaurav:
I see that AT&T has a page about the version that broke my phone last night:

http://www.att.com/esupport/article.jsp?sid=KB415621&cv=820

Does anyone know how to recover my phone? It is not rooted and I just want stock ROM. Nothing custom. Where can I find the ROM file for Odin that I can download to my phone? There is way too much information available for my small mind to grasp and distill out.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] pwned101:
It's a 5MB update, possibly for the stagefright exploit. Very strange that even after a full factory reset you are facing the settings crashing issue. Hate to tell you this, but there has not been an Odin flashable file for the ATT Galaxy S3 in a very long time. People not getting the OTA rely on [MENTION=2972841]enewman17[/MENTION] flashable zips to update their phones.

I guess your one option would be to flash a custom recovery(CWM or TWRP), do a complete wipe with the recovery(system, internal SD etc) and flash the system image from this thread. That should solve your problem, but you'll lose the update you just received. Also, u'll trip the Knox counter on your phone, which will prevent your phone from getting any OTA's in the future and you'll have to rely on flashable zips like these to update your phone.

I'd advice not to mess with the bootloader-modem on your phone with the bootloader-modem zip on this thread. That would probably result in a permanent hard brick.

Also, I'd advice you to wait for someone with more knowledge abt these things to pitch in. I'd hate to see you brick your device following what I posted.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bitfoolishlogic:
I have the same issue. I installed the AT&T update yesterday and now Settings app crashes even after factory reset. I did a google search and found this thread forums.att.com/t5/Android/Setting-crashing-on-Galaxy-S3-in-update-on-Aug-18th/m-p/4297185#M62406 (I can't post links) I'm very upset about this and might switch to iphone. The Android ecosystem is broken because every company can just point at someone else. AT&T will say go talk to Samsung. Samsung will say go talk to AT&T. And Google will say it's not their problem.. At least with Apple, I can go to their store and talk to someone and they will try to do something.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] enewman17:
sorry to hear this has happened, good news is I'm uploading UCUFNJ2. Looks like the major patch for NJ2 is the stagefreight bug is fixed
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Long Island NOOBIE:
Download the SAMMOBILE (http://www.sammobile.com) stock firmware XAR file for your SGS3-i747. Unzip it with WINRAR (http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm) and open the MD5 tar file via ODIN. Get device in download mode, connect it and press start to restore. After successful restoration just download available OTA firmware updates, which include Samsung and AT&T bloatware. I have used this ODIN method in the past to restore my Samsung i747 and P5113 to original factory settings. Hope it helps and if anyone can add info please do. Research available information and tutorials. Read and reread for your peace of mind. Good luck!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
Can't use Odin with sammobile.com firmware to restore the i747 to factory settings if the phone has a 4.3 or newer bootloader.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Long Island NOOBIE:
Thanks for the heads up. I restored my i747 approximately three years ago with SamMobile/ODIN and have used ENEWMEN-17's method as well. I did restore my P5113 approximately two months ago via SamMobile/ODIN just to start from scratch again. I took for granted SamMobile kept available device downloads up to date. Thanks again!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
The issue isn't sammobile. It is just that att never realeased a full firmware file beyond 4.1.1. All updates were pushed to i747 owners via Ota updates.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Long Island NOOBIE:
This is the SamMobile firmware for SGS3 SGH-i747 I used for restoration without issues.

Date: 2012-11-01

Country: USA (AT&T)

Version:4.1.1

PDA: I747UCDLK3

CSC: I747ATTDLK3

It is prior to 4.3, didn't mean to provide misinformation. Again, thought SamMobile in conjunction with AT&T kept device files updated online. Just trying to help out a brother.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] canodroid15:
Curious, has anyone flashed the NJ2 bootloader & modem zip yet?