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Verizon Galaxy S III Update!

After seeing postings about a Verizon Galaxy S III update yesterday, I checked using "About device -> Software update" in Settings this morning.
A 30 MB download started and the update completed in about 5 minutes. Software Update says it was an update from LF2 to LG7.

Yeah and kills universal search and you cant disable the remote diagnostics if youre stock and not rooted.

Also several users have confirmed it will break root. They all were stock rooted with stock recovery.
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I am on the Stock rom, rooted and bootloader unlocked Using Voodoo OTA RootKeeper, EZ-Unlock, and CWM. Re-Locked bootloader, disabled root, took the update. After the update completed, CWM asked to disable the new boot image, selected yes. Rebooted, got a message saying the update failed, however it installed and I am at I535VRLG7. I was able to restore root, and unlock bootloader without any problem..

How do I keep the phone from taking the update?

dkg418 said:
How do I keep the phone from taking the update?
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Read a Page or two back
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ali87va said:
Read a Page or two back
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Rofl.
Please excuse my Galaxy S III, it's a bit Paranoid.

ali87va said:
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There's only 1 page to this thread.
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voodoomanx said:
Also several users have confirmed it will break root. They all were stock rooted with stock recovery.
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OTA's always break root, that is what OTA rootkeeper is for!
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NeoMagus said:
OTA's always break root, that is what OTA rootkeeper is for!
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Is that what they only do. Or do they brick the phone as well? I'm currently rooted and on stock recovery and don't know if updating will break my phone please help!!!
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You will probably lose root and have to redo. Might cause issues worse than that
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Not getting the update here in Atlanta
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cpwshf said:
I am on the Stock rom, rooted and bootloader unlocked Using Voodoo OTA RootKeeper, EZ-Unlock, and CWM. Re-Locked bootloader, disabled root, took the update. After the update completed, CWM asked to disable the new boot image, selected yes. Rebooted, got a message saying the update failed, however it installed and I am at I535VRLG7. I was able to restore root, and unlock bootloader without any problem..
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Didn't know Voodoo RootKeeper worked on this. Have on my Asus tablet and never failed me yet. You are hereby knighted with your first "thanks"

eagIesfan398 said:
Is that what they only do. Or do they brick the phone as well? I'm currently rooted and on stock recovery and don't know if updating will break my phone please help!!!
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Did you unlock your bootloader? If so did you read the BIG WARNING?if not go back and read it. Generally once you root you don't want to give vzw a chance to unroot you. If you unlocked your bootloader It could brick your phone.
So generally don't take ota updates! You wait for the devs to check them out First and modify them for us.
As far as i Can tell this ota just takes stuff away from us And installs some vzw remote access crap. ( with that on your phone you will have to go back to stock if you just call customer support for help)

piiman said:
Did you unlock your bootloader? If so did you read the BIG WARNING?if not go back and read it. Generally once you root you don't want to give vzw a chance to unroot you. If you unlocked your bootloader It could brick your phone.
So generally don't take ota updates! You wait for the devs to check them out First and modify them for us.
As far as i Can tell this ota just takes stuff away from us And installs some vzw remote access crap. ( with that on your phone you will have to go back to stock if you just call customer support for help)
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The update itself has useful stuff (a new radio which fixes no sim issues), but we have that already and it should just be flashed by itself, imo.

Well got my first no sim with the radio epic fail.. So much for fixing that maybe just a push to get that bootloader relocked
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**super_flasher** said:
Well got my first no sim with the radio epic fail.. So much for fixing that maybe just a push to get that bootloader relocked
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Did you do it via OTA or flashed the radio? I'm hoping you flashed invisiblek's in Odin. That one was actually the wrong version.

Flashed the radio with Odin
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**super_flasher** said:
Flashed the radio with Odin
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Flash the CWM version. invisiblek accidentally bundled the previous radio in the Odin package. Not sure if it's updated yet.

eaglesfan398 said:
Is that what they only do. Or do they brick the phone as well? I'm currently rooted and on stock recovery and don't know if updating will break my phone please help!!!
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Freeze sdm 1.0
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OTA Jellybean update fails

So I'm running into difficulties updating to jellybean.
I'm rooted on stock 4.04,with the bootloader unlocked, and have vodoo ota installed.
When installing the update, it prompts me in cwm to install the untrusted package. So I click ok to continue.
A quarter way through it fails and reboots, then continues to reboot continously after it powers up to the home screen.
What am I doing wrong, what should I disable to install this ota update.
Thanks in advance
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superbrowndude said:
So I'm running into difficulties updating to jellybean.
I'm rooted on stock 4.04,with the bootloader unlocked, and have vodoo ota installed.
When installing the update, it prompts me in cwm to install the untrusted package. So I click ok to continue.
A quarter way through it fails and reboots, then continues to reboot continously after it powers up to the home screen.
What am I doing wrong, what should I disable to install this ota update.
Thanks in advance
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If you have safestrap installed,you need to uninstall it first.

So would safetrap be the equavlant to clock work mod?
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superbrowndude said:
So would safetrap be the equavlant to clock work mod?
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Possibly. If you can live without it temporarily without losing root, give it a try. For the update to work, you need to have your phone "stock" with the exception of being rooted, which you can protect with rootkeeper. Any apps that came stock, need to be there, etc. also make sure that your SU binaries are updated as well.

I tried the temp unroot and tried installing it, but it didn't work. I'll attempt to un install clockwork mod, and temp unroot and try it again.
Would you be able to save me some time and point me in the right direction for removing clockwork mod please
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I better restore all the bloat ware to then
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Damn it, I don't have the Rogers bloat ware any more!
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superbrowndude said:
Damn it, I don't have the Rogers bloat ware any more!
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I'd say this is probably your problem. Always better to use TB, and just freeze the bloatware, but leave it in place.

djousma said:
I'd say this is probably your problem. Always better to use TB, and just freeze the bloatware, but leave it in place.
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You'll need a fresh stock /system from someone on here. Can anyone grab a dd image of their Rogers RAZR HD running .492002?
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That would be awesome if someone could grab that for me, normally I just freeze the bloat ware, this was the first time I un installed it all, fml lol
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Bump for me, or anyone who can do a back up of there rooted jellybean to a xml soni can just flash it.
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Jelly 'beans' rom build 19 question

So I tried installing this last week had trouble and got me on the screen that says something like 'this is non Verizon please take to nearest Verizon store' SOMETHING LIKE THAT, sure you'll know what I'm talking about. And I want to try over but I'm not to sure why that happened. I'm THINKING it was because phone wasn't unlocked. But I'm not to sure if it was locked of unlocked. Is there several reasons that message can come up or is there one main cause, that cause being phone wasn't unlocked??
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SdRasta said:
So I tried installing this last week had trouble and got me on the screen that says something like 'this is non Verizon please take to nearest Verizon store' SOMETHING LIKE THAT, sure you'll know what I'm talking about. And I want to try over but I'm not to sure why that happened. I'm THINKING it was because phone wasn't unlocked. But I'm not to sure if it was locked of unlocked. Is there several reasons that message can come up or is there one main cause, that cause being phone wasn't unlocked??
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Only reason why you saw this prompt is because the bootloader is still locked. Odin flash a stock image then use Casual to root and unlock or use Invisiblek's guide on Rootzwiki to root and unlock via Odin. What root utility did you use to root?
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SlimSnoopOS said:
Only reason why you saw this prompt is because the bootloader is still locked. Odin flash a stock image then use Casual to root and unlock or use Invisiblek's guide on Rootzwiki to root and unlock via Odin. What root utility did you use to root?
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Well I got it unlocked and rooted, so when I do the wipe and factory reset then flash rom it should all be fine right? The factory reset and wipe won't lock the bootloader?
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SdRasta said:
Well I got it unlocked and rooted, so when I do the wipe and factory reset then flash rom it should all be fine right? The factory reset and wipe won't lock the bootloader?
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Correct. It won't lock the bootloader.
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Thanks I got it flashed perfectly
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[Q] GooManager

Is it possible to use goomanager to install TWRP after the device is rooted with cf root?
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Yep. That's the easiest way to do it.
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nitrogen618 said:
Is it possible to use goomanager to install TWRP after the device is rooted with cf root?
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Yes, though having a Nexus device, it'd be good for you to learn fastboot/adb. Comes in handy.

Cool. Thanks guys. I guess is this correct?
1. Cf root
2. Goomanager for twrp
Twrp will stick right? I saw some people needing to flash like 6 times before twrp sticks.
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nitrogen618 said:
Cool. Thanks guys. I guess is this correct?
1. Cf root
2. Goomanager for twrp
Twrp will stick right? I saw some people needing to flash like 6 times before twrp sticks.
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As aznk3vi17 says, go the adb fastboot way. You'll be better off in the long run than using a bunch of easy tools. Sooner or later you're going to get yourself into trouble where they'll come in handy.

nitrogen618 said:
Cool. Thanks guys. I guess is this correct?
1. Cf root
2. Goomanager for twrp
Twrp will stick right? I saw some people needing to flash like 6 times before twrp sticks.
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Yeah but when you download twrp the page go to 403 error.

Thanks guys. I guess I will do it via GooManager.

nitrogen618 said:
Thanks guys. I guess I will do it via GooManager.
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No you won't. The download page doesn't work.

I'll probably do it later then.

IIRC it's been like that for a week or more. Just do the ADB flash. Or use Flashify. That's just as easy as Goo.
Download the Flashify app, download the TWRP recovery img file to your phone and install with flashify from your phone.

nitrogen618 said:
I'll probably do it later then.
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Or just fastboot flash the recovery on. It takes 20 seconds tops.
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http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/hammerhead
I can just download the latest one and flash it with flashify right?
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nitrogen618 said:
http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/hammerhead
I can just download the latest one and flash it with flashify right?
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Correct. As long as you have the img file and not zip.
You'll just go in to your downloads and tap it, install with flashify and you're done. Restart the device in fastboot mode and scroll to recovery to make sure it took.

Is it possible to brick devices this way?
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nitrogen618 said:
Is it possible to brick devices this way?
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Just don't use goo manager to flash roms. It's way too easy to find a rom that is not for your device and flash it. I'll use goo to put on the recovery and then remove it from my phone

nitrogen618 said:
Is it possible to brick devices this way?
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It's possible but not likely. If anything it just won't over write the stock recovery.

when trying to install TWRP with goomanager says 403 error when downloading, why?
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I'm new in Android and i don't know how install fwrp with other method
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Use flashify. That's what I did.
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I don't know do that, how i can do that?I'm very new with Android

For some reason I can't get flashify to work. When I press on the IMG I want to flash it doesn't do anything.
But I also know how to use adb so it's not a huge issue.
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[Q] Unauthorized System?

Hey guys. I just rooted my phone and I installed TWRP and I went to recovery and it said "Unauthorized System" or something like that. I realized that I didn't unlock the bootloader. But how do I put the stock recovery on my phone?
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foton92 said:
Hey guys. I just rooted my phone and I installed TWRP and I went to recovery and it said "Unauthorized System" or something like that. I realized that I didn't unlock the bootloader. But how do I put the stock recovery on my phone?
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If on 4.3 update you can't at this time. Your bricked. If on 4.1.2 need to Odin the 4.1.2 tar and start over.

prdog1 said:
If on 4.3 update you can't at this time. Your bricked. If on 4.1.2 need to Odin the 4.1.2 tar and start over.
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Well luckily I just flashed the recovery and not the whole system. So its just the recovery that's messed up
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foton92 said:
Well luckily I just flashed the recovery and not the whole system. So its just the recovery that's messed up
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Yea. No way to fix until there is an Odin image or some one makes an Odin flashable stock recovery image.

prdog1 said:
Yea. No way to fix until there is an Odin image or some one makes an Odin flashable stock recovery image.
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Thanks bro. That's all the info I need.
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foton92 said:
Thanks bro. That's all the info I need.
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Yea. Lucky you didn't try to downgrade back or unlock. Would have full brick. At least have a phone for now. You are better off than a lot of them on here.