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JB on Samsung s3

Hi.
I'm a new membr to XDA, not ANdroid, I've had my Samsung s3 since it came out. I want to upgrade to Jellybean. I Have Odin, and I have the JB file to Flash. I'm blind, so I'm not sure what the best way of doing this is. Odin is accessible, but entering download mode might be a problem because there would be no speach unless there was vibration feedback. Also, how do I unlock the bootloader? I'm using a PC. Can I just use Odin to unlock it? Thanks for the help in advance.:fingers-crossed:

I would read up on it. But if you want easy just wait (sources say maybe Friday) for the ota. It will be coming soon.

droidx2.3.3 said:
I would read up on it. But if you want easy just wait (sources say maybe Friday) for the ota. It will be coming soon.
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Well, I could, But I don't mind hard. I like challenges. LOL.

Read section 2 of Droidstyle's guide in the development section. In section two of that guide, you will find everything you need to root, unlock, and install a custom recovery in order to flash a JB rom.
Wait and I do apologize. I'm not sure how best to help you if you do in fact have a visual handicap. I'm honestly not aware of a way to go forward and not cause any issues.
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Help choosing a rom?

Finally decided to try a custom rom, I'm tired of waiting for verizon to update the S3 to Premium Suite Upgrade.
Is there any roms out there that are stable and have the multi window function, I'm not looking for anything fancy just simple but that includes all the features that were left iut with the 4.1.2 update.
If youccould point me to the right direction I'd appreciate it
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please do some research and read. there are probably more than 5 of the roms that meet your criteria in the development section.
you need to try roms and read and see what meets your needs. there are guides and similar threads all over this forum.
there are some small features in some that arent available in others that will make people want certain roms.
put a little effort in, itll serve you well. its obvious youve put in 0% effort.

I was just hoping for some examples from users who have had experience.
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the threads of teh roms are filled with experiences, opinions and impressions. what more do you really want?
I mean, the titles of the roms and original posts have all the information youd really ever need.
we see these threads daily and they get closed. theres a wealth of info here. dig in.
5-7 posts down from this.....theres a 30 page thread dedicated to limiting posts like this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2030478

OK I will suggest the 3 best ROMs IMO to you; Synergy, MOAR & Hyperdrive. They all have the multi window and are fast with many mods.
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fassy100 said:
Finally decided to try a custom rom, I'm tired of waiting for verizon to update the S3 to Premium Suite Upgrade.
Is there any roms out there that are stable and have the multi window function, I'm not looking for anything fancy just simple but that includes all the features that were left iut with the 4.1.2 update.
If youccould point me to the right direction I'd appreciate it
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I wont respond with a jerk answer. Bro try synergy rom, hyperdrive rom, or beanstown rom. Im personally drawn to using any rom by deviant. Sons of android, deviant one, there's a couple. Not to mention the support in the threads are great. I recently tried synergy. Great rom, and great support aswell. Synergy is very very stable. Just make sure u read the o.p. prior to flashing anything. Don't forget to unlock your bootloader.
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Thanks I appreciate it bro, I think ill give synergy a try but I'm kinda confused about rooting and unlocking the boot loader on my phone, which one do I do first to I root first or unlock the bootloader and do you know any method of doing both that are up to date and will work with 4.1.2?, I hate to bug but I'd appreciate it if you couod help me with this
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fassy100 said:
Thanks I appreciate it bro, I think ill give synergy a try but I'm kinda confused about rooting and unlocking the boot loader on my phone, which one do I do first to I root first or unlock the bootloader and do you know any method of doing both that are up to date and will work with 4.1.2?, I hate to bug but I'd appreciate it if you couod help me with this
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Using the search function will get you what you are looking for.

PaulG1488 said:
Using the search function will get you what you are looking for.
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I did but most if those root methods are for jellybean 4.1.1 I'm on 4.1.2.
You took the time to type back couldn't you have just said what I have to do first.
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fassy100 said:
I did but most if those root methods are for jellybean 4.1.1 I'm on 4.1.2.
You took the time to type back couldn't you have just said what I have to do first.
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No instead of you half assing your search and wanting to be spoon fed you could have easily found it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2046439
Not hard at all now was it.

That is because your question is asked and answered hundreds of times a week. It gets very repetaive.
Doing a google search for "4.1.2 root sch-i535" will give you plenty of results. Dont limit yourself to xda, check youtube and other sites as well. I spent a month on and off reserching methods and reading user errors before I rooted, unlocked and flashed. That is excessive but I wanted to minimize and fix any errors thst might come my way.
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There is no substitute for reading about the software you are about to alter your $700 device with.

Get the AT&T Atrix on JB Leak and then PA 3.99 RC-2

Hey all. I was looking yesterday, and I couldn't find a good guide on how to install the JB Leak onto the AT&T atrix 2. I wanted this because I wanted to install PA 3.99 RC-2. I tried flashing it, but got on a black screen. Thanks!

Tanmaynarang said:
Hey all. I was looking yesterday, and I couldn't find a good guide on how to install the JB Leak onto the AT&T atrix 2. I wanted this because I wanted to install PA 3.99 RC-2. I tried flashing it, but got on a black screen. Thanks!
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You didn't find a guide on installing JB leaks on AT&T phones because you can't flash the JB leaks on AT&T phones.
I'm not sure which PA you're referring to, but there could be several things causing your issues. Provide some more details like how are you flashing it, which recovery, which system are you flashing it to, what size partitions did you set up, etc, to help us help you get it working correctly. :thumbup:
If I had a dollar for every time I said that, I'd be making money in a very weird way.

1BadWolf said:
You didn't find a guide on installing JB leaks on AT&T phones because you can't flash the JB leaks on AT&T phones.
I'm not sure which PA you're referring to, but there could be several things causing your issues. Provide some more details like how are you flashing it, which recovery, which system are you flashing it to, what size partitions did you set up, etc, to help us help you get it working correctly. :thumbup:
If I had a dollar for every time I said that, I'd be making money in a very weird way.
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Okay, so is there a different way I could flash PA? All the things I've seen require me to be on the jb leak ;_;
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Also, I'm kinda a noob on the partitions. I'm talking about paranoid android 3.99-rc2. And I want yo flash it with BMM
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Tanmaynarang said:
Okay, so is there a different way I could flash PA? All the things I've seen require me to be on the jb leak ;_;
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I don't know where you read that. Do you have any links to this information?
Tanmaynarang said:
Also, I'm kinda a noob on the partitions. I'm talking about paranoid android 3.99-rc2. And I want yo flash it with BMM
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There's a thread for BMM in the general section. It explains all of that.
If I had a dollar for every time I said that, I'd be making money in a very weird way.

What thread? I can't find it. Sorry, I'm kinda new to the Motorola section :<
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Never mind! Got it :dddddddd

[Q] Help Flashing a ROM

Hi All,
I am looking for help on flashing a new ROM (probably a recent version of CM) to my SG3 I535 running Android 4.4.2. I was able to root it using towelrot and ended up soft bricking it when I tried to use ROM manager to reboot the phone into recovery. I then used Odin to flash back to stock.
This is where I am now stuck. My research shows that maybe I need to unlock the boot loader? But am unsure if that is actually my next step or how to get there. Any help or a guide in the right direction would be greatly appreciated?
Thanks in advance!

westgoingeast said:
Hi All,
I am looking for help on flashing a new ROM (probably a recent version of CM) to my SG3 I535 running Android 4.4.2. I was able to root it using towelrot and ended up soft bricking it when I tried to use ROM manager to reboot the phone into recovery. I then used Odin to flash back to stock.
This is where I am now stuck. My research shows that maybe I need to unlock the boot loader? But am unsure if that is actually my next step or how to get there. Any help or a guide in the right direction would be greatly appreciated?
Thanks in advance!
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With being on NE1 4.4.2 you can't flash a custom recovery other than safestrap. Your lucky you didn't hard brick it trying to flash a recovery with rom manager. You can't unlock the bootloader at this point, that was last available on 4.1.2 and it is no longer an option

ShapesBlue said:
With being on NE1 4.4.2 you can't flash a custom recovery other than safestrap. Your lucky you didn't hard brick it trying to flash a recovery with rom manager. You can't unlock the bootloader at this point, that was last available on 4.1.2 and it is no longer an option
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I feel like you've had to answer this same (or similar) question about a hundred times in this forum...
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XdrummerXboy said:
I feel like you've had to answer this same (or similar) question about a hundred times in this forum...
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Me, landshark68, BadUsername and SlimSnoopOS. We all pretty much answer the same questions daily lol
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Help Flashing a ROM contd.
Yeah sorry about that. I navigated the forums for days before I finally broke down and made a post. I'm a noob and there is just such a steep learning curve that maybe I saw the information I needed but it wasn't dumbed down to where I recognized it.
Anywho, I was checking Up on what you said about safestrap. And I ended up @ Has-of codes safestrap wordpress blog and I could not find a download for the VZW SG3 so is that also out of the question then or am I missing something?

westgoingeast said:
Yeah sorry about that. I navigated the forums for days before I finally broke down and made a post. I'm a noob and there is just such a steep learning curve that maybe I saw the information I needed but it wasn't dumbed down to where I recognized it.
Anywho, I was checking Up on what you said about safestrap. And I ended up @ Has-of codes safestrap wordpress blog and I could not find a download for the VZW SG3 so is that also out of the question then or am I missing something?
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Here's what you need
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2797314
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westgoingeast said:
Yeah sorry about that. I navigated the forums for days before I finally broke down and made a post. I'm a noob and there is just such a steep learning curve that maybe I saw the information I needed but it wasn't dumbed down to where I recognized it.
Anywho, I was checking Up on what you said about safestrap. And I ended up @ Has-of codes safestrap wordpress blog and I could not find a download for the VZW SG3 so is that also out of the question then or am I missing something?
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Yeah I understand what you mean. I suppose I have been a member for a couple years but still consider myself a noob when it comes to many things.
I apologize if I came off like a pr*ck, wasn't my intention.
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XdrummerXboy said:
Yeah I understand what you mean. I suppose I have been a member for a couple years but still consider myself a noob when it comes to many things.
I apologize if I came off like a pr*ck, wasn't my intention.
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Believe it or not a lot of the stuff I know has been both from the help of others and a ton of reading. I don't know everything myself. Being on here for years doesn't always mean a lot either
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[Solved] Is it safe to update Atrix 2 (Asia version) to Jelly Bean

Hello Experts,
This is sktneer from India. I am Forum Guru in reputed ExcelForum (excelforumdotcom).
But I do not know anything about the back end applications used in phones except the basic functionality of my phone, currently using Motorola Atrix 2 MB865 (Asia version).
I would request you experts to guide and assist me to resolve the issues I am having with my phone.
My phone is very slow and I have tried almost all the methods I found over internet to get rid of this but all my efforts have gone in vain.
Recently over internet I found that some users having the same problem claimed that their issue was resolved by updating their Atrix 2 to Jelly Bean with unofficial leak 3.
To be very frank, this was completely new thing to me and I was not even aware of the terminology used in this scenario.
My Questions:
1) Is rooting is required for this kind of updaing? If yes, please guide me that how can I root my device?
2) What are the correct steps for updating my device with such leaks? Because when I googled this I just found few links for downloading but as I told you that I am completely novice and not familiar with the terminology used, so couldn't get the correct steps to be followed.
3) My last question is, is it possible to install ICS back if I face issues with JB on my device?
I know that I have asked too much and certainly you experts don't expect a complete novice in the forum but I hope that you will bear with me.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

sktneer said:
Hello ......
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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It is absolutely safe to install jb leak on Indian atrix 2 (I am using the same on my phone)
Rooting is not required for this process.
Use this link for complete procedure
and this is the link for downloading jb leak 3
Use the jb leak 3 instead of stock rom (leak) that is given in that procedure

sameerm02 said:
It is absolutely safe to install jb leak on Indian atrix 2 (I am using the same on my phone)
Rooting is not required for this process.
Use this link for complete procedure
and this is the link for downloading jb leak 3
Use the jb leak 3 instead of stock rom (leak) that is given in that procedure
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Thanks Sameer!
I really appreciate your help.
I visited the link you provided and one thing is not clear to me. Would you please guide me that how to follow that......
In the link OP stated something like this....
"Once the whole process is over, you'll get a little sign saying that it passed. This means that your ROM has been flashed. Note- do NOT remove your phone/ let your phone or computer switch off. You do not want to go there. Make sure everything has enough charge.
Now... This step is very important... Reeboot your phone and..... You're done! That's it! Your phone now runs official(kinda) Jelly Bean(4.1)!"
Does this mean that when the process of updating is finished, the phone will be switched off automatically and I will have to reboot the phone when it is still connected to the pc as I normally switch on my phone by pressing the power button?
I am sorry if I have asked something silly but I need your guidance.

Hi Sameer,
One more query. Do I need to remove my memory card and SIM before updating also?
Thanks.

Reporting back the progress:
So finally I have updated my device successfully and noticed some changes and I will need your approval whether these changes are normal or if not, how to correct them.
1) The model number of the phone is showing ME865 now instead of MB865 (my old mode before update). Is this correct?
2) The new android version is 4.1.2. Is this the correct version which belongs to leak3?
3) When I called first after updating, the call was not connected and I got a Chinese voice message.
4) I can still see Chinese language here and there, though I changed it to English.
Please let me know if I have done it correctly or do I need to follow some more steps to completely make it to function properly?
Somebody please reply.

All is correct, no Worries,

sameerm02 said:
All is correct, no Worries,
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Thanks Sameer. You helped me a lot. I really appreciate that.
I have few more questions for you, please reply if you can....
1) The latest version of Jelly Bean is 4.3. So is it possible to update to the latest version?
2) Can I re-install the JB update using the same method again, if any issue with the device?
3) If I factory reset the device, will the android version be changed to ICS again?
Sorry for bothering you.
Thanks again for all your support.

1.Yes it is!
2. Yes you can!
3. No. Your phone will only stay at the rom you flashed.
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Ricokowalski said:
1.Yes it is!
2. Yes you can!
3. No. Your phone will only stay at the rom you flashed.
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Thank you so much for your reply.
If you have any link with clear instructions for how to update to 4.3, please share that link with me.
Thanks again.

In fact i have never flashed 4.3 before. But i had 4.2 & kk roms flashed succesfully, and i'm using KK(cm11) right now. You can search the Atrix2 Android Development section for some threads of instructions on how to flash a 4.3 rom.
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Ricokowalski said:
In fact i have never flashed 4.3 before. But i had 4.2 & kk roms flashed succesfully, and i'm using KK(cm11) right now. You can search the Atrix2 Android Development section for some threads of instructions on how to flash a 4.3 rom.
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Hi Ricokowalski,
Nothing is better if there is any possibility of using KK.
Do you have any link with clear instructions to a beginner for how to do that, keeping in mind that I have already used JB leak 3 using RSD Lite? I will appreciate any help in this regards.
Moreover why I see this line in your message "Sent from my MB865 using XDA Free mobile app" because after updating my device shows ME865 instead of MB865 but yours is still showing MB865?
Thanks once again for your reply.

Firstly you need to get your phone rooted. Then you have to install a cunstom recovery. Most roms support the BMM(Boot Menu Manager) custom recovery. You can also install multiple Roms by BMM.
If the BMM runs normally on yoir phone, i think it is possible to flash roms.
You can access the BMM instructions here↓
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49231803
I think that should be enough for a beginner to use BMM fluently.
And about the device name, i think it is because the build.prop file changed because of the JB leak you flashed. So your device name is changed too.
However i have noticed that some Roms had stated that people should flash them on stock ICS rom and i wonder if it is also safe to flash on JB leak. Afterall, it is dangerous to flash a custom rom.
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Ricokowalski said:
However i have noticed that some Roms had stated that people should flash them on stock ICS rom and i wonder if it is also safe to flash on JB leak. Afterall, it is dangerous to flash a custom rom.
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That some roms are, non kexec 4.2.2 roms only !! (These non kexec rom needs stock ICS rom as ur primary rom)
All kitkat roms are kexec roms which can be flashed with BMM whether you have jb leak installed or stock ICS installed as ur primary ROM (system 1)
And its not dangerous to flash a custom rom

sameerm02 said:
That some roms are, non kexec 4.2.2 roms only !! (These non kexec rom needs stock ICS rom as ur primary rom)
All kitkat roms are kexec roms which can be flashed with BMM whether you have jb leak installed or stock ICS installed as ur primary ROM (system 1)
And its not dangerous to flash a custom rom
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Nice to see your reply Sameer.
I updated to the JB leak3 with the help of the link you provided and I really appreciate your help since a beginner like me could update using RSD Lite and the leak file without knowing abcd of the whole story.
I would really appreciate if you can provide any further assistance in order to update to kitkat using RSD Lite since I am aware of the process of update using this method.
So can I do the same to update to kitkat using the same method?
If so, can you please assist me in doing so.
As you know my device is now on JB leak 3, will I be able to continue from here to kitkat?
Any further help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

sktneer said:
Any further help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
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I am not being rude, But before creating any new thread, please read other threads !!
There are so many similar threads about this !!
Please refer them
BMM help video tutorial

sameerm02 said:
I am not being rude, But before creating any new thread, please read other threads !!
There are so many similar threads about this !!
Please refer them
BMM help video tutorial
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No Sameer. Probably you mistaken me. I know that there might be threads addressing the same issue, but being a novice I cannot decide myself that which one to follow and that's why I requested you to help me to decide about the right method since I trust you. As I am not still clear that is installing BMM necessary for updating to kitkat or can't it be done using RSD Lite as I previously did with JB leak 3?
And don't worry, you are not being rude at all as I can understand this because I am also a forum guru and I know the feeling when OP asks more and then either I don't have time to reply or I am not willing to reply. So never mind. I will try and see if I can find something useful myself.
Thanks for all your support so far. :good:
Take Care.

Get it！ Thanks for your correction
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What correction?