I want to give my brother my Singapore XSP 7.7, one benefit of XSP is OTA upgrades in the event of a future Jelly Bean release. Technically he is not up to the jumping through hoops that most of us take for granted as part and parcel of Android ownership.
I understand that there are considerable and probably unacceptable risks involved in performing a factory reset via either the device itself or via the Android Stock Recovery.
The preferred method seems to be Root/CWM/Wipe.
The problem with this as I understand it, is that OTA will not complete if a custom Recovery is detected.
Is it possible to revert to Android Stock Recovery once CWM has been flashed?
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Yes, it is possible.
If I have time tomorrow I'll whip up a flashable zip to flash android stock recovery from CWM. I can only test on my P6810, but should only need to check the updater-script for the correct partition Dev/block for P6800 model.
I have done this for my SGS 3, so method is proven.
Which model?
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Yes, it is possible.
If I have time tomorrow I'll whip up a flashable zip to flash android stock recovery from CWM. I can only test on my P6810, but should only need to check the updater-script for the correct partition Dev/block for P6800 model.
I have done this for my SGS 3, so method is proven.
Which model?
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Thank you, sorry I should have said it was the GT-P6800.
Your offer is just amazing, I hope this will also be of help to others.
Connect your tab to pc, download odin, tick repartition and flash, it shpuld solve the problem
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long6688 said:
Connect your tab to pc, download odin, tick repartition and flash, it shpuld solve the problem
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NEVER tick re-partition unless you have a correct PIT file. Many Samsung Users that have no idea have bricked their devices this way........
The OP had never indicated he wanted to also lose root, so using Odin will certainly do that.........
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Thank you, sorry I should have said it was the GT-P6800.
Your offer is just amazing, I hope this will also be of help to others.
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Although untested on my device (P6810), this should work for P6800. After flash, reboot recovery to see the change.
If you want to remove root, SuperUser app & BusyBox - flash the Uninstaller immediately BEFORE the stock recovery.
This process will take just a couple of seconds
You can test with this excellent app: Root Validator
No problem, sometimes it's nice to go that extra step when (trying) to be helpful
Let us know how you went.
Cheers,
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SU-BusyBox_Uninstaller.zip
CWM_P6800_Stock_Recovery.zip
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I live in London and my brother in Dublin so my ability to help him troubleshoot is restricted.
My intention is to give him as trouble free an experience as possible. To that end then removing Root is probably prudent. So, thank you again.
long6688 said:
Connect your tab to pc, download odin, tick repartition and flash, it shpuld solve the problem
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Thank you for the suggestion but, on account of my basic knowledge level, messing with partitions scares me.
I don't know what your ps means but I assume it is not intended for me.
No im talking to him, Mod edit
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No problem, sometimes it's nice to go that extra step when (trying) to be helpful
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In preparation, I decided to re-flash with the stock ROM so as to have the o/s like new. I used Mobile Odin Pro for this.
It was beyond my expectation but Mobile Odin Pro also reverted the Recovery to Stock 3e. Leaving just the UnRoot to be done. There are a few Root dependent apps that I want to check out beforehand.
I have archived your files and this will allow me greater freedom for future mods. Not just for my brother's 7.7 but also my own.
The fact that I can change to CWM Recovery and also obtain Root and then return to Stock is very liberating.
Thanks for the heads up on Root Validator.
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If someone could clear this up, that would be awesome!
Do you, or do you not have to manually unlock ur bootloader? Or does it happen automatically root or flash cwm? Cause it seems like it happens automatically but I never had a device that does so. So hopefully someone can clarify before I flash a rom (which I would like to asap)
Also, is cwm recovery in rom manager the same thing as in flashing threw Odin on ur comp. I believe I read you can do both.
So ya. If someone can help. The thank button will be click and will be very much appreciated
Samsung devices come with an unlocked bootloader. You don't need to mess with it. Just root with Odin.
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Samsung devices come with an unlocked bootloader. You don't need to mess with it. Just root with Odin.
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oh i didnt no that. if you couldnt tell this is my first Samsung devices. glad to no i can continue our work
Yep. That's why Samsung devices are awesome lol
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Hi friends,
I'm very new to this forum and I'm not much clear in rooting. I read some threads it is not clear. Because i think my problem is different.
Two days before i upgrade my Samsung i9003 mobile
latest version 2.3.6
Gengerbread.DDLF2
Please help me to Root this version. Because i like to upgrade my i9003 to ICS firmware. Please... Please... Friends help me.
Please give me step by step instructions it would be great help for me and other new user like me.
Thanks in Advance...
If you want to root it use this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1351056 download bagaria.tar cf root then flash it in odin via PDA. Connect your phone to pc (must be in download mode, to do this, while off hold volume down + menu + power)open odin, comport must be color yellow, click PDA then browse bagaria.tar.
marshygeek said:
If you want to root it use this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1351056 download bagaria.tar cf root then flash it in odin via PDA. Connect your phone to pc (must be in download mode, to do this, while off hold volume down + menu + power)open odin, comport must be color yellow, click PDA then browse bagaria.tar.
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You will get wifi error if you do this. Flash bam's kernel if you want root. Anyway if you're new you better read up yourself, or you won't know how to troubleshoot and when something goes wrong you come begging the forum for help,and its not easy to troubleshoot without the device in front of us.
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bscraze said:
You will get wifi error if you do this. Flash bam's kernel if you want root.
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Isn't the WiFi error limited to only XXLE4? I'm on DDLF2, and flashed CF-Root. No problems at all.
kbar1 said:
Isn't the WiFi error limited to only XXLE4? I'm on DDLF2, and flashed CF-Root. No problems at all.
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Well don't think so, see if any errors pop up after a while, if there aren't then good for you
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bscraze said:
Well don't think so, see if any errors pop up after a while, if there aren't then good for you
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It did reboot a couple of times, but I think it had something to do with SuperUser. After updating it and its binaries, no problems. WiFi is working fine.
xda-developer forum really helps me to root
Thanks friends. I didnt get any problem i followed the instruction. It works well...
Thanks developers and users.
My another question is can any one suggest me any theme and softwares that works great for my i9003 ???
bscraze said:
You will get wifi error if you do this. Flash bam's kernel if you want root. Anyway if you're new you better read up yourself, or you won't know how to troubleshoot and when something goes wrong you come begging the forum for help,and its not easy to troubleshoot without the device in front of us.
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But ive done this a hundred times. Just wipe cache and dalvik got no problems on wifi.
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sumesh.gdi said:
Thanks friends. I didnt get any problem i followed the instruction. It works well...
Thanks developers and users.
My another question is can any one suggest me any theme and softwares that works great for my i9003 ???
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Grats to you pal.
I would post this under development, but I need 10 posts to do that. So I hope someone will look here to help me out.
So I got the new update yesterday. I have nothing against the stock rom, But it broke my tethering app. I found a way to root my S3. [GUIDE] Root for Jelly Bean OTA ***UPDATED*** - xda-developers
No problem there. I was looking to install a version of Paranoid Android, But using Goomanager this was not an available rom. (Is there one for the S3) I tried a few other roms and they all looked kind of chunky to me. A few had a flicker effect when you went to the home screen (aokp milestone 1 and bean)
Well now i went the route of http://forums.androidcentral.com/ve...-back-clean-factory-stock-update-10-23-a.html And I am back to Factory fresh rom with an unlocked boot loader. If I were to root the factory rom and leave it what would be the effects in the long run, and is there a costume factory rom (Jelly bean) that would solve my problem...
Thanks
Well first, this shouldn't be posted in development because you're nitty releasing anything. So this Is the right spot.
Second, I'm not sure what you're looking for under original development you'll find the AOKP for us. If you want stock jelly bean that logs like AOSP check out beans build 6
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kintwofan said:
Well first, this shouldn't be posted in development because you're nitty releasing anything. So this Is the right spot.
Second, I'm not sure what you're looking for under original development you'll find the AOKP for us. If you want stock jelly bean that logs like AOSP check out beans build 6
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Well I guess I would have liked to post in the thread that had the information in the first place. The thread is where he explained the rooting procedure that was not working for me. All steps worked except the last one. So I have to try to ask my questions over here.
Second, Now that I am back to stock rom I just wanted to see if anyone could answer my question about rooting and leaving it...
Third... Is there a paranoid android available for S3
Gotcha! Guess I misunderstood where you wanted to post, my bad. Then rooting and leaving it is fine, no long term effect. I run stock rooted all the time...until I get bored. Also, here us the official AOKP
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30456625
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Gotcha! Guess I misunderstood where you wanted to post, my bad. Then rooting and leaving it is fine, no long term effect. I run stock rooted all the time...until I get bored. Also, here us the official AOKP
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30456625
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Thanks for the reply's So what you are saying is I can run stock root until there is another update and the worst that will happen is it will break my root?????
Like I said I like how stock functions, but it broke my tethering app. I am still on the unlimited data plan and spent 700.00 for the S3 so i could stay there. kind of a waste of cash now that Foxfi wont work. If I can root then I can use open garden.
If your into the programing part. When using oden to root what does this do..VRALEC.bootchain.tar and then they have you do this one at the end.VRBLK3_Bootchain.tar
If I get answers for these I do have one more that I will post later....
Thanks again
badge 214 said:
Thanks for the reply's So what you are saying is I can run stock root until there is another update and the worst that will happen is it will break my root?????
Like I said I like how stock functions, but it broke my tethering app. I am still on the unlimited data plan and spent 700.00 for the S3 so i could stay there. kind of a waste of cash now that Foxfi wont work. If I can root then I can use open garden.
If your into the programing part. When using oden to root what does this do..VRALEC.bootchain.tar and then they have you do this one at the end.VRBLK3_Bootchain.tar
If I get answers for these I do have one more that I will post later....
Thanks again
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Yes you can stay stock rooted and if you use voodoo ota keeper you may even keep root after updates.
The reason you have to flash the old insecure boot chain is so you can unlock your boot loader and install recovery, so that you can then root. The only reason you flash the new one at the end is so that to your boot chain matches your ROM. The last party is optional, but it just makes since to have as much matching as possible.
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That is great..now to my last question..(a few more like this and I can post directly to the guys thread)
When doing this step I am using TWRP.
Step 4 - Rooting Your Device and Unlocking Your Bootloader
Quote:
Using your custom recovery flash the download you chose above from Step 1 (#3)
Upon exiting your custom recovery to reboot first time, you will be asked if you want to "Disable recovery flash", you MUST select Yes
After reboot, your ROM will now be fully rooted, have a custom recovery, and/or your bootloader unlocked as well
after flashing SuperSU + Unlocked Bootloader I go to reboot but it does not ask about the Disabling of the recovery flash. Should I be worried or should I maybe flash back the Factory bootloader with ODEN after I am rooted??
Sadly, this seems to be the most active thread for Paranoid Android. Currently that thread's original Dev is MIA and the last build he made was based on 2.54 (current PA is 2.99). Another Dev ported 2.99 but people are reporting issues with it. I ran the 2.54 one for a couple of weeks and it wasn't terrible.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1858298
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badge 214 said:
That is great..now to my last question..(a few more like this and I can post directly to the guys thread)
When doing this step I am using TWRP.
Step 4 - Rooting Your Device and Unlocking Your Bootloader
Quote:
Using your custom recovery flash the download you chose above from Step 1 (#3)
Upon exiting your custom recovery to reboot first time, you will be asked if you want to "Disable recovery flash", you MUST select Yes
After reboot, your ROM will now be fully rooted, have a custom recovery, and/or your bootloader unlocked as well
after flashing SuperSU + Unlocked Bootloader I go to reboot but it does not ask about the Disabling of the recovery flash. Should I be worried or should I maybe flash back the Factory bootloader with ODEN after I am rooted??
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I'm not sure if twp had that option. If you can reboot into recovery after booting up your phone you're good
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kintwofan said:
I'm not sure if twp had that option. If you can reboot into recovery after booting up your phone you're good
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I guess if I root again I will try clockworkmod......
KK..like i posted before, i rooted my note using the first method. Thats is i flash a root injected ics european stock rom because i just wanted root and didnt want my count to go up. Now i want to update to jellybean via OTA. Will i loose my root? if i loose my root it means i have to use cwm recovery method, i dont want that. and there is no root injected jellybean stock rom. so please can someone tell me how to go about it? thanks
If you're rooted you can't update OTA. Simplest thing would be to install the stock rom using PC Odin and reroot using Chainfire's Exynos Abuse or just flash the rom on Mobile and Odin with root injection.
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pjfriend said:
If you're rooted you can't update OTA. Simplest thing would be to install the stock rom using PC Odin and reroot using Chainfire's Exynos Abuse or just flash the rom on Mobile and Odin with root injection.
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how do I do that
I suppose 3 things.
1) Search. If that's your response you don't know enough about what the risks are. Just use google. The forum isn't here to do your work for you.
2) Read. A lot. For the same reason.
3) Try saying please.
I don't want to sound like an arse but all the information you need is right here and is easy to find. It's rude to expect it of others when you can't be bothered yourself.
The thread you should start with though is probably http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2050297
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pjfriend said:
I suppose 3 things.
1) Search. If that's your response you don't know enough about what the risks are. Just use google. The forum isn't here to do your work for you.
2) Read. A lot. For the same reason.
3) Try saying please.
I don't want to sound like an arse but all the information you need is right here and is easy to find. It's rude to expect it of others when you can't be bothered yourself.
The thread you should start with though is probably http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2050297
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thanks for the response even though you sound so hash.
Hi guys,
my rooted 4.2.2 rom'd gs3 has a finicky usb port and will not charge. I need to return the phone for a warranty exchange, but is there a way I can do that when the usb port is damaged and is not recognized by the pc? thanks for the help, it is greatly appreciated!
Have you tried mobile odin app.
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amotamatapia said:
Hi guys,
my rooted 4.2.2 rom'd gs3 has a finicky usb port and will not charge. I need to return the phone for a warranty exchange, but is there a way I can do that when the usb port is damaged and is not recognized by the pc? thanks for the help, it is greatly appreciated!
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1. Mobile odin, however I've personally never used it. There are probably guides out there somewhere how to return the phone to stock.
2. You may still be under samsung's warranty period, they don't care if your phone is rooted and will fix hardware problems. They will flash the most recent stock rom and firmware they have to your phone so you'd have to re root it.
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I have not tried the mobile odin app (did not know it existed). I will try that and post back results in a little while. Thanks everyone
Its pretty straight forward. It does cost you a few bucks but its always nice to have and support a great developer.
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I downloaded the 1.2gb file which was supposed to flash the stock ROM and lock the boot loader, but all it did was wipe my current ROM? Can anyone help me understand what I did wrong? Thanks again! I used the mobile Odin app and it all seemed OK ...md5 sum was good too
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Its pretty straight forward. It does cost you a few bucks but its always nice to have and support a great developer.
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Posted above this the issues I'm having. Thanks for your help
What exactly do you mean wiped your current rom. Does it boot, you get anything to happen or just blank.
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amotamatapia said:
I downloaded the 1.2gb file which was supposed to flash the stock ROM and lock the boot loader, but all it did was wipe my current ROM? Can anyone help me understand what I did wrong? Thanks again! I used the mobile Odin app and it all seemed OK ...md5 sum was good too
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What guide did you follow? You could've done a number of things wrong, try to boot into recovery or download mode to see if you're hardbricked.
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BadUsername said:
What guide did you follow? You could've done a number of things wrong, try to boot into recovery to see if you're hardbricked.
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Looks like I cannot boot into recovery. Download mode is fine. .the phone just boots into the 4.2.2 ROM I had. I was using this guide to revert back to stock
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762709
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What exactly do you mean wiped your current rom. Does it boot, you get anything to happen or just blank.
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It did a data wipe of the ROM I currently had
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It did a data wipe of the ROM I currently had
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Ok I read your post from earlier. What file did you try to flash. Was the old 4.1.1 or one of the newer 4.1.2 img files
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Ok I read your post from earlier. What file did you try to flash. Was the old 4.1.1 or one of the newer 4.1.2 img files
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it was this one: COMBINATION_I535VRBLK3_I535VZWBLK3_381038_REV09_u ser_low_ship_NOWIPE_FIXED.tar.md5
which is 4.1.1 i believe
amotamatapia said:
it was this one: COMBINATION_I535VRBLK3_I535VZWBLK3_381038_REV09_u ser_low_ship_NOWIPE_FIXED.tar.md5
which is 4.1.1 i believe
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Correct it is the 4.1.1 img. I am away from my home computer but I think that might have been the wrong file since you want to go back to stock. I will try to search the thread for the file I used during my training
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amotamatapia said:
it was this one: COMBINATION_I535VRBLK3_I535VZWBLK3_381038_REV09_u ser_low_ship_NOWIPE_FIXED.tar.md5
which is 4.1.1 i believe
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The link below should take you to the mb1 file. This will wipe everything and should take you back to stock 4.1.2. I have not done this method in a while so if something borks im sorry for mentioning it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=
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Correct it is the 4.1.1 img. I am away from my home computer but I think that might have been the wrong file since you want to go back to stock. I will try to search the thread for the file I used during my training
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The link below should take you to the mb1 file. This will wipe everything and should take you back to stock 4.1.2. I have not done this method in a while so if something borks im sorry for mentioning it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=
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Thanks for your help I was able to get a usb connection enough and I used Odin on my laptop. The only problem I have now is that the custom unblock symbol appears when I boot up the phone. Any idea how to remove that now that root is gone? Ignore the following words...my phone won't let me edit them out. Thanks again.
Edit: it looks like the file I used was a 4.0.4 image. For return purposes is it fine if it's the older version? There should be no signs of root now. I'll keep checking for updates though
amotamatapia said:
Thanks for your help I was able to get a usb connection enough and I used Odin on my laptop. The only problem I have now is that the custom unblock symbol appears when I boot up the phone. Any idea how to remove that now that root is gone? Ignore the following words...my phone won't let me edit them out. Thanks again.
Edit: it looks like the file I used was a 4.0.4 image. For return purposes is it fine if it's the older version? There should be no signs of root now. I'll keep checking for updates though
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You should be able to go into settings and factory reset your phone and then try taking the ota.
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You should be able to go into settings and factory reset your phone and then try taking the ota.
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Thanks for your help throughout this process. I definitely was pretty frazzled at the whole thing !
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You should be able to go into settings and factory reset your phone and then try taking the ota.
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Phone isn't wanting to update the android version...should I be worried for warranty exchange periodpurposes?
amotamatapia said:
Phone isn't wanting to update the android version...should I be worried for warranty exchange periodpurposes?
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I would, if you have an ics rom they will be able to tell something is off. It should accept an OTA update. If you can odin again, use the vrblk3 image and accept the ota to vrbmb1. It may not be updating due to to the jump from ics to the most recent base. That will make sure you're completely back to stock, with a locked bootloader, and a stock recovery.
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I would, if you have an ics rom they will be able to tell something is off. It should accept an OTA update. If you can odin again, use the vrblk3 image and accept the ota to vrbmb1. It may not be updating due to to the jump from ics to the most recent base. That will make sure you're completely back to stock, with a locked bootloader, and a stock recovery.
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I can only find 4.1.1 files...and the link posted earlier in the thread doesn't work. Any idea where to find a 4.1.2 version?