Can We Flash Radios? - Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III

I had an HTC phone and I could flash radios. Can the same be done with the S3?
Note that the bootloader is unlocked.
And if so, does anyone know where I can get the latest radio from the I535VRUCML1 update?
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RBarnett09 said:
I had an HTC phone and I could flash radios. Can the same be done with the S3?
Note that the bootloader is unlocked.
And if so, does anyone know where I can get the latest radio from the I535VRUCML1 update?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1788313
Read the entire op.
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BadUsername said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1788313
Read the entire op.
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Now I'm confused.
It says to not flash anything but then gives links to them and recommends to flash one. :what:
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RBarnett09 said:
Now I'm confused.
It says to not flash anything but then gives links to them and recommends to flash one. :what:
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Definitely doesn't say that.
It says do not flash an ml1 firmware package. He says specifically to flash the latest mf1 firmware package, then flash the ml1 radio only. It's a little confusing, so make sure you understand it before you flash anything.
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BadUsername said:
Definitely doesn't say that.
It says do not flash an ml1 firmware package. He says specifically to flash the latest mf1 firmware package, then flash the ml1 radio only. It's a little confusing, so make sure you understand it before you flash anything.
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So right now I'm rooted with BMB1.
Basically flash the MF1 radio and then flash the ML1 radio, rather than just jumping from BMB1 straight into ML1?
Sorry man, I'm just still confused on what it's saying.
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This is my comprehension...
I'm on MB1 still.
So I must go here and flash MF1 for D2VZW:
http://invisiblek.org/d2firmware.html
Then go here: http://invisiblek.org/sch-i535/modems/d2vzw_ML1_modem.zip
and the ML1 radio should start downloading... then flash it?
Both of these are good to flash in recovery without any wipes.
Is this correct? Lol.
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RBarnett09 said:
This is my comprehension...
I'm on MB1 still.
So I must go here and flash MF1 for D2VZW:
http://invisiblek.org/d2firmware.html
Then go here:
and the ML1 radio should start downloading... then flash it?
Both of these are good to flash in recovery without any wipes.
Is this correct? Lol.
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Perfect, exactly right.
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BadUsername said:
Perfect, exactly right.
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Dude, you're awesome.
Thank you.
Sorry for the bad comprehension.
My brain is drained and junk.
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BadUsername said:
Perfect, exactly right.
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It doesn't matter what ROM I'm on while flashing either of these files does it?
I'm currently on LiquidSmooth 3.0 nightly... android 4.4.
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RBarnett09 said:
It doesn't matter what ROM I'm on while flashing either of these files does it?
I'm currently on LiquidSmooth 3.0 nightly... android 4.4.
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As long as the rom is kit kat based then you are fine.

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Lost root?

I haven't taken any ota's, and out of nowhere I don't have root. I tried updating binaries through supersu, but utility says installation failed. Help?
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Reroot it then...
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x714x said:
Reroot it then...
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Thank u captain obvious, let me clarify, I want to know what may have caused it and if anyone else had this happen, I re rooted but if I flash a jb Rom and it happens again I don't want to be stuck unrooted
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chupafaros said:
Thank u captain obvious
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That made me lol.
Sorry I know I'm not helping at all, but really, that made my day.
More information. What ROM, do you have a custom recovery? If you have stock recovery then the ota def updated itself. If your stock rooted then it will do that without asking
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I'm stock rooted, but I had flashed twrp recovery
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Repeat the rooting process again.

flashing question

im now comming from v. 4.1.1 stock and was wondering if theirs something i have to do differently. i was reading http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762709
do i have to flash the 4.0.4 one, or can i flash the pre rooted version. and then i follow steps 8-12 in s.12?
???
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Ummm you don't have a question here??? what are you attempting to do?
I would use this one.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2046439
I used that one and it wouldn't flash cwm after flashing the boot chain. I just odined back to stock ICS, rooted and unlocked, then flashed cleanrom 5.5.1 same thing lol or you can even flash the stock jellybean ROM floating somewhere around here
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cell128 said:
I used that one and it wouldn't flash cwm after flashing the boot chain. I just odined back to stock ICS, rooted and unlocked, then flashed cleanrom 5.5.1 same thing lol or you can even flash the stock jellybean ROM floating somewhere around here
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It works fine and you can run JB rom over ICS firmware but you don't have all the updates to the 15 or so partitions that you don't see. lol
prdog1 said:
It works fine and you can run JB rom over ICS firmware but you don't have all the updates to the 15 or so partitions that you don't see. lol
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Isn't that the purpose of the rpm file?
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cell128 said:
Isn't that the purpose of the rpm file?
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RPM is really the only partition that we can pull and fllash like that. There are several other partitons that are hidden. Don't even see them when you Odin. There are partitions inside of the main partitions like the ones where IEMI are stored.
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RPM is really the only partition that we can pull and fllash like that. There are several other partitons that are hidden. Don't even see them when you Odin. There are partitions inside of the main partitions like the ones where IEMI are stored.
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Has there been any talk about the benefits to having those updated JB partitions?
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SlimSnoopOS said:
Has there been any talk about the benefits to having those updated JB partitions?
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I have no clue. Depends what they change. And nobody knows what is tied to what. I always update all the firmware when OS changes or there is a major change such as adding Global. A 400 MB update there is more than just a rom upgrade.
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I have no clue. Depends what they change. And nobody knows what is tied to what. I always update all the firmware when OS changes or there is a major change such as adding Global. A 400 MB update there is more than just a rom upgrade.
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Great point lol you have me thinking if I should OTA update just because now.
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SlimSnoopOS said:
Great point lol you have me thinking if I should OTA update just because now.
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Droidstyle seems to think using the full wipe version fixes some of the the problems. I have noticed a drop in the media scan after flashing the full wipe myself.

Unroot i535

I looked the these threads I could not find guide how to unroot i535 verizon 4.1.2 back to stock. I found old guide uses 4.0.4 unroot. That works that way?
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Grab the stock firmware and odin flash.
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There isn't any guide to unroot you just flash an unrooted stock ROM via Odin and that is it.
http://www.jayceooi.com/2012/06/22/how-to-install-firmware-on-samsung-galaxy-s3-with-odin-video/
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ramdesai said:
http://www.jayceooi.com/2012/06/22/how-to-install-firmware-on-samsung-galaxy-s3-with-odin-video/
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Do not follow this, you will brick your device this leads you the international firmwares.
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ramdesai said:
http://www.jayceooi.com/2012/06/22/how-to-install-firmware-on-samsung-galaxy-s3-with-odin-video/
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Did you watch the video to see if it is for Verizon version of the S 3?
Use the verizon stock firmware instead of the international one and flash using odin as mentioned in the link.
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Well, where do I find the Stock Image File for 4.1.2 Verizon?
LeonKnight12 said:
Well, where do I find the Stock Image File for 4.1.2 Verizon?
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http://samsung-updates.com/tag/firmware/
You will have to flash 4.1.1 and get the OTA.
jmxc23 said:
http://samsung-updates.com/tag/firmware/
You will have to flash 4.1.1 and get the OTA.
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Ok, I check my phone in setting and click about device. My phone is on I535VRALG1 any of these leak will brick my phone? I wanted to make sure this process works for me. Those version are different than my device version.
Leaks don't brick phones people do.
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Ok, I check my phone in setting and click about device. My phone is on I535VRALG1 any of these leak will brick my phone? I wanted to make sure this process works for me. Those version are different than my device version.
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Official VRBLK3 4.1.1- http://hotfile.com/dl/182822657/9f67...p.tar.md5.html
Official VRALG1 4.0.4- http://goo.im/devs/invisiblek/i535/C...w_ship.tar.zip(The first OTA that rolled out and will need to be unzipped to extract the .tar file)
Please go through the below:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762709
Go to Section 5 Step 2.
I successfully got my phone back to stock. I was so scared if I could brick my phone I gonna have my hair pulled! Succes!
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LeonKnight12: Which method did you use for your successful restore?

Camera fail fix

How do I tell which bootloader I have? Recently I flashed CleanROM 7 from CleanROM 6.0 R2. After finding some glitches I decided to flash back.
Upon going back, now my camera says "Camera Fail" when I try to open it.
I've searched and tried all the recommendations. One that I found suggests trying a previous bootloader.
How would I go about this?
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eersfanpilot said:
How do I tell which bootloader I have? Recently I flashed CleanROM 7 from CleanROM 6.0 R2. After finding some glitches I decided to flash back.
Upon going back, now my camera says "Camera Fail" when I try to open it.
I've searched and tried all the recommendations. One that I found suggests trying a previous bootloader.
How would I go about this?
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For education purposes, the bootloader is not your problem. There's only two bootloaders to have, unlocked and locked. You need an unlocked bootloader to use custom roms on this device. You want a locked bootloader when you are using a Verizon official, bloated stock rom.
What you want is the modem firmware or just plain "firmware." You can flash in recovery the VRBMB1 firmware zip and see if this helps you. Visually, you'll see a change in Settings/About Phone/Baseband.
I thought that sounded strange. I'll try going back to the previous modem and RPM package and if that helps. Thanks
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Ok, I'm on MF1 still from flashing CR7. That link you included does mention cameras breaking going from MB1 to MF1. I'll find MB1 and see if that fixes it.
Thanks again!
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eersfanpilot said:
Ok, I'm on MF1 still from flashing CR7. That link you included does mention cameras breaking going from MB1 to MF1. I'll find MB1 and see if that fixes it.
Thanks again!
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Don't thank me until your issues resolved lol
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SlimSnoopOS said:
Don't thank me until your issues resolved lol
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That did it! Thanks. Camera is back online. Seems it didn't like going from MB1 to MF1??
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eersfanpilot said:
That did it! Thanks. Camera is back online. Seems it didn't like going from MB1 to MF1??
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Yea, Samsung implemented some change in the kernel for VRBMF1 that automatically checks for the trust zone or something to that effect. The trust zone is included with the VRBMF1 firmware so downgrading to a VRBMB1 rom will cause the camera to fail instantly. Basically, Mastamoon and Invisiblek figured out what the issue was and boom, happy community. There are some people who still have issues after this but one less person helps out.
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Great work by all for finding this fix. That's why I rely on XDA!
SlimSnoopOS said:
Yea, Samsung implemented some change in the kernel for VRBMF1 that automatically checks for the trust zone or something to that effect. The trust zone is included with the VRBMF1 firmware so downgrading to a VRBMB1 rom will cause the camera to fail instantly. Basically, Mastamoon and Invisiblek figured out what the issue was and boom, happy community. There are some people who still have issues after this but one less person helps out.
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[Q] need help with updating the bootloader

ive been looking around for information about updating the bootloader in my S3....its unlocked but it doesn't seem to want to flash the latest roms and from what ive been reading it seems the bootloader is the issue
any help would be appreciated
Um you can't update the bootloader on the S3. Maybe you meant recovery? Certain recoveries in the past had issues flashing stuff. Go grab GooManager and update TWRP using that app. Maybe that will fix your issue.
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You can update the bootloader, can you link the thread that suggests that? Usually it isn't needed to run custom roms.
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BadUsername said:
You can update the bootloader, can you link the thread that suggests that? Usually it isn't needed to run custom roms.
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I would be interested in seeing a VZW GS3 bootloader image. Pretty sure none exist
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Sandman-007 said:
I would be interested in seeing a VZW GS3 bootloader image. Pretty sure none exist
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Hmm, maybe I'm thinking of a bootchain.
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BadUsername said:
Hmm, maybe I'm thinking of a bootchain.
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Probably so
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BadUsername said:
You can update the bootloader, can you link the thread that suggests that? Usually it isn't needed to run custom roms.
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Bootloader image
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1263417&d=1345078565
I'm pretty sure there's only one version of the unlocked boot loader.
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thanks for the help....im trying to update to the latest liquidsmooth version and it continues to fail when i try to flash it.... from what i read it seems to be something with the bootloader. im currently running the latest recovery and goomanager

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