[Q] flash back to stock - Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III

I'm currently on a custom kernel and rom for 4.3 but I'm having terrible battery life and I'm tired of flashing new roms to get the same result. As for some of my friends that have a verizon S3 phone, they get better battery life and don't have all the problems that I continue to have.
Is there a way to go back to complete stock and let my phone do the OTA update and not have to worry about this phone anymore?
I know I must sound crazy for wanting my phone to go back to normal, but I'm tired of having all the problems and trying to find new roms to have them fail on me, even though everyone else seems to be having good luck with them.
So again I'm a Verizon S3 on 4.3, Baseband VRUCML1. Ktoonz kernel on CleanRom 8

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[Q] Can't Flash back from CM7

I am currently running CM7. But I would rather have my Old stock 2.1. I am running On a Huawei Ascend on Cricket Wireless. I have CWM and ever since I ran CM7 and changed things around it still drains my Battery Faster than usual and heats up my phone. I lowered the CPU and such.
Anyways to the problem:
I have been trying to get the old stock version back on to my phone but for some reason I can not get things to work right. I Try a fast boot and it just reboots the phone back into CM7 and does nothing. I have tried to do it through CMW and same thing happens. I want to try to us the SD Card update option through the Systems settings but I can not find it. I just want to get CM7 off of my phone and mess around with a few other things before I commit to a new mod.
If anyone has any ideas on what I can do just let me know. Is there anything I can do that I have not tried already?
Edit: Yes I know I am new and yes this is my first post. I just need help please, and thank you.

[Q] help with ktoonz kernel

i am currently running cleanrom 5.0 and flashed the ktoonz kernal kt747 and needed help with the KTweaker app that was installed with it, im a noob with roms, kernels,etc.., ive been learning a lot and fell confident flashing and all but can anyone help me with the settings in the KTweaker app, im mainly looking for battery performance and this kernel was reccomended but after 1 day of running it my battery performance was horriable, thank you in advance for any help.
I'm on cleanROM 5.0 also. I tried the other kernals but ended up flashing the rom over again and kept the default kernal as I am getting great battery and performance. 14 hours and 19 minutes at 20% battery, with 4 hours of screen on time. If this helps any. I know you were asking about ktoons but thought I would give you this.
thanks i liked the battery performance on cr5 just fine, just was trying to get a little more, and like i said im still a noob can i dirty flash the cr5 or do i have to clear everything like when i first flashed rom?
All I wiped was both the caches and flashed the roms again. All my apps stayed. Everything works like a charm.
I want to flash this to my rooted but stock
I want to flash this to my rooted but stock phone... I have not changed recovery because I want the updates.... Is there a way to do this where I will continue to recieve ota updates.... totally updated at this point to jellybean... I kept having problems with roms and am sick of messing around with them.
Side note how is your reception after the last update .... mine pretty much sucks.
Thank you
russianlul said:
I want to flash this to my rooted but stock phone... I have not changed recovery because I want the updates.... Is there a way to do this where I will continue to recieve ota updates.... totally updated at this point to jellybean... I kept having problems with roms and am sick of messing around with them.
Side note how is your reception after the last update .... mine pretty much sucks.
Thank you
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No you cant. And for the reception part there is nothing you can do other then flashing a ICS radio with odin but then I think your ota will fail too. http://rootzwiki.com/topic/34053-of...zon-sgs3-sch-i535-odin-or-recovery-flashable/
If you wanna flash a JB leaked radio (besides K3) then you will have to rock a custom recovery

4.3 ota

For those of you who took the 4.3 ota what is your opinion of the updated ,and did you come from a custom rom.I was thinking of talking official 4.3 just curious to here feedback on it ,I know once I do it bootloader is locked for good .I am on Liquid smooth love it but I miss the Samsung features and having a glitch free phone I know ill get back on the verizon ota, been running custom rom since first week of owning phone think im ready to go back stock as long as official 4.3 is good
=phatreno;49148087]For those of you who took the 4.3 ota what is your opinion of the updated ,and did you come from a custom rom.I was thinking of talking official 4.3 just curious to here feedback on it ,I know once I do it bootloader is locked for good .I am on Liquid smooth love it but I miss the Samsung features and having a glitch free phone I know ill get back on the verizon ota, been running custom rom since first week of owning phone think im ready to go back stock as long as official 4.3 is good[/QUOTE]
Why take the OTA when you can just flash the stock Rom? I personally like it but I've always liked TW roms
kieso said:
=phatreno;49148087]For those of you who took the 4.3 ota what is your opinion of the updated ,and did you come from a custom rom.I was thinking of talking official 4.3 just curious to here feedback on it ,I know once I do it bootloader is locked for good .I am on Liquid smooth love it but I miss the Samsung features and having a glitch free phone I know ill get back on the verizon ota, been running custom rom since first week of owning phone think im ready to go back stock as long as official 4.3 is good
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Why take the OTA when you can just flash the stock Rom? I personally like it but I've always liked TW roms[/QUOTE
I know that there' one out there you can flash and maintain a unlocked bootloader but reading the thread sounds like there's a lot of issues with it I use my phone for work so need something 100% eliable Liquid is almost there but still have to do battery pulls get f/c's ,I did have another phone so it didn't matter now this is my only phone
let me rephrase that didn't mean take the ota but flash the official 4.3 which would lock boot loader to take the ota I would have to revert to stock then take the ota easier just flashing 4.3
After a long time flashing custom rom and kernel on my wife S3 and always hear complaints about issue, I decided to flash stock 4.3. Now she's happy with her phone, everything is working smoothly and the phone is pretty fast and snappy, battery life is the best. I have to say, 4.3 is a great improvement over 4.1.2. My recommendation is if you like to play around with flashing custom rom and ok with all the bugs hear and there then it would be fine, but if you want a daily driver, stable phone then stock 4.3 is the way to go. While she's on custom rom, many times when we at a party and when she tried to take picture the camera FC, or displayed weird color, the gps acting up, phone lockup needed to pull the battery to reset etc...Again, if you want a stable, good battery life, go with stock 4.3 and with just root.(I need root to install wifi tethering). Now she has a perfect phone and no more complaints.
buhohitr said:
After a long time flashing custom rom and kernel on my wife S3 and always hear complaints about issue, I decided to flash stock 4.3. Now she's happy with her phone, everything is working smoothly and the phone is pretty fast and snappy, battery life is the best. I have to say, 4.3 is a great improvement over 4.1.2. My recommendation is if you like to play around with flashing custom rom and ok with all the bugs hear and there then it would be fine, but if you want a daily driver, stable phone then stock 4.3 is the way to go. While she's on custom rom, many times when we at a party and when she tried to take picture the camera FC, or displayed weird color, the gps acting up, phone lockup needed to pull the battery to reset etc...Again, if you want a stable, good battery life, go with stock 4.3 and with just root.(I need root to install wifi tethering). Now she has a perfect phone and no more complaints.
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that sounds like what I needed to here,did you flash 4.3 or revert to stock and take the ota not sure if there's a difference I already downloaded the stock 4.3
I've had zero issues on the 4.3 rom.
Make a backup and give it a run.
Sent from my SCH-I535 using xda app-developers app
phatreno said:
that sounds like what I needed to here,did you flash 4.3 or revert to stock and take the ota not sure if there's a difference I already downloaded the stock 4.3
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It's depended on what apps you installed on your phone, most of them should be fine with 4.3. When ever I upgrade to a new version, I like a clean install. Do a factory reset (this will wipe all your installed apps and reset your phone back to factory condition, make sure you have a backup of your apps), then let the upgrade run. Once done use saferoot to root.
from crack flasher to stock
i've been a crack flasher since my DX days, having flashed just a couple days after getting my S3. I've been on Hyperdrive, Synergy, AOKP, OSE, stock and various versions of CM to include the best, Mastamoons unofficial.
had to get a replacement phone, and as i was setting it up, the damn thing updated to 4.3 itself.
now... i still get that crackflashing urge, but i will admit, i like having the phone stock. i can make it look like its on any of the other roms, just with minor alterations.
antenna's on the latest is the best i've ever seen, everything works great, and don't see the lag on 4.3 TW as on others.
guess i can live with this for a while, and i do have faith in the DEV community that someone will break the latest, just as in previous versions. But for now, i can live with stock as everything works great!
:victory:
buhohitr said:
It's depended on what apps you installed on your phone, most of them should be fine with 4.3. When ever I upgrade to a new version, I like a clean install. Do a factory reset (this will wipe all your installed apps and reset your phone back to factory condition, make sure you have a backup of your apps), then let the upgrade run. Once done use saferoot to root.
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ok thanks
Please go here for any further...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2575661

[Q] 4.4.2 rom

i took the 4.4.2 update and have a lock bootloader.
so the battery life is terrible i cant go 6 hours with lowest screen brightness.
is it possible to flash a custom rom without a unlocked bootloader, if so how do i do it.
im looking for the most stable rom with good battery life.
i am done with verizon and their locked bootloader, good thing i can upgrade next year and might go apple
broazny said:
i took the 4.4.2 update and have a lock bootloader.
so the battery life is terrible i cant go 6 hours with lowest screen brightness.
is it possible to flash a custom rom without a unlocked bootloader, if so how do i do it.
im looking for the most stable rom with good battery life.
i am done with verizon and their locked bootloader, good thing i can upgrade next year and might go apple
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haha..this is a very old news, you're late to the game. With locked bootloader you only have 1 option is to install safestrap and only allowed to flash TW rom like this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...nt/rom-superliterom-v1-0-i535vrudne1-t2805797
No more custom rom/custom recovery or custom kernel for you.
broazny said:
i took the 4.4.2 update and have a lock bootloader.
so the battery life is terrible i cant go 6 hours with lowest screen brightness.
is it possible to flash a custom rom without a unlocked bootloader, if so how do i do it.
im looking for the most stable rom with good battery life.
i am done with verizon and their locked bootloader, good thing i can upgrade next year and might go apple
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I would recommend rooting your phone and trying to pinpoint what is causing the battery drain, since it's unlikely running Safestrap plus a TouchWiz ROM would fix it, which is your only other option. Unless you want to send your phone off to have it flashed back to 4.3, but that would run you like $50.
In all honesty, it's hard for me to sympathize with you, since if you're considering switching to Apple, you probably would just flood the forums with drama about how you screwed up your phone trying to flash custom ROMs anyhow.
Ryezen said:
I would recommend rooting your phone and trying to pinpoint what is causing the battery drain, since it's unlikely running Safestrap plus a TouchWiz ROM would fix it, which is your only other option. Unless you want to send your phone off to have it flashed back to 4.3, but that would run you like $50.
In all honesty, it's hard for me to sympathize with you, since if you're considering switching to Apple, you probably would just flood the forums with drama about how you screwed up your phone trying to flash custom ROMs anyhow.
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wrong can't go to 4.3 ONLY 4.1.2 then you can ROM up to 4.4.4 cause 4.3 4.4.2 bootloaders are locked

Lots of problems it seems

Hey was going to start flashing note 10.1 8010, but it seems lots of people stuck in bootloops with no answers whats happening there?
Has this always being happening with tabs?
Will a nandroid backup not help these probs, but of course they can't boot in to recovery so what then?
Just started flashing a little while back with my phone it has been great.
But now seeing all these bootloop probs has me worried, always felt save with nandroid backup titiaum backup never taught about not getting to recovery dread that taught:fingers-crossed but hey i am just a newbie i'm sure there is fixes right.:laugh:
I would probably stay away from anything related to modding with this tablet. It looks very unstable with a lot of bugs. I am currently running hyperdrive rom and although it's lagging A LOT and I want desperly kitkat I am not upgrading or changing roms. Just trying to make the most out of what I have. So if you're running stock I would recommend that you keep it as it is so that you can have your warranty and your updates. And if you're lagging very much then it seems to me that AOSP based roms is the only way to go, but that has issues as well. It's best that you wait for most issues to be resolved.
Safe WITH Caution I would SAY..
I Think The biggest issue with people having issues when flashing this Device or any other Is not paying attention to and Following the Instructions. With that said there is some Risk of course. As far as what to flash. That would depend on what you are trying to get out of your Device.
Now for Flashing the Note 8010 with the New KK Rom and Leaked Boot-Loader for n8010 (I have 8013 so does not apply to me ). You need to understand about the boot-loader issue with flashing the new boot loader. GNOBO Rom i think will be your best bet as i do not think it changes your Boot- Loader. Making you able to go back. But of Course always take a Backup and store it in safe place.
Good Luck and Happy Reading..
I just rooted the note 8010 a couple of days back but i think that's as far as i will go for now. But is'nt it great that guys are willing to take there time out of there day to keep these older devices alive with these roms I have rooted and flashed my daughter's and son's sg3 i9305 with S5 Elite Lite ROM from MaHo and kids are delighted they think they have an sg5 It might be along time till they really get one ha ha, Hope they don't let note 8010 die its a nice device. Anyway cheers guys.

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