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I was wondering how to downgrade from 4.3 to 4.1.2 on a verizon galaxy s3. Is it even possible? If so, please explain how I could downgrade.
I think you're stuck on 4.3. I could be mistaken but I believe there is some info on it here somewhere in the forums. Good luck.
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Brody328 said:
I was wondering how to downgrade from 4.3 to 4.1.2 on a verizon galaxy s3. Is it even possible? If so, please explain how I could downgrade.
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No, you cannot downgrade to 4.1.2 if you took the official 4.3 OTA, you will hard brick your device. All the info you need can be found in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2575661
Okay so I have a gs3 that is no longer responding to power buttons or cables or new batteries. Is it possible I can fix it? This all happened when I was trying to flash back to stock.
m4gkman said:
Okay so I have a gs3 that is no longer responding to power buttons or cables or new batteries. Is it possible I can fix it? This all happened when I was trying to flash back to stock.
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We need quite a bit more info before we can help you out. What version of Android were you running before you tried to flash back to stock, 4.1.2, 4.3, or 4.4.2? Were you stock or running a custom ROM? What version of stock were you trying to flash, 4.1.2 or 4.3? From where did you get the stock file you tried to flash?
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We need quite a bit more info before we can help you out. What version of Android were you running before you tried to flash back to stock, 4.1.2, 4.3, or 4.4.2? Were you stock or running a custom ROM? What version of stock were you trying to flash, 4.1.2 or 4.3? From where did you get the stock file you tried to flash?
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sorry about the lack of info I don't have the phone in front of me. I was running 4.3 using hyper drive. I tried flashing the stock 4.3 image and that's when it got stuck.
m4gkman said:
sorry about the lack of info I don't have the phone in front of me. I was running 4.3 using hyper drive. I tried flashing the stock 4.3 image and that's when it got stuck.
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Looking in the development section, I see Hyperdrive is still on 4.1.2, so if you were running Hyperdrive you were on 4.1.2. The problem may have come from flashing the 4.3 stock image on a rooted, bootlaoder unlocked phone. Were you no longer wanting to have an unlocked bootloader and run custom ROMs, because flashing the 4.3 stock image would have locked you down like that. Are you sure you flashed a stock 4.3 file? If so you would probably have to proceed as if you were already on stock 4.3 just to play it safe. This may be you best chance at regaining a functioning phone:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2581166
Unfortunately since you phone does no boot, there is no way to confirm if it is currently on 4.1.2 or 4.3. That would give us a definitive answer on which fix method to use.
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Looking in the development section, I see Hyperdrive is still on 4.1.2, so if you were running Hyperdrive you were on 4.1.2. The problem may have come from flashing the 4.3 stock image on a rooted, bootlaoder unlocked phone. Were you no longer wanting to have an unlocked bootloader and run custom ROMs, because flashing the 4.3 stock image would have locked you down like that. Are you sure you flashed a stock 4.3 file? If so you would probably have to proceed as if you were already on stock 4.3 just to play it safe. This may be you best chance at regaining a functioning phone:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2581166
Unfortunately since you phone does no boot, there is no way to confirm if it is currently on 4.1.2 or 4.3. That would give us a definitive answer on which fix method to use.
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I'm sorry for the lack of information again :/ trying to help a friend out by fixing my old phone. Basically I was having space issues with safe strap so I tried to revert to stock and then this horrible mess happened. What you said is most likely true. I looked at that guide, but if it doesn't respond to any cables or power on how can I flash things to it?
m4gkman said:
I'm sorry for the lack of information again :/ trying to help a friend out by fixing my old phone. Basically I was having space issues with safe strap so I tried to revert to stock and then this horrible mess happened. What you said is most likely true. I looked at that guide, but if it doesn't respond to any cables or power on how can I flash things to it?
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If you were on safestrap, shouldn't you have had a fully stock ROM in the stock slot? Also from everything I read, you couldn't run Hyperdrive on safestap because you can only run 4.3 TW ROMs on safestrap. If you were running safestrap, that would mean you were on the 4.3 OTA of VRUCML1 and fixes for that would be your best bet, but since the phone won't power on I don't think any of the fixes here would work. Best bet may be to send it out for JTAG repair. I've seen mobile tech videos mentioned a lot for JTAG repairs.
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If you were on safestrap, shouldn't you have had a fully stock ROM in the stock slot? Also from everything I read, you couldn't run Hyperdrive on safestap because you can only run 4.3 TW ROMs on safestrap. If you were running safestrap, that would mean you were on the 4.3 OTA of VRUCML1 and fixes for that would be your best bet, but since the phone won't power on I don't think any of the fixes here would work. Best bet may be to send it out for JTAG repair. I've seen mobile tech videos mentioned a lot for JTAG repairs.
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Lol wow I'm really sorry, I've had a lot going on this week and my brain is all over the place. I was confusing my current s4 and the s3. The s3 was running regular cwm and was running Hyperdrive. I was having usual force closes and such and wanted to flash back to stock and I'm pretty sure I used the wrong file.
m4gkman said:
Lol wow I'm really sorry, I've had a lot going on this week and my brain is all over the place. I was confusing my current s4 and the s3. The s3 was running regular cwm and was running Hyperdrive. I was having usual force closes and such and wanted to flash back to stock and I'm pretty sure I used the wrong file.
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Oh man, that sucks. Do you think you possibly used an s4 file on your s3? If so, you will definitely have to send it out for JTAG repair if you can't get any response out of it. But it can't hurt to check out that thread I linked earlier and see if the SD card method can work for you. Good luck.
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Oh man, that sucks. Do you think you possibly used an s4 file on your s3? If so, you will definitely have to send it out for JTAG repair if you can't get any response out of it. But it can't hurt to check out that thread I linked earlier and see if the SD card method can work for you. Good luck.
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so i just got back to my apartment, and i actually have the gs3 with me now. when the battery is in, nothing works or responds. however if I pull the battery and plug it in, the red led light comes on. any ideas?
m4gkman said:
so i just got back to my apartment, and i actually have the gs3 with me now. when the battery is in, nothing works or responds. however if I pull the battery and plug it in, the red led light comes on. any ideas?
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Hard bricked.
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Hard bricked.
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I'm trying the guide right now, will post results after
BadUsername said:
Hard bricked.
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It worked! you guys are amazing.
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Hard bricked.
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okay so now that im back to normal, is everything unrooted and everything? heres what it says in my about phone,
https://www.flickr.com/photos/skaterdave/13392301694/in/photostream/
m4gkman said:
okay so now that im back to normal, is everything unrooted and everything? heres what it says in my about phone,
https://www.flickr.com/photos/skaterdave/13392301694/in/photostream/
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Yup, unrooted but you're on 4.3 now.
So you need to follow everything in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2639337
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BadUsername said:
Yup, unrooted but you're on 4.3 now.
So you need to follow everything in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2639337
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okay, thanks a lot. looks like rooting and stuff with this will now be just like my s4
m4gkman said:
okay, thanks a lot. looks like rooting and stuff with this will now be just like my s4
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Exactly, pretty much the exact same.
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From what I have been able to tell, it is not possible to downgrade from the 4.3 update to 4.1.2 I would just like to confirm that is the case? Is it possible to downgrade from 4.3 to an earlier version?
I would like to buy a Galaxy S3 SCH-I535 to use on Pageplus, and be able to flash ROMs etc. If I understand correctly, if the phone has already taken the 4.3 update then the bootloader is locked and flashing is not possible.
joelshort said:
From what I have been able to tell, it is not possible to downgrade from the 4.3 update to 4.1.2 I would just like to confirm that is the case? Is it possible to downgrade from 4.3 to an earlier version?
I would like to buy a Galaxy S3 SCH-I535 to use on Pageplus, and be able to flash ROMs etc. If I understand correctly, if the phone has already taken the 4.3 update then the bootloader is locked and flashing is not possible.
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Correct, downgrade not possible. Flashing custom TW 4.3 ROMs is possible using safestrap
I know it's possible through Odin. You will most likely lose your data.
Here, I found this video for you. Looks promising. Odin files are in description! http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hnBjJ7c1IAI
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aarongillion63 said:
I know it's possible through Odin.
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No, it isn't. The OP's statement:
"if the phone has already taken the 4.3 update then the bootloader is locked and flashing is not possible."
Is correct, although you can use safestrap as DigitalMD says to run other 4.3 Touchwiz ROMs.
DigitalMD said:
Correct, downgrade not possible. Flashing custom TW 4.3 ROMs is possible using safestrap
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So just to be clear I can flash 4.3 roms? I gather that rooting/flashing/recovery is a bit "easier" and less risky without the 4.3 update. I have flashed an old phone before (HTC Incredible 2) so I have some experience, but if there is significantly more risk involved with a 4.3 phone then I'll probably look for a phone that hasn't taken the update yet.
Moved to Q&A.
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So just to be clear I can flash 4.3 roms? I gather that rooting/flashing/recovery is a bit "easier" and less risky without the 4.3 update. I have flashed an old phone before (HTC Incredible 2) so I have some experience, but if there is significantly more risk involved with a 4.3 phone then I'll probably look for a phone that hasn't taken the update yet.
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Mostly correct, TouchWiz 4.3 roms only, not aosp 4.3 roms, it's a big difference.
Read everything here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2639337
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Hey Guys,
going nuts over here... Tried odin method to flash NasirTech's CF_AutoRoot, it failed with "Auth Failed" on Odin. Tried cubeuncube's saferoot, that also failed saying my kernel has been patched. Can someone please point me in the right direction on how to get root on my device?
Thanks,
From what I have read you need to odin back to the previous release (ML1 I believe). Current rooting approaches do not work on NC1. You should also be posting this in the questions forum, not in general...
I use this and it worked http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2565758
mohammad.afaneh said:
I use this and it worked http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2565758
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How the heck did you get saferoot to work on nc1? Has saferoot been updated in the past few days or something?
ThePagel said:
How the heck did you get saferoot to work on nc1? Has saferoot been updated in the past few days or something?
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Some users have reported that they are still rooted. I'm almost sure it's a very small percentage that took the NC1 update that are still rooted.
My gf keeps putting off the OTA for NC1 and I told her what the "So called" benefit of updating to it and she told me, well maybe I'll be going to Canada. I told her its Realistically not for us USA users anyways lol
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ShapesBlue said:
Some users have reported that they are still rooted. I'm almost sure it's a very small percentage that took the NC1 update that are still rooted.
My gf keeps putting off the OTA for NC1 and I told her what the "So called" benefit of updating to it and she told me, well maybe I'll be going to Canada. I told her its Realistically not for us USA users anyways lol
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He is not claiming he maintained root after updating to NC1, he it's claiming he used saferoot to gain root after updating to NC1. He is the only one I have ever seen who has said saferoot worked on NC1.
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landshark68 said:
He is not claiming he maintained root after updating to NC1, he it's claiming he used saferoot to gain root after updating to NC1. He is the only one I have ever seen who has said saferoot worked on NC1.
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Alright man so I misspoke, take it easy. If no one else is reporting this then he has to be mistaken
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will go back to ML1 and take OTA and try again and let you know.
ShapesBlue said:
Alright man so I misspoke, take it easy. If no one else is reporting this then he has to be mistaken
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Sorry shapes. Didn't mean to come off as harsh. Just trying to give you the info. I didn't word that well, and that's my bad. He made the same claim in another thread as well. We'll see what happens this time after he takes the OTA.
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Sorry shapes. Didn't mean to come off as harsh. Just trying to give you the info. I didn't word that well, and that's my bad. He made the same claim in another thread as well. We'll see what happens this time after he takes the OTA.
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Its all good. I have a feeling the claim of keeping the OTA through the update may be just a "claim"
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I'm having the same issue but I cant root. They're saying that if i degrade then I'll brick my phone.. Is there any way to root? :crying:
superfided said:
I'm having the same issue but I cant root. They're saying that if i degrade then I'll brick my phone.. Is there any way to root? :crying:
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What version are you on first of all? If you took the OTA to NC1 there currently is no root available
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ShapesBlue said:
What version are you on first of all? If you took the OTA to NC1 there currently is no root available
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Yeah, I had just found out that I had to flash back to the old 4.3 and then root from there. Thanks.
So Odin'ing back to previous firmware is a safe method to get back to a rootable phone?
jthomps123 said:
So Odin'ing back to previous firmware is a safe method to get back to a rootable phone?
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Seems like it yes. Only try to Odin back to ML1 though because you can hard brick it otherwise
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superfided said:
I'm having the same issue but I cant root. They're saying that if i degrade then I'll brick my phone.. Is there any way to root? :crying:
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http://www.w0lfdroid.com/2014/06/How-to-Root-Verizon-Galaxy-S3-on-Android-4.3-I535VZWCNC1.html
try this..i have the NC1 as well and i just rooted mine yesterday..
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http://www.w0lfdroid.com/2014/06/How-to-Root-Verizon-Galaxy-S3-on-Android-4.3-I535VZWCNC1.html
try this..i have the NC1 as well and i just rooted mine yesterday..
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Yes they just steal my work without give me any creadet.
mohammad.afaneh said:
Yes they just steal my work without give me any creadet.
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haha this is weird sue the guy !! but seriously though if this is your work then thank you for this and if i may ask..is it possible to install a recovery and flash custom roms on this phone without having to worry about hard bricking it?
lil2skinny said:
haha this is weird sue the guy !! but seriously though if this is your work then thank you for this and if i may ask..is it possible to install a recovery and flash custom roms on this phone without having to worry about hard bricking it?
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Ummm I wouldn't use an unreliable link. Just my personal opinion. You will hard brick if you attempt to flash anything other than a TW rom on the ML1 modem/rom. You have to flash back to ML1 from NC1 using Odin.
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lil2skinny said:
haha this is weird sue the guy !! but seriously though if this is your work then thank you for this and if i may ask..is it possible to install a recovery and flash custom roms on this phone without having to worry about hard bricking it?
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It is I saw it when he posted. Same thing happened to me a while back they even used my guide word for word and android file host links. I thought about breaking the links on them but then I figured it helps spread the word.
Now you can downgrade 4.4.2 kitkat to 4.3 jelly bean
You must have
1)an official stock 4.3
2)mobile odin
3)pc odin(computer odin)
4)This kernel (http://goo.gl/8MGXnQ)
5)custom recovery
6)rooted 4.4.2
Instructions:-
1)copy the stock 4.3 to sd card
2)flash it using mobile odin and make sure that all boxes are checked
3)flash custom recovery via pc odin
4)flash the kernel via custom recovery
Enjoy 4.3
Tested on my Gt-i9505
Notes:-
1)if you didn't flash the kernel you won't be able to use wifi
2)make sure to backup EFS and IMEI using EFS PRO (https://www.mediafire.com/?4smom74xg5tfkxu)
I wish i could helped many people to get rid of 4.4.2 kitkat
Thank you for posting this... won't do me any good as I'm not rooted...and need to downgrade to saferoot. But what is known about the custom kernel...I was under the impression using stuff for s4 variants that are not yours is dangerous. Im using the sprint version.
Regardless, I'm giving you a "thanks" for posting this as its a step in the right direction.
What about knox?
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nielsscholte said:
What about knox?
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i wonder that also
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Thanks man :highfive:
AbdoAdel said:
2)flash it using mobile odin and make sure that all boxes are checked
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Could you please write which items should I tick? Thanks.
nielsscholte said:
What about knox?
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Poroto said:
i wonder that also
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What do you thing? If you flash custom recovery KNOX will tripp your flag to 0x1. :good:
Hello,
You think, can is possible to downgrad with S4 value edition GT-I9515
Thank you
pRo_lama said:
Could you please write which items should
What do you thing? If you flash custom recovery KNOX will tripp your flag to 0x1. :good:
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That would void my warranty, thanks but cant afford it
patchifredo said:
Hello,
You think, can is possible to downgrad with S4 value edition GT-I9515
Thank you
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i don't know but i think 90% that will be successful downgrade cause odin mobile it's a general app and not a specific app
Has anyone tried is as follows
Flash MDM or MDF firmware that can receive OTA update and thereby update the phone
These two still receive firmware 4.2.2 OTA updates
Does not get downgrade with this way
I just tested to downgrade with no luck! Only comes to the first galaxy logo then bootloop? Can someone help me? Thx
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thanks
Will this work for downgrading to 4.2.2 with KT JB4.2 kernel?
Why would you guys want to downgrade to 4.3?
I can't imagine why anyone would want to downgrade back to 4.3. 4.4 was a huge breath of fresh air for me. Everything works smoother, looks better, better battery. What more so you want. Only thing I miss is the jelly bean game, I hate the kit kat game now. It seems like 4.4 is a lot llighter OS then 4.3. Less parasitic loss on my phone I guess you can say.
I main reason I would want to downgrade to 4.2.2 (XXUDMH8) if I ever end up with KitKat or 4.3 is so JKay Deluxe will work. It appears JKay has completely abandoned development.
thanks
IMMORTALKING69 said:
I can't imagine why anyone would want to downgrade back to 4.3. 4.4 was a huge breath of fresh air for me. Everything works smoother, looks better, better battery. What more so you want. Only thing I miss is the jelly bean game, I hate the kit kat game now. It seems like 4.4 is a lot llighter OS then 4.3. Less parasitic loss on my phone I guess you can say.
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hi which firmware are u using?which country
[email protected] said:
hi which firmware are u using?which country
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USA GPE 4.4.3 MDK BL MK2 modem
IMMORTALKING69 said:
USA GPE 4.4.3 MDK BL MK2 modem
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oppppppppps u r uing s4 gpe 9505g but i hv 9505 m using kitkat 4.4.2 but facing touch issue hangings lags etc etc