Hey guys I know that this question has been asked many times and i know that there are many tutorial that show you how to return your verizon galaxy s3 back to stock rom.
My verizon S3 is running 4.3 and it has the locked bootloader but i want to be able to flash the kitkat update using Odin however every tutorial i look at and every link i follow is not working when i try and download the stock firmware.
Can someone here help point me into the right direction and possibly provide me with a link to the official samsung (verizon) firmware for model SCH-i535. If you can provide a good tutorial that would be great as well!
Thank you so much for your assistance and time...
-droidshadow
droidshadow said:
Hey guys I know that this question has been asked many times and i know that there are many tutorial that show you how to return your verizon galaxy s3 back to stock rom.
My verizon S3 is running 4.3 and it has the locked bootloader but i want to be able to flash the kitkat update using Odin however every tutorial i look at and every link i follow is not working when i try and download the stock firmware.
Can someone here help point me into the right direction and possibly provide me with a link to the official samsung (verizon) firmware for model SCH-i535. If you can provide a good tutorial that would be great as well!
Thank you so much for your assistance and time...
-droidshadow
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Have you tried just taking the OTA update? As long as your not rooted and didn't make any changes internally you should be able to take the OTA
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tried..
ya i have tried taking the OTA update the problem is the phone used to be rooted and so i am going to have to do this update with Odin and take everything back to original stock.
droidshadow said:
ya i have tried taking the OTA update the problem is the phone used to be rooted and so i am going to have to do this update with Odin and take everything back to original stock.
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Alright. Here's the thread, be advised the bootloader will be even more locked down. With TW 4.3 there is more options for roms. With the 4.4 update your stuck with 3 options
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=54062704
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Hi everyone,
I know just enough about custom ROMs to make me dangerous. Enough rope to hang myself, if you will.
I rooted my Samsung S3 (Rogers) SGH-i747 from 4.1.2 stock rom, then went to Quantum custom rom which is fantastic. However, with the S5 around the corner and 4.4 kitkat inching towards the S3, I'll be giving this phone to my wife and want it back to stock with OTA updates. (a counter reset would be awesome but only a bonus) I'm using the bootloader I747MVLUEMK5.
Is it safe to flash a stock 4.3 OTA rom from here and if so, how do I go about doing it?
Thanks in advance
anyone else?
sedayu said:
yes, it safe kok
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Although I appreciate the quick reply, it'd be nice to hear from others as well, perhaps with a bit more experience than 3 posts and a March join date.
Still looking for more input. Your help is appreciated
Hello every body
I have bough an verizon s3 sch i535 with android 4.3 i tryed to downgrade it but i always fail
Now its not working at all i receive an erreur which says firmware upgrade enccounted and assue
Please use software asisstant repair and try again.i tryed all the ways
Showen on the forum but i couldnt make it work.
Its only a gift i live in morocco and i cant trun it back to usa to be repaired
So please would you help me step by step
I tryed verizon assistant but it wont go over 83%
All my tries fails always plz help i got no phone noW
Stendhalmed said:
Hello every body
I have bough an verizon s3 sch i535 with android 4.3 i tryed to downgrade it but i always fail
Now its not working at all i receive an erreur which says firmware upgrade enccounted and assue
Please use software asisstant repair and try again.i tryed all the ways
Showen on the forum but i couldnt make it work.
Its only a gift i live in morocco and i cant trun it back to usa to be repaired
So please would you help me step by step
I tryed verizon assistant but it wont go over 83%
All my tries fails always plz help i got no phone noW
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Bless your heart, I don't think that there's any way to downgrade to 4.1 from 4.3 without royally messing up your phone.
If I am wrong, someone please let me know.
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 8" model using Tapatalk
cindylike24 said:
Bless your heart, I don't think that there's any way to downgrade to 4.1 from 4.3 without royally messing up your phone.
If I am wrong, someone please let me know.
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 8" model using Tapatalk
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Nope your right there isn't. Once your on 4.3 your on a locked BootLoader if you took the ota
And since they aren't or even can't send it back to the USA the only other option in the jtag service wouldn't be an option at this point
From my Wicked S3 on SOKP
So ur saying there is no going back to 4.3 even
How do i get my phone working i dont want it downgrade
ShapesBlue said:
Nope your right there isn't. Once your on 4.3 your on a locked BootLoader if you took the ota
And since they aren't or even can't send it back to the USA the only other option in the jtag service wouldn't be an option at this point
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Is there any way to get back to 4.3
Plz help i tried all the ways showen on the forum
I think that each incremental upgrade does something to the system to keep you from downgrading because everything that I've read on this makes it seem like it's more trouble than it's worth.
Now you can go to sammobile. com and search for the i535 rom and flash it on your phone.
Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk
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I think that each incremental upgrade does something to the system to keep you from downgrading because everything that I've read on this makes it seem like it's more trouble than it's worth.
Now you can go to sammobile. com and search for the i535 rom and flash it on your phone.
Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk
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Can you plz show me how .cuz i have already dowbload it but it always keept failing
Is there a way to show me plz
cindylike24 said:
I think that each incremental upgrade does something to the system to keep you from downgrading because everything that I've read on this makes it seem like it's more trouble than it's worth.
Now you can go to sammobile. com and search for the i535 rom and flash it on your phone.
Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk
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Stendhalmed said:
Can you plz show me how .cuz i have already dowbload it but it always keept failing
Is there a way to show me plz
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If your on the 4.3 OTA it won't work when you use Odin. Your more than likely going to brick the phone that way. There's no way around it
From my Wicked S3 on SOKP
I think the OP is just trying to get back to 4.3 which is the condition in which he purchased the phone. You should be fine flashing through ODIN either one of the 4.3 full stock files (VRUCML1 or VRUCNC1) listed first in the first post of this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2653902
ShapesBlue said:
If your on the 4.3 OTA it won't work when you use Odin. Your more than likely going to brick the phone that way. There's no way around it
From my Wicked S3 on SOKP
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whats do you mean by OTA i have bough it with android 4.3 and its
Not new its already usee i dont know if it has been upgrade or not
landshark68 said:
I think the OP is just trying to get back to 4.3 which is the condition in which he purchased the phone. You should be fine flashing through ODIN either one of the 4.3 full stock files (VRUCML1 or VRUCNC1) listed first in the first post of this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2653902
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i have already downloaded on of them but i gy always
Fail wih odin something isnt right
I sow all the topics about this essue on the forum
And there one talking about fixing PIT
and i dont know if it is the probleme
Can u show me how to fix it
Hello.
I have Samsung Galaxy S3 SCH-I535 Verizon.
Android version 4.1.2 with MF1 baseband.
I have rooted my device + have TWRP more than a year ago.
However, I was away for more than year, and I am really lost on how to upgrade my stuffs to 4.4.2.
My OTA upgrade is not working, it just goes back to TWRP screen on reboot and I cannot proceed from there(maybe I don't know what to do).
Can anyone please give me detailed information on how to upgrade my s3 to 4.4.2?
+ How do I check if my bootloader is locked or unlocked?
Thank you so much in advance.
lollipopo said:
Hello.
I have Samsung Galaxy S3 SCH-I535 Verizon.
Android version 4.1.2 with MF1 baseband.
I have rooted my device + have TWRP more than a year ago.
However, I was away for more than year, and I am really lost on how to upgrade my stuffs to 4.4.2.
My OTA upgrade is not working, it just goes back to TWRP screen on reboot and I cannot proceed from there(maybe I don't know what to do).
Can anyone please give me detailed information on how to upgrade my s3 to 4.4.2?
+ How do I check if my bootloader is locked or unlocked?
Thank you so much in advance.
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You have to do a factory reset in order to upgrade to 4.4.2, on 4.4.2 it's a locked bootloader with no custom recovery FYI
From my CM11 S3
ShapesBlue said:
You have to do a factory reset in order to upgrade to 4.4.2, on 4.4.2 it's a locked bootloader with no custom recovery FYI
From my CM11 S3
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Sorry to step into your thread, but factory reset then take OTA Shapes? That's it?? That's too easy. Don't have to Odin or anything?? Thanks
OnceAMatrixMan said:
Sorry to step into your thread, but factory reset then take OTA Shapes? That's it?? That's too easy. Don't have to Odin or anything?? Thanks
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I'm not completely sure. I'd stay on a unlocked bootloader myself
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lollipopo said:
Hello.
I have Samsung Galaxy S3 SCH-I535 Verizon.
Android version 4.1.2 with MF1 baseband.
I have rooted my device + have TWRP more than a year ago.
However, I was away for more than year, and I am really lost on how to upgrade my stuffs to 4.4.2.
My OTA upgrade is not working, it just goes back to TWRP screen on reboot and I cannot proceed from there(maybe I don't know what to do).
Can anyone please give me detailed information on how to upgrade my s3 to 4.4.2?
+ How do I check if my bootloader is locked or unlocked?
Thank you so much in advance.
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I used the following thread to move from Jelly Beans to Kitkat.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2795659
And then used towelroot to root.
Then followed this thread for custom ROM.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...nt/rom-superliterom-v1-0-i535vrudne1-t2805797
jhssal said:
I used the following thread to move from Jelly Beans to Kitkat.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2795659
And then used towelroot to root.
Then followed this thread for custom ROM.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...nt/rom-superliterom-v1-0-i535vrudne1-t2805797
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And now your bootloader is locked down. No more custom roms other than the BL roms available. Only TW roms and that's it
From my CM11 S3
ShapesBlue said:
And now your bootloader is locked down. No more custom roms other than the BL roms available. Only TW roms and that's it
From my CM11 S3
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Hello Forum,
I recently rooted my Galaxy Note 3 without tripping knox and then Unrooted it. However, when I try to update my phone it says "Update failed. Your device will recover the original configuration.". Any suggestions?
Which carrier do you have? There are a couple ways to fix this, easiest is to completely return to stock. Reply with what carrier your on and I will link you to a guide.
Thank you.
T-Mobile
eZdubzitmk4 said:
Which carrier do you have? There are a couple ways to fix this, easiest is to completely return to stock. Reply with what carrier your on and I will link you to a guide.
Thank you.
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Thank you for the reply. My carrier is T-Mobile. Will reverting to stock trip my knox counter?
Here's your phones section
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-3-tmobile
Here is a guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/not...-to-root-nf4-knox-0x0-effortless-nf4-t2846142
Problem
eZdubzitmk4 said:
Here's your phones section
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-3-tmobile
Here is a guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/not...-to-root-nf4-knox-0x0-effortless-nf4-t2846142
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It says that I need to be updated to the latest stock firmware. Due to the updates failing after Un-Rooting, I cannot update.
My rooted phone will not let me into my playstore, i think this could be do to rooting and then doing the android update, or maybe the freedom app i downloaded at one time. It also says I lost root. Anyways I was stupid and thought I new what I was doing and think I may have really screwed up my phone. Will flashing stock firmware fix this? think i have looked through the threads already and I think I have a good handle on this whole flashing stock firmware. My question is if I give you guys my build number/ phone info can you tell me what exact firmware I need to revert to stock? Build# VRUFNK4 for a SCHi545 samsung galaxy S4 G. Let me know please. Thanks!
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SCH-I545/
Pretty sure you can work it out.
harmon_50wings said:
My rooted phone will not let me into my playstore, i think this could be do to rooting and then doing the android update, or maybe the freedom app i downloaded at one time. It also says I lost root. Anyways I was stupid and thought I new what I was doing and think I may have really screwed up my phone. Will flashing stock firmware fix this? think i have looked through the threads already and I think I have a good handle on this whole flashing stock firmware. My question is if I give you guys my build number/ phone info can you tell me what exact firmware I need to revert to stock? Build# VRUFNK4 for a SCHi545 samsung galaxy S4 G. Let me know please. Thanks!
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The best way to flash back to stock is using Heimdall one-click. Complete instructions are available at: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1470716