Will I get Jelly Bean? - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

If I root my international S3 now, without a custom ROM, will I receive the official Jelly Bean update like an unrooted phone?
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Probably Yes if you connect it to Kies, but if you wish to use OTA it's better to be on stock kernel if you don't want to have any troubles.
On S2 I never had any problems with upgrading via Kies or OTA when phone was rooted with stock kernel. On custom kernel I hadn't so much courage to try brick it this way .
If you are not sure than it's better to flash newest firmware with Odin and root it again. It's better and safer solution if you don't want to stuck while OTA upgrading (there was situations like that reported by few peoples on this forum).
i9.0.1.3k galaxy imperator

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If your rooted, you'll not get any OTA updates.. That's because Samsung has gone to the next step and setup a background service which continuously track the device status (root and other stuff)..
If the status is "Modified" in settings>about> status then your not gonna get the OTA'S.
But you may try kies.
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I did get OTA when the latest update came, it works just fine, you only loose root after the OTA.
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Getting mixed replies, can someone confirm which is correct?
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leeznon said:
Getting mixed replies, can someone confirm which is correct?
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Correct 100% is if you have your original or its updated firmware and you do not have root . Then whenever your phone provider pushes out the JB update it will be available on OTA and Kies .
Anything else is sheer guesswork as OTA may fail on rooted phones . Custom rom will not update .
Two easy choices .
One wait for official updates .
Two join XDA Developers forum and update what you want when you want no waiting .
jje

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I pick number 2....

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JJEgan said:
Correct 100% is if you have your original or its updated firmware and you do not have root . Then whenever your phone provider pushes out the JB update it will be available on OTA and Kies .
Anything else is sheer guesswork as OTA may fail on rooted phones . Custom rom will not update .
Two easy choices .
One wait for official updates .
Two join XDA Developers forum and update what you want when you want no waiting .
jje
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So you see option two is the only option.

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As you have already rooted via Odin, flashing a stock jb rom via Odin should not be a big task for you. forget ota and kies
《spilled from dragon jellybean rom》

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bala_gamer said:
As you have already rooted via Odin, flashing a stock jb rom via Odin should not be a big task for you. forget ota and kies
《spilled from dragon jellybean rom》
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Hi mate..
Is it so? Hurmm, I'm using Omega V26. From my understanding, I'll no longer receive OTA update right?:silly: Well friend, is it AOKP's have an issue with Btooth handsfree. Tried Resurrection Remix a week (about 5 days), found out my Samsung HM1200 btooth handsfree cannot make close friend with the RR ROM. about 0.5meter away connection lost. :crying:

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If you have a custom rom, how can you get OTA stock firmware update, think about it...
OTA on a stock rom, rooted just works in almost all cases
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No you won't get it unless you are not rooted.
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You will not get updates. You will get below thing
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The reason for all the different answers is just that it's a configuration thing.
I got OTA updates even with a rooted and modified device (German device, firmware etc.)
Maybe flashcounter plays a role, too.
Most important is that while OTA a stock recovery is running because an OTA gets installed via recovery.

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Updating via Kies worked fine for me rooted with chainfire's root, with cwm recovery...
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