Hi.
I just bought an unlocked but Vofadone branded S3 yesterday. Now I want to flash a stock firmware to unbrand my phone without rooting it first. Is it possibke? Can somebody point me to the instructions?
Thanks.
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yes why not
just use pc odin
ring_GT said:
Hi.
I just bought an unlocked but Vofadone branded S3 yesterday. Now I want to flash a stock firmware to unbrand my phone without rooting it first. Is it possibke? Can somebody point me to the instructions?
Thanks.
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You do not need root to flash a stock firmware.. if you want to unlock your phone from your carrier, i suggest you root your phone AFTER you flashed a stock firmware.. there are applications here in XDA that does the job neatly.
I hope this helps
Thanks!! My phone is already unlocked so i do not need root
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Does anybody know how to unroot a T-Mobile branded handset.
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stewart30 said:
Does anybody know how to unroot a T-Mobile branded handset.
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Total noob here, but I think you need to flash a t mobile stock rom, have a look in here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1113928
Downloaded a stock firmware and kernel and flashed using odin.
However my phone will not connect with kies to update to latest firmware and won't update via phone.
Any ideas.
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Help peeps
I want to unroot my phone it's lock on the 3UK can I unroot and use a simfree one firmware on it so will it be unlock
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Im sure this is the General Section... This is a Question OP
You want to unlock your phone from the 3 Network? Not surprised
Have you tried other sim cards already?
My name is Optimus Prime and I send this message..
No it simlock. I wanna unroot it. I was wondering if I can install the stock simfree firmware not the stock 3UK back on it. .ir the Asia line stock firmware will it make the phone simfree ??
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Ohh go to the playstore and download suoercurio's sim unlock tool..
Read this. Link under QR
http://www.talkandroid.com/117697-new-app-will-allow-sim-unlock-on-galaxy-s-iii-i9300/
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Hello everyone. I have a galaxy s3 i535 on verizon wireless. I am currently rooted and have CWM and a backup of CyanogenMod10 (jellybean). I am currently on stock ICS my phone shipped with. My question is how to i get rid of CWM and my root. I want to be ready for JB OTA. Also, does my bootloader need to be locked when i accept OTA updates?
I want my phone back to just like it came when i took it out of the box.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762709
This might help. Post in there.
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Root has nothing to do with ota updates, if you update rooted phone it will most likely loose it during the process. What you need is bootloader locked, unlocked bootloader on ota upgrade can brick the device
Do i need to get rid of cwm and my backups first?
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bfrancom said:
Do i need to get rid of cwm and my backups first?
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I'm pretty sure yes, you do need stock recovery but you can keep your backups, those are just files saved onto the SD card
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How do o get rid of it?
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No you don't need to get rid of it...as i said before the only thing required is locked bootloader, the update will overwrite anything on the sytem partition and eventually will get erased with the update. If you really want to return to stock find the stock .ftf file for your phone and flash it using flashtools or odin similar program..it's all explained in section 6 of the link posted by .xxx. second post of this thread....
Ok i dont want to brick it. So all i need to do is lock ny bootloader the when i get jb ota i wont brick it
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Can someone else verify this?
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Just read here if you want further proof, it's in the sony forum but same rules apply to all devices
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1568792
hy all, i just got a branded gs3,that i believe it was sim unlocked.it's on 4.0.4 and it's rooted.
my question is what would happen if i flash a stock non-branded firmware(jellybean)?
can my phone sim-relock? thank you
If its branded its not unlocked....
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speedyjay said:
If its branded its not unlocked....
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it is branded, i got some carrier specific apps,and also the bootlogo of the carrier,a french one( bienvenue or something like that).So it must be sim unlocked if i am using orange...
once you sim unlock the phone, it should not sim relock when you flash a unbranded firmware through odin. I hope i answered your question
erarkku said:
once you sim unlock the phone, it should not sim relock when you flash a unbranded firmware through odin. I hope i answered your question
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thanks a lot,thats what i wanted to hear,are there any risks such as loosing the imei,serial number or corrupt efs after flashing stock with odin?
Hi guys, I've had a Desire HD, Xoom and TF700 in the past and all of them needed to have an unlocked bootloader in order to flash custom roms.
Is it the same here?
Because rooting went very easy here, done in half a minute thanks to the cf method
nope, it's unlocked
Bootloader is by unlocked by stock.. But verizon version has a locked bootloader.
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well, this is a i9300 forum
Glebun said:
well, this is a i9300 forum
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Well true but he didnt specify his phone.. It cud be different version of the same phone..
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CHEVYbarracuda1 said:
Well true but he didnt specify his phone.. It cud be different version of the same phone..
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Thank you both
I indeed have an EU i9300 so I was able to flash a Rom very easily.
I just didn't trust the whole process cause it seemed too easy! xD