Hey Guys,
I've been trying over the last month to update to the new JB update and I think I've tried everything... I'm rooted, but I don't believe I'm unlocked (bought this 2nd hand back in March).
I'm currently on the IML74K.US_epad-9.4.2.28-20120525 build number. So I'm assuming I'm on the U.S. SKU (bought it in Canada).
Here's what I've tried based on posts:
1) Factory Reset, restore default build.prop and try firmware update via OTA.
No Luck
2) download update from Asus website unpack and put onto external SD card. Click update, the tablet resets, the Android guy shows up and eventually he goes dead (red exclamation). On reboot it says I downloaded the wrong version of the update package or something.
Anything else I should try?
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ok im running stock ics my device was rooted for a short period of time and i got this ota update but it wont install i thought it might have been the root so i unrooted and it still wont install is there anyone who has or had the same issue that can shed some light
I had a similar issue. was on .15-rooted, then I unrooted, tried the OTA update, and it failed.
Seems like I had changed the wpa files to something different than stock.
I downloaded both 15 and 21....put the on the SD card (one at a time), then successfully applied each. Will edit shortly with a link from ASUS on how to appy updates manuallly (I have to go find it)
Asus Link: http://service.asus.com/TF201_fwupdate
Bob
thanx going to try it out asap
Hi
So here is the situation. When my wife's phone was on 4.0.x I rooted it using Odin and CF-root. No problem, peace of cake and she could use market unlocker to change the market to show her the Japanese content instead of the Hong Kong content. She very happy. Then there came the Jelly Bean OTA update ... Update went well, but she lost root and i did not have rooted her phone again ...
Now there seems to be another OTA update but it refuses to install because the update software says the phone is "Modified" and then quits the update process.
So my guess is i need to download to complete 4.1.1 firmware package to update her phone using Odin and do a complete wipe of all data on the phone (excluding her MicroSD card), in the hope that will make her phone in a "original state" again. Am I right?
So i downloaded the firmware package called I9300ZSDLK4_I9300OZSDLK4_TGY.zip from the Sammobile website. But after extracting this zip file i see a file with the name "KIES_HOME_I9300ZSDLK4_I9300OZSDLK4_500022_REV00_user_low_ship.tar.md5"
Can i still use this file in Odin to overwrite the firmware on her phone? Or do I have to use some tricks with Kies to tell it to use this file to write to her phone? Please advice on the steps i need to follow to put her phone in a state it will accept OTA updates again.
Thank you
I think you can flash her phone using Odin, and the content in internal storage will not lost except the system files, unless you do a factory reset
And you can enter recovery to do a full wipe before flashing, to avoid some unknown issue
Did you download the zip file from hotfile? If not, would you please tell me the link? As a China mainland user, I can't download files in hotfile.com...
Thank you
Thanks for your reply, I indeed were send from the sammobile website to download the file from hotfile. I will put it on dropbox for a while.
btw i installed it by the use of Odin and it worked very well. The status is now "Normal again" and the OTA updater doesn't complain about any modification. Know that this I downloaded for the Hong Kong version of the I9300 Samsung Galaxy S3.
md5sum: 37210dfcde9999e3abb0aed1bb7858c9
https://www.dropbox.com/s/r11ofuhtrfw0157/I9300ZSDLK4_I9300OZSDLK4_TGY.zip
Thank you very much
I had install ZSDLK2 version, which has some issues, so I want to update to a new verison
Hi guys
I just got my wife a Samsung Galaxy S3 I747 for ATT using Straight Talk. I purchased one for my self about 3 months ago, same model. Both were purchased used, mine had 4.1.2 and my wife's has 4.1.1. I rooted and installed CWM Recovery on mine. I wanted to update my wife's to at least 4.1.2 like mine or even 4.1.3.
From my understanding, once you root and install a recovery mod, such as TWRP or the ClockWorkMod Recovery, that your phone will not be able to update via your service provider.
The problem is, I got her phone yesterday, and I tried to update it, but it kept saying it was at the latest update/firmware. I even installed Kies, but it reported the same thing. After a few hours, I decided I would root it and install TWRP and maybe install a new ROM with the FW on it later. Well, this morning, the phone reported that an important update was available. Somewhat confused, b/c I thought it couldn't be the FW b/c yesterday it said the phone was at the latest FW, and plus the fact the update is, as I thought, refused by the service provider or phone, when it is rooted or a recovery mod is installed. When it finished, of course it asked to reboot. I was curious how this was going to play out.
When it rebooted, it loaded the TWRP Recovery. Being still new to all this, I wasn't sure how to proceed, so I clicked the reboot button, but nothing happen, so I tried the shutdown button. The phone powered off with no issues. I turned it back on and it loaded successfully to the home screen. I checked the status of the update, and it said it failed. No surprise there, I'm just happy it didn't brick her phone during the process.
Is this normal? Should I just disable updates from my provider? Is it possible to install the update and then just reapply the root and recovery mod?
Thanks
Mike
Modify_inc said:
Hi guys
I just got my wife a Samsung Galaxy S3 I747 for ATT using Straight Talk. I purchased one for my self about 3 months ago, same model. Both were purchased used, mine had 4.1.2 and my wife's has 4.1.1. I rooted and installed CWM Recovery on mine. I wanted to update my wife's to at least 4.1.2 like mine or even 4.1.3.
From my understanding, once you root and install a recovery mod, such as TWRP or the ClockWorkMod Recovery, that your phone will not be able to update via your service provider.
The problem is, I got her phone yesterday, and I tried to update it, but it kept saying it was at the latest update/firmware. I even installed Kies, but it reported the same thing. After a few hours, I decided I would root it and install TWRP and maybe install a new ROM with the FW on it later. Well, this morning, the phone reported that an important update was available. Somewhat confused, b/c I thought it couldn't be the FW b/c yesterday it said the phone was at the latest FW, and plus the fact the update is, as I thought, refused by the service provider or phone, when it is rooted or a recovery mod is installed. When it finished, of course it asked to reboot. I was curious how this was going to play out.
When it rebooted, it loaded the TWRP Recovery. Being still new to all this, I wasn't sure how to proceed, so I clicked the reboot button, but nothing happen, so I tried the shutdown button. The phone powered off with no issues. I turned it back on and it loaded successfully to the home screen. I checked the status of the update, and it said it failed. No surprise there, I'm just happy it didn't brick her phone during the process.
Is this normal? Should I just disable updates from my provider? Is it possible to install the update and then just reapply the root and recovery mod?
Thanks
Mike
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It is perfectly normal. You described the expected sequence for a phone with any custom recovery. OTA updates download then reboot into stock recovery. Absent that ..what you said.
For your update path, I. urge you to visit xda's i747 forum & read up on the controversy & pitfalls of AT&T's OTA 4.3
Look out for:
locked bootloader
Knox Warranty bit
one way upgrade
(on pain of brick)
It's different this time around.
Hello,
I currently have a AT&T factory unlocked G965U build R16NW.G965USQU3ARG7 on T-Mobile and I want to update to Pie. Yesterday I popped an activated AT&T SIM card to update the device to Pie and had no OTA luck. Can I download the latest version PPR1.180610.011.G965USQU3CSAB and install it via ODIN or do I need to do an incremental upgrade. I also tried updated to R16NW.G965USQS3ARG8 via SD card sideload and got an “error 7”, I do not care about the data on the phone. Should I only use ODIN or ADB? Also I can't seem to locate AT&T's version of Pie. If someone can guide me in the right path it would be great-full.
tennyson24 said:
Hello,
I currently have a AT&T factory unlocked G965U build R16NW.G965USQU3ARG7 on T-Mobile and I want to update to Pie. Yesterday I popped an activated AT&T SIM card to update the device to Pie and had no OTA luck. Can I download the latest version PPR1.180610.011.G965USQU3CSAB and install it via ODIN or do I need to do an incremental upgrade. I also tried updated to R16NW.G965USQS3ARG8 via SD card sideload and got an “error 7”, I do not care about the data on the phone. Should I only use ODIN or ADB? Also I can't seem to locate AT&T's version of Pie. If someone can guide me in the right path it would be great-full.
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What I did for my ATT device, is changed the date to 22 Feb 2019 or a few weeks out, and then ran the OTA checker on the device and then it started downloading to update to pie. Either way, good luck and thread moved here...
I just purchased a used AT&T SM-G965U. My carrier is Google Fi. It's running Android 8.0 and Samsung Experience 9.0. Build number is G965USQU3BRK1. Last security patch was November 1, 2018. When I try to update OTA or with Smart Switch both claim my phone is up to date.
I started looking into how I might manually update the phone and found some instructional pages for updating via ODIN, but was not able to find the correct firmware to update to Pie using that method. I did however find a thread on the XDA forums with a download link for an SM-G965U Pie build. Someone posted in that thread that it is possible to update the phone with a micro SD in recovery mode. Even with that being the case the firmware.science page linked in the thread specifically says that the firmware will update my phone from version G965USQS3BRK2 to version G965USQU3CSAB. This seems like a problem since my phone is running G965USQU3BRK1 which I assume is an older build based on the BRK1 designation. Will this update method even work with my phone? Do I need to update to BRK2 before I use the firmware linked in the thread? If so is the BRK2 firmware available for download anywhere? Or failing that is there an ODIN firmware update available?
Update: I tried updating via micro SD in recovery mode using a firmware update downloaded from firmware.science that is supposed to update my SM-G965U from version G965USQU3BRK1
to version G965USQU3CSA5. The update was aborted due to "unexpected contents". I transcribed the error at the bottom of this post. Not sure what else I can do if I can't find an ODIN firmware. If I used the modifed ODIN to flash my phone with U1 firmware would that enable updates through normal (OTA/Smart Switch) channels?
E3005: "EMMC://dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/modem:83300864:2d921fc2a30290a4f894ef4e5528ab83263913ec:84005376: 12c0577b202561c4a0732793bdbaf3a04eca67f0" has unexpected contents.
E:Error in /sideload/package.zip (Status 7)
Installation Aborted.#1
Update 2: I managed to find the ODIN firmware update files and successfully flashed my phone with a Pie build. Disregard this post.
I'm having the identical problem, only with Verizon SM-G965U. Android 8.0.0, last security update Nov 2018. Can someone guide me to the solution?
Thanks
DIncLover said:
I'm having the identical problem, only with Verizon SM-G965U. Android 8.0.0, last security update Nov 2018. Can someone guide me to the solution?
Thanks
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What firmware are you currently on?
I've done a bit of research since I first posted this and think I know what's going on. This phone was supposedly new, unlocked. Then I found out SM-G965U is actually locked. It booted up with Verizon logo and worked on Verizon network, so I was ok with that. When I checked the firmware version, it was ....BRK1 (I don't have the phone in front of me), which I looked up to be Sprint firmware! This would explain why it doesn't get updates on Verizon's network, wouldn't it? How this came to be, I don't know, but I think I can proceed by getting a later Oreo or maybe Pie version for VZW and flashing it with Odin.
Comments, if any, are welcome.
If memory serves correctly if your firmware is a certain amount of revisions behind what is currently released then the OTA update and samsung switch will say your firmware is up to date. Even though it obviously is not up to date, it has something to do with how far behind in updates the phone is.
In which case you should be able to update your phone using the patched ODIN and the firmware files found on sammobile or via samfirm app. Thee files from sammobile or samfirm are not ones you can flash via SD card in the recovery menu, the OTA files and what are offered on sammobile or samfirm app (and from here unless otherwise specified) are two different things.
I would note that you might have to factory data reset your phone after flashing the new firmware. It's one possible result of flashing a newer firmware to a phone that has an older firmware like that installed.