Update to 4.2 problem. (rooted on 4.1.2) - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I have the i9305 on 4.1.2 which I tried to root but used the i9300 CWM and lost the imei, wiped the phone and installed the firmware again that I got from sammobile and fixed the imei through odin which resulted in it working fine and rooted at the same time. Now I tried to update through kies to 4.2.1 which seemed to work perfectly fine but when it rebooted all that happened is my phone was unrooted and kies/OTA identified my phone as the latest firmware, I have managed to reroot but I can't find out how to get the latest official firmware update. Does anyone know where I'm going wrong or what to do from here?
p.s. I rarely post in any forums whatsoever, I normally find someone with the same problem so if there's a similar thread that I happened to somehow miss apologies in advanced.

S3 doesn't have a 4.2 yet..? The firmware you found on sammobile will probably be the latest
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[Q] Firmware Upgrade via KIES; Galaxy S2 GT-I9100 4.0.4 Modem NOT working

Need assistance please. I upgraded my GT-I9100 via KIES to 4.0.4. Now my modem is not working. Kernel version 3.0.15-I9100XWLPT-CL941023.
I did install version 4.0.3 back to to check and modem was working again. When I updated the software again, same thing happened. Tried various other modems that I could find on XDA forum, but none seems to be working.
Can anyone assist me in finding the correct modem for South Africa for (4.0.4)
What modem is it? Q6?
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[Q] rooted S3 can't update official JB

I rooted my Galaxy S3 the other day with the intention of installing one of the JB rom's out there. I thought as my S3 was not locked that the official JB update would be a little way off yet. Yesterday I find the official JB being pushed to my phone. It went through the update process and then said it could not update because my phone had been modified. I checked the rom version and it is now 4.1.1 so it seems to have actually updated everything apart from the interface which is still ICS.
Is there a way to get around this? If I do a factory reset will that wipe the root? Or can I do something to hide the root from the update?
All advice much appreciated.
pcmaczone said:
I rooted my Galaxy S3 the other day with the intention of installing one of the JB rom's out there. I thought as my S3 was not locked that the official JB update would be a little way off yet. Yesterday I find the official JB being pushed to my phone. It went through the update process and then said it could not update because my phone had been modified. I checked the rom version and it is now 4.1.1 so it seems to have actually updated everything apart from the interface which is still ICS.
Is there a way to get around this? If I do a factory reset will that wipe the root? Or can I do something to hide the root from the update?
All advice much appreciated.
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Well if its 4.1.1 then its jelly bean. The touchwiz interface for ICS and JB are the same...
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pcmaczone said:
I rooted my Galaxy S3 the other day with the intention of installing one of the JB rom's out there. I thought as my S3 was not locked that the official JB update would be a little way off yet. Yesterday I find the official JB being pushed to my phone. It went through the update process and then said it could not update because my phone had been modified. I checked the rom version and it is now 4.1.1 so it seems to have actually updated everything apart from the interface which is still ICS.
Is there a way to get around this? If I do a factory reset will that wipe the root? Or can I do something to hide the root from the update?
All advice much appreciated.
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for removing root , you have to flash stock Rom via Odin. then do a factory reset.:thumbup:
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123shree said:
Well if its 4.1.1 then its jelly bean. The touchwiz interface for ICS and JB are the same...
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Thanks for that. didn't realise the interfaces were the same. Was expecting a bit of a facelift but then I guess it's what's under the hood that counts.
It did say it couldn't update the software because the phone was modified so I am wondering what, if anything I am missing.
One thing I did notice pretty much straight away was the battery seems to be running down quicker. Could be my imagination of course but I will test it over the next few days to be certain.
flash any stock Rom and change csc
Can anyone help me please cant update to 4.1.1 jellybean offical. because phone is modified on 4.0.4 ics how can i restore my phone / unroot
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mooseboy85 said:
Can anyone help me please cant update to 4.1.1 jellybean offical. because phone is modified on 4.0.4 ics how can i restore my phone / unroot
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Rooting will not stop you from updating OTA through KIES. It wont update through direct OTA.
Update via Kies or download the DLJ4 and flash with odin.You will have the same result
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mooseboy85 said:
Can anyone help me please cant update to 4.1.1 jellybean offical. because phone is modified on 4.0.4 ics how can i restore my phone / unroot
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flash any stock Rom using odin
eeamshh said:
flash any stock Rom using odin
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You are asking for help in another tread about the same issue....and here you are advising somebody else...
What is ota? Samsung kies see my phone as modified so it wont update. Cheers
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mooseboy85 said:
What is ota? Samsung kies see my phone as modified so it wont update. Cheers
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OTA is over the air update found on your phone settings about software update .
Problems try the manual .
jje
Its says no update available need help. Just a beginer.
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Please could u tell me how to rest counter flash because it keeps going back to 1. And back to modified?
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mooseboy85 said:
Its says no update available need help. Just a beginer.
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It means their is no update yet for YOUR phone .
Why not join XDA and flash a stock JB rom .
Please could u tell me how to rest counter flash because it keeps going back to 1. And back to modified?
Run TRIANGLE AWAY .
flash stock/original rom and factory reset /
jje
I did update once to jelly bean but when it finished said updates unaviliable to modified phone. So i resotored back to 4.0.4. Now it wont update. Not sure wat firmware to download to reflash i never backed my original. Tried using triangle away but it keeps going back to 1. phone status modified iwant a rooted jellybean
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Please could u help me i want to unroot my phone but dont know wat stock firmware to download to reflash with odin i never backed my original up.im on 4.0.4 xxblfb but my baseband is different. Cheers
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JJEgan said:
It means their is no update yet for YOUR phone .
Why not join XDA and flash a stock JB rom .
Please could u tell me how to rest counter flash because it keeps going back to 1. And back to modified?
Run TRIANGLE AWAY .
flash stock/original rom and factory reset /
jje
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Sorry to bother u again but wat stock rom do i reflash the phone with im using 4.0.4 xxblfb but my base band is different. + cant rest counter flash it keeps going back to1. cheers
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[Q] Rooted my S3 then Unrooted to stock firmware now cants update ?

Hi there i hope you can help me since im kind of a noob here.
Few weeks ago i unrooted my galaxy s3 (International version) and tried out some custom Roms but later i wanted to come back to the stock firmware so i unrooted and installed the stock jellybean Firmware but i had some charging issues, my S3 didnt charge so i downgraded to ICS Stock Firmware using ODIN but not i can not update my S3 to jellybean over the air OTA is not working even when i connect my device to Kies it states that i have the latest firmware.
Plz could anyone help me ??????
Im located in the middle east and the ICS firmware im using now is the Algerie, any advice ?
appreciate your help
Download via CHECKFUS and flash via Odin .
jje
There is likely no JB update for that region.
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JJEgan said:
Download via CHECKFUS and flash via Odin .
jje
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Thanks ill try it now

[Q] Updating With Another Country's Firmware

Hello, please, is it possible to download another country's official firmware from Sammobile and install on my Galaxy SII? Will I also be able to get official updates (like jelly bean 4.1.2) and install them in my country whenever updates are available in that country since i'm using that country's firmware?
I am still stocked with Android 2.3.5 and I really need to upgrade it to Android 4.0.4.
If it is possible to do so, please recommend a country from sammobile.com that I should download and install the firmware (preferably android 4.0.4) to my Galaxy SII. Thanks a lot.
evanef7 said:
Hello, please, is it possible to download another country's official firmware from Sammobile and install on my Galaxy SII? Will I also be able to get official updates (like jelly bean 4.1.2) and install them in my country whenever updates are available in that country since i'm using that country's firmware?
I am still stocked with Android 2.3.5 and I really need to upgrade it to Android 4.0.4.
If it is possible to do so, please recommend a country from sammobile.com that I should download and install the firmware (preferably android 4.0.4) to my Galaxy SII. Thanks a lot.
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try Kies for an update. Almost all countries have been upgraded to 4.0.3. and please don't install 4.0.4 it has got a super brickbug.
First of all, I really appreciate your quick response and advice.
When I used to try and update via Kies it tells me I'm using the latest update + I live in Nigeria and the latest update for Galaxy SII in Nigeria on Sammobile is android 2.3.5.
I recently upgraded my phone to the unofficial Galaxy SII's jelly bean, after I noticed a few irritating bugs, I decided to switch back to my stock 2.3.5. But there is one problem though, the baseband version is still I9100XXLS6 (the unofficial jelly bean baseband version), therefore, my Kies application cannot recognise it, it always says " Your device's current firmware version is not supported to update firmware via Kies" when I connect it to Kies. How can I change it back to the original baseband version to be able to use Kies?
There are pictures to confirm this. Thanks
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evanef7 said:
First of all, I really appreciate your quick response and advice.
When I used to try and update via Kies it tells me I'm using the latest update + I live in Nigeria and the latest update for Galaxy SII in Nigeria on Sammobile is android 2.3.5.
I recently upgraded my phone to the unofficial Galaxy SII's jelly bean, after I noticed a few irritating bugs, I decided to switch back to my stock 2.3.5. But there is one problem though, the baseband version is still I9100XXLS6 (the unofficial jelly bean baseband version), therefore, my Kies application cannot recognise it, it always says " Your device's current firmware version is not supported to update firmware via Kies" when I connect it to Kies. How can I change it back to the original baseband version to be able to use Kies?
There are pictures to confirm this. Thanks
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those few irritating bugs have been fixed by different developers, you can try a rom based on XXLSJ, which have these bugs fixed. Or you can even try Siyah Kernel v6 http://www.gokhanmoral.com/
How did you reverted back to Gingerbread. The correct is, Flash Official firmware download from www.sammobile.com with ODIN.
I reverted back to gingerbread using the backup I made previously before updating to the unofficial jelly bean. The backup still has the correct baseband, but I don't know why the unofficial jelly bean baseband version is still here. Do you think downloading and installing that from Sammobile will solve the baseband version issue? Thanks
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evanef7 said:
I reverted back to gingerbread using the backup I made previously before updating to the unofficial jelly bean. The backup still has the correct baseband, but I don't know why the unofficial jelly bean baseband version is still here. Do you think downloading and installing that from Sammobile will solve the baseband version issue? Thanks
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yes, flashing with ODIN will fix it, but it will wipe your current OS. Or else just flash your pervious modem with ODIN or through CWM.
Ok. Is it advisable to download another country's firmware? For instance one of India's Android 4.0.3 since you said 4.0.4 has issues that might cause break. Thanks
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evanef7 said:
Ok. Is it advisable to download another country's firmware? For instance one of India's Android 4.0.3 since you said 4.0.4 has issues that might cause break. Thanks
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to fix baseband issue, just flash the modem which you had previously.
yes you can install 4.0.3 from any country. Just change the CSC with https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.manniakk.cscselector&hl=en
Alright, thanks for your help. I really appreciate.
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Hi, I downloaded the official Android 2.3.5 (I9100XWKJ1_I9100OJVKJ1_I9100XXKI4_HOME.tar.md5 and SS_DL.dll) from Sammobile. It's quite different from the usual CODE, CSC and MODEM files from other firmwares. Please, how can i install this on my Galaxy SII using Odin? I've searched the web for that but all I saw was how to install the leaked version of Android 2.3.5.
NB: I downloaded that of Nigeria. Thanks
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Sorry, I forgot to ask if I must be rooted before installing the official Android 2.3.5. Thanks
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evanef7 said:
Sorry, I forgot to ask if I must be rooted before installing the official Android 2.3.5. Thanks
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No, ODIN doesn't require your phone to rooted.
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Thanks, but after successfully installing android 2.3.5, will I need to inter into recovery mode to delete all user data and wipe cache partition in wipe data/factory reset option and finally reboot it?
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evanef7 said:
Hi, I downloaded the official Android 2.3.5 (I9100XWKJ1_I9100OJVKJ1_I9100XXKI4_HOME.tar.md5 and SS_DL.dll) from Sammobile. It's quite different from the usual CODE, CSC and MODEM files from other firmwares. Please, how can i install this on my Galaxy SII using Odin? I've searched the web for that but all I saw was how to install the leaked version of Android 2.3.5.
NB: I downloaded that of Nigeria. Thanks
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Mobile odin does the trick without much of a problem.
Thanks, but after successfully installing android 2.3.5, will I need to enter into recovery mode to delete all user data and wipe cache partition in wipe data/factory reset option and finally reboot it?
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evanef7 said:
Thanks, but after successfully installing android 2.3.5, will I need to enter into recovery mode to delete all user data and wipe cache partition in wipe data/factory reset option and finally reboot it?
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Yes. You will have to do a factory reset from the recovery, otherwise you will get stuck on the Samsung logo.
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Alright, thank you so much for your reply. I'm really grateful.
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Kies not recognising my device

Hi, I was on cyanogen 10.2 then decided to go back to stock 4.1.2 samsung rom. ( intl Uk version) everything went fine but with 4.3 for the s3 nearly here I decided to use kies to check if there was any updates for my device, now when I plug it in it says "GT-I9300 Does not currently support upgrading" can anyone help me in fixing this issue? Ive tried updating drivers and re installing the firmware via odin but it doesn't work
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As per identical posts .
Wrong firmware and CSC details .
JJEgan said:
As per identical posts .
Wrong firmware and CSC details .
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How would I go about fixing this then? And you say wrong firmware but how can this be when I put my countries firmware onto my phone?
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