I purchased my phone unlocked in USA a year ago because i work and live overseas. It came with Gingerbread and I had no problems upgrading to ICS 4.0.4 but this morning Kies sent notificatrion of update to 4.4.4 so i installed it and I could no longer access my local network provider. I went to a local shop to have them try to unlock it but they had to do a factory reset. My sim works now but when I try to do a restore data etc through Kies it looks like it is doing it but then at the end says it failed. To make things worse, all my installed apps are gone but I can't install them again through google play store because it says they are already installed! I want to try and update to 4.0.3 again but Kies only gives the 4.0.4 option. Appreciate any help as I don't want to mess around with rooting and I am afraid that if i update to 4.0.4 again it won;t recognize my sim.
dthomasss said:
I purchased my phone unlocked in USA a year ago because i work and live overseas. It came with Gingerbread and I had no problems upgrading to ICS 4.0.4 but this morning Kies sent notificatrion of update to 4.4.4 so i installed it and I could no longer access my local network provider. I went to a local shop to have them try to unlock it but they had to do a factory reset. My sim works now but when I try to do a restore data etc through Kies it looks like it is doing it but then at the end says it failed. To make things worse, all my installed apps are gone but I can't install them again through google play store because it says they are already installed! I want to try and update to 4.0.3 again but Kies only gives the 4.0.4 option. Appreciate any help as I don't want to mess around with rooting and I am afraid that if i update to 4.0.4 again it won;t recognize my sim.
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There is an app on the Play Store called "GalaxSim Unlock" use that if it relocks. If I were you I would flash stock ICS rooted.
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There's a 4.4.4 update?? Or are you referring to kies updating itself
If you get GalaxSim Unlock from the market, you will have to pay to unlock, but if you download it from the developers thread on these forums, you can unlock for free.
If you don't want to root, you probably won't get a lot of help from these forums, because it's a developer environment and almost everyone here has a rooted phone. There's not much experinece around here with Kies and other Samsung stock only tools.
That being said, if you want to go back to stock 4.0.3, you can flash that using Odin or Heimdall. Get the files you need from the Download Repository (link in my sig.) It's the last section at the bottom of the page.
If yours has not rooted, and not running any custom ROM, why would you go here anyway?
^
Because XDA is where to find the right answer to the problem. :thumbup:
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Hi,
i bought a Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-I9300 about two months ago, it's a Spanish device. I think the device came with 4.0.1 update of ICS, some weeks after buying it got 4.0.4 update and then using CF-Root 6.4 and Odin 1.85 managed to get root access so i was able to install busybox and UMS application from xda forums. So everything was working fine. Then, about 3 days ago i got an update notification which showed me a message which said "Updates will be provided in the request order preference" or something like this, i tried to update a few times more but no luck, i always got the same messages so i thought i had to wait for 4.1 update to get published but anyway everything was working fine.
The curious thing is yesterday ( August 25, 2012), when i woke up i noticed a firmware update was ready to be installed so went through it (without uninstalling CF-Root 6.4, supersu, etc.) but the strange thing was, after the update completed fine, went to settings to check the version and i saw it still/again was 4.0.4 version of ICS. Also noticed Google Play Books and Google Play Movies got installed so on one hand it seemed everything went fine cause new apps were there and everything worked as expected but on the other hand i think i already had 4.0.4 update installed on the device. Till that point one can think i got confused on the versions i got installed before the update and no major problem here. After that, as i already had root access on the device, i went to check if i still could run UMS app but it complained about missing root access so as i did before that last Android update took CF-Root 6.4 and Odin 1.85 to flash the device and get root access again (Without removing any previous install of CF-Root, super su, busybox, etc. ) but had no luck, so now it's not possible for me get root access again but i'm also still wondering how is it possible that today's update left the phone with the same Android version as before the update.
The only explanation i can find is the phone came with 4.0 version, first update got me to 4.0.1 and today's update guided me to the 4.0.4 but i'm still wondering why root access is not working as it should.
So my questions are, did i got confused about each version update? Then why can't i get root access again just repeating the same first process?
When opening busybox i can read "Not Enough Free Space in /system". Opening /system directory with Root Explorer i can read 1.05GB used, 436.39MB free. Is it right /system directory takes up to 1GB of the space? Why Busybox thinks there is 0.0MB free there?
Hope someone can help. Thanks in advanced!
Thousands of posts say OTA updates may fail if the phone is rooted .
Usual is to fail part way through an update ..
Suggest wipe the phone flash stock rom with Odin then root .
jje
JJEgan said:
Thousands of posts say OTA updates may fail if the phone is rooted .
Usual is to fail part way through an update ..
Suggest wipe the phone flash stock rom with Odin then root .
jje
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Thanks a lot for the info. Am i going to loose installed apps, system settings, etc when doing the suggested process? Do i really need to wipe the phone before flashing the phone? I suppose i can find stock rom for my model here in the forums. Thanks!!
Hi,
i'm looking for a stock firmware for my SGS3 BaseBand I9300XXLH1 but i'm not able to find it. I think the firmware which came with my phone is unbranded and from Spain. But the question which i'm wondering is, do i really need to flash the phone? Isn't possible to solve the issue in another manner? After updating through OTA the rooted device, what's supposed to went wrong?
Lastly, what's wrong on updating a stock rooted firmware using Phone/Android update system? Don't understand how doing that can break the phone forcing me to wipe data and flash the phone.
Hope someone can help. Thanks a lot!
PD: After rebooting the phone in recovery mode i can see stock recovery has been installed with last update. Hope someone can make a bit of sense about it all. Thanks in advanced.
sibok said:
Hi,
i'm looking for a stock firmware for my SGS3 BaseBand I9300XXLH1 but i'm not able to find it. I think the firmware which came with my phone is unbranded and from Spain. But the question which i'm wondering is, do i really need to flash the phone? Isn't possible to solve the issue in another manner? After updating through OTA the rooted device, what's supposed to went wrong?
Lastly, what's wrong on updating a stock rooted firmware using Phone/Android update system? Don't understand how doing that can break the phone forcing me to wipe data and flash the phone.
Hope someone can help. Thanks a lot!
PD: After rebooting the phone in recovery mode i can see stock recovery has been installed with last update. Hope someone can make a bit of sense about it all. Thanks in advanced.
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Get your firmware from here http://www.samfirmware.com/
then use odin to flash it, I had the same problem
Baseband is modem not firmware.
jje
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Thanks to both for your answers. Maybe it's stupid but i'm some what more peaceful knowing other people also happened the same issue although it still feels very weird. All i did is flashing with CF-Root 6.4.
I've been looking for the stock firmware which is supposed to came with my phone at sammobile site but i'm not able to find it, although at that point ( where the phone got the same update twice, 4.0.4 ) i don't think i can trust the information provided by the phone. Under phone settings i can see Model Number is GT-l9300 and Base Band Version is i9300XXLH1 but i can't find it no sammobile site. What i find at sammobile site is I9300XXBLH1 ( notice B letter ) but i think that before this weird behaviour happened the phone showed Base Band Version I9300XXBLFB.
Is it all possible or the weird one is me?
Kickasskev, did you got 4.0.4 update twice?
Thanks again to all!
REPEAT BASEBAND IS NOT FIRMWARE nor is it firmware version .
To locate firmware try CHECKFUS .
Or stock providers roms from the sticky on XDA .
jje
sibok said:
Hi,
i bought a Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-I9300 about two months ago, it's a Spanish device. I think the device came with 4.0.1 update of ICS, some weeks after buying it got 4.0.4 update and then using CF-Root 6.4 and Odin 1.85 managed to get root access so i was able to install busybox and UMS application from xda forums. So everything was working fine. Then, about 3 days ago i got an update notification which showed me a message which said "Updates will be provided in the request order preference" or something like this, i tried to update a few times more but no luck, i always got the same messages so i thought i had to wait for 4.1 update to get published but anyway everything was working fine.
The curious thing is yesterday ( August 25, 2012), when i woke up i noticed a firmware update was ready to be installed so went through it (without uninstalling CF-Root 6.4, supersu, etc.) but the strange thing was, after the update completed fine, went to settings to check the version and i saw it still/again was 4.0.4 version of ICS. Also noticed Google Play Books and Google Play Movies got installed so on one hand it seemed everything went fine cause new apps were there and everything worked as expected but on the other hand i think i already had 4.0.4 update installed on the device. Till that point one can think i got confused on the versions i got installed before the update and no major problem here. After that, as i already had root access on the device, i went to check if i still could run UMS app but it complained about missing root access so as i did before that last Android update took CF-Root 6.4 and Odin 1.85 to flash the device and get root access again (Without removing any previous install of CF-Root, super su, busybox, etc. ) but had no luck, so now it's not possible for me get root access again but i'm also still wondering how is it possible that today's update left the phone with the same Android version as before the update.
The only explanation i can find is the phone came with 4.0 version, first update got me to 4.0.1 and today's update guided me to the 4.0.4 but i'm still wondering why root access is not working as it should.
So my questions are, did i got confused about each version update? Then why can't i get root access again just repeating the same first process?
When opening busybox i can read "Not Enough Free Space in /system". Opening /system directory with Root Explorer i can read 1.05GB used, 436.39MB free. Is it right /system directory takes up to 1GB of the space? Why Busybox thinks there is 0.0MB free there?
Hope someone can help. Thanks in advanced!
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0. Remove all root apps from your phone.
1. Back up your rooted rom in cWM.
2. Use triangle away to get rid of the traingle.
3. Format system and cache.
4. Flash an official rom.
5. You should have all your apps + settings on a stock rom without the status being 'modified'.
victorator said:
0. Remove all root apps from your phone.
1. Back up your rooted rom in cWM.
2. Use triangle away to get rid of the traingle.
3. Format system and cache.
4. Flash an official rom.
5. You should have all your apps + settings on a stock rom without the status being 'modified'.
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I've used checkfus and now i know my firmware.
Thanks for the step by step tips, but my phone is not rooted so i cannot use cwm, triangleapp and so. I. Annot also remove cwm manager nor supersu. I suppose i'll have to flash stock firmware first of all. Am i right?
Pretty strange, first time i rooted the device through cf-root6.4 it run flawlessly, but now i had to remove the battery after flashing ( while device was on ) and enter into recovery mode by hand which started the rooting process.
Thanks!
I have the AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777 my friend recently upgraded to ICS using kies but i cant do it. everyt time i got to firmware upgrade, it gives me some error in chinese (i speak english not chinese lol) my friend suggested removing my security which i have done i still have the error. Idk how to fix it. i have the latest kies version, i reinstalled it a couple of times and reinstalled drivers. my phone is currently running 2.3.4
yj121 said:
I have the AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777 my friend recently upgraded to ICS using kies but i cant do it. everyt time i got to firmware upgrade, it gives me some error in chinese (i speak english not chinese lol) my friend suggested removing my security which i have done i still have the error. Idk how to fix it. i have the latest kies version, i reinstalled it a couple of times and reinstalled drivers. my phone is currently running 2.3.4
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If you are ok with not using Kies to do the upgrade, you can use this. Of course, that assumes you're rooted and have CWM installed (which you shouldn't if you are trying to update via Kies), but I'll just leave this here as an alternative solution you can consider.
Better learn some Chinese, go order u some Rosetta stone! Haha jk. But I agree with ^^--- this guy.
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That's Korean, probably since Samsung's Korean. If you wish to stay completely stock, just download the odin tar from sammobile.com and flash it. Of course, that will update your bootloader and give you the bad kernel, but Kies will do the same as well.
Kies is a POS. I tried to upgrade my phone to ICS for sending into warranty, no matter what I did the phone wouldn't connect. I said screw it and left it at 2.3.4.
I am wanting to go back to stock (no root) and would like to update to official ICS from ATT. I have successfully gone back to 2.3.4 GB but have searched and searched trying to find either the last version of GB or the latest ICS. I read that I should be able to update through Kies but it just says I am at the latest version and OTA updates will not work on the phone. Again, I am just looking for a customer odin flashable stock ICS image or at least get to a version that I can get back on the ATT updates. Thanks.
There is an option in kies to force the update by putting in your imei number or something to that affect I can't remember it was a long while ago when I tried it. Do a Google search with xda kies ICS upgrade.
I believe it is the emergency restore option in Kies and you need to put in your model (SGH-I777) and serial # from the battery compartment.
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Thanks! I will give it a shot tonight when I get home.
I attempted to run the emergency firmware recovery option without success. Only option I have under tools > firmware upgrade and initialization is to go to the same version.
I just found this post, currently downloading the firmware. It is showing the ICS firmware upgrade.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1727109
Worked like a charm. I was messing up by trying to choose the firmware upgrade and initialization option with the phone plugged in. You have to do it when the phone unplugged, enter your model and S/N, then plug the phone in. After the software downloads you have to remove the cable, shut off the phone and go into download mode. Then it is all waiting from there. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.
Awesome!
I just use ODIN on my PC and the .tar file that contains the Samsung/AT&T 4.0 when ever I want to go back.
Which will never happen but have had some minor thoughts about it..
Not a bad idea to see just how good you've got it on custom ROMs
Clay
Team Pirate
Sent from my PINK GSwagger2
Careful of the super brick bug with stock ICS and no root.
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If Im on Gingerbread, can i root it and install CMW for it, then upgrade to an ICS/JellyBean custom rom through it or must I update to official ICS rom first through odin (because of bootloader issues(?))?
dkimmortal said:
If Im on Gingerbread, can i root it and install CMW for it, then upgrade to an ICS/JellyBean custom rom through it or must I update to official ICS rom first through odin (because of bootloader issues(?))?
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The stickies have the information u need to root and get started flashing.
Hi guys.
My sister has a s3 (4.0.4). She wanted me to update it. (OTA not available). The phone is on 3 (UK). So i plugged it in kies and started to update it. After it had finished i turned the phone on and to my surprise it was asking for an unlock code! I was confused because it was working before the update. What made it even worse was that it hadnt updated to jellybean rather it was still 4.0.4. I was baffled.
So i decided to root it then do an unlock. This worked fine however i don't want the root for my sister as she is not into all this stuff. So i checked online if i could unroot. The only option i found was to a factory reset!. I can't do that as my sister will kill me. So now I'm stuck. Kies won't recognise my phone because its rooted. So what do i do??? I cant update it till its unrooted so I'm stuck.
Can you please tell me if there is any way round this. And how can i get jelly bean?.
Thanks.
keep it rooted and hide the root apps from the app drawer, that way your sister won't use them / mess the phone up.
Only other way is a factory reset + stock reflash i guess. :/
Well if you reeeally want to unroot, then install triangleaway first and do the "traditional steps of removing the binary count".. and then just flash a firmware from sammobile.com
Cheers!
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda premium
mzr07 said:
Hi guys.
My sister has a s3 (4.0.4). She wanted me to update it. (OTA not available). The phone is on 3 (UK). So i plugged it in kies and started to update it. After it had finished i turned the phone on and to my surprise it was asking for an unlock code! I was confused because it was working before the update. What made it even worse was that it hadnt updated to jellybean rather it was still 4.0.4. I was baffled.
So i decided to root it then do an unlock. This worked fine however i don't want the root for my sister as she is not into all this stuff. So i checked online if i could unroot. The only option i found was to a factory reset!. I can't do that as my sister will kill me. So now I'm stuck. Kies won't recognise my phone because its rooted. So what do i do??? I cant update it till its unrooted so I'm stuck.
Can you please tell me if there is any way round this. And how can i get jelly bean?.
Thanks.
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Rooting doesnt stop KIES from recognising your phone. It doesnt stop you from updating via KIES. After updating you will lose the root. You are doing something wrong. Also ...your phone is carrier locked so after the update you will have to unlock it again. There are different ways /software for unlocking ....choose a permanent way.....then flashing will not affect your unlock status
Cheers
If you don't want to be rooted, buy an unlock code from your network.
The software methods all require root.
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There is no reason to suddenly need an unlock code after a firmware update...
I would check the right version if the Rom you installed.
Unroot is not very complicated, it's mainly erasing the su binary in /system/bin I think and uninstalling super user app.
I get the following error message:
This device is not supported by Kies 2.0
Make sure that your device is supported and try again.
And this is using the latest version of Kies.
Any ideas on how to resolve this?
I remember it started to the proccess to root my phone, but then I wasn't very succesfull with it, so I abandoned it, but otherwise it should be stock firmware (its one of the first few steps on the xda guides).
TIA
NfScLambo said:
I get the following error message:
This device is not supported by Kies 2.0
Make sure that your device is supported and try again.
And this is using the latest version of Kies.
Any ideas on how to resolve this?
I remember it started to the proccess to root my phone, but then I wasn't very succesfull with it, so I abandoned it, but otherwise it should be stock firmware (its one of the first few steps on the xda guides).
TIA
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Kies cannot root your phone .
Probable buggered firmware if you tried something and stopped .
Initial try is to backup data and factory reset phone .
Fails then flash your original firmware via Odin .
Alternative use XDA to update by flashing stock firmware .
jje
JJEgan said:
Kies cannot root your phone .
Probable buggered firmware if you tried something and stopped .
Initial try is to backup data and factory reset phone .
Fails then flash your original firmware via Odin .
Alternative use XDA to update by flashing stock firmware .
jje
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How would I back up my contacts, most importantly, without using Kies?
NfScLambo said:
How would I back up my contacts, most importantly, without using Kies?
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Synch then with Google
Is that the only way? Because I don't want to do it that way.
Is there a way to check if my phone is rooted? Because I'm sure I didn't complete the process, but I just need to confirm that.
Also, I think I only got as far as trying the procedure for "triangle away", numerous times, but it didn't quite work for me, so I left it.
Is there a way to "untriangle away" after checking if it was done?
TIA
you can search 3rd party backup & restore application in playstore. you can try "my backup"
NfScLambo said:
I get the following error message:
This device is not supported by Kies 2.0
Make sure that your device is supported and try again.
And this is using the latest version of Kies.
Any ideas on how to resolve this?
I remember it started to the proccess to root my phone, but then I wasn't very succesfull with it, so I abandoned it, but otherwise it should be stock firmware (its one of the first few steps on the xda guides).
TIA
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Hi, I went through the same problem and fixed it.
First uninstall Kies from your PC and make sure you doesn't leave behind any files.
Uninstallation of the software and the drivers installed by Kies I suggest using Revo uninstaller to do that.
Uninstall it from your PC then make a fresh installation.
Open Kies but do not connect your phone, if it wants to update Kies, go ahead and do it.
Close Kies, connect your phone and open Kies.
That should fix it.
It happened to me when I updated Kies while my phone was connected. Do try the steps above hopefully it should help. Kies is a crappy software to be honest. Samsung should really get their act up and code a better/stable program.
If that doesn't help, then probably something went wrong while rooting. The simplest and best option would be to flash the Stock rom back on your phone. That's very simple to do.
Follow this thread to get back to stock rom [http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=32980712&postcount=6]
PS: The stock rom link on this thread is linked to JB if I'm not wrong, I would suggest going on www.sammobile.com/firmware and downloading the correct stock rom for your phone.
Hope I helped
dibyajyoti said:
Hi, I went through the same problem and fixed it.
First uninstall Kies from your PC and make sure you doesn't leave behind any files.
Uninstallation of the software and the drivers installed by Kies I suggest using Revo uninstaller to do that.
Uninstall it from your PC then make a fresh installation.
Open Kies but do not connect your phone, if it wants to update Kies, go ahead and do it.
Close Kies, connect your phone and open Kies.
That should fix it.
It happened to me when I updated Kies while my phone was connected. Do try the steps above hopefully it should help. Kies is a crappy software to be honest. Samsung should really get their act up and code a better/stable program.
If that doesn't help, then probably something went wrong while rooting. The simplest and best option would be to flash the Stock rom back on your phone. That's very simple to do.
Follow this thread to get back to stock rom [http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=32980712&postcount=6]
PS: The stock rom link on this thread is linked to JB if I'm not wrong, I would suggest going on www.sammobile.com/firmware and downloading the correct stock rom for your phone.
Hope I helped
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That worked perfectly.
Thanks.
Also, since I'm using a phone with INU region, I can't upgrade it to 4.1.1
Someone else bought a phone, and I was working on it for them, and out of the box, it asked for firmware upgrade. Lucky guy!
NfScLambo said:
Is that the only way? Because I don't want to do it that way.
Is there a way to check if my phone is rooted? Because I'm sure I didn't complete the process, but I just need to confirm that.
Also, I think I only got as far as trying the procedure for "triangle away", numerous times, but it didn't quite work for me, so I left it.
Is there a way to "untriangle away" after checking if it was done?
TIA
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There are apps on the play store which can check if your phone is rooted. Search for "check root".
The triangle away procedure is optional. You don't really have to do it.
It will just reset your counter so that it seems as if you didn't make any changes.
This is useful if you have to return the phone for warranty.
To backup your contacts I would also suggest to sync them with Google.
It's easier to manage your contacts via your web browser and you always have a backup.
You can also export those contacts from Google to other formats so you can import them later on other phones/programs.
Of course there are also other options... you could copy them to your SIM or use 3th party apps.
I would suggest G Cloud.
It is an app that will backup your Contacts, SMS Messages, Call logs, System settings, Pictures, ... and a lot more
You can choose what to backup. It'll back it up in the Cloud. You have 1GB free storage which is enough.
After a factory reset or installation of a new ROM you si;ply reinstall the software and restore your backup.
I only use it to backup my SMS messages. I like to keep them all.
Good luck
NfScLambo said:
That worked perfectly.
Thanks.
Also, since I'm using a phone with INU region, I can't upgrade it to 4.1.1
Someone else bought a phone, and I was working on it for them, and out of the box, it asked for firmware upgrade. Lucky guy!
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Even I'm on INU region. Are you from India? If so, you can't upgrade to 4.1.1 yet because Samsung hasn't updated the firmware for the region as of now. Jelly Bean is expected to arrive sometime around mid of November if not earlier. And the firmware upgrade out of the box isn't 4.1 update. Its a security patch recently released by Samsung.
I'm from India, but now I'm using this phone outside of India regulary.
I was thinking of using a SIM card from India, but I would have to cut it manually, and then also I wouldn't be sure if it was cut properly.
The firmware upgrade out of the box is for 4.0.4, which is still ICS.
Can I just change INU to another country, and then get the update? And then revert it back to INU when I need to send it in for warranty?
Also, it's surprising that Samsung hasn't released an update for INU, because I'm pretty sure it was one of the launch markets, as well as one of their biggest markets.
NfScLambo said:
I'm from India, but now I'm using this phone outside of India regulary.
I was thinking of using a SIM card from India, but I would have to cut it manually, and then also I wouldn't be sure if it was cut properly.
The firmware upgrade out of the box is for 4.0.4, which is still ICS.
Can I just change INU to another country, and then get the update? And then revert it back to INU when I need to send it in for warranty?
Also, it's surprising that Samsung hasn't released an update for INU, because I'm pretty sure it was one of the launch markets, as well as one of their biggest markets.
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Yes, India is getting INU update 1st week of November or the 2nd. Samsung are market leaders here and JB updates have been confirmed.
There is a way to change from INU on your phone by changing your CSC ID. The CSC is location specific, so if you change your ID to some country where S3 has been given the JB update. You 'might' get it. Though I'm not sure of this method.
Instructions For Changing CSC:
Download Samsung Galaxy S / S2 CSC app from the Play Store
Open Samsung Galaxy S / S2 CSC app
Tap "Change CSC" button
Select the CSC for you Country
Tap "Install" button (Keep in mind changing CSC wipes your device)
I have never tried changing the CSC on my phone so I'm unsure of the credibility of the method above. Do take backup before changing it.
personally ive found kies is flawed and dont really like it