My phone isn't rooted yet but I got sent the automatic OTA update of 4.3 and downloaded it to my device. Where can I find it on my phone once its downloaded?
You are missing large areas of basic knowledge, suggest you go and read the sticky thread over in general forum.
You will find that your question makes no sense.
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Hi all
I got my Galaxy 2 this last week and wanted to know a couple of things about firmware, updates...
1.- Kies is not great... Is there any alternative? Can I update my SG2 with another software?
2.- Where can I check the latest versions of the firmware?
3.- Kies is giving me the amazing "This version of the device cannot be updated"... My phone comes straight from Samsung, so I guess I have the Samsung official ROM. Also is not rooted (for now)
Thank you all
P.S. I also got the pink crap in the lens anyone having this got it out with any firmware? I'll try to create an action for Photoshop to remove it. Let's see if my 2D skills can help the community with this path.
1) you can use odin to flash. Follow thr guide in the dev forum from intratech
Which leads to 2) latest firmware available in the same post
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Wow, quick reply, thanks tjjensen23
I heard about Odin but never tried it... I guess this is the right time!
Cheers!
You can check... Xda developers general forum, new stock roms are announced there very quickly.
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Question 2: http://fus.nanzen.se/
Thank you all :-D
Very appreciated
Hello guys, i bought SG 2 a week ago, there is android 2.2.
I have some questions, how i can to patch it? because i know that, there are more updated versions of android. Another question is, am i need in it?(patching)
How can i download apps, not from market? And is it safe?
P.s. Ssory for my english guys(. Need ur help.
Wrong section mate, and what do you mean by patching and no Warez talk allowed.
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patching= updating version
Kellyxoxo said:
patching= updating version
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Read the stickies, and check out Intratechs thread there is a guide in there in how to update a stock ROM, I suggest you try a stock ROM first.
It's in the original Android development thread.
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what it means?
the simplest way to update the firmware would be to plug it into the pc and connect it via samsung Kies and it should automatically tell you that there is an update available just download and install it however please backup ure data before doing anything.
Hi,
I recently upgraded to this device from the EVO3D. I have a question with regards to rooting.
With the EVO, every time there was a major OTA update, there were always firmware/radio updates to flash through the bootloader with fastboot in addition to the ROM base itself.
Does this exist with Samsung phones or is everything contained within the ROM package itself? I have a phone with 2.3.4 and was going to try a 2.3.6 ROM but didn't want to leave any important updates behind.
I have read through all the stickies and page through the general as well as the Q& A section and did not see it addressed.
Thanks for the help.
Obviously anyone who wants to chime in is more than welcome.
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Hi,
I recently upgraded to this device from the EVO3D. I have a question with regards to rooting.
With the EVO, every time there was a major OTA update, there were always firmware/radio updates to flash through the bootloader with fastboot in addition to the ROM base itself.
Does this exist with Samsung phones or is everything contained within the ROM package itself? I have a phone with 2.3.4 and was going to try a 2.3.6 ROM but didn't want to leave any important updates behind.
I have read through all the stickies and page through the general as well as the Q& A section and did not see it addressed.
Thanks for the help.
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Basically, anything is independently flashable. Sometimes there will be interdependencies between components, but not usually.
1) Right now there is NO reason to ever flash bootloaders - avoid it. Any CWM-flashable firmware in these forums does not include BLs. (This may change with ICS.)
2) Don't flash anything with a .PIT in Odin - it'll hose your device.
3) You can mix and match any radio firmware with any system firmware. (At least for Gingerbread. ICS is an unknown.) It's not like many HTC devices, where the radio acted as a bootloader for the applications processor - on Samsungs, the AP bootloads the modem.
4) Older kernels can cause problems with newer firmwares. My latest releases should work with any Gingerbread firmware other than AOSP/CM7.
Thank you. I am a forever Noob.
With HTC the updates were always stripped of any bootloader updates to remain s-off. The remainder was always flashed through recovery or fastboot. I am trying to understand this wotld a little more. I have become very afraid of bootloaders from my time there.
I would assume the good people here will help guys like me if things change with ICS?
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jpreichart said:
Thank you. I am a forever Noob.
With HTC the updates were always stripped of any bootloader updates to remain s-off. The remainder was always flashed through recovery or fastboot. I am trying to understand this wotld a little more. I have become very afraid of bootloaders from my time there.
I would assume the good people here will help guys like me if things change with ICS?
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Yup. Any ICS update should contain clear instructions on if the bootloader situation changes. (Right now, there's no evidence of this.)
It is my opinion that anyone who provides a bootloader flash should always do it separately and make it clear under what circumstances the user should flash the BLs.
In general, be careful about flashing factory-originated firmware updates as these can include bootloaders. Almost anything here won't. (However, the first UCKK6 leaks did... Next time an I777 leak shows up we know how to remove the BLs though.)
One last question. You have been very helpful. If i use your kernel to get CWM onto the phone to avoid the flash counter, it will play nice with stock rooted 2.3.4?
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jpreichart said:
Thank you. I am a forever Noob.
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This is by choice. Just by spending a little time reading the FAQ, looking through the stickies and perusing the forum in general would have probably prevented you from starting this thread. Always do a search before starting a new thread and whenever possible post to an already existing related thread rather than start a new one. No more newbie pass for you.
Miami_Son said:
This is by choice. Just by spending a little time reading the FAQ, looking through the stickies and perusing the forum in general would have probably prevented you from starting this thread. Always do a search before starting a new thread and whenever possible post to an already existing related thread rather than start a new one. No more newbie pass for you.
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I mentioned above that I have / had searched. I did not find the same question asked. If I missed it, I apologize. It took me a few days to get the courage to post. I did not want to start a discussion and get 5 responses like yours (it seems that is the most common response people get when they ask questions).
Sometimes you have to ask a question in a way that makes sense to you to understand the answer. Otherwise what is the point of a Q& A section?
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jpreichart said:
One last question. You have been very helpful. If i use your kernel to get CWM onto the phone to avoid the flash counter, it will play nice with stock rooted 2.3.4?
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Yes, it should. You'll need to root your phone to install my kernel without the counter - either SuperOneClick (works for UCKH7) or my prerooted system image (flashing custom system images doesn't trigger the counter)
jpreichart said:
Sometimes you have to ask a question in a way that makes sense to you to understand the answer. Otherwise what is the point of a Q& A section?
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It certianly isn't to ask questions that can be answered with an investment in time and reading or that have been asked and asnwered already.
Here's a tip I and others give newbies looking for answers: During the initial period of looking/searching/reading, do NOT use your phone. Use a PC so you can see full pages and it will be easier to gather information. Tapatalk or the XDA app should be limited to making replies or casual reading of the forum, not as a way to research these often complex subjects.
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It certianly isn't to ask questions that can be answered with an investment in time and reading or that have been asked and asnwered already.
Here's a tip I and others give newbies looking for answers: During the initial period of looking/searching/reading, do NOT use your phone. Use a PC so you can see full pages and it will be easier to gather information. Tapatalk or the XDA app should be limited to making replies or casual reading of the forum, not as a way to research these often complex subjects.
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I agree with you. For what it's worth, I did search using a desktop. Just typing on my phone. I can't put it down!
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Haven't been on this forum in years and now back. Looking at getting the Galaxy S3 from ATT as the new iphone doesn't seem worth it after all this wait. I have never used any android device before so know nothing about their OS or anything really. I've used HTC Tilt2 device which was probably my last device on this forum and flashed roms and all that just fine. Looking on here though for the past hour i can't find like a tutorial on how to flash roms? Do i need to unlock my stock phone first?
I see people talk about using Odin which sounds like this is a flashing software for roms?
I'm really interested in flashing this rom, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1797334 as it seems like a stock rom but with all the upgrades in speed/stability/etc. How would i do this and safely?
What are the fail safe procedures such as i get a bad flash what do i do? Phone doesn't finish flash and gets stuck on boot logo what do i do? If im at work and this happens can i fix it via SD card while on the go?
I remember there usually being a sticky that answers this kind of stuff but have read all the stickies for this sub-forum device and found none that in layman's terms describes the above?
I will be reading much more on this site trying to figure this thing out but this really all is Chinese to me as i know nothing about android and their OS or flashing procedures. Remember the days of a simple rom flash on my Tilt2 device took about 30 seconds no brainer. I some how can't understand this stuff though. Greatly appreciate if anyone can answer the above questions and/or point me in the right directions as a total 100% noob to android and this phone. Thank you for your time.
Unless you want a bricked device....do not flash any roms from this section! These are for the international variant only!
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Go here for At&t:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1802160
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First root your CURRENT ROM and than make a nandroid backup on SD card and than go to http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1705 forum and you can find everything about the AT&T variant Galaxy sIII...
Happy Flashing....
Check
www.Galaxys3root.com
It contains all guidance about rooting and flashing roms in all international And S3 variants.
You may also search for zedomax profile on xda about all these things. He is a helping guy host of www.Galaxys3root.com
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Hi, I have a few questions that I can't seem to get solid answers for online.
1st, When the new update is out 4.2.2 or maybe even 5.0, Will I need to unroot? I have seen online that I can maybe update via KIES and it will just update it and unroot itself but I don't know if I trust that.
2nd, If I need to unroot before updating, What is the best most layman's term tutorial I can follow?
IMHO its always best to unroot before accepting an official update.
Check the "sticky roll-up thread" at the top of general. If it's not layman enough for you, you haven't learned enough
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rootSU said:
IMHO its always best to unroot before accepting an official update.
Check the "sticky roll-up thread" at the top of general. If it's not layman enough for you, you haven't learned enough
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But will it unroot if I update through KIES?
yes
nathanmcc said:
But will it unroot if I update through KIES?
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Should do but don't rely on that being a clean method of unrooting. Unrooting is best if you flash a stock ROM using Odin. Kies updates are not complete ROMs so they can miss things you may have modified on your system
IMHO if you're rooted you shouldn't use KIES. But I'm not sure why anyone would want to anyway, when you can download any ROM as soon as it is released and flash it with Odin anyway. Or if rooted, just flash custom ROMS that are even better.
All depends what you want to get out of it.