[Q] How to wipe OS and reinstall - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello, i have a Samsung S III I9300, on which after a lot of custom ROMs, i have installed a clean original 4.1.2 firmware the UK version or something, and now i just flashed the 4.3 Orange Romania, which is my provider. The problem is that when i try to let's say search for updates it tells me that i have a custom "bla bla" (can't really remember what it said), and on kies it shows this http: //s29.postimg. org/pacbqv0h3/image.jpg which doesn't look ok to me.
So my question is, how can i wipe it all and install my fresh 4.3 Orange Romania firmware, so that i will get all of those "new phone, straight out the box" settings, AND make it so that it will appear like the firmware is perfectly fine and official, the kind that could get updates and whatnot lol.

follow this guide and you will be fine . http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/general/fix-s3-to-factory-unroot-stock-recovery-t2323847
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/general/tut-unroot-galaxy-siii-stock-updates-t1710613 also a short video how to do that .

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noob questions to downgrade :p

right before anyone has any smart comments, i have already searched for an answer and no luck.
my question is i updated my o2 uk, samsung galaxy s2 to the official o2 ics 4.0.3 rom vie kies a while ago but it really doesnt seem as good or as finished as gingerbread rom.
i think before ics i was on gb 2.3.5 o2 official rom and it was just flawless
i would like to know if it is possible to downgrade back to that official o2 gb eurobe uk rom ?
my current rom under about phone says, 4.0.3 baseband I9100xxLPR kernel version, 3.0.15-I9100XWLP3-CL287862 [email protected]#3 build number, IML74K.XWLP3
to flash back to the official gb 2.3.5 rom do i need to flash a different kernel or anything im a 100% noob here
i only say that because looking at custom roms people say oh u need to flash this kernal of that kernel etc...
thank you for your time any help would be amazing
Yes, it is.
you need to have a full package of GB's rom file (.tar.md5), then flash it via Odin..
that way, you dont need to flash any kernel, because its already contain kernel and stuff...
good luck
try another ics rom works better then any gb i had
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try the ics vk rom very stable fast and battery friendly....
thank you for your replys people !!!!

I'm sorry but can someone please show me where I can find the latest firmwares ?

I went on the samfirmware.com website but it says the latest firmwares are from Jan 2012 ???? how is that even possible ?
I am looking for the latest firmware for Canada. I know it was released recently, because my friends are updating, but I'm on a custom ROM and I just want to find the latest ICS firmware and flash it.
Please help!
try the link below, and you should also check your Region Code first:
http://samsung-updates.com/gt-i9100-galaxy-sii/
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use the link below to find your region code
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1647653
Funkadelick said:
I went on the samfirmware.com website but it says the latest firmwares are from Jan 2012 ???? how is that even possible ?
I am looking for the latest firmware for Canada. I know it was released recently, because my friends are updating, but I'm on a custom ROM and I just want to find the latest ICS firmware and flash it.
Please help!
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It's NOT possible. No offense, but if you can't navigate a website to find the latest firmwares (which are from May for the i9100 as of the time of this post), perhaps you should rethink flashing anything to your phone personally.

help with honor 7 submodel

got my honor 7 , a present from a friend, my model is the duel sim model, plk tl01hc.
what is the latest software (including beta) is available to it?
i entered my IMEI to recive the MM update, will i get it ?
please help
Hmm
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w.w.w.n.e.e.d.r.o.m..com/category/huawei/ go to this website search for your model don't wait for official ota update even I waited a week didn't receive so manually updated my PLK-UL00 to android m getting a smooth experience the procedure is very simple you can find it in the product description go for it

volte update of lenovo vibe k5

Anybody got volte update for Lenovo vibe k5.If you got pls give OTA URL...(OTA.zip)..
thank you
To get volte follow the step
1st flash your stock Rom and then configure your carrier and then you can update your phone to the volte version
I did like that, flashed stock ROM,I checked for update,but it was updated to SO33,This build update has not VoLTE support......
If your model is a6020a40 then download s034 ( you can use any version like s033,027)
Then... Flash it using QFil
Then copy the content under country code folder into microsd card root directory.. means not to copy it to any folder....
Then disconnect usb, open phone dialler and type ####6020#
And select india and select begin configure
Wait till your phone configured with india
Then try to update your phone as normal to s102 which is volte supportef
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If you flash s034 version rom then you can directly update to s102 which is volte... If you flash older version then 1st update it to s034 and then you can update to s102
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You can find the country code folder in stock Rom directory which you flashed
I flashed stock ROM S027,It showed system update available of build S034,Then I updated to S034,Later I checked for system update, showed update to S036.
Now I am on S036 build,My model number:A6020a40.
If you are from india and flashed india ota country code.. then no way to get s036 version... S036 is not for india
I am from India,I flashed india.ota.zip and india.default.ota.zip after flashing stock ROM by qfil...
I also did the same and now I am using s102
My Lenovo Vibe K5 was bought in UK but not used. After coming to India, I performed all the updates available to see if the phone enables VoLTE but it did not. The firmware version is now updated to S036. Is there a way to enable VoLTE still? Can the firmware be downgraded to S034? Thanks.

Odin fails on system.img while flashing stock ROM

I have s6 edge with model number sm-g9250 the chinese version but it lacked google apps and had all those chinese apps so by some research I found that there is a another ROM from hong kong (instead of chinese ROM) that should contain google apps so I downloaded it from sammobile (latest one from hong kong) and tried to flash it using odin but it failed on system.img.
The bootloader is locked because it prevented me from instaling twrp earlier saying ny device is locked but I don't think that should be a problem with a stock ROM.
So why is this happening?
Any ideas why would this happen generally?
Did you ever figure this out? I am dealing with this exact problem on the same exact phone/model.
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Just figured this out (if you're still having the issue), read this thread:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...ash-china-s6-edge-g9250-to-hong-kong-t3647280
theres a .pit file you need. Once you get that it flashes fine!
Good luck!

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