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Samsung Galaxy S III (new flagship Android phone from Samsung)
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BIGWORM
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Yeah, better version of gmail that I know of, also more updated Play Store. I'm home, but I can't find the link that I used, but I have the zip on my phone:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/2xfsabbtrw5d39m/gapps-jb-20121104_4.2-signed.zip?m
Uploaded straight to my dropbox.
A.Romero
Member
I would flash another fw through odin. Maybe cm it something like that.
As long as you can enter download mode, you can probably save your phone.
Wait you flashed through Kies or through Odin? At this rate, if you can reach download mode, I'd just flash through Odin if I were you.
So at the top left of the screen (the only screen that loads on my phone), it says:
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME:
CUSTOM BINARY
etc
etc
Then below:
"Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again."
So, I'm confused. Odin and Kies are apparently two things, but Kies is clearly using Odin mode to update the firmware. I have continued to use Kies, unaware that there would be any alternative at this stage.
Anyway, I have no idea how to get to "download mode". In fact, I have no idea how to get to any other screen besides the one I described above, and off.
Yikes...
you can't get to download mode using Power, Vol down and home while starting your phone?
http://www.android.gs/download-mode-galaxy-s3/
That IS Download Mode. Holding Power + Volume Up + Home gets you to Recovery Mode. Which is what Kies seems to want you to go to.
If you want to try using Odin though, you can look through this page. It has everything you need.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426
If you want to try using Odin though, you can look through this page. It has everything you need.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426
Neither does anything apart from rebooting the phone, which then goes to the exact same screen/mode.
I'm sorry for being a bit Android illiterate and I appreciate everyone trying to help. Not totally resigned yet.
Is there any way for you to take a picture or video of what's on your phone? Or get a livestream going on and we can provide live support lol
ATT GS3 i747?
Try this: http://www.s3forums.com/forum/galax...re-upgrade-encountered-issue-please-help.html
Post #2 for Directions, Post #11 for I747 Stock Firmware
Latest Odin: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1737848
Make sure you uninstall Kies and it's drivers as those might be causing conflict.
*Take no responsibility if your phone explodes, Just trying to help. Good luck!
Don't use ATT Firmware I linked too, Let me see if I can find Rogers stock.
FOUND HERE: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1968625
Oh Rogers. Using Odin will definitely be easier. Follow the link I gave you since the one rc213 linked to on XDA is only for AT&T firmware.
Don't be afraid about pulling the battery out. Just pull it out, put it back in, then hold down the Volume Down, Home, and Power buttons and do not let go until you hit a screen that says to press Volume Up to enter Download Mode.
Great, thanks. I'll try this out tomorrow.
I lied. Decided to do it tonight. Update just completed.
Sucks that my phone is now "modified". All I wanted to do was get Jelly Bean! Thought using Kies would be an innocuous way to do so! Now my warranty is voided and I'm not sure what other consequences might await (if any).
JB's pretty slick, though. Just gotta figure out why ICS+ Browser isn't working
Thanks for the help, everybody
Sucks that my phone is now "modified". All I wanted to do was get Jelly Bean! Thought using Kies would be an innocuous way to do so! Now my warranty is voided and I'm not sure what other consequences might await (if any).
JB's pretty slick, though. Just gotta figure out why ICS+ Browser isn't working
Thanks for the help, everybody
Warranty should be ok. If you for some reason need to send it in, just flash a stock ROM. You can also use Triangle Away to get rid of the triangle.
ICS+ Browser is for ICS, not JB.
I did figure that, but got conflicting information. Maybe it was an older web page. So what's the equivalent JB browser then? I loved ICS+
Anyway good to know
[edit] nm, stock browser has quick controls....
yeah stock is good with the quick controls. Boat is nice, but recently they added ads to the start page and you have to do an IAP to remove them... so I'll probably go back to stock.
Rewrite
Not as deep as he thinks
I have the Dolphin browser which I love, but I tried the stock browser again while having power saving enabled and noticed that the browser's screen gets toned downed by a lot while on Dolphin it remains the same. I assume that the power saving feature only works for stock apps?
DietRob
i've been begging for over 5 years.
I flashed this just before I headed off to bed. I've messed around with gmail, now, and calendar and can't see any differences what so ever, call me when they have the 4.2 camera and gallery working properly.
Or let me know what differences I should be looking for coming from gapps-jb-42-20121103
Did you flash the stock Rogers rom? Looks like it was in that xda thread. If so your warranty is fine. It will not trip the counter.
Good to hear you got it working, As others have said if you flashed the stock rom through odin your warranty is intact. Even though it's not hard to get a phone back to stock with certain tools to make sure they can't tell you ever flashed anything but stock.
Glad to hear your phone is up and working again! I went to sleep last night but I wondered how you were doing lol. On the bright side, once someone gets a stock firmware up, you will just be able to use Odin to flash that and your phone should be back to normal. And you can see if your flash counter went up by booting into download mode. If it went up, just use Triangle Away to reset it and you'll be fine.
Was your phone in download mode?
Turn your phone off, hold down the volume down, home, and power button.
Trying now, flashed a screen warning me about using other OS's then jus powered up regularly. I don't remember this being this difficult when I had the Captivate to upgrade.
EDIT: LOL its like a sick game my phone is playing with me. Keeps powering up regardless of the fact I'm holding vol down and home as well.
Err...you're letting go once you get to the screen where it warns you, and then you pressed volume up to continue right?
Yeah, finally was able to do that. I pressed volume up and it says its downloading but I havent started kies or anything yet on my comp
Seems to be working now thank you Toki
No problem. I suspect Kies just wasn't putting the phone itself into download mode even though it should have done so automatically.
Seems to be what happened though as soon as I say its working fine, I'm stuck on the Downloading... screen in download mode and Kies won't connect to my device.
Potentially stupid question but you have the right drivers installed right?
Yeah, no interruptions during the download of all the drivers.
So it seems the problem is I can't go into DL mode manually, then have Kies recognize my phone
Turn phone on in regular mode Kies gets it and asks me if I want to update, rinse, repeat bs.
Well if you're impatient and not wanting to wait for the OTA update, you can always install it using Odin.
Another stupid question is are you running Kies as an Administrator?
Lol yes is that why its messing up?
Hmmm, as soon as I click upgrade, the main Kies screen not the download screen acts like no devices are connected
Yep. Updated mine with a pre-rooted image using Odin. Just put it into download mode, plug it in, and hit start. Couldn't be any simpler and no need to install garbage like Kies either.
Yep. Odin and Mobile Odin are really great. Mobile Odin particularly is well worth the price on the Play Store. It will let you flash a stock ROM and it will root it for you during the installation.
Oh so apparently to anyone waiting on the OTA AT&T update for Jelly Bean...yeah, that's not coming. Samsung's website states that it's only available through Kies. And of course Odin which is probably much less painful to use.
Also, Google Now voice search seems to be outputting to the phone instead of the speaker. That's kind of weird. I shouldn't have to hold up the phone to my ear to hear an answer.
Also, universal search is in the AT&T update for Jelly Bean. Looks like Samsung forgot to remove it.
Also, Google Now voice search seems to be outputting to the phone instead of the speaker. That's kind of weird. I shouldn't have to hold up the phone to my ear to hear an answer.
Also, universal search is in the AT&T update for Jelly Bean. Looks like Samsung forgot to remove it.
Yes. Though when I clicked on an update, after turning on my phone, it said my phone was modified. Is that not important then?
Thanks, man.
Love you guys
plasmasd
Member
Well I hard bricked my I747. Used Mobile Odin to install official JB from rooted stock. Clicked flash- went straight to black screen. No download mode, nada. Only sign of life is just QHSUSB_DLOAD in the device manager. Gonna need a Jtag.
Will never ever use mobile odin again.
Will never ever use mobile odin again.
BIGWORM
Member
I would've advised you against it. The only ODIN I EVER do is with the OEM cable and ODIN on my computer.
plasmasd
Member
Yeah I had never tried mobile odin, thought it would save me a few minutes. Oh well.
Sorry to hear that. I haven't had problems with it myself but I may stop using it just to be safe.