[kekola]

That worked, thank you very much!

[Skunkape60]

the odin method

Awesome!

[dadavises]

How long does it take the phone to reboot? Should it stay on the Samsung banner for awhile?

[Skunkape60]

How long does it take the phone to reboot? Should it stay on the Samsung banner for awhile?

If it stays more than 10 minutes, it needs a reset.
1. remove and reinstall the battery.
2. Boot into stock recovery. (Volume up, power and home simultaneously and release as soon as you see Samsung on your screen.
3. Choose factory reset.
4. Reboot.

It will now work.

[dadavises]

Thanks. I was getting alittle worried. Check back

[Skunkape60]

Thanks. I was getting alittle worried. Check back

Did it work?

[jk175d]

Here's a one file one flash method to return to stock. This will return you phone to a

stock unrooted state without removing your apps or data. .

uh.. I did this. It worked fine as far as unrooting but it also WIPED clean the internal card and removed all apps and data!! I followed instructions to a T

[aka_deno]

So what do we do if we get the "no sim" error. I was rooted with CWM and used your walkthrough to go back to stock 4.0.4 and hopefully get the OTA jelly bean. It loaded up and was having all kinds of issue as it seemed like all my apps and data were still there. So i rebooted help vol up, home, power did a factory wipe. and now it reboots saying "no sim detected"

and still on 4.0.4 Any suggestions?

[aka_deno]

So what do we do if we get the "no sim" error. I was rooted with CWM and used your walkthrough to go back to stock 4.0.4 and hopefully get the OTA jelly bean. It loaded up and was having all kinds of issue as it seemed like all my apps and data were still there. So i rebooted help vol up, home, power did a factory wipe. and now it reboots saying "no sim detected"

and still on 4.0.4 Any suggestions?

Nevermind, i got the OTA update a few minutes after booting up, so now i dont get the no sim issue; but even after installing updates and restarting 2 or 3 times it says 4.0.4 and NOT 4.1. Not sure why, but gonna run it for the night and see if it gets any other updates.

[Skunkape60]

Nevermind, i got the OTA update a few minutes after booting up, so now i dont get the no sim issue; but even after installing updates and restarting 2 or 3 times it says 4.0.4 and NOT 4.1. Not sure why, but gonna run it for the night and see if it gets any other updates.

Depending on which one you installed. There are two files one ics file you should get around 4 updates before reaching jelly bean.

Or the 2nd file which will return you to stock jellybean.

[Skunkape60]

Nevermind, i got the OTA update a few minutes after booting up, so now i dont get the no sim issue; but even after installing updates and restarting 2 or 3 times it says 4.0.4 and NOT 4.1. Not sure why, but gonna run it for the night and see if it gets any other updates.

The sim card issue is because you had a modified MSL. See below...

Thankyou for the guide Skunkape60, I was able to revert my phone back to complete stock by following your guide.
Also, for users who have modded their msl, it is important that you change settings in msl back to stock before reverting or else you will experience a "no sim card" error.
Thankfully Skunkape and I were able to find that if you accept all of the OTA updates, your cdma "sim card" will eventually be re-identified and you can configure the msl settings correctly.
THANKYOU SKUNKAPE!

[briand011]

If I use the method posted on thread #145 will I loose all my data and apps?

[dcharleyultra]

If I use the method posted on thread #145 will I loose all my data and apps?

The last step - factory reset - will wipe your internal sdcard, because you are doing it with stock recovery.

Swyped from my SPH-L710

[briand011]

Thanks, I guess the process in Thread 1 is best if I want to keep my data and update, correct?

[Skunkape60]

Thanks, I guess the process in Thread 1 is best if I want to keep my data and update, correct?

If you are trying to return to stock and coming from any version LG8 or later you will lose everything not on sdcard or external sdcard. So apps and account data will need to be re-entered.

What exactly are you trying to do? If you are wanting to update to jellybean you are posting on the wrong thread. Go to thread... If you are rooted use method in post #5.

Your Way to update
Your way to Update...

[Skunkape60]

Guide updated to support Windows 8 users.

[IsrAndroid]

I just wanted to ask, has anyone tried this and had any problems?

_______________
Just Flash It !!!

I decided to this today since it is thanksgiving and I have some time, I followed everything and it went exactly as described by you (thx) but once it rebooted it just never came off the "Samsung" screen, so after about 30 min. I turned it off and back on and again I could not get it past the Samsung splash scree. So I flashed it again (I still have download) and the samething happened, I'm still at that samsung screen.
I really need my phone for work tomorrow...any ideas? Plz, plz, plz help!!!

[IsrAndroid]

Nevermind on my last post, I read #154 and I'm all good now... thank you!

[ChknLady]

I read thru the thread and followed the steps just to run into a problem at the end with "Complete(Write) operation failed. <OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)" It had been over 20 minutes so I exited ODIN and tried to boot into stock recovery. Nope - stuck in a Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again. I read in another thread to keep the USB connected - did not help. So now what? Current Binary is Samsung official (yay!) but it is stuck and Kies is in maintenance mode.

[Skunkape60]

I read thru the thread and followed the steps just to run into a problem at the end with "Complete(Write) operation failed. <OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)" It had been over 20 minutes so I exited ODIN and tried to boot into stock recovery. Nope - stuck in a Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again. I read in another thread to keep the USB connected - did not help. So now what? Current Binary is Samsung official (yay!) but it is stuck and Kies is in maintenance mode.

Are your drivers installed?

Which return to stock did you flash? Jellybean or ICS?

Do you have a sprint phone?

[ChknLady]

I installed the drivers before I began and tried returning to ICS. And yes, I am on the sprint network.
Was really hoping this would have went smoother!

I tried the Odin again and got:
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> KIES_HOME_L710VPALEN_L710SPRALEN_618049_REV03_user_low_ship.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/005> Added!!
Been here now over 15 minutes and nothing has advanced.

Are your drivers installed?

Which return to stock did you flash? Jellybean or ICS?

Do you have a sprint phone?

[Skunkape60]

I installed the drivers before I began and tried returning to ICS. And yes, I am on the sprint network.
Was really hoping this would have went smoother!

I tried the Odin again and got:
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> KIES_HOME_L710VPALEN_L710SPRALEN_618049_REV03_user_low_ship.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/005> Added!!
Been here now over 15 minutes and nothing has advanced.

Are you in Download Mode? See below....
Does Odin have com and a number in the "ID: Com" Block"?

[ChknLady]

I am not in Download Mode. I could not get out of "stuck in a Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again" but the battery finally died (even when I shut down it would open again in the same place). I charged overnight and have been running around today. Turned on my phone and I have now had the Galaxy S3 splash across my screen for a few hours. Not sure what changed.
Also, yes, I did have a numberin the "ID: Com" Block when I was in Odin mode. I beleive it was either an 006 or 005.

[ChknLady]

I followed #154 above and seemed to go well. But now seem to be stuck on Galaxy S3 splash screen again. Wish I hadn't smashed my 1st phone and needed to buy a used. Wouldn't be trying to figure out something I am very new at.

[dcharleyultra]

You need to be in Download mode to use PC Odin properly.

Swyped from my SPH-L710