Help with update

[salm04]

Noob here :-\ lol

I keep getting a update android software notification when I try to install it it keeps failing

I am rooted but i don't know how to unroot or how to check what i used to root as my laptop is fried and the link with the steps i used was saved on there

Any help will be greatly appreciated i have the 4.1.1 on my GS3 now i dont know what this update is or if its even worth it

 

[seanskiT1]

It is most likely the MD4 update.

http://forums.androidcentral.com/showthread.php?p=2730989

Got to the above thread. If you are rooted with stock recovery see post #1. If rooted with custom recovery see post #2



Sent from my GS3 sporting Wicked Sensations...

 

[Golfdriver97]

Noob here :-\ lol

I keep getting a update android software notification when I try to install it it keeps failing

I am rooted but i don't know how to unroot or how to check what i used to root as my laptop is fried and the link with the steps i used was saved on there

Any help will be greatly appreciated i have the 4.1.1 on my GS3 now i dont know what this update is or if its even worth it

It keeps failing because it knows you are rooted. To obtain root access, and additional line of code/file has to be added. The update looks for that extra little bit. Now that you are rooted, all of your updates will have to be done manually.

 

[meyerweb#CB]

One other note. Some rooted users have reported that accepting the OTA has"broken" their phone, requiring a factory reset or even the reloading of a complete ROM. In the future, don't accept any requests to update automatically. There will usually be a way to manually update posted here, or on XDA, soon after the OTA appears. Frequently before the OTA.

 

[Golfdriver97]

One other note. Some rooted users have reported that accepting the OTA has"broken" their phone, requiring a factory reset or even the reloading of a complete ROM. In the future, don't accept any requests to update automatically. There will usually be a way to manually update posted here, or on XDA, soon after the OTA appears. Frequently before the OTA.

I have noticed that too.

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[Richard Watts]

MD4 update

I have two Sprint Galaxy S3s . When the MD4 update was announced, I waited for a week or two then went ahead and did the update manually with no issues but only on my own phone.

I decided not to update my second phone (wife's) because frankly I didn't trust it 100%. And why should I? It's not exactly coming through a channel that you'd expect a big company like Sprint to use.

And now it's been a month and half and still no OTA prompt to do the update on that unupdated 2nd phone and the Settings/System Update request is a total waste of time.

My questions are:
If Sprint is going release updates why they hell don't THEY release the update from their website so users will know unquestionably that it's official?
And why the hell have the ability to request an update if it's going to be ignored? It doesn't put you on the list of customers waiting impatiently, it doesn't do anything.

It's just a ****ty way to run an airline in my opinion.

 

[meyerweb#CB]

First, the update I posted in the "Your way to update to MD4" isn't through an official channel, but it IS the official update. When you accept an OTA, that same file gets downloaded to your phone. This file was captured by someone who got the OTA. I'm not belittling your concerns, just explaining. The source of that particular file has provided update files for every version of the Sprint S3 to date, and many people have installed it.

I don't think anyone has figured out how Sprint rolls out these updates, but it does seem like you should have gotten it by now. Some people say that going into Settings / Application manager and clearing data, then force stopping the Google framework, and possibly repeating that process several times, will get you the OTA. I have no idea if it's true.

 

[salm04]

how do i know what recovery i used. I know i used the Odin software if that helps

It is most likely the MD4 update.

http://forums.androidcentral.com/showthread.php?p=2730989

Got to the above thread. If you are rooted with stock recovery see post #1. If rooted with custom recovery see post #2



Sent from my GS3 sporting Wicked Sensations...

 

[salm04]

Actually I figured it out. Got it to work! Thanks for the help.

It is most likely the MD4 update.

http://forums.androidcentral.com/showthread.php?p=2730989

Got to the above thread. If you are rooted with stock recovery see post #1. If rooted with custom recovery see post #2



Sent from my GS3 sporting Wicked Sensations...