Okay, now like I said, you have to have stock Android recovery to do this. When you download the update file, you need to save it to the root of the SD Card. in other words, if you have your phone connected to your computer, and you click on it, you are given two options. CARD, or PHONE. You need to make sure that you are saving it to card. If you downloaded it directly on your phone, you need to move it. Its not actually on the card. /storage/sdcard, or storage/sdcard0. Dont ask me why Samsung in their infinite wisdom did this, but they did. You need to move it from sdcard0 to extSdcard. Dont bury it any deeper than that, just in the root of that folder. Then you turn the phone off(not reboot) OFF!
Now you go into flash recovery mode by holding the Power button, Volume UP, and home. Dont let go of any of those buttons when the phone turns on. keep em pressed in till you see andy have a heart attack and die. Now you can let go of the button. You should now see the following, IF YOU DONT, YOU ARE NOT ON STOCK RECOVERY and you are going to have to get your phone to stock recovery FIRST!!!!
This is what you should see.
Android system recovery <3e>
Volume up/down to move highlight
Power button to select
Reboot system now
apply update from ADB
apply update from external storage
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
apply update from cache
#MANUAL MODE#
---Appling Multi-CSC...
Applied the CSC-code : SPR
successfully applied multi-CSC.
you need to scroll down to
apply udate from external storage
once you have it highlighted, hit the power button(just tap it, dont hold it in) to goto the next screen.
Now you should see:
Android system recovery <3e>
choose a package to install:
../
update.zip
.android_secure
/Android
/(any other folders on the card)
scroll down to update.zip and press and release the power button.
Now wait. (its gonna take a while, like i dunno 5 minutes?)
when its done reboot your phone, and it will update, once its COMPLETELY DONE,(home screen is not done) its gonna do a check and stuff, it will say successfully updated when done) Go ahead and update profile, and prl, then reboot the phone again.
Sorry it took me a few, I was driving and had to get parked.
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