is LP8 safe as for transfering huge data will get me a brick and is it safe for a full wipe
No one has tried to reset the phone on LP8 yet. Perhaps you can try it and let us know.
Plz avoid wiping at the moment...
I did wipe using code and stock recovery. Fingers crossed, no issue till now. Done at least 10 time.
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jaskiratsingh said:
I did wipe using code and stock recovery. Fingers crossed, no issue till now. Done at least 10 time.
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Me too... Have done wipes from stock recovery as well as factory reset a number of times... Running fine.. No issue but m not sure if i was lucky.
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Just installed orange update and all is looking good so far
You willing to try some factory resets, like 10 or so if you're under warranty?
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I would NOT do a factory reset/wipe. Can you truly risk bricking your phone? Wait until a developer can dig into this ROM and kernel and take a look at MMC cap erase.
Hi Samer ！I really like your ROM and I flashed it follow your tutorial.But when I first power on the device it FCs many times .Looks like Knox lead to it.I flashed wanamlite 3.3 and phoenix rom and many other 4.3 ROMs but never popup this.Only Arrow ROM 9.0.0 has the same problem.Could u tell me what makes it happened？thx！(I never flashed stock 4.3 firmware via Odin)
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Did you wipe before flashing?
muhammadshais said:
u need to format ur mobile before flashing even format internal storage once
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I wiped everything including data ,cache and dalvik cache.
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Can someone please help me get back to 4.1.2 India? My phone is really slow after 4.3 update. Please throw some light on efs backup and every other precaution...
I am not rooted
Thanks
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shivaagarwal1 said:
Can someone please help me get back to 4.1.2 India? My phone is really slow after 4.3 update. Please throw some light on efs backup and every other precaution...
I am not rooted
Thanks
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Have you tried a factory reset?
You can roll back to 4.1.2 if you want, but you have to use an efs v2 modem firmware. Any modem firmware from EMG4 and after.
electrotune1200 said:
Have you tried a factory reset?
You can roll back to 4.1.2 if you want, but you have to use an efs v2 modem firmware. Any modem firmware from EMG4 and after.
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This and I wouldn't suggest you to revert back also because 4.3 contains new drivers,so you will lose some good gaming performance.
Also,always wait a little. Every time you install a new firmware,you always have to wait at least 1 week and phone finally will get used to new firmware,so it will become stable.
electrotune1200 said:
Have you tried a factory reset?
You can roll back to 4.1.2 if you want, but you have to use an efs v2 modem firmware. Any modem firmware from EMG4 and after.
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Its already been 10 days now..
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electrotune1200 said:
Have you tried a factory reset?
You can roll back to 4.1.2 if you want, but you have to use an efs v2 modem firmware. Any modem firmware from EMG4 and after.
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Can I do all this without rooting?
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AssassinGEO said:
This and I wouldn't suggest you to revert back also because 4.3 contains new drivers,so you will lose some good gaming performance.
Also,always wait a little. Every time you install a new firmware,you always have to wait at least 1 week and phone finally will get used to new firmware,so it will become stable.
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Its already been 10 days now...
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shivaagarwal1 said:
Can I do all this without rooting?
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Of course...
Try a factory reset first.
Backup all of your important stuff from your internal storage > Factory reset > Transfer everything important back.
4.3 is a quite nice firmware for the S3, so a factory reset should clean things up a bit.
Can anyone explain backing up efs and then going back to 4.1.2.
Also if any risk is involved.
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shivaagarwal1 said:
Can anyone explain backing up efs and then going back to 4.1.2.
Also if any risk is involved.
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There is definitely a risk in downgrading as your efs partition might get corrupt.
I would say factory reset first.
I'm 100% sure 4.3 is better than 4.1 in terms of everything.
as i had heard the new bootloader from 4.3 does not allow to downgrade your device
so how can u now do it without rooting the device
Iqbal Ansari said:
There is definitely a risk in downgrading as your efs partition might get corrupt.
I would say factory reset first.
I'm 100% sure 4.3 is better than 4.1 in terms of everything.
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Tried factory reset.. But its still laggy
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SanketN8 said:
as i had heard the new bootloader from 4.3 does not allow to downgrade your device
so how can u now do it without rooting the device
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Can you guide me how to root 4.3?
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shivaagarwal1 said:
Can you guide me how to root 4.3?
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Its easier than eating a banana.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1911726
Read this thread and use first method.
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Iqbal Ansari said:
Its easier than eating a banana.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1911726
Read this thread and use first method.
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If your phone is laggy after factory reset I would say flash the firmware again via ODIN and then do a factory reset.
Download your firmware from sammobile.com
shivaagarwal1 said:
Can you guide me how to root 4.3?
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its not that hard,u will get many threads on xda regarding how to root your phone
basically u will need a software called odin
through odin u will need to flash a recovery like twrp,cwm or philz touch
these recoveries are available on xda in zip files
after the process has been completed your phone will be rooted and at every boot u will see a red exclamation mark inside a triangle on the top left side of screen
just follow the steps properly and u will do it safely
good luck
SanketN8 said:
as i had heard the new bootloader from 4.3 does not allow to downgrade your device
so how can u now do it without rooting the device
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Yes it does, I downgraded from 4.3 to 4.1.2 just fine with odin.
I will never downgrade as 4.3 has new drivers and some new designs which I like (except settings).
is battery life and performance is still same/improve as 4.1.2 ????
ithunter said:
is battery life and performance is still same/improve as 4.1.2 ????
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Both are improved,just wipe before installing it for best results.
By mistake i've flashed the 4.4.4 stock rom on my 4.4.2 , what surprised me is that ive done very heavy customization, but the rom get back fully stock , so , is that possible??
Yes, flashing any stock factory image will return everything to stock
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jd1639 said:
Yes, flashing any stock factory image will return everything to stock
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I guess it's just like dirty flash,and don't wipe any data.. alright?
nexuses said:
I guess it's just like dirty flash,and don't wipe any data.. alright?
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If you flash the complete factory image it will wipe your device, all data will be gone
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