Samsung Galaxy S3

[Slootvreter]

Mine auto updated to 4.3
Are you signed in with a Samsung account? I think it is required, and off course the device has to have "Official Status".

Mine says 'Normal.' What would that mean?

 

[Slootvreter]

flash it manually with odin
have you tried connecting your phone to pc via kies? maybe kies will find update

Hahaha kudos to anyone that can get Kies to work the first time.

 

[FANS]

Mine is saying the same thing.

Is there an easy way to get 4.3 on an S3?

Backup all your data (cause the phone WILL be reset) and take it to a Samsung repair centre. Takes about an hour, no cost.

 

[Slootvreter]

So Kies tells me that I have the latest firmware, 4.1.2

 

[kingrob]

So Kies tells me that I have the latest firmware, 4.1.2

Kies is a d00s.

 

[mayurh]

then you need to use sammobile and odin

Kies is a d00s.

 

[Roo!]

To be perfectly honest, the 4.3 update sucks. The phone is sluggish and battery drain is terrible. I rolled back to 4.1.2.

 

[mayurh]

have you tried a hard reset after the update? i know its a pain but it might make it a bit faster
otherwise i see a custom rom NeatRom lite,, that one should be much faster than the official update( it has the bloatware removed)

To be perfectly honest, the 4.3 update sucks. The phone is sluggish and battery drain is terrible. I rolled back to 4.1.2.

 

[kingrob]

To be perfectly honest, the 4.3 update sucks. The phone is sluggish and battery drain is terrible. I rolled back to 4.1.2.

Do a factory reset after you've updated.

I know it's a pain in the butt, but the difference was day and night on my Note 2.

 

[Roo!]

Thanks guys, I might do that when I have a moment to set up everything again.

 

[kingrob]

To be perfectly honest, the 4.3 update sucks. The phone is sluggish and battery drain is terrible. I rolled back to 4.1.2.

How did you manage to roll back to 4.1.2, as you get a new bootloader with 4.3?

 

[Roo!]

How did you manage to roll back to 4.1.2, as you get a new bootloader with 4.3?

Root -> CWM -> Odin.

Edit:

I lie, I had a Nandroid backup (I just checked).

 

[opinionhated]

Temasek quit xda I see.... Time for a new phone

 

[Budza]

Cross post from cyanogenmod thread, the as I'm more likely to find my answer here..

With my S3, I've been on CM 11 M3 for a month and just moved to M4- with no change in gapps. Everything seems fine.

I updated my wife's S2 to CM 11 M4 from 10.3 or something- this required a gapps update, to 20140105 .

My S3 is still on kk-20131208. Should I update that?

How often are the gapps updated? This is the first time I've seen a new gapps for the same CM (11).

TIA.

 

[StrontiumDog]

Backup all your data (cause the phone WILL be reset) and take it to a Samsung repair centre. Takes about an hour, no cost.

How do you backup all data, i.e. SMSes etc...?

Do a factory reset after you've updated.

I know it's a pain in the butt, but the difference was day and night on my Note 2.

Hmm... how do u do this?

Thanks in advance

 

[AlmightyBender]

Cross post from cyanogenmod thread, the as I'm more likely to find my answer here..

The GAPPS should update automatically through the Play store once you start your phone if they do need an update. As far as I'm aware the initial GAPPS package just gets you going, and potentially can provide apps your phone might not have under stock ROM.

 

[kingrob]

Hmm... how do u do this?

Thanks in advance

Settings > Accounts tab > Backup and reset

 

[madeinjapan]

Temasek quit xda I see.... Time for a new phone

I was sad to hear he quit as I really like his ROM, but good news he is back and V52 is available on his download site
temasek.hopto.org

 

[opinionhated]

I was sad to hear he quit as I really like his ROM, but good news he is back and V52 is available on his download site
temasek.hopto.org

Turns out it's just a break from the forum.

 

[StrontiumDog]

Settings > Accounts tab > Backup and reset

Thanks! So a factory reset would nuke everything on the device, well everything that isn't factory default?