Help S3 won't update to 4.4.2 KitKat

[SmirkingWolf]

The current version of my phone is 4.3.

It asks me every single day to update to 4.4.2, I click install, it does its normal thing and you see the little android bot with the install bar.

At about a 1/3 of the way into the install bar the little android bot tips over with a red triangle in his chest and says error.

It then boots back up and tells me "Sorry, there was a problem updating your SAMSUNG SCH-1535. No changes were made."

 

[mydian]

Is your phone rooted?

 

[SmirkingWolf]

I don't even know what that is.
What is it and is there anyway to check and see if it's rooted?

 

[alpha2k]

My phone did the same thing. My fix was I grabbed an image of the stock 4.4.2 and flashed it with Odin.
I'm not saying you should do this just a thought is all. I just got sick of waiting for an answer and/or a fix

 

[mydian]

I don't even know what that is.
What is it and is there anyway to check and see if it's rooted?

If you don't know what it is then it probably isn't. It's a modification to the phone that allows administrator access. Once a phone has been rooted generally over the air updates fail. That's why I asked.

Alpha2k's advice to install the update manually with Odin might be your best bet.

 

[SmirkingWolf]

Would the flash thing hurt my phone or reset it or anything like that?

 

[wetbiker7]

Would the flash thing hurt my phone or reset it or anything like that?

It wouldn't hurt anything but you would lose all data except for the data on your external SD card.

I recommend making sure your contacts are synced with Google. They will reinstall once you sign back into the Play store.

 

[SmirkingWolf]

Is there anyway to back up everything on my phone without an SD card?

 

[wetbiker7]

Is there anyway to back up everything on my phone without an SD card?

Not if you are doing the 4.4.2 update. It wipes everything and installs a new bootloader and modem as well.

 

[Addicted]

mine does the exact same thing... is there any walk through on installing through ODIN?

 

[wetbiker7]

mine does the exact same thing... is there any walk through on installing through ODIN?

Who is your carrier? I can give you a link to the Odin thread with download and tutorial but you must flash your carrier's tar file. If you flash the wrong tar you will not be able to get service.

You should be able to find all the information you need in your carrier's section.

 

[SmirkingWolf]

I'd like to flash my phone, I have Verizon. (A walkthrough would be great!)