Root [Virgin Mobile] Virgin Mobile completely back to out of the box Stock?

[mluna91]

Guys I am really sorry about this if it is a repost. I'm going crazy trying to find a stock .tar for my virgin mobile galaxy s3. I want to start fresh and get it back to the orignal stock firmware the phone comes with. The stock .tar's I have flashed so far are kinda wonky and the center button won't work on them. If there is a guide in the all things root section and I missed it completely could you guys point me in the right direction?

Thanks for all the help in advance.

 

[hatredg0d]

If you are on 4.4.2 there is no going back. Flashing an older stock tar will hard brick your phone.

 

[Madbat]

Guys I am really sorry about this if it is a repost. I'm going crazy trying to find a stock .tar of for my virgin mobile galaxy s3. I want to start fresh and get it back to the orignal stock firmware the phone comes with. The stock .tar's I have flashed so far are kinda wonky and the center btton won't work on them. If there is a guide in the all things root section adn I missed it completely could you guys point me in the right direction?

Thanks for all the help in advance.

Here is a link to the stock KitKat virgin mobile tar.

 

[mluna91]

Madbat, thanks for the link. That is the tar that I have flashed but it just seems a little off to me I don't know why. Am I bugging out or is the home button not functional here?

 

[elgecko]

I believe that's the tar I have flashed before on my phone.
Home button works fine for me. Was it working fine before?

 

[Madbat]

Madbat, thanks for the link. That is the tar that I have flashed but it just seems a little off to me I don't know why. Am I bugging out or is the home button not functional here?

Home button worked fine for me. Have you had any problems in the past with your home button? You could always use kies3 to go stock. Or get the firmware from sammobile.

 

[undogooder]

Hi to all! Sorry if this is answered somewhere but I am working a lot and have little time to track down the answer. I rooted my s3 4.3 mk5 and want to update to 4.4.2. I thought I read a while back that I would have to install a stock 4.3, then update to 4.4.2 & then put a rooted version on the phone. Is this the case(I think so) or can I install a rooted 4.4.2 and skip reverting? Thanks in advance!

 

[Madbat]

Hi to all! Sorry if this is answered somewhere but I am working a lot and have little time to track down the answer. I rooted my s3 4.3 mk5 and want to update to 4.4.2. I thought I read a while back that I would have to install a stock 4.3, then update to 4.4.2 & then put a rooted version on the phone. Is this the case(I think so) or can I install a rooted 4.4.2 and skip reverting? Thanks in advance!

Just Odin the 4.4.4 tar and done.

 

[peter counias]

Where can I find this 4.4.4 tar you are talking about ????

 

[alexizawesome]

Where can I find this 4.4.4 tar you are talking about ????

4.4.2

 

[Madbat]

4.4.2

Oh yeah. Lol. That's what I meant. 4.4.2. First you need Odin on your computer. Then get the stock 4.4.2 virgin mobile tar here

 

[comps]

official, all the way even recovery?

 

[Madbat]

Yes official from kies

 

[mogulmongler]

Can someone please point me in the right direction? :

I had my VM S3 on liquidsmooth 4.4.4. I recently sold the phone to someone, and would like to return to stock. I'm not sure what to flash to get back to stock. I would really like to keep this on Liquidsmooth for the person who bought it, but I believe VM need to refresh the PRL when she adds the phone to her account. Am I missing something here?

 

[Madbat]

Can someone please point me in the right direction? :

I had my VM S3 on liquidsmooth 4.4.4. I recently sold the phone to someone, and would like to return to stock. I'm not sure what to flash to get back to stock. I would really like to keep this on Liquidsmooth for the person who bought it, but I believe VM need to refresh the PRL when she adds the phone to her account. Am I missing something here?

Here ya go dude. virgin s3 stock rom