Galaxy S3 with 4.1.2

[prj]

Anyone know where I can purchase a galaxy s3 with android 4.1.2 on it? I hate 4.3.

Should have rooted my phone right away and disabled the OTA.

 

[Rukbat]

You should be able to find 4.1.2 at SamMobile Firmwares (make sure it's for your exact phone model, country and/or carrier) and downgrade it yourself. Keep it off the air until you disable the update app, because if it updates to 4.4.2, there's no going back.

 

[Mikestony]

I'm not so sure you can downgrade once the 4.3 OTA has been installed.

 

[mydian]

You should be able to find 4.1.2 at SamMobile Firmwares (make sure it's for your exact phone model, country and/or carrier) and downgrade it yourself. Keep it off the air until you disable the update app, because if it updates to 4.4.2, there's no going back.

Do not follow the above information by @Rukbat. You can't roll back from the 4.3 firmware with Odin. It will brick your phone!! This is because of a change in the 4.3 bootloader. It contains Knox.

You can however root it and then flash a custom rom based on 4.1.2.

 

[prj]

You should be able to find 4.1.2 at SamMobile Firmwares (make sure it's for your exact phone model, country and/or carrier) and downgrade it yourself. Keep it off the air until you disable the update app, because if it updates to 4.4.2, there's no going back.

You can't do that.

 

[prj]

Do not follow the above information by @Rukbat. You can't roll back from the 4.3 firmware with Odin. It will brick your phone!! This is because of a change in the 4.3 bootloader. It contains Knox.

You can however root it and then flash a custom rom based on 4.1.2.

Will this take care of the crappy 4.3 battery life and give me back the weather on my lock screen?

I was hoping I could find one new somewhere with 4.1 and then root it right away and disable the OTA update software. After that I would just sell mine.

 

[mydian]

Will this take care of the crappy 4.3 battery life and give me back the weather on my lock screen?

I was hoping I could find one new somewhere with 4.1 and then root it right away and disable the OTA update software. After that I would just sell mine.

Yes and yes. Just have a look at your carrier's all things root thread. Maybe ask which rom people liked best.

 

[freakshow85]

Anyone know where I can purchase a galaxy s3 with android 4.1.2 on it? I hate 4.3.

Should have rooted my phone right away and disabled the OTA.

Straight Talk's S3 that uses the Sprint network uses 4.1.2.

 

[prj]

Yes and yes. Just have a look at your carrier's all things root thread. Maybe ask which rom people liked best.

After some research it appears I can't root now because I took the last OTA which put me at I535VRUCNC1.