For anyone looking to have a quick upgrade to 4.1.2, and you are totally new at all of this, use these steps as a reference. But before you start following them, be sure to read everything that OP (mr cook) posted in his first post. And read the past couple pages of post in the conversation between razen_kain and I.
Download - Odin, Rom, CWM, Root
STEP 1
(DONE)Samsung drivers must be installed on your computer- Samsung Drivers-
http://www.samsung.com/us/support/ow...SGH-S959ZKATFN
-(DONE) Download Odin 1.85- Odin3-v1.85.7z and unzip.
- Enable USB Debugging in Settings menu of phone. (SETTINGS > APPLICATIONS > )
- Put your phone in Download Mode - -Power off, Hold volume down button, Plug in USB connected to computer, Hit volume up when prompted.
- Open Odin folder, Click Odin3 v1.85.exe, With your phone connected the box under ID:COM should be yellow (if it's not you missed a step earlier), Click PDA, Select the file you downloaded earlier (SHOULD BE CWM .tar FILE) , DO NOT TOUCH ANYTHING ELSE- MAKE SURE AUTO REBOOT AND F. RESET TIME ARE THE ----ONLY----- THINGS CHECKED----- AND RE-PARTITION AND FLASH LOCK ARE ----NOT---- CHECKED....., Press Start (It will take a few minutes to load everything do not touch your computer or the phone during any of this, after the phone re-boots it may take a few minutes to load back up leave it alone until it has fully started up and at the home screen). You should get a green PASS message in the top box.
STEP 2
-After phones unplugged, boot into recovery (Phone off- Hold volume up, volume down and power button until you reach Recovery menu.)
-Boot into recovery,>>>>>>> select backup/ restore, backup.
STEP 3
-Turn off USB Debug Mode
-Plug phone into PC
-Copy/paste root zip file AND shotock3 zip file to SD root directory (as soon as you open the SD card)
-Unhook phone from PC
-Turn on UBS Debug mode
-Recovery mode
- Through this, before installing Zip, select -wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache partition, select -advanced, -wipe dalvik cache
- Using the CWM menu, select choose zip from SD card, flash (install) the root zip file.
STEP 4
-Should be able go back and install the shoshock zip file after flashing root zip file. (Installs the same way the root zip file does)
-After install is complete, go to first menu and select reboot system now
STEP 5
-After resettting up phone (Should be like a brand new)
-Settings >more settings >mobile network >access point names
Input exactly:
APN
Name- Straight Talk
APN- wap.tracfone
Proxy- Not set
Port- Not set
User name- Not set
Password- Not set
Server- Not set
MMSC-
http://mmsc.cingular.com/
MMS proxy- mms2.tracfone.com
MMS port- 80
MCC- 310
MNC- 410
Authentication type- Not set
APN type- default,supl,mms
Should be good to go after this.
Thanks again to razen_kain for taking the time to help me figure all of this out. I have never had so much help in a forum.