Originally Posted by sda.171

Great guide but i still have a question!
Q- Should i flash stock recovery prior to following this procedure? or will KIES do it for me?

Kies will

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anyone on windows 8 having trouble with this? program stops responding after downloading the initial upgrade components (step4)

this might be the final push for me to go back to win 7

Originally Posted by sda.171

Great guide but i still have a question!
Q- Should i flash stock recovery prior to following this procedure? or will KIES do it for me?

no. Kies will do it.

Originally Posted by danfozzy

anyone on windows 8 having trouble with this? program stops responding after downloading the initial upgrade components (step4)

this might be the final push for me to go back to win 7

Sorry. Not using win8


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just a heads up that you cant do this on a mac, the option isn't in the tools menu

What does the serial number look like? I've tried every number on the back of the battery and on the box!!!

Re: [Guide] Revert back to Original Stock Rom With Kies

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It is like S/N: 8BC6738BSH
It is under the imei
Or settings-about phone-status

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Would this method work in restorin my UK S3 back to stock please? It was originally a '3' branded phone tho, not sure kies would install that, sorry to sound totally silly, just not familiar..thanks!

Re: [Guide] Revert back to Original Stock Rom With Kies

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Yes it will restore to what it had out of factory.

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Great guide Marios!
Very usefull for everyone, especially some users like me who have never seen kies ui to know about....
So, now i found a reason to use Kies one day....