Bricking and Debricking Samsung Galaxy S3 SCH-I535

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dateline: 24 November 2015

I want Lollipop!

I was given a used Samsung by a friend a year or so ago.

I recently transferred my Tracfone number and minutes to it through their Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) program--that story is a laugh and half, but not for this set of notes.

The operating system is 4.4.2 (KitKat).

It may be vulnerable to the Stagefright exploit.

I would love to move up to Lollipop or Marshmallow, but Samsung has abandoned the S3.

They have not provided a patch for Stagefright.

They have not and will not make Lollipop or Marshmallow available.

"No problem," I thought. "I'll just load a new system in by hand. I've been using computers for over 30 years. I can handle this."

Now for the three hardest words for a man to say: "I was wrong."

I got Knoxed!

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