Software update, help needed - Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

A while back i rooted my Samsung s 3 mini (GT-l18190N) and now i'm trying to unroot it and update the firmware (or android version, idk how you call it). I got the device unrooted, however in device status it says that its "Custom" and when i try to update the android using OTA, it says "Your device have been modified, Software updates are not available". I downloaded Kies and it says that i have the latest version. My androin version currently is 4.1.2.
I also did a factory reset which didn't seem to help.
I'm trying to get snapchat on the phone (as far as i know snapchat doesn't work on rooted phones), i got downloaded snapchat from play store and it works, but it seems to be an older version, i have no "Memories" on it, and the gui is old aswell. I need a snapchat version that has memories. Also some apps on play store say that the device is not supported or something like that.

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Recently bought my wife a droid on Ebay, it is not rooted and functions fine with 1 exception it will not update to current software
Firmware 2.0
Kernel 2.6.29
Build # ESD20
My wife would like to down load certain apps but she is stuck with Android MArket and they are only offered on Google Playstore, any way I can force an update or install it myself? When I check the phone says it is up to date, My sone has a droid as well and it is current.
jabber71 said:
Recently bought my wife a droid on Ebay, it is not rooted and functions fine with 1 exception it will not update to current software
Firmware 2.0
Kernel 2.6.29
Build # ESD20
My wife would like to down load certain apps but she is stuck with Android MArket and they are only offered on Google Playstore, any way I can force an update or install it myself? When I check the phone says it is up to date, My sone has a droid as well and it is current.
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You need android 2.2 or above to use the playstore. The Droid has gotten officially updates up to 2.2.3, so I'm surprised it says your phone is up to date. If you are not able to get the OTA, you can download the update (2.2.3) from here: http://www.droid-life.com/2011/11/21/download-frk76-update-for-the-original-motorola-droid/ or another option is to install a custom rom.
It Does Not Appear in 2.2.3 Either
I just got a Motorola Droid to play with. After resetting and updating it, I was expecting to find a notification for the Play Store, but there wasn't any. I looked through the Google Market on the phone to see if the Play Store was in the Market, but it wasn't.
I downloaded the update and renamed it update.zip booted to recovery did a factory and cache wipe then selected install update.zip from sd card but it failed to open no such file, so i rebooted used astro file manager and I see it plain as day, what am i doing wrong

[Q] Non rooted LG Thrill detected as rooted after ICS upgrade

I updated my Thrill to ICS from the LG site. It is not, nor has it ever been, rooted, but it keeps on getting detected a such. Ever since the update, Flixster refuses to play movies on it, claiming it is rooted. CinemaNow also will not play movies. It gives the code "TamperDetected", which I assume means it thinks the phone is rooted.
I have tried installing OTA-Rootkeeper from the android store. It comes up with the following status:
Superuser app installed: (can't see the checkbox, but there is a play store button there to install it, and play says it is not installed.)
Device rooted: No
Root permission granted: No
System supports root protection: Yes
Protected su copy available: No
Of course, since it's not rooted, the Temp. unroot button isn't there, so the app really isn't any help here. (Unless I root my device so I can make it look unrooted and then see if Flixster works... )
I did try resetting my device. That didn't help.
Is it just me, or is anyone else having this problem. And, more to the point, anyone know any work-arounds? Any idea why Flixster and CinemaNow might think it is rooted? What would an app typically look for to detect a rooted phone?

[Q] Tried to downgrade, now i can't use Apks

So, phone got bricked after i tried to downgrade
Loaded up some "custom stock firmware" (pic related)
fixed it, back to 4.4.2 instead of 4.4.4
however
Now i cant torrent APKs / launch external ones, (japanese Pad, any game on the play store, most apps on the play store, torrented apks of course )
if i download and launch them it just crashes
as well as this not counting as a root, so im stuck not being able to use towel root.
Trying to update to 4.4.4 via the phones settings does not work .
Any advice/ help?
I would very much appreciate it,.

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I had rooted my phone using Kingroot. When I got the notification saying that a new update us available, I unrooted my phone through Kingroot itself. I tried to install the update but it failed. Then I performed a factory reset through the settings and attempted the update once again. It failed, and another issue rose up with this. The Google app was not updating to the latest version and was stuck at version 4.1.24.1672412.arm. I reset my phone through the settings again but to no avail. There is no issue in running the phone, but the Google app in the play store now says that your device is not compatible with the current version of this app. And my device software is not updating to the latest version. Please help

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Hey,
A few days ago I've updated my rooted(with magisk) galaxy s10(SM-G973F) to the latest firmware(patched with magisk) of ILO(G973FXXU7CTF1 - my previous firmware - G973FXXU4BTA8 - had one ui 2.0), and it seems that since then, it is pretty much bricked.
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I've previously tried to upgrade it to G973FXXU4CTC9 and had the same issue so I've downgraded back to G973FXXU4BTA8 and it was all fixed, but now it won't let me even downgrade(SW REV CHECK FAIL)..
What can I do then?
Thanks
If you are rooted ,have magisk installed then install Netflix fix module

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