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[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jsmasterx:
it wont void the warranty. Politics changed about that since sgs2 and ics release. But sure if you fear something dont do that.

Used to break the phone while i had the sgs2. i am with bell and they changed the board for free and on the job paper i had the counter number and the custom roms name on it.

edit number 2

If you are extra chicken and want to make sure that they do not detect any alteration of you device and would like to service the phone you can also use odin and PIT the main board without installing nothing.

The phone will never boot again and they wont be able to tell.

But anyway i dont know why people are fearing samsung and the warranty since it wont void anything. The way some people trust the Bell/Rogers/Telus secondary 4 17 yo douchebag student word about custom roms amuse me a lot.

edit 3

Raul77 do not take edit 2 personal ok i am not blasting you i talk in general. But everyone should nknow that they wont have any issue. Samsung's bootloader is not unlocked for nothing.

With GB using odin and sgs2 you had the warranty message and i give you the point for that. but since ICS release it is a totally new message. it is strongly discouraged but wont void your warranty. Samsung is aware of its devices popularity since the past 2 years ( forget the sgs1 it was not a really good selletr and was like a market test for samsung ) and they know a lot developpers are working on the device and people will use custom thays why since ics it was soften a lot.

You can trust me or not but i tell by experience
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] franknozly:
Here is the Mobilicity version:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Pan Tralaliński:
thanks!!

can you confirm that device name in settings/about phone is SGH-T999 ?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] franknozly:
And here is my status screen.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Pan Tralaliński:
this is very nice but i caan not hit the produc code for mobilicity

if you know how to use adb please

and

or just download play.google.com/store/search?q=terminal+emulator

Android Terminal Emulator from play store

and type

there to get CSC sales code for mobilicity

BIG THANKS for Your time

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seems like there is no cAnadian firmware in the kies at the moment, wierd
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Sidneymac:
I understand what you mean now.. Mine is already rooted too lol
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] David Dee:
Wow, awesome lte download speeds on Rogers in Toronto.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] aseani:
I was just able to get 10 gigs of data through a manager in the retention department at Rogers for 40. Seems to be the best data deal right now with the big 3.:D
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] funkydude101:
FYI I successfully rooted my Telus S3 using the AT&T clockmod method.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] dennka:
Same here, looking for micro sim from another carrier to try the code.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jsmasterx:
Bell Mobilty

AP : i747MVLALE8

CP : i747MVLLE8

CSC : i747MOYCALE8
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] dbzgod:
Did you try to use *#7465625# to see if you can view the lock status page?

Also are you using a Bell Telus or Rogers S3?

Atm my theory is that Samsung (as far as I know from google searches) has never changed the code to view lock status for carrier locks before. It has always worked on all their models of smartphones. So if that code is disabled then according to cellunlock.net that would mean our phones were never locked at the factory to begin with, this would be awesome, but can't know for sure unless we try putting a different carrier SIM card into the phone.

If this is correct then my guess as to why they were not locked to begin with is that Bell was in such a rush to put out the phones and produce them there was no time to setup locks to their network perhaps?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Pan Tralaliński:
we already have Bell firmware monitored as well as Rogers Telus and Mobilicity yet none of firmwares for those was uploaded to servers o we are waiting

but thanks anyway!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] dbzgod:
I checked the adb for you btw Pan, it only gives just the CSC codes not the full product codes sadly.

Bells ofcourse is BMC. Another way for people to check the csc is to get the samsung Galaxy S csc app, it will display your current csc as well as any others.

Bell's firmware csc also contains Sasktels BWA CSC.

I noticed right away too that all firmwares between Bell, Telus and Rogers are all the exact same thing, the only differenc is the CSC file and the extra software file that contains what carrier extra apps to include when you first boot up/factory reset, which then makes sence why there is no carrier branding on any of the phones right now.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jsmasterx:
**Wonderful News **

Imade a droid backup to be safe.

Ive just flashed via CWM a complete ROM of AT&T and it worked very well.

Far more better than the Bell stock rom.

It is a custom "Stock" firmware with all bloatware removed and it is fully deodexed and some perfo tweaks.

It comes also with custom restart menu with hot boot, reboot to recovery etc..

All credits go to howtomen and his friends

Everything is working well and it automatically detect the netwoek name, APN settings and etc.. Fully 4G LTE

The only counterpart is the AT&T boot logo but it can be changed

I assume it will also work on the Rogers side too. But forget about videotron and other variants the radios are different

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1732191
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] franknozly:
I got [MCT] for the sales code
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Pan Tralaliński:
that is very interestin thanks for the Sasktels salescode

that confirms my research

yet none of canadian firmwaress is in kies atm :<
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] capercb:
wifi Problems Bell

took a deep breath
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] capercb:
wifi .....is gps the problem

need some people to help that are having the problem with there wifi ...do a speed test with gps on....then turn off gps and do the speed test again ;) here are some pic's off the different..ran this test about 20 times always the same result ...low scores = gps on high scores =gps off
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jsmasterx:
you read it wrong. and actually our krait 2 cores outperform the exynos. you should take a moment to calm down
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] franknozly:
Just curious but how do you query the kies server for a specific firmware? Any instructions anywhere?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Mr. Droid:
No issues here in international
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] franknozly:
It maybe because of the program you're using to test is determining your closest server by GPS. But ur closest server is the slow one. With GPS off maybe its defaulting to a different server.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] K-SHOX:
I just got my S3 and run my battery down to where it turns off and when I charge it, the phone won't turn on, it just shows me the battery. I then have to unplug it and turn it on and then I can plug it back in.

Is this normal (perhaps the battery is way too drained to turn on?) although I don't know why it would turn on when I unplug it.

Probably just gonna exchange it for another today.

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Just tried it at 25% and the same thing happened. It won't bloody turn on when it's plugged in, it needs to be unplugged to turn on and then gotta plug it back in. :confused:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jsmasterx:
I know that you need a bit longer press when the phone is plugued in
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] franknozly:
In general u should never drain the battery. Lithium ion batteries don't have a memory effect. Draining the battery completely just reduces the maximum battery capacity quickly. The best way to keep the battery in good condition is to charge it whenever u can to reduce wear.

Just my $0.02
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] K-SHOX:
I thought that too but after holding for a minute I felt a bit stupid lol.

Think I might just need to exchange it, I also noticed that I'm not getting LTE on it.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] blue265:
Yeah you have to hold for about 5 seconds when plugged in to turn on. Give it a try I doubt it needs to be exchanged. Its built tl charge when off to charge faster and by hitting power it will display the current battery charge. Hold longer and it will turn on. Been this way for al three samsung phones I've owned

What area do you live in and it LTE there ? Also is LTE enabled on sim ?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] dbzgod:
You need the checkfus software to check and download the firmwares.

Go to http://fus.nanzen.se/ and either get their GUI or Cmd line version.

On the GUI one you open the program give it a sec while it downloads a list of firmwares for the first time, you will see that in the test box, middle right.

Click on the advanced tab, Select Android from the dropdown menu next to OS

then in the follow catagories you do:

Model: our ofcourse is SGH-I747M

Product Code: only requires the CSC and not the full code, for Bells its BMC, BWA for Sasktel, etc etc, a few posts back its explained how to find out your CSC.

HIDSWVER: this is where you input the info you collect from hitting *#1234# on your phone. On the S3 AP = firmware and kernel version, CP = Phones Modem version and CSC is the CSC.

The order you place the information is PDA/CSC/PHONE/PDA , which means the firmware version, then the CSC version, then the modem version of the phone, then the Kernel version of the phone which should always be the same as the firmware.

Here is an example for checking Bells:

OS: Android

Model: SGH-I747M

Product Code: BMC

HIDSWVER: I747MVLALE8/I747MOYCALE8/I747MVLLE8/I747MVLALE8

If your using the cmd line tool, then an example would be:

CheckFusDownload_v0.5.exe -c I747MVLALE8/I747MOYCALE8/I747MVLLE8/I747MVLALE8 BMC SGH-I747M

Atm there is no firmwares on the samsung servers so it gives us a msg of "No firmware info for given data"

But when there is then we can download it.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] franknozly:
Thx this info is golden. Going to save it heh
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Pan Tralaliński:
yes that is the easiest way but you will not get notified when this firmware will show up

but after subscribing to for exmple to twitter.com/#!/SamsungUpdates

will get you notfied via twitter as soon as the firmware will get downloaded and processed

also download from kies could be interrupted (many problems with timeouts last days) and it is hmm slow, same as slow is download from hotfile or any other 'hosting sites' - slow and limited to one download/h for example

while samsung-updates is hosting firmwares on own servers and download speed is noticable faster
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] renx0:
Has anyone tried to install AOKP yet? Any problems?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Mr. Droid:
It's not for your phone.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] QAM:
Hola

I wanted to ask all you folks in this forum... any particular reason why we aren't using the ATT/Sprint/Verizon forum instead? Could it be that a lot of you are using the international (I9300) version and not the SGH-I747?

Thanks.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] David Dee:
I was wondering why no one has asked that question. None of the Canadian carriers are currently offering the international version.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] PuZo10:
How do you root the SGH-I747M version?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] dubbykinz:
Hey guys,

The other day, someone sold me an unlocked SIII. However, I'm with Virgin Mobile, and from I can tell, this SIII is an original Wind phone that was unlocked with an unlock code (the guy gave me the unlock code). It says SGH-T999V on the phone, which I heard is the version that Wind/Mobilicity use.

It works fine with my Virgin SIM to receive calls and texts, etc etc, but randomly my data stopped working last night. It was working fine with the H+ showing up at the top, and then it randomly dissapeared and hasn't shown up since. I removed the SIM and put it it back on, restarted the phone, etc etc., but nothing was working. I finally did a factory reset and it started to recognize the data again, but I did a bit of research and I'm a bit worried...

1) This phone does not support LTE from what I've heard, so how does this limit me with using it with a Virgin SIM?

2) is this error of the SIM dying something I should expect to be common?

3) Should I just try to resell this phone and get a Virgin/Bell branded phone?

4) Would my Virgin SIM work on a Bell locked SGSIII?

Thanks in advance!

EDIT: When I go into Settings > Mobile Networks > Network operators, it tells me "GSM/WCDMA." does this mean this phone won't work on 4g? :(
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Sango2:
1) If its causing problems they may have a SIM card or proper phone plan which could provision the phone to properly connect to HSPA+. The phone cannot connect to 4G anyways because it's HSPA+ is pre-4G.

2) Could be related to #1.

3) No; try the rest first.

4) If you have the unlock code for the Bell locked one, then yes.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] franknozly:
Please understand what 4g is.

4g is LTE.

Sgh-t999 does not have 4g.

If you want to use 3g always set it to WCDMA only in the Network Mode. That way you should see H+/H/3G only.

EDIT: Since Virgin Mobile doesn't have GSM networks, if you aren't on 3G then you either have nothing or you're roaming on some other network on 2G/Edge.

When it detects a low signal strength from 3g it will automatically try to find a stronger signal and may switch to GSM network. Hence the reason why it may have gotten stuck on GSM. Set the phone to WCDMA only then turn off the radio and turn it back on using airplane mode and see if that fixes it.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Bagbug:
4) Yes. Virgin is Bell. I bought mine at a Virgin store and I am using it with a Bell SIM.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Sango2:
Sorry, I made a correction to my post.

Your HSPA variant SGH-i999 will not work with HSPA+ on Virgin Mobile since yours like a T-Mobile version which uses AWS frequency. Your phone will automatically get knocked down to 2G/EDGE network.

^

All wrong, all corrected back up top; confused myself...
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] franknozly:
Wrong. It includes all 3g frequencies used in North America. Not just AWS. And its SGH-T999. Please get your facts straight.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Wirelessgirl:
1. As what others have said, no it does not support LTE.

2. The T999 supports the 850mhz frequency which Virgin uses, so try a new sim and see if that fixes the problem.

3. If the problem persists, then yes sell it and get a Virgin/Bell one.

4. Yes but you have to get the Bell one unlocked.

Please keep in mind that Virgin/Bell are NOT a GSM carrier. If you lose 3G you will lose signal. It will NOT default to 2G (GSM) because Virgin/Bell does not support it. However Wind, Mobilicity, Rogers, Fido, and Chatr are GSM carriers. So if I lose LTE or 3G, it will drop to 2G. IMO, I would sell your Wind device and buy a Virgin/Bell or even a Telus one.

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That's incorrect. The T999 does support HSPA+ for Virgin because it has the 850mhz frequency. Virgin does NOT support 2G. They are a CDMA carrier. If he loses 3G he loses all signal. He has no other network to fall back on.

Please do your research before posting wrong information on here.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Sango2:
Opps, my first assumption was right. I got thrown off when I saw the picture and miss-read that AWS part in braces and overlooked the 1900 part inadvertently. Changing back my posts of what I originally said before my confusion.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] franknozly:
Though you must also understand that LTE is currently not used for voice. It is only used for data for now. Although LTE is capable of transferring full HD voice, they have decided to use the 3G network for sending voice data.

As you can imagine, trying to integrate new technology into their existing networks may introduce new problems. Instead of trying to tackle that problem they decided to default to using 3G for voice data.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LTE_(telecommunication)#Voice_calls

Using SGH-T999 variant for Virgin Mobile should have no problems, you just won't get LTE.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] dubbykinz:
Thanks for all the replies, guys, really appreciate it. (:

I'd rather not switch out from Virgin, and since Virgin doesn't seem to support 2G, I guess this phone is either 3G or no signal. =p I think I'll sell the phone to someone and buy a Bell one.

The reason I asked the Bell SIM lock question (#4) was because I read that Virgin and Bell SIM cards were interchangeable since the device doesn't recognize the difference between either. There is someone who is wanting to trade with me a Bell SGS3, but it is Bell locked. I personally don't know much about unlocking, and I've noticed if it's not rooted, the unlock can get cleared if you factory reset, and if it's rooted, you void the warranty. So to be safe, I wouldn't mind sticking with the Bell one - IF my Virgin SIM was to work, and I won't have to unlock it.

I just wanted to confirm if this was true/false, so I know if I should go ahead with this trade or not.

Oh, and another quick question...

is there any difference between SGH-T99V and SGH-T99?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Sango2:
Actually, you don't have to worry. Once you put the unlock code into the phone, it permanently unlocks it.

Should be somewhat easy to get the unlock code these days. Contact the carrier (the one where the phone was obtained from) and let them know you out overseas/out of country and like to unlock the phone so you can use the carrier over there while you're over there.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Bagbug:
why would he needs to unlock the Bell phone to use it with his Virgin SIM ?

Like I said, I bought mine at a Virgin store and I use it with my Bell SIM.

And in the past, I used a Virgin SIM card in my previous Bell phones.

Edit: And the phone is 50$ cheaper from Virgin btw and it has all the annoying Bell apps too
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Sango2:
^

Yes, good point since Bell is the parent company of Virgin Mobile. This holds true to some extent since it works for some phones but not all.

The same cannot be said for Rogers and Fido even thou Rogers since a friend of mine who works at Rogers confirmed that it does not work since it is locked to the frequency.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Pan Tralaliński:
you guy if you will have any problems unlocking your sgs3's msg Adam Lange

he had gret succes with sgs1, sgs2 and interntionl version on sgs3 so i guess he can figure out Your version of the device in an eye blink :)

xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=19623004
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] gennadiy008:
Just Rooted my Telus phone, any one using custom ROM yet? any suggestions? Happy Canada Day everyone!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] David Dee:
Don't you need to unlock the boot loader first, before installing any roms?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] simondadiamond:
Videotron *#1234#

Someone 15 pages ago said they needed the *#1234# of various companies, here is the one for videotron, I quickly looked at the pages after and didn't see it, so here it is.

AP: T999VVLALE6

CP: T999VVLLE6

CSC: T999VYVLALE6
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] steph.ss.seguin:
Any Telus factory rom available? Any eta?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] nacos:
I really don't understand why people keep entertaining these unfounded rumors: the carriers (any) will provide an unlock code for free ONLY (and ONLY) if you basically owe nothing on the phone you are asking the unlock code for - that would be, if it was purchased outright or already paid for. Otherwise their unlocking fees are RIDICULOUSLY high and stuff like "you're out overseas/out of country" simply doesn't fly.

Furthermore, if you're patient enough to dig it out, this info is clearly spelled out on all major carrier's website.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Sango2:
Actually it's no rumors, especially if one knows people and simply ask.

1) I know a friend who works for Rogers and told me it can be done (who was manager at retail and now works in relations there at the office locations).

2) I've gotten an unlock code for Rogers and AT&T from calling, explaining I go between Canada and US (notice my location) that I have a local carrier and number that I like to use the local carrier SIM of the country I am in.

3) A co-worker gotten unlock code from AT&T from calling in telling them that she was going out of country. Got the phone unlocked but she actually sent the phone the phone off to a relative to one of the European countries because the phone was not available in their region. She gotten new AT&T phone shortly after that.

4) A family member who got 3 phones from T-Mobile gotten codes right from T-Mobile customer support by calling in (I have the emails from the family member who forward the email from the T-Mobile rep to me which contains the unlock code and instructions).

5) I talk to T-Mobile retail they say they give their unlock codes after a certain amount days but didn't remember because the family member already gotten the codes.

6) I spoke to a AT&T retail rep and said sure, they will give me an unlock code if I bought their phone.

No strings attached; contact or no contact, it can be unlocked from the carrier for free if you know how to ask so one doesn't have to spend out of pocket to get it unlocked. For instance my AT&T Sony Ericsson phone worked with Fido SIM since day 1 I joined them with 2 year contact and this was about over two years ago; I just asked and explained.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Wirelessgirl:
Here's the deal with Rogers. It is true you can get an unlock code from Rogers, but it's NOT free. I believe it costs $50 which is outrageous. In the States it's actually mandatory for the carrriers to give customers an unlock code if they request for it. In some cases, the US carriers won't give you the unlock code. It's free in the US, but not in Canada. So far I think only Rogers and Fido offers unlock services. I'm not sure about Bell, Telus, etc..
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] franknozly:
I thought you can unlock it by using root and modifying some file? I mean if you want to keep your stock unmodified unrooted experience then I guess getting an unlock code is your only choice.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Sango2:
By the books this holds true.

It would depend on where and who you talk to.

With my Fido locked phone; I walked into the retail store and asked if they can unlock the phone. They just did it and asked me if I could wait; I said sure and no questions asked. The person who did it even said quietly, technically they are not suppose to but they just do it anyways because most of the customers want it unlocked anyways. I guess since most of the customers are asian over here, they just did it because of the nationality since I too am one of them.

As for Roger's beside my friend telling me they would simply unlock it. I did call them up and explained and they just unlocked without charging me. If there was a problem, I'll let my friend talk to them since he has friend connections inside Rogers so things can be resolved quickly.

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I guess you mean this one which is for the international. I don't think this works for the regional.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1715149
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Pan Tralaliński:
or here samsung-updates.com/samsung-networksim-unlock-code-generatorpatcher/
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] franknozly:
Isn't this for the international version only? I just ran the program and it didn't have options for the non international variants. Considering this it he Canadian S3 forum, we don't have the international S3 here.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] XblackdemonX:
Yes it doesn't work with LTE only international