yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S III General] xynie:
New S3 in China

Hey all... first off, sorry for this, I am sure you get tired of these basic questions... but I am pretty lost... I am a former iOS user for many, many years. I switched to the S3 in the beginning of November and I love it. No complaints, a great phone. In the past I could jailbeak/unlock in my sleep, but when I purchased by phone here (I live in Shanghai) I was sold an i-9300 and it was already rooted and unlocked.

Here are some details

My understanding is that the Build Number is where I can find what version of the ROM I am using, but when I search for that, all I find are Chinese sites. (I'm an expat, I don't read Chinese, only speak)

Also, looking around, I saw some files in my root folder that make me think it was unlocked with Vodoo Unlock:

voodoo_sim_unlock_1352439981101_nv_data.bin

voodoo_sim_unlock_1352439981101_nv_data.bin.md5

My question, I want to go to a Jelly Bean update, but I need to be able to root and unlock again for use in China and America. Can someone provide me a guide/site with some information? Can I switch to any ROM, or do I have to go with the ROM that is loaded or other Asian roms? My phone was sold to me new in box, but when they put on the custom ROM is was all setup in English and with Google Play... so it has been perfect... just want to update it.

I can go back to the local Chinese store, but would prefer to learn myself... Any guides or direction you can give? Doesn't seem as straightforward as the guides I have seen on Google since this is an Asian phone.

Thanks for your help, glad to be a part of the group!

Anthony
[Galaxy S III General] abumaha:
have this software info pls advise to flash

6013-v3.0-G_XLD-01-2p-7120-6635-128+0-k01-f03-v01
[Galaxy S III General] xufuchang:
anyone got sudden death yet? I just bought the phone prior new year at 360buy.com.
[Galaxy S III General] dgcruzing:
I grabbed the titanium Grey I900 international version while on holidays in the Philippines..

Rooted and triangle away within a few minutes of opened the box and now getting ready to flash the upgraded jb roms and also modems for use on the Chinese network..

Will read a bit more and see how we go..

But all good so far..

I almost went the nexus 4.. But the cracking on the back due to the glass cover put me off.. Also not being able to pop in another battery is painful..

Anyway.. This one will get a work out soon enough..

Will post back with more on its use and abuse in the middle kingdom..

But of course.. The V... P... n... Is going to get a work out.. :p
[Galaxy S III General] dgcruzing:
Hi Chinese owners.. got a question for you on the networks..

As per this thread over in the HTC EVO area.. I want to know if its possible to get a new simcard but keep the same number..

I think it is.. like when someone steals your phone.. you can cancel the simcard and get a new one with same number..

I think this might solve my problem with My S3 not registering on the China telecom network,, its a "18" number i want to get going as the 3g speeds are great all over the country. I have been using it for the last two years.. and have been very happy with the coverage and speeds..

At the moment I have a "15" number card in... so its only using GSM mode I think that's why the internet speeds kinds suck.. no compare to the 3g..

thanks in advance for any advice..
[Galaxy S III General] 3672:
from Chinese to international FW

Hi everybody!

So here is my story with a Chinese i9300.. I’d be really grateful if someone can help me!

I currently live in Beijing and bought yesterday an operator free i9300 from Sundan. It is not locked to any operator (no china Unicom logo or anything like this), but there is a bunch of Chinese apps that I don’t want to / can’t use and there is no google apps, nor synchro with my google account…

I confirm that it is a i9300 and NOT i9308.

When I first turned it on, the version was 4.1.1 (baseband I9300ZCDLJ4, build JRO03C.I9300ZCDLL1). Then it performed an OTA update to 4.1.2 (baseband I9300ZCELL1, build JZO54K.I9300ZCEMA2)

Following this, I tried to flash the latest English official firmware with Odin 3.4:

9300XXEMB1

Base Firmware: I9300XXEMB1 (4.1.2)

Region: Europe

Country: United Kingdom

Carrier: Unbranded

Build Date: 1 February 2013

Modem: XXEMB1

CSC: OXAEMB1

Change List: 921399

However, Odin failed to perform the full flash and my phone ended up soft bricked… every time I turned it on, it asked me to connect to kies and perform an emergency restore (Which was not possible as nothing was detected by kies when I plugged in the phone…). At that point, I was extremely scared…

I ended up downloading another Chinese firmware (I9300ZCDLJ5_I9300ZCDLJ4_I9300CHNDLJ5_HOME.tar) and flashed it with Odin. The flashing process went ok, but after that, the phone stayed stuck on the Samsung logo during boot sequence.

I performed a factory reset and then, the miracle happened! The phone rebooted and made it through the Samsung logo. It was properly working under a Chinese ROM (phone ok, data ok).

Few after it performed three OTA updates in a row and now, the version is the same as before I tried to flash it with Odin:

Model number: GT-I9300

android version 4.1.2

baseband version: I9300ZCELL1

kernel version: 3.0.31-833302

se.infra@SEP-91 #1

SMP PREEMPT Mon Jan 14 19:36:46 KST 2013

build number: JZO54K.I9300ZCEMA2

However, it is still running a lame Chinese FW with no Gapps and no synchro to google account.. Which is really a shame for an android device.

I have read here and there that to overcome this problem with China Unicom FW, I should root it, and then flash the same English FW I tried earlier, but using mobile odin.

Can anyone confirm that this works? I read only about China Unicom mobiles. Mine is NOT china Unicom (no operator logo anywhere or anytime during boot sequence). Will it work the same?

I have to say I am a bit worried about messing it up again.. I feel like I got quite lucky this time! ;)

Would anyone have a precise tutorial regarding the rooting and mobile odin flashing thing?..

Thanks in advance for your help! Hope this will help someone else as well..

Hubert

tl;dr: will my chinese i9300 accept a flash with an international FW from Mobile Odin even if it is not a China Unicom branded phone? + Any up to date tutorial for Root / Odin Mobile flashing? Thanks a lot!!
[Galaxy S III General] punkasai:
Learning how to root

Yesterday I bought a chinese version of samsung galaxy s3 gt-i9300. I want to remove some of the chinese apps(chinese opera and chinese chat apps), but to do that, I will need to root my phone. So I learned that to use odin, I need to go in download mode, BUT voldown+home+power gives me the recovery screen and volup+home+power gives me some factory screen without downloading/connection options. Can anyone tell me what to do now? Do I have to change the boot screen somehow? or is there another way to get into download mode? Please help! Im stuck!
[Galaxy S III General] elspanish88:
Sounds like a fake
[Galaxy S III General] dgcruzing:
Re: CHINESE owners and buyers of SIII discussion thread.he

Hi Crew,

Need some Radio's out of the China Unicom branded phones..

to see if they are going to improve my coverage and reception..

As per this thread..

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=38786538

I am thinking it maybe lift the performance a little..

Anyone got hold of the latest ones?

I have this so far..

4.1.2

ELLA

Wanamlite stock ZSEMB1
[Galaxy S III General] metheviewer:
Hey guys, I'm about at my wits end here, I just can't find the files and I'm not 100% about which ones to use.

Firstly I bought an I9300 from 360buy.com, it doesn't seem to be unicom, as there are no logos and I don't get the wo 3g logo. I downloaded Taiwanese and Hong Kong ROMS (1 file tar.md5) and tried to flash them but failed and soft bricked my phone, until I could find a mainland ROM which restored functionality. Dialling *#1234# gives me the following: AP: I9300ZCEMB1, CP: I9300ZCELL1, CSC I9300CHNEMB1.

It seems that many people figured out what I want to achieve, which is basically just being able to use google play etc. Although this thread seems to be focusing solely on the Unicom version. I don't want to end up breaking my 3G or bricking my phone by using the wrong FW. If anyone could please point me in the direction of some NON Unicom ROMS I'd greatly appreciate it.

Thanks

---------- Post added at 12:17 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:09 PM ----------

When you get to the recovery screen press volume up to continue.

1. Turn off your phone.

2. Press Vol Down + Power + Home

3. It should give you a Chinese warning screen, press Volume UP to proceed to download mode.

4. Connect your phone to your PC.

5. Wait until ODIN accepts it, then load the Chainfire Root ROM by selecting the PDA option.

6. Press START in ODIN, wait for it to finish, and restart.

Your phone should now be rooted.

If I were you I'd make sure I have a backup stock ROM downloaded first, in case something goes wrong.
[Galaxy S III General] qtwrk:
USB debugging, ADB reboot download???
[Galaxy S III General] checomejia:
Solution to China Model GT-i9300 to run Google stuff

Guys, check this link up:(look for this string)

chn-unbrick-convert-chn-eur-jb-4-1-1-a.html

I've done that and now i've my phone running with this ROM that supports the CHINA F**n Modem and all the Google Goodies. The down side is that it won't update automatically since even though it is an offical Samsung rom it is considered to be a hybrid...other than that it works great!
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] raja4sure:
Hello Guys !!!

I Found An awesome Mod Once again......Many Many Thanks To Spacecacker (Now a days called as CoolCatGetHome) ..........

For all Armv6 / MDPI users....Working In Our Phone Also......

the best change to get almost a real TW4 launcher

although this launcher is based on the stock Galaxy ace tw3 launcher which he has modded to TW4 a lot and ofcourse made it universal

it is looking 90 % like the real one .....

Original Thread : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1700037

Once Again many many Thanks To CoolCatGetHome.....

Features :

4 dock

Text added to Dock

Page Indicators in bottom ( reference TW4)

Homescreen layouts moddified to fit screen

88% transparency background

list View

Grid View

Smooth

and also more mods to come

How To Install :

go to recovery

mounts and storage

mount data

mount system

install zip from sdcard

choose the zip u downloaded

flash it

reboot

done

enjoy

Downloads :

V1 - universal (twframework-res included )= http://www.mediafire.com/?nbt88883fzbw6br

V1 - universal (without twframework-res ) = http://www.mediafire.com/?1cefeyo7cje7l6p

If You LikeThis Mod then Plz Visit The Original Thread & Hit Thanks To CoolCatGetHome....
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] hulkbuster92:
Can it be used with froyo and also GB and ICS
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] austin266:
working in froyo?

edit : worked but not effective

but nice
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] brigo:
it doesn't work on android 2.2 ...
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] Arjav23:
yup

i think its only for cm7
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] SpaceCaker:
It will only work on GB since launcher is based on 2.3.6 sources
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] hypermedic:
dear devs,

i would love to buy 64 gb microsd for my note, i would love to know it will work fine or shall i stick to 32gb?

i have two options, 32 gb class 10 or 64 gb class 6.....i have tried 32 b4 and it was awesome, but i would love to know if 64 will work fine or there will be glitches?

appreciate your input :p
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] gee2012:
As i understand the GN will take 64GB sd cards, it should work just fine. But as said not 100 % sure. Google around and you`ll know for sure. Here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cglReclKkw0 is a guy that uses 64 GB card in the Note, but you seem to reformat the card from exfat to fat32. This is easily done with Easeus Partition Master (free).
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] xuggs:
It will work yes but only as FAT32, not NTFS or exFAT. If you are using Windows 7, it will not give you the option to format as FAT32. Just put the card in your device and format it from the device.

Note: FAT32 filesystem will not let you transfer files >4GB to the memory card from your PC. Just saying..
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Tonio78370:
There's a long discussion on this over here...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1330784
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Princeomi:
I have a 64gb card and it works fine, the above posters caveat applies!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] reinbeau:
Thread closed

Please refer to the link above for further discussion.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] schust3r5:
My brother can't root his phone because unrevoked says that the firmware is to new

Sent from my dinc.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sparkplugDev:
This is my simple guide for rooting your dinc from 2.3.4 with hboot 0.92

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=26146567&postcount=15

for the adb in the beginning i would suggest referring to scotty85's original post on android forums because he has all of the commands bolded out.

http://androidforums.com/incredible...ot-2-3-4-downgrade-get-s-off.html#post3308718
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] schust3r5:
Thanks that was quick!

Sent from my dinc.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] schust3r5:
I have another q if you don't mind my phone says that my phone # is 0000003868 for some reason and I can't use my Verizon data because it doesn't recognize the # do you know?

Sent from my dinc.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sparkplugDev:
Sorry, I don't know anything about that. How long have you been experiencing that/are you able to make calls and send text messages?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] schust3r5:
Ya everything works fine its just that in the Nam settings it is 0000003868 and I can't change it. Its like locked or something...

Sent from my dinc.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sparkplugDev:
try calling *228 and reprogramming your phone
[LG Optimus 2x] BuTuCuTz:
HI. I have an Optimus 2X and I am on temasek's 119 build with etana kernel (stock).

Since yesterday my phone started to turn itself on and off in standby mode, in the lockscreen.

Can someone tell me what the problem could be?

Thanks in advance.

Also it didn't started only in 119, but in 112 and 118 too.
[LG Optimus 2x] zaro143:
backup all data.....

then do data wipe....

cache wipe......

dalvik wipe...

battery stats wipe...all wil come normal..........
[LG Optimus 2x] BuTuCuTz:
thx

Will do.. Thank you
[LG Optimus 2x] mugur_clape:
i have the same problem. i am using stock 4.0.4 rom with root. i did a factory restore once and it worked fine for 3 or 4 days. and now the problem is back. the screen keeps turning on and off by itself at an interval of 2 seconds or so.
[LG Optimus 2x] boogey_man:
Screen turns on and off

I have this same problem. Only while charging it stays off. Otherwise every 2 seconds it turns on by itself, as if someone has pressed the power/lock key. This is draining my battery like crazy. Please help.
[LG Optimus 2x] LilProphet:
It's probably caused by an app running in the background. Try betterbatterystats to find out which one, and greenify to hibernate it and other apps.
[Kindle Fire Accessories] Cl8rs:
Is there any Kindle Fire case that is thin with magnetic closure?
[Kindle Fire Accessories] Ichigo:
This is the case I have. It uses magnets to close, but I'm not sure how thin you want it to be: http://www.amazon.com/UrbanFlip-Ser...339365401&sr=8-14&keywords=Orange+Kindle+Fire

Its only $8.99.
[Kindle Fire Accessories] barrmulio:
the belkin folio is also pretty thin and uses magnets..it's pretty pricey though but good quality
[Kindle Fire Accessories] Cl8rs:
Thanks guys, I found this one:

http://www.amazon.com/Re-Elegant-Mu...Kindle/dp/B006JVWO1W/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

I'll order it soon
[Kindle Fire Accessories] Ichigo:
That's he same one I have, except its orange.
[Kindle Fire Accessories] Notrega:
Where are the magnets located? In the corners?
[Kindle Fire Accessories] Z7What:
This is the case I have.

I cant post the link due to not having enough posts yet but the title of the case I have is

Fire 7 2015 Case , Exact [PRO Series] Professional Slim-Fit PU Leather Folio Case for Amazon Fire (5th Generation - 2015 release) Black

You should be able to copy and paste that into Amazon search and it should pop up!

Wayne
[HTC One X] Nad2012:
Hi,

I have installed the last version of leedroid from scratch

and reinstalled all apps

I have some of them (Daily Sudoku, Mahjong)

that do no more work with the last version

Each time, I launched it restarts the phone

Any idea'?''
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] angel_elw:
Hey guys

I have this problem with my x10

Whenever I open a. App or a game and close it, it goes back to main screen and the apps icons & Widgets disapear and comes back slowly

I am using GB 2.3.3

Any ideas to fix this

P.s I got about 60 MB free ram ..

Please some help :-)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] czp0811:
Why not flash a new ROM?There are so many wonderful ROMs here.

Choose any one you like and flash it ,your problem would be solved at the same time.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HeliumX10:
Are you using any task killer? I guess that not because of too many used RAM...

Install ZDBox and add on your desktop its widget called task killer.

Other thing which is very important to uninstall every app which you dont use. It consumes RAM even not opened.

And last thing - install CPUspy and run it. It will show how is your CPU running on frequencies and how is under pressure or idle.

It seems that he definitely dont want to install another ROM.

So please do not recommend this as first solution to all-kind problems.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] jklitten:
I've been reading some, and I'm a bit confused as to how necessary S-Off is. Will we still see official support from big-name ROMs (CM9, AOKP, MIUI) without having S-Off? Just curious.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Tiffany84:
Well S-Off use to be needed to flash radio's, bootloaders, downgrading, etc.... With the AT&T One X we are able to flash boot images, radio's and downgrade with just the HTC-Dev Unlock so it's not as important as it use to be but it would still be great to have just for the simple fact of not needing to go the HTC-Dev route. Basically S-Off sets the security flag to off so your able to do whatever you want without jumping through any hoops.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Juliendnb:
Hey guys, so I've been having difficulties getting my phone back to working order, I've tried factory resetting it by holding the vol buttons and power button, pulling battery, plugging in the usb, everything else. Still can't get into recovery or download mode.

When I do plug in the usb, it connects to my computer but then immediately cuts out again, and connects again in a loop.

Is there anything I can do? Or just wait until the S3 comes out :/

Thanks for the help!
[Samsung Infuse 4G] rainbow99984:
Hi plz go thru it this was when i got into similar situation usually its cable and port which make problem.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=24993662
[Samsung Infuse 4G] qkster:
Nice job on paying it forward, rainbow.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Traceamount:
Seen this over on Android Police, and theres no mention of it here in our beloved LTEvo thread! Linaro is coming to CM9, and it sounds like very soon! Says to nearly double the speed on ICS. Heres the link:

http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...e-and-now-parts-of-it-are-being-added-to-cm9/

CAN NOT WAIT! :D
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Zameus:
Wow....the interview was over and google's android was still running it's benchmark. Amazing stuff, can't wait till it's implemented into CM9. Thanks for this OP, it was a good read/video.

/drools for CM9+Linaro :P
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] blackroseMD1:
JBQ said that they actually merged some of the Linaro code into Google's internal master branch. You know you've written good code when Google accepts it into AOSP.

From Google+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/100865424702789108139/posts/FkY3eiqeeq4
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] tyler.durden:
Sounds pretty awesome, but I had never really planned on going back to AOSP... wonder if any of this would be able to be implemented into a Sense-based ROM? That would get me excited.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Traceamount:
I thought so too! - and, they make a button for that :) But I appreciate it just the same!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] ImaWinRAR:
I was JUST about to hit that thanks button... until I saw this.

jk. :p
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] SPreston2001:
So does anybody know if an official CM9 build is coming to the LTEvo?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] david279:
Its seem this is as official as it gets.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1683384

Sent from my EVO 4G LTE
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Traceamount:
Beat me to it lol. Yea Kush is getting close it looks like. Once the data/sms are straightened out, I'll be all over it awaiting Linaro :D
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] sgt. slaughter:
from what I gathered watching that video, it seemed that we will not benefit from this....

Seemed the changes done were kernel level and geared to the specific SoC the Nexus runs...saying they were CPU optimizations, and that it mainly was cleaning the "bad code" allowed in -o2 optimization, and once cleaned they were able to run through o3 optimization...

correct me if im wrong in that thinking though...

still pretty cool!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Cuppeerr:
.... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1700919
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] nabbed:
How is it in any way official? It says unofficial right in the title.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] swaze:
Lol where do you think they are building it from?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Kcarpenter:
"official as it gets"
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] ckoadiyn:
Lmao. And Sgt that would suck if it is soc specific...
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] sgt. slaughter:
I mean im sure some of it is real general Android related stuff in the kernel that could be ported over to other SoC's....But the guy was fairly clear it was CPU related and delt with cleaning up the code to be able to do -o3 optimization on it...

deff need to read up on it more though...
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] nabbed:
Unofficial, I believe, means that it isn't supported by the CM team.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] NORCALkID:
As i read the story its unofficial because its still being reviewed to be added to the tree.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] ckoadiyn:
Well if its CPU stuff then manufacturers need to be doing the optimizing basically and google would have to change their code for the CPU as well. In order for this to happen......right?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] swaze:
Officially you are wrong, lol
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] mlin:
He mentioned bringing the optimization to newer architectures as well, including cortex A15.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] sgt. slaughter:
yeah remember that....wonder what all they did besides o3 optimization...can't imagine purely that one thing yielded those results there...
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] nabbed:
What are you talking about?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Kidromulous:
Your absolutely right not taking anything from Android police but we did a piece on it that's slightly more informative. There is far more going on than o3 optimization

http://www.androrev.com/2012/06/10/...cream-sandwich-cm9-to-adopt-the-improvements/
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] swaze:
Meaning kush is compiling directly from cm source so its as official as it gets.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] nabbed:
Are you being silly, showing off for the girls here?

So far the CM team is not officially supporting this device.

I don't know how else I can say this. Anyone can use a cm9 source, hence the aosp. But official cm team members aren't working on this device except Toast, who is also working on it unofficially.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] jdogg836:
Hate the semantics game. You are both right.....

It's unofficial.

Is there anything out there that is more official? No. Hence the term "as official as it gets" -- at least for now.