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[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] SL:
I will get the boot.img when I get home. I have a copy via the nanoid backup.

At this time, i am at work and have no access to file that may get me going.

I will update on this when I re-flash later this evening.

ps: Dont think anyone has the phone yet.....(Today is the official launch day)

I have it for more than a month now and it is my 3rd phone. I brick 2 of them..LOL

If I cant save it, it will be my 3rd brick
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] uoY_redruM:
I used it briefly but I'm not sure if it's actually scaling correctly...is it?

I'm waiting on one of the guys from Galaxy Nexus, who writes AMAZING kernels (and has a toolkit for his kernel) , to use some information from our phones I sent him to incorporate the toolkit to work on our phones. I'd rather use his then SetCPU personally. He has all kinds of controls on that baby.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] uoY_redruM:
Worst case scenario, couldn't you do an Odin restore?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] SL:
Since I am at work, I have no access to the file.

I know I can do a restore via nanoid and that might get me all the original kernel back.

I will know in 6-7 hours. :)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] uoY_redruM:
Release 2.1 is live

http://d-h.st/gLc

Changelog:

No longer flashes modem.bin, amss.bin or kernel (should work universally across all carriers now)

Added build.prop tweaks

Not a major release, aside from making it usable across the other carriers now.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] darren.wlsn1:
i did a odin restore on tmo if that is usefull info.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] SL:
LOL....odin is no good unless one have the files to restore.

In any case, I will have them when I get home.

And I already downloaded the V2.1 and safely tucked away for use tonight!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] nakolas69:
Do we have to wipe anything before flashing?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] darren.wlsn1:
always a good idea like on all phones and please make a nandroid, no disrespect but i see people who didnt and are now stuck in bootloop for something they did. not op's fault so im clear. lol
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] nakolas69:
lol sorry im new to Samsung can you guys put a install procedure? :)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] darren.wlsn1:
you need to be rooted and have cwm and dl rom and put it on internal mem then get into cwm and backup then wipe/flash rom.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] djintrigue808:
Can we use Darkside.Super.Wipe and Kernel Cleanser from the GS2 thread? :confused:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ge3kswag:
It will not work, different partitions and will probably do more harm than good.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] djintrigue808:
So do we just wipe data/factory reset before hand then?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] zonly1:
Yes
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] djintrigue808:
Cool thanks. :laugh:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] zonly1:
My Steps:

1. D/L your ROM to your computer.

2. Copy ROM to your phone.

3. Use ROM Toolbox Pro App Manager (or equivalent) to b/up all user apps

4. Shut phone down (if this is your first custom ROM) If not, just Restart into Recovery and ignore 5.)

5. Restart into recovery (Vol+Up/Home/Power ~2secs release power)

6. Nandroid

7. Wipe data/factory reset

8. Flash ROM

9. Reboot system

10. Restore User Apps from ROM Toolbox Pro

11. Restore SMS/MMS from App Extractor (uses Nandroid)

HTH
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] nakolas69:
thanks a ton man! but do you have to move CWM to an sd card cause doesnt the data/factory wipe everything on interal storage?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] zonly1:
You're very welcome.

No, it will leave the sdcard (internal and external) alone. Note, the current CWM does not look at the external card at this point. :)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] neotoky:
I just hope the same will be done universally by other developers of the other variants. This phone will be massive with all the rom options. I can't wait.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] zonly1:
Just wanted to report that 2.1 Is running great! Thanks uoY_redruM! I got a respectable 6511 on my AnTuTu Benchmark and a :D on my smoothometer! NICE and SMOOTH and FAST!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] uoY_redruM:
Thank howtomen for that :) I didn't realize how simple it would have been to make it universal.

Once custom kernels are out, it'll be even easier. Flash the ROM from whatever carrier you want then flash your phones specific kernel on top :)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] snotyak:
Just to confirm, I installed this on my AT&T SGS3 and it's working fine (so far). Thanks! :D
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] uoY_redruM:
Thank you for the confirmation! I appreciate that.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] MacTheRipperr:
I'm a Jack ass. Ignore me. Lol thanks for all your hard work. All of you!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] djintrigue808:
Thanks uoY_redruM! I'm loving this rom! :D
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] cwalker29:
It's kind of funny how a lot of noob have this phone. But y'all are welcome with open arms:)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] uoY_redruM:
I think just a lot of people in general have this phone. The specs are pretty amazing and for people who just have to have the latest and greatest, this is the phone. When I was in line last week to get the phone, only one other person in line with me looked like he'd known anything about this side of the phone. Everyone else just looked like an average Joe wanting the newest phone on the market.

That's a good thing though, we could get an influx of new people learning the basics and get a really large community :)

On a side note, Five has sent me some links to learning how to theme. I'm planning on learning, or trying to, and maybe theme this baby up.

I've been on my week vacation from work, which is why I've had so much free time to do this, but Monday I'm back to my normal Monday-Friday grind and I'll definitely be slowing down.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] cwalker29:
Cool.. if I had sometime I would love to learn how to theme. Send me the same links if the helpful to you!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] SL:
Would appreciate if someone could change the boot img to tar so I can flash it via odin.

I have tried a cwm restore but does not update the kernel.

This is for my T999V and hopefully I can get it up and running again with the boot img flashed.

I will email you the file or sent via dropbox

Thanks

uoY_redruM

Does the boot image have the kernel?

If so, is it possible to swap the boot of your V2 with mine and flash it?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] yellowfddriver:
So is this confirmed to work on the ATT sgs3? No hot boot freezes or anything yet?

Also, does this rom still have Samsungs apps? They're more useful than carrier apps, so I was J/w!

I'm looking ahead for roms and the like before I end up getting it.

Thanks :)

I probably won't get mine for awhile...i bought the hox instead and I have to wait for my acct to be credited before I can pre-order OR they show up in stores.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Susasama:
So, we're putting the ROM onto the Phone portion? Cause i put it on my Card portion and it didn't show up in cwm.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] djintrigue808:
Yeah that's what I had to do. :p
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Susasama:
Weird. It's working for me now. Never had to put it on the phone before. Oh well. Whatever works.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] uoY_redruM:
I sent you a PM with instructions to try something similar to what the AT&T guy tried. He at least got baseband back, but he's no getting LTE. Hopefully we can at least get you a recognizable baseband.

Yeah, some today confirmed it works fine on AT&T with no issues. I've removed the SamsungApps.apk file from the ROM along with pretty much all of the carrier apps.

The file, however, is provided in the OP so you have access to the apk files. Also, Five has been so kind to make up a flashable zip for the SMemo (coming soon). I will likely use that as a base to make a flashable zip for Yahoo News as well since I have had a few requests for that as well.

Yes, phone portion. CWM is not currently set up to read our extSDCard.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] djintrigue808:
Neither did I but I guess it has something to do with the only CWM version that we have. :confused:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] zonly1:
True story. :)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] kurplop:
Vary nice man! :thumbup:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Dogzz:
awesome beats not work :-\
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Gadgetz:
[Universal] Means it'll run on any US variant?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] uoY_redruM:
Should :)

A few AT&T guys have already tried it and reported no ill side effects.

So long as we don't flash modem/amss/boot.img (which I removed as of this current release).
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Gadgetz:
Sweet, thanks for the clarification
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] sizer99:
As I found out earlier, the internal memory on this thing mounts as /sdcard, and the real sdcard shows up as /sd_external - and cwm knows nothing about /sd_external.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] SL:
Just a note of thanks to uoY_redruM .

I am back up and running.

Everything is back to "original" except for uoY_redruM custom rom.

So if anyone from Windmobile "soft brick their phones, they can pm me for the 3 files to get them back up! :)

I can also confirm that flashing this ROM on Windmobile/Mobilicity GS3 works.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] zonly1:
WooHoo! Glad it worked out for you!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] darren.wlsn1:
noob moment but how do we change lockscreen widgets and is the brightness trick with sliding finger across dropdown not on gs3 like we had on gs2?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] init_dot_t:
lock screen widgets: settings>security>lock screen options>shortcuts
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Kobe_19:
Guys, I, ve flashed, 2.1 over previous release, without wipe data/factory reset. No issues so far...
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] hdjoe:
I got the 2.1 rom loaded, and it works but I can't download from play store... I cleared cache, cleared data on store, and rebooted twice.. no improvement. Am I supposed to install 2.0 then 2.1 over?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] darren.wlsn1:
omg thanx, been driving me nutz.:laugh:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] SL:
Nope. Just a straight install.

When doing the install via CWM, wipe/factory reset, clear cache partition, wipe dalvik cache. This is a must when installing new roms to ensure it work properly.

No problem with my install of V2.1 on my T999V.....
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jsmcmahon89:
Boots on Sprint variant but can't get mobile data it just tries to connect to T Mobile. Great work so far!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] cwalker0906:
Did u change your apn for sprint
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] uoY_redruM:
That's what I was going to ask :)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ChaosMinionX:
I don't think the volume mod actually works on US variants... I tested and my in call volume is not any louder, and my speakerphone volume is not any louder.

I have not tested headphones yet, but I am going to assume the same thing since there was no default file in /system/etc for the default_gain.conf file to modify or be used by anything.

Correct me if I am wrong though :)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] uoY_redruM:
Yeah, I think I posted somewhere in the thread already that default_gain.config does not exist on our phones (which is odd). I included it anyway because the speaker sounded louder to me and a few people I had at the house I did before and after with.

I don't know if it makes a true difference for sure because I don't know if anything points to it our not.

On a side note, I didn't chance the in call setting. I only changed speaker and headphones.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ChaosMinionX:
I will have to test out the incall settings, I will let you know if there is any difference!

Thanks for the response and effort with this ROM.

EDIT: Just changed a few "in-call" values and I had no change, I wonder if in the US ROMs this file is not referenced from /system/etc and is somewhere else, or if the functionality is just not even included for some reason.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] darren.wlsn1:
volume ace is best app i ever used for volume increase, have "beats audio"on oneS and i think it blows.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] :
Just curious, since it doesn't flash a modem. Bin or kernel how would the rom one boot up and two how would you have service? Do we need to flash one separate lol this may be a dumb question I am just curious
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] afbengochea:
It would maintain the kernel and modem that you already have on the phone

Edit: in the future when there are custom kernels then you can flash that separately if you would like to be able to under volt and over clock
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] SL:
I second your answer.

I was able to get back up and running (thanks to uoY_redruM advise and help) by extracting the modem, amss and root files from my second GS3 and replacing what was in Version 2 with my phone's file.

Without those 3 files, it will not overwrite existing and people will have no problems if they flash a rom that is for tmobile on ATT or other providers (assuming they all have T999)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] uoY_redruM:
Yes, afb is correct. It maintains the already existing files. Once we have custom kernels (hopefully soon!) then you can flash whichever ROM you want and then just flash the kernel specific for your phone.

I wish I knew how to build from source, I'd love to learn to build kernels.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] kscasper13:
sh!t, i wish i knew how to compile a ROM, i need to learn. i'd have AOKP up by now for our phones. i'm dyin to have that ROM
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] afbengochea:
For that I believe we need a different kernel first. It's like cm9 in which it doesn't use the same kernel as touch wiz then you'd have to port the Rom. I'm sure we'll get it though. Roman is getting our phone and so is whitehawkx, even though whitehawkx it's bak in school and probably won't be able to work on getting it on our phone
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ge3kswag:
Is anyone else having issues with random "hot boots"? My phone will basically freeze, vibrate quickly (short duration), and resets to the lock screen

Could it be due to me using "Force GPU Rendering"
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Chilled26:
I'm using Force GPU Rendering and I don't experience this issue.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] djintrigue808:
Same here. No issues whatsoever. :)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ge3kswag:
i'm at a loss then, I have had this happen with both 2.0 and 2.1 and not sure what it is. It happens whether i'm in an app or not. It's frustrating tho, if anyone has this happen and knows why, let me know plz
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] howtomen:
Are u using setcpu?

im on my phone. expect terrible typos.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ge3kswag:
Yea, i am......is that the issue?? Should I use another CPU Manager?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ikhtiaralam:
My quadrant and my AnTuTu is actually lower than what it was with my stock rom. Anyone know what's wrong? Everything works perfectly, though. I'm just wondering why this is the issue. I can barely even get to 5,000 on Quadrant now.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] glensta:
I think 5000 is a pretty decent score. Any ways it's more how the phone feels in regards to smoothness and quickness than benchmark scores. Just my $. 02

Sent from my Obsession
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] howtomen:
Setcpu as well as rom manager dont ever play nice... i would recommend not using anything or voltage control

im on my phone. expect terrible typos.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ikhtiaralam:
It is much smoother, but I was just curious what the deal with MY phone was. AnTuTu doesn't even get 6,500 anymore.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] uoY_redruM:
Yeah that's weird. I'm hitting 6800+ pretty consistently.

Edit_ 6780 just now with all my crap installed.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] walliester:
I was using set cpu on 2.0 I decided not to use it on 2.1believed me I have 80 percent after six hours of using it constantly...so far it's good having it like that imo...
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ikhtiaralam:
I have a few things installed. So maybe that's why.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ge3kswag:
Hmmmm SetCpu has always done me right, maybe since it's a stock kernel it's not working right. Oh well, uninstalled and we'll see.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] hdjoe:
I did that. Wiped data, cache, and dalvik. Been doing that since the first phone I rooted...I also cleared cache on play store and nothing.. any ideas?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] moonfire711:
So, I am on your 2.1 rom and other than not actually having root after the install (which was easy to correct, and I'm not sure why I didn't have root), I have found one issue that may or may not be related to your rom.

If going into settings/security/lock screen options/information ticker and changing to stocks, I can't access the settings to change the stocks. It just pauses for a few seconds and then says, "Unfortunately, Settings has stopped." Any thoughts. I tried to add all yahoo stock apks and odex files back to system/app folder and resetting permissions. I also tried this with smemo, but neither the smemo or yahooo stocks are working. Any thoughts?

Thanks for any help offered! The rom is much cleaner than stock, which I like a lot.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ikhtiaralam:
How do I put S Memo back on there correctly?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ge3kswag:
I believe you need both the smemo and smemo provider to be installed in order for it to work correctly.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] moonfire711:
I put the SMemo.apk, Smemo.odex, SmemoProvider.apk, and SmemoProvider.odex files in system/app and then rebooted. Nothing... Any ideas?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] afbengochea:
Guys just a heads up. The cwm from the att dev forum works on our phones. That way you can install from our external sd cards instead of the internal one
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] dave2metz:
Are you sure?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] zonly1:
I just installed it and it does show that it will use the external and the internal sd cards...I'm going to nandroid and test it out...give me a few minutes for my report. :)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Trevnerdio:
Noob question here, but uh do you use ODIN to flash this? :D don't wanna screw up my new baby<3
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] zonly1:
Follow this...carefully! :)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1726725

---------- Post added at 07:49 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:36 PM ----------

YMMV, but no, I could not get this to do a nandroid on my phone. I tried on my external first with 23GB free:

Backing up data...

Error while making a backup image of /data!

I then attempted backing up on the internal with 3.7GB free:

Error while making a backup image of /data!

This myth is BUSTED! :(
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] uoY_redruM:
I'm at the Rays game right now. When I get home, I'll post a flashable zip for it :)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jnad32:
So quick question have yall noticed a noticeable performance increase with this ROM? Just wondering if it's worth rooting yet.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] moonfire711:
I wasn't on stock long enough to know...:silly:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] dave2metz:
What are the steps to flashing this ROM? I don't see anything in the OP. I have been rooted, running stock since root was released for our phone. Also, does this ROM run any better than stock? I have been waiting patiently for a big ROM release, but I think that I will try this one out. Thanks ahead!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] afbengochea:
I was able to create the backup without a problem. The only thing I hadn't done was restore from that same backup. That did give me an error though ..... sorry guys. It did get through checking md5 and restoring system but when it got into restoring data is when it came back with an error. Once again sorry about this.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] sizer99:
Wifi Hotspot

I love having most of the crap gone with thing - seems nice and smooth. Especially if you replace the launcher with something like Apex.

However, one big bit of T-Mobile crud left I see is the Wifi Hotspot thing that pops up 'Tethering or Hotspot Active' when you turn hotspot on. It seems to serve no purpose other than to notice you are using the hotspot and redirect you to an upsell page for T-Mobile.

Anyone have any idea what this is, so it can be disabled?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] uoY_redruM:
I have yet to figure out what controls that, lol.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Trevnerdio:
It isn't just easy like the S II where you uninstalled T-Mobile hotspot manager or whatever with titanium backup?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Romanbb:
Looks like they smartened up and included it in the Settings app this time. Only a matter of time before someone digs into it and strips it out
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] uoY_redruM:
Five sent me the zip file to re-flash SMemo for those who asked for it. I will include this in the OP for everyone.

I'm holding off on it until tomorrow so I can attempt to deodex the files. Plus, I want to make one for the Yahoo News/Stocks one as well and it makes more sense to just release them both at the same time.

Sorry, St. Petersburg is a hike from Orlando. Just got home from the Rays game and headed to bed.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Wildchld:
Hmmm wonder who that will be lol... At least its only 1 app not like verizon...

No d2tmo in git yet wtf!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] init_dot_t:
Not sure why but after being unplugged over night after a full charge it went down 18% while sleeping which is a lot more than stock. Nothing was running, just kinda throwing me off
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jr71x:
Anything else known about this on sprint? I see the one guy tried (balls, lol) and broke data? Thanks guys and congrats on your Rom:thumbup:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] darren.wlsn1:
Cell standby is the main culprit, look and see what yours is cause on mine its the damn radio overnight draining me.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] init_dot_t:
Yep Cell standby :/
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] darren.wlsn1:
we need this fix.

http://www.xda-developers.com/tag/samsung-galaxy-s-iii/

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1732722
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] moonfire711:
I appreciate your willingness to create these files and put them up for us. I know I am the one that asked, so I do appreciate it.

Can you tell me why placing the smemo and yahoo files back into system/app and then correcting the permissions would not do the trick? I would like to know how to add any individual system app back if I need to. If you can teach me to fish, I won't be back asking for more fish. ;) Thanks a million.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] uoY_redruM:
Thanks for the link. I'll look at it. Should be easy enough.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] snotyak:
I read somewhere that the problem only exists in the International version?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] uoY_redruM:
My cell standby is off the charts unless I'm on wifi.

On that note, I already decompiled framework-res.apk and the radio on issue is clearly there:

<array name="radio.on">
<value>34</value>
<value>34</value>
</array>

I'm recompiling now.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] init_dot_t:
Even on wifi I dropped 18% last night while sleeping today off of wifi at work is bad
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] uoY_redruM:
That's weird. I dropped the other day I think 4 or 5% over night total. My battery life has been pretty great.

I did, however, install Facebook yesterday on my way to the Rays game so I could upload pictures while I was there, and my battery started dropping like a rock the whole rest of the day. I don't know if that's a coincidence or not.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] init_dot_t:
No fb here lol learned that lesson before with my battery. That's why I tried this ROM when you said 4 or 5% over night I was shocked so I thought I'd get even more amazing battery life than stock lol I feel like I'm back on a vzw LTE phone now lol but great work overall