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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EvilPickle:
I'm going to send you a PM.. make this process a lot easier.. =)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] society mike:
Even with an old phone you can make a backup of your contacts to a file and save it to your PC, like a csv file.

Then in gmail on your computer, import that file to gmail contacts. Done.

When your Android device syncs contacts they will all be there.

Btw, did you keep your sdcard with all your pics?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EvilPickle:
For my wifes phone, she had an older flip phone, I exported the contacts to a microSD card(iirc).. it put the contacts into a strange format, but Google can read it in Gmail.. You go to "Contacts" pages and then click the "More" button near the top.. should see "import".. when you click that it should open up a box and you should see..

"We support importing CSV files from Outlook, Outlook Express, Yahoo! Mail, Hotmail, Eudora and some other apps. We also support importing vCard from apps like Apple Address Book.Learn more

Please select a CSV or vCard file to upload:"

If your old phone exported one of these formats Gmail should be able to read it and import all your contacts..

Now you might have to tweek some.. but it will be a lot easier than doing it manually.

On your new phone go to "Settings".. then "Accounts and Sync" and then tap your email address acount.. this will bring up a list with boxes that should all be checked. make sure "Sync Contacts" is checked. This will sync all your Gmail/Google contacts to your phone.. and when you add a new contact to your phone it will Sync it to Google.. so you should never have to do this again. Next time you get a new phone it should download all your contacts to the new phone.

I can take screen shots when I get home if you still have issues.. Hate to see someone have this many issues with a phone..
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zoomingjapan:
Argh!

For some reason I didn't get any mails, so I didn't see you guys replied :/

I typed in all contacts by hand and am finished now.

This time I made sure I synced them all with my Gmail account right after that.

I also used Samsung's Kies to backup some data.

Anything else I should do now in terms of backing up?

I still wonder what was wrong.

I mean ... the problem didn't go away even after reformating (or whatever the correct term is).

Thanks so much for your great help and advice! :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] keanppp:
Hello

Installed CM9 for my SC06D but I want sheeps-butlery apps :p

Please help where can download it

Thank a lot
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EvilPickle:
Sorry you missed our posts.. would have helped a lot im sure.

Just remember anything you do to your contacts online in Gmail will also affect your contacts on your phone. And you shouldn't ever have to manually input all of them again.. As far as other backup options.. I like/use Titanium backup. It will store all your apps and data.. you have several options on where to store it too.. on the phone, file on your computer or on the cloud.. ie, DropBox or Drive(what I use).

Let me know if you would like more information on Titanium backup.. I believe you have to be Rooted to use it though.

Did you ever get my PM? My offer still stands, please contact me if you need help with anything.. it's a lot easier to help people in real time instead of forum threads that can be missed. =)

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Not sure what you're talking about.. lol Or I would help..
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NoisyBoy-:
Black spots/ blots on all AMOLED's (crap!)

Has anybody tried using their phone in a dark room (bedroom lights off)

and watching a movie ETC

then when your on a black screen you'll just notice it, that there's some black blots on your screen

i googled it and almost 70% of all AMOLED users got this

i was wondering if you noticed one on yours? (must be in a low light place and a black screen or black picture to spot this) :(
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SQ3.0dotJP:
I've got a spot. Only notice it when looking and screen off or just turning off. Don't notice anything when in use
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NoisyBoy-:
I'm just worried that it might worsen in time, not sure though

read a lot of complaints about these, really dissapointed mine has the size of a quarter

two of them.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] society mike:
Just dead pixels. Happens on all lcd displays.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vocalonation:
The sheep butler is called I Concierge.

You can get the app by reinstalling d-menu from the apps store or accessing the docomo website. Click on customer support and find the additional apps section. I concierge is there along with a ton of other things.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Anyone try out the most recent Jelly Bean? Still the same things not working?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] casterboink:
A new galaxy s3 (SC-03E) is coming out in december with Quad Core Processor and Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. Hope our S3(SC-06D) gets updated too with Jelly Bean.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skywalker6705:
Man, I was really not expecting that. It was already hard enough having our own Japanese variant model, but having two is going to be brutal for anyone building CM10 to maintain. Right now I only know of Sakuramilk doing this.

I figure if they're releasing this it's probably specifically because they don't want to bother updating our model directly for some reason. I could totally be wrong, but it seems a good an excuse as any to force an upgrade on people. "You'll get two more processors and an OS update".

I'm actually fairly happy with my TV tuner and stuff, but 2 more processors.... :| I got my phone like 2 months ago, think they'll let me swap out? :D
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EvilPickle:
man.. I probably could have held out if I had known they were going to release a new one. =(
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] domesdkg:
Seriously, glad to hear I'm not the only one a little miffed by this. As long as we get the same software updates it won't bother me much though... How much processor intensive stuff do you guys do on your phones anyway?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jutaro:
And after 6 month they come out with the G4. Do you say the same than?

Its always like this!

I actually dont care! I happy with what i have! Dont need a quad core cpu! There is no app that needs a quad core on ny phone!!!!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] society mike:
Yeah i really don't care about the new one with "quad core". Battery life will remain better with dual, plus it's known that LTE and quad core don't play well with each other, especially battery.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emcee15:
hi there..i'm new here..i'll just ask if what will happen if the galaxy sc-06d unlock by docomo shop will be rooted? is there a possibility that the phone will go back to a lock state? thank you in advance
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EvilPickle:
Unlocked? So you can use it with any SIM card unlocked? or are you talking about your SIM card? I know they unlock SIM cards, wasnt aware that they would do the phone too.

But no, an unlocked phone is not rooted.. just unlocked so you can use it on other networks.

Rooted means you have access to the root files of the phone, which allows apps and you to access normally closed parts of the file system.

As for the phone going back to being locked.. im not sure. I would say there is always a possibility. But if you root it and flash a new ROM, it will not be updated unless you do it yourself.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zoomingjapan:
Yes, Docomo will unlock their phones for a fee of 3150yen.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] strebalicious:
Same problem here before. Reboot the computer and make sure as few programs start as possible. In particular, make sure Kies doesn't start, as I think it has some roundabout effect on things, even though you don't need to run it during the rooting process.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jokinawa:
I successfully flashed the new firmware. I then closed Kies and killed the process. From there I loaded ODIN 3.07 and flashed the CWM for SC-06D. Immediately after, used ADB to reboot recovery. CWM loaded and I flashed the root zip file.

It seems to be 100% working here.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noeldc:
Still no joy for me. I updated OTA by the way.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fujislider:
Confirmed...root method still works after update :D

Mine couldn't update automatically due to script encountering CWM. Had to update via Kies.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ewdi:
To update and re-obtain root, do NOT use OTA, use KIES to update the phone and then re-run the steps to root

You need to use ADB to boot into CMW
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fujislider:
1970 Nandroid

I've made two backups, one pre- and post-update. Both are 1970-1-x.

I'm still too chicken to do a wipe/restore.

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Anyone with skills willing to attempt port of CM9 to our variant?

Current nightlies are incompatible - I tried - no joy. Seems like all LTE variants are not currently supported.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] strebalicious:
Oops. Seems I deleted one too many apps, and now the camera doesn't work (camera app loads, but it's just a black screen). Any know which apps in particular I shouldn't have deleted?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cezeff:
so let me clear about this....lol....root acheieved with no problem?... and was able to update and then root too...because i rooted my sgs2 and the root broke a lot fo apps and stuff...and couldnt even get kies to work with it right...but i have to the stock rom and the the stock recovery for this phone..so everything is ok ok guys? also does anyone have an idea if the proximity apps that leave the proximity sensor on damage the sensor at all? (that infrared staying on is a concern, dont want to break such a vital part of my new phone) thanks in advance!!

b.t.w. im using a mac...shouldnt be much a difference?

UPDATE: Icant get my phone detected in Download Mode....
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ewdi:
You need to do this on windows, vmware or parallel wont work
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noeldc:
Ended up doing a factory reset (only had the phone a week so nothing to lose, data-wise) and reflashed CWM and now it comes up instead of stock.

The guy on 2ch has released v2 of his sgs3_rooting.zip, so I'll give that a go now.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cezeff:
ok...i just borrowed my friends computer and it installed the tar just fine...i can reboot in to a very scaled down recovery but when i go to select the .zip i get sig. not verified..so any ideas whats next?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fujislider:
No clue. But I bet there are some additional TouchWiz-specific files besides Camera.apk. Don't you have your nandroid or Titanium backup prior to deletions you could compare with?

If you want, I could send a list of system apps from a Titanium backup I did.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noeldc:
Make sure you copy it to the phone's internal memory and not to the external SD card.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fujislider:
Unless you see "CWM-based Recovery v5.5.0.4" at the top and bottom of the screen, sounds like you've still got stock recovery. Make sure Kies is installed and reflash CWM with Odin.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cezeff:
no dice....my flash counter is on 3....it says custom for everything but the Quaccom Secure...so im just lost at this point....
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fujislider:
My counter is at like 7 already, and same Qualcomm Secure boot msg. From what I understand it's just a counter flag to indicate it's been messed with.

Maybe reflash stock recovery, reboot, and try and flash CWM again. It took me a couple times messing with it, before it took. At one point I even had a yellow triangle error, and didn't boot.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kevbodian:
It may be a different triangle but downloading triangle away from the play store will allow you to reset the counter. I'm not sure if it's compatible with the Japanese s3 but perhaps one day it will.

I think a saw another thread in here on how to reset that counter as well.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dalf:
Thanks guys for sharing.

I got my S3 last Sunday (bic camera at Yurakucho). I'm a noob about rooting and rom...

But I'll try to do it this weekend.

My goal is to create a rom, just as a challenge. I watched some videos and still need to learn more about it. If you know some good links to learn that, please share :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] discoltk:
I updated via kies and now my camera doesn't work. The app loads but there is no image. Anyone know how I can get vanilla android on this thing?

UPDATE: I flashed the stock firmware which fixed the camera (didn't need to wipe). I tried again with the root (I had successfully rooted it before the firmware update). When I had first done it with the updates, I used cwm to extract sgs3_rooting_v2.zip, but root didn't work. I then tried using odin to flash the boot_rw_su.tar.md5, which worked to get root, but turns out to be what breaks the camera. Forcing busybox to reinstall got superuser working correctly again. So, it would seem something was mucked up with superuser, but the su binary itself was properly permissioned to grant root.

UPDATE2: Spoke too soon. After reboot superuser stops working again. I can fix it by reinstalling busybox. Can someone who got the latest firmware release successfully rooted please post their specific steps, ideally with a link to the su .zip they deploy?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cezeff:
so a lot fo failed attempts..lol..im just going to chill out until a more robust root method is out...heck this phone has only been out for a little over a week and there is so much development for it already...quick question though...does anyone know if the CF-Root method works with our particular model??
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EvilPickle:
Ok.. I knew they did the SIM card, was unaware they did the phone too. Thats cool.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NoisyBoy-:
Same question here, ugh i'm gonna leave the country soon and not going back for a long time

so it will suck if it will go back to being locked

especially when wiping the phone clean.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EvilPickle:
My only experiance is with my old phone.. Galaxy S T-Mobile Vibrant from the states. I unlocked it, rooted and flashed a few ROM's over the years that I had it.. I only had to unlock it that one time. But like I said, I never used the stock ROM after unlocking it. So not sure if it will go back or not .
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cheesecakebobby:
Hello everyone,

Today I bought and unlocked a Docomo S3. I had intended to then buy a b-mobile sim, however it seems I stupidly misunderstood the various options.

I want to be have data (don't really care the speed so long as it is better than those U300 type plans). I also want to use it as a phone though. Which is a problem seeing as the phone is Xi and therefore LTE and apparently these cannot be used with the smartphone denwa plan which is 3g only. I naively assumed that sim would work but I would just be limited to the 3g speeds, clearly that was wrong.

So I was wondering if someone knowledgeable could suggest the best course of action to take next. Is there a Xi-compatible b-mobile sim that includes voice calling, for a non-ridiculous price?

Alternatively, if I were to buy a Skype phone number, would an LTE b-mobile sim generally be enough for calling? Does anyone know if Skype would still be feasible when not in an area covered by LTE? Where I live now (Saitama but on the border with Tokyo) I am supposedly covered by the LTE network but I might venture into the inaka now and then.

Sorry for a first post that makes me look so stupid. Thanks in advance
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] society mike:
Once the phone is unlocked, it's permanent as far as I know. It's the IMEI coded onto the phone that is unlocked, it's not a software issue, so flashing ROM's should not effect an unlocked phone.

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Depending on where in Saitama you are, its not likely you are in the LTE coverage area. I'm in western Tokyo, minutes from Saitama, and I'm outside the LTE zone. I don't see LTE until I'm well within 23 wards.

Did you switch from a different carrier by chance? Like did you have Softbank before? If so, getting MNP reservation to keep same phone number and using it to switch to Docomo is the best and cheapest way to get a good deal.

FYI, Docomo Xi sim uses 3 different networks. 3g, Hi-speed 3g (hsdpa), and LTE. 90% of the time you will be on the Hi-speed network.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cheesecakebobby:
Hey,

According to the Docomo website, the area around my station - Wakoshi - is covered by LTE, though possibly not the whole city (I'm moving in a few days to minutes from the station and comfortably inside the area they at least claim is covered by Xi)

I didn't switch from a different carrier - I just bought a shiro-rom handset from a discount store in Akiba.

Thanks for the info, I guess Hi-speed is generally good enough for Skype then, seeing as many 3g networks started allowing skype a year or two ago, judging by the blog posts I have seen
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] domesdkg:
Wireless Charging

Does anyone know if there are any wireless charging options for our phone? I've been poking around, but since our version lacks the normal wireless charging pins, the normal charging backplate won't work. My hope is that there is a qi enabled battery case out there that works with the SC 06D, but I can't track anything down...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moohaha:
I bought a SC 06D from my friend and i am currently using softbank. When i insert my softbank sim card to the phone, it says the sim is locked. I've been thinking if rooting my phone will help settle this problem.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zoomingjapan:
Go to a Docomo shop before you do any rooting and get it unlocked for a fee of 3105yen.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moohaha:
I dont speak japanese...and i saw sam mobile unlock where it can be unlock on the net. So rooting does not equal to unlocking sim??

Will the procedure for unlocking phone difficult as in speaking face to face with the staffs. Anyone has any experience?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] society mike:
It's likely any Docomo shop will have an English speaking staff member.

Just write down on paper that you want to "SIM unlock".
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zoomingjapan:
In Japanese it's called "SIM rokku kaijo" (シムロック解除).

Maybe you have a friend who can speak Japanese and who could come with you, just in case?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moohaha:
Thanks society mike and zoomingjapan!! So i have to get the phone unlock first before i root it? Or does rooting it can unlock the phone without the needs of paying 3000yen. I am currently a softbank user and will still be using softbank sim card on SC-06D, is it okay?? (need advices and guidances)

Thanks!!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] society mike:
Root and unlock are completely different.

Unlocking is for the SIM card only. So you can use other carrier sim cards.

Rooting just gives you access to the lowest root folders in the OS allowing you to make changes to the OS.

Rooting will not help you unlock and vice versa.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] casterboink:
Got mine unlocked by sammobile for a fee of 1,600Yen. Is there a major difference when you have it unlocked to a docomo shop?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jutaro:
Can we set a earthquake warning somehow? Or is it already inside the Japanese stock Rom?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] society mike:
there is an earthquake warning system in the stock ROM's docomo "Local Information" app.

However, I prefer an app called Namazu Alert. It's free on Google Play store and you can set it how you like.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jutaro:
Can't find local information !!!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spaceindaver:
Can I ask those of you who have this phone: is it compatible with American/European ROMs and kernels? The S2 LTE is proving to be a massive pain in the arse because of the difference in radio and hard buttons (the Japanese model is not popular enough to have XDA devs working on it, so nothing is compatible, and I've basically ended up with stock ROM, which is still on GB)

I'm looking at perhaps picking up the S3 Alpha. If it looks like the normal S3 is highly compatible with international ROMs, I'll probably take the plunge. I mean it comes with JB out of the box, but that will only keep me happy until the next big Android release!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sirdoc99:
I rooted per the instructions. Every time I try to install the OTA update is fails. Do I need to do a full wipe (unroot) to get the update? I'm not too concerned about the current OTA firmware but I want to be ready when a stock JB drops
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] society mike:
For update, you have to do it using Samsung Kies or Odin. However, you may lose root and there is no update worth updating to now anyway.

Normal L6 version is good enough.

Don't expect JB until the SC03E (S3 alpha) debuts. It will probably be around the same time as it's version of JB will be the same one used for our SC06D.

It will be posted here and Samfiles the minute it's available.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] society mike:
I just noticed this!

I went to sammobile, paid, downloaded their SRS Remote Unlock Client, but I can't get it to work.

Did you have any issues?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] society mike:
After some reading and a youtube vid I found on unlocking the Nexus on Docomo, the demo in the video mentioned a temporary unlock code which retains the same IMEI code for your phone and the permanent unlock method which changes your IMEI to a generic one.

The temp method would get re locked after a ROM flash and the permanent method would retain the unlock.

However, this was for the Nexus and using a 3rd party unlock code from Sam mobile.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] user9988:
SGS3+wash cycle

if anyone has a use for a very bricked SC-06D, let me know. Might have some parts that are good for use in repairs, etc....

No scratches, no scrapes... very (and I mean VERY) clean. White model...

Panda suit+Champagne explosion+intoxication="lets just wash and dry this now so I can wear it again for the latter half of the party"=bad time for phone.

Samsung really needs to jump on the bandwagon and start waterproofing their phones too (not that the average Japanese "waterproof" phone would likely survive a 35 minute wash cycle either...)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] society mike:
My wife dropped her S3 in the toilet and after turning it off, letting it dry, it worked fine except for a few weird speaker sounds for a day but it cleared up. Very impressed.