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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Big_Totoro:
Proper ID for Unlock.

It should be noted, you must have ID issued from the Japanese Gov. in order to have this service done. That or a friend who has proper ID. I just got back from vacation in Osaka, and had this service done. Also, you have to go to an actual Docomo Store to get it done. A docomo inside a Yodobashi, Bic Camera, Labi etc, can't do it.

Not being from Japan, I had no ID that was acceptable. However the girl who was helping me got 2 translators on the phone to explain all this to me, and got permission to do the service using my passport alone. Docomo head office said they don't usually do this without proper ID but they provided the service to me anyway.

I was very happy.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] casterboink:
I have encountered no issues. I unlocked 2 galaxy sc-06d with no problem.

But for those looking to unlock right now. You can try wotanserver(dot)com. Its cheaper, they are charging 9.99 EUR so a little over 1,000Yen. I just unlocked the SC-03D Galaxy SII LTE the other day with no problem. And I have used their service before unlocking and debranding the Docomo Xperia SO-01C. Hope this helps.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SQ3.0dotJP:
I think i just bricked my gs3, i was attempting to install a ROM now all i have is a black screen, if i plug the phone into the pc i can here the USB being recognized, but the phone doesnt pop up. took the battery out for a while and tried to boot into dl or recovery, nothing:crying: im i ****ed? i have insurance and am on my second phone so i have another full replacement, and im not very happy about the fragility of GGII, the first phone cracked after one drop, this one already has chips in the glass (this also marks the N4 off my cheap replacement list). Now im mssing my HTCDHD, the thing was a tank
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EvilPickle:
So you're getting a completely black screen? like the phone is off?

I had that on my Galaxy S Vibrant(US version).. did it while flashing a ROM. Had to send it back to SamsungUSA and they sent me a brand new one, no questions asked.

Know it sucks, but thats the chance we take when we do stuff like this to our phones. Best bet is to just take it back to Docomo and act like you have no idea what happened.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SQ3.0dotJP:
oh, irate gaijin is going to be in full effect lol, and im going to use my second insurance claim,. if i break another gs3 im going nexus4. and honestlyy i dont like many of the features the nexus has, all glass, easily scratched, no expandable memory, no LTE....
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] society mike:
I tried that wotanserver site but they don't support sc06d.

I never got the other unlock site to work either because it requires entering service code in the dial pad and that doesn't work. I've read for hours trying to get secret service codes to work and a FEW work but nothing useful.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jutaro:
Just drop it in your bathtub and let it soak for a while, and say you kids dropped it in water!

Send from my C64 using load"Tapatalk",8,1 and run!!!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vocalonation:
Is there any news on a 4.1 update for the SC-06, or is our only option to use a custom rom like CM10?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cezeff:
i downloaded and flashed the AOKP Rom posted and it works just fine so far....its 0040 in the morning so i havent tested it throughly yet but so far everything is syncing and working just fine...just reinstalling my apps...will do a few voicemail calls and texts to see how its running....lots of options on this roms...LOTS...4.1.2
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SQ3.0dotJP:
Yeah I ran it a few days. And will install again. Just got my replacement GS3(number3) no questions asked when I made the insurance claim.

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Just found out DoCoMo throttles a high data users. Booooooo, I was at 6gig, mostly from fresh installs and app store purchases/syncs. I use google music too, now everything ****ing skips due to the throttle. I pay for unlimited, wtf is this ****.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soldave:
And you get unlimited bandwidth, but it drops down to 128kbps after 6 or 7GB a month for the rest of the month (I thought it was 7 and at 6 you get a warning). That's in the pricing brochure so is not a hidden cost at all.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SQ3.0dotJP:
In English? Lol. It may vary well be...but cmon who reads that ****. Its not a super complaint. But hell, at least give me enough bandwidth for Google music!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soldave:
Yeah, in English, Portuguese, Korean, Spanish and Russian in their foreign language terms & conditions brochure. It was explained to me too when I signed the contract.

How the hell did you break 6GB in 21 days?! I tether every day all day at work and the most I've hit is 4.5GB.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SQ3.0dotJP:
Downloading ROMs and 1gig game data for like 3games. That shouldn't count. Its
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soldave:
Well data's data, whether it's game data, torrents, music or whatever. I always switch to my home wifi when I'm at my place to save on battery and data usage anyway.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SQ3.0dotJP:
I'm on a train 2hours a day up to 6days a week. Data goes fast :(. I'm not WiFi when home
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cezeff:
did you get any screen flicker issues on the notification screen at all with the AOKP rom...it happens here and there and isnt a deal breaker....
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SQ3.0dotJP:
Yeah. Party why I switched back to sakuras ROM. Its more stable IMO
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] society mike:
You should really get a wifi router at home. I reflash and update and stream a lot but I use wifi as much as possible and 100% at home. The most I've seen is nearly 3gb data usage. (wifi data usage is obviously not counted)

Do you use the Docomo wifi service? It's likely included in your plan. You have to use their app to see the Docomo hot spots which are everywhere.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soldave:
Is that the "docomo Wi-Fiかんたん..." app?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] society mike:
Yeah that's it.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Daiben:
I know this reply is probably way too late to help you but I thought it might still be useful for anyone else wanting to use the SC-06D (or any other Xi enabled docomo phone) with B-mobile.

You can actually us an Xi phone on a 3G only plan and I have been doing it sine the SC-06D was released in Japan. You just need to switch off LTE and mke sure it is only trying to connect via WCDMA (the type of 3G network used my docomo and softbank). Unfortunately the way the docomo rom is set up on the SC-06D means that you can't get access to the network options via settings or the standard debug menu. However the app "LTE OnOff" can bypass this restriction and allow you to set it up so that the B-mobile sim will work.

It isn't 100% foolproof and I've noticed that switching mobile data on and off can cause LTE to re-enable itself (thus cutting off the connection). However it is pretty easy to turn it off again via LTEOnOff. I am running a stock rom and I am considering trying out one of the CM9/CM10 builds to see if that will help bypass the issue without requiring the use of a 3rd party app.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] society mike:
You can get in the service menu on stock phone, I did it to my wife's sc06d. I found the code on a japanese site and followed the menu #'s and turned off LTE.

Let me find it, I think I bookmarked it.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jonas.K:
I just installed CM10 today. LTE was turned off by default, and CM10 has a built-in "Toggle LTE" that can be activated in the notification drawer.

Sent from my SC-06D
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Daiben:
any luck finding those settings? I had to configure my international SGII to use the the 800mhz (I flashed the software radio from the Japanese nexus) via the service manual but I noticed that a lot of the commands were missing from the SC-06D. I tried finding the specific secret codes for them myself but ended up having to rely on a 3rd party app to do it.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jonas.K:
You can turn off LTE in the Testing menu (*#*#4636#*#*). But if you turn on and off mobile data, LTE might be enabled again.

Sent from my SC-06D
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jutaro:
Is it possible to make a shortcut for the video camera? So I have one for photos and one for videos.

Send from my C64 using load"Tapatalk",8,1 and run!!!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SQ3.0dotJP:
I'm on WiFi always at home. But I commute a lot during the week. And I lack patience flashing ROMs kills time. Lol. Game content too. Lol. Saw a gnex in book off for under 20000yen. Almost pulled the trigger....still thinking about it. Lol
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Daiben:
Thanks for reminding me of that. I completely forgot that I used to use the service menu to switch LTE off. The 3rd party app just makes it quicker but isn't actually necessary. What I was getting confused about is that the network band selection menus that were present of the international SGSII seem to be missing from the SC-06D.

This is a seperate issue, but does anyone know if there are actually any codes to get access to the SC-06Ds band selection menus? The reason I ask is I have a suspicion my phone has stopped using the FOMA plus band (800mhz) and I want to some testing to confirm it. Previously my SC-06D's battery life and connection was far better than my SGSII's on docomo/b-mobile due to the fact the S2 could only connect to the 2100mhz band using the standard roms. However I spent a week outside of Japan with my phone's data turned off (wifi usage only) and after coming back I've noticed both the battery life and connection have become considerably worse.

Using wifi my S3 still has great battery life but it becomes terrible any time it is on mobile data now. It used to consume 2-3% an hour with light usage; now it is often over 10% on standby doing very little other than checking email occsaionally. Neither the battery usage or BetterBatteryStats is showing anything particularly noteworthy that would indicate exactly what the issue is. I tested the sim out with my S2 again and the connection speed was the same (which seems to indicate that is isn't using FOMA plus) but the s2 didn't suffer the same battery drain.

I didn't experience this issue when travelling internationally with my older android phones or with docomo. I don't think it is purely a b-mobile issue as the problem wasn't replicated on my S2. I have two possible theories: possibly the phone has somehow been set to an international band a11nd is wasting power searching for networks/bandwidths that don't exist in japan or else maybe it is related to the LTE/Xi settings. I'm considering flashing a clean or custom rom to the phone to see if it fixes the issue but would prefer to play with the network selection options before doing that. I just can't find the codes I need.

Does anyone have any suggestions?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jonas.K:
I have never experience 2-3% per hour with mobile data on.

Using Sakuramilk's CM10 and not using the phone so much I have the following battery consumption:

- WiFi: Less than 2% per hour

- 3G: about 9% per hour (not good enough!)

- 3G+Tasker: about 5% per hour

For the last figure, I use the app Tasker to turn off mobile data periodically and when the phone is upside down. I haven't tested the LTE consumption yet, but I would guess it substantially worse than 3G.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cezeff:
I get 2 to 3% using AOKP....i have yet tried CM10 or Sakuramilk's CM10
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jonas.K:
Very interesting. Are you using the latest nightly build JCROM-20121113-aokp_d2dcm_jb.zip?

I read somewhere that AOKP has some built-in functions to reduce mobile data in order to reduce battery consumption. Can you check in the settings if those are activated? And with what parameter settings, if any?

Sent from my SC-06D
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SQ3.0dotJP:
I was having connection issues on aokp so I did advanced restore>restore wimax from sakuras ROM I had a backup of. Now no connection issues. Will report battery stats after a while
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cezeff:
hmmmm...i havent had any connection issues using AOKP from JCROM....i havent had any complaints at all....

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i check the settings and really didnt find anything that had to do with battery reduction from mobile data...it maybe something cooked into the ROM itself but i doubt it...i think the fact that it is an AOSP based ROM that the system overall manages things better without the bloatware and OEM software....the only thing I have done is flashed a few script tweaks from PimpMyROM...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jonas.K:
I tested battery consumption with LTE today, using Sakuramilk's CM10 (2012-11-21). No major difference compared with 3G, even a little better!? My experience from stock rom is that LTE consumes a lot more than 3G. Need to try AOKP when I get time.

- LTE: about 8% per hour
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BlueCider:
SVDO

Hiya, I've been looking around to confirm something that may be a bit basic for most of you. So far I haven't found the answer, but it could be I'm looking in the wrong places..

Does the Galaxy S3 SC-06D (and hopefully SC-03E) support SVDO(Simultaneous Voice and Data) for 3G on the Docomo Network?

I wonder if this follows suit to the new Note II as well. I've heard some weird stuff that SVDO won't work if the phone uses the Exynos Processor, but that didn't make any sense to me why the CPU would matter.

thanks!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Daiben:
The sc-06D definitely does support simultaneous voice and data over 3G. I've never actually heard of a phone in Japan that doesn't. Keep in mind that docomo and softbank/vodafone/jphone's 2G networks were shutdown quite a while ago so simultaneous voice and data via 3G is a necessity for most of their phones.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BlueCider:
Thanks for responding, and glad to know this more concretely. After long searching I found the below..

The below post was created in the iPhone 5 vain, however I presume it applies to other smartphones as well, especially if they lack the hardware to support SVDO:

So, to reinforce your statement, I translate all of the above to mean:

Docomo and Softbank networks support SVDO on their 3G networks (W-CDMA) but it's not yet possible to have LTE Data speeds and Voice at the same time.

AU KDDI network does not support SVDO on their 3G network (CDMA2000), nor is it possible to have LTD Data speeds and Voice at the same time.

So in the case of AU KDDI, the only possible way to achieve SVDO would seem to require the handset to have an additional antenna.

So, if the smartphone on the KDDI network doesn't have the additional hardware and support of KDDI, then you won't be able to do SVDO. So then most all phones if not all aren't capable of SVDO on KDDI. Which is a pity, as I'm interested in the HTC J Butterfly.

Sound about right?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Daiben:
I believe that is correct. Due to their reliance on cdma the technology AU is the only provider who still uses 2G to my knowledge. In turn their cmda-2000 3g technology doesn't quite work as smoothly as the other providers 3G setups. That being said the AU network is quite reliable and is on-par with docomo in terms of reception (in theory docomo has 3 bandwidths and should be better but many of their phones can only use 2 of them)

If it is a concern then docomo would be a better choice for you but I know a few AU android users and they have never brought up or made any complaints about the voice/data situation. They all seem relatively happy with the service the same which can often not be said of softbank or even sometimes docomo.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BlueCider:
I hear ya. I suppose it would be nice if an AU smartphone user can pipe in here and give a little feedback on this.

I do know AU coverage is pretty good, especially underground. Though going out in the outskirts like Chiba/Ibaraki, Softbank and KDDI signal is the worst compare to Docomo. So.... Anyways...

I don't suppose there's enough of a concern of voice/data interruption, unless needing to browse the web or look something up on the net while talking. Like, finding an address or something on the map, or looking up a webpage that relates to the voice discussion.

I'll probe AU for the truth about the SVDO limitation and hopefully it's no longer an issue, though I have my doubts.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dhaub:
Has anybody actually managed to do the reverse of this? Specifically, make the Docomo SC02C (S2) or SC06D (S3) WCDMA800 work on WCDMA850 networks?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spaceindaver:
Right then. I'm going to wander down to Docomo and see if I can get my hands on the SC-03E (out today!) in a few hours. I'll likely come back begging for info on how to do a watertight backup (since there is no firmware on SamMobile yet), before attempting standard GS3 root methods to see if they work. From there I'll try to use Titanium Backup to delete all of the Docomo ****e.

I have a friend who's picking one up tomorrow, too. But I doubt he'll want to mess with it until he can be sure that the methods have been tested, since it'll be his only phone.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dilemma:
Jelly bean update

Any idea when DoCoMo will release Jellybean?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spaceindaver:
****ed up my brand new phone by attempting to use GS3 toolkit to back the ****ing thing up. So I guess I just don't get to use it until SamMobile put the stock img up.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] society mike:
lol. It's kind of funny, you got to admit.

How exactly did it get messed up just doing a backup?

Have you tried going into download mode yet and seeing if you can flash CWM then do a full back up from there?

HOWEVER... and a big HOWEVER, we don't have a stock recovery yet for that SC03E so you really shouldn't be flashing anything until stock ROM and recovery is available.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spaceindaver:
Thought I'd be doing something helpful for other people.

It was trying to flash CWM that screwed it up. It now boots and has the little red exclamation mark in the corner. And yeah, I know, the plan was to do a nandroid backup before I started fully dicking around with it. Just wanted the Docomo bloatware off my phone. I can still flash in Odin, there's just nothing that will work, apparently. I've tried flashing the SC-06D's stock recovery; no dice.

Even trying to use Kies to try to flash stock on to it, it tells me my serial number is wrong.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] society mike:
Let me ask some Japanese developers on their blogs for stock recovery.

Do you have the insurance?

If you do, worst case scenario, put it in the sink for a minute and return for replacement.

FYI, Docomo "Bloatware" apps are not that intrusive on their Samsung devices.

By default, some are not actually installed, just ON the phone awaiting to be activated. You can still go into App manager and disable them. They won't use battery. With the huge space on the phone, they barely take up any room.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spaceindaver:
Nah I didn't get the insurance. Been trained to never buy anything that's being upsold.

I just didn't like having them take up all the space in my app drawer, mostly. It makes finding anything a pain, especially when having Japanese romaji-titled apps in there seems to mess up the alphabetical order somehow.

It was dumb. I realise that. If anyone gives you a stock image, I'll (hopefully) be golden.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] society mike:
Sakuramilk is asking around to see if any other developers have stock SC03E rom.

I also thought MAYBE you could use the Note II rom or recovery. Sc02e that is. It's on Samfiles. The note2 and S3 alpha have the same hardware i THINK.

Need to search specs on them and what android version the Note2 is on. (Docomo version that is)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] society mike:
On his twitter he asked if anyone has the new one because I think he can pull the stock rom from it.

We'll see.

But yeah, there is the other alternative of trying to flash the SC02E stock recovery.

It might not hurt at this point. It may at least allow you to get into recovery mode and wipe everything.

I assume you tried to get into recovery?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spaceindaver:
"<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> SC02EOMALJF_SC02EDCMALJF_SC02EOMALJF_HOME_REV04_user_low_true.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/003> Added!!

<ID:0/003> Odin v.3 engine (ID:3)..

<ID:0/003> File analysis..

<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/003> Initialzation..

<ID:0/003> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/003> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/003> boot.img

<ID:0/003> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/003> recovery.img

<ID:0/003> system.img

<ID:0/003> modem.bin

<ID:0/003> FAIL!

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)"

I'll ask my friend if he's got his today, but he doesn't root his phones or anything, so he might not be up for messing around with anything on the first day of owning it.

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It's now saying "Something something Kies, something something firmware update" in Japanese when I try to either boot or go into recovery mode. Kies still isn't recognising it. Might try flashing the Note 2 ROM again, just in case.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] society mike:
Actually it doesn't look like you're bricked you can still recover from this.

When you try to go into recovery there is usually a screen in Japanese and you will hit volume up to continue into recovery.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spaceindaver:
That's download mode, no? Getting into download mode is fine, that's how I'm managing to flash the Note 2 ROM. It looks like this screen I'm getting now is basically download mode, since Odin is recognising the phone in both this mode and download mode.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] society mike:
Maybe I'm confusing the two modes but on our SC06D we go to recovery by holding Volume UP and Home while powering on. Keep holding up and home until the blue text appears at bottom saying recovery... bla bla...

Try pulling battery and waiting a minute and try recovery mode again. Sometimes it takes a few tries when things are messed up.

Do you have Kies?

I don't or ever have used Kies but it may have stock rom available in the program?

If you want a good idea of when the stock rom will be on Samfiles firmware site, check for the SC-06D rom on their site, then compare the date it was added to the Japan release date of the SC06D.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spaceindaver:
Trying to boot into recovery does the same thing as just trying to boot normally; it brings up the screen that tells me to plug into Kies.

I can't use Kies to get the firmware because A) Kies isn't recognising the phone, and B) it tells me my serial number is wrong when I try to manually get the firmware.