yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tuoggy:
By the way, I just wanted to let you know not to discount the Docomo shops. I just got back from my local shop, and they are offering the 20,000 yen discount, as well as an extra monthly discount for switching from Softbank (on top of the usual 1,100 yen discount). While it sucks that I won't be getting points at Yodobashi for buying the phone there, I will still be saving a buttload more by going to the Docomo shop than I would have from the big retailer.

My Japanese is terrible when it comes to reading, but from what I got out of it, you have to first do a full wipe, install CM10 and then gapps.zip. After you get it installed, you need MiniDcmWapPushHelper.apk from the Docomo ROM, then install it as a system app and set the permissions the same as other system apps. If you don't do this, then the SP-Mail won't get push updates (I think...:confused:)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] society mike:
So after a day and a half, it's clear that sakura milk CM9 rom or his kernel has to much battery drain and I think it has to do with the rom or kernel interacting with the radio.

At home on wifi, battery drain was normal, maybe even less than stock. However with wifi off using the network,, battery drain is way too fast.

At home (wifi) I saw 2% discharge in two hours with light usage.

I left for work an hour ago and I have seen a 23% drain with very light usage.

I'm sitting at 75% battery now and since typing this post, it's dropped 3%.

Maybe that's why he removed the cm9 rom from his site.

Btw, LTE is off, has been off since yesterday. CPU is set on conservative.

Screen shot now is a bit misleading as the screen has been on for making this post, before the post, battery was at 77% and screen use was same as cell standby use. They both said 30%
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Swaf:
Did you flash the latest kernel from 8/26? It seemed to help a little with the battery drain.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tuoggy:
Is the battery drain so dramatic in the stock ROM?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] society mike:
Actually by going to the big retailers you still get all those discounts from Docomo but you also get the in store credit..
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] apollo35:
what is the internal memory?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tuoggy:
Weird, when I went to Yodobashi, they didn't mention either the 20,000 yen cash back or the additional discount for switching.

They quoted my monthly payment at nearly 6000 yen even if I buy the phone upfront whereas the Docomo shop had a monthly payment of 4500.

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Of the Docomo Galaxy S3?

32gb with a micro SD slot that supports up to 64gb
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] society mike:
Hmm, maybe Yodobashi doesn't have the availability as Nojima or Kojima.

However, they SHOULD be able to give you the same deal since the contract goes through Docomo.

It sounds to me like the staff you talked to does not know.

My wife works at Nojima and she is saying that the employees are given the info for all the carrier's but there is so much information that comes out every week that it's hard for some employees to keep up. She said to ask for the shops top selling employee as that person is sure to know all the latest info and how to hook you up.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tuoggy:
Yeah, I wasn't sure if she was struggling because my Japanese isn't great, or if she just didn't know. I'm starting to think the latter is true.

Thanks again. You've been a big help.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Swaf:
Boom I flashed cm10 and its very nice! I haven't tried really anything on it yet just getting my apps and contacts back.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] society mike:
Wow, is it a real cm10 JB? Or just an ICS based rom acting like JB?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
So close

On one of the sites that you quoted before, seems like OneSeg and LTE aren't working. Shame :(
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jokinawa:
It is real CM10. It requires running a script from a SC-06D developer against the ATT Nightly CM10.

Just got it booted to my phone.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SQ3.0dotJP:
I installed sakuramilk's cm10 on Top of his cm9, 4G works. No 1seg though. Where is this script we are supposed to run? I never use 1seg, but I'd like to get everything working if possible. I'm gonna full wipe and see if it behaves any differently
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Darn

Installed CM10. The mic didn't work. Back to ICS for me :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SQ3.0dotJP:
The video playback was horrid on the browser. Same issue with my DHD and Asus slider back to cm9 also.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tuoggy:
Confirmed. I went back to talk to someone else. You get all the same discounts plus in store credit, so you get an extra 7000 yen for buying at Yodobashi if you have a point card.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SQ3.0dotJP:
They dicked up turning my phone on and we ended up having to go back and forth to a docomo store for a change of address ...after waiting over an hour to turn the phone on, my gf had so much rage in her eyes they gave us an extra 5000 credit, lol.

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Mic for calls? Worked fine for me.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] society mike:
After cm10 flash, did you re flash stock recovery?

Most of the proprietary hardware like Oneseg and osaifu keitai need stock recovery flashed before booting into Android otherwise they are likely not to work.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jokinawa:
I did not, but I could easily do it if I wanted.

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Here is the site I used to "build" my variant of the cm-10-20120827-NIGHTLY-d2att.

http://androidlover.net/smartphone/galaxys3/sc-06d-jelly-bean-custom-rom-install.html

All of the functions I have tested work fine except OneSeg (case prevents antenna, so I dont use) and Osafu Keitai (don't use).

If I remember correctly these were my steps. I used Google Translate and messed up a few times, but in the end I fixed it and was done in under an hour.

----PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK----

1. Make CWM backup and Titanium backup.

2. Download the LG6 update from: http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3&model=SC-06D&pcode=DCM

3. Download the latest CM10 Nightly from: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1846514

4. Get the latest GAPPS from: http://goo.im/gapps

5. Download the ROM build script from: http://t.co/ROteduHJ

6. Download the rooting kit from: http://t.co/IJJKl9an

--DISCLAIMER--MAKE SURE YOU HAVE BACKUPS WHERE THEY ARE ACCESSIBLE.

7. Boot into CWM and Wipe Data/Factory Reset, Wipe Davlik Cache, and Wipe Battery.

8. Reboot into Download Mode. If you accidentally boot into the ROM you will need to do step 7 again.

9. Flash the LG6 update from number 2 in ODIN.

10. While that is going if you want extract the ROM build script and put the nightly ROM from step 3 in the folder with the extracted files.

11. When ready, run the "make_JP_CompleteROM.cmd" and select option 2 and hit enter. It will take a few minutes. When it return to the screen with white text it is done. You should now have a JP_SC06D_Complete.zip file where you put your nightly.

12. When ODIN is done your phone should reboot into the stock L6 update.

13. Boot back into CWM and repeat step 7.

14. Now I used adb to push the recently built nightly and gapps to your external SD. "ex. ADB PUSH JP_SC06D_Complete.zip /emmc/"

15. Flash the JP_SC06D_Complete.zip and then gapps.

16. Boot into CM10.

17. Restore your data.

Good luck.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SQ3.0dotJP:
I'll try it. But I had no issues with cwm and cm9
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Just installed Paranoid android the same way as the person gave the instructions for above and seems to work well, and I can call without any problems with the mic. However anything else that uses the mic (Google translate, etc..) don't seem to initialize the mic at all.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] society mike:
Probably because any ROM not modded for the Japan S3 is designed for different hardware. Our version is very different than all the others internally. RAM, camera, rfid instead of nfc, digital tv, battery, etc.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Still, it's a bit odd that I can use it as a phone, but not use the mic for anything else. The hardware which is used should be the same.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Swaf:
Do you know what you have to do when you just want to flash the cm10 nightly. Do you have to run the script again?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jokinawa:
I just flashed a Sakuramilk build. I works good so far. Not done testing.

https://twitter.com/sakuramilk/statuses/237563360378503168
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dilemma:
What is currently the best method to root the Docomo S3? Also has anyone found an extended battery for sale in Tokyo?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] discoltk:
Re: Battery issues

I've said this before in a post, but people don't seem to read very thoroughly...

LTE is definitely the main source of battery drain, and when I switched to mopera-u for 200yen/mo additional cost, my signal strength went up and my phone consumed less power. I also began running CM9 about the same time, which has far less bloat and runs cooler because it does dynamic underclocking. You can play with the scheduling algorithm and select the one which works best for you. My battery life is probably twice as good as it was before making those two changes. Before the switch I had purchased a second stock battery and carried it in my coin pocket (it was that bad). Now I never use it.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] society mike:
I posted this step-by-step on page 27

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If you are using Sakuramilk's CM9, you can simply turn OFF LTE with one of the power toggle switch in the notification bar.

(otherwise, with a stock ROM, there is a code you can type into the dialpad that turns off LTE, i can search for it if someone needs it)

There is no real difference between MoperaU and SPmode, except that with SPmode, you can still receive all the MMS mails and other important Docomo notifications. MoperaU is just a provider and is meant for wireless wifi routers (pocket wifi), but the signal is the same on both as they are on the same network using the same towers.

(this is from the info packet on the table my wife brought home from work)

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Fyi, after someone suggested the updated kernel from sakura milk for his cm9 rom, I flashed it and saw better battery life but it broke my Felica (Edy/Suica/osaifu keitai).

So i reflashed stock ROM ad followed my step by step method back to cm9 using the newer kernel and everything works great!

Battery Life is now awesome!

Here's a screen shot from now after about 8hrs and moderate use. (btw, LTE is "ON" and I live in an area with no LTE coverage)

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Does anyone know how to copy the stock samsung ringtones and wallpaper from stock ROM?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Wonder whats wrong

I was able to install Jelly Bean on my phone and it seemed nice. There was some flickering when I played some games and I couldn't voice searches to work at all, but it seemed nice.

Now i've been trying to install CM9 to have a clean Android on my phone, but after following the steps, it still gives me Samsungs touch wiz crap. There has to be something i'm doing wrong.

Are the Kernels and the Rom only supposed to be about 8 megs each? That doesn't seem right since the JB rom I used was about 160 mb.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] society mike:
Do you have the adb drivers installed on your PC already?

PM'd for files link
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
The adb drivers are fine, but I guess there's something i'm not doing right. I installed JB without a problem through CWM. Just wiped everything and installed with gaps. Very straight forward. Since some things weren't working as I hoped they would, I thought i'd try cm9.

The kernel from

https://github.com/kbc-developers/release/wiki/SC06D

Is tiny! So I must not be using the right kernel. Although the kernel for JB on the same page is 160 mb. Are the ones on that site just supposed to be installed over a fresh stock install of ICS? Or by themselves? I tried both and the first gave me the old Docomo crap and the 2nd didn't boot.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] society mike:
i just sent you links to my dropbox with all the files

i just noticed he has a new kernel for cm9 on his site dated today though

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i kind of want to flash this latest kernel for cm9 but i'm worried it might break some stuff like osaifukeitai/camera/etc....

i assume you can simply boot to download, flash CWM, boot to recovery, flash new kernel, boot to download, reflash stock recovery, and it SHOULD be fine

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FYI...

Sakuramilk released new kernel for both ICS and JB (CM9, CM10 builds)

https://github.com/kbc-developers/release/wiki/sc06d

the "nightly" links

I did some digging on that site and saw a comment saying he updated the underclocking and GPU settings, which means better battery and better display/video output
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shepherd17:
I get stuck on step 4 - when I try to flash the sgs3_rooting_supersu_v3.zip, it has an error. It says

E:signature verification failed.

Any idea why that would be?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] society mike:
Are you certain CWM recovery was flashed?

When you boot to recovery, does it say CWM recovery version 6.0.1.2 at the top?

Try re-saving the sgs3_rooting_supersu file to the internal sdcard again.

edit: make sure the supersu file is on the INTERNAL memory card, (PHONE)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jokinawa:
Extract it and run the script.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] society mike:
Anyone know how to get some of the stock Samsung stuff as an apk?

I did titanium back up when i was on stock ROM, but if I try to restore any of the Samsung or docomo stuff, Titanium will just hang, have to force close or reboot.

I think the stock camera is better than the cm9 camera.

I would also like to get the live wallpapers from stock rom, like in the lockscreen where the ripples will work.

Same with some of the stock ringtones. I don't know why they stripped so much good stuff from cm9.

Anyone have an APK for stock camera?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shepherd17:
Actually, good point - it doesn't say CWM recovery version. I've tried to flash CWM several times now but it doesn't seem to work. It always comes up with "Android System Recovery ((4e). I also tried installing through the "Samsung Galaxy S3 Toolkit V5.0.0.0" but that had the same non-effect.

Have you ever encountered this?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] society mike:
Sounds like one of two things.

Either you don't have adb drivers installed on pc so Odin isn't actually recognizing your phone.

When you plug in the phone, does Odin see it? Look at the small box on left side under ID:COM, does it populate and I'd like 03 or whatever?

If not, you need to install adb drivers. Since you have a toolkit, it should have an option to install SGS3 drivers for adb. I think also Kies can do this?

Also, after you flash CWM in Odin, make sure you boot straight into recovery mode, don't boot into Android as the phone will automatically overwrite the cwm recovery.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EvilPickle:
Hello everyone...

I worked with society mike last night to Root and load Sakuramilk's CM9 ROM onto my phone. I am currently doing a very very detailed write up on how to do this. I will also be including all the files used via my Google Drive.

Steps and files will include everything from loading drivers onto your PC, getting Root and finally loading the ROM and Kernel. I'm hoping they are detailed enough that even someone that has no idea what to do could easily follow them and have CM9 running on their phone in no time.

If anyone is wanting to try please let me know and I will share everything with you first so you can test the instructions/files..

If not, I will post what I have hopefully some time today or tomorrow.

Bret
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shepherd17:
OK! You are correct - it rebooted into Android and must have overwrote CWM recovery. When I booted straight into recovery mode it came up with CWM. Following the rest of the steps, I can now log into my phone with root.

Thanks!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EvilPickle:
Ok.. here are all the files and instructions you will need to get your DoCoMo SGS3 SC-06D rooted and ROMed.

https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0B98X7HyfoaGaWEpscWdrdFZhbUE/edit

If anyone finds any problems with the instructions or files, please let me know and I will gladly edit them. Again, these are fully detailed instructions.. I know most people that find their way to this site probably don't need such instructions, but I figure there could be one person out there that does.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EvilPickle:
Ok.. finally had someone test the Root part of my instructions.. other then an issue with the Drivers part, which im currently fixing, the rest worked no problem he said.

If anyone has a slimmed down zip file that will load the adb drivers for our phones please let me know where yo got them.. right now im using the SGS3 Snapdragon toolkit.. so its a little big. I tried to remove everything but the drivers files, but guess I removed one to many.

Still need someone to test the rest of the instructions. Please let me know if you do and if you had any issues or not.

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Sorry.. I'm having major issues with Google right now.. keep getting "An internal server error has occurred." when I try and upload the drivers file.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soldave:
Yeah, that was me! Thanks for the guide, and for linking it over on ZY. Am now happily rooted.

Am not going to change my ROM just yet though. I still want to keep my Docomo Mail and associated push notifications. If anyone knows if I can keep them both under a new ROM environment, please let me know.

Sorry if this is a simple request!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] society mike:
Yes, docomo spmode mail app works, i use it. Sakuramilk added in the pushnotification in this cm9 build.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soldave:
Thanks for that Mike. So is anything core or important that would be missing if I changed ROM? Not done it before so just wanting to be sure incase I mess something up.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EvilPickle:
Ok.. finally got the drivers file uploaded.. FYI.. even if Google is telling you that you still have space in your Google Drive.. you might not. Guess the items in the Trash count towards your total.. but aren't counted.

Anyways.. have a single working drivers file, tested it on my wife's laptop. And I zipped all the ODIN files into one zip file to make it easier to download. Fixed the instructions to show the changes..

Again, please let me know if you find any issues.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SQ3.0dotJP:
I toggled the 4g toggle and my signal is back. Still drops every now and then. Tolerable sakuramilk cm9 w/kernel
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sirdoc99:
Anyone else having issues with the camera crashing?

Also, how would I get back to the stock Samsung ROM/Kernal?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] society mike:
Just reflash stock rom using the same steps as flashing the cm9 rom.

However, if you want root back, you will have to root it again after stock rom.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Swaf:
Have u guys flashed the new cm10 he has on his site? I haven't found any issues yet.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EvilPickle:
Not yet.. was wanting to wait until he has a stable build out.. might give it a try here in another week or so.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tuoggy:
Okay, so I finally got my GS3!!!!

Ended up saving 30k yen up front by going to yodobashi, plus 85k over the course of 2 years. This was certainly an easy decision.

I am going to go to a Docomo shop tomorrow to get the phone sim unlocked so I can use it when I travel.

Does installing a different bootloader and CWM void the warranty and service plan (extra 399yen/month)?

Will the unlock the phone if I have already done this?

Is there a way to root the phone without messing with the bootloader?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jokinawa:
Mic doesn't work outside of phone app. I get random reboots.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] society mike:
LTE works great!

I'm in Haneda airport right now.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EvilPickle:
no idea on the warranty question.. I got the insurance so if I ever mess up my phone to the point where it cant be fixed by me or anyone I know.. it will go right into the sink for about an hour.. I will get a new phone for about 5,000 yen. :D

From what I know rooting and changing the bootloader are two different things. So yes, you can root the phone without messing with the bootloader. Now if your worried about rooting and then having to bring the phone in for something, and them seeing that its been messed with.. not sure what to tell you. And I imagine that if you keep the docomo ROM that is on the phone now, if/when they do an update, you will lose root.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tuoggy:
Well I know that I can use the voodoo root keeper to keep my root once I get it, and I know that rooting and and changing the bootloader are different things, but in order to install CWM, which is what is written in the instructions, isn't that going to replace the bootloader?

This isn't the first device I've rooted, but each of the others had options for root only and/or change the bootloader.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EvilPickle:
ahh.. im not sure with this one. sorry.. maybe someone else can tell you for sure or not.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] society mike:
Following the instructions exactly, you will see that you have to reflash the stock_recovery after everything is done. The bootloader remains the same.

However, with mskip's toolkit root method, it is the type that alters the bootloader.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Swaf:
MIne works. The first build didn't let me use the mic on Voxer ,but his latest works now for me.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tuoggy:
Thanks again.

I decided to go ahead and root the phone last night to see if they would deny service when I went in to have it unlocked. They were happy to unlock the sim foe a small fee (approx 3200 yen) no questions asked.

So far service has been amazing. Only problem I've had is Titanium locking up when I try to restore some of my apps.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soldave:
Installed CM9 and seems to be working fine :)

Only things I've noticed thus far are:

SMS messaging doesn't seem to be working with the stock messaging app (different from the one in the stock ROM)

Wi-fi tethering doesn't have the option to disable SSID broadcasting.

EDIT: Nope, messaging does seem to work. Just took a while!

EDIT 2: Also noticed the Samsung Japanese keypad keyboard doesn't want to work either it seems.