yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jokinawa:
I fixed my MMS issue.

I guess switching from Sakuramilk's to another CM9 corrupted my mmssms.db file.

I deleted the mmssms.db file from "/data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/" and it fired right up.

It seems everything is working fine now that I use. The only exception is the Docomo Mobile TV app.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SQ3.0dotJP:
did you log into the docomo website via browser to reconfigure smode? I had to do that when i switched to cm9. use docomo's ****ty mail and reconfigure.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] society mike:
You guys mind doing a quick run down of what works what doesn't with the cm9 rom?

Trying to keep track of who is doing what got really confusing in last few posts, pages.

We know mskips method works, we know the root method on the japanese blog works, but it sees there are a coupe ways now for roms?

CM9 on japanese site.

CM9 nightly on japanese site.

Sakuramilk rom?

Etc.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joelwat:
root update

Any news on mskip's root?

When will it be released?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] semsem1969:
Hi all.

so am trying to root my SGS3 docomo ,and reading through the 24 pages of this thread i couldn't find any clear way for rooting...i tried one method with Odin someone posted and says it works but i can not go to recovery mode at all...and i even try Samsung GS3 QCom Tool Kit from Mark and donated and didn't receive any support from him so far.am sure he is busy ....

what am trying to say here,this is not my first device to root and if someone with the knowledge can open new clean Thread for how to root Galaxy S3 Japan SC-06D, it will be very nice....

meantime if someone can help me out what am doing wrong...why i can not get into recovery or if there a different way I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATED
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] discoltk:
Can you show which firmware version you're running? Under settings "About Device" , "Baseband version / Build number" You may need different files depending on the version, and if you have the very latest update I'm not positive what the right answer will be but I'll try to help.

I've been communicating with one of the XDAdev admins for awhile trying to convince them to open a forum specific for our device. If that succeeds I'm going to push the kbc-developers to start to contribute there instead of using 2ch and other crappy Japanese sites. Unfortunately the XDAdev admin said they're no where close to considering language localization, which may hinder adoption by the Japanese who's English is marginal.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] semsem1969:
well first of all thanks for answering,am actually running the latest firmware.....

Model number: SC-06D

BASEBAND VERSION: SC06DOMLG6

Build Number: IMM76D.SC06DOMALG6

I was able to got Root permission but recovery will not stick....its keep going to the original one....now that is what am trying to get it working...and i don't know.....too many info in every direction.....

i would appreciate if you know a different way for the recovery....i downloaded the sakura milk recovery but odin will not open it cause its format in 7zip...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] discoltk:
If you want to try the sakura one, you need to extract the 7z archive first. Should be inside.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] semsem1969:
ok got it flashed but same results,original recovery am not sure what am doing wrong???
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] domesdkg:
Is there anything the rest of us can do to help make this happen? I know there's this thread on it, but it never went anywhere.

As for the language localization, I'd be glad to help out with any translation or anything that would help get that going, would be fantastic to see the Japanese devs on XDA.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] semsem1969:
ok got every thing working....root and sakuramilk recovery....now in search for a rom with all samsung goodies like svoice...etc...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jokinawa:
Not sure you will find one. Pick a ROM and then grab the apks from the forums.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] semsem1969:
anyone has any luck with the att one...i mean i don"t care about Docomo stuff..... also around the forum seems non of the s voice are working correct...always errors....
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jokinawa:
I have the ATT one installed now. I do not have S Voice as I have no use for it.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] semsem1969:
Cool, did you have to modify anything or just straight forward flashing also can you still use TV service? Thanks
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jokinawa:
I have not tested the TV since I do not have it installed. I do not watch JP TV for the most part and my case prevents the antenna from extending.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] society mike:
I think its best for everyone that when someone is experimenting with roms that you check ALL functions even if you are not going to use them yourself. That's what this site and thread are all about.

Just because you dont care about one function, and it ends up not working, it could make the rom completely useless to most others.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] semsem1969:
thanks for your time replying ,which one are you running?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jokinawa:
Completely useless to me, means that nothing functions or at least not very much. It is simply a personal opinion. To me it is completely usable.

I am able to flash and restore through CWM even with a bad flash of CM10 so anybody should be able to test it and see if it is a usable of useless ROM for them.

I am currently running the latest Sakuramilk CM9 rom.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Any root for new update?

Has anyone found a root method for the IMM76D.SC06DOMALG6 update? I'm dying to be able to backup my phone with CWM.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Swaf:
Jokinawa what do you think of the new JCROM that they implemented into CM9? I liked the old boot animation myself.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sargorn:
If someone wants to toss me a list of apps the docomo version has installed I could add the SC-06D to http://www.zahi.me/sgs3c/ .

Not that it'll help your root problems.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wongkp:
Yes I tested with SC 06D. The new ROM can be rooted with the existing method.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Nice!

Which method would that be?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] keanppp:
I rooted before but the camera failure, please help!! Now my phone version is SC06DOMLG6

Thank
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] semsem1969:
need to flash the stock Rom back and redo the root method...again...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wongkp:
Flash the stock rom and CWM

AND then flash sgs3_rooting_superuser_v3.zip

If the root file is wrong, you may have camera failed problem

But re-do the root process again to fix the camera
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] keanppp:
Thank you very much!! you mean flash again sgs3_rooting_superuser_v3.zip ?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fujislider:
CM9 Battery life?

For those of you on sakuramilk's CM9, how's the battery life with CPU underclocked like compared to stock's power-saving mode?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wongkp:
If you have the camera failed, you have flash the stock rom again.

To root the stock rom, you have to flash cwm and the root file.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] keanppp:
Thank!! I back to LG1 and root successful

But I have a new question, I can't use Wi-Fi tethering in SC06D, my sim card can use Wi-Fi tethering in galaxy S2& note, please help..
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SQ3.0dotJP:
What kind of temps are you guys seing. Since root I havent seen a 3g or 4g signal. also my 32gb sd class 10 microSD died, im seeing cpu temps as high as 60c. I went back to stock and same thing,
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] garwynn:
Just curious... Anyone tried traveling with this phone yet and dropping in a new SIM card after rooted? Just curious as I may pick this up for the missus during our next trip and then grab a docomo usa (tmo) SIM...

Sent from my SPH-D710
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] discoltk:
I used it in the US on a Tmob pre-paid with no problems.

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My phone ran crazy hot (to the touch) constantly with LTE enabled when it was stock (rooted or not rooted, stock docomo ROM). My battery life was about 4 hours if I was lucky with little use. I did two things which solved this, and I'm not positive which one to attribute it to the most although I recommend both:

For 200yen/mo I upgraded from sp-mode APN to mopera-u. I instantly saw increased 4g reception, and also spmode blocks GRE packets, so unable to do VPN with that.

As it happened, the same day the kbc-devs (sakuramilk, et al) fixed their kernel config and I was able to build a nightly which worked for me (the previous ones had not). Much smoother than the stock rom.

The version I'm running should be the same as his : cm-9-20120815-SKRMLK-d2dcm

Their source is all here: https://github.com/kbc-developers/repositories
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] society mike:
Anyone know where to get the latest Sakura Milk ROM?

I want to try it, but the link is broke...

https://github.com/sakuramilk/sc06d_kernel_ics/wiki/CustomROM
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] discoltk:
Read the post just above yours... ^^^^^^^
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] society mike:
lol thanks

I have a silly question.

My EDY or "Felica" is broken with my current root (stock rom), so I assume it's like a broken camera issue, just reflash stock ROM, then CWM recovery, then that signed.root.zip to regain root. I've been using the toolkit and Odin to do everything, are you guys using Kies or putting the files directly on the sdcard and using CWM instead?

If i open Odin and try to flash stock rom, it doesn't find it because it's a zip. If I extract it, it's two files, so that's a no go.

Same with the sakuramilk ROM (now downloaded), is it best to put the .zip on the sdcard and rename it "update.zip" and install via CWM?

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well damn

Flashed sakuramilk, can't get past boot screen, it gets really hot too.

I tried to reflash stock ROM but it appears to be "bad, unable to install", using CWM recovery mode

I got it from Samfiles site, wtf

edit: tried a few times and after extracting stock ROM .zip, I flashed just the md5 in Odin and it worked, stock rom is reflashed.

I'll have to try reroot and custom rom later, got to work..
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] discoltk:
Some recovery images are made to be used with Odin (or kies) and some are flashable from CWM.

For the Sakuramilk build of cm9, you'll want to use CWM

Make sure you're using the newest CWM:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6581712/SC-...tal/SC06D-ICS-KBC-CWM-V6.0.1.1_r0-recovery.7z

And you'll want google apps:

http://goo.im/gapps/gapps-ics-20120429-signed.zip

Do a wipe data / factory reset, then flash the ROM, then flash Google apps, then reboot. You do not need to rename anything, it will let you navigate your sdcard to the file of your choosing.

If you want to try to go back to stock, use Odin and the Samsung image. You can get it from sammobile.com or somewhere similar.

Always do a wipe / reset before flashing.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] domesdkg:
その後ADBでCWMを入れる（端末は俺の場合リカバリーモードでやった）

cwm_recovery.imgは最初に焼いたCWMを解凍した中のrecovery.imgです（リネームしたほうが分かりやすいから）

Here's my out of context translation:

After that go into CWM with ADB. (I did the terminal command while in recovery mode)

cwm_recovery.img is the recovery image from CWM that you flashed in the beginning. (It's easier to understand if you rename it)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] discoltk:
Uhm. Yea so first of all, the two nightlies at the top on the KBC github wiki are kernels. They're not the full CM9 platform. The one at the bottom "CyanogenMod9 JP Remix" would be what you want.

Second, if you're flashing stock recovery in ODIN after you flash a custom rom, you're going back to stock. That accomplishes nothing.

Third, 1seg works fine in the KBC (sakuramilk) CM9 mod. Felica should work fine as well, although I don't have it set up and don't use it.

As far as I can tell all you've accomplished is properly rooting your stock phone.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SQ3.0dotJP:
Interesting. After rerooting and installing the latest kernal and sakuras cm9 I'm seeing CPU temps under 40! I'm using trmpmonitor if anyone is interested. Monitors battery and CPU temp. I also got 4g back. I'm sticking with smode purely for the mail function. Unless you have a way I can get my @docomo mail without smode. I also have mail over wifi enelabled which forced you to use thebl smode apn
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] society mike:
What?!

No, reflashing the RECOVERY is just that, its just the recovery. The phone is still rooted, it will still have custom rom and kernel. On our phones, the stock recovery obviously has a security tie-in with the hardware so when you change the recovery, (and boot) it can "break" hardware functions.

It's mentioned all over the Japanese blogs, same with the Sakuramilk cm9 nightly rom, it even says, if you don't reflash the stock_recovery after the rom/kernel flash, some things won't work.

The only thing you really need the cwm_recovery for is to make cwm backups and for installing root or rom files. Once that is done, you don't need it again unless you want to change rom or kernel, in which case you can simply flash cwm_recovery again before flashing new rom/kernel, then before boot to android, reflash stock_recovery.

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I know, however the custom AOSP kernel on that link i provided is meant for sakuramilks cm9 nightly rom. It says so right there on his site.

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Yeah i read that fine, but what i don't get is WHY it's there, what purpose is that code in that step and why the adb terminal commands?

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Nice! That's probably why it mentions using his kernel with his cm9 nightly.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] domesdkg:
Alright, I've been reading the NTT Docomo website for an hour and I can't wrap my head around the difference between sp-mode and mopera-u, and therefore why you would pay 200yen more for it. Mopera-U is for FOMA and sp-mode is for smartphones?? But they are different ISP's? I thought Docomo was the ISP? completely lost here...

Do they both provide email service? If that's all it really is, why would I care if I have gmail? Does it affect anything else that I would notice?

It would be helpful to have a working understanding of this when I go to buy my phone in 2 weeks... If anyone could explain I'd be forever grateful.

I could be completely off on this, but it looks like he's somehow installing the recovery with the cat command. Not positive, but that's my guess.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tuoggy:
As far as the difference between the two, I'm not sure. The reason to get it is due to the fact that sometimes the providers block or charge extra for outside email providers for phone email.

For example, I have some friends that I cannot send emails to from my gmail address because gmail is blocked. I have to use my phone (currently Softbank) email. I think she's on AU. There are probably some firewall settings on the website that she can change, but she would have no idea where to even begin.

Secondly, for those who don't have a smartphone, emails to outside domains (outside meaning anything other than Docomo, Softbank, or AU) are sent as data communications and cost more. So people who haven't made the jump to a smartphone are hesitant to send emails if you don't have an email address from one of those three.

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So I'm considering buying an S3 from Docomo, and I'm a little confused after reading through all these posts. I have a few questions to clarify before I invest in such an expensive phone.

Can it be rooted AND sim unlocked? From what I can tell from reading, it can, but it's not permanent? Does it reset upon restart? This is the make or break question for me. I travel around a lot and need a phone that I can use in different countries.

Do you have to unlock and root again every time the phone is updated, or is there a way to permanently unlock it?

Do you have to install a different ROM to keep it rooted and unlocked?

Do all the proprietary apps work after rooting and unlocking? Specifically the digital TV.

Sorry for the noob questions, but there's a lot of contradictory info in this thread, as well as many of the other threads that I've read on the subject. I'd just like to know what I'm getting myself into before I spend 74,000 yen on a phone.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] society mike:
I posted the info in my post a few above. I have everything working, and to keep root after update, you can use Voodoo root keeper.

You don't have to use custom rom, you can have everything work fine with root and stock rom if you do it right.

(using the steps I posted above, but you can stop at step 7)

For SIM unlock you have to have that done at Docomo by paying a fee. It can be done at purchase.

With that said I noticed battery life is not as good on this sakura milk kernel and cm9.

However, I may need to do a full charge them remove battery then charge again cycle.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tuoggy:
Thank you for answering my questions. Once the sim unlock is done, is it permanent, or will I have to do it each time they update?

You mentioned these before your steps. I don't have the phone yet, so it may be obvious once I have it, but is this something that must be done for prep or are they just apps?

I knew that the iphones were pretty much screwed when it came to unlocking, but now the same is happening with Android?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] society mike:
You can probably do it after rooting as long as the stock recovery is flashed beforehand. (installing osaifu keitai)

Unlocking the SIM is permanent as it has to do with the actual SIM card, not the OS.

FYI, the plans for phones here make it easy to buy without spending a lot of money.

One way to work the system is to first buy a cheap flip phone with a different carrier like Softbank, then get a Mobile Number Portability code from Softbank and take it to a place like Nojima that has a cell phone section in their department store, where they can offer you deals that you can't get at the carrier's shop. Using the MNP code, you switch to Docomo, keeping your phone number and they will waiver the service fee so you get a bill half the cost of the previous carrier and on top of that Nojima will give you 30,000¥ in store credit that you can apply to the cost of the new SGS3.

That's what I did when they had an awesome deal with 50,000¥ credits, so I own my S3 and only pay 4000¥ a month with unlimited data.

*******

I think I found the source of my battery drain, it's LTE. I live in western Tokyo so there's no LTE coverage in this area yet so in Sakura milk CM9 I turned off LTE so it's only using 3g and High Speed (hspda) now and battery is draining slower.

He added a neat LTE toggle in the task bar which makes it easier than putting in the code in dialer to turn it off.

Btw, using the japanese S3 in the US will only work on 3g since Japan and USA LTE networks are very different.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tuoggy:
From a PM with society mike. Thanks for all the info. Hope others can make use of it.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] domesdkg:
Ok, that makes sense, but if I read the information correctly they require you to have one or the other, so not having it isn't really an option.

That said, I still don't get the difference between sp-mode and mopera-u :crying:

So we should go to Yodobashi or something to get the phone, even if we're signing up for a new contract and everything?

I'd attempt the softbank switcheroo, but it sounds like a lot of work and I'd worry I'd screw something up and be stuck with a softbank phone too.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] society mike:
The switch deal is something the staff can explain, and it changes every couple of weeks. There are many ways they can hook you up with deals, it just depends on that staff's knowledge.

At the big stores where they carry all the carrier's phones, they have to continually study to keep up on which carrier has what campaign going.

The store itself has additional campaigns to lure in customers and that's where you get the bonus like in store credits. (and points you can use for buying their other stuff)

They want new contract and phone customers, they really don't care if they don't make much from it, all their other products like tv, pc, washers, make the money. The phone section employees get big commissions from phone or contract sales no matter if you got it for 1 yen or full price.

The money from the phone or contract goes to the carrier anyway so it doesn't matter to the store.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Swaf:
cm9

Looks like sakuramilk is working on a cm10 kernel. Do you know where he put the cm9 nightly? https://github.com/kbc-developers/release/wiki/SC06D

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You can also change the governor settings on the CPU for better battery saving. Similar to the battery saver option on the original ICS. I put mine on conservative and it seems to help as well.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SQ3.0dotJP:
My deal was about the same 20,000 off the phone because my gf had a ton of points 30,000 for switching from SB, 45,000 yen in store credit at Yodabashi.

I still have cwm installed am I gonna blow up?the latest 6.1.1.2
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tuoggy:
Okay, I think I figured it out. Mopera-U is their home+mobile service, which allows connecting to your email from home, while SP-Mode is only mobile.

That explains why Mopera-U would be a little more expensive.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Swaf:
cm10 boot animation

Hey if anyone wants the cm10 boot animation you can find it here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1847800. Just install through cwm. I believe it only works with cm and a couple of other roms.

Also can anyone translate this and confirm that this link has cm10 that works for our phone? http://rwsuama525.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-56.html

Here is another post I found. It looks like sakuramilk has a cm10 version as well if I can only find the files! http://ameblo.jp/acro-hy/entry-11335959258.html#main

Edit: Found the link for cm10! https://twitter.com/sakuramilk/statuses/237563360378503168

Im d/l right now and will flash in a bit!

(Ive been locked in my house for two days because of the typhoon so im super bored!)