yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] locoboi187:
so my phone is Algerian or no?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joshnichols189:
I don't understand why you can't just flash the latest update via Odin? I don't think it matters what you are currently on like it does on an HTC phone.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] locoboi187:
How come I'm not getting any updates through Kies or through the phone itself?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dasistsparta:
Go to sammobile.com and click on firmwares. Then copy paste the csc code you got amd click search. It will show the market region your phone belongs to. Its either algeria south africa angola and some other third world countries. What did u expect to get from dailysteals lol? Thats how they manage to sell it for $599
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] locoboi187:
Yeah its one of those countries. Damn. How does this make my phone worse though? Should I be worried?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clockcycle:
Run Kies with your phone connected, it will give you a summary and tell you if there is any update firmware. There you will see 3 letters in () next to your current firmware version, that is the code for the country the phone was meant for.

It's the same exact hardware, you can flash the firmware of your choice. WARNING: Make a nandroid backup of your phone before doing so, if you ever want to use kies to update again, you will need to flash your original rom back and restore your backup. Otherwise kies will report you can not use it to update your firmware.

Because it is an international version and not meant for the US/North American market. So there is no update for the region you're using the phone in..

Hope that helps,

-CC
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] locoboi187:
Very helpful post! But it sucks I can't get OTA directly from my phone :/
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clockcycle:
Just because it's an "update" it doesn't mean it's an "upgrade"..

I tried it, it really did add some features, but at the cost of some battery life and ever so slight lag..

I reverted, tis why I could tell how to get back if need be ;)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] locoboi187:
Understood haha. I'll try out custom roms once I get a hang of this phone!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] djtheraven:
For some reason my system is locked as r/o and i can't do anything..rooted stock 4.03 and ds kernel
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] djtheraven:
Ok what i had to do was restore my phone and start it without the sim card and then freeze device management and them put the card back in...maybe TMobile is sending some type of lock? Anyone else?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Towle:
Are you using SuperSU? I was having issues with that not granting root permissions correctly, so my root apps wouldn't do anything that requires root.. i.e mount r/w
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] djtheraven:
I found out if you restore with cwm 5026 or 5027 this will happen...you have to use one of the touch recoveries...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] asmostopheles:
I know this shouldnt be hard, but I have been unable to find the setting or any other posts that mention how to change the default dialer. I have installed Dialer one (I hate the stock S3 dialer). I can use Dialer one to make phone calls, but all incoming calls are answered by the default dialer.

Please let me know how i can change this so only dialer one is used.

Thanks!

(I have not rooted my phone yet. waiting to make sure i want to keep this phone before going that far).
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] Killa357:
I find that rather odd... Have you tried going into Settings > Application Manager > All and selecting the default dialer and clearing defaults? Though I would think that if it is using it for outgoing calls as default that it would for incoming as well. Have you tried any other dialers to see if it was just that application?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] irock1985:
I don't think its possible...

Sent from my Sprint GS3
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] asmostopheles:
The clear defaults button is greyed out and cannot be pressed. So to be able to fully move to a different dialer does it require being rooted? custom rom? Im not opposed to either, but i just need to know because i cant handle this dialer. I am used to HTC and their dialer requires half the button presses or less to make calls, and makes far better use of the screen space etc... the stock dialer has been by far my biggest disappointment with this phone. other than that I like it a lot.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] Killa357:
I've found the dialer tolerable, probably because I don't make that many calls. I'm not that familiar with touchwiz coming from an HTC device myself. Tried any other ROMs yet?
[Off-topic] swapnil360:
My PC was previously on dual boot with Microsoft Windows 7 (x86) and Linux Fedora 17 (x64). I installed Windows 8 (x86) on the Windows 7 partition by formatting it. I'm not able to install the GRUB 2 bootloader from the Fedora LIVE session (I think Windows 8 secure boot is blocking it).

I'm thinking of going back to Windows 7. Does anybody have a better option?

Sent from my Motorola Defy with CM9
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toastface5:
Hi, I am trying to update my Unrooted, Unmodified S2 to 4.0.3, but Kies comes up with the message 'Your Device does not support software upgrading via Kies.' I am with the UK Provider O2, on their Pay as you Go service. My CSC code is 'O2U'. The Kies version I am using is Kies 1.3.0.12062_4, which seems to be the latest version for the Macintosh Computer OS, even though it is under the download page for Kies 2.0. Can anyone help? If this isn't the latest Kies (Mac) version, where can I get the latest Mac version?

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] kikesx:
hi guys,

Anyone mind teaching me one on one on rooting my note?

ive already tried the DooMLoRD_v4_ROOT-zergRush-busybox-su, but it not work with the kernel.

i attach an image of the version of kernel.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] glevitan:
****sx, you won't be able to use DooMLoRD's or SuperOneClick method with OS Version 2.3.6. You need to downgrade to a rootable version first and then root and update. Follow this guide and you will have no issues at all:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1331784

Post #2 and point 1.3...that is what u have to do. It is easy and direct. Then u can revert to your current OS version and flash a CF Kernel...hope it helps...:good:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] kikesx:
thx glevitan... i will post my experience soon
[Windows 8 General] swapnil360:
My PC was previously on dual boot with Microsoft Windows 7 (x86) and Linux Fedora 17 (x64). I installed Windows 8 (x86) on the Windows 7 partition by formatting it. I'm not able to install the GRUB 2 bootloader from the Fedora LIVE session (I think Windows 8 secure boot is blocking it).

I'm thinking of going back to Windows 7. Does anybody have a better option?

Sent from my Motorola Defy with CM9
[Windows 8 General] Selim873:
That's really weird, I had Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04, I had to fix the GRUB bootloader after installing Windows 7 on a new partition after I had Ubuntu alone. I installed Windows 8 on that 7 partition and it didn't mess with the bootloader. Try fixing GRUB with an Ubuntu 12.04 LIVE session.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Robbie_G:
Is it possible to pull the new Google Wallet .apk that works from the new OTA update 1.22.651.3 and using it on the old stock 1.13.651.1? If so, has someone pulled and posted this apk?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] JDM Civic EG8:
The one from the new OTA isn't new it asks you to update soon as you sign into google and tap on the playstore.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] durandetto:
I'm sure the fix to gw was done at a kernel level not the app itself.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Kcarpenter:
The issue was not with the App, it was with the NFC Chip, a new app won't do any good and it's not something you probably want to mess with, potentially bricking the NFC Secure element.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Robbie_G:
So what are my options if I am on Stock 1.13, NOT rooted, and have previously activated Google Wallet, but now only get the "Wallet is not yet available for your device or mobile network" message every time I start it?

Ideally my goal is to not brick the NFC Chip and become S-Off.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Evo_Shift:
So does this mean we no longer have to clear wallet settings everytime we flash a rom?

I assume OP, that you will have to figure out how to edit your build.prop or whatever a rom like meanrom did to get wallet working so that you can log in and clear the settings before flashing the current fixed rom.

You should be able to root your phone without it resetting your phone I think but I may be wrong. I can't remember if rooting using this method http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1671577 factory resets you. You can worry about unlocking your bootloader later.

You may have to just take a risk and hope you don't brick anything. In this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=28619615#post28619615, Captain_Throwback states it is not really confirmed what or why that bricking happens. He seems to be pretty smart about this kind of stuff too.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] P.Mobile:
i have never used google wallet ever.. dont even kno what it does?? so if i have never open the app up i should be ok rite??
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Dredz:
Right.

:cool:
[LG Optimus 2x] RohanAJoshi:
Hello Friends.

Yesterday, I was on Google play.

Saw new game as "where my perry ?" and I played demo video from it.

Then it opened in browser and in middle of video, my speaker volume is gone.

Now phone not giving any sound form speaker.

I tried several player.

Also media volume is full.

.

Using CM7 Temasek Kang with Etana Stable.

.

Is this software bug or my speaker is realy dead (Hardware Problem) ?

Tried Data Reset, Reflash etc..
[LG Optimus 2x] SREEPRAJAY:
check it form the hidden menu which is 1809#*990# - LG Optimus Engineering menu...there should be a menu to test each hardware items...check it to find out
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] madmartian:
I have found many generic lists of bloatware to remove with no explanation as to what they do and why to remove them and not specific to the Note, so I am starting an AT&T Samsung Note ICS bloatware thread. I would appreciate if folks adding to the list used the same format. My primary goal is to remove trialware (stuff they charge extra for), followed by stuff I just don't need. Here's what I have removed so far:

Name: Family Map

What: Tracks your friends & family

Why: Trialware for paid service. Don't need it anyway.

Name: AT&T Navigator

What: GPS navigation

Why: Trialware for paid service. Use Google Nav instead.

Name: AT&T Ready2Go

What: Home screen config app.

Why: Useless for 3rd party apps (I use Apex).

Name: City ID

What: Identifies the city of callers

Why: Trialware for paid service.

Name: Gmail

What: imap email reader

Why: Doesn't handle pop3 - use K9 or Kaiten or other popular email client that handles both.

What have you removed, what does it do, and why did you remove it?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] 9wire:
I don't use either live wallpapers or stock wallpapers, so freeze all of the apps relating to both. Don't use voice apps, or gallery, file explorer, or stock email.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] fbauto1:
Just an advice for beginners like me:

Just freeze them, not uninstall.. so in case you change your mind, you still got them.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Jamesyboy:
Are you suggesting the removal of a GAPP? Gasp-- ::sniff sniff::tear tear::.

Googlers are people too!?!?!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] madmartian:
That's partly why I want something more comprehensive than just a list of apps. I want to remove them, but I want to know what I am removing and why before I do.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] bigfau:
Here is a list of some safe to remove.

Aurora.apk

Bluesea.apk

BuddiesNow.apk

CityID-release.apk

crayonphysics.apk

MiniDiary.apk

ready2go.apk

ready2goService.apk

Telenav.apk

wssyncmldm.apk

wssyncmlds.apk

wssyncmlnps.apk

YellowPages.apk

YPMobile.apk

androidlauncher_Generic_android2.1-72x72_build_1_2D2011_06_15t17_52.apk

ATT_code_scanner_vpl_1.2_aligned.apk

attMessages.apk

attMovies.apk

ATTSmartWi-FiVPL_aligned.apk

com.mobitv.client.tv.apk

Kindle-OEM-0.9.6-STUB.apk

myATT_VPL_v5.apk

qik-preload-1.30-release-lite.apk

SamsungApps-signed_1.0.005.apk
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] s89281b:
name:accuweatherdaemonservice

what: provides weather on lockscreen

why:if you dont use it

name:analogclock

what:analog clock widget

why:if you dont use it

name:axt9ime

what:samsung keyboard

why:if you prefer diff keyboard

name:bookstablet

what:google books

why:if you cant read

name:days

what:i think it has to do with mini diary

why:if you dont use

name:devicehelp

what:info about phone

why:get your info on xda

name:digitalclock

what:clock widget

why:if you dont use

name:dualclock

what:another clock widget

why:how many clocks do you need

name:dlna

what:allshare share files on dlna equipped devices

why:if dont use

name:geniewidget

what:news and weather

why:if you dont use

name:latinmedictionary and latinmegoogle

what:google keyboard

why:if you use diff keyboard

name:myfiles

what:file explorer

why:use 3rd party app

name: protips

what:tips widget

why:get your tips on xda

name:samsungservice

what:samsung emails you

why:you dont need this

name:samsungwidget(news,prog monitor,stock and weather)

what:widgets

why:if you dont use

name:setupwizard

what:automated setup for google account

why: it is disabled and only runs first boot

name:anything sns

what:social feed used by some widgets and social integrated apps

why:if you dont use(this is not needed for google plus,facebook,twitter etc)other apps use this

name:swype

what:keyboard

why:if you dont use

name:tetheringmanager

what:used stock tethering

why:not needed for 3rd party app

name:twlauncher30

what:tw launcher

why:wont rotate 3rd party launchers are better

name:voicerecorder

what:voice memo

why:if you dont use

name:voicesearch

what:voice search

why:if you dont use

name:voicetalk

what:voice recognition

why:if you dont use
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] s89281b:
name:bdservices

what: business directory for yellow pages

why:why not

name:chocoeukor

what:font

why:if you dont like

name:helvneuelt

what:font

why:if you dont like

name: panningtryactually

what:tip

why:dont need it

name: photowall

what: photo wallpaper

why:if you dont use

name:roseukor

what:font

why:if you dont like

name: samsungtts

what: text to speech engine

why: if you use other app(google, ivana, etc)

name:googletts

what: text to speech engine

why: if you use other

name: facelock

what: face unlock for lockscreen

why: doesnt work in dark. novelty gets old
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Deleted member 2842059:
There is nothing good about anything AT&T puts on your phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Clark Joseph Kent:
I like the carrier logo the letters AT&T up in the left side of screen....:D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] goresick:
I don't. Their logo already comes built into my device (but covered up by Otterbox), I don't need their letters taking up my screen space too!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] cognus:
remove/rename/stop software update notice?

gang I have read this somewhere on xda but cannot now locate: a number of Galaxy family devices have the two applets that are involved in a Notification Popup regarding pending Software Updates. I would like to turn that off and unfortunately on the Note there is not a standard option for doing so - we may postpone but not nix.

so I'm rooted and all that: is it safe to simply remove that using Titanium?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Snook321:
I was using my Galaxy S III (T-Mobile 16GB Pebble Blue), everything was running fine until I ran out of signal. Now when the phone was trying to reconnect itself to T-Mobiles Network, The phone showed it was connected to AT&T's Network. Confused and shocked, I restarted my phone and it booted back to T-Mobiles service.... Anyone know why this happened? and has this happened to anyone else?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Speedin07si:
Does t-mobile have a roaming agreement with AT&T?

Sent from My Epic Ice Cream Sandwich With Sprinkles!!!
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] cwalker29:
I have drop signals a couple of times. First time for everything
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Randomacts:
That is really odd....Should have gotten a screenshot.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Speedin07si:
I only mention the roaming thing because at least with Sprint , if I'm roaming and dial a number w/o the area code a verizon message comes up saying "please dial a 1 or 0 +the area code blah blah blah"

Sent from My Epic Ice Cream Sandwich With Sprinkles!!!
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] thawte:
Back in the day our local provider Centennial was merging with att and my old phone used to change names in the provider area. That is the only thing I can think of...
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] ingenious247:
I believe so, seen this happen with the GS2 as well

Sent from the current Heavy Weight champ GALAXY SIII
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Slap-Yourself :):
Hi

I was recently offered a good deal on a Galaxy S3 from a friend of mine, but he is currently with Sprint. I know that Sprint Galaxy S3 devices don't have a Sim Card slot, which sucks. I used to have Sprint, and though I cancelled on good terms without a balance. I don't feel like going back to Sprint. Especially while I'm paying $50.00 a month with T-Mobile.

My question is, are there any other carriers that I could take the Sprint Galaxy S3 to? Maybe through Flashing or carriers that will add the ESN to their database?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Killa357:
What carriers are in your area? That should narrow your list down. You will want to look for CDMA carriers. You can check the list at the link below to see what carriers have what network type, if you don't already know. Beware, some carriers won't allow this (though you may be able to get it to work by flashing.) I read that Verizon tends to give people a hard time with this. Good luck.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_wireless_communications_service_providers

P.S. If you can, get some speed tests on those networks. Don't get yourself trapped on a slow network.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Slap-Yourself :):
Well, from what I know we have:

T-Mo

AT&T

Verizon

Sprint

Virgin

Boost

Cricket

I don't there are any others available. Last time I knew Cricket service sucked A** here, and Virgin and Boost don't offer 4G speeds (Not that we have it available here anyway.) :/

I can't think of any other CDMA carriers though since I don't really deal with them......

I will most likely be moving to Houston, TX in the next 5-7 months though.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Killa357:
Small world. I'm actually trying to get a job I have Houston at the moment. Most of those carriers should have good coverage and data speeds in Houston though. Last time I used sprints service in Houston it was about the same as it is here in Lufkin as far as coverage and speed. I dont know about the other carriers, though LTE most likely won't be compatible with the other networks LTE.
[General Questions and Answers] Lima5120:
good day, I wonder if you guys could put a link base band 64 for download, do not think anywhere huh, and how famous you are, may have a link available, THANK YOU
[General Questions and Answers] TeeJay3800:
Double posting is not allowed. You already have another identical thread. Thanks for your cooperation. Thread closed.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Crais:
Having a problem accessing my phone's internal storage via USB but only with certain ICS roms.

MIUI is the only one that constantly has the problem, the others seem to work fine after a reboot (after the initial flash). I've tried the ported versions of 2.6.15, 2.6.29, and 2.7.6. I tried with and without the externalSD for the MIUI roms.

If I manually unmount the storage I'll get the prompt in my notification bar but even after enabling USB storage there and even in the storage options (setting the mode to automatically mount when the USB is plugged in) I still get no access to my phone from my PC.

I can ODIN back to any stock rom and it works just fine. The stock based roms work fine after another reboot (problem never seems to come back after that).

Any suggestions?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] kevg77:
Don't get me wrong, I love the battery life that I'm getting on my new EVO. I just wonder if they would have not focused on making this phone so thin, could we have had a bigger battery? I would have rather had this phone as thick as the old EVO with 1 or 2 bigger batteries, maybe one removable one and one built it.

Any thoughts?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Kcarpenter:
Nope, thickness of the phone is where I expect/want it. Any thinner I may not like, but the OG Evo was massive in comparison to this thing. It would weigh a ton if you made it that thick.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] yukonhijack:
I posted this in the Bugs thread too (sorry for the dupe here, but that thread is large). Does anyone have problems with S Voice recognizing voice commands when paired to a car's Bluetooth system? Mine refuses to recognize my voice commands when paired, but if not paired, S Voice works perfectly (well, as perfectly as it does anyway :)). Just want to rule out that it is not my car's Bluetooth system.

BTW, I am on Verizon and have rooted (but not modified anything).
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] yukonhijack:
Found this thread on the same issue but an international version.

xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1715501
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] jiggytom:
I'm having the same issue. i was able to get it to work once or twice, but not working for the most part. Gave up on it.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] yukonhijack:
Suck.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] rmanaudio:
Hi guys,

I just moved over from the Galaxy S2 (also have the S1 still) and can't believe there is no free unlock App yet or away to get the code from a memory dump.

I ended up looking up a few websites unlocking services. If you looking to get your phone Sim Unlocked check out www.UnlockClient.com They have a video on how it works. This is the only site that does the unlocking via a APP you run on your computer. They dont actually provide you a code but the APP will set the unlock code to 00000000. Worked like a charm and only took 2 min after I paid.

Only writing this up as not many posts on Sim unlocking yet and what sites do work. Worked perfectly on my Bell locked i747M.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tonu42:
Roms:

Stock Stripped + Root + Busybox by Invisiblek

Stock Rooted - IMM76D by open1your1eyes0

Recoveries

CWM Touch + TWRP by Atlemacks

Standard CWM by Invisiblek

Information:

Kexec kernels:

A way of booting into system using a custom kernel by booting into recovery and selecting which kernel to use.

Writing boot.img to Recovery Partition

: write the custom kernel to recovery partition which allows the user to use the vol up + home boot method to go straight into the custom kernel.

How to boot into Recovery:

While phone is turned off press Volume Up Key + Home Button, while holding these hold power button. Wait for Booting into Recovery in blue text to appear.

Boot into Download Mode:

While phone is off press Volume Down Key + Home button, while holding these hold power button. When disclaimer comes up, press volume up. Than plug into computer.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Txwolf1980:
Are there any ROMs that address the lack of in call notification (ie missing, dropped calls, etc), or apps? I just got this phone a few days ago , so I'm still figuring it all out. And, so far, that is my only hang up.

Thanks