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[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] zmore:
Thanks

I waited until today (don't ask why) to do the wallet hack, and just wanted to report that everything worked correctly on my ATT S3 running CM10 8/10 when adding the $10 prepaid card for htc_jewel, and when adding my Citibank Mastercard (and verifying to remove the temporary $100 limit).

Made one good backup after setup, and archived it, should my flash-a-holic self ever forget to reset wallet before installing more ROM updates.

In case of emergency (since it's not stated anywhere in the OP):

1) nandroid backup current ROM setup

2) restore "wallet-restore-in-case-of-emergency" named backup (can name it with TWRP)

3) bootup & reset wallet

4) reboot & restore previous ROM

5) optionally set wallet back up again

Thanks all. Going to go blow the $10 on a starbucks mug or something.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ogdobber:
it is stated (sorta) in step 10...

it used to say "10-make a nandroid and put it in a safe place in case you ever accidentally install a new ROM without resetting google wallet data."

now revised to say

"10-make a new nandroid with working wallet and put it in a safe place in case you ever accidentally install a new ROM without resetting google wallet data."
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sarni84:
Ogdobber this one is the new wallet? And works on cm10 or is it the other aosp zip

http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1210798&d=1342802895
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ogdobber:
the other one

Wallet version 1.5-r75-v6

(wallet-sgs3-AOSP_I9300.zip & wallet-sgs3-SGS3-TW-US_variants-ALL-fix.zip)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Joshb60796:
My wallet gets hung up at the register. It errors out and tells me to have the cashier redo the transaction. Is it safe to say I haven't screwed up my nfc chip?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ogdobber:
most likely, the store you tried scanner is not working properly

really hard to diagnose with no info...

what rom?

what version wallet?

what store?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sarni84:
Ok i just didnt know if the aosp 9300 zip would work with my tmobile variant
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ogdobber:
aosp=cm9/10
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Joshb60796:
ROM FreeGS3 0.0.9

Wallet 1.5 R75 v6

711

I have done a rom update but without manual wipe of any kind. I am unaware of the symptoms of the NFC chip when it's misuse renders it inoperable.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ogdobber:
by updating your rom you have knocked out the SE enabled libs. repeat steps 1-10
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ThC23:
Just tried this for the first time and everything worked fine.

Thanks OP

Powered by the SGSIII....
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] cmjkxa:
Every time I restart, it always says android is updating. Is that normal? Like I stated before I updated to UCLG1 kept root and activated wallet but every time I start my phone oy says its upgrading.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ogdobber:
No not normal. Generally comes from "shortcuts"

If you flashed the ota, and something was not right, this is why you are seeing it...

Full wipe will clear this up
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] cmjkxa:
D: OK. Will do.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] :
Thanks for the free coffee :)

I747M

kyanROM
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] zmore:
BTW - Does anyone know if it's still necessary to reset google wallet before installing a new ROM, as long as you tell TitaniumBackup to restore your previous Android Device ID before restoring the wallet app+data (vs using the new ID)? The unique ID is what a lot of apps key off of to determine if your phone's changed and licensing/auth needs updating, etc.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ogdobber:
Do what you want. Go base jumping, swim with sharks, train surfing, etc.

However, it is highly recommend resetting google wallet before flashing a new rom. As well as keeping titanium backup away from GW
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] zmore:
yeahyeah - just wondering if anyone actually knows of wallet's inner workings to make things a little easier. Obviously "nuke it from orbit" is safer.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ogdobber:
lol, yeah I did't start resetting google wallet until recently (just to be safe) and have flashed

many many roms with a working wallet installed and never had a problem.

But, it only takes a moment to reset and I do it everytime now to be safe.

From my experience, taking shortcuts in android usually leads to problems.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] komatoez:
Alright, I guess I'm an idiot.

I've tried to get this to work multiple times and it seems like it installs OK, but when I go to use it, nothing happens.

I rooted the phone with the Root66 stock rom. I follow the directions in the original post to install Wallet on my phone. I get the $10 prepaid card and my personal cards added. I change the build.prop back. I try to use it, and nothing at all happens. It's like I didn't even put my phone to the payment device. NFC is on, the screen is on and unlocked. I don't get it. I flashed the Wallet version from the op that is for touchwiz ALL US. Is this the right one?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ryandelman:
I'm essentially up and running now after finally having realized last week that Google Wallet breaks general NFC if used with NFC screen lock-off, however, there's still one little annoyance:

Every now and then, when I pass the phone over one of the tags, the phone initially says "empty tag", so then I have it read the tag again, and it either says "empty tag" one more time prior to actually reading the tag, or reads it on that second pass.

Again, this is by no means a deal-killer for me, but is an annoyance that doesn't seem like it should exist.

-Ryan
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ogdobber:
When I make purchases I am signed into google wallet with app open. are you doing that?

also which device? store(s) tried?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Pegi:
Same for me.. i tried several places but cant get the stores to see the phone/wallet
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] komatoez:
I'm on a verizon s3. I've tried to pay at several CVS locations and a rite-aid. I've tried both with and without the app open.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] nygmam:
I had this empty tag issue, even on a stock unrooted, SGS3, so I think it is an issue with either the TecTiles or the app reading them. I don't think this mod is responsible....
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ogdobber:
have you flashed anything since doing this mod?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] komatoez:
Nothing at all. I'm interested to try it again though. I restored from a nandroid that I did before installing Wallet and went through the process again. This time through, a couple of things happened that made me believe that 'something' different was going on. When I flashed Wallet and rebooted, I got an unlocked lock and the word custom on the Galaxy s3 screen. There was one additional file updated on the reboot (161 vs 160). Also, after reboot, I get the Wallet symbol in the notification bar briefly. So, maybe I did something a little differently, though I wold have sworn that I followed the directions the first few times.

Anyway, thanks for taking the time so far to help me. I will update...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] wiz4769:
If you have this running already with the original wallet zip , is there a reason to do this over with the newer one?

If so, do you treat it like you did not have wallet on there and do all steps from step 1?(other than resetting wallet)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Elemayo:
Pretty much the only reason is to add a different variety of cards and other things like control your wallet from the cloud. If your fine with your wallet you have now your not really missing out on much. I only use the prepaid card but I updated anyways because it's a habbit for me to be up to date with things haha

And yes do steps 1-10 and remember to reset your wallet before you update!!!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] komatoez:
Og, could you just confirm for me which file I should flash to get wallet working on my Verizon s3 assuming no prior installs of Wallet? Does it matter if I use the htc_jewel vs Galaxy Nexus device info?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Elemayo:
You can just flash the wallet-sgs3-SGS3-TW-US_variants-ALL-fix.zip if you have a touchwiz rom but if you have the cm9, cm10, aokp rom you should flash the wallet-sgs3-AOSP_I9300.zip and it doesn't matter which device info you use but i would recommend the htc-jewel one. I've been using this ever since the hack came out and it's been working fine.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] komatoez:
I guess I have one more question. Does this work with the rooted stock rom (root66)? Otherwise, I give up.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ogdobber:
yes +10char
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] cmjkxa:
So i wiped everything and started from scratch, everything went well till i flashed wallet-sgs3-SGS3-TW-US_variants-ALL-fix.zip and am getting the android is upgrading every single boot but wallet works fine. This never happened before the new At&t ota update. I'm going to assume it's the UCLG1 update causing this :confused:. I think ill rewipe again and stay on stock since that seemed to give me no problems.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] komatoez:
I'm re-reqding the op, and now I have another question. After flashing wallet, I get the 'android is updating message for a couple of seconds with EVERY reboot. It sounds like this isn't supposed to happen. Any ideas?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Elemayo:
My phone says "Android is Updating" for around 2-5 seconds when I boot too (btw I have the US T-Mobile variant of the SGS3)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ogdobber:
A couple of seconds of that can be normal. What is talked about in the OP is ALL apps updating...this can take minutes if you have 100+ apps

anyways, I didn't set the permissions for everything that was flashed.

reset google wallet and flash this zip and report back. thanks
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] komatoez:
Thanks. I flashed the new one and my cards loaded as they should. However, I tried to make a purchase and nothing happened still.

Just in case I'm a giant idiot (which I haven't ruled out), I had the app open, my pin entered, and I placed the back of my phone to the receiver of the payment device. Is my procedure wrong?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] magn2o:
For those keeping score, this works fine on the latest AT&T "Leak", UCALH1. It also worked fine on UCALG1.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ogdobber:
no thats right...weird

did the android is updating go away with the new zip?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] cmjkxa:
I just flashed the new one and still having the android upgrading. Hey magn 2 o can you pm me? I have a few questions regarding the uclg1 update.

I nandroided back to when it was working and is stuck at adding card.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] komatoez:
Still updating here as well. For now I'll blame Verizon and relax on it for a bit. Maybe I should try a different rom, but I'm not sure I'm ready to just yet.

---------- Post added at 07:26 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:13 PM ----------

Just a thought: would it be worthwhile to restore using my pre-wallet android and then try flashing the Wallet that you just posted?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Elemayo:
Boot into recovery mode and clear cache and dalvik cache. That should work. I've heard people sometimes have to clear that 1-3 times.

---------- Post added at 08:36 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:31 PM ----------

You'd probably have the same results I would suggest waiting for Paul or Ogdobber to fix the bugs. I'm sure they're working hard to find the solution to the problem.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] cmjkxa:
I went all the way back to stock and everything is working fine with the exception of it always saying android is upgrading. I tested it at 711 and everything went through fine. I think it'll be a while before I mess with anything again :p
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Elemayo:
Are you using the wallet-sgs3-att_tmo-fix.zip or the wallet-sgs3-SGS3-TW-US_variants-ALL-fix-2.zip?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ogdobber:
well I thought it was caused by not setting all the permissions on the previous zip... but the new zip has that and it doesn't seem to matter

anyways, on my I9300 I do get that from time to time (I don't really pay attention to it when it is booting), but it doesn't matter if it is just a couple seconds. It IS a problem if it rolls through all the apps (minutes)...

If someone has this and are good with adb, boot and start a logcat and I will have a look at what is going on
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] cmjkxa:
I used the all fix.

---------- Post added at 04:31 AM ---------- Previous post was at 04:30 AM ----------

Yea it's just a few seconds, not the cycling through all apps.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] :
what the! it vanish

So everything worked fine for a day, come to use it again and the app GW is gone! hmm darn thing, I still had money left, well Google's money :)

No biggy did a restore from my bkup load the app see my balance and then 'drum role goes here' app closes and vanish into the dark void.

Read, read, and more reading can't seem to pin point the issue here beside I'm with a Canadian telco has soon as the app hits the data or wifi network it's gone.

The only thing that change was the STATUS from the transaction pending to authorize, is my province ban or something sssh I feel like a caveman now, back to using plastic.

Can anyone shed some light as to why?

Thanks
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ogdobber:
what? latest version I take it..

might be worth trying the old version to see if you see the same results

canada lol
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] :
Thanks for the quick response, however I tried it already.

It's been like 5 hours of restoring over and over and the list of different methods is now beyond traceable 'scratch my head'. In each different scenario I've attempted the app will just vanish, even my clean backup without the app and going through all the steps over will result in the same, can't even get past the TOS now and GW vanish. The app is still install but is under disable state as per Root Uninstaller.

Last bet is to try restoring back to fact, I tend to believe it's either my account which is now lock down or I have a secure element issue.

Just taught someone else might have experience this issue previously.

Gonna have more fun tomorrow :good:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] lgkahn:
I have the same updating a few seconds on every boot. Didn't have it with v1.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] wiz4769:
Hmm, I would like to have the updated features, but looks like alot are having issues with the new zip and updating on boot. Might just wait till that is worked out then go for it.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] vnguyen972:
I just flashed allFIX2 zip last night and so far it's been good... I do see the "Upgrading" screen everytime I reboot but it didn't go through all the apps... it took only a few seconds... so I assume it's all good... even with the previous zip... I didn't experience the lagging of the "upgrading" screen...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] eatonjb:
that happens whenever you clear out the caches like the install script does.. its normal.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bbgt2:
Not normal for it to be "upgrading apps" every time he reboots. Something is clearing his cache/dalvik if this is happening to him every time he reboots.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] clinthess:
Depends on the length of time it spends. If it blows through them in a second or two its fine. If it takes a while, he may have an issue
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] kooqeem0nsta:
I flashed the wallet-sgs3-SGS3-TW-US_variants-ALL-fix-2.zip file and tried to use it at my local McDonalds and it wouldn't go through. I've used a Nexus S a few times at that same McD's and had no issue. Not sure what went wrong....
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bbgt2:
I believe he has an issue as he stated it updates every reboot. Starting over would be his best bet.

---------- Post added at 09:39 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:37 PM ----------

Setup went fine ? Got an email from GW saying welcome. Added cards with no problem?

NFC enabled?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] txsurfer:
So I'm getting the updating at reboot also every time on the wife's new TMO SGS3. My phone running old app doesn't do this. Everything seems to be working fine but kind of annoying to see it at every start up.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Pegi:
I followed all the instructions, everything went fine, all in working order - at home.. Just doesn't work at any store! Tried mcd, cvs, rite aid, hess...

rooted stock Verizon SGS3.

Oh and I redid it in between tries at the stores several times.

Not sure whats wrong..?!?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] zmore:
FWIW, here's an account of my very first Google Wallet purchase working right:

SETUP:

I originally setup Wallet on CyanogenMod 10 8/10 (with the AOSP_I9300 zip), but hadn't bought anything, then I dirty installed yesterday's CM10 8/14 ROM over it, WITHOUT first resetting Wallet's data just to see if it'd actually fubar the NFC secure element (it didn't, but a clean install might've, since there'd be a new Android device ID if not restored with TiBu). Set it back up again using htc_jewel build.prop (backup & vi /system/build.prop), and added the prepaid card fine.

GOAL:

My local Starbucks didn't actually have NFC / MC paypass yet, so I went into a Duane Reade instead. The lady said the scanner was often broken (or maybe just user error?), but I tried anyway:

1) got rung up fpr $7 of... mentos & jalepeno pretzels (yum)

2) screen on

3) swipe

4) enter PIN on phone (since I hadn't already opened GWallet since rebooting my phone)

5) phone says to swipe again

6) touch "credit" option on scanner

7) authorized

SUMMARY:

This experiment is over. :)

I don't want to deal with the "hassle" of setting wallet up each time I flash a ROM update, since I won't use it often enough (and I'm not into the whole showing off thing). I'll wait until our phone is officially supported to use it again, which should be very soon after hearing about the new allcarriers+paypal+google+CC alliance news. They probably want to be ready for the NFC-capable iPhone5 coming out in september...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] guitarguy:
Hey, let me know if you make any progress or figure anything out on this. I'm up in Canada and am having a similar problem:

I was having some SMS notification issues, decided to do a factory reset via recovery. After resetting, got a force close message on Wallet, then realized that I didn't reset it before wiping.

I followed the steps in the OP, so I had a nandroid. Restored that, but now as soon as it starts up, the Wallet icon disappears.

I'm just hoping I didn't mess up my secure element, although I haven't seen any messages about the secure element.

Keep me posted, or if anyone else has any idea, I'd like to hear 'em!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Gvaz:
I downloaded the app in google play, but of course it wont let me run it because I'm on US Cellular.

can I just use this:

http://www.modaco.com/topic/354635-region-device-root-patched-google-wallet-apk-15-r75-v6/

or do I need something else like the directions in the OP?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Elemayo:
If I want to go back to the previous version of Wallet, how would I do it? Do I change my build.prop, reset wallet, go to root explorer, go to system/app, delete wallet from there, and then flash the wallet-sgs3-att_tmo-fix.zip?

---------- Post added at 05:20 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:02 PM ----------

You have to follow all the directions on the OP but instead of using the wallet-sgs3-SGS3-TW-US_variants-ALL-fix-2.zip use the wallet-sgs3-att_tmo-fix.zip since the new version of wallet is having problems. The wallet-sgs3-att_tmo-fix.zip download is in the box that says "Attached Files". This is located above the first question in the OP. Btw don't use anything in that URL. The apk in that URL is the wallet-sgs3-att_tmo-fix.zip except the zip is modified for the SGS3.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Gvaz:
Right, I have the SCH-R530U (the 32gb one), shouldn't that be okay?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] txsurfer:
Well I have a weird problem my google prepaid card work but when i select another card and try to pay that card fails. Any advice, I still get that updating android at every boot dont know if that has anything to do with it. I also cleared caches a few time no help.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] im_on_fire:
A dumb question but question none the less.

What does "mount r/w" mean?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bbgt2:
R=read only

W=writable
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] magn2o:
Mount the file system as read/write. There's a button in Root Explorer with that exact title, "Mount R/W".

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S III
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ylexot:
Not quite...

R=read

W=write

R/O=read only

R/W=read/write
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] guitarguy:
So.... I confirmed with a friend yesterday, who has the S3 and had Wallet working, his icon has disappeared also. He has done nothing to his device, was working one day and icon not there the next.

Is it possible that the canadian carriers are somehow disabling it? (Telus specifically, both myself and my friend are with them..)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] linuxx64:
thanks

good thing i read this post before i asked a question ,,, thanks !!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ElBeaner:
After reading all the issues with the new fix, I'm glad I saved the files for the hack from the original.

I flashed a new ROM last night, followed the stpes, flashed the older files, reverted my build.prop back, went into /system/app and deleted the duplicate GW apk, rebooted and all worked fine.

Will test again on lunch to make sure everything is still as it should be.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] djsiva:
Hate to be a bother but I have a quick question. I was able to get Google wallet loaded up and I see my free $10, but I haven't been able to get it to work at a retailer. I've used GW tons in the past on both my Galaxy Nexus and my Nexus 7 so I know it's not user error. :) Also, the stores I tried are ones where I have always used GW. I know NFC works because it makes a sound when bumped against the back of my Nexus 7.

I have the VZW variant.

Any help is appreciated.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Elemayo:
The newest zip isn't currently working but you can still get GW by downloading the wallet-sgs3-verizon_telus.zip it's not the newest version of GW but it still works great! :D
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bbgt2:
Oh god. I forgot to make it complicated. A thousand lashes for me.