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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] varunrs:
Were you able to get your phone app crashing problem fixed?

If yes, would you please share with the community how .
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Beemer533:
That's odd; I did not have any issues with my dialer. I ended up with a Vodafone SIM that I bought in Frankfurt, so maybe that had something to do with it?

Here is how I ended up getting my setup to work:

I first tried adding the APN info to the XML file on my PC prior to leaving for Germany, but each time I rebooted after adding the updated XML I lost my data connection.

I'm not sure why I couldn't get it to work, but what did end up working for me was this: I downloaded APN manager pro, and set it as a system app using Titanium backup (open up TiBu, scroll to APN manager and long press. From the pop-up menu select set as system app.)

Then open APN manager and select Insert APN. Enter APN info and hit save. If you don't set APN manager as a system app first, it will not be able to add any APN and will give an error.

From what ive read, this is due to Android 4.0 and newer only allowing system apps access to modify APNs. Also keep in mind that you must have the paid version of TiBu to be able to do this.

Open the app phone info set to Global and reboot. :D

thanks to the folks here for this!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] topgnat:
I have recently received Verizon version of S3 and it is working fully on GSM network with both calls and data even 3g.

My only issue is Persistent Ongoing notification "Non-Verizon Sim card..."

Is there a way to get rid of this. I bought SQLite editor to remove Wifi notification, would that also help in removing SIM notification?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Beemer533:
Yeah, I have the same thing... I believe there is a way to remove the notification, but I haven't taken the time to find out how...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lair12:
Remove warning for Non-Verizon SIM - [SOLVED]

Looks like topgnat and I have both been working on this warning removal. He does have it above in his inclusive list of possibilities.

From my testing last week with a foreign SIM in my phone here in the US, I narrowed down the answer to freezing or deleting the app

Setup wizard 1.0

(its icon is a red check mark with a magic wand). Using Titanium Backup, it is called

Setup wizard 1.0

; or if you freeze/delete with AntTek App Manager, it is the second listed

Setup wizard

and contains 24.00kb.

The app contains very little data in the database (three csv files with nothing of interest), and hopefully can be safely frozen. I have no idea why it is in the phone to begin with.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Beemer533:
I did forget to mention what I did on my return to the US;

I pretty much did follow the steps you have described in section C, except I did not disable wifi (I didn't think about it..) other than that steps C1-C3 worked for me.

I can confirm that for me, your simplified guide describes the steps I followed. The only real difference was that I ended up doing all the steps in Germany due to the fact that I couldn't get the previous method to work...

I will be headed to Kyrgyzstan at some point in the next few weeks, so I plan on trying this again.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] autoprime:
i have a sprint gs3 so i am unable to join in on the fun but i'm wondering if anyone has tried using "test mode" to set to GSM and 850/1900 bands? Test mode is built into Touchwiz so... obviously this works in Touchwiz only. Press *#22745927 to enable hidden menus. then install Netmonitor from the Play Store. Open Netmonitor > hit the menu button > Hit "Field Test".

Once in Test Mode you can go to UMTS > DEBUG SCREEN > PHONE CONTROL > NETWORK CONTROL > BAND SELECTION to set GSM Band preference.

then starting at the very beginning over test mode again... CDMA > COMMON > NEXT PAGE > NEXT PAGE > PREF MODE SET to select GSM/WCDMA ONLY.

curious if someone could get ATT HSPA going using the above methods.. perhaps requiring even more test mode edits(poke around but be careful).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] varunrs:
APN Manager Pro works for me too. But do give me a little more time to check with other carrier SIMs as well. However ,as soon as i change the apn my dialer starts crashing. Is there a solution for that yet. Coz then the phone becomes more unusable than it is without data.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] milan03:
Would you mind posting a few screenshots once inside of "Field Test". Just wanted to see what it does, how it looks, and if it's worth me downgrading from CM10 down to TouchWiz. I'm a big fan of TouchWiz' "ServiceMode" and I already miss it.

Thank you!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lair12:
Do we really know if the phone dialer issue comes from adding and swapping APN's, or if it comes from changing the radio? Have you tried a number of the difference choices for radio settings using the Phone Info app? Maybe the Global setting that worked for my data needs (which was all I wanted, since I made calls through Skype), should be something else for phone and data to work correctly for your provider. Let us know if there is a better choice here.

Can you restore your com.android.phone (the Phone app) with Titanium Backup. Does this give you your data use and a working dialer?

Do you have the options to make changes in your Setting as provided in my Notes Section #6 and #7? I had this choice in Russia, but now these options are not on my screen at all!?

The steps laid out in the simplified system are pretty much what was done with my Incredible 2 when it was a factory approved world phone. I'm not sure why changing APN's would crash the dialer app, but I certainly see this being a problem for many people. Eventually Verizon will put out an update to make the SGS3 a fully functional world phone, but we will still need to change APN to work with foreign SIMs.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] autoprime:
Field Test/ServiceMode/TestMode all same thing.. but no prob... on sprint we can use anycut/bettercut/nova laucncher shortcuts to make a shortcut to IOTHiddenMenu which give you this screen. But just in case that doesn't work.. using netmonitor > menu > fieldtest should also launch TestMode(not sure if hidden menu must be enabled first.. on sprint ours is enabled by default).

Once in testmode you will see screens like ones below. To go back in Test Mode you must hit MENU > BACK. The back button will take you out of Test Mode.

UMTS > DEBUG SCREEN > PHONE CONTROL > NETWORK CONTROL > BAND SELECTION to set GSM Band preference

and

CDMA > COMMON > NEXT PAGE > NEXT PAGE > PREF MODE SET to select GSM/WCDMA ONLY

I'd love to see the Verizon phone work on ATT bands. Between being able to set GSM bands and LTE bands maybe it's doable. Hopefully something like swapping ATT NV items or flashing ATT radio won't be required.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] milan03:
This is awesome! Thanks for pointing this hidden menu out! I've always accessed it through *#0011# but that basically gives me basic info. Tried ATT SIM, same thing voice and text is on, data is off since the domestic APN doesn't play nice.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] suhailstar:
guies, can any one explain to me about what these steps actually do to the cell phone??? do they amend the radio frequency? I mean, are these steps only change the radio frequency so the phone pick up the signal???

I want to perform the same steps again but vise versa means to make my Galaxy S3 19300 to pick up the cdma signal can any one help me to make an attempt? how I can get the APN?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] autoprime:
so have you tried ATT sim after TestMode? Or were you saying prior to this... ATT didn't work for data?

I've been using CDMA forever so I'm a huge GSM n00b... but what happens when you set GSM band to "ALL" and WCDMA band to "ALL"? Or at least set the GSM and WCDMA bands to what is exactly used in your area.

has anyone attempted to flash a GSM radio/modem yet? On the Galaxy Nexus.. there was a trick to altering the update-script.. and a Verizon modem would flash to Sprint.. or Sprint onto Verizon. I've already tried flashing the Verizon radio onto my Sprint GS3. I was unable to get a signal after flashing... flashing back to a Sprint modem easily fixed that issue.

you have the international i9300? Not sure it would be as "easy". All of the GS3 versions here use the S4 SoC so the hardware is all very similar. The i9300 is based on quad-core exynos I believe. Worth a shot tho.. who knows what the international hardware is capable of!! Keep me posted if you make any progress. I would LOVE a GSM capable device that had a CDMA fallback.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] milan03:
Yes of course I tried WCDMA all GSM all, as well as 850 and 1900 for WCDMA. I simply cant pull in the APN required for data connection. It looks like domestic GSM networks are disabled for data.

I mean I could easily change my bands using Phone Info app, had the same results. But all the ServiceMode menus are spectacular!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] preusstang:
@milan03 & autoprime,

this discussion would be best over here.

very exciting though. I would love to see domestic GSM carriers work for us.

milan03, I assume you added the APNs and it just won't take? Like they're there but you can't connect
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] suhailstar:
Actually we are discussing this in this thread for who wants to contribute click this link http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=31175439&posted=1#post31175439
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Caldaga:
Did anyone ever get the phone to be fully functional outside of the USA? Meaning Phone, MMS, and Data?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] varunrs:
The OP did and so have I.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] OhMrBigshot:
Awesome! I'm gonna try doing these steps on my soon to come CDMA GNex. I'll reply with the results!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Beemer533:
It has worked fine for me so far in Germany and Kyrgyzstan .... I should be able to try it out in Portugal soon, but I don't see why it wouldn't work there.

FWIW, I have not had any issues with my dialer.....

I am just rooted stock for now.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] varunrs:
I got rid of the phone dialer issues in just one step. It was a fluke but it worked.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] nittin_sp:
Now did you get rid of the phone dialer issue can you please help.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] varunrs:
I did a factory reset on my phone today, so that i could retrace my steps and see if everything works fine everytime.

However i am now stuck on the Verizon activation screen. Any way that i can bypass that screen without a Verizon SIM or another SIM inserted in the phone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] nittin_sp:
Judt tap on the black screen twice on left right lift right and volume up
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] varunrs:
Yup. Found that in the verizon Q&A section. Thanks anyways.

This is what i did to remove the phone dialer crashing problem-

1) entered SIM and selected Global mode.

2) entered APN.

3) after entering APN the phone app started crashing.

4) opened phone info and selected GSM/CDMA/LTE option( the default option for Verizon S3).

5) switched phone off and on.

6) changed network option back to Global(Auto).

7) switched phone off and on.

8) voila. Phone app doesn't crash anymore.

Yet to try it for the second time. Will post back if it fails this time.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] y0:
same thing with me i have tried almost everything in this thread but same error i am on stock rom
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ali_alex:
I BOUGHT TODAY A I535 VERY CHEAP :)) I LIVE IN EUROPE AND I WANTED TO MAKE IT FUNCTIONAL WITHOUT ADITIONAL APLICATION AND IT WORKS !

I started with root, unlock bootloader and instaled cwm

then flashed latest radio vrlg7

and i thought that if it the same configuration as i747 at&t model to try roms for that..

i downloaded latest cm10 nightly for sIII at&T (d2att) and i changed name in the script of zip(META-INF/ com/google/android/updater script)from d2att in d2vzw

then i flahed cm10nightly d2att and gapps from cwm recovery

everyting went perfect and functional in gsm 2g 3g ..all apn ...

OKAY

when i saw thet go without any problem with i747 cm10

ive had to try one official rom i747

i instaled this rom from cwm recovery

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1844605

and my phone works as if born to GSM :)

posted pictures with cm10 and stock i747 rom

if you want to go back to verizon rom flash it via odin...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] suhailstar:
can this be applied to 9300 galaxy s3 to make run cdma MR Ali-alex?????
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ali_alex:
definitely noo

You will brick your phone ,because european 9300 have different hardware !!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] suhailstar:
mine is the international one. so you think there is no way? or there must be a way? do you have any idea?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] varunrs:
Wow. So all we have to do now is flash AT&T ROMs and we would be good to go. Thats great news people, isn't it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mybook4:
No possible way without modifying the phone's hardware. Easier (and cheaper) to buy a CDMA phone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] OhMrBigshot:
You mean you made it work with a Verizon GNex?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] varunrs:
Yup. He was brave enough to try AT&T ROM and looks like his gamble has paid off. Even i am thinking of trying this. Will post if the attempt is successful.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ali_alex:
in 10 minutes you get at&t gsm phone
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jordannike:
I got a I535 and a Red Pocket plan with data and stuff.. call and mms works but i am getting only 2G data.. Red Pocket uses att towers so that means they're the same as AT&Ts frequencies?

Att uses 850MHz and 1900 MHz.. Can somebody tell me how i can get atleast 3G and can someone tell me which are the real frequencies our phone supports?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Buff McBigstuff:
And you flashed an AT&T rom to your phone? This is interesting, I'm subscribing.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] y0:
Bro the link you posted for the ROM to be flashed has 2 links

UCLH1 modem/radio

and

http://www.adrive.com/public/T42QWn/I747UCALH1RootedStock.zip <--without radio

which one should i use?

And also is it needed to flash CM10 nightly first? As you have already tested it we can flash I747UCALH1RootedStock.zip directly?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] nittin_sp:
Thanks pal worked like butter in knife

Thanks :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ali_alex:
Without radio
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] OhMrBigshot:
Please do, I'm about to get a Verizon GNex myself and I hope I can get it to work with my GSM provider. Only AT&THING ROM though? How about any other GSM ROM?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mybook4:
Are we talking about the Vzw gs3 or the gnex. Ali mentioned a I535, which is a gs3, NOT a Gnex. This would also make sense as the us GS3s share a similar partition layout. Was this tested on at&t? Did anyone get at&t HSPA+ speeds?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] varunrs:
Bro, this is the Verizon S3 forum. Why would you assume that we are talking about the GNex.

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This wasnt tested on At&t. The screenshots posted by Ali show Vodafone as his carrier, which means it was tested outside US.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] y0:
everything seems to be fine except my handset is in BOOTLOOP showing samsung logo on screen after performing every step you told

BTW i have cut the CM9 nightly builds step
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mybook4:
We already have confirmation that our radio works with hspa+ outside of the US. I believe the real issue is trying to get HSPA/HSPA+ working on 1900MHZ AT&T (or in a TMobile refarmed area). This may get us closer, as the proper APN/setup info might be present on an AT&T rom.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ali_alex:
Boot in cwm recovery

Do wipe data /factory reset

Wipe cache

And reboot
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] OhMrBigshot:
Sorry because I was asking whether this might also possibly work for GNex, and GNex is I515 and he was talking about I535, I mistook the model he mentioned.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lair12:
Very cool development, but advantage is missing to me??

I think the ability to "convert" the Verizon phone to a fully functioning AT&T phone is quite amazing and ingenious.

But someone help me with a few unanswered questions: Does this get me anything more

when used overseas temporarily as a GSM phone overseas

than I would have using one of the mod features in this thread. A major downside that I see is that I basically lose my whole phone setup that I have carefully assembled (and spent hours on) to make the switch to an AT&T GSM phone.

Any reason I would want to do this for temporary travel purposes? Where do the advantages lie?

And of course the other question we all must be wondering is "How do you get a I585 CHEAP ??" I'm hoping that this swap ability would not lead to stolen phones with bad ESN's being used on ATT&T without consequences.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ali_alex:
I bought it from a local store second-hand at a price of galaxy player with original packaging ...

probably his owner sold it and when he returns to America says he lost on vacation and gets another free .. is a method commonly used ...

... well not have to justify myself to anyone ...

And the advantage is for those who own it in Europe .. . and believe me there are many ... plus you can buy at half price compared to a i9300 here and it's 2 times better with Krait and 2GB RAM
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mybook4:
Discussion of insurance fraud is forbidden and outside the scope of this thread. This thread has useful info regarding the roaming capabilities of the i535 and I'm sure none of us want to see it closed.

The next step is seeing if someone could borrow an at&t sim and see if flashing an at&t rom allows for hspa/hspa+ on at&t. It's worth a shot.

What frequency does Vodafone operate hspa in ali_lex's country? I believe 2100Mhz and 1800Mhz work internationally, but at&t operates on 1900Mhz.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] newuser134:
I got this phone to work on T-Mobile's EDGE (2G) for the first time by modifying the file containing the APNs, with a rooted stock VZW rom, and since then I've been very eager to try to get the AT&T HSPA+ to work on it, which was my original goal. Then I bought a $50 prepaid AT&T microsim plan, just to find out that either this phone didn't get 1900 MHz or that AT&T prepaid plans didn't include 3G or H+. Unfortunately the prepaid plan has expired now, and at the time we hadn't got the unlocked bootloader yet and couldn't flash an AT&T rom. Since buying another AT&T prepaid plan may not allow access to their H+, it may just be a waste to do that again.

I'm just short of flashing this AT&T rom and go to the nearest AT&T store (without my phone's back cover of course) and just ask to borrow one of their store "contract" post-paid type microsims for a few minutes just to see if their 3G or H+ will work on our phone. I also urge anyone here with a VZW version SGS3 to try to borrow a friend's AT&T sim after flashing an AT&T rom (if willing to take the challenge to flash an AT&T rom), or go to their nearest AT&T store to ask if they can temporarily use a store sim, just so we can confirm this. Anyone see any reasons why I shouldn't just temporarily borrow a post-paid AT&T sim from a store just saying that my phone has an issue and I want to eliminate the cause of the problem being the phone by trying an alternate sim? I don't have any friends that have a 3G / 4G AT&T account right now. I'm open to other suggestions for trying to get an AT&T post-paid sim just for a few hours to try this. Our goal is to get this to fully function (voice, sms, mms, 3G and HSPA+ data) with a domestic gsm provider, and it has no effect if we keep confirming that yes, it does work on foreign gsm networks. I want to get to the bottom of this.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ali_alex:
Vodafone,orange ro work at 900 ^2100 and cosmote 1800 ^2100

on these frequencies works perfectly

if no signal captured on at&t you must try radio for i747

I forgot to mention that with the tutorial in the first post I had only 2g signal

I hope it's Helpful
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ac21365:
This is hopeful news hearing the AT&T rom works! On my phone, I did get voice/data/text working on both AT&T and T-Mobile, though no WCDMA, unlike O2 in Germany where WCDMA 2100 worked like a charm.

Would you mind using the Field Test menu and see if you can screencap your Verizon phone using WCDMA on a band other than 2100?

Cheers
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mybook4:
Flashing an AT&T rom and kernel is one thing, but flashing any lower level partitions (i.e. radio/modem) is another. I don't recommend flashing an AT&T radio. The radio is one of the first partitions in the boot chain. Flashing an AT&T radio could hard brick (i.e. No download mode or recovery access) a Verizon GS3.

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I think it's a great idea to ask for a post paid sim at the store! I read that and face palmed for not thinking of it myself.

Explain that you are thinking about switching and would like to see if their sim will work on your phone (technically we all might switch due to the removal of grandfathered unlimited data).

When flashing the AT&T rom (before going to the store), when changing the cwm updater-script, make sure the rom zip only flashes to partitions mmcblk0p14 (system partition, i.e. where the rom goes) and mmcblk0p7 (kernel boot.img). Flashing over any other partitions may cause problems (or potentially a hard brick). Might want to use the same ROM ali_lex used.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ogxjason15:
I just tried this on my S3, and was only able to get EDGE on AT&T (I have a AT&T line). I did not have to enter any new apns...as it was already in the phone (from the ROM). I used the AOKP rom. It seems like we still need a AT&T radio flash, because I had to switch it to "WCDMA Preferred" in the settings to get the GSM options in the settings.....it had CDMA settings.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mybook4:
Thanks for trying!

Might not want to flash the AT&T modem. There is a good chance you'll brick the phone. Also, I would think that it isn't just the modem mmcblk0p1 that would need to be flashed. I imagine all of the mmcblk partitions would need to be flashed as some of the cellular data may reside on partitions other than the modem.

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I know this is a long shot, but was anyone else in another country able to get hspa/hspa+ working on 1900Mhz (not 1800Mhz or 2100Mhz)? Are there even any gsm carriers operating outside of the US who operate at 1900Mhz?