yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Deoxlar:
If you are already rooted and have cwm, you no long need Odin to flash tour roms. Turn your phone off, hold home +volume up + power button. When you feel vibrate only let go of the power button. You will be in cwm recovery shortly. Here is where you install your rom from zip.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Drike19:
I'm not getting this error with Odin I'm getting the error in cwm. Can you explain what that error means. Sorry I have flashed ROMs before but not on a gs3 and never run into problems with my nexus s.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ka24e:
My Questions Stand:

Are you wiping and formatting system before you flash? And what roms have you tried?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Drike19:
Yes I am wiping and formatting before flashing. I have tried the CM10 at the end of the guide, Ariel, and LiquidSmooth. All giving the same response.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] David Dee:
You should give twrp a try, I very much prefer it to cwm. To install, download goo manager from the market, open it, pull up the menu and choose install open recovery. It will guide you from there. Only thing is nandroids are not compatible between cwm and twrp so if you have any, you will need to go back to cwm to restore.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Drike19:
ran into the same problem with twrp, same message. any ideas as to why this isnt working?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ka24e:
I think you are getting bad downloads. What browser are you using to download the rom? Are you using IE/Chrome/FF or Chrome/Browser on the phone?

Change browsers, DO NOT use download managers, etc.

I'm willing to put $5 on that your downloads are corrupted.

Have you checked the MD5sums?

d2att

Samsung Galaxy S III (AT&T)	nightly	cm-10-20121030-NIGHTLY-d2att.zip

md5sum: 2df049479d6c977823dc5adb5b6bfca4 Short URL: http://get.cm/get/4xf

Source after a google search: http://androidforums.com/3758887-post45.html
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] android2.0:
this was easy and straight forward thanks so much

rooted and got touch CWM ....already made a nandroid...

NOW TO EXPLORE the possibilities.

works amazing for my rogers s3

thanks again

anyone know a good jellybean rom for the rogers i747??....im aware the update for rogers users is coming out end of november.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] girishverma:
Rogers S3..Rooting Question...

So i just want to make sure that using this method i will be able to update my S3 when official JB hits? I JUST want ROOT...no CWM or anything.. I don't want to install ROM's. I am just skeptical as i don't want to figure out why its not updating to JB 4.1 when it hits. I have done enough of this with Galaxy Nexus but Nexus lines phones are super easy to F around with especially with having official images and all...any feed back?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Randomsanity:
Bit of a noob here, but I've already customized my rom and used an alternative launcher.. will flashing this erase all of my settings? Is there an alternative root method yet?

Thanks.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Drike19:
I have been using chrome, I'll try another browser and see what the results are.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Drike19:
I tried the link you provided and got the following error:

symlink: some symlinks failed

E: Error in /external_sd/cm-10-20121030-nightly-d2att.zip

(status 7)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ka24e:
Your download is still getting corrupted or your external SD card is bad or the file isn't being transferred fully to your SD card before you unplug the phone.

I have no other ideas for you except the following:

1. Try and copy the file (re-download to your PC again) to your INTERNAL phone memory. Also, if you try the gapps package, does that fail with the same error?

2. Go through the whole root / recovery flash process again and follow the steps to the T.

Again, what model phone do you have and with what carrier? I want to verify this. Also you ARE using CWM right?

Something is being missed or the download is getting corrupted still.

My question stands, are you checking the MD5 sum of the download?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] islandboy_2000:
I tried this method numerous times last night to no avail. It just keeps on failing in Odin :( I had to revert back to stock firmware and needing root but afraid to try this again. Could it be a bad download although I had no problems actually unzipping the file?

If there is anything else I may be doing wrong please let me know.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ka24e:
Need more info, screenshot of it failing, error message? Etc...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ka24e:
Updated, added another method (easier flashable zip method) to flash the recovery image.

Cleaned up the guide a bit more.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mdotph:
thanks for the rooting guide for rogers s3

i just have a question. can i still update it to jellybean from rogers icanse its availble?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Sianspheric:
It looks like Rogers has released the Jellybean update

Anyone know where I can download the Rogers JB IMAGE?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ka24e:
In the original post or WWW.samsung-updates.com.

The one in the original post is pre-rooted.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jdz7t8:
Problem

Hey guys I flashed this on my S3 but now when my phone is "locked" and on the "unlock" screen the background is extremely pale [looks really washed out]. When I unlock and get to my home screen the background goes back to normal and get back it's normal color. Why is this? I attached pics. The S3 on the left is an S3 on ICS the one on the right is the one i just flashed with this rom.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] lap777:
I use AT&T clockworkmod 6.0.1.2 on my Bell i747m. Works great except for external SD.

Bell's stock modem is fine as far as I'm concerned, but I didn't get to try LTE yet, I'm not in a big city.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ka24e:
What model phone do you have (list both) and for what carriers. Also what pre-rooted image did you install? Is one still running ICS and the other JB?

Need more info.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Grospolina:
The "Ripple effect" lock screen option causes this. See here:

Ripple effect makes pictures washed out on lockscreen

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1768242

To disable it, go to Settings, Lock screen, Lock screen options, Ripple effect.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ka24e:
By following this guide.... probably should read it.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ka24e:
Added the new Touch and Non-Touch 6.0.2.3 ClockWorkMod recovery images on the OP.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Tankshell:
I was advised to "switch to the latest tw recovery." What does this mean? I'm rooted and running AOKP 4.2.1 on my GS3 i747

---------- Post added at 07:32 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:26 PM ----------

I was advised to "switch to the latest tw recovery." What does this mean? I'm rooted and running AOKP 4.2.1 on my GS3 i74
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] force70:
Im assuming they meant TWRP recovery,latest is 2.3.3.1. Similiar revocery recovery to CWM just better imo anyway.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Bwyan Benton:
Quick question, im on rogers stock rom jellybean right now. I rooted it with cf-root when jellybean was released. Can i just download the recovery from this thread and install it via terminal emulator like described in the OP? Or do i have to flash the root injected rom first?

Thanks

Sent from my SGH-I747M
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] lgsshedden:
install the recovery first, then you can use that to flash the zip for the Rom you wish to install

the main purpose of the cwm ot twrp recovery is to allow you to flash non-stock roms now that you have root
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Grospolina:
YES, you can safely install the recovery image via the dd command, since you're already rooted. It won't affect your root or delete any data, but you should make a backup anyway.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Bwyan Benton:
Ok thanks for that

But why the hell do i get pages of random letters when i click on the link in the OP to download cwm? :confused:

Sent from my SGH-I747M
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] BWolf56:
Download it with a different browser or on your pc.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Bwyan Benton:
Thank you sir....got it with chrome.

Sent from my SGH-I747M
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] proper69:
There should be a second method on here. This is how I do it if im going to flash a rom right away.

1: be completely stock or on a rooted rom.

2: make sure rom is downloaded to internal sd and that the s3 drivers are on your computer

3: open up odin, in pda put cwm recovery image, de select reset time and reboot

4: put the phone into download mode

5: connect to computer flash cwm

6: pull battery and boot into recovery

7: flash the rom on internal sd card and reboot.

Download goo manager and flash twrp if you want.

I prefer this method because theres no terminal emulator and its straight from stock to a rom. If anyones wants the cwm image I can post it.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] gephross100:
thank you! just saved me from bricking my phone.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ka24e:
Updated with new recovery 6.0.3.0 images.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] TTboy404:
Posted today..hmmmm.

Ok, I am looking for the Att version.

What is the difference in the "touch" and "non touch" out of curiosity. Is for the recovery? i navigate recovery with the volume keys...Rogers have a touch screen navigation for recovery?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] BWolf56:
You mean the changelog or the different between having a touch recovery and a non-touch recovery?

Changelog: Go see on the cwm website.

Touch vs non-touch: Using screen vs using hard buttons.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] prettyha8:
How did you update to v6.0.3.0?

I tried using flash_image with the .img file, no luck. I tried creating my own TAR and using ODIN, but no luck.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jproy12:
I'd also like to know!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] BWolf56:
Use ROM Manager if you wanna update it. (Don't use the app for anything else though!!)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jproy12:
Yea, did that, however, can't update to the "touch" version, tells me I have to pay for it, yet we can download it free from their website. How can I update to the touch version free?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] BWolf56:
Taken from the OP:

If that doesn't work, then I'm not sure. I use TWRP, which is updated through goo.manager.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jproy12:
^^ Tried that originally, but didn't work, I guess I'll stick with the non-touch version for now!

Thanks
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] tesseraction:
Helping friend put new rom on phone

So my friend has the rogers gs3 and other people helped him root his phone a while ago. They put a stock ics galaxy Samsung rom on. So he is rooted but no Cwm. Can I put the i747 Cwm on from the op without problems or if not where do I start
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] BWolf56:
There's no difference between the I747 and the I747m, it's just to say that it's the canadian version. So anything you find here for the AT&T will work on it.

Also, you can install TWRP recovery using goo.manager (from the play store) as a alternative.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] tesseraction:
Sorry I guess I could be more clear, I meant could you put a i747 Cwm on a rooted Samsung galaxy rom
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] BWolf56:
Yes. The recovery has nothing to do with the ROM (same goes for download mode).

You can grab ROM Manager to install cwm (non-touch) as a easier way to do it but uninstall the app once you've installed the recovery.

Once again, as a alternative recovery, you can get TWRP with goo.manager. Which has touch functions.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] tesseraction:
tried flashing the new rom but cwm won't allow it. His device thinks it's a galaxy nexus. No idea what to do
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] BWolf56:
Backup his stuff (can use Titanium Backup) and copy his files/pics and such on a pc or cloud sotrage.

Get Odin pre-rooted for his carrier (look in the OP), follow instructions to flash it. From there, install the recovery and finally, flash the ROM he wants.

Before doing all that though... Make sure he actually has a SGH-747 or SGH-747m. Otherwise, you'll brick the phone.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] tesseraction:
He has a mac so can't use Odin. Yes it's actually a the i747 I have no idea how his friends did this never heard of doing that. Can he use heimindall or whatever?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] BWolf56:
Heimdall* - And I'm not sure if it covers the S3.

Your best bet is to find a PC to do this on.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DonSagiv:
To whoever can help me -- I'm trying to use kexec to install CM10 on my SGS3, but i've been hearing that when you hard-reboot your phone, AKA battery pull/death, or using the power button, you go right back to the recovery. This isn't a problem, as long as I don't have to re-flash CM10 every time I boot, or I have no choice but to go to the stock ROM. I'd like to be able to either boot to the CM10 or go to my currently flashed version of CM10 from the recovery.

Any clarification on how kexec works on the SGS3 or any advice might help.

Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DonSagiv:
Bumping... could really use help here.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
Just reboot from recovery and it will bootloop a couple times then boot up.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lazarus2405:
Flash a recovery that supports kexec. You'll find this in the OP of the CM10 threads. Then make a backup, wipe data/cache, flash CM10, and flash Gapps, reboot. When your phone boots, it will appear to bootloop once or twice. Ignore it and give it a few minutes, longer after a new flash. Expect that every time. Once in a while, a cold boot may boot you into recovery. In recover, just tell it to reboot and you'll be back in CM10. That's all there is to it, for an end user. It won't force you to go back to stock, and you don't have to flash anything every boot.

You may have heard conflicting information from outdated threads. Before some smart cookies automated the kexec process, you had to do some manual flashing every reboot. This is no longer the case.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Zalithian:
In which cases would someone lose kexec and need to reinstall it?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
When u flash back to stock.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jaymattt:
Or any rom.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
not necessarily...if your flashing a custom rom/kernel like beans custom stock, cm10, paranoidandroid, aokp, or imosyeons Touchwiz leankernel, kexec is always there...kexec is built into the kernel, cwm 6.0.1 is compatible with kexec.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Vorfidus:
Question though. Could cwm touch be modified to make it kexec enabled?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
I used cwm touch for the very first kexec kernel release(boosted v.1 https://www.dropbox.com/sh/mv3gz6skad1nsnx/-oUr708Bc2), where you had to reflash the emmc in recovery on each reboot in order to stay on the custom kernel. Not sure if cwm touch works for the later kexec builds...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DonSagiv:
Thanks! CM10 works beautifully on here.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] piiman:
There is a kexec cwm touch recovery some where here on xda.sorry don't have the link. There is also a kexec twrp 2.2 recovery but it didn't work for me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
yea i know, thats what I used in reference to my previous post.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Triskite:
would love the link, all i have is 6.0.1.0. if anyone needs a kexec (old) CWM, i posted it here:

techneesh.com/recovery.tar

err, looks like this post has touch kexec cwm?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1773514
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
let this thread die....there is no need to use anything kexec. stick to cwm 6.0.1.0 or 6.0.1.2
[Asus Transformer TF700] Blueback22:
I noticed last night that maps had been the highest battery eater on my TF700 (about 65%). I force closed it, completely recharged and now it's back (and at the top of the list no less). I hadn't even opened maps on this tablet.

Any ideas how to solve this?
[Asus Transformer TF700] cazber1969:
I have the same problem. Maps is using around 60 % of the battery. This seems to happen after I upgraded to android 4.1.

Not a very helpful answer, but just so you know you are not alone
[Asus Transformer TF700] Brujo64:
have you GNow enabled and the location service? this seems to be an battery drainer.

Brujo
[Asus Transformer TF700] cazber1969:
I have gnow activated I guess, and also allows google to use wifi for positioning. No gps on. Just disabled the google wifi positioning, so maybe that will help. Thanks!
[Asus Transformer TF700] cazber1969:
1 day after. I have not used my tablet much, but can no longer see that maps drains the battery anymore. Disable the google positioning seems to be the solution.

Before I disabled this, I could see that wifi had a lot of on/offs. Probably because google wanted to know where my tablet was.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Devicecustomizer:
4ext recovery Mode (touch based recovery)

its easier and quite safe recovery mode

below is the youtube tutorial on how to install it

watch?v=Ih5orslc-4M
[HTC Inspire 4G] Nick281051:
We know what 4ext is, and it comes with most roms it wasn't necessary to make this thread

Sent from Team Pirate!
[HTC Inspire 4G] The Remedy:
yes it beats using your volume keys like in a non-touch recovery program lol
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] AxAtAx:
Market issue.

Anyone getting this error code (Error processing purchase [DF-BPA-09]. free app, I can go get the same app off a Mytouch, no error message. where is the problem coming from? Getting annoying, or am I stupid.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] sohail77:
My galaxy s3 is completely stock so there is no wallpaper scrolling.... so where can i get full wallpapers without scrolling because if i use normal wallpapers the wallpapers is fitting only half on the screen.........

Sorry for my bad English.......
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Bucika:
I don't know if it's legal to post those kind of links here, so go to Google and write Scrolling wallpaper.apk and press search, the app was on the market for a bit, but it's off know, i don't know why.

Anyway that's the way i've got it and it works prefect! :)
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] jdevera:
Download quickpic on the playstore and use it to set your wallpaper
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lviv73:
All the roms except cm have this issue.All ya check your "Battery" in settings and see if "Media Server" process is eating up your battery.It should not be running period,but on my phone it uses 10-27 percent of my battery.

If your phone gets hot,most likely you have this problem.It usually starts after taking some videos or pictures.

Devs been ignoring this annoying problem,so i will throw in $20 to whoever fixes it.Hoping for other people to donate too.This is a serious problem on a lot of ics phones.But my Epic Touch 4g doesnt have that problem and Media Server process never runs on it like it does on my gs3-Thats how it supposed to be.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ascertion:
What rom are you on? To me it sounds like a corrupt media scanner. Apk.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lviv73:
I had it on Blazer 1.6 and now on freshly intalled Blazer 1.7.

Other people having same problem check out my other thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1803938 .

I noticed that everything is fine but after i took some pictures and videos my phone got real hot,came home and checked my Battery stats and my Media Server service is at 27%.

Even now after i put .nomedia in every folder Media Server is still 4%.On my Epic Touch ics Media Server process never runs.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lviv73:
I have no Media Scaner apk in my /system/app folder,why you do?I just freshly installed new Blazer 1.7.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ascertion:
It might be media provider.apk. possibly secmediascanner.apk or secmediaprovider.apk. I'd try wiping the device completely, redownloading, then reflashing. (You can restore data after since the media scanner/provider is a /system app.)

Edit: on the epic touch, the cause of this was a theme that had included a wrongly compiled media scanner.apk.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] hayzooos:
I'm on Freegs3 and don't have this showing up in battery at all. Do you have your media syncing to anything? Like an auto-upload to something, dropbox/box/G+/etc?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lviv73:
I always wipe everything 3 times,so that is not the problem.Maybe its just Blazer problem,or maybe i removed some apk that was needed when sliming down my rom.

Im about to try Sonic rom,i hear a lot of good things about it.

Oh and i said that i never have this problem on Epic Touch.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lviv73:
No my Sync is always off.Im trying another rom hopefully it will go away.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] pizzlewizzle:
I have 3% battery drain from Media Server on my phone.... I'm running FreeGS3... I havent triend any other ROMs so cant help you there
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ascertion:
I've been running blazer for awhile now. 1.7 since it came out. I have really good battery. Took it off the charger an hour ago.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dazednconfused:
Im on a stock based custom rom and do not have this problem either.

sent from my SGS3 while experiencing some Wicked Sensations™.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lviv73:
Mine is gone completely sinse i put .nomedia files in my folders.But when its not acting up mine was at about 2-4% but sometimes it would go high as 10-30%.

I noticed that taking picture and videos on phones camera triggered this behavior.

Read my other thread(link at the top) on other people having this problem,gotta be a solution.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] RPerry435:
Yeah nothin here on 1.7 that shot is with 29min of screen time from full charge.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lviv73:
Yeam,mine was good at first too but later got messed up.Did you try recording a video and taking few pics?Try that and check your battery few minutes after.

Im trying to figure out what triggers it.There are posts all over the internet on this,so far no body figured out a fix only .nomedia file fix or deleting your media files.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tarheelsmj12001:
No complaints here n im on Blazer v1.7
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Esoteric68:
No one ever wants to hear this, but, if you are having this issue across several ROMs then it's time to consider that perhaps it's an issue with your phone and not the ROMs.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ascertion:
I read you removed 40 apps or so from Blazer. Maybe you removed an app that's needed?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lviv73:
I switched to Sonic rom and removed more than 40 apps and i dont have same problem!I know what apps to remove from Epic Touch,I slimed Sonic rom from 850mb to 480mb,and everything works great and no Media Scanner issues!Hope it stays this way.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] master acehole:
Yea i don't even have media server showing on mine been on 9 hrs