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[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] HigherSensation:
Hey xda i'm new to the Samsung Galaxy S3 but not new to rooting/flashing roms.I'm coming from the Galaxy nexus and prior to that the GS2.I have a few concerns and need some advice..Is rooting completely safe? I've been reading up on people losing there imei's after flashing roms and also about the flash counter..I've never had to worry about that those before I seen there's fixes but i'm still a little skeptical...I cant afford to hard brick this gs3 I still have the Gnex which i will hold onto but my primary is the T999..Any advice would be appreciated thanks in advance..
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mt3g:
Read and read is the best advice I can give you. There's ways to backup the IMEI in the dev section, and there is a way to root & flash w/o tripping flash counter.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1771687

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1801997
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] HigherSensation:
i've been reading but im holding back from jumping the gun,I wanna understand a 100 percent first..I spent the whole weekend reading but im still confused about the Imei's stuff,it seems complicated..I know not to flash any roms for the other variant gs3 unless it states for t999.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mt3g:
I rooted and flashed my phone within the hour of getting it... anything that you have read is old news and/or user error. Follow guides and you'll be fine, I've flashed well over 50 times (nandroids, kernels, modem/radio and roms) switched recovery through terminal, all without issue at all.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Lakeshow423:
Its safe to flash now. After rooting with Odin, just do a backup of your IMEI. These have been random, I personally have been flashing at least every other day with no problems.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
If I remember correctly you don't even have to be rooted to back up your IMEI. So you can do that first if you are paranoid about it.

Also just to be safe use TWPR instead of CWM recovery. Many people reccomend it and I actually like it more!

Either way though, i say don't let what is a relatively small risk keep you from the joy that is rooting and flashing!!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mysticfrog:
If ya have issues backing up your imei.. i hope this helps this is what i used

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQkUozRhGvw&feature=youtu.be

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btw.. the guy that has made this video hes made a few on youtube his name is moonfire711... FOLLOW him he knows his shizz.. thank him btw.. hope this helps
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] dkmdlb:
Welcome. Root, then flash the trinity kernel for some juicy overclocking, then install Google wallet. And for heaven's sake don't use touchwiz mmmkay?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] HigherSensation:
That was the plan i cant stand TW especially coming from a pure android phone....Im familiar with Trinity Kernels i've used them on the gnex they're awesome.I'm gonna root as soon as I get home,I already ordered a zagg screen protector and ringke slim case i know protection is minimum but im more worried about scratches since i rarely drop my phone.Thanks for all the advice seems like we have great support for this device both from the devs and the users...
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] sarni84:
Hey man whats up i also had the gnex now the wife has it running aokp and trinity :) the gs3 is awesome i would first before anything back your imei up there is a way without root. Then after that throw twrp on there it also mounts and uses ext sdcard. I would back stock rom up. I would recommend freegs3 and trinity kernel especially with spice (colors) you know what i am talking about : p i feel that the stock rom with all its features kicks ass. So i use that and cm10 but find myself coming back to freegs3 it has all stock features theres an ics theme i use which is awesome and in freegs3 op. Also on top of that there is a working google now where everything works including voice. So everything just works killer theme . Google now and trinity.....its a win win. Oh also running nova launcher...edit if u do trip flash counter by using a different root method use Triangle away...its by chainfire and worked for me i had one on the counter now it is back to 0 or no flashes...anyways no worries dude just read up and be careful. Also if u are going to listen anyone else listen to mt3g very knowledgeable guy. Good dude
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] tgamble160:
What does the flash counter do. Does it just void your warranty. I had the htc amaze before my gs3 and a g2x before that and I never even heard of flash counter before now.

sent via one badass kindle fire fueled by jellybeans
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mt3g:
Google it for a better answer but yes that's kinda what it does, it tracks how many times you've flashed something through recovery.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] sarni84:
Yes if u go to do a return or warranty exchange i think mainly samsung checks for warranty exchanges or if they have to fix something on your device. But now if u just grab triangle away from market it will erase the counter back to stock:)....which is awesome . Happy flashing

Edit...if u flash something through recovery you are fine it only ticks the counter if u flash an image through odin.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] HigherSensation:
Awesome thanks for the great advice,stock rom features with nova launcher seems like a good idea..Does anyone know if WhiteHawk will be doing the Juggernaut rom or he's gonna stick to aokp..I was a huge fan of Juggernaut on the GS2.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xdenwarrior:
I posted these questions in AT/T forum but got no answer probs due to lack of consumers actually using the official adaptor, so would love to ask u guys here since im really aiming at using the cable for presentations etc (and spent 50 dollars on it);

1) How do i fix the borders cut off in landscape mode when connected to TV?? If u look at youtube videos every user regardless of TVs have the screen bit cut off even thou phone's resolution is 16:9 720p?

2) Why does it display in 1080p not 720p (screen on galaxy s3 is 720p)? (my laptop using same hdmi cable without adaptor shows as 720p on TV) id like to be able to adjust it

3) My galaxy s3 heats up to 55 Celsius when playing with the phone and mirroring games. Is this normal? (although my alienware laptop heats up same also when connected to TV)

4) There is a abit of a lag between TV and a phone, the phone also seems to lag more when connected to TV (my laptop doesnt experience this)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xdenwarrior:
Bump
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gillius:
Most TVs default mode is to cut off the borders, I find that odd with HDTV because it's digitial. With the analog TVs they would cut off a little border because the edges of the signal weren't always of the best quality, and it makes the picture look a little "bigger" too. On my Samsung TV there is a "P.Size" button (picture size I presume), and I push that until "screen fit" comes up, which shows the full image. On other TVs I've heard using the HDMI port labeled for PC/laptops will come by default setup to not cut the borders, if it's not labeled that way it's normally the port that shares or is right next to the DVI port.

I have the 1080p display issue with the horrible lag as you've seen. If you come across a solution let me know, because it drives me nuts and some games are basically unplayable which is one of the major reasons I got my MHL adapter. For videos and web it works well enough, since a video isn't interactive you don't notice the delay.

The heating up is probably normal, a phone a very dense compared to a PC and doesn't have fans like a PC has, and I bet the display cloning and charging takes up a bit of power.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alexx910:
Just got my new sammy tv with mhl support and more stuff, but have the same problem as you guys. Choppy playback at 1080p30, that really sucks. It shall be at 1080p60. I will give it a try with the other 2 hdmi slots, maybe it will work then. If not, I'm screwed and have to sell my hdmi-mhl-adaptor -.-'''

Really not cool and I cant explain it to myself, why it shouldnt work :(((
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kcajjones:
It seems max output is 1080p30, yet the phone is really nice and smooth on a tv with 720p or 1080i, as it's 60hz. Really annoying that there aren't any settings for the HDMI output to simply select an output resolution!
[HTC Rezound] dsb9938:
This is the new update (post ICS) which adds Global Phone capabilities to the Rezound posted by MicroMod777 Sunday night.

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I have deodexed it, rooted it, added busybox, and packaged it up.

You MUST be on the ICS OTA firmware before applying this one.

It will not work without the firmware update that goes with it.

And while this is an update, you need to wipe everything before installing it.

Dev-Host: ICS Global Phone Update

Goo.im: ICS Global Phone Update

MD5: 0a19f571600007a81fcbc1cb731cb257

Dev-Host: ICS Global Phone Update Firmware

Goo.im: ICS Global Phone Update Firmware

MD5: 2a347e8bcac6a41489db899afbb19651

Enjoy!

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[HTC Rezound] dsb9938:
To install:

1. Put both files on the SDCard.

2. Rename the firmware to PH98IMG.zip

3. Reboot to recovery.

4. Backup.

5. Wipe.

6. Install the ROM. Do not reboot from recovery.

7. From a command prompt issue "adb reboot bootloader"

8. Tap Power to go to HBOOT and load the firmware.

9. Tap Vol Up to start.

10 Tap Power to reboot.

11. Profit!

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[HTC Rezound] zone23:
Thanks big guy its very much appreciated.
[HTC Rezound] dsb9938:
I am just big boned damnit!

:)
[HTC Rezound] 318sugarhill:
Confused on #7. I use a mac, and not fluent in adb commands in terminal on a mac. Is this a step from a computer, or can the prompt be done in Recovery?
[HTC Rezound] zone23:
The commands are the some in both Windows and OSX. In other words adb is adb.
[HTC Rezound] hgoldner:
Any thoughts on whether it will be possible to flash pre-OTA ROMs over the new firmware? (I did see on another thread someone encountering the mainver issue again, so I suppose we'll have to reset mainver if we do that).
[HTC Rezound] dsb9938:
Yes, it's done from a computer.

D

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[HTC Rezound] dsb9938:
I am S-Off, I cannot speak for S-On, nobody should still be S-On.

I can tell you that I did restore my ICS OTA backup and it's running fine.

D

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[HTC Rezound] jskolm:
It appears you are S-off, so mainver won't be an issue for you. :)

I am running Cubed 1.0.2 on the new firmware right now without any issue. I flashed the firmware last night just to check it out. And was waiting for someone like dsb to get this to use to play with :)
[HTC Rezound] fazbarulho:
First of all a big thanks for this, it was time.

Still that anoying warning in the lockscreeen, it would be great if there was a way of removing it.

Great job.
[HTC Rezound] dsb9938:
What annoying warning? This is an HTC update, not a home made one. There shouldn't be anything hokey with it.

If you switch to some other mode, it probably wants the right kind of SIM for that mode. Assuming that's what you mean.

D

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[HTC Rezound] king.james:
DSB can we just flash the firmware and then restore our ROM? I am on ViperRez, just want to make sure if I have to install the ROM along with the Firmware or if I can just update the Firmware by itself.

Thanks,
[HTC Rezound] dsb9938:
Far as I know. I'm running the new firmware with the ICS OTA ROM I made.

I won't move to this till I theme it.

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[HTC Rezound] live2die:
you must be on the official ics ruu to apply today's ota in order to upgrade the firmware，then can restore ViperRez，i am the same with you，and i did that，everything is ok.
[HTC Rezound] Evilmonstertruck:
You cant just download the firmware he has here and flash it?
[HTC Rezound] dsb9938:
No! This is an update to the OTA!

I will edit the OP.

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[HTC Rezound] Evilmonstertruck:
Oh ok.. I got you..

Thank you
[HTC Rezound] king.james:
Thanks for all of your work and time DSB!!!
[HTC Rezound] Abu-7abash:
This is awesome, great news. Now us global users can finally have a stable 3.6 build as a base!

One question though, I'm on the old gingerbread firmware so to flash this I should flash both files through hboot, correct? The 500 MB one first then the 33 MB, right?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] snip3r_e:
i am from Bangladesh & using Xperia RAY, can i get Xperia RAY Gingerbread 2.3.4 Bangladeshi ROM????
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] lokenok:
its .62 rom or .42 ftf

check stickys first

*sigh*

or just flash ics ftf not a must to flash a rom from ur country
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] snip3r_e:
2.3.4 Bangladeshi firmware

anyone, i just need 2.3.4 Bangladeshi firmware, i want to flash it
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] snip3r_e:
anyone please give me official 2.3.4 Bangladeshi firmware,
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] fneelav:
I'm also frm BD, i'm very much sure SONY did not build any specified ROM for BD

U can upgrade ur RAY to 4.04 (ICS) vai Sony PC Companion easily.
[General Questions and Answers] falatbar:
Hey i root my phone and now i need to unroot it beacuse it has update problems.It always says it has already uptodate.Please help me to unroot my phone.I searched a lot forum but couldnt find anything about unrooting Alcatel OT 995.
[General Questions and Answers] shomi1417:
If u use oneclick root do same thing but now u will have "unroot" insted of "root"....

I saw this on this forum...

Hope it work
[General Questions and Answers] IsaacNewton:
How does this work on linux? Is there a set of commands that can be applied via the terminal shell?

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The following commands remove the root applications.

adb shell
su
/system/xbin/busybox mount -o remount,rw /system
rm /system/xbin/su
rm/system/bin/su
rm /system/app/Superuser.apk
reboot

The update is downloading now. I'll report back is the phone updates succesfully.

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Well, the commands remove the root option, but the update still fails. I have to root the phone again and see if when I reverse the rooting process the phone will be unrooted succesfully.

Be back later.

For root: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=30252497&postcount=945
[General Questions and Answers] IsaacNewton:
Reversing the root commands doesn't really cleanse the phone enough to make the install of the update go without a hitch.
[General Questions and Answers] IsaacNewton:
Found it(for Linux):

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=31473787&postcount=1085
[General Questions and Answers] aleksandar.1:
You did the unroot procedure, and there is no problem with updates? :D

edit: and which apps are safe to remove? Can u please provide a list. Tnx :D
[General Questions and Answers] EliteFencer123:
you can try the GinderBreak install it in your phone and you should see there "Unroot" but you need your phone to set in USB Debugging mode.. :))
[General Questions and Answers] IsaacNewton:
Update went without a hitch as you can read furter along in the thread. :)

Aleksandar, there is a list on XDA somewhere.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zubieta:
I charged my S3 last night up to when it said 'unplug the charger' (100%) then I locked it and went to sleep (~2:12 AM)

When I woke up (~7:50 AM) it had like 47%, and its weird because the whole time it was 'locked', Mobile Data was turned off, Wi-Fi on, GPS off...

But I think wi-fi should not be an issue because my iPod Touch which was also 100% charged dropped barely below 95%

So, I think it maybe has to do something with Cellular Signal (signal in my house is very weak) so trying to connect to a tower uses a LOT of energy... so, is there any way to turn off the Cellular component temporarily without turning off the cellphone?

It sounds like a very random thing to do, but it bugs me that in some 6 hours half of the battery got discharged, even if the device was asleep.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jezaster:
Yes, you can turn off the cellular component : just press the power button, a pop up menu apears then select offline mode (the one with the airplane logo) and there you go .... to go online dice the same then choose online mode

Enviado desde mi flamante Samsung Galaxy S3
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zubieta:
Ah clever. Didn't think about Airplane Mode, hope it works

Its not like I need cellphone calls in my house at night, and its a ****ing bunker, signal is very weak there

Thanks awarded!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imranb_001:
If signal bars are full then there is a problem in either hardware or software. First update your software or modem to another version if that didnt solved your issue then take ur phn and demand a through inspection
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Passa91:
So I got CM9 stable working on the Galaxy S - it's brilliant. But it's missing the torch app, and in the widget selection screen, the option to have a button for the LED flash is greyed out.

I have a Nexus S which, after updating to RC2 a few days ago, also is missing the torch. It originally had it in the nightly I was running previously. Is this some weird design decision by the CyanogenMod team? How can I get that functionality in the stable ROM?

EDIT: I am a moron. Feel free to delete this thread mods. Or leave it here as a testament to my stupidity. In my defence, I was installing it on a friend's Galaxy S... I was not aware the device didn't have an LED flash. :'(
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Freddie_X:
lol
[Transformer TF300T Themes and Apps] CodeLion:
Good morning everyone...

Can anyone recommend a way to run SoulCalibur on my TF300? I've got the original ROM from the arcade version and I also purchased the Sega Dreamcast version. Considering that the Tegra 3 is so ridiculously powerful I expect there must be a way to run it...

I downloaded Mame4droid Reloaded but it didn't like the sound, and even with sound turned off it still runs at maybe 1/3 original speed. I expect that this is because of emulation, but honestly the original clock speed was what... 100 MHz? How can emulating that be so hard?

Thank you SOOOO much for your answer. My MAME dedicated PC went poof last night and I'm going through serious withdrawl.

Dave

If noone has a good solution maybe this could be my next project lol.
[Transformer TF300T Themes and Apps] rushless:
Needs CPU power, since the 3d is emulated and not true hardware doing it in MAME.

Dead or Alive is also slow using MAME. Plenty of games run normal speed, but almost all 3d games are slow. Too many proprietary 3d hardware platforms to emulate, hence all done with CPU. Very inefficient as a result.

You hit on it though, since to emulate any 3d game, it will need a 3d wrap made specifically for the game hardware used for 3d in the game.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hunter99507:
Hey I have a couple of quick questions on flashing. First question is what does Odin do? It looks like it flashes roms and roots your phone. Is that correct? If I brick my phone somehow can that unbrick my phone? Another question is what is the main way to flash roms on the galaxy s3?is it Odin? Clockwork mod? Twrp? Is twrp and good manager even supported on the galaxy s3? Thank you for all of your help.

Also I know that this is a subjective question but what rom should I start with? Which is the fastest and most feature rich rom with little to no bugs?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] watsa:
if you dont now know what Odin is you should not flash yet. You can flash a .tar Rom using Odin and a .zip using cwm. Most of the custom roms are available for cwm flashing. All the stock roms are available in tar format I.e. Odin flash.

Subjective ans to your subjective ques... The best Rom available is stock IMO
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Arsaw:
Odin cannot root your phone. Is just a software to flash .tar file into your phone. Most people just use CWM to flash roms.

There is no perfect rom. Just try flashing until you find the right rom for you.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hunter99507:
Can Odin unbrick your phone? Is the s3 brick able?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] watsa:
Odin can only flash .tar roms. If you call "being in a boot loop" a brick then yes Odin can take u back to stock. However Odin will not unbrick your phone.

S III is brickable however it is extremely hard to brick it
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnkhor123:
before update to ics i nid to root the phone first?

anyone can tell me detail?:good::good:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Immortalis:
No. Just flash 4.0.3 with Odin.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnkhor123:
THANKS

Thanks ya =D :good:
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] kosmarnik:
I boot my roms with magldr from the SD card. My current rom won't boot up, so I backed up the whole SD card and put in a fresh rom which works fine, but I'd like to get my PIM/SMS and app data back.

I know I can mount the android FS, but I'm unsure on what is safe to just copy over to the new rom.

I'm guessing app data would be the easiest, but where do the apps keep all the data? I'm guessing in a few places, and would like to be sure i got it all.

Thanks!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Nigeldg:
You could always try just copying the data.img of the ROM which didn't work, then fresh installing the same ROM, and replacing the new data.img which is generated with the one from the old one. There's a [slight] possibility that this could work. If not, then I think it's stored in a folder called android_secure or something like that, but wait for someone else to confirm before doing anything with that.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] beaverslayer:
I"ve done a lot of reading, but can't remember seeing this anywhere. If it's blatantly out there, I apologize. Here's the question: I have a couple of nandroid backups from 2 different roms and was wondering if it's ok to just flash back to any of them. I understand that I probably should wipe data factory reset first, just was wondering if this would be proper procedure. Seems like it would be a little too easy is why I'm asking. Don't want to start a trouble shooting session.

Thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] votinh:
My philosophy:

a. updating same ROM but different version, no need to wipe data.

b. coming from different ROM, it's a must.

c. regardless of what, if there is some flaky, FCs, hiccups, ......, full wipe is a must.

Honestly, I've never performed a Nandroid restore but if I do, I would do a full wipe (including format /system) just to be sure not wasting my time (for redo it again)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Pirateghost:
Nandroid restores do not require any wiping and you can bounce back and forth just fine
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] beaverslayer:
Thanks for the replies guys.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] spiralout1:
Does this include going from GB to ICS or JB backups and vice versa or just between the same?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Pirateghost:
Should be just fine going back and forth. Since this phone doesn't require any weird boot loaders it should work fine.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] spiralout1:
Cool, thanks. Reason I ask is I'm starting to miss GB for some reason :eek:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] idbl_fanatic:
Right now, I have a G2X with T-mobile, but I want to upgrade, my choices are the GNEX, or the SIII, I like the SIII because it has the expansion slot, and I use my phone as an MP3 player as well, just worried that I won't have enough room on the GNEX for my music.

What are some of the pros, and cons of these two phones?

I want to root whichever one I get, and possible put CM9 on it.

Thanks