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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mariod505:
I'm not sure if this is a "brick". I'm abel to get into recovery but anytime I try to boot, it just stays in the 4GLTE flash screen forever. I had successfully rooted it and loaded CM10, but then it failed the last nightly I loaded and told me I had unauthorized software, and now this...

I just tried going back to stock, but it doesn't help. The flash seems to work, but I get the same problem.

I'm seriously sad right now :(
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
Click link in sig...start with section 2 going back to stock , then root, then UNLOCK BOOTLOADER! Now you can flash cm10.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mariod505:
:( When I reboot into recovery (which is actually becoming tricky now - as I need to quickly hit up-volume before it normal boots), I don't see any options for wipe/factory reset. I do see the green 2D android though... but there are no options. I'm just in ODIN mode.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lazarus2405:
"ODIN mode" is download mode (with the 2D android background), not "recovery mode" (with a different, 3D android). In step 3, you held home+vol down+power to enter download mode, then pressed vol up to confirm. In step 8, you're going into recovery by holding home+vol up+power.

You don't have to be fast; just press the power button last and hold it until you get into recovery or download.

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The reason you got the "unauthorized software" error was that you didn't unlock your bootloader. You should do more reading to prevent soft bricks like this in the future. Next time, root your phone, unlock the bootloader, flash a custom recovery, reboot into recovery, and make a backup(!) before trying to install a ROM. :good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mariod505:
When I try that, it starts to go into recovery mode (and I see the 3D android), but then it boots up normally and hangs at the 4G LTE screen.

The background to this issue is that I used the Guide you linked to root (prior to bootloader being avail), and had CM10 installed. Everything was great and functional until I tried installing This issue has materialized after installed the privacy app (forget the name) which needed root and started cycle rebooting the phone. So I went to flash the latest CM10 nightly, only to hit this issue.

I never flashed the kernel - figured rooting through the initial work around the community had, would have been sufficient in perpetuity... oops :(
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mariod505:
UPDATE: I was able to get into recovery (the combo button timing is definitely more sensitive than before. ...and now it's booted up normally. THANK YOU!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] AttachedSilver:
Hi, I was wondering if anyone knew how to root the S3 after the latest T-Mobile OTA?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] colbyrainey:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1842142

I used this method today, but was already rooted before the update and installed it via Kies. You can probably modify the process a bit to work for you.

In Odin, you may have to uncheck the automatic reboot button, as the ROM tries to overwrite the custom recovery image with each reboot before you are rooted.

Sent from my rooted T-Mo SGS3

Be sure to use the thanks button!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
This actually is a simple thing to solve! Cybernook over in the Q&A brought this to our attention so big thanks to him!

When you install the update it included these files in /system

recovery-from-boot.p

install recovery.sh

Either change extention to .bak or delete and your recovery will stick permanantly.

From another member in that thread confirming:

*Edit: Worked like a charm. Gentlemen, we have the solution. Thanks due (and given) to cybrnook both here and in the guide

sweet.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Gregory.u317:
make a video please
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] AttachedSilver:
Yes, a video would be very helpful
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mrbmg:
Were you rooted before the ota? Did you already do the ota? If so you root with odin the same way as before. If you are rooted before the ota I would just suggest flashing wildchld rom that updates and keeps root.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] chrisram88:
Hey doc is install recovery.sh under system/etc/ cuz I only found recovery-from-boot.p under /system?

Sent from my SGH-T999
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Yes, sorry bout that. Should be:

/system/etc/install-recovery.sh

/system/recovery-from-boot.p

You can delete them or rename them with .bak extension. Either way should work. Remember you will have to reinstall custom recovery one more time, but that should be it!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] AttachedSilver:
I was not rooted before the OTA, I installed the OTA and now the old method doesn't work for me
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
I'm sorry to say I have no explanation for this! Can you verify your baseband in settings>about phone?

I actually have not gone this far with the process just yet. I'm testing some theories I have about the updates and how they work first.

I'm not quite sure which is "the best" root method right now but just read the first page and last 5-10 pages in the method threads. You should be able to see which has a higher success rate and go from there.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] bosco1986:
i want a flip case for my s3 under $ 15, i googled the information and found that Ego leather flip case is very good, Anyone had experience with Ego case before?

Check here: http://www.epathmall.com/Wholesale-...ng-galaxy-siii-s3-i9300-black-green_p263.html
[Galaxy S III Accessories] babyfriend:
I am afraid that this is not my love style, if i have to choose one flip case from Epathmall.com,

ROCK Forest Series Side Flip Leather Case leaves style seems better, i am thinking to purchase it for my s3,

any advice?

http://www.epathmall.com/Wholesale-...samsung-galaxy-siii-s3-i9300-leaves_p626.html
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 96blkgsr:
Looking for a little help for a friend of mine. Her E4GT is not rooted and yesterday she accepted the OTA update without an SD card present. I don't know what exactly happened but the aftermath resulted in her phone being stuck on the first splash screen. I booted into stock recovery and tried to apply the update manually but it aborts the install everytime saying:

Finding update package…

Opening update package…

Verifying update package…

Installing update…

file_getprop: failed to start “/system/build.prop”: No such file or directory

E:Error in /tmp/sideload/package.zip (status 7)

Install_package = (1)

INSTALLATION ABORTED.

From what I found this was caused by the system being wiped and then not being able to install the update because no sd card was present. She only cares about saving the pictures on the internal sd card because it has all her pics from her daughters 5th bday party last sunday. Besides trying to manually apply the update, I have also tried to adb backup but I get an error saying it can't connect to backup (apparently adb backup is a new feature to ICS and doesn't support GB).

I am looking for ideas to save her pictures and then wipe the phone and start over. Is Odin my only hope and will I lose the pictures if going this route? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks

Cliffs:

Not rooted, stuck on splash screen, have access to stock recovery and download mode, can't install update.zip
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BiffTirkle:
I would put the Phone in download mode and try a no data one click restore.

You could also try to install a custom kernel and recovery and use USB host in recovery to access the internal storage

From what I understand the internal storage shouldn't be wiped.

Don't kill me if I am wrong. Im

Fairly new to the e4gt so I've still got a lot to learn. But I'd give it a try. Since at this point the pictures are inaccessible you've almost got nothing to loose.

Good Luck
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] -EViL-KoNCEPTz-:
The internal storage acts like an SD card, it shouldn't ever get wiped except by the user doing a format of the internal. As long as you can get into a custom recovery, or booted into a rom anything on the internal SD will be intact. You can use Odin to do a full restore of a rom, Odin oneclicks are the easiest and safest for people unfamiliar with using Odin, or you can use regular Odin and place the el26+cwm kernel .tar.md5 in the PDA slot and flash it, once it starts to reboot hold power and volume+ until it boots into recovery and then you can mount the internal storage and transfer a rom.zip from the PC to flash in recovery, and also copy off anything in the internal SD you don't want to lose. If you use the Odin/kernel method the yellow triangle on the i9100 splash screen is normal and no harm has been done, this occurs when you flash an insecure kernel with a custom recovery via Odin. If you choose the recovery/kernel method to install a rom, make sure to wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache and wipe dalvik cache(under advanced options) before flashing the rom.zip :thumbup:

We are legion, for we are many.

Sent from the DarkSide of the GalaXy with a MEK device
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 96blkgsr:
Thanks for the replys guys. I ended up using ODIN one click kernel w/ CWM5 and booting directly into recovery. I tried doing a backup but everything kept failing and I could only mount the sd card as USB not the internal. So I ended just using adb pull /emmc/DCIM DCIM\ and boom all her pictures were copied to the same folder as my platform-tools (all 1750 pictures she had lol)

I searched as much as I could and was pretty sure ODIN would leave internal storage alone I just needed a little reassurance especially after sprint tech told her the only thing they could do was wipe the phone and she would lose everything. Thanks again :good:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BiffTirkle:
That's great news! I'm happy you were able to help her out!
[Motorola Photon 4G] Stray2thaB:
Hi guys, I was wondering if there is a 4G fix for an unlocked bootloader for the Photon?
[Motorola Photon 4G] Acvice:
Nope. And there probably won't be unless moto makes the photon unlockable with their new utility.
[Motorola Photon 4G] kreecher:
I believe I read that relocking the bootloaded on a stock rom fixes 4g... Haven't done it myself since my area doesn't have nor will ever receive WiMax based 4g service. You do this throud RSD Lite, the files you need are available from Lokifish Marz, you can find his stuff in this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1611911
[Motorola Photon 4G] R2DeeTard:
As far as I know you are right. You can unlock, flash a rom with a stock kernel, and re-lock to retain 4g.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Stray2thaB:
Thanks for the reply...
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Master_sk3:
You read the title correctly, it was leaked by tmonews and androidcentral a few hours ago. The question is would you switch to Tmobile for 4G HSPA+ data speeds with not cap or overages, I have to admit that im seriously thinking about it.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Cuppeerr:
Nah, I have faith in sprint
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] 00mred00:
No more throttle?

Still wouldn't switch
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Master_sk3:
I have faith in Sprint to but it is killing me to have to wait for LTE and on top of that i dont believe they started NV in my area. TMobile on the other hand has killer speeds in my area.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] DB13:
Sprint is lucky T-Mobile only has 2G in my town... My brother has the SGS Blaze 4G and when he has HSPA+ in the surrounding areas it makes me Jelly lol
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] COCODRILO45:
if i dont get 4 lte service here in chicago by november im goin to t-mobile fuk it!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] shook187:
Lucky for sprint they already rolling out LTE in my market and a few guys have already seen their phones 4g icons light up. If it wasn't for that I'll would had changed in a heartbeat.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] TaintedByte:
No go for me because T-Mobile is the only cellular company that does not offer a corporate discount with my job. So blah. Unless it would end up being cheaper, but I doubt it. Also we still don't know enough. Is it truly unlimited or does it get throttled?

Sent from my Nexus 7
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] mrjasenr:
I could never go back to T mobile. Switched from sprint a few years back, and T-mobiles' reception was horrendous. I said to myself, self, you'll

never go back to T-mobile. No matter what!!! And I mean no matter what.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] mbaseball3:
unlimited with yet another fee. Sorry but paying more fees to what comes standard with sprint....yeah I'm not leaving. I'll deal with my 5kbps download. I will survive this. Patients is virtue

Sent from my EVO
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] tech7:
That means vz and attached will follow to but we all know they won't they like to rip there customers off
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Rippley05:
I hope it's wildly successful... Competition is good.

I'll look into it, I'm so disappointed with Sprint lately... It's pathetic.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] bacidath:
Exactly this
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] dougm0:
I'm seriously considering switching in Cincinnati...service is so bad I can't stream any music at work and it took me almost 5 min to be able to post this reply due to my 20kbps download speed.

I know its a little more considering I would need two lines but if I actually have WORKING DATA instead of paying for absolute garbage its worth something.

Listen up Sprint this is coming from a 10+ year customer...get your act together.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] klbjr:
Yeah this news really got my wheels turning. Truly unlimited data, blazing fast speeds & looks to be cheaper. Only reason why I've stayed with Sprint this long was because of the data & they used to get the best phones but now their phone lineup isn't as strong & their speeds absolutely suck. I know people in Cricket & MetroPCS who have wayyyyy faster speeds at half the cost. With phones almost as good as the LTE. This may be a game changer for me.

Sent from my EVO using Xparent ICS Tapatalk 2
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] eXplicit815:
I wouldn't really consider this 'COMPETITION.' Instead, more of a rescue mission to save what's left of that terrible network.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] thronnos:
Ok the data is unlimited... So they say... But what about everything else? Sprint offers unlimited everything for 79.99 (who calls land lines anymore and needs more than 450 minutes... Really?)

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[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Genjinaro:
Sprint fan aside, maybe, if T-Mobile had better voice in the downtown area. I would like the option of having an unlocked phone + unlimited data.

My service with Sprint has been pretty consistent & LTE work has started in my city so we should go live in November/December. Plus everything is unlimited, sans calling the office & grandma.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] jimmyg41:
I've been with sprint since 98. That being said I would switch if I wasn't in contract. Sprint has had me waiting 3 years for "4G". Bought my EVO with promises of 4G in San Diego which never came true. Add the abismal 3G speeds that are slower than they where 4-5 years ago when I had my HTC Windows mobile phone. The only big thing stopping me from switching is the fact that I get a huge discount from Sprint through my employer (which isn't that big anymore since they only apply the discount on my primary line and not my wife's or my sister). That and my wife loves her Iphone which Tmobile doesn't have. Oh well...here's to hoping this vision thing works out.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] GETCASHMONEY:
I would switch if I wasn't on contract. It would be a tough decision between the one s and the s3. I love HTC but I need me a huge screen!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Quis89:
I'm often interested in these "promises" so many people speak on. Where were the 4G promises made by Sprint? And when were these promises supposed to come true?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] NissanNick:
Tmobile is awesome in my area.. Depending in when 4g is coming to flrida and what tmo will charge I would switch in seconds.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] KaoMinerva:
Does a anyone have a link?

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[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] `Ghost`:
a link to what? the past?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] arozer:
Is HSPA+ better than LTE?

And is it available in Atlanta?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Genjinaro:
No & Yes it's available.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] arozer:
Thank you. Then no I will not be switching.

I'm already seeing 4G from time to time on my phone. Only a matter of time (probly years lol) before it's available all over.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] regalpimpin:
hspa+ is glorified 3g. It's 3g with high speed packet access.

All those commercials you see, that say 4g, are basically a lie technically speaking..

But it does run fairly fast so they get away with it.

For me, I get 10-15 average down at my house, and finally saw lte at my parents place and pulled 20 down. More and more places around town seem to be popping up. I've never seen my cell phone bill anyway the last 5 years so hell, what do i care. Liking my speeds i've been pulling on lte though.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Riff76:
Network Vision is deployed In my area. 3G data all of a sudden became almost as fast as wifi over the weekend. I was thinking of jumping ship to tmo or att next contract. If sprint can only get the os updates out faster then I will stay with them long term
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] KaoMinerva:
You lucky bastard... Where are you located?

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[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Riff76:
The 626 area of LA. No LTE yet
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] KaoMinerva:
You're still a lucky bastard. You live in laker nation :banghead:

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[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] celticking:
No network vision in my area of 626.

Sent from my EVO.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] KaoMinerva:
CelticKing? Yet you live in laker nation? You're a dead man

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[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Riff76:
I'm in San Dimas, you?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] thronnos:
I'm in San Antonio and I think I'm also seeing a major boost in 3G speeds. The signal ranges deem about the same. But I've been able to play online mmo games AND stream anime off of one 3G connection. (if you know anything of sprint that's tremendously good)

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---------- Post added at 09:57 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:56 PM ----------

Basically what I'm saying is that 2 months ago I couldn't even watch a YouTube video off of 3G

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[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Steven 1:
San Gabriel valley (LA puente ) from time to time..guess I'm going to be visiting the grandparents more often to check in on NV :D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dale040205:
I recently rooted my E4GT using a Mac and the instructions I found here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1721229

I did this hoping to fix an issue with my phone randomly crashing and not being able to fully restart until I plugged it in after manually upgrading to FF18. That did not fix the problem, so I would like to go back to to EL29 using the instructions here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1433101

I know using a Windows machine you would use the download that doesn't preserve your data and you would be fine doing the downgrade. However, I know when I rooted with my Mac, it preserved my data. So my question is how would I downgrade with my Mac while wiping everything so I won't have any issues. I had read on another thread where someone had a issue downgrading with preserving their data. Thanks for the help.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] RainMotorsports:
Well before you downgrade one question is have you wiped /data (factory reset, though dont recommend doing it on stock recovery due to the super brick bug.) Wiping data will fix plenty of issues for you.

That said to downgrade to EL29 your going to want to wipe data or you will have nothing but a ton of issues. Heimdall the stock rooted EL29 tar from sfhubs thread (second post has the downloads for the tar, they are sfx 7zipped dunno about mac but u can use zarchiver on android to get the tar out of it.) - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1433101

The FF18 update has issues with retained data, but downgrading is even worse. If you wipe your data now you will lose all the issues that are not actually part of FF18. If you want to go back to EL29 your going to want to wipe data anyways. Super Backup which is free in the market will save your SMS, Call Logs, Contacts. Titanium Backup which isnt free for the good version will backup your apps and data.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dale040205:
During the process of rooting, I wiped everything attempting to install CWM9, but I didn't quite know what I was doing then so I ended up wiping everything. The bug still exists, which is why I intend to downgrade. You mentioned Titanium will backup apps and data. Would I still be able to do that with downgrading? Someone in another thread mentioned when you upgrade to ICS your apps are optimized for ICS, which leads me to believe I wouldn't be able to backup my apps.

Essentially what you are saying, though, is boot my phone in Recovery Mode, wipe everything (though I've not seen an option for the Dalvik wipe that others have mentioned), then flash using the ROM, Kernal, and Modem found in Section B of the second post here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1433101

Thanks for the help, it is appreciated.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] RainMotorsports:
You can restore your apps and the data for those apps on gingerbread, ice cream sandwich, jelly bean. Thats all fine and dandy just do not mix app and data versions. So always restore the app and the data for that app before say upgrading the app to the latest version. I have not run into any apps that dont work on both. But honestly the only apps u really need to save and or save data for is things like games which dont provide a way to backup save data and apps that are too much of a pain to configure.

I do clean installs almost daily testing various cm9 builds. Takes a few minutes to back everything up and a few more to restore it. Becomes routine when you test stuff, but you stock guys are usually not as used to it unless you test leaks.

There is a program for mac users like odin, called Heimdall. You can use it to flash the stock rooted tar. If you flash the no data tar your SMS, your apps will still be there. But chances are things will be as bad as they have been maybe even worse until you perform a factory reset. You will have root still using this tar, its the stock firmware but rooted and super user/busy box.

http://www.glassechidna.com.au/products/heimdall/

I would flash the full tar wiping data after having backed up contacts and sms with Super Backup and any important apps with titanium backup. Remember the app store actually has a list of every app youve ever installed so its not like your going to have an issue there. Its just things like angry birds you want to backup so you dont lose your progress.

You will not lose data saved to the external sd or internal storage.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sevenheaven31:
Hi All,

Can Someone Build a apk/tar of languages pack for Asean countries? or ROM developers to add in Languages and ROM which are suitable also for Asean countries?

Currently, i have installed every type of ROM from the Galaxy S I9000 Android Development posts. But mostly came without adding in Languages for Asean countries.

Thank you!
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] gibi310:
Not sure where to post this ans this seemed like the closest thing.

I was gifted a brand new Mytouch Q and I was looking around for root options or at least a forum but couldn't find anything.

If anyone can point me in the right direction it'll be a big help. Thanx in advance.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] K7Cobb:
LG/Huawei makes low end phones so the phones they have on here either have to be popular and or high end smart phones. U might wanna google what your looking for or u can look in the android dev section and goto the android software development and hacking. (Before i edited this i was still pissed that htc dropped the mytouch line and was thinking about that and typed that instead lol :p )