yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ozzy_0310:
I'm hooked...But having Md5 error...

So I have to say I am hooked on rom flashing at this point. Today trying to make as much room possible I used some wiping zip and ended up wiping everything and I mean everything...Brick status...Luckily I could still boot into CMW so I was able to start from scratch and decided to flash Stockorama...I have to say I am loving this rom but my problem is I had saved a backup of my original rom to my PC from the SD Card just incase I messed up..Well when I try to restore to the backup I get a Md5 mismatch...Well I have no stock rom on the phone to flash back to as I wiped even the SD0 card...Yeah I wanted room. I am happy with the Stockorama Rom but there are some things in my backup that I would like to have back. Mainly pictures...So my question is the an easy fix for the MD5 error. I tried copying the Md5 from a back up of Stockorama to my original backup but I still get the error and the weird part is after I try the file changes its name to a pitchfork U looking symbol and creats a junk file. I am thinking it is from the reware MyBackup program. Which is worthless it seems...Well now you have read my latest novel...LOL...Thanks in advance for any advice...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] oddspec:
OK some simple advice TIBU accept no substitutes there a reason its the most downloaded backup app and I have no clue how to get ur nandroid to flash but maybe u can extract what u need from the backup with this https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.goddchen.android.nandroidbrowser
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ozzy_0310:
Thanks I was actually able to do it the long way by letting all the apps redownload from play...You will be seeing more poste from me...I'm having fun...Accidentally wiped everything I mean everything today using some wipe zip...like to learn the hard way...Yeah I know 'DUMBASS'...Luckily I still had access to CMW...so I flashed Stockorama and am back up and running....Nice part is I know have almost 10gb internal storage free phone seems much faster...Well until my next disaster...Md5 mismatch on my backup but thats a whole other post...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Bubba:
Just a suggestion ... If TWRP is available for you as a recovery, use it. You can select to ignore md5 and your nandroid would have flashed. Plus it's much faster and for me, more reliable.

Sent from my Big Ass Outlaw Phone
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ozzy_0310:
TWRP?

Can I run both CMW and TWRP or is there a way to install TWRP without bricking what Ive already done? Can I uninstall CMW so it does not conflict? Thanks in advance...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] oddspec:
No its one of the other easy way to get twrp is to download goo manager and click menu > install open recovery and it does the rest
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ozzy_0310:
So how would I delete CMW so I could install TWRP?

---------- Post added at 12:35 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:29 AM ----------

How would I delete CMW as its already installed?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] hednik:
You don't need to it will just overwrite what you have now
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Bubba:
But your nandroid made with cwm well not work with TWRP. It's something you will benefit from moving forward.

Sent from my Big Ass Outlaw Phone
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dlbjmb35:
Getting 4g on my Samsung tab 2 10.1 but not on my Samsung galaxy 3, why am I not getting 4g on my phone? I'm running the most current task and ktoonsez kernel. Any suggestions?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] oddspec:
Are u useing the PTA apn?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dlbjmb35:
Ya, that's the one I'm using. The tab 2 is using an apn called broadband. The at t rep said it is for tablets.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] oddspec:
Weird not surewhy that is happening I know it shouldn't be customer of.the rom u could flash a tw and see if its cuz pf aosp roms i have been told aosp vs tw that tw gets better speeds
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dlbjmb35:
True, I'll try that and see what happens. Thanks!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] OfficialDoughboy:
I need help tracking down an issue.

Phone keeps locking itself every week, I posted a separate thread before but I'll give a quick overview:

I got the S3 3 months ago, rooted the phone using this thread - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1739426 using the root66_ATT_I747UCDLK3.7z file. I also installed Titanium Backup (reason I rooted) and backed up all data/apps and have it on a schedule to run every day. All important data resides on the SD card. What started as a problem every two weeks, started happening every week. The phone would lock and reboot itself and then I would find the phone stuck at the Samsung logo glowing (after the ATT droplet logo animation.) I had to do a factory reset to get the phone back, then run a restore on Titanium Backup and I get the phone back up as it was before.

I got sick of this, so I finally installed TWRP and Hyperdrive rom last week, setup the phone and use TWRP to backup the phone. Also as a precaution I had Titanium Backup restart the phone every day after it does its scheduled backup.

Today I find the phone unresponsive. I pull the battery, and phone makes it to the lock screen and then blinks off blinks on, etc. Can not get into Safe Mode or get the phone to load the launcher. I use TWRP restore and then Titanium Backup to restore settings. Phone is working again.

Can someone help me track down what is happening. Is there something I can do to pull logs off the phone when it does this? Anyone have any suggestions as to what is causing this?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ozzy_0310:
Files on SD card keep corrupting themselves?

I recently deleted my stock OS on accident while trying to flash a new Rom...I was able to get into revovery and flash Stockorama V2...Now everytime I install files on my SD card say backups or Zips they are corrupting and changing names to something that starts with pitchfork U looking leter...I have formated the card but can't figure this out? I had reware My Backup Root Pro installed and somehow I thought that was causing it but I removed it and its still happening? I have enclosed a screenshot so you can see what the files look like...Thanks in advance for any help...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] eduardo_b:
I've used the same process to root one of my two S3s, and had no issues with it, but then went ahead and flashed a custom ROM without problem. Not familiar with ROM you are using and thus no idea about its kernel, but you might try wiping cache, dalvik and set permissions before doing anything else. If the problem persists or returns, you'll need more drastic action.

Either flash a different custom ROM (I prefer AOSP, but others will be fine) after resetting phone and user data or Odin back to rooted stock and start over. You will find that even after using Odin to flash rooted stock, you need to wipe cache and dalvik. Setting permissions can clear up kernel issues. Patience is good as you while away your time getting this fixed. It will be worth it. :)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] post-mortem:
Maybe try reflashing (updating) your recovery.

BTW, that character is the Greek letter Mu (pronounced myoo).
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] n_alvarez2007:
Battery Drain Issue While Idle on Stock Battery

Hey guys,

I own an AT&T Galaxy S3 with both the stock battery and a Hyperion Electronics 4200 mAh extended battery.

I'm a bit perplexed as to why the battery drains so much more on idle with the stock 2100 mAh battery in than does the 4200 mAh battery. I understand that one is twice the battery life capacity as the other but does this also mean that the stock battery will drain battery life faster while idle?

To give some perspective: with the stock battery in the phone was left overnight with all radios turned off except the mobile signal. The battery drained from 100% down to almost 89% over night. The next night I put the extended battery in with all the same radios turned off. The battery stayed from 100% until the next morning and only dropped 1% when I turned on WiFi which is expected.

Am I missing something here or should I just expect the stock battery to be miserably bad at idle power consumption?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] VashTS:
just a quick question ive never really looked into...can i use the audio output (ie headphones or car speakers) when im on the phone? almost every time I've tried my wife cannot hear me when i call. i can hear her over the speakers but the mic is then muted. its annoying when im driving listening to music, then i get a call and i got the unplug the headphone jack to get the call, and its gotta be on speaker phone.

also the same on google plus hangouts. if im on phone speaker, works great. if im on headphone jack, i can hear them but they cannot hear me. this is the worst feature for me, i had a samsung captivate prior to the s3 and it worked exactly like i'd expect it to. the s3 really took a step backwards with the way the hardware works. im looking at you MTP device you piece of trash.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] post-mortem:
The battery only stores and supplies electrical current. What matters in battery consumption is the actual drain, meaning how many milliamps are being drawn from the battery. Certainly, your sample size of 1 night for each battery is not a large enough data set to draw an accurate conclusion. If you did the test 3 times (total of 6 nights), and got the same results, then you're in business.

A faster test, though, would be to run BetterBatteryStats, leave the phone idle for 3-4 hours, then export a dump file. Do that for both batteries, and you'll have hard data you can reliably compare.

Keep in mind that batteries often have less capacity than what they're rated for, usually due to either age of the battery, or being counterfeit.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Blaze Frazier:
I am flummoxed with how my battery just drained recently. Still using CM 10.0 and I pulled it off the charger at 100% and four hours later, I'm at 4%. During that time I probably sent 80 texts using Google Voice and that's about it. Just completely drained. Not sure on how to move on from here since battery problems have been noticeable while using that ROM.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Death&co:
Hey guys, I'm looking for a guide to help me back up my IMEI number? I'm already rooted and have been flashing roms but I've been told it's best to back up the imei before flashing more.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ozzy_0310:
Using Samsung Kies with custom Rom?

Ok so yes I am back again in the stupid ? section. One thing I liked about being stock and rooted was I could still connect to Samsung Kies which was great for backing up personal data stuff. Well deciding I wanted to go custom I accidentally wiped my stock Rom from the phone. Luckily I knew enough how to get back into recovery so I installed a custom Rom (Stockorama V2) and now the phone works great. Lots of internal free space but I can't connect to Kies desktop anymore. Is there a fix for this? Or do I need to go back to a stock Rom? Thanks in advance...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] post-mortem:
See my post above yours regarding BetterBatteryStats.

There are several different programs which can accomplish this. Here are a couple:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1308546

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2195869
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jd1639:
There are several different programs which can accomplish this. Here are a couple:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1308546

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2195869[/QUOTE]

Twrp and cwm ?? Also allows you to back up the efs partition.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] xBeerdroiDx:
Follow the link in my signature. Cheers
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Bruce Lee:
I have never used kies but I would like to share some input. What kind of things are you backing up in kies? There are easier methods than kies in my opinion. I think some custom ROMS support kies but not all. You would probably have to go back to stock.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ozzy_0310:
I like Kies because with just a few clicks I could backup all my SMS, Pictures, Contacts ect. everytime I plugged my phone into the PC it was automatic. Now that I am hooked on flashing Roms I get too impatient wanting to try something out I will foget to back something up. (I know slow down and breathe...LOL...)...I am green but learning...I am now using Dropbox to upload my pictures. SMS Backup, Nova Prime Launcher, and of coarse Titainium Backup...Any advice to simplify would be welcome. I had heard of My BackUp Pro but I also heard it contains Mal-Ware?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Bruce Lee:
Looks like you got it covered. Lol you have like most of the back ups apps. I haven't researched it but you can look into something like that somehow links the accounts that you have already into one to simplify things.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bigal1542:
I just got a galaxy s4 and I have sold off my s3. I have everything from the s3 backed up with titanium backup on an sd card.

Is it safe to restore some of the apps onto the s4? It will pretty much be one or two games that I'd like to keep my progress and saves.

I will not be restoring any phone settings or data, only one or two games. The rest I will install and set up on the new phone.

Thanks!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] oddspec:
I do this every time I change phone just did this today as long as its user apps and not system apps or data ur fine
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] brianray14:
Is there an easy way to go about finding which bootloader you're running?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] oddspec:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=burrows.apps.rootchecker
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] brianray14:
Hmm, so baseband, modem and bootloader read the same? :confused:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] oddspec:
No clue I used that app to verify my boot loader for flashing when BL checks started didn't look or play with it much as my s3 was a later model and already came with jelly bean stock including boot loaders
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] brianray14:
I updated to JB through kies before flashing slimbean so that basically confirms that I'm running the latest bootloader. Reason being is that I'm still having GPS issues despite flashing task650, obtaining a lock and reflashing bean
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] BobMurray999:
Samsung Galaxy S3 AT&T SGH-I747 ==> cm-10.1.0-RC4-d2att

I am trying to follow a script to flash cm-10.1.0-RC4-d2att.zip on my SGH-I747 phone. I also have the gapps-jb-20130301-signed.zip file which I understand needs to be flashed also. The script goes like this:

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How to Install Custom ROM on your Samsung Android phone

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0. Phone must be rooted, then backup everything on your phone by whatever means you prefer.

1. Download, to your PC, the firmware ROM update file suitable for your phone. >> cm-10.1.0-RC4-d2att.zip

2. Download, to your PC, the Google Apps package that matches the ROM update file. >> gapps-jb-20130301-signed.zip

3. From Settings, Developer Options, enable the USB debugging option on your phone.

4. Reconnect your phone with the computer using the USB cord (may have to install drivers).

5. Using File Manager, move both downloaded files from the computer to your phone's SD Card.

6. Unplug the USB cable and turn off your phone.

7. Reboot into recovery mode by pressing on the Power, Volume Up and Home buttons

at the same time about 5 seconds until you see the tiny warning message then let go of all buttons

(may have to try a few times).

8. In recovery mode, the first thing to do is a wipe of your phone; select:

“wipe data factory reset”, then

“wipe cache partition” and

“wipe dalvik cache”.

9. Return to the recovery menu and from there and select:

“install zip from SD card” followed by

“choose zip from SD card”.

10. Install the ROM update zip file ,(from step 1) first and flash the ROM onto your phone. >> cm-10.1.0-RC4-d2att.zip

11. Return to the recovery menu and install the Google Apps zip package, (from step 2). >> gapps-jb-20130301-signed.zip

12. Select “+++go back+++” and “reboot system now” to complete installation and restore what you need from backups you created (in step 7).

Things seem to go south for me at step 9. I can't get the SD card or external SD card to Mount. I was using the ROM Manager app with CWM custom recovery for step 8. (I also have the GooManager app with TWRP recovery, or even a Stock recovery for the wipe steps, if needed). I did find a reference during my searches that said for the AT&T phones, the wipe steps must be done from a stock recovery or else "You will have problems"! I manage to bumble through the remaining steps and get a CyanogenMod logo with counter-rotating circles of light but the phone is locked up and I have to pull the battery to proceed. Any thoughts?

Do I have to use a Stock recovery to do the wipe activities in step 8 -- and then switch to a Custom recovery for steps 9 and 10?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] post-mortem:
Those instructions were definitely written with CWM in mind, but the process should work just fine with either CWM or TWRP recoveries. You shouldn't need to change out recoveries in the middle of this process.

What version of which recovery have you tried?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] BobMurray999:
both CWM and TWRP recovery

I have both ROM Manager and Goo Manager apps and have both CWM 6.0.3.1 and TWRP 2.5.0.0 recovery. I was using CWM 6.0.3.1 for this attempt. After the wipes at Step 8, both the internal and external SD cards were unmounted and I couldn't get them to mount again. Eventually, I rebooted the phone and let Android update itself. Then I went back to recovery and finished the remaining steps. The result was a CyanogenMod animated logo with counter-rotating circles of light but the phone was locked up and I had to pull the battery and reboot to CWM Recovery to proceed. I reflashed my old ROM and recovery and restored backups but some things are still a bit whacky. During the process I think ROM Manager updated itself and it is now unstable on my phone. ROM Manager has "stopped working" on me several times today.

You don't think there is any credibility to the reference I found that said AT&T phones should only be wiped with the Stock recovery?

Ditto for another reference about AT&T phones only using the manufacturer's USB Cable?

Should I NOT try to install both the ROM zip and the Gapps zip in the same recovery session? They both said they completed ok?

Thank you VERY MUCH for your response and I'm sorry to be such a dweeb/NOOB.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] eduardo_b:
Everyone has to start from the beginning...don't worry about it.

I have two I747s and both work fine with CWM. Using factory USB cable is highly recommended.

Wipe cache and dalvik, set permissions and see if that helps. Also wipe cache in ROM Manager. I have it on five devices and have never had problems with it, but I only use it to get to recovery.

I suggest not using one recovery and then changing to another. I have never had an issue with any version of CWM, default or touch version.

You should flash Gapps every time you flash ROM.

Patience and persistence will fix the issues...eventually. :)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] post-mortem:
In step 8, you wiped the Dalvik cache. So when you booted back into your ROM, the "Android is Upgrading" message came up because the system was rebuilding the Dalvik cache (which you just wiped). So that's normal & expected behavior, but unnecessary if you're about to flash a new ROM. That's why, ideally, you would flash the new ROM immediately after wiping.

Anyhow, I can currently think of 3 reasons why the new ROM didn't work:

The ROM isn't designed for your phone model

The ROM file was corrupted during download (check the MD5 checksum of the file, or just re-download it)

You didn't wait long enough for the device to complete initial boot after flashing the new ROM

Also, when you say that you restored backups, do you mean nandroid backups (i.e., backups made in CWM recovery)? If yes, that should replace basically everything, and nothing should be wacky.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] BobMurray999:
Thanks, good info

I will re-download and give it another try this weekend. I did retry it today but I got the same result. I think I must have a corrupted download. That would explain things. Many thanks.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sakdroid:
I sometime see a symbol like Eye on the top bar where it shows Signal,Battery info. It comes up and goes quick. Do any one know what this symbol is? I thought of taking screenshot but it displays and goes of quickly like 2-3 secs..

Do any one know what this is?

Appreciate your help!

Found the answer.. Its Smart Stay option under display settings.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] BobMurray999:
Flash Failure Again!

Sansung Galaxy S3 AT&T SGH-I747 running Android Jellybean 4.1.1

OK, so I have tried to flash three different ROMs with the same result -- I get a logo and a locked up phone on reboot. I let CyanogenMod go overnight and Cerberus and Liquid Smooth for 10 - 20 minutes each. Same result. Whatever I am doing wrong, I am at least consistent! A few questions:

1. I reboot to download mode and use Odin3 to reflash "root66_ATT_I747UCDLK3.tar.md5" to get my phone back alive. When it first comes up, I keep getting messages that "Google has stopped" about every three seconds. It goes away after I use Titanium Backup to restore all apps. Why is this?

2. When I start up Titanium Backup to restore things it always tells me my "ID" has changed and asks me if I want to restore my old "ID". What is this?

I often have trouble in recovery getting my external Sandisk 64GB Micro SD to mount. CWMtouch 6.0.3.1 recovery just says it cannot mount the card. This is where I keep all my backups and ROMs and such. Why is this? Is the 64GB too big for Android to handle?

Again, I am sorry to be such a NOOB but I am trying to find and resolve these things on my own. Any help is much appreciated.

SUCCESS! Its Saturday PM and I finally did things "mostly" right and have a "mostly" bootable phone back. I had cm 10.1 RC4 up and pretty stable for a couple of hours, then I got an upgrade that RC5 was available, and I got a bit cocky... So now I am getting the persistent message that "com.google.processs.gapps" has stopped.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] oddspec:
Sounds like u didn't wipe/format system or wipe caches and ur SD card is a known issue with android and also ROMs format it to ex fat 32 and should work and of course back up the card first
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Kilo__:
(Yet another bricked i747)

So long story short...

No installed ROM, TWRP shows logo, but then resets, I can get into ODIN mode, but computer won't recognize it (I get "USB not recognized)

I have...

Uninstalled and reinstalled drivers about 5 times.

Tried 3 cords on all 5 ports

Tried booting with usb plugged in, not plugged in, etc.

Tried praying to 4 different gods.

Nothing has worked so far.

Question time: How can I recover my phone so I can use it? Data is not an issue.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jd1639:
Try a different computer. My PC doesn't recognize my device but my laptop does. No idea why