yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
Does your computer detect the device at all? Have you tried on a different computer?

When you insert a SIM from a different carrier, do you get a prompt to enter the network unlock code? If you are not prompted, you'll probably have to flash back to stock.

BTW, the ATT s3 phones are identified as the i747 while Canadian variants are identified as an i747m. Even though the hardware is the same, the bootloaders and modems are not always interchangeable.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] thejoerider:
I get an error code, even with another Sim, I have been told that I must go back to at least 4.1.2 however I know that my pc connection relates to a bad data port ( charges fine) so I'm looking for an alternative to a physical Odin connection, would Mobile Odin help me downgrade to a stock bootloader and rom?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
If you are on the 4.3 bootloader, do not attempt to downgrade as this could brick your phone. You could try using mobile Odin to flash a stock 4.1.2 ROM. If you have a 4.3 bootloader, older modems will not work with the newest bootloader.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] yorkeandvedder:
SD card blues

I've upgraded to CM11 (M6) (partially) because I'd heard that CM11 would support exFAT formatted SD cards. Since then, my 64GB external SD card showed up under "storage", but only at "0.00 bytes" capacity. Lo and behold, then I find out that you'd have to flash a kernel that supports exFAT as well. So I got ktoonsez's KT747 kernel and it still only sees "0.00" as the card's capacity. I can't seem to find any settings that need be changed in the kernel's tweaker app. Am I missing something? the card shows up just fine in my PC
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] crazymonkey05:
Have you tried a third party app like astro file manager and see if it sees it?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] greatnessmcawesome:
My GS3 phone is rooted, with no ROM flashed. I have removed much of the bloatware and have a few root-only apps installed.

What will happen to the phone if I allow automatic OTA updates to occur? For example if KitKat gets pushes through on my carrier what will happen to the root access, the bloatware I've removed, and the root-only apps?

Is there a potential for bricking?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] deathdread:
Hi, I've googled around but can't find a working answer. I'm on stock (rooted) 4.3 AT&T, and I can't figure out how to change which shortcuts are on my lock screen. I know I'd done this before, but I can't find the option to change it now. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

//edit: I found an answer. The lock screen method must be set to "Swipe" to change the shortcuts. The settings options are disabled on other security options, but the changes will remain.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] chewingum16:
try this and see https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.sdfix

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hi friends:

I installed yesterday carbon rom 4.4.3 .. and after I wanted to restore my data (i747m telus stock rom 4.3) and oops I can not delete files in storage/emulated/0 and also I can not save photos on external sd card please help me to solve this problem thank you very much!!!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Blunt31:
Have a question about Android 4.3. Right now I'm on 4.1.2, and would like to flash a 4.3 rom on my device. Can I just flash a 4.3 rom on there or is there going to be bootloader incompatibility?

AT&T

GS3-I747

Wicked Sensations v5.0
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] pandasa123:
I'm on the d2att and only get Edge data connections. I was on the 4.2.2 firmware and put an AOSP ROM. This has been happening to me on all AOSP ROMs
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] tj_ona:
Signal Drop

Im running the at&t I747 D2LTE and since upgrading to 4.4.3, via a custom rom, i am getting signal drops. Can anyone help me with fixing this? I heard that if you flash back to a TW rom it will help, but i was wondering if that is the only way to fix it. I just dont understand what that would do. Also, why does this happen. Any help would be much appreciated.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrrocketdog:
ok, here's one a little late and prob. in wrong thread.lol.

android 4.3=selinux permissive

android 4.4=selinux enforcing.

read a little on google about it being a 'security' feature and did an xda search.

anyone feel like 'dumbing this down' for a newb?

any help or direction to look is appreciated.

err on the side of kindness

edit: found xda article. thanks though for a great community where ALL questions can be asked.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] aircooledbusses:
So what did you find out??

How's that for a question?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrrocketdog:
this from docholiday:

(he'll be your huckleberry)lol

err on the side of kindness
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] wassa112:
Update to Kit Kat on rooted SGH i747

Hi, I am trying to update from 4.3 to KitKat on my rooted SG3 SGH i747. I have tried twice now and both times I get the "Install Interrupted" message after the phone reboots. Do I need to un-root the phone first or use Triangle Away and reset the Flash Counter? And IF I need to reset the Flash Counter what are the chances I will brick my device? I read a few blogs with people saying there are issues with downloading the update on the SG3 and others have said it installed with no problem. Any help would be much appreciated.

:confused::o:confused:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
Have you tried using Enewman17's method posted in General?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] wassa112:
I have not. Would you mind posting a link to the thread?

:fingers-crossed:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Bazinga_:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2789917
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] wassa112:
I'm glad this is a thread for "stupid questions". Thank you for the link!!

After reading it over a few times I'm hesitant on trying it. I'm not that advanced when it comes to this stuff. I was able to root my phone successfully a year or so ago, but that was only to recover a few lost files. So my "android" knowledge does not go much beyond that. Do you guys think if I un-root my phone or reset the flash counter that the update will work or is that thread the ONLY way. I guess I don't understand why the updated is being interrupted in the first place. I've never had a problem updating in the past. Grrrrrrr :confused::eek:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Bazinga_:
It's ok. I was rom flashing junkie(j/k) before. I bricked my phone and i had to spent about 100 bucks to fix it

So now I just root stock os that's about it.

I am in the same boat as yours. I have counter cleared but afaik if you have warranty bit set ota update not going to work...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
You can try this thread instead if you want.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2788012

Warranty bit should have no effect on getting the ota. Only matters if the status is custom.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sbs8331:
I've been running 4.4 Roms for quite a while, most recently SlimKat and Carbon 4.4.4. I mostly work out of my home with wifi, but one issue I've noticed for a while when away from wifi: If I have a non-LTE signal, 5 bars but with no LTE, H, or H+ indicator, my phone won't connect to the internet. I can still receive calls but can't send or receive emails or use the browser. The "Mobile network settings" have "Data enabled", "Data roaming", and "National data roaming" turned on. For the two Roms above, the options for "Preferred network type" are"LTE (recommended)", "3G", and "2G". The first one is what's selected. Is there some setting that disallowed internet for slower connection speeds? Thanks.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrrocketdog:
f2fs help.

hello XDA, i have been trying to find some 'newb' friendly info on getting f2fs. have googled and searched xda (pretty good i thought). can anyone provide a link or info?? would greatly appreciate it.

have an att s3 i747 running Quantum v.5 QK 6-28 and twrp recovery 2.6.3.1.

thank you

err on the side of kindness
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] icewebber:
Hi,

I am now living outside US and I have an UNLOCKED S3 i747 and I wanted to update my 4.3 to Kitkat 4.4. Unfortunately, AT&T dont push 4.4 update if you don't have an active AT&T account. Is there a quick and safe way to update without going through AT&T servers?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
There are a few threads in General that have the ota.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] blad3runn3r:
Unless ur phone is rooted that update is not a benefit, im not rooted yet, i just updated to kitkat and my phone reboots randomnly 5 times a day or more, the battery drain is insane, the changes to the UI are negligible, i dont receive anymore notifications from google+ or gmail in my notification bar, there is a persistent and irksome notification every 2 seconds from my gallery that requires a sign in and agree to upload my pics to the cloud(which i wont do) it just goes on........
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] winosxbuntu:
are you on the official AT&T/Samsung 4.4.2 stock or a modified stock rom? i might help :cool:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] demonflame5:
When I flashed a rom, my android version changed from 4.4.2 to 4.4.4.

I can't find any stock roms for 4.4.4, is it okay if I use the 4.4.2 stock rom to go back to stock?

And can I use TWRP to flash to stock or do I have to use Odin?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] NotQuiteANoob:
only 1.5GB of RAM on GS3 i747. What happened to missing 512mb?

Hi. I've searched hi and low and I can't find any mention of a model or variant of the S3 i747 that has 1.5GB of RAM. I bought this ATT S3 used and it all works just fine. The Screen is 4.8" measured with a ruler so it's not a mini version. I just can't figure out why I have 1.5GB ram when every spec sheet I can find states it should have 2GB. I've attached screenshots from CPU-Z. Is it possible I have some Frankenstein phone where it was "refurbed" using parts from different models?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
Its just showing what is available for the OS and apps to use. The rest is reserved. Perfectly normal.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrrocketdog:
is there a way to change font color when texting/typing on android mobile? any direction/help is appreciated.

searched xda and google , no luck so far. thought i would ask here.:confused:

err on the side of kindness
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] irish.iolar:
**I got a quick question** I havent flashed a new rom since like mid 2013, I was running Intergalactic rom 4.1.2 with ...MG2? (i think) modem. I wanted to update to a newer rom, the s5 rom or tasks rom, so I need to flash the newest modem then flash? Or do I have to do something with Odin?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
You need to be on at least 4.3 or newer firmware.

Follow enewman17's thread in the General section for how to update.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] unknownusername:
Didn't want to start a new thread and this thread looks appropriate for my questions

Currently on Telus SGH-i747M. Recently updated from 4.1.2 Stock to 4.4.2 I747MVLUFNE6 Stock OTA. Rooted with towelroot and TWRP 2.8.0.1 installed

Just wanted to confirm that

1.) Enewmans S3Rx 4.0 TouchWiz 4.4.2 UCUFNE4 will work with my device. or other roms like task650/cm11/dirtyunicorn 7.8?

2.)Are there any limitations to the ROMs I can install? From what I've read I can't use ROMs older than 4.3

3.)I'm confused on the bootloader/modem limitations. Am I unable to change from my current NE6 to others?

And do the roms that are titled with NE4 (which seem to be quite the majority) change/come packaged with a bootloader/modem? Will modified touchwiz roms be any different? I'm pretty sure they don't include them and are ROM only right?

4.)If I wanted to restore/backup my current stock NE6 a nandroid of boot/system/data will restore everything from before?

Some of these questions have been answered in Enewmans ROM page but I just wanted to double check. Thanks in advance and for reading all that.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
1. Yes. S3Rx will work.

2. You can flash any and all roms available here. On 4.3 roms you may need the MJ2 or kt747 kernel if WiFi doesn't work. Older roms will work, but no guarantee they'll be bug free on the newer firmware.

3. You cannot downgrade your base firmware/bootloader. Only flash the same or newer than your current build.

Roms should never include bootloaders, modems or any other part of the base firmware. I've never run into one so you are pretty safe from this happening. NE4 roms are simply built from the NE4 system.

4. Correct
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] unknownusername:
Thanks for the help. S3RX flash went super smooth. Can't post in the dev thread with sub 10 so I'm going to leave this here.

After some research, seems like bugs from from previous versions s3rx 3.0 have surfaced again with my NE6 bootloader/modem. I'm assuming NE6 is either newer or a Canadian only thing?

1.) Wifi only works with ktoonsez kernel.

2.) It's stuck at WCDMA preferred. No amount of changing through the list of preferred network modes changes anything. LTE popped up when i first booted the phone and put in the Telus apn settings but once it switched to wcdma it loses lte permanently.

I know NE6 isn't supported but I felt like I should share this info for others who might have the same issues as me.

Edit: And there's a really really annoying semi-permanent carrier label in my status bar now that's almost always present if nothing is in notification bar. Got no clue how to remove it
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
Can you post a screen shot if that carrier label you're talking about?

Not sure about the WCDMA and LTE issue, I'll post a link to your post in the thread and we can see if anyone else is having similar problems. One person mentioned something similar in the t-mobile thread though. I'm thinking it may be kernel related, but I can't be sure right now.

As for WiFi, I'll try to remember to make a flashable NE6 kernel you can try. PM me a reminder if it looks like I forget.

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Oh, and NE6 is basically just the I747M version of NE4.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrrocketdog:
:delete:

err on the side of kindness
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] chrisdaniels33:
Anyone losing data connection using the latest Beanstalk 4.4.4.065 (dtle)?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
I've heard several having this issue. Apparently the latest base they are built from has something wrong that doesn't allow it to work with the modem. Something to that effect...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] skleper:
att s3 on tmobile - slow data

Recently bought AT&T SIII (unlocked) for my girlfriend. She is on tmobile and she started complaining about very slow internet. I confirmed it via speedtest, we were getting way less than 1mbps, so definitely not a 3G speed.

it is not a coverage issue

it is not a bad sim card issue

We went to tmobile office and tried another sim card, no luck. It couldn't even find the network at all. With the original sim card it could take 10min to get the network. Then we put at&t sim card, got the network but it was just as slow as tmobile's.

So, I am assuming the phone has dead/damaged/disabled antenna. Any other thoughts? Is it fixable? (i'm pretty good at soldering)

Everything stock. 4.3. APN settings are OK. (slow internet was from the very first time she started using the phone, it took her 2 weeks to realize that something is not right.)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
The ATT s3 does not natively support AWS which may be the problem.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2344627
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] skleper:
This is it!!! Thank you very much!!:good:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Right2Bear:
Getting all the crap off my phone during a flash

So, I have been flashing roms trying to get something that has working bluetooth for my headset. I have flashed three or four roms in the process. I have been doing a wipe data, a wipe cache partition and wiping the davlik cache. Using ClockworkMod recovery v6.0.4.7 how can I clear out all the wasted space? I have like 1 gb of space available now and I keep most of my important stuff on the external sd card along with my backups etc... I tapped on the mounts and storage button just now but which of the options would flush out the phone of all the wasted space on it and allow me to go back into cwm and re-flash the rom if needed?

Hope it's not too dumb of a question.

Thanks in advance.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
Are you talking about doing a TRUE Factory Reset? Do you want to wipe all apps and data, including the internal SD card? If so, choose format data. If you factory reset from a custom recovery it will wipe everything but internal SD.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Right2Bear:
I have been doing the factory reset to flash. I guess its the internal sd I need to wipe. I think I asked somewhere before how to do this but its lost in a thread somewhere.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
From recovery. In the Wipe menu, choose advanced and format data.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Lt1streconbn:
Don't upgrade that far all at once! There's already a few threads on this on every device I believe lol all have similar answers.

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Maybe not... An AT&T device on TMO can only hit 2g I believe, but even with the AT&T compatible Sim card you're still only receiving the 2g bands they share. TMO, ATT, VZW all use different bands. If TMO is the predominate company there get a TMO device or you're stuck I believe. The same is true in reverse because I had ATT device with TMO card in an ATT area... All 2g :( Get NET10 and get an ATT compatible Sim from them... You'll hit 4g LTE :) I do it here with ATT devices and NET10 Sims that are ATT compatible.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] GMCsw:
First Stupid Query..

Hello, I am new to this site and here is my first question for you all.

1. How do I get rid of all the boxes that appear on the left of my screen blocking the text so I can't read it?!!

I looked through the settings etc. and no joy.

2. I have an ATT SGH-I747 S3 I bought in the US last year. I am currently in South America working and recently bought a Tab4 for work. I have come to find out that the wifi-tethering will not work. The device is bone stock.

My carrier says the phone is broken!! A tech service said that my carrier does not in fact have a 4G network and that is why it will not work and a root would be required. I have toyed with the idea of checking out some new and better Roms but on the fence about the whole Root thing. My main goal if possible is to enable Tethering between my S3 and Tab4. I have tried several apps that claim to resolve this issue to no avail.

So it's time to appeal to the Guru's. Any help will be greatly appreciated. :good::good:

Thanks.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] burndog 1213:
I have a Boost Mobile Samsung Galaxy S3 that I recently switched over to Page Plus Cellular. I can no longer send mms messages, but I can send text messages with no smileys in them. I deleted the crap messages app they included. I keep getting the pop up message that "No APN is specified on this device. " I have downloaded a APN Changer from Google Play Store. However, I have no idea what to put in the fields required.

I'm starting to think going back to Boost Mobile or rooting to get their garbage off my phone? Page Plus doesn't seem much better either!

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This phone doesn't have a SIM card input or I would have already fixed it.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
If you're using the SPH-L710, have a look in the Sprint s3 forum here: http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3-sprint
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] gfinockio:
Stupid question time!

I've been running a custom ROM at 4.1.2 for the past year, and have found it meets most of my needs. But lately I've been thinking it's time to upgrade to the latest and greatest. Problem is - I have that "free" carrier unlock on my phone, which I think I'd lose if I upgrade to 4.4.2...

Advice? Is it worth moving up to KitKat if it means I lose my carrier unlock? I need to be unlocked at least once a year, but I'm wondering what features I'm missing out on by staying at 4.1.2...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
The unlock is permanent. I have unlocked 3 i747m phones and 2 note2 phones using the free method. All 5 phones remained unlocked after running OTA updates to KK.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] gfinockio:
So if I followed the method on 4.1.2: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2176719 and then I upgraded to 4.4.2 (including bootloader), I'd still be unlocked?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
You must be on stock 4.1.1 to make sure the free unlock method works. Some of the required unlock menu options are not available in 4.1.2.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] gfinockio:
I have already run the unlock on my phone - it's a question of whether or not the unlock "sticks" after upgrading the bootloader...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] macdofco:
Is there a way to install Tmobile wifi calling on an unlocked At&t phone?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
Yes, unlock will stick after upgrading the ROM and/or bootloader.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
If you are using it with t-mobile, maybe. You can try flashing one of the t-mobile stock roms.

If using it on AT&T, no.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrrocketdog:
:found:

err on the side of kindness
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sheaker:
Stock I747 4.4.2 - How to root/install recovery

I just inherited an ATT stock 4.4.2 S3 (info below). I just want to install a custom ROM like Task650. I have read through the FAQs but some are old and I am unsure of the correct path. I understand the bootloader was changed when 4.4.2 was installed. I am hoping someone can point to the correct instructions to ROOT and install a custom recovery on a stock 4.4.2 i747 (I assume Clockwork mod). Do I even need to root if I'm installing a custom ROM? Thanks!

Here is the link to my screenshot (it wouldn't let me embed the image).

imgur.com/V9LfOR8
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dawgdoc:
Most of the custom ROMs will install root when you flash them. First you would need to load a custom recovery with ODIN or Heimdall. Either CWM or TWRP should work, but check the initial post of your ROM of choice and see if one is said to work better than the other. (I just installed TMS3 4.3 on my SGS3 and had to change from CWM to TWRP for the install.) That same initial/original post OP