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[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Alpha Geek:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-Mobile_US

Check out the wireless networks section of this article. You will see that even though they share some of the same frequencies. The devices and technologies that they provide on those frequencies are different. On my AT&T handset at my house I get tmo 4g LTE full signal. Problem is that comes in on the 1700 band that tmo recently acquired for aws h+ and LTE, which AT&T had always had all along. On a T-Mobile phone unless it is post-June 2013 you won't get LTE because the modem doesnt support that freq. On the other side of the coin. The 2100 band is being converted by T-Mobile into aws aka 3g. So although they are the same freq. They support different speeds/technologies. I love my AT&T phone when I'm at home but when I travel I'm always stuck on edge or 3g. Sorry it's really confusing I know. even more confusing to explain but check out the wiki article above for some clarification

Sent from my SGH T999 Galaxy S3. using the XDA app. If I have helped you out in any way. please click thanks. I'm new here and need help establishing my rep. ;)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] cameron3200:
If you flash something from a user here on xda just follow their instructions. To me it seems the dev-host file quoted in the OP for that ROM seems to be the way to go as it checks everything and updates it for you. Wasn't your original question about root issues though?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Shorty82524:
Thank you for your reply. I think I may have found a solution to get some better service. I flashed the modem and other files listed in this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2307204 using Odin and I instantly noticed better reception. Before, I could only get Edge service inside my house but now I get 3G/sometimes H+. I'm hopeful it will improve in other areas as well. Thanks for the clarification!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DMF1977:
The firmware modem zip will only update your modem and bootloader, it's not a ROM. The stock ROM that u linked to has to be flashed separately... :silly:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Cyanoid:
Hey! It's "HELP A NERVOUS DUDE ROOT HIS VIRGIN SGS3 DAY"!

Ok, here goes: I just got a Samsung Galaxy S3 on Virgin Mobile. I would like to root it but my head is swimming from all the complications involved. (rooted before but never had to deal with flash counters or lost IMEIs!)

I DO NOT WANT TO BRICK MY DEVICE! :eek:So…

Is there a SAFE way to root the Virgin Mobile SGS3? If so, what would that way be, please?! :confused:

Has the IMEI problem been solved by now? (I read that even an EFS backup doesn’t guarantee anything, as it does not appear to be in the EFS).

I have no idea what ROMs would be 100% compatible with my Virgin SGS3 since I can’t seem to find any specifying that. I might assume ROMs compatible with the Bell SGS3 might be, but I read the radio baseband versions might be different with Virgin Mobile.

(Mine says: I747MVLDF1. Kernel: “3.0.31-1189444-user". I recently updated OTA to android 4.1.2)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mewikime:
It was both. I wanted to update to 4.1.2 but I also wanted root. My phone isn't updating normally, so I was trying to figure out the best way to do both.. Update first somehow and then root, or root first and flash a stock rooted rom.

OK, that's what I'd come to after thinking about it for a bit. :)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] cameron3200:
There a many different ways to root your phone. The safest way really depends on you, your skill level and whether or not you have or care about your warranty.

There are many rootkits out there, these are considered to be the easiest method. However, rootkits really just automate what you could do yourself manually so many people opt to do the steps manually instead of trusting a one-click fix.

Also many people (myself included)choose to flash a custom recovery using Samsung's Odin tool and then use that custom recovery to install superuser binaries. This increases your flash counter so may void your warranty. This is also safe and easy.

Some people choose to use terminal emulator on their phone to be able to root after a few commands.

Then there is Chainfire's auto root method which is basically a rootkit type deal but made by a HUGE contributor here at XDA, I trust Chainfire's apps/ tools and so do many others.

You could even root your device using command prompt on your computer if you really wanted to.

My suggestion is to research and understand the different methods and then choose which is the best for you, your skill level, and your device.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] win2lin:
I have been searching for an answer to this as well. I have my At&t GS3 rooted and running CM 10.1.3 rc2 at the moment. I have already soft bricked it once due to flashing the wrong version of gapps. I restored it using odin, rooted it, and installed the current CM rom. I would like to try others, but am concerned about what I have read losing the IMEI. I have searched and searched for clear answer to whether I need to or not, but all the info I can find is from last year. Plus it seems all the methods I have seen do not work on the qualcomm devices. I tried one that was supposed to work but it failed saying that my phone is not "perm rooted" even though it is.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bigbrd222:
Where can I find the latest stock firmware? Links in sticky are dead.

Thanks
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] rappsody1:
internal store question

So after rom after rom on my device, my internal storage has become quite full, and I've deleted some folders but I'm nervous to delete others. I need to make a bit of room in my internal storage and it seems there's a bunch of leftover stuff which I don't know if I can delete. What should I go about doing? Thanks!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DMF1977:
Transfer it to your computer and then wipe. I just recently did this and I open up a lot of space on my internal! :good:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DelphinusMinor:
Now this may be the pinnacle of "stupid" questions. :p I have been flashing roms forever but there is one thing I never paid much mind to. How do you tell if a rom is touchwiz if it's not indicated in the name of the rom or indicated anywhere in the details?

Is there somewhere in Android that tells us this info?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DMF1977:
Ok, I was going to start a thread, but figured I'd post here first, so here's my stupid question.

First, I save all my bookmarks to my gmail, and I use the scrollable s bookmarks widget. My problem is, every time I flash a new ROM, every single bookmark that I have ever saved shows up and I have to manually delete like over a hundred that I no longer use. How do I delete these permanently??? I've tried deleting and then syncing my account, but that doesn't work? Any help is appreciated, thanks! :confused::eek:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] saj222:
Go here, http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/ enter your phone model.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bigbrd222:
Hey, thanks for the reply but that's not working either

Takes me to http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=9080 which is just an ad on top of a blue box (tried different browsers)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DelphinusMinor:
http://samsung-updates.com/latest-firmware/

This is the site I always use and the site I always give to people who need firmwares. Good luck!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] choochcaleb:
Hey I just rooted my phone using a mf3/ota root on my sd card and my play store stopped working someone help!!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bigbrd222:
This is the site from the sticky and the LK3 firmware link is down, but I suppose I can just get the LG1 and OTA, right?

Thanks
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DelphinusMinor:
Oh yeah, I don't think you'll have any issues.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] KLee811:
Is it just me or is group texting somewhat complicated?

Before I did anything to my phone (I just rooted and flashed my first ROM yesterday), I used the stock text/messaging app, and starting a group text was no problem. The issue was that when someone replied to that group text, the reply wouldn't show up in the group thread. It would appear in the individual's thread (even though it was sent to everyone in the group).
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] choochcaleb:
My play store keeps saying no connection! How to fix?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ecliff:
falshing keeps failing

Anyone know why everytime I try to flash Cm10 or AOSP it fails I have wiped everything before but it gets half done then fails and won't reboot I keep having to flash my stock rom back on re flashing cf and starting over again.:(
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DMF1977:
Bootloader updated to the latest?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] AshishPyala:
I updated to the latest 4.1.2 DMG2 firmware and then rooted and flashed cyanogenmod 10.2 nightlies. Is there a way I can get back to stock Samsung galaxy s3 4.1.2 if I needed to?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mumbo jumbo:
Anyone get two versions of the SD card with the same contents? I have extsdcard and external sdcard. Not sure how this happened I thought about deleting one but 1.not sure which one 2.wondering if its not that simple and will come right back.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jd1639:
It's the same thing, different name. Don't delete it
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mumbo jumbo:
I've never noticed it before is that a 4.3 thing? I'll leave it alone if its not gonna mess anything up.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jd1639:
It's the same folder, it's not using any additional space
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] lo113:
galaxy s 3 notification bar

have a sgh I747 running stock rooted android 4.1.2 im trying to remove my notification bar I'm willing to do anything to remove it EXCEPT USE AN ALTERNATE LAUNCHER ie. no adp or launcher pro , im willing to Change rom to get this but would prefer not to, can anyone help

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i have a sgh i747 (s3) running 4.1.2 I want the message icon at the bottom of my home screen to stop informing me that I have messages ie. wen I have 2 messages the icon that opens my text messages has a small 2 beneath it I want the "2" to go away and never return but I want to keep the Icon.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Corvetrims77:
Does anyone have problems with MMS in 4.3 Roms? I used to be able to turn my 4g off and it would automatically receive group messaging and pictures. I have tried use the auto retrieve function but it seems to not be working. Any advice?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jukiewalsh:
Okay so i just got my galaxy and when I went to flash cm10 I got the assert failed blah blah I need to update my bootloader. Now that I've figured that out my question is once the official 4.3 software comes to the att s3 in a few weeks how hard will it be to get it onto my phone and what steps will I have to take if I have a new bootloader and is there even a copy of the older bootloader anywhere?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DMF1977:
"When official 4.3 comes to the at&t s3 in a few weeks"??? Sounds like wishful thinking to me, as we just got the official 4.1.2 just a few weeks ago! :silly:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mashoo:
Slim Bean 4.3 Pie

___

Installed and camera doesn't work. What is the simplest way to fix this? I don't understand flashing kernals and all that. I was barely able to root my phone and get a custom rom on it.

Cheers
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jukiewalsh:
It's rumoured to be spotted on benchmark and in multiple threads I've read it's in the process and expected to be released by the end of September (but still i digress, probably wishful). But either way later on how will I return the bootloader back to stock.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Thenewguy1:
Having the same issues on illusions 4.3
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DMF1977:
Pretty sure there are no custom bootloaders, just because u are on the latest doesn't mean it's not "stock". I doubt that u will have to revert back, but I could be wrong. Anyway, there is a thread with flashable bootloaders if u do need to go back... :good:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Corvetrims77:
Ive been switching through ROMs, to see if any of them work. It seems that Tasks allows for the feature. Still unsure as to why it doesn't work on other ROMs
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Bruce Lee:
I use chrome internet browser and never have this issue. Have you tried chrome yet on computer and smartphone? I personally didn't know that gmail could save bookmarks.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DMF1977:
Yes, I've tried chrome, and I like it, I just usually stick with the stock browser on my phone, because it seems to consume less data... But thanks for the suggestion! I'm sure there's an easy solution that I'm overlooking? :confused:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Bruce Lee:
I just checked out my stock browser. If you use Chrome on your computer you can sync you bookmarks to the stock browser on the phone. I never use the stock one so thats why I didn't know. And they don't disappear when you change ROMs.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] chrisj22:
I'm having some major battery drain issues. I'm using hellfire and KTs kernel I have recently bought a used S3 which is what I'm using. On my old s3 that bad brand new I didn't have this issue. I'm just trying to be sure something isn't wrong with the phone. I attached some pics of my battery stats
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jukiewalsh:
As far as going back to stock can I just flash my original nandroid backup?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] danielhep:
Odin to Stock

I can't seem to find working links/instructions to flash my i747 back to stock with Odin. I know how to use Odin, but I can't find a working .tar file with the stock ROM. Anyone know where I could find this?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jd1639:
Sammobile.com. You'll download a zip. Use 7-zip to extract the .tar.md5 file from it
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bigbrd222:
Hi all, just to double check: I emailed ATT, got an unlock code, and successfully unlocked my phone. Can I now CF-Autoroot and flash roms without losing unlock? Thanks
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] crzygrmn:
Yes bigbird. You should not loose your unlock. Happy flashing
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] myzterray:
I have Att s3 that us currently on tmobile. Recently I flashed a 4.3 ROM and have no mobile data. When I reverted to my previous ROM I still didn't have mobile data. I flashed miui and got mobile data. I want to start fresh If I unroot my phone and flash stock firmware will I lose my unlock? I
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DMF1977:
Should be permanent...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] myzterray:
I ended up flashing axis again and chose t-mobile on the installation screen and now everything works!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DelphinusMinor:
Googling didn't turn up any useful results.

Here is my question. Can you use a Note 3 battery in the Note 2?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DMF1977:
Stupid question.... What are the stars for underneathe users avatar's? :confused: lol..
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bigbrd222:
How can I get Google Now on AOKP 4.3? I swear I saw a topic somewhere here, but I can't find it again...

Thanks!

e/ For anyone searching in the future: seems I had read a fairly old post. You can just launch Google app and it works!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] oldbbman:
They are on line
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DMF1977:
Not the signal by the user's name, the gold stars underneathe the thanks meter. :confused:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Bruce Lee:
My guess is no. I would like to say something about it though. I wouldn't use a battery unless made for the phone. The insurance issues/warranty issues will go against that I am sure. Its like putting a car battery into a motorcycle and hope its runs fine. just some food for thought.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] choochcaleb:
Help I have the network spoofer app and I keep getting this message.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DelphinusMinor:
I own the phone. Still, yer right, maybe I shouldn't be mucking around with it.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] irish.iolar:
[Q]

Is instagram video upload working for everyone? I'm on stock MG2 and it still FC's...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] joeg77:
Will I lose LTE after rooting?

This is my first root attempt, and I'm a little nervous. I have an AT&T Samsung Galaxy S3. It's an LTE phone. Will I lose LTE after rooting?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] choochcaleb:
Is there any possible way to increase RAM? Like can I take apart my phone and increase it somehow? I am on a Samsung Galaxy S4. Model number below.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DelphinusMinor:
As mentioned, you won't lose LTE. If on the chance you do, simply do another full wipe and then flash your rom and then Gapps again.

If all else fails, flash back to stock, or you can even try flashing different modems for your phone after flashing a custom rom, but I doubt you'll need to.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] oldbbman:
Ok got it.

They mean they have reached higher levels of thank yous than most of us mortals. :laugh:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DMF1977:
Well, that's not it either... Sorry. I've seen people with only like 30 posts and no "thanks" and they still have the gold stars??? Not a big deal, just wondering...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] chrisc60:
What does the acronym "pwn" mean? How is it pronounced?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DelphinusMinor:
"Pwn" was always a common typo when typing the word "own" or any of the variants of that word, because the O is neighbors with the P, the typo occured/occurs a lot.

Eventually people just started to replace "own" with "pwn" since half of the time they spelt it that way anyway.

The word is still pronounced as "own"(altho some people will say "pone"). It's only meant to be a modification of the spelling, not the pronounciation.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] captican:
One used to get stars for donations. Not sure it is done anymore(I have donated since and have not increased the number of stars.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DMF1977:
Thank you! Was driving me nuts!!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] samprocat:
I have donate In excess of triple digits. ..and that is long gone no stars fot that ...

I like to help hard working people on XDA.....
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] chowhoundb:
Technically it is possible, but it would not be easy and would take alot of research and very good soldering skills. There would also probably need to be software changes to allow the os to recognize the extra ram. So in the long run, not worth it.

Your best would be disable alot of the bloatware and apps you arent using. Also rooting and installing a lighter AOSP rom would definatly increase your available memory.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] samprocat:
Simple way is root your phone to gain administration access. ..keep stock rom get greenify app from market and you will have close to unlimited memory ram ...be cause with this app you will control what is running. ...and you can have ass many app's your storage can take. ....

Good luck;)

Success is never final

Failure is fatal
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] chowhoundb:
This is also a good route. Greenify is a great app to prevent the extra use of resources, but it does require root.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] samprocat:
Without root you only own hardware.... And OP system is own by your provider...

So do yourself favor and take full control .....:cool:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] :
No, not at all. I recommend using CF Auto Root for your specific model
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mashoo:
Waited quite a while but no response so a small bump. Appreciate the help.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] :
Maybe try running app and then under app settings, clearing the cache? I'm not so sure, but it might work...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ~wolverine~:
Try this
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Zzcaptainzorro:
First Mod Ever. Transparent Status Bar

I have a Galaxy S3 running the standard 4.1.2 Jellybean rom and I'm trying to do this mod make my status bar transparent.

My phone is not rooted and I have not deodexed (still unsure about what that means) any .apk files.

Here is the mod I'm trying to do, post #39 : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2102651&highlight=transparent+status+bar+mod&page=4

I was able to make backup copies of systemui.apk and unpack them. I found the first .xml file "tw_super_status_bar.xml" just fine and also was able to edit it.

However, when I try to follow the path: "/SystemUI/res/values/drawables.xml" I see no folder named "values" and therefore cannot access the file "drawables.xml"

Am I missing a step here?

please help.

Thanks.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] distracto:
gapps

Hi i am new here and have a canadian rogers galaxy s3, I747M. at one point in a late night frenzy i went and installed gapps. i have no idea what version, but now whenever my phone boots, it tells me it is upgrading apps and can take quite some time to boot up.

is there a way to remove the one i installed or a current one i should be using? how do i even know which version i have installed? too much wine and messing about with your phone is not a good idea :(

currently i am rooted, have stock rom, and teamwin recovery installed.

thanks in advance

edit: just want to add that my play store is version 4.3.11 ..... is this completely separate from GApps? the version goomanager wants me to download is jb-20121011-signed
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] brianray14:
FWIW, I have a galaxy s3 running a custom Rom (task650 4.3) with 65 user apps and at any given time I have a gig of free RAM.

You may be better off getting advise from galaxy s4 users :thumbup:

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It's time to get your feet wet! Check out either Slimbean or task650 version 4.3. Both ROMS are FAR superior to stock and it'll inherently fix your little conundrum with many added benefits

Edit: If you want to stay stock, check out Mr. Robinsons method. You can effectively flash this with Odin, stay rooted, remain stock and should restore your system files as they were before without wiping your data
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] distracto:
thanks, tried both CM and slim bean and when i install gapps, i cant get past a looping setup guide failed to start screen.

without gapps i dont have play store etc

im feeling noobish and multiple searches send me in circles...thanks for your help