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[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mtl171:
Stupid question time! After completely flashing a kernel, wiping dalvik/cache and fixing permissions, my phone stopped turning on. The phone would boot past the samsung and galaxy s3 screen and suddenly stop. I'm not sure whether the battery is low on charge (40% when flashing) or if I bricked it.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] AtoZ0to9:
Need more info... What ROM and Kernal?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mtl171:
Liquidsmooth RC9 running Ktoonsez (11/13). When plugged in, it boots to the green battery charging icon then dies.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] AtoZ0to9:
Did you use the AOSP JB Kernel and not the Touchjizz?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mtl171:
I did. Accidentally swapped kernels once but I was able to boot into TWRP and do a full wipe. Already tried to boot into recovery multiple times but I have yet to get past the "Galaxy S3" screen.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] AtoZ0to9:
Full wipe and start over... Follow the OP for the ROM then the kernal, use the AOSP JB version...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mtl171:
Huh? I said I did use the AOSP kernel and couldn't boot into recovery. Should I just use a USB jib and flash back to stock using ODIN?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] AtoZ0to9:
If you can get the Samsung screen then you can get recovery...

Hold Vol Up + Home + Power for up to 30seconds until you feel it vibrate, then let go of power only... You are not bricked, and don't need a JIG...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ZKornecki:
2 simple questions

Hi I have a ATT SGS3 rooted and clockwork mod. 1. If I use mrRobinson stock rooted image via odin will it erase the apps currently on the phone?

2. I keep reading about tripping a counter. What does this mean and how do I check it?

Thank-you

Zb
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] AtoZ0to9:
Yes it will erase your apps...

You can check the flash count by going into download mode with vol down+home+power and look at custom binary count
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ZKornecki:
Thank -you

my counter is at 4, what does this mean and how many do I get.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Delvisco:
iPhone user has questions

I'm an iPhone user and between rooting and jail breaking I have a few questions

Like iPhone waiting to jailbreak sometimes it takes months to come out with an official jailbreak

For new android phones that come out do you have to wait or does every android phone can be rooted on day 1?

I'm a themer so I'm spoiled to jail breaking. So far I'm not totally convinced about an android but in the future I know I can root

I am/would be interested in the future s4. Only thing I don't like about the s3 that I've been reading and you tubing is all the preloaded software (which can go away via rooted) and no offense but dumb features like palm swipe to capture a screenshot?! Maybe it's a feature you can have but ask yourself…WHY? What I do like about the s3 is the camera sees your still looking at the phone so it won't dim. Appreciate all the help. Just wanna get all the info I can

Thanks in advance
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] AtoZ0to9:
Theres no limit.... Use TriangleAway to reset it to zero...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ikjadoon:
Root vs superuser?

All right, here's a pretty basic one:

Rooting is simply having the superuser.apk installed, right? Rooting = superuser.apk? That theory is reinforced by

But, then, Chainfire says that SuperSU requires root already!

What....I thought installing SuperSU would give you root! Any help here?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bdithug:
I can't search the threads for this question because I use the xda mobile app so I apologize if this has already been asked.

All the roms in the Android Original Development Thread - are these all in formats that I would have to use Odin to flash? Is that what they mean by stock roms in the sticky? I'm just a little confused between the two different threads and how they differ exactly.

Thanks
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] smelenchuk:
Not quite. The other key part of having a rooted environment are having /system/bin/su and/or /system/xbin/su present and operational; those are the low-level programs actually responsible for granting programs root access, in turn interacting with the .apk to prompt you to grant access to those programs requesting root access.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ja3hawk:
Flashing between CM based roms and TW roms

Basically, I just want to know if I can freely flash between CM10 based roms and TW Roms with LeanKernel and (or any custom kernel meant for the i747) and using CWM v.6.0.1.2

Obviously, I would carry out the normal tasks when flashing between different roms - wipe data/factory reset, etc. Thanks for any insight.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] smelenchuk:
Assuming the ROM images are intended to be recovery-flashable (about the only ones I know of that aren't are stock images, rooted or otherwise), you should be fine doing this (just keep remembering to clear data, cache, etc.).
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ja3hawk:
Awesome - thank you.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ikjadoon:
I don't know about CF Auto Root, but you can flash the rooted JB in Mr. Robinson's thread (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1739426).

Do you have all the hardware, etc.? Or did it work on stock and not on CM10?

Check DavidDee's thread in the theme and apps section, something about 23 toggles in the tread title.

Wait, Mr. Robinson's method erases the apps? Isn't it just stock /system, /boot, /recovery, and /radio? I don't think it affects /data.

Ah, right! OK. So, /system/bin/su and system/xbin/su are the real you-have-root, but having superuser.apk/SuperSU.apk lets you grant access. Thank you for the clarification! :)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] cloud9x:
I'm going to assume my questions are fairly stupid and fairly obvious, but I really really want to make sure. Forgive me if it's been asked (a million times) before. I searched, found a few answers but nothing within the last few months so here it goes.

I got a Rogers S3, I-747M. It was on 4.0.x, and I flashed/rooted, using the NO-TRIP method pinned on the S3 subforum, 4.1.1 to it. I was doing this with the intent of installing Cyanogenmod, but realized shortly afterward that I could not do this at all without voiding my warranty (using CWM or any sort of custom recovery will trip the counter, as far as I understand). When I go to the download mode again, I am showing that I have official firmware and that the flash counter has not been tripped.

I would really like Cyanogenmod or other custom mod variants, but I do not want to void my warranty. Am I missing something completely? Does triangleaway work with 4.1.1? Does it permanently reset the flash counter?

If triangleaway does not work with 4.1.1, is it possible for me to 'downgrade' to 4.0.x and use cyanogenmod 9 on my phone? If, for instance, I trip the counter now and triangleaway does not work with 4.1.1, can I downgrade to 4.0.x and use it there to reset my trip counter?

Sorry again if/that these questions are stupid, but thanks in advance. I'm a long-time iphone user trying to jump into the sea of customization that is android!

Edit: D'oh, I think it's safe to assume, after having reviewed the triangleaway thread, that it works on the canadian S3s. Correct me if I'm wrong!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] smelenchuk:
Yes. (And 4.2.x, for that matter.)

Only insofar as you don't trip it again afterwards.

Yes, it's possible to downgrade in this fashion.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ikjadoon:
Actually, I do. Chainfire's AutoRoot works with the AT&T LK3 JB release, too! :)

See http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1963790
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] cloud9x:
Thanks! I've gone ahead with it. Cyanogenmod really knocks it out of the park when compared to touchwiz..
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] omf05:
Is there anyway to get a Browser similar to the Safari on iPhone?

As far as smoothness and loading time. My iphone 5 is so much faster.

And i ran some speed test with the same sim card and im getting 27-30mbps down which is the same on my iphone5.

Also is there a way to lower the keyboard sensitivity? I feel like it clicks buttons i don't want.

Sorry for asking noob question! I just made the jump from IOS to Android.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] juni0rz:
i have a question i like using the stock rooted roms like loserrom, UCDLK3, balckjelly just to name a few.. What i want is a aosp sms/mms app with emojis like the urban inception rom has, is there a way to flash and replace the stock messaging app? i just think the aosp one looks a lot better.. ive googled and havent found squat..
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] eddied042092:
You can try just getting the apk and replcing yours with the one from the rom you like. Just be sure to make a back up of course.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sn0w420:
I'm sorry if this has been asked before, but I read through a bunch of the thread and didnt see it.

I'm running a leaked stock touchwiz JB rom (not the official JB update). I am rooted and have custom recovery (CWM). Is there a way to update to the latest official JB update without losing my root, recovery, data, apps or settings?

I guess what I need is a custom recovery flashable version of the JB update... Any suggestions where to look?

My understanding is that the alternative to doing this is to flash a root injected JB rom via ODIN, and then re-flash a custom recovery, correct? This should retain all my data, apps, and settings?

Just want to be clear on what I'm doing before I go messing with things. Thanks
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] AntwanL:
I've been reading the rooting instructions and from what I understand that if I'm rooting from factory JB and want CWM recovery I have to trip the counter at least once. My question is, is the only way to not trip the counter and get CWM through rooting and installing CWM from an ICS firmware?

AT&T is still shipping mine so I'm not sure what they ship with and want to be ready. I've come to really like CWM, even though it's generally a very rarely used feature.

I asked this in a different thread where I asked about usb jigs but, is the recovery not integrated into the kernel for this phone?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] AtoZ0to9:
The recovery is in its own seperate partition... you can root and install cwm without tripping the counter... in the android dev forum use Mr Robinson's root no trip method...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] AntwanL:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1739426

That method states that if you're on a JB rom you have to trip the counter if you want CWM or any custom recovery which is needed to flash roms.

"On JellyBean versions, flashing a custom recovery will trip your counter no matter the method used.

To get clockworkmod recovery loaded so you can flash whatever you want, nandroid, etc then continue on...."

I guess it's self explanatory, if mine ships with anything other than ICS I have to trip the counter to get CWM, right?

Also, is the toolkit for SGS3 basically the same process? Meaning it'd trip the counter just like any other method if rooting/installing custom recovery from JB?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] AtoZ0to9:
Just wait and see what you get... Regardless, the counter can be reset with TriangleAway...

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I see nothing in that thread that says flashing the prerooted JB will trip the counter....
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] AntwanL:
Oh ok, I guess it just didn't click with me that the Triangle Away actually resets the counter as well.

"Second,

Extract the root66_xxx_.tar.md5 from the .7z file you downloaded.

Use Odin, put phone into download mode [with phone off, hold vol. down + home + power ], connect to computer and open Odin.

once in odin click the PDA field and select the root66_xxx_.tar.md5 you downloaded.

Leave Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time checked.

click start and

when done let phone reboot.

If you have issues flashing with Odin please ensure you are using the microusb cable that came with the phone, users have had issues using other cables.

If you just want a stock, rooted phone with no custom recovery, no plans to flash custom roms, etc. then you can stop HERE.

Third, (optional) On JellyBean versions, flashing a custom recovery will trip your counter no matter the method used.

To get clockworkmod recovery loaded so you can flash whatever you want, nandroid, etc then continue on....

Once rebooted you can grab a universal recovery that works on all sgs3 LTE variants from here: http://www.epiccm.org/2012/06/cwm-re...-variants.html

if you download this recovery you will need to extract this file (if you have issues extracting try removing the .md5 extension first) to get a recovery.img file and copy to your phone's internal /sdcard"

What I get out of that is that Steps 1 and 2 get you root and the stock SGS3 recovery, Step 3 gets you CWM or TWRP recovery but trips the counter if done on a Jelly Bean rom. Either way if Triangle Away resets it its not a big deal at all.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] AtoZ0to9:
My bad then... I don't really follow rooting techniques anymore, mine's been rooted since before ATT even had the phone in stock...

All that being said, follow the guide mrrobinson posted, and youll be rooted with a custom recovery... then use triangleaway to put it back to zero... any flashing thereafter with cwm will not trip it...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] AntwanL:
Thanks for all of your help!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] AtoZ0to9:
NP Man...

Not sent from your phone...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] AntwanL:
Still waiting on it to come and the SGS2 is out of commission
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Dannyvld:
Heey, i downloaded 2 zip filed and flash them with CWM but they dont work really good, any way to delete those (flash) updates??

Sent From My Rooted Samsung Galaxy S2 JB 4.1.2 (GT-I9100)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Bubba:
Did you make a back up prior to flashing them? If so you could nandroid back. If not, you could reflash your rom.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Dannyvld:
I restored a backup, doesn't work.

Sent From My Rooted Samsung Galaxy S2 JB 4.1.2 (GT-I9100)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] AtoZ0to9:
Waiting on what?

The files off your SD or flash something else?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Dannyvld:
I downlaoded 2 zip files, yeah on my SDcard, why?

Sent From My Rooted Samsung Galaxy S2 JB 4.1.2 (GT-I9100)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] AtoZ0to9:
Because your question was poorly worded... Didn't know if you just wanted to delete the files or flash something else... If you downloaded them with the mobile browser, they'll be in a folder called 'download'

Use a file explorer to navigate there delete them...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Dannyvld:
One of the zip files was a Multi-Window mod for S2, but it doesnt work very well, but i already delete it out my download map, but its still on my phone, it isnt a apk so i cant delete it........

Sent From My Rooted Samsung Galaxy S2 JB 4.1.2 (GT-I9100)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] AtoZ0to9:
Did you use the mobile browser to download these files?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Dannyvld:
Yeah.

Sent From My Rooted Samsung Galaxy S2 JB 4.1.2 (GT-I9100)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] AtoZ0to9:
In the download folder in your sdcard

Not sent from your phone...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Dannyvld:
Thats the problem, its empty

Sent From My Rooted Samsung Galaxy S2 JB 4.1.2 (GT-I9100)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] reluttr:
I was told that the email client included with the S3 was not the default android one and had reliability issues. Most notably with exchange servers.

Also I am glad to hear that about custom roms and google now. :D With the asus infinity you have to unlock the boot loader to install roms, and that voids your warranty.

One more off the wall question. In the leaked tmobile jellybean rom, is there a hardware button to trigger google now? A big thing I like to do with my current phone is to use the voice control to call people while walking. But to do this you must be able to trigger the VC without unlocking the device.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] lordmorphous:
I've used this on just about every ICS and JB Rom available for our phone and it hasn't failed yet: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1117452

If it comes back telling you it cant find the Exchange.apk and asks for it's location, enter Exhange2.apk or just hit enter. Both have worked for me.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] AtoZ0to9:
Looks like you email questions been answered....

There's a leaked TMo JB rom? guess I need to pay more attention, this forum has been driving me to off-topic lately.... but anyways, I would imagine it'll be just like s-voice on a stock sammy ics rom.... hold down the home button to bring it up.... and with custom aosp roms, long pressing menu can be assigned to google now with the launcher, and theres also market apps to remap keys...

launcher google now while the phones locked? there not gonna put that in a stock rom... people would complain....
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Kostazu:
Yup, that's the fix I was talking about in that other thread.

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Nice thread btw

Quick nandroid management question: can I just move the dated folder from /data/media/clockworkrecovery/backup to external storage and then back again when I want to do a restore from that backup? I have already learned the value of having a good nandroid for emergencies, but at 1.8 GB a pop, don't want to keep too many around on internal storage.

Side question: is there a way to do 'copy as path' in gui? Using solid explorer atm.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Android412:
I also wanted to know this. It seems pointless to have multi backups just taking up space, or even to Nandroid on every flash. Just as long as I have at least 1 backup it should do the trick...i would think.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] waiters:
I believe you can move folders back and forth but if you decide to rename folders, special characters and spaces might cause it to fail.

Regarding backups.. It's personal preference.

I tend to keep 3 backups or so. Then once every week or so ill backup again and delete the oldest one.

Then before I do anything special like new kernel etc ill flash before that also just in case.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Bubba:
I personally keep the rooted stock Nandroid and a Nandroid of my current rom in case I have a flash failure or bootloop and need to restore.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Froid:
I've personally renamed and moved mine plenty of times without fail using both cwm and twrp. I keep all my backups on external SD and ocassionally have uploaded to google drive or dropbox for safe keeping.

Gubment Cheeze
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] reluttr:
Is there a way to get replace S-Voice with Google now? XD

I mean s-voice works nicely and all... but google now is alot more reliable and charming.

Also does anyone know the best way to get music off a mac onto this phone? Like is there something like doubletwist for the s3?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] AtoZ0to9:
You'll have to flash an AOSP JB ROM, wait for an official JB Touchwiz or try this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1747224
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Rocket Nine:
Is there a way to have my phone call the contact I have selected by holding it to my face? I vaguely remember seeing this feature in a video. I'm using CM10 nightlies.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] AtoZ0to9:
The stock ROM is supposed to be able to call by doing that from inside a message thread... so being a touchwiz feature, it'll never be in an AOSP rom...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Pete7ate:
They already have.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] AtoZ0to9:
In AOSP?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Outlaw747:
Been lurking and lurking looking for answers to a few questions, finally broke down and decided to try posting here.

I'm new to smartphones, this is my first one, but I do have some decent computer skills.

I am running KyanRom 1.28 so it's stock modified running ICS.

First is there a way to replace the stock answer screen? I hate hate hate moving my finger in those circles to accept or decline a call.

Second is there a way to remove the default phone app so I can just use my DailerEx always? It always pops up with missed call notifications from that app. I have a root explorer app but the instructions I saw for removing default apps weren't very clear.

Finally I really want to try a whole bunch of different roms to find out which I like best especially AOSP based ones. However I struggle with getting titanium backup free to backup and restore the apps I use easily. Is there a better alternative? Or is the paid version much easier.

Thanks for anyone who bothers to answer these, I really love all the awesome stuff I can get for my phone on here. Glad I got this and not an Iphone 4S I love to tinker :)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ShadyAce80:
. TB Pro in my opinion is much better than the free version. Are you selecting the apps one by one or are you using the "batch" operations menu? Also one option I am trying as an alternative for app backup/restores is app2zip.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] TheFiveDots:
Probably won't happen, but it is interesting to note that someone has actually put this together already for CM9 (but it has not been added). So anything's possible: http://review.cyanogenmod.com/#/c/18747/
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] AtoZ0to9:
If it does make it in, I'm glad I'll never be using CM9...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] TheFiveDots:
That seems a little over the top. Why? What's wrong with the feature? Like everything, I'm sure you'll be able to disable it if you don't like it, like you can on TouchWiz.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] AtoZ0to9:
Sorry poor wording.... It's not because of that feature possibly being merged, just I've been using JB ROMs, whatever isn't included or still doesn't work either is something I don't use / care about or something that doesn't bother me... Nothing against CM9, I just won't be using any ICS ROMs... As long as it's toggleable, I don't care if if it makes it into something I use...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] AtoZ0to9:
Use a Root browser like Root Explorer or CM File Manager, or Root Browser (Lite)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] AntwanL:
Sorry I think I misread your sig....thats embarrassing...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] AtoZ0to9:
I'll probably still know... what are you waiting on for the S2? BTW This is the S3 forums...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Dannyvld:
Empty to on root explorer...

Sent From My Rooted Samsung Galaxy S2 JB 4.1.2 (GT-I9100)