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[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Larry2999:
You don't get OTA update from Kies. You get it, just as the name says ..Over the Air. You would need an active SIM card for the original carrier of the phone and a good Wi-Fi connection. It would, however, appear that root does affect the device's ability to receive OTA updates. Thankfully, there is always a manual update process for each announced firmware upgrade and upgrading to 4.3 is no exception. As you are still on 4.1.1, I would first advise that you free unlock the phone (if this hasn't been done yet) as you can only do this on 4.1.1. Thereafter, you have several options ... you can unroot via SuperSu; you can flash a complete stock image for 4.1.1 via Odin which will return your phone to full stock including unroot and installing stock recovery; you can also flash stock 4.3 via Odin or via custom recovery. To flash a complete and unrooted stock image for 4.1.1, you would only need to go to sammobile.com and download the Odiin flash-able file and thereafter flash via Odin. The two threads below should guide you on installing 4.3 via custom recovery and Odin respectively ....

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2658486

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2722660

To help your friend or prospective buyer have minimal problems with the device, the best option would be an unrooted phone with a complete stock ROM. Therefore, if they elect to tinker with firmware, it would be up to them

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Glad to know you were able to root your phone without hitch. Yes, rooting does affect the device's ability to receive OTA updates. However, 4.3 Jelly Bean is the latest official OS available for your device so you are current for now. There is news of an impending 4.4 KitKat rollout but, to the best of my knowledge, this hasn't commenced yet. You can indeed unroot with SuperSU. You can also flash a complete stock image to unroot and return to full stock including stock recovery. However, I wouldn't worry about that now. You may be sure that when an upgrade becomes available, the good guys in the development community would work hard to ensure that a manual update process is available.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DaddieDiesel:
sim unlocked s3 for use in South Africa?Which modem

ok so here goes. i have a att branded sim unlocked/ rooted and running stock s3 thats been in use on tmobile. it is now going over seas to a friend in need but before it goes should i change the modem? i have very little knowledge when it comes to gsm phones. ive looked in the international section for the s3 and the modems there are for the gt9300's only. any and all help is appreciated.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Larry2999:
You don't have to change the modem or anything else. As long as the phone is unlocked and your friend will be using it on a GSM network that transmits on compatible bands supported by the phone, there should be no problems. The i747 typically supports GSM bands 850/900/1800/1900 so your friend would need to confirm that their network transmits on, at least, one of these bands. If so, there should be no issues. Standard voice and text should work without need for any tinkering but sometimes data use may require reconfiguration of the APN settings depending on the network
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DaddieDiesel:
Ok...thanks for the quick reply. Now I'll have to learn how to reconfigure the APN so I can explain it proper like. Again thanks.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] resrevni:
Hi. Sorry to hear about your issue. I think my issue is similar and perhaps related. I was running the Task650 and ktoonsez ROM with ktoonsez kernel and everything was great until I decided to "upgrade" my modem. Since I flashed the modem I hardly ever have cellular service. My radio is constantly switching between H, H+ and even E and I no longer see LTE even though I have the correct APN settings and have even deleted the unnecessary ones.

The only way I can get LTE back is to boot the phone into recovery, wipe cache, davlik and user data and reflash a modem. Then manually register onto the network. If I reboot, I lose all settings and I no longer have any service. I have to once again manually register onto a network and that will only give me H, H+ and E data connection. No LTE. Again, I have to boot into recovery and wipe cache, davlik and again reflash the modem to get LTE back.

And through all of this, I have no consistent voice capability. My phone's settings almost always shows: Mobile Network Disconnected. Rebooting does nothing. Sometimes as soon as I get registered back onto a network coming off a reflash the phone will connect briefly and then disconnect.

This is the most annoying **** ever.

I've since gone back to stock and my phone is still exhibiting the strange behavior. I've done some research abou tthe Mobile Network Disconnected issue and some say it could be a bad SIM card. My plan is to try that solution today.

Please report back to this thread if you come to any solution regarding your issue. Hope you get it resolved soon.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] kc9qix:
Disable home button?

Is there any way to keep the phone from waking up when I press the home button? I still want the button to work normally when the phone is on, but when it's asleep, I don't want it to do anything. Are there any ROMs that can do this?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] nuclearbroccoli:
Where is the stupid questions thread?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] irl9000:
What the MOD EDIT: heck is up with IMEI. When will it be fixed??? Sucks to feel like playing Russian roulette when flashing a lil aokp
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Bubba:
Of someone finally asked a question that "IS" too stupid, will the thread:

A) Be closed by the mod.

2) Self destruct.

Or

5) continue on without mishap
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrhaley30705:
No question is TOO stupid here. Its actually the home of the stupid question :)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Papa Smurf151:
fixed that for you....lets try to not used foul language on xda please
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] zmore:
If you choke a PapaSmurf, what color does it turn?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] NunHugger:
What's the taco smell like when you run to the Butterfly dance wearing a muscle shirt?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] terminalerror:
It is very annoying and I will definitely post the solution here if I ever find one. Let me know if the new sim card works and/or you find the answer as well.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrhaley30705:
Try choking that Smurf and you might get a vacation:eek:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] smelenchuk:
If someone is inconsistent with their list numbering, does the universe end?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] zmore:
What color is a vacation? Green? Thanks!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrhaley30705:
Since that was posted a few hours ago, I'm going with no.

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Whatever color you want it to be.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Bubba:
Unicorn sweat
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] smelenchuk:
Aha, but did it end only to immediately be replaced with one only slightly different?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] kjrtyl:
Liquid Smooth Wall paper fails to flash

I have touch recovery and everytime I try to install zip package of wallpapers it gives me a failed msg, Any ideas?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] irl9000:
Your right, my fault Papa, wouldn't wanna offend sensitive ears. But seriously, the (stupid) question still stands :

What the smurf is up with the IMEI issue. How does everyone seem to avoid it, except for a few unlucky ones. Anyone still have any issues? Would love to flash freely
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrhaley30705:
Using a file explorer with root access (like Root Explorer), paste the apk into system/apps. Fix permissions to rw-, r--,r--, then reboot. You don't actually flash it, unless its packaged in a flashable zip.

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http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1801997

This alleviated the imei issue. I heard the issue was because one of 2 things. 1) using sprint recovery on att phone, and/or 2) flashing an att modem on certain Canadian phone. Hope that helps.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] zmore:
Yeah, and PeoplesArmy was also able to intentionally lose his IMEI "just" by yanking his battery out in the middle of flashing.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Larry2999:
The APN settings are available under settings. Depending on the Android version, for 4.1.1/4.1.2 it is under Settings => More Settings => Mobile Networks whilst for 4.3 it will be under Settings => Connections. The network would need to advise their specific settings
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DaddieDiesel:
Ok. Cool so its kinda like my Note 2 running a cm variant. Perfect I know how to do that. Again thanks a lot.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] zZSleepyZz:
Okay, so I have few questions.

I just got my phone replaced and have been wanting to root my phone, so I figured I should ask for a detailed description or a link of a good tut/video that shows me how to do everything.

I have the AT&T GS3, it's currently running 4.3 and my baseband version is: I747UCUEMJB

Okay, I got root on my phone and now I'm about to get TWRP recovery on my phone. I decided to just man up and risk rooting my phone and it was a lot simpler than I was making it. I was thinking the whole time my bad luck was gonna show up and just be like, "Oh, new phone? Let me just make it a brick for you!"

My questions still stands, how would I go about installing a custom kernel? Would I just use one of the recovery apps or is there a different method to it?

How would I install a custom kernel?

Thanks guys!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] laughingT:
Typically, kernels are flashable zip files and yes, flash from recovery. If it's a tar file, usually use Odin.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] CrackedUser:
What do I have to allow through the firewall, (afwall) to get tethering? I allowed the tethering DNS + DHCP services but no internet capability. The computer OS will show DHCP ping and show an IP address and connectivity, but no webpages or email loads. I have to completely disable the firewall to get the browser to work on the computer.

Thanks
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] busterwan:
No privilege for bug report

I try to post a bug report logcat to PwnCakes193 for the latest Quantum 4 rom but the message says "New members (those with fewer than 10 posts) are not permitted to post to development-related forums".

Can this limit be lifted because I am reporting a real bug to the developer? Thanks in advance.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrrocketdog:
HELP.

can someone please PM me with steps to get last kmsg uploaded/posted on a thread.?? had some random reboots several kernels ago on ROM that i'm using and wanted to contribute but could not figure out how to get them on the thread. i can get to the file, can send it to myself as e mail or text and can upload to my dropbox. but thats as far as i can get. lol.

apology for complete noob-ness but might help a dev sometime.

thanks for any directions or searches you can provide.

:what::sly:

err on the side of kindness
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] StuckOnDestiny:
Unfortunately, I don't think it can. I've been trying to do the same thing (same ROM; Quantum is excellent). I've just started to post around here and contribute where I can.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] meteora1985:
Unable to upgrade to JB. AT&T Galaxy S3 SGH-I747. I live in Guyana, South America

Hey folks,

First off, thanks to the person who created this thread because I was getting tired of reading all the other threads (and webpages) that didn't seem to be giving me the answers I need and I was trying to respect forum rules by searching before posting. But it's way past my bedtime and I've been reading for hours.

My problem:

My phone (About Device) says that I'm running version 4.1.1. The Baseband version is I747UCDLK3. When I check for updates it tells me that "current software is up to date" and tells me to check back in a few hours. Kies tells me that I have the latest firmware.

My phone is unlocked. I live in Guyana, South America at the moment. Does this affect my being able to get the update? Is there a way to get the update that does not require me to root my phone? Will using the Firmware Upgrade and Initialisation option in Kies upgrade to Jellybean? Although I'm good at following clear technical instructions, I would prefer not to have to root my phone as if something goes wrong I'm not sure who'll fix it.

I'm not familiar with the techy lingo, so please excuse my ignorance in advance.

Any answers to resolve this issue would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

HF
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Larry2999:
You may not be able to get an OTA (over-the-air) because it is delivered over AT&T's network which you may not have access to. You can, however, do a 2-step manual update to the latest version which is ver. 4.3 following the instructions below ....

1) Go to the first page in the thread below ...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2387423

2) Download the 2 zip files under update412.zip and update43.zip respectively to your computer

3) Copy the zip files to a good quality (micro) SD card

4) Place the card in your phone and boot to recovery mode by simultaneously holding down the Volume Up, Home and Power buttons

5) Hold the buttons until you see a blue message flash across the screen. Then release the Power button but continue to hold the Volume Up and Home button until you see the Android image appear. Then release the buttons

6) Use the volume up/down key to scroll to <mount from external storage> and the power button to select

7) Navigate to the first zip file (update412.zip) and install. Wait for installation to finish and your phone to reboot.

8) Complete set up. Check your phone settings. Then power off and reboot to recovery again.

9) Repeat the process for the second update file.

Please let me know if this works for you.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] meteora1985:
It...worked...beautifully!!!!

Thanks larry2999;52384468
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Larry2999:
Glad to know it worked. If and when Android 4.4 KitKat is released for the i747, you would be able to manually upgrade the same way if you are able to lay your hands on the stock update file.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] meteora1985:
Great. I look forward to it. Thanks a mil!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] pravus87:
No Notification Sounds

Hello again, everyone.

After spending some time on the forums, I learned that for those experiencing issues with 3rd party ROMs and have not flashed back to a TouchWiz-based ROM for an extended amount of time, it is wise to use Odin to restore back to 4.1.1 stock, do the OTA update to 4.3 (if not worried about bootloader), then do a clean install of your desired ROM.

Once getting stock 4.3 up and running (rooted and TWRP installed), everything worked fine, except that twice in one day, I had my phone play some weird sound (definitely not my ringtone), it showed that one of my contacts was calling me, but it immediately hung up and said missed call. I then had that person contact me and ask if it was me calling them. I blew it off until it happened with my mom and she asked the same thing.

I don't like TouchWiz anyway, so I figured that glitch was a good enough excuse to go back to CM11. Worked fine for a few days, but now all my notification sounds do not work (incoming calls, texts, emails, etc.). Even cycling through the sound modes does not play back a tone or make a vibration. I posted on the forum about this issue before (along with speakerphone not working) and following the above steps was the suggestion I got. Not sure where to go from here.

I tried flashing the Nightly build for today hoping that would work, but it did not.

Anyone have any information they can share on this? :confused: Or a possible fix? Thank you!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrrocketdog:
uuhhh.... one more time???

any help on this last step is greatly appreciated. :)

err on the side of kindness
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jd1639:
Xda only allows certain file types. Zip it or change it to a .txt and you'll be able to post it.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrrocketdog:
thank you. will do. :)

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

Hi Larry.

My rooted phone is really nice running powerful apps. Thanks for your support.

As I try to learn things, I came across the term Recovery. Its is said that Installing a custom recovery like CWM will allow me to install custom ROMs, Kernels, etc. I checked my phone and currently have something like Android Recovery.

1) Please let me know the advantages and disadvantages of installing a custom recovery.

2) Is there a way to revert back to original stock recovery?

3) Different custom recoveries and Best recovery to start as a newbie.

Thanks in advance.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] digitalxda:
Unlocked ATT with Tmobile sim

Hi- I've searched through this forum for similar stupid question and did not find an answer I was looking for. So as the title says, I have a unlocked ATT I747 with tmobile sim.

Do i continue to flash i747 ROMs or t-mobile roms from this point on? what about recommended bootloaders for either att or tmobile roms?

thanks for allowing me to participate in 'no question too stupid!' thread!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] eduardo_b:
If you flash custom ROMs, you will retain root. If you flash T-Mobile ROMs, you will lose root and have to re-root. Bootloaders depend on the version of ROM (i.e., 4.2, 4.3, 4.4), and this is typically noted in the ROM thread OP.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Larry2999:
If it's an AT&T phone, you should only flash AT&T (stock) ROMs. Even if the phone is unlocked and you are using it with a T-Mobile SIM, it is still an AT&T phone. If you are flashing a custom ROM, it should be the AT&T version unless it's one of the new unified ROMs.

Bootloaders are an integral part of stock firmware. They are firmware that pull together all other aspects of the OS into a fully functional and operating systems. The concept of recommended bootloaders may, therefore, be misleading. What you have are Android versions or stock (official) firmware and the bootloader is a part of this. Trying to flash the wrong OS and, consequently, the wrong bootloader to your phone will likely result in a brick.

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Recovery is one of the partitions of your device's OS. It is the part of the OS that, just like the name says, lets you 'recover' your device in the event of firmware failure. It also enables firmware installation and updates. Custom recovery is mainly an enhancement on stock (official) recovery. Whilst stock recovery allows installation of only official updates and has limited options, custom recovery allows installation (flashing) of custom firmware and is, of course, more versatile than stock recovery. There are different custom recovery system out there, the most popular ones being CWM (clockwork mode), TWRP and Philz Touch which is an enhancement of CWM. I personally use TWRP because of the GUI and user friendliness but I've also seen plenty of positive reviews on Philz Touch.

Yes, you can easily revert to stock recovery from custom recovery. One way is to flash a complete stock image. Flashing a (compatible) stock image restores your device to near factory settings and flashes all official partitions including recovery, system etc. You can also flash a stock recovery file itself.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] pravus87:
Was my question not stupid enough :D? Just wondering if there's no real answer to my problem, if it was missed because a new thread page was generated before anyone saw it (it's near the bottom of page 300), or if I should move it to it's own thread. Not in any way implying that my issue is more important than anyone else, so I apologize in advance if I am coming off as rude by asking :angel:.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mpadhu:
Thanks you.

I have installed ROM Manager. It's asking me to install CWM recovery so that I can install custom ROMs directly from SD card. As you know that I have already rooted my phone using CF auto root. Do I need to worry about unlocking bootloaders here or Can I proceed with CWM recovery installation and custom ROM installation?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Larry2999:
Just saw your earlier post now. The problems you are experiencing are not uncommon with nightlies. Recall they are still undergoing development and may not be entirely bug free. I'd suggest you either flash a stable or revert to stock. You may need to check your phone's settings to be sure the phone locks when not in use and you don't 'accidentally' make pocket dials which is a common reason for outgoing calls you don't recall making.

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I don't see any reason to worry about bootloaders now. CWM recovery only updates your recovery partition and does not alter your bootloader. You would only have a bootloader issue if you try to flash a different system or bootloader. Before trying to flash a custom ROM, however, you should do some research and make sure it won't try to muck with your bootloader in any way. Most custom ROMs do not have their own bootloaders and rely on the manufacturer's bootloader to run. In fact, I haven't seen a custom ROM that messes with bootloaders so if you see one, you should avoid it like the plague.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] trilock:
I did see a ROM for my Samsung gt-s8500 making it from bada to kitkat android.. It worked by boot modding the timing I think
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mpadhu:
Thank you. I have tried to take a backup of my ROM so I have used 'Online Nandroid Backup' app. It asked me to install Busybox in order for it to work. I installed busybox and then it worked and I've took back up in two types, CWM and TWRP. I still have stock recovery and it took back up in CWM and TWRP types!!! Is this OK? Please let me know if these backups will work fine?

Now I wanted to uninstall Busybox. It shows me threatening message that it would cause serious harm when I uninstall it. How to uninstall this safely and completely? :confused:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] thejoerider:
downgrade without odin

what would the simple way to downgrade from 4.4.2 C rom to a stock(any?) 4.1.1

to just unlock my AT&T (Telus) S3 I747m

I have been given the code from my provider, however..

all my usb cables only charge and can't get a connection to use Odin

thanks
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] eduardo_b:
If you're talking about the 8-digit unlock code for the SIM, the ROM is irrelevant. Just put in a different SIM (i.e., T-Mobile for AT&T phone or vice-versa), reboot and enter code into box that comes up. I've done it without any issues twice. The unlock code has nothing to do with the version of OS or ROM.