yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] busarov:
My phones done that before too. Not sure why. Never pulled the proper logs to look into it. Just reboot and you're fixed. :thumbup:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] derberts:
Does anyone know where I can download a 4.2.1 AOKP ROM?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] oddspec:
Aokp.co I believe they keep old builds up

sent from the samsung galaxy airplane (i747)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] olegwash:
help with my rooted S3, having problems

my S3 is rooted and i have paranoidandroid 3 on it. i had jelly beer before that and my phone keeps freezing. the screen will go black then the buttons will light up and the screen will never come on again. ill have to turn it off and then back on only to do it again. then it will book up and ill get the "unfortunately, your system ui has stopped working" idk what to do to fix it. any help?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] xBeerdroiDx:
Standard question: did you do a full wipe (data, cache, dalvik, /system)?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Soyance:
Okay, hello. I installed Liquid Smooth ROM today using ROM Manager and now it's on my phone but Gapps aren't showing up. And now I can't figure out how to install them to my phone because the browser won't work because I don't have a browser due to the lack of, mentioned before, Gapps. I know this is a noob mistake and if anyone can help me out I'd really appreciate it. Thank you.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] xBeerdroiDx:
If you have a computer, which I'm assuming you're using to post this, go to the liquid Smooth rom (for your device) thread here in xda. There should be a download link for the correct version of gapps you need. Download it and either transfer it to your device via usb or micro sd card. When flashing an aosp based rom, you will always need to flash gapps.

Boot into custom recovery (Vol Up + Home +Power button. Release power button when the device vibrates). Flash the gapps package
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Soyance:
I appreciate the response, thank you.

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Okay, I am unable to flash gapps to my phone. I'm not sure exactly what I'm going wrong but I went to the Liquid Smooth rom thread, (

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2039995), and I downloaded the gapps package abs tried to transfer it to my micro sd but I'm not sure exactly where to put it on my sd card so I can flash it on my phone.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] xBeerdroiDx:
Put it anywhere on the card, just remember where you put it. I usually just drag the file to the sd card folder so I don't have to dig around. In recovery, install zip from external SD card, select the gapps and flash it then wipe cache (not data) and dalvik cache (under advanced). Go back to main screen and reboot phone
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Soyance:
Okay! Thank you SO much! That's what I was doing wrong. I wasn't dragging the file I was dragging the contents of the file. I really, really appreciate it. Thank you.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] izzuedotcom:
Transferring Multimedia after flashing

Hey everyone,

I have a pretty stupid question :( I'm new to the whole flashing ROMs scene and recently I flashed the LiquidSmooth 4.2.2 ROM. Everything works great except for the fact that I no longer have Kies, which was how I used to transfer multimedia.

My question is would it be possible to get that back? Or are there any other alternatives you guys recommend that can do something similar to Kies? I run a Mac on Lion 10.7.5 and I have tried Android File Transfer but I haven't gotten it to work. What other recommendations do you guys have?

Thanks a lot in advance, I really appreciate it! Have a good rest of April Fools :)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] eduardo_b:
You don't need Kies, only Samsung USB drivers installed. Then just use whatever file utility is included with Mac (I'm a Windows/Ubuntu guy) to access intSd and extSD on phone.

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For multimedia, direct USB is many times faster than wireless.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] xBeerdroiDx:
http://www.airdroid.com/

pc and mac. cheers
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] izzuedotcom:
Oh thank you! :)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ar09876:
Using on Sprint

I have a relative who had this phone, but got a new blackberry. He said he would send me this phone, and i could use it, if i unlocked it. He was on Bell, but I have sprint. Is there any way to get this phone to work on Sprint, or will i have to trade this phone somewhere for a sprint one?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] oddspec:
U can't use att on sprint they use different networks unlocked or not att and T-Mobile r use able cuz they r both gsm carriers sprint is CDMA

sent from the samsung galaxy airplane (i747)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Carsus55:
Ok, so I haven't found an answer and I'm new to flashing on my gs3. I just flashed pac-man latest 03/29/13 and I have horrible Wifi signal when I used to have excellent Wifi on stock twjb.

I Also tried another version that combines paranoid android, aokp, and cm10. Is there some setting or better driver I could be using? Or is this a known issue that I just missed?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrpoe222:
Hyperdrive RLS10 Issues

I'm trying to install Hyperdrive RLS10. The flash instructions say to install an AT&T build prop and I've also seen users mention that you will need to fix the google client database for the rom to function properly on AT&T. I can not locate any AT&T build prop to flash and do not know how to fix the google client database. Would anyone be able to help me so that I can get this rom working properly?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] xBeerdroiDx:
Make sure you're doing a full wipe when flashing a new rom. I am running AOKP's 4.1.2 milestone with zero wifi issues
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Carsus55:
I performed a full wipe/factory reset, tried paranoidkangandroid and then wiped and am in pac-man. I may try task650 next.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] xBeerdroiDx:
Full wipe is: Wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvik, format /system. Task's rom is good, just remember that rom updates are not as stable as milestones. There are potential bugs. Cheers, buddy
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Carsus55:
May not have formated system. Otherwise did all the above. I will try tasks next.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] hednik:
I always wipe /data when I install AOKP as well. I guess because stock and 4.2 are such different animals
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] xBeerdroiDx:
True. I format /data too when flashing aokp. Forgot to mention that.

Hednik:

I'll be PMing you later this week about your and upndwn4par's suggestion so be thinking of typical errors and your fixes. I've got the 5 most common for now. Cheers
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Carsus55:
I am on tasks now. Haven't quite figured out my Internet as his ota updater downloaded at 800+kbps but I'm downloading chrome from the play store and it's saying it will take 10 minutes or more.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DustinD1986:
Handcent

Hello all. Question about Handcent and my SG3...

I cant get Handcent to download MMS. It tells me it cannot be downloaded and then force closes the app.

I use CSROM BMB v 1.2 and have AOSP messaging installed. Am I having issues because im trying to use handcent with AOSP?

Ideas?

Or..

A better SMS app than handcent? GOsms pro gives me too many ads to buy things and actually texts my friends ads as well. Not a fan!

Thank you
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] hednik:
Sounds great !
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DelphinusMinor:
I have searched for this on the forum, and even spent some time on the interwebs using the Google machine.

I had this issue before, but forget how it was solved. (See attachment)

Any time I try to open the settings app, I get "App isn't installed".

Specs:

Samsung Galaxy S3 i747M

Carbon Rom 1.6.1 JB 4.2.2

Rooted (of course)

Heading out for a bit, but will check back on this thread when I get home.

Thanks in advance guys.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] xBeerdroiDx:
sounds like a signature issue...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] hednik:
I've had this before when I deleted an app for system before I rebooted and the icon was still there.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] derberts:
Guys I've become very discouraged...

Anytime I flash a custom rom I don't get LTE. I've tried flashing back to stock, rooting and basically starting from scratch and that still doesn't work. Any custom rom I install doesn't get lte and if it does, it sticks around for minutes and goes back to HSPA or 3G. I've tried most of the guides on here, including the one in this subforum and nothing works! Any ideas? Also, I still have my IMEI...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DelphinusMinor:
I used to have similar issues. Trying out different modems usually helped. Have you looked into flashing a different modem for your device?

I have no idea what you are using, so I can't help you out, so search the forum for modems for your device. Good luck!

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This is my settings app tho. I haven't removed it, nor would I.

I noticed someone mention they had this issue when using Avast Mobile. I removed Avast and am still having the issue.

Do you know exactly where on the phone the settings apk file is located? Or know of where I can download it to reinstall it?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Bruce Lee:
Tell us a bit more about your phones current set up.

What are the custom ROMS have you been trying?

Have you tried checking the apns?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DelphinusMinor:
Okay... Care to expand on that? :cyclops:

Like Gapps not being signed or something? If so, I use signed Gapps.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] derberts:
I've tried changing the APN's to the ones recommended here on XDA for Telus, and also tried many different ROMs including AOKP (which is my favourite), ParanoidAndroid, Intergalactic and a couple of others. I've on stock ICS touchwiz right now because LTE works but I want to blow my brains out.

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I've tried all the different modems that are available in the android development section for Telus and none of them helped.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DelphinusMinor:
Dang, I don't have anything else to suggest then. I will follow this still tho as I am curious to see what the problem may be.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] xBeerdroiDx:
was wondering if you edited or changed anything in the settings app but you later expressed that you could not even find where it would be located.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DelphinusMinor:
It's funny. I manage all my devices via FTP server and FlashFXP, and know pretty much where everything is on all my devices, but I have no idea where the actual system apps are located. :silly:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Bruce Lee:
What is the recovery you are using on your phone and how are you flashing the ROMS in recovery?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] xBeerdroiDx:
/system/app.

You get this straightened out?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] derberts:
I've used both TWRP and CWM (the latest versions) and whenever I flash a rom I follow the instructions in the OP (usually wipe/factory reset, cache, dalvik and system).
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DelphinusMinor:
I've never had a reason to look for the system apps. I don't have a directory called "system" either.

The only place on my phone that has a "com.android.settings.apk" file is in my Rom Toolbox Pro backup directory.

I am going to try installing this apk file and see what happens.

Just tried to reinstall settings apk file, it went thru the motions and when done I got "application not installed".

It's very frustrating because you don't find many results for this on the forum or on the web.

I may flash the next build of this rom and see if that does anything.

Thank you for your time my friend.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Bruce Lee:
This has me puzzled...... maybe your phone cant handle ROMS???!!??! So no ROMS work including aosp and even touchwiz?????
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] derberts:
The ROMs work perfectly I just don't get lte. I only get lte on stock touchwiz.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Bruce Lee:
That's beyond me. Sorry i couldnt help you.

Hopefully someone with that dev knowledge can step in this thread with input.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] derberts:
Is it possible I lost IMEI even though it shows in 'about phone'?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] cadorette:
No question too stupid helps!!! lol

Can someone explain the difference (as far as flashing an american at&t i747) between 4.1.1, 4.1.2, and 4.2.2?

I mean I know the difference, but I have read on other threads to avoid the 4.1.2 builds..

and TBH those 4.1.2 roms are the only ones I've had major issues with..

4.1.1 always works (and is usually a TW based rom)

4.2.2 always works (and is usually an AOSP/AOKP based rom)

what exactly is 4.1.2 and why when I flash one of those do I have issues/should avoid it?

Not a noob at all (I've flashed/tested almost every rom on here) but there are a few intricacies I've yet to become privy to..lol..thanks :p
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] hednik:
I'm not sure the version being 4.1.2 has anything to do with stability. I used plenty of 4.1.2 in the past and they worked just fine. There is isn't a TW 4.1.2 for at&t just ported ones from verizon and sprint. I'm on a sprint port right now and there is nothing unstable about it.

The high TW based sgs3 rom is 4.1.1 for at&t. The main different between 4.1.1 is the notifications drawer and one finger expansion of the notifications and s few other minor tweaks.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] cadorette:
Cool, thanks!

prob should just try some others out and do a few tweaks....thanks for clearing that up for me!!:laugh:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] hednik:
The 4.1.2 ported ROM's based on Verizon ports are 4.1.2 and are a bit buggy but that's because they aren't for our device
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] C2Q:
2 questions:

1) How can I backup my theme and icon changes if I want to clean flash a new rom? If I backup all apps+system data using TiBu, will restoring restore my wallpaper and custom icons?

2) When I backup/restore with TiBu, is just backing everything up and restoring everything a good idea if I'm going from a newer CM 10 nightly to an older one? I would figure that some system apps would be affected.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] xBeerdroiDx:
do not restore data from the system apps. it is guaranteed to make you dance like a banana non-stop. its called a bananaloop and you cant stop grooving until you wipe data and flash yourself back to stock via odin
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] C2Q:
Thanks. So I guess all the apps not under the "system" filter in TiBu would be fine?

What about restoring my text messages and call logs though?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] xBeerdroiDx:
correct.

for text threads, call logs, etc, i use super backup. i actually use it for everything, but i dont care about saving my wallpaper and icon changes. when i flash a new rom, i like seeing everything different. if its not different enough (there's no real changes), i stay where i'm at. i got all that daily/weekly/monthly flashing out of my system awhile ago. :o
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Bruce Lee:
No i don't think that is possible. If you can get lte on your phone from stock touchwiz on ics then your okay.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] :
AT&T S3 in Hong Kong

I've got an unlocked AT&T S3 that I've brought to Hong Kong and am on the Smartone network. It is running stock Android 4.1.1 but I'm not getting the 4G speeds. I'm getting around 3-12Mbps download / 1-3Mbps upload on Speedtest, the icon on the top says 4G. I know that the Hong Kong LTE version of the S3 can get around 34Mbps download. Is this due to the 4G antenna running on a different band for US and Hong Kong? I thought that 3G only gets to around 5Mbps, so wouldn't it running at 12Mbps suggest that it is getting some 4G signal?

I've been thinking of putting CM on it to help fix the battery issues I've been having, with this new slower speed with this network I'm about to try it out. Will putting something like CM on it solve this problem or will it create more problems to it?

Thanks in advance for the help.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] princepia:
Rooting issue.

So, this may not be a particularly "stupid" question..but, I have an issue.

I'm with Rogers in Canada, recently got a Samsung Galaxy S3. I rooted it with no issue. I used the root injected stock rom I'd found. All was fine and dandy. The issue is this -- if my batter drains completely it gets stuck on the "Samsung" logo. I've tried leaving it on the charger until it was charged for hours. I've tried battery pull, including pulling the battery, and holding the power button for awhile, then putting it back in. It just won't boot past the "Samsung" logo. I've tried clearing the cache. If the battery has NOT run out, and I reboot it, pull the battery, or do anything else, it works fine. Otherwise my only option is to wipe the whole phone, and start over. It's happened to me twice now. On the plus side I've gotten really good at re-customizing my phone in under half an hour, haha.

I finally just unrooted my phone -- successfully. And am testing to see if this happens on stock rom. Does anyone else have any thoughts? The obvious work around is to just never let my battery die completely, and I understand this. But it still seems unacceptable that my phone can drain completely, and my only option is to wipe it..

Maybe I'm missing something, but please let me know!

Thanks.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrnovanova:
My Advice would be to unroot and put everything back to stock and let it discharge and if it happends again bring it back to Rogers. Sounds like a faulty device to me. If you do bring it back don't forget triangle away. Good luck.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] xBeerdroiDx:
agreed. i've seen this on stock/unrooted devices as well as rooted/custom. i believe it is a hardware issue, especially if you get the same results once you unroot and flash back.

there's a link in my signature. near the bottom of post #2, there is an unroot video guide. check it out. cheers
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] princepia:
I did successfully unroot it. I used a root injected stock rom, that did not trip the counter. I'll be testing it this time around. I hope I don't have to bring it back:( Thanks so much for your replies!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] gfinockio:
A very specialized question, perhaps - if I have a GS3 from MTS, can I put any custom ROM compatible with Rogers, Telus, etc?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] oddspec:
According to this thread one which u posted in all Canadian i747m models can use att ROMs http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=36138912

or that's what one user stated he does on MTS
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] gfinockio:
Yeah - I had read that but wanted a second opinion just in case. Kudos.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sasuke2388:
flashing lean-kernel v5.3

Got a bit of a noob question about flashing a kernel. For lean-kernel version 5.3, if I am using the latest Liquid Smooth rom which is running leankernel 5.1 and want to flash to 5.3 it will not brick my phone right? And using CMW recovery i just wipe cache and install the zip kernel file right?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] eduardo_b:
Go ahead and flash it. You don't actually need to wipe anything because it's one LK version to a newer one for the same Linux 3.4 ROM.

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By the way, there's a LeanTweaker app that runs through terminal after being flashed as a zip. Its default settings resulted in terrible battery for me, so I disabled and removed it. LK defaults result in very good battery.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sasuke2388:
Alright, thanks for the reply!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Yakandu:
Well, i have guitarrist fingers and im very lazy to write on the phone, so, is there any way to control the phone with the pc?

for example, to write whatsapps through the PC.

i found something called "androidscreencast" but i cant make it work

thanks in advance
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] milad407:
I think you can use AirDroid for that, don't quote me for it though.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] cognosco:
AirDroid is a nice app to do most tasks on your phone from the PC, but it does not support Whatsapp as far as I know..

I use the Droid VNC server app to control my device from the PC.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] huisinro:
Our new app, VMLite VNC Server, should fulfill your needs, it does exactly what you need, to control android phones or devices from a PC, so you can use the external keyboard/mouse, etc. We app has fast responses, and works on rooted or non-rooted devices.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vmlite.vncserver&hl=en

so far our users like it.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wolverine_2k:
Hi all,

Been given a Nexus S i9023 by my brother who has been "tampering" with it and now it seems a bit messed up.

When booting up - it gets stuck on the "Google" screen with a padlock on it... I can get into fastboot and I can flash recovery but when I attempt to load any recovery - I get that same Google screen with the padlock! I've downloaded a stock rom and even flashed system etc via fastboot but that still gets me nowhere past the damn padlock!!

I've tried to "fastboot boot recovery.img" and I still get the Google screen with the padlock but it says "Fastboot status - OK" on the bottom left.

I've searched and searched but everyone just seems to give tips on how to flash recovery. I know how to flash recovery; it just seem to be going into it though! Could the internal memory be screwed?

Thanks for any advice!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] albundy2010:
Sounds strange for sure. You try from within the OS? Enable USB debugging and adb reboot recovery.

Doubt it will work but its worth a shot
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wolverine_2k:
The phone stops at Google with the padlock on boot! Can't even get into the OS. Going to try to unbrick it and Odin but left my ubuntu laptop at my parents and can't be bothered to go get it... couldn't get it to work booting off cd rom. Kept giving me the "SBL Injection Failure Failed to find device" error booting ubuntu on a CD!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] albundy2010:
You may have a storage issue.

I seen you tried to flash system and boot recovery with fastboot ( which should have booted) but did you try to flash them all and wipe. The command is fastboot -w update file name.

I think Odin is a windows only tool anyways by the way.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wolverine_2k:
No idea why I said Odin - I meant the unbrickable recovery thing.

I tried Odin with a Jig last night; got it into download mode and flashed with odin. Got the same result.

fastboot -w also gives the same issue...

If I have a storage issue - is there any way I can tell?