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[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] cameron3200:
Here's my stupid questions, I think I may already have the answers but just want to be sure because of the confusing way the s3 forums are organized.

I have a rooted Telus S3 (i747m). So far I have not installed any custom recovery onto it. I should be able to flash the latest d2att CWM via odin, right?

My end goal is to flash PA 3.97 onto the s3 as I've been really enjoying it on my nexus 4. So once I have cwm installed I should be able to just factory reset, flash the d2att PA rom, flash PA gapps, clear caches, and reboot. Or do I also need to get an updated boot loader and radio? Currently using stock debloated firmware (June 4.1.2).

Any help would be greatly appreciated

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Have you tried the Sammobile firmware pages?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Sykotyk:
Going stock i747m

Have a question, kind of. I have originally a Rogers phone. Used att TWRP with att rom. Want to go back to stock for a bit because Im assuming that the rom I'm using doesn't have the capability of switching to the "stronger" connection between my two matching SSID's at home. Anyways, if I flash using odin to the Rogers Rom ( link to the rom - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1968625) will I have to re root again (im assuming yes judging by what the person in the bottom of link I provided said)?

Would I have to do fresh install of CWM/TWRP.

And I should be ok with installing previous applications with titanium backup?

Anything that I should consider doing prior to flashing with odin?

Thanks ahead of time

Edit: Kept looking through the link posted couple of my answers were there. TB for apps? And anything else I should know? Thank you
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] eddalysse:
This doesn't ad up. How can I fix this?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] cameron3200:
Depends on the mod in question. Some just edit your build.prop so you could always just edit the mod back out if that was the case. Also some mods have .zip files that can be flashed to undo the changes. Basically, if you don't know how to edit the mod out manually or if a revert zip isn't available then restoring a backup is the way to go.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] greogory:
Downgrade help? TWRP 2.6 to 2.5

Ok. Feeling kinda dopey & blind, here. I've searched the XDA forums, Goo Manager, the TWRP project website, Google and Duck Duck GO for several different variants of, ""TWRP 2.5" d2att i747 download", but have completely struck out. I found a zillion references and links about TWRP 2.5, but no download link for a flashable 2.5 recovery image.

I need a download link to TWRP 2.5.0.0 recovery for the Galaxy S3 SGH-I747, aka d2att, because I want to flash the latest SlimBean 4.3 beta ROM and apparently TWRP 2.6 causes trouble installing it.

Thanks for any help you can offer,

Greg
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] cameron3200:
Here ya go: http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/d2att

Just pick the version you want and flash via ODIN.

If I've helped, maybe you could help answer my question a few pages back? Mainly just d2can vs d2att confusion and the best way to install a newer 4.3 ROM onto a d2can device.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] chrisc60:
No matter which 4.2.x rom I install, as soon as play store starts downloading my apps, somewhere in the process it starts failing the installation of apps due to "an error". At that point, it will no longer successfully install or update anything. I eventually install any 4.1.2 rom and gapps I choose, and everything works. Any ideas? I've fixed permissions, cleaned all caches, etc., and no positive outcome.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] cameron3200:
I would try updating Google Play Services through the playstore or elsewhere if you can't do it via the play store. Here's the play store link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.gms
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] chrisc60:
I want to thank you for your help Cameron - that was exactly what the problem was - Chris
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] greogory:
Cameron, you are d'MAN! The link to the TWRP archive was exactly what I needed.

I'll take a look at your previous question and try to be helpful, despite the fact that I'm a Minnesotan.

Thanks again,

Greg

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Yes, yes and no. You do not need to install a new bootloader or modem in addition to flashing PA ROM & PA gapps, or any other ROM, unless the dev explicitly says otherwise.

Definitely do the factory reset, flash ROM & GAPPS, then clear cache & dalvik, then reboot.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bigbrd222:
Currently using Task650's AOKP. I'm planning on calling AT&T to get my phone unlocked, will I have to flash back to stock?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] eduardo_b:
I've unlocked two AT&T S3s with custom ROMs. The unlocking is with the phone's firmware. No need to flash back to stock.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DelphinusMinor:
If you roll back to Android 4.1.1 you can very easily unlock it yourself. That is what I did.

Then simply flash back to whatever version rom you love best(you don't lose your unlock). I hope this helped. =-}
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] applefritterz:
Does the screen/display always seem to be the highest consumer of battery life?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] eduardo_b:
Yes, so you have two ways of reducing this usage. One is obviously the time alloted before screen goes into sleep mode, but the other is screen brightness. There is a dimming mechanism with the phone that relies on ambient lighting, but a far more complete set of parameters and settings can be achieved with Lux app. I've used paid version on every device I have and it's well worth the price. You can reduce brightness significantly, which in turn reduces battery usage, but screen will be harder to read in bright light, particularly sunlight, so you may have to tweak settings to find the right balance for you.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] RIDUltraMagnus:
Okay, really stupid question time. I have a I747M S3. I rooted it through CM 10 or something (Can't remember since I did it a while ago). I do not want to go through the hassle of updating the ROM and instead want to reinstall the stock firmware and return the phone to factory spec and update to 4.3. I'm running 4.0.4 now, which is horribly bugging.

So, I want a dummy guide to unrooting and reinstall of factory settings, so I can update to 4.3 JB.

Sorry if this doesn't make any sense.

Thanks
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Alpha Geek:
I'm not sure that android updates have been released from AT&T for 4.3 yet. You mentioned you don't want to go through the hassle of updating your Rom, but it is really super easy and fast. Just download Rom manager or goo from the play store and update your Rom from within that app. Takes a total of about 10 min if you back it up too. You don't have to wipe it back to factory although you can if you want to. Easy as 123.

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] RIDUltraMagnus:
I'm on telus and have Superuser as a zip on a 32GB microSD card on my phone. I just need a guide or something. Rom Manager hasn't helped me, either.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Encer_Spay:
Okay here's my issue. I've been trying to flash a stable 10.1.2 cyanogenmod on my GS3. Each time I try it fails. Ive tried using a stable 10.1 instead and get the same problem. From what I can tell I've done everything right. What can I do to solve this? I'm to the point of just doing a factory reset on my phone and starting the whole thing over. PM me here or feel free to message me on Twitter [MENTION=5360420]Encer_Spay[/MENTION]. Hope someone can help me soon! This has been driving me crazy!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Alpha Geek:
Ok power off your phone. Then press home+vol up+power until you see blue text in the top left corner then release all buttons. When recovery loads select install from zip from sd card. Then select install zip from ext sd card. Select your zip file and confirm. When it completes go back to main menu Then reboot.

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. ;)

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See my directions above. (Previous post) But also make sure that you are wiping back to factory defaults. (Make sure you back up first) after resetting to defaults then go and load your custom rom from your sd card. Post back here as to how it goes...

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] DMF1977:
Is this real life??? Lmao...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] RIDUltraMagnus:
Superuser was successfully installed. Now what?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Encer_Spay:
Possibly really stupid question. Can I install it from my internal SD card? For some reason when I'm in the menus to install it my external won't show up
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Alpha Geek:
Now download your Rom and put it on your sd card and do the same thing with the Rom as you did with the auto root zip file

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Yup, just browse to your directory that you saved it to and install it from there.

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We all were noob's at one point right? Lol
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Encer_Spay:
Okay. I've done everything like that so far. I'm not sure if I screwed something up when I did the whole Odin thing on my computer or what.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] pagni:
Can not update to stock 4.1.2 ucmg2

Hello, here goes my stupid question...

I'm currently running on STOCK 4.1.1 at&t i747 (rooted) (already tried unrooting and looking for the ota update but it says there are now new updates) I am outside the USA (south america)

When I try to update through OTA the device says there is no upgrade to my phone.

I tried to flash through TWRP with the file posted here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2388065 but it failed.

I put the phone on download mode and connected to the pc through odin, but odin does not recognize the .zip file that contains the update.

Does anyone know how can update to stock at&t 4.1.2 ucmg2??

Thanks!!

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IT SHOULD SAID THERE ARE

NO

NEW UPDATES (instead of now)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] cameron3200:
That file is not to be flashed via Odin. If it failed through a custom recovery, what was the resulting error?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] pagni:
Hey thanks for your answer!

It says: "E: license verification failed"
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] cameron3200:
That's just a failed signature verification as the error implies. If you trust the file you can just toggle signature verification on/off in the settings for TWRP. If you happen to use CWM in the future this can be found in the "Install Zip" screen.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] reluttr:
My stupid question of the day...

Do "carrier settings" like data roaming, access point names, and etc carry over to different roms if it is a clean flash? Like are those settings stored on the carriers end, or are just stored on the device?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jd1639:
Yes they will carry over between roms in almost all cases. Once in awhile you might have to check your apn after flashing a rom if you have issues.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] reluttr:
Oh wow, is there a way to reset them to the defaults if needed?

Also what other settings are retained between flashes?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jd1639:
Yes, you can edit then if you need to.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Shorty82524:
I have a (possibly) stupid question.

My wife and I both have unlocked Samsung Galaxy SIIIs using T-Mobile. Hers is the T-Mobile SGS3 and mine is the AT&T variant. She is running CM 10.1.2 and I am running CM 10.1.3 RC2. My question is why are our cell receptions so different? It seems like she always gets better coverage than I do. Primarily, at our workplace (both work at the same job), she easily gets full bars of H+ whereas I can only get Edge, that's it. My phone can and has picked up 3G/H+/4G networks before, I just find it weird that we're using almost the same phones but have different reception issues. Also, I updated my baseband and modem to the latest AT&T version. So what gives? Thanks!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] pagni:
Flashed the package with CWM and is working great!!

Thanks!!!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bdithug:
You possibly have different modems on your phones. Check eachothers baseband versions and compare.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] lihdeeuh:
Diag Mode?

Is there a way to get my phone into diag mode with it being bricked? And by bricked I mean: black screen, no signs of life, no recovery mode, no boot mode, no downloade mode (even though it says that it's in dl mode in qpst). Odin picks up phone but hangs in setup connection.

Thanks!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bdithug:
I do not do that unless I have to. The only time I've ever had to do that was when I needed to send the phone in under warranty.

If you're thinking of doing it to speed up the phone (like a fresh install), I would take a nandroid backup, backup all your apps and data, then reflash your current rom. But like that old saying goes, if it's not broke then don't fix it.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mewikime:
Heh, okay.. I've got a few stupid questions all in one post.

I picked up an ATT S3 from the pawn shop two days ago and had it unlocked so I could use it on MetroPCS (Since the T-Mobile takeover, they now operate on HSPA+). It's unrooted, and on 4.1.1 LK3. I've tried to do the update but it says it's there is no update. I was wondering if this is because it's now connected to Metro's network, but you have to use wi-fi to download the update so that shouldn't matter. I've manually advanced the date forward 48 hours a number of times and reran the update check, but each time it tells me there is no update.

So I guess my best option is to root and install the latest Rom myself. I'm not usually afraid of rooting but if I do will this somehow stop it being unlocked?

I've gone through the forums and I think that MG2 is the latest, but I haven't found where to flash just the stock rom, kernel, model. Can someone please point me in the right place so that I'm not all over the place with 10 tabs open in FF with still no clue where I'm looking?

And do the three methods at the XDA video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhSSmdqAXRM still work for rooting?

Thanks for any help
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] cameron3200:
Find the firmware you are looking for on Sammobile's firmware page. Download it. Find a copy of Odin that is known to work well with your device. Extract the firmware from the downloaded zip using an archiving application. Once extracted place the file in the PDA section of ODIN. Put your phone into download mode. Plug it in to your PC with the stock micro USB. Odin will show your device was connected. When ready, hit start! This does not require root and is the best way to install updated stock Samsung firmware when OTA isn't an option. If you have Samsung kies on your PC kill it before flashing via the steps above.

Best of luck!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mewikime:
I was thinking of doing it that way to begin with, but I really still want to root it. If only so that I can remove ATT specific apps and use Titanium backup on my girlfriend's phone to give me MetroPCS specific apps like visual voicemail and all my other apps from my old Sprint phone.

I suppose I could do it that way and root is second, right?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] cameron3200:
Yup, once the firmware is flashed you just boot back into download mode and do the process over again but with a compatible recovery file in the PDA section instead of the firmware. Then you flash the latest SuperSU(or others) zip through the custom recovery you just flashed onto the device.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] stragf:
Lost Rooting and I AM CONFUSED

I rooted my Telus S3 I747 and I think I inadvertently did a Kies update that caused the rooting issue. HOWEVER, when I go into settings/about device and check updates, it clearly states my device is modified. My device status also shows phone as modified.

The issue is that rootchecker shows it as not rooted and titanium backup is not able to acquire root access.

I was going to re-root, but now am quite reluctant to do so as I really have NO IDEA what I am doing or where I am at. I am rather clueless with is. Is any one able to offer assistance??:confused:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] eduardo_b:
The modified status is from previous rooting. Ignore it. Unless you're concerned with warranty, being modified is irrelevant. There's too much attention paid to this AFAIK. Updating via Keis or OTA will nullify root, so simply reroot device. Once you're rooted, stop using Keis. You can install USB drivers without installing Keis (search Samsung for USB drivers or use S3 toolkit from xda [search for this]. If you actually need updates, search xda for updates that can be flashed via Odin. Everything will be fine. :)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] cameron3200:
The modified status is triggered when the flash counter goes higher than 0. The flash counter counts up by 1 each time you flash something via download mode. That's normal, ignore it unless you need to bring your phone in for warranty repair. Just because your phone has been "modified" does not make it rooted. If the super-user binaries were wiped you are not rooted. Also if you just installed a custom recovery but did not root the phone you would have no root and you would still have a modified system status.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] cameron3200:
[MENTION=1049798]stragf[/MENTION]

Simply find the latest compatible SuperSU flashable zip and flash it via custom recovery as mentioned in the post before your original question.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mewikime:
OK. I'm finding this to be a bit difficult and confusing now. I can't for the life of me find I747UCDMG2 4.1.2 for ATT at Sammobile. It's just not there http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/. In fact, I can't find it anywhere.

So, is it okay to do it this way?: Root device using Chainfire's CF-Auto-Root method for ATT. Then, from my understanding I need a recovery, so after getting CWM 6.0.3.6 from http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager and using Terminal Emulator to get it installed as described at Tutorial [noob] Install CWM touch/recovery on Galaxy S3 i747 then I can move on to flashing the latest 4.1.2 MG2 Rom.

And for that I can do [Stock Rom] AT&T 4.1.2 UCMG2 {Rooted} by downloading the I747_UCDMG2_Firmware_Modem from the Dev-Host link in the quoted part of Post 1 and flashing it in recovery?

That's all correct, right? I haven't missed anything here? And none of this will screw up or undo my sim-unlock for using the phone on MetroPCS?

Thanks
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mshanewalker1:
May or may not be able to tell me but figured its worth a shot. Att s3 on pacman 4.3 with ktoonz kernel as of now. A few days ago (on dirty unicorns very stable for weeks) my screen just glitched a few times then went black and while touch responsive no display, thought it was dead but got into download mode with lines all through screen and a very dull color w flickering. Odin back to stock then to 4.3 seemed okay but now its showing dull color w glitching and fixes it self with a use or screen on off sometimes. I'm assuming a hardware malfunction but I have not dropped it or changed settings, stock kernels and 747. Maybe y'all know what it is or how to fix. Screen shots don't show it. Much thanks in advance
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] cameron3200:
I don't see any problems with doing it that way. The part of that quoted post referring to flashing firmware was regarding an answer for another user. But the rooting method is what I use on Samsung phones:

I flash a custom recovery via Odin then I flash SuperSU or similar via the newly installed custom recovery. If you already have a custom recovery then just skip the first part. NOTE: flashing anything via download mode will trip your flash counter.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] aybe:
I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 i747 that I have unlocked (to use on T-Mobile) and used the info here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1771021 to get 4G working. So far I have only been able to flash the deTmobilized ROM and every other i747 rom that I have tried to install has failed. I would really like to get wifi-calling. Is that possible?

If not, then how do I go about troubleshooting why I am unable to flash a ROM other than the deTmobilized ROM (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2317259) I have tried more than one with a complete wipe. I am using TWRP recovery.

Forgot to mention I have T-Mobile service.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] eduardo_b:
Well, the link you note is about obtaining 3G, not 4G. Second, 4G is only for data, not voice, so unless you have a data plan with T-Mobile, you're never going to see 4G. Third, I have an unlocked AT&T S3 that runs a T-Mobile SIM without issues and works with any custom ROM I flash. Finally, a search for wi-fi calling on xda will reveal many links to look at.

Cheers. :)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mewikime:
I'm not really worried about the flash counter. I got it from a pawn shop. I doubt it's still in warranty, but even if it is it's unlocked to work on MetroPCS. ATT aren't going to help me if anything ever goes wrong anyway.

So what are you saying about [Stock Rom] AT&T 4.1.2 UCMG2 {Rooted}? I need AT&T UCMG2.zip and I747_UCDMG2_Firmware_Modem.zip? Just the firmware zip from the dev-host isn't going to work?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] robert90262:
Can someone link me to a at&t 4.1.2 root if there is one
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] JM4611:
Install Touchwiz ROM with CM10?

I have CM 10 on my phone and am running a rooted deodexed stock ROM mainly because I love the stock camera.

My question is this: Can I flash a Touchwiz ROM using CM10 or do I need to switch back to TWRP Recovery to flash it?

My phone's a GS 3, and thanks for any help.