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[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jridda10121:
Did you try Sam mobile unlock its like 20 US dollars I had my brothers unlocked there a week after the unlock ban was put in place.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Walknmemfs:
issue with Bug Village

I have a Galaxy 3 (I747) with currently the ReVolt-JB Rom. when i open the Bug Village game i get the GLU splash then black screen. i have tried several roms and it seems to be ROM dependent. Tried to adjust the DPI but did not seem to help. Any suggestions.

Just as a side note. Whoever said there are no stupid questions has never definatly talked to me.:laugh:

Additional note: i flashed the PAC ROM which worked great with the Bug Village game until the 5/1 update. Not sure what changed. Anyone have suggestions?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DelphinusMinor:
Link? Googling that comes up with loads of results.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jd1639:
Sammobile.com
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DelphinusMinor:
Okay, cuz when you search "sam mobile" you get alot of results that it could have been, but I couldn't be exactly sure which was the correct url. Thank you. =-}
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DelphinusMinor:
It seems like I have been here alot the past few days. Heh...

Okay, once I unlock my phone I plan on going prepaid.

I have only ever been in contracts so prepaid is kind of alien territory for me.

Once my phone is unlocked, I can pretty much go with any carrier? I am not happy at all with my poor service and I am getting out of my contract early(with a penalty of course).

So if I went to Fido or Telus, I could get prepaid no problem as long as my phone is unlocked?

I will also want a new number since my current number has an undesireable history attached to it and I just want a fresh start. Heh...

So if I go prepaid with someone else, they can simply treat the phone as a new phone and I will be assigned a number by them also?

This seems so basic, but as mentioned, my whole life, going all the way back to this phone, I have been in contracts:

http://www.popolony2k.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/pt550-300x225.jpg

That was my very first phone(1995ish). Not the actual one in the pic, but the same model. It's main selling point at the time was that it could store ten numbers. Hah...

So this is why I am here asking. Simply cuz I have zero prepaid experience.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Bubba:
STORE 10 NUMBERS!!!

It might be time for me to upgrade.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DLogan24:
Help with Superuser

I've posted this on the Troubleshoot thread, but no replies yet.

I've done everything correct so far in terms rooting my phone(Rogers, i747M) using these instruction on this thread > http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=1822308 . When I was about to install CM 10, obviously one of the steps is to Clear Cache, Clear Data and etc. I did that, and everything booted up well. Btw, This is was first time I rooted my phone and it actually went pretty smooth til I ran into a superuser problem. So I got the GAPPS and then PlayStore restored all my apps EXCEPT superuser for some odd reason. So I went ahead, and installed the same one I had previously through Playstore. But when I opened up, it's giving me a binary error.

The message:

"The SU binary needs to be updated. Continue?" then I press Continue.

"If you have a custom recovery like TWRP or CWM, that can be used to (try to) install the SU binary. This is recommended for HTC devices. How would you like to install the SU binary?" When I was first asked this, I clicked "Normal" and then it tries to install and immediately says, Failed. Then I tried again, but this time instead of clicking "Normal" I clicked "TWRP/CWM".

It then gives me this message: "SuperSU will attempt to reboot your device into TWRP or CWM. This does not work on all devices. If this app just closes, please reboot into recovery manually."

Also, I realized when I press the power button, I don't see the option for "Recovery" (does this matter?). As well, when I use the Root Validator, everything is green except the first one, which is yellow and it says, (Root Access Test: Root was denied to this app!, Root access might be possible). Isn't it weird that "Superuser application" shows up green in this test though?

Please help, help would be much appreciated. Thank you!!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] xBeerdroiDx:
your link is not a working one so i do not know which method you used.

do you have stock recovery or are do you boot into twrp or cwm when you go into recovery? if you have custom recovery, root again using skunk ape1's method here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2042775. download his root kit and begin at "flashing root from recovery"
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DLogan24:
Sorry this is the method i've used, http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1822308 .I'm pretty sure I use CWM when I go into Recovery.

Also, If i followed what you've said above(download his root kit, and start at step "Flash Root in Recovery"), the root kit you're referring is the one he's mentioning in that step (the zip file)? Will this mess up my current recovery as well?

Thanks
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Plays2:
source drivers

hey guys, so im not sure if this has been answered already here but i wan't to get into rom development, mainly aosp, for att gsIII. where can i find a list of the github repos for the drivers i need to sync? ie. android_device_d2att etc.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] post-mortem:
I've just upgraded to the SGS3 from another phone which is quite old. My SD card has an ext partition, which I was previously using with Mounts2SD for my old phone. My question is, is there any benefit to having an sd-ext partition on the SD card, when it's used in the SGS3? Should I just repartition the SD card into 1 large FAT partition?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] eduardo_b:
Not sure I completely understand your query. I'm assuming SD card with "ext partition" is physical SD for S3.

If so, an extSD is physically separate from the intSD and is treated as such by the OS. There is no such thing as an extSD on the intSD despite what the partition name says. Second, unlike hard drives, there are no advantages to having multiple smaller partitions on SD cards. I have 64GB extSDs and don't partition them.

Don't know what Mounts2SD is, but anything from the old phone other than media files and perhaps contact data likely needs to be jettisoned.

New phone, new start. :D
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] post-mortem:
Internal memory is formatted as ext, while the SD card is FAT. So, for devices with limited internal memory, these *2SD script programs (Mounts2SD, Link2SD, A2SD, Int2EXT, etc.) allow for a way to "extend" the internal memory capacity. The way they work is you make a 2nd partition on your SD card formatted as your favorite flavor of EXT. Then, during bootup, a script in init.d will mount the 2nd partition (usually to /sd-ext), making it available to the system, which then thinks there's more free space available internally.

So I've got this SD card, and I actually want to save almost everything on there... on the FAT partition, anyway. The 2nd (EXT) partition contains apps, data, and cache, which is all stuff specific to my old phone's OS & setup. I know I definitely don't need anything on the EXT partition, but I was wondering if there's any use of keeping the partition, or should I just make it 1 large FAT partition.

I hope I was better at explaining it this time. What do you guys think?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] howard bamber:
Hold your finger on the album the bin will come up and let you dump the offending album

SENT BY POST...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] eduardo_b:
Ah ha...now I understand, You were referring to extended, not external. :o

So you've created this extended partition on S3 SD card and loaded it with stuff from old phone? Why? Archive onto computer, back that up onto external hard or flash drive and get rid of the partition. I can't imagine any reason to use phone memory for storage, and if I had a compelling reason to do so, it would be on extSD. As I already noted, there is no performance advantage to smaller partitions on flash drives/cards. And, given the amount of memory in S3s (I have two of them), and the fact I have no more than 40 apps total, I have never come even close to needing more system memory. Everything I flash -- ROMs, kernels and so on -- are on extSD, along with media files.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] post-mortem:
Ah, and now I know what you mean by "extSD!"

Yeah, I just pulled the SD card out of my old phone & stuck it into my SGS3. I guess I'll remove the EXT partition when I get a chance. Thanks!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] rwaterspf1:
I have never built straight AOSP from source but I build CM10.1 and a couple variants so I use the CM device and kernel trees from "breakfast d2att" (cyanogenmod's github). The harder part is the "vendor" tree. Personally I use "TheMuppets" github for vendor_samsung and it has served me well. I wish you the best of luck in your endeavor!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] epsix:
Q, I'm new to Samsung currently I have att s3 phone. I have unlock and currently using on T-Mobile US, its rooted and install custom recovery, also backup my IME. Now all I need to do u s download the rom and flash right? No need to unlock bootloader?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] xBeerdroiDx:
yep. the i747 ships with an unlocked bootloader, right into your loving hands.

check out the link in my signature if you've never made a nandroid (backup) or flashed via a custom recovery. also, make sure the recovery you have is up to date. are you cwm or twrp?

if you download an AOSP based ROM (in original android development), you'll need to also download the gapps for it and flash them both. if you grab a custom touchwiz based ROM, the google apps (gapps) are included in the single ROM zip.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] neveronie:
My Rooted samsung galaxy s3 will not boot up i use. Vol up + home + power enter the screen saying it's loading custom boot and then the phone vibrates / restarts / hangs in boot. I Cannot enter download mode neither please help! Im running the latest Synergy rom With CWM recovery
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] eduardo_b:
Vol DOWN + home + power for CWM

I have two S3s and they automatically are in download mode when connected to PC

Booting phone into ROM only requires long press on power

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Yeah, I haven't booted manually into anything for so long I can't remember up from down. I use ROM Manager on five devices to boot into CWM.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] xBeerdroiDx:
to access recovery mode, press vol up + home + power. when the phone vibrates and you see the blue script in the top left corner, release only the power button.

pressing vol down will in the button combo will put you in download mode
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] neveronie:
Yes and it enters it for a few seconds then the device vibrates restarts and hangs in boot loop,
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] TheSchatz:
Does anyone know how to remove the Car Dock application? It doesn't show up in manage apps, it doesn't show up in Titanium Backup, but it still activates when I use the dock in my car.

I think it may be interfering with one of my Tasker profiles, though I'd like to be rid of it regardless.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] eduardo_b:
If that's the issue, then you have several possibilities to consider. One is to wipe cache and dalvik and see if that fixes bootloop or hang-on-boot. That's the least likely fix for rooted stock unless you are going back from custom ROM.

The rest depend on what you did or didn't flash. Is this simply rooted stock with CWM or did you flash ROM and/or kernel? Either ROM or kernel can cause boot to hang or loop, particularly now that there are Linux 3 and 3.4 versions of most ROMs and kernels, which are incompatible with each other.

You noted problems getting into download mode. Do you mean to flash via Odin desktop? Once rooted, download mode is basically connecting PC and adding zips to flash to SD or extSD (my preference). There's no reason to boot into download mode unless you are planning to use Odin desktop to flash back to stock or rooted stock.

The good news is the phone isn't hard bricked. Flashing wrong ROM for phone would be worse.

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All of which is to say, just rooting stock, unless you chose wrong version Odin or CF-Autoroot, will not result in bootloop.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] neveronie:
Ive tried everything
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] xBeerdroiDx:
neveronie has this issue posted in a q&a thread. already covered this. his device will boot into recovery or download mode. the problem arises when the phone then bootloops 5 seconds later. not enough time to wipe data or anything in recovery. not enough time in download mode to flash anything via odin. those 2 partitions seem to be corrupted
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] neveronie:
what do you suggest i do ?

---------- Post added at 10:18 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:03 PM ----------

Ive tried everything ive wiped cache and dalvik already, Its rooted with cwm and Ive flashed the SYNERGY Rom which is compatible with All U.s carriers so they say.

Yea to get into download mode I Hold Volume down+Home+Power the hit volume up again, i have to do this in order for my computer to recognize my phone. Unfortunetly download mode is not working and i am running out of hope
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] oddspec:
The only thing I can think of to try is see if u can get into recovery long enough and flash the nandroid u made before u flashed the rom
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] eduardo_b:
Okay, I looked at Synergy ROM...it's the one with floating windows...yes? I assume, despite their statement about all carriers, you only flashed the AT&T or T-Mobile version, because I am not aware of any one ROM that works on all U.S. variants of S3.

My only remaining suggestion, and not getting sustained download mode may prove too problematic, is to look at S3 Toolkit:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1703488

The one thing you can do with this kit that makes it a possible answer is you can set up a task and then go into download mode, which may allow it time to connect and complete task, such as reflash back to stock. Not sure if this would include reformatting partitions -- if corruption is indeed a real possibility.

Hope this helps. I know how frustrating (and potentially expensive) these situations can be.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] neveronie:
Thanx i will try it out i appreciate you taking the time to help out
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Bubba:
Just a stupid question ... The Note (which is my phone ) has issues with the power button getting stuck. Causes the phone to shut down about the time the Samsung screen disappears. Also the phone will restart and again shut down. I have seen this twice on my sons skyrocket as well.

Could this be an issue on this phone as well?

Just a thought.

Sent from my Big Ass Outlaw Phone
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] gutlessmerc:
Hello Guys,

I am having WIFI Tether issues with any custom AOSP or AOKP rom. Installing a touchwiz related rom somehow resolves the tethering issues.

I've trying all the usual steps before installing a custom rom including wiping everything, factory reset and all that good stuff. But the native tether wont work on these roms. I tried the wifi tether apps in the app store but no success there.

However, what really gets to my nerves is that my daily driver is 4.1.2 liquid smooth rc7 version of the rom which i assume is based on aosp does allow wifi tether but only through the app in the app store. The native app continues to fail.

Someone once told me to install the wifi driver for the phone. Is that possible? If so how? By the way i am running a rogers s3 which is the at&t equivalent in US.

Also, just so you guys know, my other devices do pick up the wireless set up by my phone's tether, but it wont connect to it. password or not, it takes forever to connect and eventually fails.

Any advice?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] TomMelee:
I use my s3 in the car a lot...one of the most important uses is as a dashcam. However, if I set the phone recording and and leave it on for any period of time over about 15 minutes, the phone overheats rapidly. (I'm using apps, both DailyRoads Voyager and AutoGuard Blackbox) I assume it does this because of constant read/write to the memory card. Plugging it in or not doesn't help or hinder the process.

Anyone have any kind of solution? Today I'm experimenting with turning down the resolution, but I already had it relatively low.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] TheSchatz:
Do you use a case? If so, removing it will help a little bit with heat dissipation. Is it positioned anywhere near an A/C vent? You could try to run a tube to route air to the device and keep it cool.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] TomMelee:
I do use a case,I will try removing it. That had occurred to me but I'm afraid I'll break the device in about 10 minutes, lol. I does get a fair amount of solar radiation too, I have it out of the Sun as much as possible though.

Sent from Bananaphone v2.0 (Final)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bdithug:
Also try lowering your screen brightness as well if you haven't already. That's a major cause of the device heating up
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] TomMelee:
Thanks, I actually drive with the screen OFF for the most part. I just tested it again, screen off, brightness at lowest possible, running dailyroads and pandora in the background with CarHome Ultra in the foreground (but screen off), and case OFF, it went from ~88 degrees to ~120 degrees in about 11 minutes, not even in direct sun. Perhaps I'm just fail, heh.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] TheSchatz:
I think we've found a root cause of this. Constant data streaming can be a HUGE cause of heat in the device. Try doing your daily routine without streaming and see if that changes anything.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] TomMelee:
Ok, thanks. In the past it's been an issue as well just listening to audiobooks, but that was a while back and maybe not on this phone. I'm thinking a lot of may just be solar gain through the window...it's not hot today, and the device isn't in direct sun, but it does have to be on the dash to be able to see the traffic. I'll try it at night as well. Maybe I'll make a little hat for it or something, lol.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] xCAVEMANx:
Phone won't read any SIM

I followed these instructions from another thread...and now my phone won't read any SIM cards

"I am the original poster of this.

Those who are having trouble.

1) PLUG IN THE FOREIGN SIM CARD FIRST

2) BOOT up the phone with the different sim card, then it will ask for unlock code. CLICK DISMISS

3) Then perform the 6 step process in post #1

4) be sure to WAIT EXACTLY where it says wait 30 sec, and wait 1min then reboot

---I have better success with the foreign sim in FIRST and unlocking with the foreign sim inside the phone.

+++I am on my mobile, can someone please add this advice to the wiki. Thanks

Just dial the following keys *#197328640#

Main Menu > [1] UMTS > [1] Debug Screen > [8] Phone Control > [6] Network Lock > Options [3]Perso SHA256 OFF > (after choosing this option, wait about 30 seconds, then go back one step by pressing the Menu button then select Back, now you are in [6] Network Lock then choose [4] NW Lock NV Data INITIALLIZ ..... wait for a minute then reboot your phone... enjoy!!!

*This is a PERMANENT UNLOCK, and does NOT trigger anything for warranty"

Apparently this has worked for many people..I used a Tmobile SIM and when I rebooted it unlocked then I turned it off and put my old SIM back in and the SIM didn't work. Anyone know anything about this? I am stuck...returned my phone back to unrooted stock from rooted stock with Kt747 kernel...Complete fresh ODIN...still says no SIM emergency Calls Only. IMEI number is same as is on phone.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] post-mortem:
I unlocked my SGS3 less than a week ago, using that procedure, though I did it without a SIM installed.

Are you running Android 4.1.1? Did you have all the options listed available to you? Are you absolutely sure you didn't accidentally choose one of the other options in that hidden menu? Also, did you do "[3]Perso SHA256 OFF" or ON?

For me, the 1st time I restarted, it said "Safe Mode" in the lower left corner of the screen, and loads of apps were not available (disappeared). Also, the phone wouldn't find a network, and I had to manually go in & choose T-Mobile (I unlocked my AT&T SGS3 to use a T-Mobile MVNO). After a 2nd reboot, everything was back to normal.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] xCAVEMANx:
I did Perso SHA256OFF...it accepted the TMobile Sim...which I only used to unlock as I am going to take a trip soon and need it unlocked.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] xCAVEMANx:
Also noticed that I did a full factory reset, dalvik, cache, format system, and Odin back to 4.1.1 stock and my custom binary counter says 1!!! Totally effed! Need to turn in for warranty and am going to get hit. Used triangle away...fail...something is terribly wrong. I have never seen this and I have flashed and returned to stock many times. I noticed that when I recently flashed with odin it did not re write anything it just flashed over existing rom..i.e. dirty...could have sworn that anytime before if I did the Odin it wiped out everything....could be just me. I have searched these forums and not found any situation similar to mine. I am at a loss...but I strongly recommend to not use the above method for unlocking...I followed the instructions to a T...and when I put my old SIM back in my phone became an Galaxy S3 player...WiFi only no phone...Went to At&T and had them put in a new SIM...NOTHING.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] post-mortem:
I think I read somewhere that you need to be on stock recovery? Then the last thing you do is Triangle Away & unroot. Something like that, I'm not sure.

Edit: Have you tried Mobile Odin? Not sure if it would make a difference, just a thought.

Edit 2: Have you checked this unroot thread? It's not in the AT&T forum, so you might not have seen it.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DelphinusMinor:
If I unlock my phone(Samsung Galaxy S3, i747 variant), will I lose the unlock if I root and flash a custom rom afterwards?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] post-mortem:
A proper unlock is not affected by rooting or flashing ROMs. There are some "hack" unlocks which kind of work for some phones, but otherwise, you'll be okay!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DelphinusMinor:
I am going to attempt the *#1973... unlock after I unroot by flashing an Android 4.1.1 stock firmware.

Thanks for the reply. =-}
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] post-mortem:
There's a rumor that doing that free unlock method interferes with Triangle Away's ability to bring the flash counter to zero, so it won't go lower than 1. There may be a way around that, but just be aware that it's a possibility.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DelphinusMinor:
What is the deal with that anyway? Do I really need to worry about a counter if I never plan on returning it for maintenance, etc?

Or is there a real possibility of device issues once the counter reaches a certain point?