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[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] m9999:
Hi there, I recently updated to Android 4.1.2 (Bell Canada - firmware I747MVLDMF1) through Kies.

After updating, I found out that I lost my Root access and my CWM Recovery was replaced back to the stock recovery.

Is there a stock firmware image for Bell that I can use to regain root? (I've tried the image from Samsung-Updates.com, but I'm still facing the same problem.

Thanks.

-Samsung Galaxy S 3 (SGH-1747M)

Stock ROM - Android 4.1.2 (Bell Canada - I747MVLDMF1)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] xBeerdroiDx:
Why not just install a custom recovery, boot in and root from recovery? There's a thread on this in the general section I believe.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] m9999:
Oh I see. I thought having root access was a requirement for installing a custom recovery.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] eduardo_b:
My current favorite way to root stock ROM easily is Auto-Root CF:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1963790
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] hednik:
You sould just jtag the phone. It's probably not a complete loss
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Horashia:
Thanks! I found a place after a quick google search and phone as been sent off. I still have a GS4 in route though.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] akaAwesome22:
Google play store and Drop box NOT WORKING

phone: S3 (SGH-1747M)

provider: Rogers (Canada)

i rooted my phone and then installed Clockworkmod recovery because i wanted to install cyanogenmod 10.1. i installed a stable version because i thought it was better then the nighly version. after installing it it was stuck in boot loop so i guessed i soft bricked the phone so then i flashed the original rom and everything was working other then dropbox. so i tried to uninstall and reinstall it and after that google play store stopped working. now i dont know what to do or how to fix the problem so if anyone could help it would be awesome.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] xBeerdroiDx:
Make sure to be performing the proper wipes between flashing.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Randomsanity:
Stupid question: Will an unlocked S3 from Telus (SGH-I747) work on the Bell mobility network?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] oddspec:
Its should as long as u have the correct apns to get data and MMS if its like att/tmo here the us u mite get reduced speeds depends on what bands they support
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] m9999:
Yes it will. The S3 models for Bell and Telus are the same. It's actually an SGH-I747M by the way.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] runawaybayeh:
New CM10.1 install; ProCapture causes Phone reboot

I finally upgraded to the stable CM 10.1 after running CM10 flawlessly for the past few months. Used Clockwork to back up. Allowed Google to find and reinstall all my apps. Im running Nova as the Launcher. SuperSu is giving me superuser .

When I reinstalled my camera app, ProCapture Camera it causes the phone to reboot when the user facing camera is enabled for selfie. Ive tried clearing the cache in apps. and then re installing. The app is legit and paid for. Im at a stand still.Any thoughts about the approach to take would be appreciated. Thanks

Rooted

CM 10.1

Samsung G3 SGH-I747M 16G Rogers
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] oddspec:
Does the stock camera allow front facing pics with out issues if so ID say that that app isn't properly updated to work on the latest jelly bean

So if stock camera app works fine ID email the dev and ask them to update maybe even capture a log cat to send them to look into it
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] runawaybayeh:
That is so simple, I didnt even think about it.

Thank you for the reply . Yes the stock camera does work. It didnt occur to me that the app may just not be ready for the new OS. Awesome. Ill follow up on it. Sort of like the old "are you sure its plugged in" query in troubleshooting :)

Thanks again.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] SoullessFire:
can't connect to camera

hi, I have a problem with my camera after flashing the Slimbean 4.2.2 rom (this one here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1725839). I'm on a Galaxy S3

For some reason, it says I can't connect to camera on the regular camera app, and I've downloaded other camera apps which have the same issue. I've tried reflashing the rom a couple times after doing full wipes and still no luck. Any suggestions on how to get it working?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Bruce Lee:
Have you tried a different ROM to see if works? If that suggestion doesnt work I suggest going back to stock and seeing if thats a hardware issue.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bobyum:
Stupid Question:

I clean wiped and flashed the latest June 2013 4.1.2 Firmware for my Rogers S3 on Odin and it got stuck in a bootloop. Anyone else have the same problem?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] post-mortem:
Have you tried booting to recovery, and doing a factory reset?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] SoullessFire:
It was working before when I upgraded from stock, I see no reason for there to be a hardware issue. I'm tried another rom, but it's not working either. Any other suggestions? I was searching threads but I got nothing..
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Bruce Lee:
Which ROMS havent you tried yet?

Try some touchwiz ROMS if you can. If you can't I highly suggest using odin to go back to stock to confirm if it's a hardware issue. That way you can rule that out. I have flashed many ROMS here on the s3 and no camera issues.

How are you wiping stuff in recovery?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Frustration:
Dumb question, but I just found out was rooting was yesterday; of course right after I updated my S3 Bell phone to 4.1.2...

Can I still root my phone using the 4.1.1 model or will it brick my phone? If not, how do I root and backup from 4.1.2?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] SoullessFire:
I'll give those roms then stock if they don't work a shot in a sec.

I'm wiping by doing data/factory reset, wipe cache partition, and then wiping dalvik in that order.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] hednik:
Jus thave to do a factory reset in stock recovery. This happen when flashing rom's with ODIN from time to time. Especially from 4.0. to 4.1

---------- Post added at 03:11 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:09 PM ----------

Just flash the rooted stock from this thread. YOou will be rooted and it won't erase a thing.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1739426

top one listed under Bell
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Bruce Lee:
That's the way I wipe my stuff in recovery too. I am assuming your flashing the ROM after what you said above.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Frustration:
Sorry, one more question, I have successfully rooted and wondering If I can install a ROM on 4.2.2 even if my S3 is on 4.1.2? Will the room still work?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] oddspec:
Will root still work yes 99% of roms on the a prerooted. So no issues there if I meant will the rom still work yes upgrading the android os via. A rom. Is fine
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] disavow:
trouble with 16gb SD

I copied some files onto my card and placed it in my phone, my phone reads it fine but i cannot delete files from the card and i cannot write to card either.

When i tried to re-format the card it says its successful but all previous files are still on there. i can format from PC but I still cannot write to it from phone
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] eduardo_b:
Yes. Carriers have not implemented 4.2.x but these ROMs run fine. Might as well get started now as 4.3 is coming.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] post-mortem:
If you format the card in your computer, and the old files are still there, then the card is dead. Time to look up the warranty; unless it's a cheap knockoff, it probably has a lifetime warranty.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] disavow:
I can format in my PC and everything is gone. I can write to it in my PC and delete in PC just not in phone
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] post-mortem:
Either the problem's in the card, or in your phone. There are 2 tests you can do to help narrow down the problem.

Use another SD card in your phone

Use the SD card in your computer for prolonged, more extensive testing

If anything goes other than as expected with the old card, then the old card is dying. If you can get a hold of another SD card and it works properly in your phone, then your phone is ok.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jgill9401:
My S3 got into a bootloop this morning. I removed the battery and tried rebooting it up, still same thing. I also tried going into custom recovery by pressing the volume down/up keys and the power button, still nothing. My phone's the at&t s3, rooted, and running paranoidkangdroid. Would really appreciate your help guys! :D
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] skinzy98:
So I'm looking into buying an s3 off of craigslist for at&t I plan on unlocking it for T-Mobile. I'm trying to see. How do I know if my area has a certain frequency( I get 4g on my HTC one s right now if that helps) I've read on line some hits and misses as to how well an at&t phones will work on ymobile. I asked in the T-Mobile s3 thread but the guy that was responded confused me more than anything. Can I get 4g to work on an at&t s3 on T-Mobile?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Bruce Lee:
If your phone is bootlooping you should be still ok. Have you tried this way going into recovery, make sure phone is off, press these buttons at the same time, power volume up, home, and power. If all else fails try going with odin and going back to stock via download mode.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] post-mortem:
You can unlock using this procedure, and you should be able to open the T-Mobile frequencies using this.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] skinzy98:
How will that change when T-Mobile switches all their frequencies around
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] oddspec:
Depends what feq's they switch around u know which ones they r Gunna stop using more info is needed to provide a better answer to that
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] skinzy98:
I know they're switching 2g&3g to 1900 and 1700 and 2100 are gonna be dedicated mainly to lte but HSDPA+ partially also
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] oddspec:
Well that shouldnt affect this then as long as all those bands r supported in the attack version which I believe they r it mite just need a change to apns she it happens is all
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Jubei527:
Slim Rom

Do I need to down load Gapp For Slim ROM? If so, where do I download it from?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Bruce Lee:
Yes you do. Is this the ROM you are talking about?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=31001164

If it is, read the link below carefully.

http://www.slimroms.net/index.php/downloads
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] xunholyx:
NANDroid restore fail

I hard bricked my s3 (telus) and sent it in for repair. Now I can't restore any of my nandroids. I keep getting "error while restoring /system".

They replaced the motherboard, and the sim card, but I don't think this should affect it. Or should it?

All I want is to have my phone back to the way it was before I bricked it (obviously). I'm using cwm 5.5.0.4

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] meanhacker:
is there or will there ever be an app for the galaxy s3 that will allows the user to have complete control of the focus on the camera? kinda like a slider on the screen that we can slide up or down which will control the focus of the lens and when the focus is just right, all we have to do is tap the shutter button to take the picture. I hate how all camera apps are ABLE to focus really close, but half way through the process, they reset and the close-up object is out of focus, thought the camera's hardware IS capable of focusing that close of a distance.

also, the OP should make a section for commonly asked questions
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] xunholyx:
Issue fixed by this post: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1822308

Updated cwm, flashed nandroid with no problems.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Starymari:
Has anyone tried the turn in promo at AT&T recently? I really wanted to trade in my old iPhone (I know, icky gross, want to get rid of it asap) and get a new Samsung Galaxy S4 Active cuz it's waterproof and bigger than my Skyrocket. The sales associate I talked to said you could get up to a $100 rebate based on the phones condition. So I was wondering if anyone had done this and gotten a new phone and how bad was the phone they traded in? Last I checked my old iPhone 4 was in pretty good condition, no scratches, no dents, always had a case or screen protector, etc. Any info would be greatly appreciated! I'm just worried I'll get all my stuff together, go up there and they'll say, "just kidding!"
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] oddspec:
ID check swappa first I sold my s2 ( 140 ) and s3 ( 275 ) both in great shape I undercut the lowest price to sell em fast u mite get more on there just saying
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Starymari:
Oh ok, I'll check there too. I'm not eligible for an upgrade so if I don't do the trade in promo, I'd have to pay msrp thru AT&T which would be ridiculously expensive. So assuming I'll be able to get the full rebate, this would be cheaper cuz I'd get the rebate on the 2 year agreement price instead of the rebate off msrp. I'll take a look at swappa though!

Thank you for your help!!!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Starymari:
Ok guys and gals, I have another stupid question! Other than staying on Stock, there is no way to keep certain features from a phone like special effects for the stock camera app or multi Window feature, etc. Right? I wanted to root my new phone as soon as I got it but I am concerned about losing the some of the features because of it. I really enjoy using custom themes/kernels that your able to with a rooted phone but I'm pretty sure there's no way to use those without root. I'm rambling, sorry!

Basically, I'm asking if there is anyway to keep certain features from Stock when you root or are they solely based on what is included in a custom rom?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] oddspec:
U can keep all stock features when u root

Root doesnt affect those u can keep all customs features from the stock Samsung ROM if u use a tw based ROM

U only lose those features when u flash an aosp based ROM ( cm , aokp, pa,slimbean )

Kernels should affect features either hope this helps answers ur question
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] busarov:
Flash any ROM based off of Touchwiz and you should keep all stock features. You'll find these ROMs in the Development section. NOT Original Development.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] post-mortem:
List of ROMs
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sxorpyon:
So i've been looking around the forums for about 2 hours now trying to figure out how to recover my imei

first time rooter here and i flashed to liquid smooth 2.8. Randomly my imei is now 0 and i dont' have any reception for making calls.

I think i need to get qpst and inject my imei but every single thread that refers to how this is done is dead (that i've found). If any of you have a good thread describing how to recover your imei after flashing a custom rom i'd be eternally grateful!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] post-mortem:
Yeah, basically you need to make an NV backup, inject your IMEI into it, then restore it.

Check out this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1804117

Maybe also this one:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1308546
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sxorpyon:
Thank you very much. The first thread i had found, but the link to the NV generator doesn't work so i don't have the text file needed. but also my phone just gives me an error "connection problem or invalid mmi code" when i dial *#7248# so i can't start the process.

I will check out the second link, hopefully somethign new there :) appreciate your help!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] post-mortem:
If you mean the sgs3.nv.gen.zip file, I found this:

http://www.2shared.com/file/4A3XLjXy/sgs3nvgen.html

Good luck!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sxorpyon:
Yep that's the one! there are it and many others on the internet which are either fakes or broken links. This one that you posted is also broken unfortunately ... but thank you very much ^.^

edit - that was my virus blocker! ok now to try the method :)

edit 2 - so i dial *#7284# and get the message "Connection problem or invalid MMI code"

edit 3 - I have disabled debugging mode for usb ... still can't do *#7284#
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sxorpyon:
edit 4 - i've uninstalled and reinstalled drivers for samsung devices multiple times still can't get 7284 to work

edit 5 - in case this helps someone ... looks like i can't do the 7284 after installing liquidsmooth ... need to go back to stock rom apparently ... hope odin will get me there!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] post-mortem:
Yes, you need to be on a stock ROM (or one based on stock) to use USSD codes.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sxorpyon:
Yes, i've got it all restored now. here were the steps i used.

1. Downloaded stock rom for my i747

2. used odin to flash the rom (had to reset to factory defaults from the default bootloader to get it to boot after stock flash)

3. injected the imei using the method here : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1804117

4. re-rooted the phone

5. upgraded cwm from 5.5 to 6.0.3.1 by the method using terminal emulation : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2016030

6. restored my liquidsmooth back up

Is there any way to flash cwm 6.0.3.1 using odin instead of flashing 5.5.x.x and then using the terminal to upgrade cwm?

Thanks for all the help ... learning a lot on root day #2.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] eduardo_b:
Go to http://clockworkmod.com/rommanager and download desired img file(s). There are several ways to flash these, but I used Mobile Odin. Rename file to recovery.img and then flash with MO. If you want Touch version, same process.

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To use desktop Odin, use this toolkit to convert to .tar file: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1746665
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sxorpyon:
So just to be clear mobileODIN supports img files whereas standard pc based ODIN doesn't.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Gage_Hero:
On stock Telus rom with 32 gb sd card, last night was the third time the card was corrupt and had to format it. Anyone else have the same issue?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] post-mortem:
The card could be dying. There are also rumors that SGS3s (or maybe it's Samsung phones in general, IDK) eat up SD cards which are not Samsung branded. All I know is I've had my SGS3 for < 6 months, and 2 G.Skill cards have died in it.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dektoud:
Custom Notification Vibrate pattern

without using a 3rd party app, I'd like to customize the vibrate pattern when I receive a notification on the stock Telus rom. I've be using CM10.1 for a fair few months and this is one feature I sorely miss since switching back to the stock rom.

Also, it seems to be impossible to set the S3 to vibrate on notification ONLY when in vibrate mode... in order to get it to vibrate in vibrate mode, we have to also have the phone vibrate in sound mode also. This just seems backwards to me.

Anyone have any hints as to fixing these problems? Change the default 1 second vibrate pattern to something else and make the phone vibrate only when I put it in vibrate mode??

Cheers.

edit: these requests are for the stock telus rom!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] post-mortem:
On the stock AT&T ROM, under Settings -> Sound, under "Ringtone and notifications" is "Device vibration." There, I can choose different vibration patterns, and even create a custom pattern. You don't have that in your Telus ROM?

Don't know about your other questions, sorry.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dektoud:
Yep that setting exists, however it does not modify the notification vibration pattern, I have heartbeat selected and I get the long 1 shot when I get an incoming text.

whats more strange is that if I change the vibration strength for notifications, I get 2 short bursts, exactly what I want the notification vibration to be.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Bruce Lee:
Out of curiosity, which company are the sd cards from? I have a sandisk 16 GB that has been in my s3 since the release of the phone last year and my atrix 4g before that.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] post-mortem:
I bought a G.Skill card, and it converted from flash memory in ROM. I couldn't format it or delete files. I RMA'd it & sent it in on warranty, & the replacement card they sent me also has died. This 2nd one periodically ejects itself from my phone & comes up unreadable on my PC.

In the meantime, I came across a 32 GB Samsung card which was on sale for $20, so I snagged that, and am currently using it. My 2nd (dead) G.Skill card is still sitting on my desk, as I've gotten lazy to go through the RMA process again.

BTW, I consider myself a light user of my phone. I don't play movies/music, I don't even have a mobile data plan. It's weird that 2 cards died in such a short span of time.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] oddspec:
Not sure on that brand never herd of em but the cheaper cards usually die faster I swear but sandisk never let me down been using the same one 16g since my galaxy s1 and it still works just fine
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] post-mortem:
G.Skill makes more RAM & SSDs than flash memory.

The problem with Sandisk is that there are so many knockoffs out there. My Samsung card has good specs, so I'm happy with it.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Bruce Lee:
+1 that. I also heard Kingston is good too. But I personally recommend sandisk.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] joshuagalipeau:
I never understood why people say RESERVED after the OP
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] post-mortem:
You ever notice that in some threads, the first 3 or 4 posts are all by the same person? They usually break down information into different posts for clarity. For example, in a ROM thread, maybe the 1st post is the description, some thanks, download links, & installation instructions. 2nd post has a changelog. 3rd post has some FAQs, etc. You know what I mean?

So, if they only made one post, then people would start replying, and the author of the thread would have no way to later inject posts to make the first 4 posts all theirs. So they make a few "reserved" posts in their own thread, so they can later edit them to make the final product mentioned above. Get it?

---------- Post added at 10:28 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:51 PM ----------

You know, you're right. I just noticed today that I have the same issue on my phone. I have vibration notification set to "Ticktock", but, like you, I get the "Basic call" notification when I receive an SMS.

Hmmm...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] greogory:
For those of you looking for Ad-Away, look here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=39144524