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[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] T3hBraveBoss:
What is the point of using cyanogenmod over stock? I've tried researching for a answer and nothing comes up. Does anyone care to explain what all the hype about cyanogenmod and using it over stock + root

Like per say if it improves overall proformence of the s3 on a battery and stability basis then ill be sold to give it a try
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] unleashed12:
Hmm well the major benefit is getting to use AOSP. Which is stock android as google intended (ie like the galaxy nexus), none of the samsung touchwiz stuff. Other benefit for now being that its jellybean. Im sure people here can come up with a laundry list of reasons for why cm is better than stock but those are the two main that would probably come into anyones head.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] HRodMusic:
its straight build from the android source, no touchwiz sense etc.. a google experience lol
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] cue_32:
Those and a whack of in-built customization at your disposal
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Ends:
For the sheer thrill of it. Because you can. To experiment and learn. I allot of times don't need to know nothing about an OS to at least try it. People waste hundreds of man hours to create this stuff. Try it out. See what they spent all their time to create. Happy hacking!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] crakerjac:
Reasons I use any ROM over stock (features vary ROM to ROM)

Change songs with Volume rocker

Built in WiFi tethering

No Bloatware

There are other things I look for in a ROM but unfortunately CM does not include any of those (e.g. app password lock built into system and cannot be removed)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] AxAtAx:
Plus Cyanogen you can customize it more than stock, just little things, like navigation bar, which I don't use, just an example.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] T3hBraveBoss:
Yup haha, loving cm10 no issues at all loving every moment of it cm>touchwiz
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] forwardbias:
My story, I had the original Galaxy S Captivate from AT&T and as my contract was close to running out I decided to finally put a custom ROM on my phone since it was slow getting updated. After a while I ended up with CM. It was a huge improvement over the old stock rom (even with the updates they had managed to get out). Fast forward to this weekend I finally bit the bullet and decided to upgrade to a new phone so I got an S3. My first thought upon turning on the phone was "omg this is terrible!".

Samsung's touch wiz basically is where they take the newest versions of Android and try to force it to work like the older version (presumably so that all their phones work the same). So the first thing I did on getting home is spend time getting CM installed on it and I haven't looked back. You lose some of the Samsung apps but most of them are useless anyway but you gain a better experience.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] winwiz:
So it's September - where is the wireless charger?

Seems to have been forgotten!!!
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Geordie Lad:
You know if they released this on day 1 I would have bought it with the phone but now I had time to think I just don't want or need it.

So I honestly hope almost no one buys this thing so Samsung doesn't have these ridiculous delays in the future.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] msgnyc:
Agreed. Same with the 4 new colors.... F-ing Samsung....
[Galaxy S III Accessories] nicesoni_ash:
true.. they really messed up by delaying color choices..
[Galaxy S III Accessories] msgnyc:
I wouldn't have cared as much if they actually "delayed" the alt color choices, but for that to have happened they would've had to let people know their would actually be color choices other then White and "Blurple" before or around launch. Not after selling numerous millions of devices........

Id've held off on the Blurple had I known a Black or Silver were in the works, but the news came long after my 30 days were up.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Geordie Lad:
Colours are just superficial problems and just an annoyance more than a problem, but not being able to get 32 or 64gb versions still after 3 months is inexcusable since Samsung stupidly didn't include moving Apps to external SD.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] le_novo:
This is embarassing, even nokia gets the wireless charging earlier on the market.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] seanvree:
These guys were supposed to release their product by Sept 1 as well, haven't seen anything.

http://www.makezens.com/how-does-it-work-for-my-samsung-galaxy-s3/
[Galaxy S III Accessories] aweskelo:
Don't buy it. No case on the planet will work with it. I've had it for a week now.

If you don't want to use a case and buy this kit, Just go to the Verizon store and ask them to get it from the back.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] robroy90:
Mine is sitting on my desk right now. Works perfectly. VZW is selling the LG charging pad on their website. I had to go to ebay for a couple of the wireless charging doors, but they work great. I have a pebble blue, so I affixed the white charging element to the back of my Defender and it works perfectly with the case on. I could not be happier with the convenience.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] kevindd992002:
What do you exactly mean by wireless charging doors?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] vinnyjr:
Just seen a video on YouTube with a wireless charger set up. Followed the link and they are excepting pre orders. $78.00 for the entire kit.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] msgnyc:
The wireless charging is built into the battery door. Verizon probably didn't have them instock so he bought them online.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Blue6IX:
?

I have a 32 gig version, verizon branding, bought it about 3 weeks ago...
[Galaxy S III Accessories] V@no:
I've never seen/used wireless charger and wondering how much output does it provide? The stock wall charger is not able charge the phone when the phone is being heavily used, such as video call (GTalk/Skype) over cell network and GPS active. What are the chances that the phone has to be totally idle and nothing running in the background for the wireless charger being able do it's job?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] kms108:
just seen one in china, will post photo's later on.

Base

input 19V--1A

output 5-1A

pad

input 5V-700mA
[Galaxy S III Accessories] msgnyc:
Color me intrigued... How much that run you?

Is it the full battery cover replacement or just the inductive pad itself to put under the stock cover? Looks like just the pad itself sitting on a charging station. :P Not that is mind that one bit so long as it didn't bulge the case much. Been tempted to buy the Verizon covers and peeling the pads off to do just that actually :D
[Galaxy S III Accessories] eatonjb:
I have the Verizon cover, on AT&T phone and it works great except for that the NFC does not work , there is an extra contact that is only available on the Verizon version not sure why that is

== Yea.. I tapped that!
[Galaxy S III Accessories] ScottC:
They merely announced them, none of the new gear is actually available yet.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] KryptosXLayer2:
FOR REAL...... how hard is it if all the hackers on here have modified them and the damn factory can't? I have no desire to physically mod this phone, even though I've got a car in the garage with a ridiculous amount of work done to it - I like to mod things like this but I'm really hoping Samsung can figure this out soon so I don't have to resort to it!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShadowFoxRedux:
I was using Rom ToolBox. I attempted to change the theme of my rooted but stock rom Vibrant. When RTB(Rom ToolBox) rebooted the phone it would only boot to T-mobile boot screen then go to a black screen. The 4 buttons on the bottom of the phone still light up when touched. I can get into recovery and have reset data as well as formatted SD card.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated as I need this phone for my job that starts on wensday.

After recovering from what I posted above, I then soft bricked my phone a second time, this time it would only load to the Vibrant/Samsung boot screen.

"You should be able to get to download mode.

Pull the battery, put it back in.

Make sure the phone is still off.

Hold volume up + down while inserting the usb cable.

See if that works." credit goes to theexel for getting me out of this second soft brick.

If you have had either of these 2 problems this thread should have some answers for you, or will point you in the right direction to getting ur problem fixed.

I cant say thanks enough to everyone that helped or tried to help me with these 2 problems.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fernkomoyo:
If your phone is stock rom but rooted.. just use odin, you can lose some info, or not, but the phone will work perfectly again :) (suggestion: try jelly bean, better battery, and it's working great)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Exel:
That should be if you have this phone period, and there's signs of life on it, which there is on yours.

Look through this Q&A section for a tutorial on how to ODIN back to stock, you should be fine.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShadowFoxRedux:
Bad news for me, now its soft bricked I believe(phone--!--cpu) screen. Also looks like the usb port is bad. Talk about crappy luck. Any ideas on this development is also appreciated.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Exel:
You can still ODIN when you see phone--!--cpu.

As long as you see a COM in ODIN, you're good to go.

If it's not working, try different computer ports, cables, etc.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShadowFoxRedux:
how long does odin take generally? this is my first android so im a real noobie to all of this.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Exel:
I think the longest part of using ODIN is having to download the files initially.

It only takes, no more than 10-15 minutes to have your phone up and running again once you have all the files and run ODIN.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShadowFoxRedux:
Success!! phone is back up and running again. Bonus is its back to 2.1 so i can reroot+flas to jelly bean! Also which rom would you suggest I use for my vibrant? :good:
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FC3SRedSuns:
I'm not the one your asking, but I like Helly Bean so far.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShadowFoxRedux:
No worries, ill take any advice I can get.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Exel:
I prefer official stuff from big teams, so I use CM10, I like it, its fast and stable.

Currently dowgraded to Froyo though, ah, I've missed my GPS.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShadowFoxRedux:
I bricked it good this time, got cocky and flashed droid-vibrant rom. Didnt like it so I went to go back to my original stock rom, used clockwork recovery but something went wrong. When I rebooted the phone im now stuck at the vibrant/samsung screen. Cant get into recovery or download modes now. Everything I try just keeps cycling the vibrant/samsung boot screen. Is this a hard brick or is there a way to save it?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Exel:
You should be able to get to download mode.

Pull the battery, put it back in.

Make sure the phone is still off.

Hold volume up + down while inserting the usb cable.

See if that works.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShadowFoxRedux:
You sir are a life saver. Ok now before I do anything else. What should be my first move from here?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Exel:
Well, that depends on what you want to do.

What ROM you want to install, etc.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Woody:
Well, what do you want to run on your phone?

Froyo - been out for a long time so it is optimized to the eyeballs. Working GPS, long battery life, quick and snappy.

Gingerbread - Since we had no "official" build, there are problems with battery, GPS and small memory leaks here and there. Plus you will have to install Gingerbread bootloaders (If you screw this up, it is the one sure fire way to hardbrick this device-so tread lightly). Almost all GB ROM do NOT have e911/911. There is CM7/7.2, Simply Honey, MIUI

ICS - Make sure you choose anything 4.0.4 based, as it has updated code from Google. ICZen is my home ICS ROM, but there is Slim, CM9 and a few others. (Install guide is in my signature) GPS sucks for the most part too and maybe/maybe not e911/911.

JellyBean - All are experimental and still glitchy if you don't know what you are doing. HellyBean and SlimBean are the two front runners.

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My suggestion to you is for you to runu some Froyos to get you comfortable with the flashing, nandroiding, tweaking,...processes and then move on to something else. Above all read and search. This phone is 2 years old, so chances are you won't have done anything that someone else already has. Nearly all the issues are solved, so you should be able to use the search and find something out about said problem, as opposed to opening a thread about it.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShadowFoxRedux:
I think i will stay far far away from GB. I guess I would want to stay on froyo, I just dont know which froyo rom would be the best. What im looking for is fast/good battery life/working GPS. I would need 911 to work as I drive for my work and use it quite abit to call in accidents/problems on the roads that I see.

Yea I searched and read and read, once I got to the phone--!--computer I knew what was wrong. This last time I found alot of people who had the same problems, the ones that got solved I tried the methods that they used and none worked.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Woody:
I would go with Bionix-V FishmanMod Rom / Bionix-V FishmanMod Odin Images. It is proven to be really great at all the things that you listed. Also it has an Odin image, so you can just flash it through Odin and go about your day like normal (See the OP). You can theme it with the themes list in Slim_Ryder's post #4 (this is a great 2.2 ROM also btw).

Good luck and let us know how it goes.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShadowFoxRedux:
I went with the rom that you suggested. So far I am loving it. Much thanks for all of your help as well as others that helped as well.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Woody:
Sweet!!! If you have any questions, please feel free to ask. Also might want to take a look at my Battery Guide stickied in the Q&A section. It has tips, trick, apps and some really good info you might need.

One last thing: Can you go into your OP and click Edit>Go Advanced and then put [Solved] in your title.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
ONLY FLASH RADIOS IF YOU ARE A T-MOBILE CUSTOMER!!!!!

​

YOU MAY REGRET IT IF YOU DO NOT HEED THIS WARNING!!!!!​

CONSIDER YOURSELF WARNED!!!!​

DISCLAIMER:

Flashing radios on your phone should not be done if you do not understand what the modem/radio is! Yes, it is a simple flash, BUT, if you do mess it up somehow, it can at best prevent you from obtaining a signal, and at worst possibly brick your device!!!

IF YOU ARE NOT ON T-MOBILE, DO NOT FLASH!!!!

If you have a different device (T999V) or are with a different carrier (such as Sprint, Wind, etc) T-Mobile radios will NOT work!

I have tested this on my own device with no issues, however, you flash at your own risk!

T-Mobile GS3 Modem/Radio​

Baseband =

UVLI4

​

This is the radio which came with the update UVALI4, released Sept. 7, 2012.

Download and flash this from TWRP or CWM Recovery

TMobileGS3_UVLI4_Modem.zip

Note: Flashing the above file will backup your current radio. HOWEVER, If you flash it again, it will write over the backup.

To restore this backup, flash the file below.

Download and flash this from TWRP or CWM Recovery

TMOGalaxyS3RestoreModem.zip

The above file will flash the backup created by the first. It is the same as provided by Wildchld with previous releases, so again thanks and credit to him!

(I didn't see any reason to reinvent the wheel!)

Note: As stated previously by Wildchld, the Modem Restore zip file should be placed somewhere on your INTERNAL sdcard, else it may not see the modem.backup file.

Up to this point Wildchld has provided us with pretty much all our modem needs, so as always, thanks to him!

Being that his flashable radios have worked so well for everyone, I have basically just used one of his previous updates to create this one. I simply replaced the old radio with the new, and edited the script to match. This will work (backup and all) the same as previous releases.

All credit for the work goes to

Wildchld

so please thank him when you see him!

Also credit to mercado79 for the updater-script as stated by Wild in his thread.

The T-Mobile Modem Flasher by clark44 should be updated with this modem later (I'm hoping!). Be on the lookout! In the meantime it is an excellent way to test each modem for best performance in your area and on your phone!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] effortless:
Thank you for getting this out so fast!! T999UVALI2 is now out.. dated Sep 3rd. Glad to see them putting in some work.. hopefully they do the same for JB.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] chiensibut:
holy **** my data speed never been faster...in here houston texas 20mbs
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mrbmg:
In Dallas, hopefully the same lol
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] GiZZy:
Giving this a shot :)

Edit: everything went smooth, just realized i hit my data cap so cant report on data speeds :(
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] TarHeelTrigger:
What kind of download source is that?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Just another cloud storage service like dropbox, mediafire, etc. Got 25gb free so thats what I use. You are more than welcome to not use it if you wish!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] TarHeelTrigger:
I tried to use it but it requested a sign up.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] aznmode:
Seemed to have increased my upload speed. On UVLG1 I was getting around 200kbps And with this radio I'm getting 600kbps.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] TarHeelTrigger:
Getting ads while trying to download from my phone. Worked fine from PC.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ktetreault14:
Amazing... Now getting 9.41 mbps on this with only one bar!! :):):)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] GiZZy:
I wish i wasn't at the limit, so i can enjoy this blazing speed, my girlfriend with the Galaxy S Blaze 4G gets much faster speeds than me with the S3
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] fiendskillz:
any updates for the li2?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Seriously?! It shouldn't be doing that at all. Anyone else have this happen?

Sorry about that man...ill have a look to see if I can figure out why. Guess they must've changed things and I didn't realize it. Ill find somewhere else if need be.

But first, gotta sleep! You guys should get UVALI2 very soon btw. If Wildchld doesn't release Ill see if I cant get it out soon.

Sorry bout the download trouble again. Didn't plan on that!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] TarHeelTrigger:
Yea this is what comes up...
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Try clicking Standard view at the bottom. That sucks though. One of the reasons I originally went with minus was because they didn't do crap like this. Let me know if that works though.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] bmckinney212:
The second time I clicked it the download came up.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] TarHeelTrigger:
Standard view
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Ok, really am sorry bout that man. Ill try to find somewhere else a bit later.

Is it this way for everyone?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] TarHeelTrigger:
No worries bro. Just thought I would bring it to your attention.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] GiZZy:
It was same for me, worked on PC didn't on phone

here is a mirror for anyone interested

https://www.dropbox.com/s/7z5zic8qu7f6ta5/TMOGalaxyS3_UVLI1_Modem.zip

Edit:

Doc, any chance you can extract the radio from the new release UVLI2 ?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
TarHeel, check your PM's.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] street954:
Sorry for the newbish question ... but can I flash radios while on a CM10 based build?

Or are these only for stock based?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] GiZZy:
Radios are compatible with ICS and JB, kernels are not

Yes you can flash this :P
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] chadster214:
UVLI2

Guys,

here's another OTA leak. 9.5MB

http://www.hotfile.com/dl/170430247/e07113d/SGH-T999_T999UVALI2-OTA-T999UVALH2_TMB_9930691.zip.html
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mynlal:
I see 2 diff radios, one from the link above and one from OP. they both have UVALI2, which one should I download?

I am on UVLH2

---------- Post added at 03:45 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:27 PM ----------

went ahead and flashed UVLI2 and internet speed has really increased. Thanks OP
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] GiZZy:
He LI2 is an OTA, the LI1 is modem only
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Yup. Give me just a little while longer. Someone screwed up my schedule at work, so may have drop everything and head out soon. If so, itll be this afternoon, otherwise just an hour or two.

Thanks for the mirror btw. If you want to keep it alive till I find somewhere better ill add it to the op. Doesn't dropbox block you for too much traffic though?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] zoth:
The best modem I tried so far. Thanks :good:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] evohog:
Have bad reception at work bit even with no bars this modem is the fastest so far, top two are the new one.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] capcanuck:
Wow.. I have NEVER reached the 20 mark.. amazing..
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Just released UVLI2 for you guys. Thanks for your patience!

It does use the same minus.com download source. Figured Id go ahead and get it out first, and then look for a new place to host my files.

Any recommendations? I heard dropbox will block you if you cause too much traffic. Dev-Host can be reliable, but slow....

Open to suggestions! Thanks!

Glad to hear this has been working so well for most of you. Havent really had a chance to test it myself!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ThC23:
Where is LI2?

Powered by the SGSIII....
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Couple posts up.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=31122147
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] aznmode:
I think minus is down. But I was able to download LI1 last night by opening up my browser and selecting desktop mode first. Then I clicked on the modem link And once it opened there was a link on the bottom of minus page. Clicked it And it downloaded fine. But again I think minus is down today so it takes you to their main page when you try desktop mode.

---------- Post added at 11:31 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:29 AM ----------

On another note...I think this sped up my phone a bit And battery life is better.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mynlal:
I downloaded ULI2 and my baseband has changed to T999UVLI2 but Build number is still UVALH2.

The zip file I flashed was TMOGalaxyS3_UVLI2_Modem.zip

I dont think it is an OTA
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] GiZZy:
I meant the packaging, you can flash the modem zip through recovery only for the radio update. But the other zip you can only flash on top of stock.

You flashed the modem from the new ota, it wasn't extracted when the question was asked
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mynlal:
OK, is the OTA for Jelly bean?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Nope. The ONLY jb we have right now is the UVDLH3 leak. (Stock based that is)

These are ICS 'leaks'.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] bmckinney212:
Link to modem.

http://db.tt/WDG39gRW
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] domreplv:
@DocHoliday77 - Thank You... Way Better Than Before. . .