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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jokesy:
Calibrate your sensors under settings
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Omaxe:
OP:And please don't say that u haven't tried calibrating,

And please always specify Your phone's full info..

Give a screenshot or Write whatever you see in Settings - > About

Please take care of this next time,

Peace

Hit Thanks & It will Disappear

Sent from S II Running Fully Modified Official ICS 4.0.4

Next Device: Upcoming Nexus
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bog.lungu:
Calibrate !

Duble calibrate !

1 . make a WRONG Calibrate !

2. Calibrate your sensors CORECTLY ! on a flat surface !
[Off-topic] speedygonzo:
So, who's going?:D:D:D
[Off-topic] stumpyz9:
Im not going but i ordered my swag bag so i can get all the goodies :D
[Off-topic] Archer:
Please use the existing Android BBQ thread , and please search before creating threads.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1279729

Thread closed.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] music_man185:
I'm getting a razr maxx in about a month. I'm coming from a droid x. I have an otterbox defender and trident kraken for my X. The defender is ok, but the kraken is awesome! I will stick with trident for my razr maxx. Haven't been able to find many reviews for the aegis or the kraken for the razr. Looking for some user feedback.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] LLuisLA:
I use Trident cases on my RAZR. They are awesome!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] music_man185:
Do you have the kraken or the aegis? I will probably end up with both, but will grab the kraken first
[Motorola Droid RAZR] rlex:
My father got kraken some time ago. Absolutely amazing case, can't wait until mine will arrive.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] large-stache:
I have the Trident Aegis on my Razr Maxx, It fits good, doesn't add a great amount of bulk like and OtterBox. The only thing I dont like is the rubber flap/door on the SD/Sim card area, it falls open easy.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] swbf2lord:
I have the same case on my MAXX, but don't notice the silicone casing opening easily. I did just order the Kraken with holster combo though , because it does get hard to slip into your pocket with the Trident on.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Bstrong9211:
I have the kraken and was moderately pleased
[Motorola Droid RAZR] swbf2lord:
Kraken came in today, very nice case in my opinion. Little big, but the silicone isn't on the outside so it's easier to put in a pocket than the Aegis. Seems to offer good protection and only $20 on Amazon.

Sent from my RAZR MAXX
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] munsterrr:
May seem silly but what themes can we grab from the market?

Never really got into AOSP roms until this phone and am used to just looking around in theme sections for themed versions of stock launcher based roms.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] fergie716:
Usually a theme compatible with CM10/CM9 will say so in its description or title. Do a Google Play search for "CM10 Theme" and read the descriptions
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] newuser134:
Total is shown on 2nd post.

GO TO POST #3 FOR ACHIEVEMENTS, GOALS, NOTES and QUESTIONS

To get some momentum behind this, after reading lair12's "S3 as a world GSM phone" (Link), the great replies to my thread about flashing an AT&T radio to the I535 (Link), and judging from the wealth of information gathered by and the vast knowledge of the great devs such as E.V.A, Adam Outler and Ralekdev when they were working on unlocking the bootloader, I am starting this bounty thread to get some good devs behind this much sought after ability to get full domestic 3G and HSPA+ on the I535, for enabling

either

1900MHz or 1700MHz WCDMA on I535 similar to what was done for Galaxy Note i717 (Link). Please add your donations publicly (NOT by pm) to this thread, similar to the bounty thread for unlocking the bootloader. I will update the thread periodically. All regular bounty disclaimers apply. Do any work to reach this goal at your own risk, if you mess up your phone, it's not my fault or anybody else's fault, or if you choose to test any software or firmware on it. Make sure you know what you're doing and that you won't damage your phone before you do it.

Copying the following from another thread:

Requirements to Receive Bounty:​

Be first person to create a method of enabling 1900/1700MHz 3G/HSPA+ capability on SCH-I535

Make a post in this thread with the following:

Proving it works with appropriate photos or screenshots

Providing full step-by-step instructions which anyone else can follow

Wait for another member to follow the method and confirm it works

Claim your bounty via PM from donors

Payment will be processed between each member and the bounty collector via PM on an individual basis.

***

Please note: No hardware modification of the phone's radio chips or antennae is allowed to achieve this goal, it will be by software/firmware/coding/flashing only. If the phone turns out to be missing both the wcdma 1900 or 1700 MHz radio(s), this bounty will be void as the goal will not be achievable without hardware modifications. Even if only one of the wcdma bands is "unlocked" and HSPA+ is achieved on only one domestic carrier, the bounty can still be received.

***

I will start myself by donating $50 to the person that reaches this goal first. Please make posts below for your donations. I will update the list and the total bounty regularly.

*** BUMP ***

Any dev with jtag willing to flash a stock or modified AT&T modem on i535 to try it, or edit the "padding" at the end of a stock i535 modem to see if it causes a brick?

Any dev (such as Ralekdev, or with similar knowledge) willing to modify the modem.bin file from an i535 with parts from an AT&T or T-Mobile modem to keep the i535 signatures and hand-off, but operate as an AT&T radio maybe to enable wcdma modulation on 1900 MHz? The RF path for 1900 MHz is already there for gsm 1900. We can involve the help of some AT&T or T-Mobile forum members and devs if dumps from AT&T / T-Mobile modems or other files are required, that part should not be that difficult.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] newuser134:
Day 11:

TOTAL = $205​

Donations:​

"newuser134" = $50

"ac21365" = $30

"Buff McBigstuff" = $25

"cvsolidx17" = $20

"mybook4" = $25 (for T-Mobile HSPA+) or $50 (for T-Mobile HSPA+ on 1700 AND 1900)

"preusstang" = $20

"worldlyinquirer" = $10​

As a separate item, you may wish to donate to replace or repair someone's hard bricked i535 phone if they flash an AT&T modem, when ALL options to find out, prior to actually flashing, have been exhausted to determine whether a cross-device modem flash would brick or not. In that case a volunteer would flash a modem with the agreement of others on this thread. Only in that case, would others who chose to before the flash took place, donate to help replace or repair that person's phone. So far these donations have been made for that purpose:

"mybook4" = $25

"newuser134" = $25​
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] newuser134:
Achievements / Steps

Main Goal: Enable HSPA+ data on 1700 MHz/1900 MHz (or both) on the Samsung GS3 SCH-i535

To enable the use of it on US gsm carriers (AT&T, T-Mobile) for voice, sms and high speed data

WARNING, testing modems can result in a hard brick that is only recoverable by JTAG.

As answers are found, they will be posted here with links to the posts containing the results.

*** Would modifying NV entries be the solution, if it's not, o not just, the modem? Either way, it is deeper than /system, because flashing a rooted stock AT&T rom (just /system, /data and kernel) did not unlock wcdma 1900, so it is something beyond the rom and kernel. See this post.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ac21365:
$30 towards this. Regardless whether it works or not, I just want someone to prove whether this phone has the proper hardware for WCDMA on 1900/1700.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Buff McBigstuff:
I have $25
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cvsolidx17:
Will donate $20 if I can successfully flash T-Mobile's as well as pull both 3g and 4G data
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mybook4:
I'm in for $25 if we can get hspa+ working on TMobile.

$50 if we can get hspa+ working on TMobile for both 1900Mhz (WCDMA) and 1700/2100Mhz (AWS).

I'll be switching to TMobile when my contact ends. They still have unlimited data.

---------- Post added at 08:43 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:14 PM ----------

The VZW GS3 is capable of roaming on 800Mhz/900Mhz/1800Mhz/1900Mhz GSM and 2100Mhz WCDMA. As pointed out by newuser134, if we have the necessary hardware to receive 1900Mhz, it is possible that flashing another modem may allow us to gain the capability to run WCDMA hspa/hspa+ over 1900Mhz.

Might be a good idea to focus on some areas to start. WARNING, testing modems can result in a hard brick that is only recoverable by JTAG. As we find answers, we should post them in the opening post with links to the posts containing the results.

1) Find out whether or not all of our existing modems lack the ability to utilize hspa/hspa+ over 1900Mhz WCDMA (also verify the area the user tries the sim operates hspa/hspa+ on 1900Mhz WCDMA).

a) Try AT&T post paid sim using LF2 modem

b) Try AT&T post paid sim using LG1 modem

c) Try AT&T post paid sim using LG7 modem

2) Find out whether or not it is possible to flash a modem other than the Verizon released/leaked modems. This is more of a follow up bootloader investigation. I recommend those investigating this to look in the original bootloader unlock thread opened by Adam Outler in the Original Development Section.

a) Find someone with JTAG skills who would be willing to attempt to

i) hex edit an existing modem, changing some non-critical section (perhaps any padding that may exist at the end of the image). This would allow us to see whether or not secure boot checks the modem partition (unfortunately, it almost certainly does).

ii) flash an AT&T modem (will most likely fail due to a different hardware identifier and signature)

b) Investigate whether or not secure boot can be disabled (even if it involves a small hardware mod to accomplish it). The bootloader unlocking thread has a decent amount of info on this, but we still would need to research further.

c) Reverse the machine code of the modem image to ARM assembly and then to C using Ralekdev's method described in the bootloader unlocking thread. This could give us some info on how the secure boot chain is enforced.

Some background info...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mybook4:
Called the local at&t store. They wouldn't let me try a post paid sim in store unless I signed up for a plan. Very customer friendly, lol.

In other news, incubus posted that the developer edition of the vzw gs3 is available for sale. I'm curious if we can use some of the partitions? Finding someone who has bought this will be tough.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] preusstang:
You do realize that we will def. not be able to get T-Mobile 4G right? We're talking about HSPA+ here (3G data). TMO's 4G LTE uses different hardware. Please modify your post to reflect whether or not you're still in this.

Count me in for $20 towards at least AT&T ( this would let me use straight talk w/o messing with cdma workshop and the dirty clone job :/ )

BTW, thank you for starting this bounty. I hope this issue gains some momentum now!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] newuser134:
I think what he means by that is T-Mobile's "4G", which they've had before even starting on their LTE, both T-Mobile and AT&T refer to HSPA+ as "4G", so that's what he means. The scope of this bounty never included LTE service from ANY other provider, so a donation for that wouldn't even be accepted as it is not possible to reach that goal. Just to reiterate, this bounty is for either wcdma 1900 OR wcdma 1700, or both, whichever is possible by hardware. We are not attempting to enable any other carrier's LTE service on this phone.

Hope that clarifies things a little.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] newuser134:
The signatures may not work on the hardware-coded signatures that these phones are looking for though, and even if they do, they probably didn't write its firmware to make the radio activate those bands we want though anyway. However, that phone may be the way for us to get to the solution; the dev edition doesn't have secure boot enabled (most likely, otherwise I wouldn't want one) but the hardware is IDENTICAL to the i535 (regular) version, so maybe if we could raise enough w/ the bounty to get one, we could flash att or t-mo modems, and see if that would enable 1900 wcdma band, right? It would help us on the way to "dev" the right modem file, hehe, since it's the dev edition.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mybook4:
Someone claims to have flashed an at&t modem on a Verizon GS3 and still been able to boot. Hopefully it isn't a spoof (that would be pretty messed up as it could lead others to hard brick their devices).

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=31936888
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] newuser134:
It doesn't seem like a spoof or hoax, judging from the person's membership length and info. The other reason is that from what I've read on the AT&T sections, when they flash a pure (non-modified to utilize the i747 radios) T-Mobile (T999) modem, the i747 doesn't brick either, but it loses signal completely. Unless the information was gathered from those threads (which seems unlikely), it seems somewhat realistic. I don't know why anyone on this forum, after being a member for that long, would make up something that horrific and cause everyone on here to hard brick their phones. Now we just need to get someone with jtag, maybe Adam Outler, to flash an AT&T modem and see what happens.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mybook4:
Yeah, but there is one key difference between our GS3 and every other variant... Secure Boot. It's the only reason I'm hesitant/skeptical but I really hope the poster is genuine. If he/she is, I feel he/she should be included in the reward (if it turns out to be a breakthrough that helps us get working 1900Mhz hspa).

If an AT&T modem flash works on our device without bricking it, it must mean that either the modem partition (one of the earliest parts of the boot chain) isn't checked for signature / hardware identifier or that the AT&T modem he used was signed with the same private key used to sign our modems.

I wonder if the AT&T bootloader partitions do any checks of subsequent boot partitions? If they don't, this could be a way around secure boot. If they do, they may check to see if secure boot is enabled before actually enforcing the check. All this is speculation until we receive confirmation from the poster.

... <drumroll>...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] newuser134:
That's what I was wondering about: If any checks are enforced even if a partition does have checks written into it if secure boot is disabled. What is the exact roll of secure boot? Does it only do hardware check on the first partition boot (modem), or is it like a "guard", and forces every subsequent partition look for a signature to? If the latter is true, then disabling secure boot would make ALL signature checks turn off and obsolete, making the phone truly unlocked whether the software code asks for signatures or not. If the initial condition is true (only checks the first boot partition) then like you said, getting a modem file that has no signature check would almost entirely get around secure boot, I wouldn't really bother us any more if we managed to get firmware that has no signature check, kind of like the unsecure aboot.

Why is it so difficult to get a dev with jtag setup to try this for us? To flash a stock AT&T or T-Mobile modem and see what happens?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] patt2k:
wow I really hope this goes somewhere! as I will be planning to use my S3 on Simple Mobile once my contract ends with VZW

40$ vs 70$ is a huge difference for me
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Strothmann:
I was able to get 3g on ATT.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] newuser134:
Anyone know why this says EDGE and shows edge speeds, but the icons say 3G or 4G? Shouldn't phone info say "UMTS" under network type?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Strothmann:
ITs due to me revering back to vzw. when i took the screenshot.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] marcustaz:
E:V:A

You have a drop box I can share the pics with you now. I tried to send them via email to mybook4 but it is to big 40mb
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mybook4:
I see your point. There are a lot of devices floating around.

The i535 is the verizon galaxy s iii. This model supports LTE 700, cdma 800/1900, gsm 850/900/1800/1900, and wcmda 2100 out of the box.

The i747 is the AT&T galaxy s iii. This model supports gsm 850/1900, wcdma 1900, and LTE 700/1700 out of the box. It may support gsm 900/1800 and wcdma 2100, but I haven't verified this.

There are two versions of the i535:

1) the one verizon sells (which out of the box has an aboot partition which enforces kernel signature check...for our purposes bootloader locked until we flash the leaked aboot partition)

2) the "developer edition" samsung sells. Allows custom kernels execution out of the box. It's highly unlikely that this is using different hardware, rather it most likely has a different firmware configuration or boot chain. An interesting finding which supports this is that the dev edition actually has Qualcomm Secure Boot enabled, but similarly to how we "unlocked", the dev edition bootloader doesn't enforce kernel signature checking out of the box. There is a thread on rootzwiki which is investigating the dev edition ( http://rootzwiki.com/topic/35020-dump-i535oyalg1-dev-edition-verizon-sgs3/)

So far, we have a QPST dump of the i535, the i535 Dev Edition, and the i747 (I'm censoring it now). We also have a DFS dump of the i535 and the i747 (I'm censoring it now).

Hope this helps to clarify.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ac21365:
To elaborate on mybook4's excellent explanation of phone models... what we are looking for is:

- Can we enable WCDMA on 1900mHz.

- A side-venture would be to see if we can enable WCDMA on 850mHz and/or 1700mHz.

WCDMA 1900 is the goal, 850/1700 would be gravy.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mybook4:
marcustaz received his new i747. I'm calling it the "cracked screen" i747. These censored NV item dumps are from that device. There is a QPST 378 dump and a DFS 4.0.0.5 dump. No SIM was inserted when the dumps were reated. Low on time right now, so I'm just posting pastebins of the dumps. I'll run a comparison on the dumps later (between QPST and DFS as well as to the i535 stuff).

i747 "cracked screen" QPST 2.7.0.378 censored NV Items dump

Part 1 of 3 (up to item 2000) http://pastebin.com/ZKdaizXr

Part 2 of 3 (up to item 5000) http://pastebin.com/X8q9Y4bk

Part 3 of 3 (till end) http://pastebin.com/UQMBjff5

i747 "cracked screen" DFS 4.0.0.5 censored NV Items dump.

The DFS NVF is structured as follows:

-It's a text file

-Each NV Item is on its own line

-First 4 characters of each line specify the NV Item number (in hex). E.g. The item 550 line starts with 0226.

-NV Item data follows directly after the hex item number

http://pastebin.com/chuDc41k

Be sure to thank marcustaz for grabbing these dumps.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mybook4:
Teardown pics

An i535 from another thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=29166420

Adam's pics from the bootloader unclock effort (i535)

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=28739838&postcount=6

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=28851553&postcount=21

Marcustaz's pics of i747 and i535

Dropbox full size https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ub14mdcgxeslqkf/tN6S5zHeJw

If anyone knows of a better place to put these online (rather than my drop box) let me know.

---------- Post added 19th October 2012 at 12:01 AM ---------- Previous post was 18th October 2012 at 11:11 PM ----------

crazy detailed teardown pics of the TMobile Galaxy S III (T999)

http://www.techrepublic.com/photos/...67?tag=thumbnail-view-selector;get-photo-roto

Some things noticed:

-the i747 adn i535 have significantly different boards (as marcastaz stated previously)

-Both the i535 and the i747 use the RTR8600 RF Transceiver

-the i747 has an IC between the Qualcomm PM8921 (power management IC) and the two larger samsung chips. The i535 doesn't have this chip (at least in that location). I can't really make out what it is, but the T-Mobile teardown shows an FDMC 510P (P-Channel MOSFET) chip in that location.

-not sure what the SWS GAD48 does on the i747 (TechRepublic stated that the similar SWQ GAD48 on the T999 might possibly be an RF antenna switch module). The i535 appears to have the SWS GEB29 near that location (it's physically different). There are also two IC next to it.

-getting to the back of the device may be more difficult (would have to pull off the SIM and SD Card frame). We don't have much info about it.

Overall, with the device being this different, it is possible that our device simply can't support 1900Mhz WCDMA. However, I do still think it's worth a shot to try tweaking NV Items to see if we get anywhere. Thoughts?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ac21365:
I wish we could figure out whether the hardware is even capable of it before yall go through all the trouble of fiddling with NV Items and the such. I'm still willing to try things if yall can come up with them, but I'd hate for yall to go through the trouble just to figure out later on that it never would work.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mybook4:
Very true. Does anyone out there have more specialized experience in the area of RF HW design? I've designed embedded stuff, but nothing this powerful and cellular oriented (mainly Atmel micros, small embedded designs, and uart wifi modules).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] E:V:A:
Thanks! Use Sendspace and PM a link...

never mind...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] marcustaz:
All good, I already shared them with mybook4.

I am going to take some more and send them over to his dropbox and he will do the rest...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] E:V:A:
Thanks again. Some very nice pictures, it help having them side by side, BUT I could just barely read the chip labels from a few of the chips. So please consider my photo recommendations. They will let you avoid the excessive glare and focus problems. Your background need to be bright "neutral", not dark, with plenty of

reflected

side light, like that from a sunlit room...

@ALL: Here is the SCH-I535 Service Manual. PCS1900 is definitely covered in there. So from what I can see, this is more about finding someone to be brave enough to try to change their NV items, and hopefully so in the "right" way. Some other threads have indicated ways to do that (by rebooting and entering service menus multiple times etc...) If the problem is only about having the settings to "stick" then we're in a completely different ball-game...

So I don't think there's much to argue about, whether this is being covered or not, unless someone actually want to go inside and do the measurement as suggested by the Service Manual.

EDIT: Definitely worth testing. It seem that the block diagram says "WCDM B1" which is WCDMA 2100 and

not 1700/1900 as mentioned in another part of that document!! WTF!

Here's the RF block diagram:

Another interesting thing about that manual, is that QPST have been replaced by "SamsungPST"... I've never seen this in the wild, so if any kind soul could provide a copy...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] marcustaz:
E:V:A

Ok chatted with mybook4 and since I do not have the ideal camera etc I am going through both boards and using a magnifying lens I am writing down all the chip info for him to analyse.. I am sure he will share it. done with i747 working on i535 now. :good:

Sent the email over to mybook4 with the info off the silicon... Sure he will post soon enough. I also took some new pics but my lighting is terrible and the best pics I can get was to sit my phone on my Magnifying Work Light and shoot through the big lens... lmao oh well i'll give them to him as well.