yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] the.seeker:
SGH T999

I have been trying to fix my soft bricked Galaxy S3 for a couple of days and nearly tearing my hair out at this point...

Ok I installed a nightly and yep came up dirty. So I needed to restore it. Any help would be fantastic

So far I have tried 2 different computers, two different usb cables, all the different ports on each computer.

I have tried every Odin version and nothing seems to help. I have tried restoring the lastest Samsung updates (back to stock) and a root ROM....nothing.

The farthest I have gotten is this:

In Odin 3.04

<ID:0/003> Added!!

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> root66_TMO_T999UVDMD5.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/003> Odin v.3 engine (ID:3)..

<ID:0/003> File analysis..

<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/003> Complete(Write) operation failed.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

For the the Samsung stock I only get as far as "leave the cs" then when I wipe the data/cache and reboot I get that dreadful Samsung logo and it stays that way for hours.

Help???

Thanks!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Look under the battrry, what is the model number?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DJ_SpaRky:
Seems to me that the Binary Count is not the problem, but the file that you are trying to flash. Redownload it and try again.

What exactly is bricked about it? Boot loop, FCs, Errors?

Are you able to get into recovery mode?

A bit more info might help.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
More info would definitely help. Starting with the model number and where you downloaded everything from.

And you are using an old Odin version. Use the latest.

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Oh and if you have kies installed, get rid of it.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] the.seeker:
Thanks guys n gals

It's an SGH-T999

I have tried every ODIN put out on the market they all end up with a failure to write

I have tried 2 computers, 2 cables all the different ports

I have wiped all the Kies off the two pcs

I have wiped the data/cache

I have even run cclean on both computers

I understand that I cannot use a jig on the Galaxy S3?

I have no idea if the binary counter has anything to do with the inability to write.

I have tried both custom rom and stock downloaded from Samsung, from this site and from another website

all .tar files have been okayed by ODIN but have failed to write.

I am at work so if it takes me a little to respond I apologize. I am going on day three without a phone and it's driving me nuts.

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I'll try to answer as best as possible.

It is stuck on the Samsung Galaxy SIII logo when restarted or rebooted

I can get it to either Recovery and Download mode. There are no back up restore files in recovery mode to restore from obviously. Yes, I have tried to delete data/cache and dalvik cache as well. I have downloaded from this website for custom roms and from samsung for the stock firmware. I have tried another android development website for custom rom. all downloads have failed at the Odin write stage.

What is FCs?

Odin Error code: Failure to Write
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
It may be a driver issue. Uninstall all related drivers, reboot and plug in the phone.

Go to device manager in Windows, and right click anywhere it shows that there is an unknown usb device (or if shown, right click the phone) and see if it will give you an option to uninstall/remove drivers (going by memory btw, so use common sense as what I say may not match up exactly with what you see. Ill check on my computer shortly)

Also look in c:/program files/ if you see any Samsung USB or Kies folders, delete or rename them (Samsung usb drivers-bak for example).

Reboot computer and install the usb drivers. (Download from link in my signature, try the older version first).

Also download Odin 3.0.7 (newest) from my signature and use it.

The firmware thread is linked in my sig. Go there and download root66 version of UVDMD5. Extract it so you should have a file ending with .tar.md5.

Now open Odin 3.0.7

Reboot phone to download mode (from off, hold volume down, home and power)

Press volume up when prompted, THEN plug phone into usb.

(In top left of odin it should tell you what COM port its connected to)

Click pda in odin and browse to the firmware you just downloaded.

Make sure ONLY f-reset and auto-reboot are checked

Click start

Good luck and report back.

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FC = Force Close (app crash)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DJ_SpaRky:
Thanks Doc. Either try that or, if available, load a flashable ROM (CM10.1 or similar) & Gapps onto an MicroSD card and try to flash using recovery. That should at least get your phone usable again, and then you can work on the ODIN issue.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] sharingan92:
Ok well one of the features i loved on stock was the floating video it was new and exciting and i used it alot but my love of custom roms overcome that so i was always trying to get it on custom roms with no success but today i found a amazing app on the play store which allows me to do just that and it works perfectly but with added features like resizing heres the link

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...oogle&utm_medium=organic&utm_term=super+video

Click thanks if i helped :)
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Jamal Ahmed:
play store is currently not working in my country, can you tell me the name of the app? :)
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Zillator:
It's called: Super Video, Floating & Popup ;)
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] sharingan92:
Super video
[Galaxy S III Accessories] theraker007:
So my stock battery just wasn't cutting it as I would get at best nearly 4 hours of on screen time by using every battery saving feature I could think of, and always keeping Wi-Fi and GPS turned off. I ended up buying the Hyperion battery and this thing is s complete beast. Maxing my phone out, higher brightness, leaving GPS and Wi-Fi all on, playing games and watching streaming media, I can eclipse 4 hours of screen on time before I even get down to 60% remaining.

While this is great, it got me thinking that this battery isn't supposed to be more than double the life of the stock battery is it? While I'm certainly not complaining about the Hyperion, I would like to know if there is s better battery it there that would allow me to use the default case cover without making my phone huge and still allow for better battery life than I'm getting? I have two different stock batteries and both are exactly the same.

Are there any better ones out there that don't change the size of the phone?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] cletusarrarr:
no , there isnt any other way, if u want ore juice, its gotta be stored somewhere right, unless u double the size , u cant double the battery life. no shortcuts, teh ones that claim so are all fake so dont bother with those.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] shawn0223:
Its possible. Motorola did it with the RazrMaxx. that tiny phone has a 3300mah battery. I wish some company could look into how they made it that small. i mean if Motorola can do it. samsung should be able to pack at least 4500mah into a similar battery. lol

i read this and it upset me cuz motorola always seemed to be behind on everything and i just never liked anything they put out. the razr maxx doesnt appeal to me but its gay that that it is better in so many different ways.

http://www.autoomobile.com/news/samsung-galaxy-s3-vs-motorola-droid-razr-maxx-hd-2/1003704/
[Galaxy S III Accessories] rlatjs17:
Pretty sure the battery size is larger than the S3 battery. I think the largest possible capacity they can fit into a original size S3 battery is around 2500mAH.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] theraker007:
I'm not looking to match my Hyperion with a thin battery. I'm looking for a compromise. Something that'll fit with the normal back but will do better than the stock battery.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] tedya:
The Razr Maxx battery isn't that small. It is simply longer and a bit skinnier than the GS3 battery. Samsung could have done it with a slightly different design of how the battery fits in the back of the phone.

OP: After properly calibrating my Hyperion battery, I religiously get Just over 3 days of usage. I like my Hyperion battery.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] rlatjs17:
Im going to be testing the Hyperion 2200 and Anker 2200. Ill post the updates on my battery review thread. I might test the Mugen 2300.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] shawn0223:
Let me know what you find out, ive been skeptical of getting the hyperion and anker 2200 or even the mugen 2300 cuz im not positive if just a 100-200mah increase is gonna make that much of a difference.

Mugens website shows good reviews on the 2300 but the customers dont really have any stats to back up the claims in their reviews
[Galaxy S III Accessories] MarsVoltron:
I would rather have a faster charging method :fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Rams99:
I to would like to know about the hyperion 2200 battery. How much more it is over the stock Samsung battery. Thanks

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S3
[Galaxy S III Accessories] tft:
battery technology just needs a major overhaul... they keep putting bigger displays, more processing power and still using similar battery capacity from the past 10 years or so..

read this article: We need better battery life and more storage space before 1080p displays arrive

Motorola is one of few companies that see battery capacity important.. still, they need to make them smaller and more power, making them bigger isn't the solution..
[Galaxy S III Accessories] aquemeni:
Flash a rom with Fast Charge embedded. Aokp and a few other aosp roms have this built in and it works really well. You can get a full charge in a fraction of the time it normally takes.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] AndreiLux:
Half of that article is uninformed crap. It didn't take a genius to figure out that bigger batteries are better, but the rest of what that guy wrote was nonsense.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] scarrmrcc:
that is not what fast charge is. all fast charge is, is allowing the phone to take as many amps as possible from a PC connection. when using AC power (or good car chargers) nothing changes.

also, BTW, the faster you charge the battery, the less life it has. (as in in you will need to replace it sooner.)
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Jaxidian:
Fyi, I have 2 Anker batteries. They're nothing special. They're on par with stock, just no NFC, but cheap. I rotate through all 3 batteries regularly and can never tell the difference.

Imho, this is really the best you can expect with a battery with the same physical dimensions as stock.

Sent from my phone. Prepare for atrocious Swype typos.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] TKG26:
removed
[Galaxy S III Accessories] quasio:
has anyone tried these?

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/3200mAh-...Accessories&hash=item27cb7a2d91#ht_1985wt_941

3200mah in the same size?!.. too good to be true?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Gloomba:
Yes, it is too good to be true. Cheap ebay battery sellers regularly lie.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] shawn0223:
Any good news on testing the Hyperion, anker or mugen ?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] TKG26:
A 3200mah pack can be the same size as a 2100mah..

There are a few things that come into play:

- The actual case thickness of the pack

- the cell count inside.

Internally we dont know how many cells make up a stock 2100 pack. Could be a single 3.7volt cell @ 2100mah or could be 2x 3.7volt cells @ 1100mah each(wired in parallel)... the 3200 could be one single cell.

So a 3200mah lipo verywell could fit, and perhaps it just a hair thicker but still fits..
[HTC Rezound] dalvear88:
I'm running stock HTC ICS stocked and debloated and yada yada, I got everything down, I just need to know how to get rid of that indicator, and how to get rid of that sync icon too, it gets annoying!
[HTC Rezound] wlmeng11:
Easiest way is a custom rom.

If you really want to stay stock, then PM a dev since they know how to do it.
[HTC Rezound] who MIKE D:
Check out my mod in the 3rd post in my thread here... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=29764571

Just read the info, hope this helps you
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k2mach:
Hey i just want to try windows phone OS and for that i dont care if i have to drop my android os. Is there any way of installing windows phone OS on my android?? Any hack or anything!

I am using a SE live with walkman
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k4k41402:
it is impossible!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] devwithzachary:
Nope not possible Windows phone OS is closed source so drivers and porting is pretty much 100% impossible, only device s that have drivers now have windows phone they will not be any porting to android devices im sure.

Sorry but if you want to try windows phone go down to a phone store and give it a try
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coolsandie:
Windows Phone OS is closed source. ;)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k2mach:
lol thanks!

no buying a new phone is not an option, just wondered if it is possible! Bored of the same thing you see, so wanted to give win OS a try!

No problem

Thanks Fellas :D
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lokeshsaini94:
but you can try window 95, 98 or xp on your device.... lol... thats cool... but damn slow...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] qwahchees:
Hey XDA,

I was hearing stuff about moving from ICS to JB needing to be a clean move, and that you shouldn't restore any data from ICS over to JB, cause it'll cause problems.

I do want to backup my app data, like my game saves and what not-- over to JB when I decide to upgrade.

Are there any tips or tricks to avoid messing up my JB ROM while being able to backup and restore my data from ICS to JB?

Thanks in advance,

-J:p
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] qwahchees:
Bump ;3
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] welchertc:
Not sure really. If the apps themselves are updated to the latest version they should be fine to restore through tibu. You can always nandroid your both ICS with your apps, or JB before you try tibu, that way when you try tibu you'll be able to revert back easily if it does in fact screw anything up. Worth a shot of trial and error, though I believe you should be OK so long as you don't do system apps.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] qwahchees:
Which ones are System Apps?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] gagdude:
Apps like messaging, dialer/phone, people, etc
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mitchdickson:
Apps in the /system/app folder.

Sent from my Motorola DynaTAC 8000X
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] MdX MaxX:
Back on my Atrix I dirty flashed JB right on top of ICS and nothing bad happened. So I'm assuming carrying over user app data won't cause big problems.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] djlefevre:
Hey guys first post here on this forum. Love all your support and work so i hope someone would be able to help with with a little modification I would like to do.

Does anyone else find the volume notification icon/bar rather annoying when using the volume rocker? Whenever im watching a movie on the device and i would like to adjust the volume, the volume notification bar takes up half the screen and as you know lasts for a second or two. Is there a way you can disable this from occurring and also disable the feedback you get from using the rocker aswell?

Cheers

djlefevre
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Herman76:
I'm using MX Video player, and it uses it's own "volume slider".
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jasonc331:
If anyone could please post or direct me to the FF24 modem for this phone. Long story short after a non locking GPS I used a USC ff18 to get back to stock and for the life of me I can not find this modem anywhere.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] turner78:
Here is the link for the FF24 Stock Kernel, hope this helps :
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jasonc331:
Thanks actually pulled the modem out of a generic sg2 ff24
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jasonc331:
Are modem's carrier specific? Even after flashing back to ff24 no data. Apn is correct, and no help from Cspire Wireless.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] 191:
don't know but i'm in the same boat.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] JoseDavid:
I have a super nexus rom , the ROM run very well but I don't understand why I can't take 4g

I had the official ROM of ICS I took 4g with that ROM.

My baseband now its ucld4. Also I'm in Honduras.

There is a printscreen, I think

My question its, why I can't have 4G? Or how I can take 4G?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] JoseDavid:
There is the print screen,sorry
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Pirateghost:
Why do you think you don't have "4g"?

Raise yer mizzenmast and swab 'er poop deck!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] JoseDavid:
Hi, I believe that because I always in H or 3G, but when I was in ICS there always have 4G
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] RockRatt:
The "4G" symbol is just that, ONLY A SYMBOL. Basically when you see the "H" or "3G" it is the same as seeing the "4G" speed wise. ATT just replaced/Changed the icon to always show 4G when you are getting the 3g or H that you see now. Different ROMs display different icons for the signal. Most likely your speeds are not actually any different.

Now if you said on the Speak Easy Speed test site that on one ROM your getting higher speeds than another ROM, then it is always possible it is a "APN" configuration that changed.

Either way look for the post on APNs and also search and you will see your question has already been answered multiple times in the forum.

Sent from My SGH-I777 Running Red Reaper Rom
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] MotoMudder77:
our search is broken right?

Along with google?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Phalanx7621:
Nope. He just wanted to make a new thread :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] DevsAwesome:
The Super nexus ROM didn't support HSPA+ (4G) until yesterday. Update to build 3 and it should show H+
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 122ninjas:
pretty sure that's just an icon

Sent from Team Pirate's Transmitter Thingy
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Pirateghost:
It is. Just let them think otherwise

Raise yer mizzenmast and swab 'er poop deck!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] j510:
Both of you are wrong. Read the new changelog . It says added support for hspa +
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] clay101eve:
Yup, they added the icon support.

Clay

Team Pirate

Sent from my PINK GSwagger2
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Pirateghost:
Ok. So this one developer only had his Rom running on edge for everyone?

Lol.

It's ok if you think I don't understand how this phone works....

Raise yer mizzenmast and swab 'er poop deck!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] j510:
Yes.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 122ninjas:
So you think that this one rom, had everyone running edge on it? The H+ icon is merely that. An icon. The only thing that tells you if you have HSPA+ is in phone settings.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 4-2ndtwin:
I want my 6G !! :banghead:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHjTxLuJHoM&feature=youtube_gdata_player
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Pirateghost:
i just searched that entire thread....i didnt see anyone *****ing and moaning about EDGE only speeds? or asking about anything HSPA related?

......

so...um...where is it stated that HSPA wasnt working?

please, edjimicate me
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 122ninjas:
I will. Its EDGEumacate!

Sent from Team Pirate's Transmitter Thingy
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Eternalty:
*Grabs Popcorn*

Team Pirate

Sent from Pirateghost's house
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] clay101eve:
Better share.

Clay

Team Pirate

Sent from my PINK GSwagger2
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Phalanx7621:
Listen to the fail hear it pop hear it sizzle, listen to the fail as it crawls as it slithers .- for when your fail is so epic, it deserves poetry.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] j510:
Yea i was on it before. No duh it wasnt edge but the reason the last guy said it just got added a couple days ago was because the dev himself posted the changelog. Its hard to show sarcasm through texts.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Eternalty:
Win

/s <------

Team Pirate

Sent from Pirateghost's house
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Phalanx7621:
Yes the dev did post that. And I'm thinking he meant the icon. Or some other kind of tweak to apns or some junk.:thumbup:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Pirateghost:
I will help you out here.

'Added support for HSPA+' was done upstream in the source code. has nothing to do with this phone. it still represents an icon only.

you will find a line like that in nearly every AOSP/AOKP/CM10 changelog from the last month....

I pulled that one from a changelog in the GSM Nexus section, and a similar line can be found in just about every dev section here on xda

its across the board and not limited to this phone.

soooo.......here we are again. IT IS JUST AN ICON
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] clay101eve:
Pirate, it saddens me to have to say this...

While your post is WIN, your sig is... well, it's fa¡l.

Clay

Team Pirate

Sent from my PINK GSwagger2
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Shawn:
Pirate wins (: that was a good debate. Not. It was obvious.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Phalanx7621:
Oh it was no contest. When u go up against a pirate, yer gonna walk the plank.

Sent from team Pirate headquarters using Beanacle ROM. As soon as he builds it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Shawn:
Haha nice one(:
[Galaxy Tab 2 Accessories] wd5gnr:
http://bensoutlet.com/products/logitech-bluetooth

I just got mine in. Fits my 10.1 Galaxy Tab 2 great. Works great. Despite the picture, I don't think it will hold in portrait mode. But in landscape it is just bout perfect.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Accessories] batkinson001:
it's a hell of a deal, USA only though.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Accessories] corpcd:
Nice keyboard! 20 USD, but unfortunately only for USA...
[Galaxy Tab 2 Accessories] tsipa:
I just got my tab over the weekend and I was wondering if this case would fit on the tab2... Thanks for the clarification!
[Galaxy Tab 2 Accessories] wd5gnr:
Well, like I say it is a dicey fit if you want to use it in portrait mode, but for carrying or in landscape mode it works great. There are two speaker cut outs on the side that clearly don't work well for us because our speakers are on the front not the sides. Not a big deal.

Very pleased with it.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Accessories] pumkinut:
I've ordered it, still waiting for it to actually ship. I have a GT2 7 inch, and I'll mainly use it at home, so carrying it around is of little importance to me. Glad to hear it works fine.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Accessories] HB_Mosh:
Wait, so although this model is for the 10.1 model, does it still work with the 7 inch model?
[Galaxy Tab 2 Accessories] batkinson001:
It won't work as a cover for the 7 inch model but the keyboard should work. Is there one for the 7 inch tab?
[Galaxy Tab 2 Accessories] wd5gnr:
I have not seen one for 7". It should work with any bluetooth keyboard compatible device but as someone said it won't fit as a cover. Shouldn't be a problem but it looks like a cover so just from a looks perspective it will be off. I suspect but don't know that the little "holder slot" would hold a 7" in either orientation, but don't know.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Accessories] guitarist5122:
Can anyone confirm that this Logitech keyboard dock fits as a case and works with the Tab 2 10.1 P5113? I recently purchased this tablet on ebay and don't know much about it which is why I'm asking in regards the specific model I purchased as I noticed there are other Tab 2 10.1 models on this forum.