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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
You seem to be on the right track, so good job on that :thumbup:

Now I just wanna clear something up, the S3 comes with an unlocked bootloader. So I don't know what guide you were following, or what it may have involved, but rooting the S3 is as easy as flashing a recovery from ODIN and then flashing a zip that disables the stock recovery reinstall scripts, and adds the su binary.

Now before I get into rom flashing, let me explain something about the internal sdcard. On these newer phones, the internal sdcard is stored at /data/media. When you do a factory reset, it wipes the entire /data partition, but on newer phones it does it in a way that the /data/media is untouched. In recovery you have two options for wiping /data: factory reset and format /data. As mentioned, factory reset wipes the data partition without touching you internal sdcard, so if you have important files (like your IMEI backup), those will not be touched. However, if do choose "format /data", the recovery will format the entire partition, so don't choose it unless you're ok with losing the files there!

On to flashing roms. When flashing a rom, there are 3 things I HIGHLY recommend wiping. Now I'm not there with you, so I obviously can't force you to do it, but always wiping the following will save you trouble 99.9% of the time:

/system

/data

/cache

As I said, you can choose either of the two methods for wiping /data, but if possible, I would recommend moving everything to your external sdcard and choosing "format /data" so that your internal sdcard is wiped as well. Android stores a handful of files on your internal memory, but it's up to you whether wiping the internal is an option.

If you go into the Mounts and Storage menu, you will see an option to wipe all of the above. Just choose "format system", "format cache", and either "format data" or "factory reset" and you'll be good to go for flashing your rom.

One more thing, just make sure you don't accidentally wipe your internal sdcard if your rom zip is there. Other than that, happy flashing :thumbup::thumbup:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jricks:
Would I be safe accessing the internal card and then selecting the files and moving them to my external so I can do a complete wipe as you mentioned or should I hook up to the pc and do it tgat way. Also, I don't know where to look for the backup of my IMEI. I tried finding it but couldn't .

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Can you walk me through how to access those three things you recomended me to wipe and how to access that imei file amd move it to my external?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mewikime:
I had been using Freeza's stock rooted deodex rom for a while until I installed another MD4-based rom. Of course, I did a full data, cache, and dalvik wipe with CWM v 5.5.0.4 recovery. After a bit of rootling with Root Explorer (pun not intended) I found that in "sdcard" directory I had folders for apps I had installed on the stock rom but hadn't yet gotten around to installing on the new rom.

After a few days of using the new rom, installing apps etc, I moved on to another ROM after doing a data wipe of course, took a look again in "sdcard" and found the folders still there, along with folders for apps I'd installed on the second rom. After doing a data wipe, shouldn't these folders be gone so that after installing a new rom, I have a completely clean system? What have I done wrong here?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1904099

Download and place on internal or external sd. Flash in your custom recovery.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] NeedHelpNow:
Yep. It holds at setupConnection for a about 3-5mins and then returns a failure message.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
Switch to another cable and/or usb port. If still no go reinstall the drivers with the phone and Internet disconnected. When done stay disconnected from the net and plug the phone in. Once Windows acknowledges that they installed try odin again
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bthorne79:
I have found that the Verizon moto vcast USB cable works best it is made for data transfer a lot thicker than normal USB and fits snug
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
Picture or it didn't happen

:p

But actually, pic of what it looks like? Might just buy one.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bthorne79:
Will do give me a sec I'll put it up
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bthorne79:
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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mewikime:
Does anyone have any ideas why full wipe is not actually doing a full wipe.. anyone? :confused:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
What are you using to wipe? stock or custom recovery? Doing a factory reset in stock recovery is a surefire way to wipe EVERYTHING.

In TWRP you'd want to select wipe>Format Data

and in CWM you select mounts&storage>format /data & /data/media (Internal sd)

Alternatively you can use adb or terminal and run

$ "su"

# "wipe data"
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mewikime:
I am using CWM recovery. Thanks for the info. What will the other format options do exactly, format /sdcard, format /system, format cache, and format /boot? Are any that shouldn't be touched?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
No not really. The absolute last one you'd want to touch is the "format /data&/data/media" as that means the loss of the whole internal storage. But thats apparently what you're trying to do here anyway. The other ones like "format system" or "boot" for example, should only be used before flashing a new rom. If you wipe system or boot the phone will not be able to boot up until a new rom is flashed. Choosing format "/sdcard" will wipe only the /data/media folder(internal sd). And "cache" can be safely wiped at any time without effecting anything.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mewikime:
Ok good. I just want a completely clean install of a new Rom so thanks. Everywhere I read just says wipe data cache and dalvik. Nothing about formatting.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Juls317:
I'm not a noob, and I'm actually a pretty experienced flasher of roms on my old Galaxy S 4G, but I just got my SIII and don't want to starta new thread for a question that I could just ask here and avoid the clutter.

My question is, is there really no way to root a 4.1.2 SIII on a Mac? I honestly can not find a way to do this and it's driving me up a wall. I've seen a bunch of guides as to how to do it for 4.1.1 but I can't find one for 4.1.2. Would it be possible for me to use Mobile ODIN Pro and install a pre-rooted rom and just avoid this whole issue that way?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ragnar:
4.1.2 roots exactly the same as 4.1.1 there is no difference.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Juls317:
Really? I've been trying with heimdall for about 4 hours now and just cannot get thid thing rooted. Heimdall keeps having issues, and "failing to initialize protocol". I've uninstalled, rebooted and done pretty much everything I can think of to rectify this....

Edit: but really, would Mobile ODIN Pro work?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ihatemynooblife:
hardware ID?

I admit I'm new, however I was told this was easy...I've rooted my sph-L710 (GS3) and installed titanium backup, root uninstaller, and goo manager...but now when i reconnect my galaxy sIII to my computer it says computer cant access device. HARDWARE ID MISSING. please help.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ragnar:
What root method did you use?

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Roni P.:
Try downloading root checker from the play store and see if u have root access... and u can also go into settings> about device> status and scroll all the way down to the bottom and look at device status. It should say modified if u have root. Or u can try reinstalling gs3 drivers on your computer... I'm not really sure I'm just throwing guesses... ive rooted the sam phone twice n hadn't had an issue
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
Theres a thread here in general about how to fix that. Hop on a PC and search for "fix annoying hardware ID missing"
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] LuigiBull23:
You need root to use Mobile Odin Pro.. If you're not already rooted then the app's not an option
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Juls317:
Yeah I remembered that afterwords. Something about using it seemed off to me haha. Thanks anyways

EDIT: alright, got ahold of a windows computer to use and got myself rooted, but I'm still on the stock recovery as I used Chainfire's root method. So here is my noob question, what do I do from here? How do I get CWM or (preferably) TWRP so I can flash a rom, etc.?

EDIT2: so now that I've had time to think, I came up with the probably ultra-obvious solution: ROM Manager. Is it sage to use on our phones? I only ask because it caused major problems for the SGS4G community when we were first getting the development ball rolling.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] the_unlocker1997:
My s3 keeps notifying me that there is a samsung update is there any way to make the notification not show up anymore or is it safe to install it

I am rooted and I do have a costom touchwiz rom
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] LuigiBull23:
ROM Manager has many issues according to many users. Use GooManager to flash the latest TWRP. It works a hell of a lot better than ROM Manager.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Juls317:
Alright. Thanks! I personally prefer TWRP anyway
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] LuigiBull23:
Hit thanks button please :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Juls317:
Always
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] EpicPro:
Anyone ?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Juls317:
I don't ha e to worry about the internal SD being wiped if I flash a rom right?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] LuigiBull23:
If your kernel supports it then yes.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
Nope, as long as you don't format/wipe the /data/media folder which is the internal storage
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Juls317:
alright, thanks! my last phone didn't have internal storage, so I have no experience in this area haha. consider your thanks button pushed.

any suggestions for roms and kernels? I'm gonna rootbox and see what it's like. I've never had this many options before haha
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
For your AOSP tooth I would recommend rootbox, PACman, the AOSPA port we have, or LiquidSmooth RC2

For Touchwiz, The Peoples ROM (TPR), Mother of all roms (MOAR), or Goodness is what you want :thumbup:

For kernels I would recommend ktoonesz and then heading over to the Team Kernelizers thread in general (link below) for maxed out performance and battery life

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2032956
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Juls317:
Any opinion on Slim Bean? that's one of like 3 JB roms I have any experience with and I loved it, but I definitely want to try out a bunch now that I can. thanks for the info again

EDIT: is there a difference in the Linux 3.0 and 3.4 kernels that I should take note of?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
Yes, Slim Bean is very good as well, obviously I can't point ALL of them out :)

If you usr Tasker at all, I would recommend setting it up with Online nandroid (here on xda) to backup your rom reach night, that way you can flash to your hearts content during the day and then restore to your already set up rom. This is what I personally do for testing and also to flash whatever catches my eye

As for the kernel version, yes, there is a a big difference. The 3.4 kernels are relatively new, so expect to have some kinks here and there if you go with one of those. Some features also no longer work on the 3.4 kernel, such as the force roam app called Roaming Control, which.many found to no longer be able to force roam on the new 3.4 kernels. I expect there are other incompatibilities like this, but I don't run a 3.4 kernel so I'm not aware of anything else
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] aviara:
What Apps can I remove safely from my rooted sprint s3?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
Search is a great tool.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1913428
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Juls317:
For any of you that use SwiftKey, do you know how to make your Enter/Smiley button set to "enter" when you're using your SMS app? all attach screenshots so you know what I mean. I remember stumbling across a way to do it a whole ago, but I can't remember what it was.

SMS:

Non-SMS:

EDIT: found it! it was in the SMS settings, like I thought but seemingly overlooked. sorry!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] fmjswitch:
supernoob here

I'm new to all this and I've only just recently rooted my phone for the first time, I flashed a new ROM then decided to go back to stock. I have two questions before moving on to try new things.

1. I wanted to update my phone to JB 4.1.2. I found where to get it gave me the option to download a ODEX or a DeODEX version.... whats the difference?

2. I was thinking of flashing CyanogenMOD, but on their website they give me the option to download DEVICE and KERNAL. Do I need to get both?

Im sure these questions have been answered a thousand times but I honestly could not find the answers I was looking for, and I figured it would be easier for someone to answer them than it would be for me to search 52 pages.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Juls317:
1. (I believe) apps have other files outside of their .apks called .odex files. I don't know exactly what they do in regards to the app, but i know deleting them makes theming easier and opens up a little space on your /system partition.

2. I believe you do, yes. But that's not really "stock" haha
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] andrewwright:
Download gooim of playstore. Great app for roms. You need both kernel and rom. Cm are maybe thinking you would like to flash your own kernel. Download of goo and it will give you a rom and kernel in one

Handy zip to flash through cwm recovery :thumbup:

alliance 7.3

dorimanx 8.16

nels1
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] topherk:
1. Juls317 is partially correct in terms of apps using .odex files. If you found those Odex files and delete them, I'm pretty sure the app would no longer work correctly. Maybe it would, but I don't think so. I'll quote

this thread

, which talks extensively about Odex vs. DeOdex.

All that being said, if there's an option between DeOdex and Odex, I always choose DeOdex (and it's what I recommend to others). Most mods and themes require DeOdex, so you'd need it anyways. And according to the quoted thread above, the only negative effect of DeOdex is the initial boot-up time.

2. The confusion you're having is because when you

look at this page

, the most prominent links are to the source repositories (hosted at Github). Github is a website where developers can look at the source code and see what's going on. In the case of CyanogenMod, they split the Rom and the Kernel in the github repository. Github is great, but it's not where we end-users get our ROMs from. When you download the ROM zip, it includes both the ROM and the Kernel. I don't know of any ROMs that don't include a ROM. That would be weird. For Sprint GS3's, we get them from the

d2spr download page

. There are also installation

instructions on this website

. Or, you can look at

this post I made a while ago

about installing custom ROMs, which explains the process in detail.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bedtimehero:
[Q] Im running 4-23 mrom aosp rom with KT kernel 4-19 and I'm getting really slow charges. Only at 30% and it's been on charge for an hour. It's doesn't drain quick, so i don't know what's going on.

Could it be the outlet?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
It could be the adapters gone bad, someone else had this issue before and it was the adapter doing it
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] modestninja:
Hey guys,

Back in the fall I rooted by GS3 and flashed Wicked Sensations v1.2. Since then I haven't updated anything since I've been happy with the pretty much everything and pretty busy. Anyway, after looking at a bunch of the new features being added to this (and the other ROMs out there) I'm looking to update to newest Wicked Sensations ROM.

Phone info:

Model: SPH-L710

Baseband: L710VPBLJ7

Build Number: Wicked Sensations Jelly Bean Rom v1.2

CWM version: v6.0.1.2

My questions are these:

1. From reading the WS thread, I need to change from CWM to TWRP (preferably v2.3.1). Is this simply a matter of rebooting into CWM and flashing new recovery?

2. Can I flash the newest version of the Rom or do I need to wipe everything first?

a. If I need to wipe, is there a way to save things like my text messages and app saves and settings?

3. Do I need to update my baseband to go to the new version of the Rom?

4. I've changed laptops since the last time I installed everything necessary to do this stuff, what's the best toolset/most convenient way to handle all of this nowadays?

Thanks in advance for any help you can give.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] topherk:
I'll answer your questions one at a time:

1. The easiest way (in my opinion) of changing your Recovery would be to use

one of Naddict's Flashable zips

. One thing to note, though, is that backups from CWM will not work in TWRP, so the first thing you should do once you flash the TWRP zip is to make a nandroid backup your current Rom setup. Others will suggest the goo.im app, but as far as I'm aware, it will install the latest TWRP, you don't get to pick-and-choose older versions.

2. Personally, I always do what I call a "so fresh and so clean-clean" wipe whenever I flash a new Rom. This includes wiping: /data, /system, cache, and dalvik cache. This wipes pretty much everything except your photos. I use

Titanium Backup

to restore my

non-system

apps and data. I have it set up to automatically backup every app on my phone at 3am daily. I keep the last 5 days worth of backups on my external sdcard. When I wippe my phone, I just have to go back in and restore what I need. If you have more questions on what to do with Titanium Backup,

I made this post a while ago

which explains some of it.

3. I would recommend updating to the most recent baseband. Others have found that the older basebands/modems work best in their areas. It shouldn't negatively affect the Rom, but you might want to ask

over in their thread

, just to be sure.

4. Since you already have a custom recovery, you don't even technically need a laptop. You could download everything directly to your phone and flash from there. My main warning on this, though, is that you want to double and triple check your md5sums. In my experience, I have many more bad downloads when downloading on my phone (on wi-fi, LTE, or 3G) than I do on my laptop. So just make sure you make sure it's a good download. You can check the md5sum in

ES File Explorer

by click-holding the file and clicking on properties, then show checksum.

Hope this helps!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jmcioc:
sense dialer

I have a sprint gs3 and i am fine with it stock. but i really cant stand the dialer, or for that matter the whole entire phone interface. i really liked sense dialer. is there a rom or something i can flash to get a sense or htc dialer on my gs3. :fingers-crossed:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] LuigiBull23:
Check out the Hyperdrive ROM. The Aroma installer gives you plenty of options to choose from including the HTC Sense 5 theme.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jmcioc:
i tried that one. maybe ill try again, it didnt seem to work when i used it. thank you for response.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] LuigiBull23:
It was more than likely due to something on your end then. The ROM runs great with the exception of minor issues some users have reported but it is stable enough to run as a DD. Read the entire OP in the thread and try reflashing. Good luck
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jmcioc:
rom works great has alot of awesome features but does not have the htc sense dialer. unless im doing something wrong. i installed it twice. first time i selected htc one style and the second time i did custom. still uses touchwhiz dialer which sucks.do not misunderstand me the rom is a pure work of art, but this dialer situation is tough for me since i hate it so much.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
Just so you know, I am working ona Sense 5/4 port ;)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] LuigiBull23:
I'm done! lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
Lol, what?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] LuigiBull23:
Looking forward to it bro
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] fmjswitch:
why???

Hello everyone, I have another question for you all.

so I installed CM10 like I had wanted, and after playing with it a bit I decided to install the update. I went into recovery and installed it. after using it for a few hours I realized that I couldn't access my alarm clock. So I decided to start all over again.

I wiped cache, dalvik, factory reset then proceeded to reflash the ROM and the update. When I booted back up, my Google play store was missing. I thought that it might have messed up some how, so I re did the whole process, and it still wasn't there.

I went back to stock and all is well. but now I have two questions.

1. do you know why Google play store disappeared, and is there a place to manually install it?

2. that screen shot shows my phones storage. prior to flashing CM10 it didn't have those two 0 0 folders. do you know why after I flashed the ROM, it placed placed some folders into these new folders?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] LuigiBull23:
1) The Play Store didn't "disappear". You just never flashed the gapps after the ROM..

2) 4.2 AOSP ROMS emulate your internal memory by creating a secondary sd partition. There are many paths to viewing your internal memory but the most common directory is

/storage/emulated/0

"0" is your actual internal sd card. There are others and that's why you may see more than 1 "0" folder.

You can also view ALL existing files in

/data/media/

You may delete those "0" folders but make sure to either backup all the files within your "0" folder or move them over to the root of the /data/media/ directory.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] fmjswitch:
1. doh, I'm a retard.

2. thanks for the help! It was rather obnoxious trying to maneuver through several layers of folders
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] LuigiBull23:
lol np man. Please hit the thanks button as it really helps my status here on XDA :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] parmend:
What's too much data ? I don't have internet anymore and my phone is my primary source . I used 42gb last month .
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] the_unlocker1997:
So if I get an update notification from samsung on a costom touchwiz rom is it safe to update or is there any way to remove notification
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] LuigiBull23:
It will more than likely not go through if you have a custom recovery installed. There is a way to remove ota notifications but seeing as you're still relatively new to rooting and such I won't guide you in that direction and running the risk of accidentally deleting an important file so I'd suggest leaving it and or flashing stock recovery to have possible success in updating. Keep in mind you will lose root since it's an official ota. That's where Voodoo Rootkeeper comes in handy.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] flastnoles11:
To remove the update notification you can modify the build.prop, there is a thread that explains step by step how to do this

Sent from my ANTHRAX sniffing GS3